PACK FOUR
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE
CHARLES EDWARD HICKS
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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.