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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1910)
PACK FOUR INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE CHARLES EDWARD HICKS - ...u Kt liidepwndmico. Or-.. pot oftlm a ecouiUlani 01MUT. -ic-ipUn, 11.60 For Vor A ZEALOUS WHISKEY MAN la his i':l for the inline or rot tea whiskey the editor of ttio Observer goes out of his way to talk about something of which he knows lens than. nothliiK. He Insists on state- meuta that are totally void of facta and Is weak enough to allow himself to believe that his harangue will have anything approaching Influence on voters for the oorrupt Issues of homo rule and other kindred policies. He has criticized trie statements of tho Enterprise that men are coming from whiskey soaked cities to find employ- ment in Pallas where prohibition pre- vails. He referred the matter to Mr. Gerllnger, secretary and general man- ager of the Willamette Valley Lum- ber Co., wrlo said: "I do not know of any man coming into this . com- Izod in working against the local op ' namlty to work on account of its tlon law In that community and In In being prohibition territory." dependence. The cliieus repeatedly Investigation has shown that there requested Sheriff Grant to enforce are men working; in the mills at Dal- the law and It seems that often all las who have come from we' terrlto- that he has done was to tell tho vlo ry to Dallas because it is dry, not- lators to let up and not be so open. withstanding Mr. Gerlinger's asser- Any law unenforced Is worthless. Hon. Because prohibition has not been en It might also be stated, for reasons forced this law seems to be con that we do not wish to give at pres- detuned. But why condemn the law ent, that Mr. tierlfnger is not a com- when it has not had a fair chance? petent Judge on the question of the value of prohibition. He says "The town of Black Rock has become de- moralized and tough during the last year under the present' law. pro- hlbition has made sneaks and law- - breakers of many young men and Black Rock, Falls City or Indepen- boys." He forgets that the very man dence. who was one of his foremen in a log- It might be Interesting to note that glng camp, who was selling liquor il- the editor of the Observer must be legally under the saloon regime la blind to the fact that there is a gen now simply continuing his same work tleman working on his force who under local option. Prior to the coun- came from an eastern state to Dallas, ty"s going dry, this same man seemed Oregon, on the ground of the litera te have the protection of the sheriff ture sent out by the editor of the and that same protection no doubt Itemlzer stating that Dallas was dry. continues today. Again, he says "Lo- -cal option and licensed saloons would ; THE BREWERS' PREACHER mean a dry town of Black Rock and Printed in this issue of the Enter probably well regulated saloons In prise is a statement of a lawyer of Falls- City." Think of a town with Rlverhead, New York, George F. COTTAGE CHARLES SAVAGE, LESSEE Special Attention to Commercial and College Organizations 160 Court street. Telephone 209 Mala Telephone and Messenger Service at Hotel JOHN DEERE FARM .IMPLEMENTS . S We have the walking plow, the gang and the lk. We also have the steam plow, made by the John Deer; people. We have everything in the line of farm implements. Lead. The World The Kentucky grain drills give the best of satisfaction to all users We have the disk, both single and double. We have the hoe and shoe drills of this make. We are Polk county agents for Monmouth, Airlie and Independence. t "WINEGAR & LORE $V MONMOUTH, OREGON JOHN DEER? BUGGIES ARE ALfc RIOWT , saloons rallod a dry town, Nolle. ;aUo, how guardi'djy be words hi BtiU'in'iit. "Probably." U m'onm like ,le r,i.r doubts It. "Well resuluteil gailKIu tu Falls CUy." U ll not a nia(tr 0f fact that the poorly regu- )wU.j aioons In Kails City caused the tntf lowers to help to vote the conn- ty ,iry? When the saloon has the protection of the sheriff It Is well regulated for the liquor Interests, ,Mr. ijerliiiger says that the pres- ent regime la worse than llcenslng saloons In these cities because "l'r- hibitlon without enforcement of law, (nnj enforcement seems Impossible) is much worse." That the Ia haa not been enforced Is to bo con- di'tnned. Hut why has It not been enforced? Simply because of the fact that the lliior Interests have special- Instead, condemn the officer who failf to do his duty In complying with the law. The sheriff and not prohibition should be the mark for Mr. Cerlln- ger. The law haj been enforced in more obstinate communities than HOTEL Salem PREPARED For Bumper Fruit and Hop Crop i - 1 FRUIT DRYING STOVES & STEEL HOP STOVES a Specialty These stoves are made of heavy boiler plate lined with fire brick - they re quire no masonry to be installed, every inch of these stoves is heating surface they are made in all sizes We also have Dryer Pipes ANDERSON FURNACE CO. MANUFACTURER OF st The Furnace That Has Made Salem Famous 668 TRADE STREET, SALEM, OREGON. PHONE BBS Stackpolewho personally knows Wm A. Wasson, the brewers' preacher.! Mr. Wasson has been, writing many articles which the brewers have cir culated extensively., ostensibly favor- in,, rpform. hut practically seeking, to check the, prohibition movement oi, our countn. It Is not worth while -a - . for the present to. try. to answer, him His views are not sane enougn to be of much value, even to the liq uor traffic. We auote from a report from a. re cent county, option hearing from, a committee -of the New York state, leg islature, in. which Waasom represent ed the liquor Interests.. "Rev. W. Harmon, pastor ot the First Congre- gatlonal church of. Rlverhead, where ( Mr, Wasson is rector, of tin little, tniii th commltteej the standing of. Wa3son in his own town, of. a scandal that exists from the man's championship of the bas est of Influences. He also told the committee how. a mother,, a member of Wesson's church,, had coiAe to him tearfully begging that he would try to save her boy from tha pernicious influence of this same Wasson." This real Issue is,, after all, the boys and girls on the one hand, and the saloani on thether. It Wasson's in fluence upon a boy of his . own con- gregation is so degrading that the boy's mother is forced to go to af pastor of another church In behalf of ' her boy what must be his Influence ( for evil when he goes about from city to city spreading his infamous doc-i trine. And yet the Home. Rule Asso-, elation presumes to send him out as a trustworthy advocate of the truth. All this is -Intended only to show I to what extremity the home rule ad vocates are reduced in order to lend a semblance of respectability and dig nity to their nefarious work, f h. c. McAllister There is no question in the minds of men who are invested with the best interests of the country ' as" to the sanity of the proposed home rule amendment. It ds ' a pernicious at tempt to girdle on to the state of Or egon a law favorable to the liquor Interests onlyand damning to the en tire moral fabric of the state, by dis guising it in every manner possible. Sound the name: "Greater Oregon Home Rule Association". It has the dug, of" intrinsic metal and yet there j is na whitrf meat wnen you cui iuw It. In. the management of the associa tion there are men who were above the calling, to which they have stoop ed,, men who no doubt accept their salaries with shame, FaiK-y H. C McAlllsten;. a man whose life up to this, time has been, uarful and earnest and honest as well, taking home to hJw, estimable wife the envelope In which is his pay for the part he to taking to further the efforts of the association to, plant the curse of rum in. every communltj of Oregon and its attendant miseries, la the homes of our fair land. Mac used, to be a prince. He will be sorry when his former friends biLn to fall away. The new acquirement will scarcely fill the plae of those tried friends of olden days. But then noma men will do anything for money and sin often take startling toll. ' WHAT PROHIBITION WILL DO What will prohibition do for our state? ' . . 1. It" will make less crime. 2. It will lessen taxes In the aggre gate and those of the farmer in par ticular. 3. It will give pur sffhools a chance. 4. It will make it easier for our youths to build noble character. 6. It will bring Into our state a desirable -class of people and drive out many undesirable ones. i5. It will ultimately make law and order the rule by destroying the liq uor traffic which is the greatest cause of lawlessness. . 7. It will encourage the people of the state - to "raise more hogs and less -hell." - 'The Oregonlan of April 8, comment ing in an eitorial on the Weal option election of the previous day in Illi nois, where thirty-seven - whole coun ties went dry, says: "But does prohibition decrease the total amount of the world's capital? The economic returns from districts where prohibition has been in force for a long time indicate the contrary. The taxable valuation of such dis tricts invariably increases. It is said that the increment has. in every case surpassed the value of the property i "which prohibition threw out of use. Moreover, tht Maine and Kansas sav ing banks hoU deposits far out ot proportion to their relative population and far in excess of what can bo shown in similar territory whore tho sale of liquor Is permitted by law. To these farts wo must add one more, that offenses against the law are enough fewer In prohibition, terri tory to cause an appreciable saving in the public expenses and therefore diminish taxs. "The economic argument is there fore against; the saloons, and we sup pose this is the re-asoii why Uiey must prepare to meet their doom at some time or other." BICE FOR SHERIFF W. L.. Dice, the republican, candi date for sheriff of Polk county, If elected, will prove to be on, ot the most popular officers ever chosen to that office. This is because of his fearlessness In the enforcement of the law. He will not have to have a flask ot whiskey on his hip before he. can brave his duties. Neither will the word go ahead of hiih when ho travels, from place to place. When the laws of our county are being vio lated, tn a wholesale manner as they hava been In Polk county in the past Mr.. Bice will not wait for someone else to seek out tha offenders.He will preserve order and law. Any sheriff will do that If he is law abiding. Tho traffic-of the blind pig' is a -crime equally with any other broken stat ute. In cases of murder, arson, lar ceny, etcetera, an officer who makes any attempt at the performance of his duty would not wait for someone to submit proof before he would show any interest in the matter. Aw offi cer who will not take an interest in the protection of society against wholesale violations such as has been ' witnessed in this county in the past is unfit and undesirable as a citizen. Such will never be said of W. L. Bice. Tea at Mrs. Baldwin's The Baptist Aid Society will give a tea Wenesday, October 26, at the horns of Mrs. Baldwin from 2 until 5, to which the ladies . of Indepen dence are cordially Invited. Some amusing experiences will be related on "How I earned a dollar". Come and take tea with us.