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: j Jmrr Ml . - , . - ... JS7. TH YEAR W. J. CLARK, rilOPKIETOlt. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, JANUARY 30, 1920 NO. 38, ' 184K. SAKS OF HARD FIGHTING .HON ALCOHOLIC IMUNKS I3 ItEEN WA(iKi) FOR 278 'EARS WITH FINAL KUCCKSS nni iKy hn" ,,ct,n "t,ry' for two week. Prohibitum In nationwide aspect hn fallen upon country gently, it is reported by !(.rl internal revenue officer. Viler are well stocked yet anil ,A ! muir, where a rich man can and quench any kind of thirst and 1 t,0 within the law. )m nrvl candy stores ore re ,l,,lnn' an increased business ion h a "wink A PROFITEER SAYS SOMETHING ?EDJj , In 1843 John h. Gough, arch foe of intemperance, began to lerture in MaHsacbUKetts for 75 cents, a night. Two years later "ensnared by a trick of his enemies," he became in Wo yi?r1fllrmnn toxicated but continued his cam- i ne laiesi movement to ul- tu eiuuiua wv . , iMt drink both ,fc homc bo iar as me iarint'r is umiwuijuju. , .. abroad. Co-operative buying, car load lot purchasing, direct sell democratu; legislature of ing these are the lauded paths to more profits and lower Maim in is id enacted a prohibitory lour In 14S ihu Mfthfidint EniltCO- nrirna r n tha rrm? mpr. ' - - - M typ LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS Tavbe ho mavbe so: we thought we would ask what a p( church forbade member. iuy- vitiyut. may uk, u , wv u'b"v "v . , jnjf gelling or dnnkmjr intoxicants. ical country merchant thought about it, so we vibiieu d. Mather Matthew Arrive COmer roads emporium. father Matthew, the renowned "You are a profiteer and they are going to put you out catholic temperance advocate, ar of business," we bruskly informed the merchant. ri? from Ireland in 1849 and be lle looked up from a big ledger and peered over the top.; XJ Of his glasses. ! Ia riot Sver the licenae question in "Yep, I SUppOSe BO, he Said. it Was aOOUl ume viwi Chicago called out the militia in fihohnn( and sweat Of the 1 1855. Prohibitory laws which had farmc-s; we indecent parasites, were driven out of ftej tr wi fniiii. tftmitln T rrnn wo Vp rp.il bad men. XHIrn ft mini v "o vv..j'-. " - " , . , , . , nowaday! crrie no more auic-i "You know, for twenty-years I sort of thought I was a don of "kick" than a danh "f -benefit to this district. A lot of them wouldn't have ea- " ....... . 1 1 11 L repealel and in other caes license anurvlmenfs ma'e them Ineffective. Thf successful business -man must base his life unon am:jhonor and integrity. Beyond and outside of these, he anu i ,i .i i . ..'i!. .... i must nave tne compouna oi initiative, aggressiveness, ue termination practicability and vision which America, in her love for condensation, has chosen to style "pep." The successful, widea-wake and progressive town 'must nnsspss tfip? Ramp ntialities. It must have the iudor- ment to realize that its prosperity and growth depend on the home advantages and business advantages which it can offer. And it must have vision enough to see that expenditures which secure these advantages are not an extravagance, but an asset. ; Money spent in local improvements such as public build ings, schools, good roads, sewers, city water, gas and elec triV licrlit i moTipv well snent Undertaking anv of there v v ----- - - I . c j s improvements is like making an excellent investment, - . a. 1 1 ml L . A 1 which is bound to return dividends, ine gam 10 me neadments made thm menecuve. "-" , r , , , n, president-elect Lincoln in iwo re-'town reacts to the comfort and benefit of every citizen. fused to furn'mh drinkn to the notifi- limn h other orifnnixiiUons ten reirularlv without the goods on my shelves that were 'cation committee sent on June id to v . " . . kim hiu lor tinn nnrl re- H)ld . vl hnuvi i r ttlrt nolflllfy t" ' fi lt ltrat nir the tnumpn 01 prom- jich r ui uiv .... , n , 1nmd nnnnencif the on Ifu-r c,npni,n which iau,i! A lot of them couldn't have sold their addled eggs, or;;'1; year. The army of New York thojr ranc(J butter CXCept for my gOOd nature. . illauw. In 1861 he si srvmcn who meet annually in u, itr uVf ,oon (rivinir thr district here about $1 0,000 Cor,irresB "forbidding nion nieetinic, reprencntirtic evoryl of his election and re- hampern of to the White jrned an a'.t of ed Catholio, ProU-ntant and iH will linten to addrecis by Fed Prohibition C-ommiHidoncr Kram- Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- for tht Anti-Saloon Ix-atrue and er "dry" notables, ubih'e rneetiiiKS will he held all r the vountry. Some IliKtorlral Fartii "lie anti-liUor movement in Amer had h. inciption in Maryland In 2 when the colony punst-d u law in'ihhinij drukenncK," by a fin of i pouixl of tobacco." Vim-jtvnnin colony in K',41 nml ? '..r.d t ncll liquor to Indians ns 1 m i white, but a few yearn ('.!;r;-ctii'ut and Rhode Inland ,:,! mm Helling to the red -skins Imtio ii'ff heavy lines. the rellinfe or worth of staple groceries and supplies every year;half ofym of intoxUants to mut allowing a gill of whibkey ration to men in the navy. Kansas in 1800 passed a local op- WVin wants fn live in a town Avithout "Pen." a town which drags out its monotonous existence without growth or improvement? When the question of local improve ment comes up, stand behind it, Vboost" it, work for it, vote for it. Install local improvements, and you will see your town sought by business enterprises and manufac: tnriri or '" ".'...: Tt i im rn vou. ISIr. Citizen and Farmer. Stand up for 'local improvements first, last and all the time, and you UVMt v - - 7 ' will heln make vour home town a desirable place of resi sdence and a progressive business center. I f T- Liw than ti 1' ' Cirmertiri)t pnV a j..i,!it. "litinliner for more" f mi !m r t a time." Vur j.-.irn Inter Mussaehuhet t. d tavern keepers 20 nhiIlinK fr ,rlt'K to a drunken man. '.faiyland in l'""S voted to put any son found drunk "in ho stocks (-it hourc." Virginia decided "a common ,t,ir,l" vn unv nerson who had ;n inloxicateil three times. Preacher "Naughty," Too Zv'-n the Virina clertty oftt,n lid too Ioim: upon the wine "when wits red." The assembly pawl a r "prohibitimr ministers from piv : themselves to excess in drinking riot, or in playing t unlawful rtcs." , STew Jersey decided in 1'S that person should bo permitted to nk "after !) n. m." vrassiichusetts two yer later ited drunkards names in public rhrt Our.keiH of Pennsylvania and v.' Jersey, in 1085 declared enipcranf e that on credit without interest, and half of that half a dead loss. f.Viinri- flipcf fallows who owed me six 1 in thnir rash to the mail Order hOUSe. tlon and prohibitory law. ' . . , . ,i ...i l L.....1 fn ,itftM: , iu!- n 1070 nmepH th Adair law "I have watcned mem wnoop ami imiun , : . . , j buying and take the money they owed me to buy fertiliz er nsltK, iTm the tary er and Peed in ton lots. I for "injury cause J ny hnyor." :0f war ruled that "no ardent spirits "I" QUit, that is if I Can get ten CentS On the dollar IOri .v Frances Murphy Beginn Career j or wine should be sold in army ean- mv Old aCCOUntS "Francea' Murphy' delivered his first i teens," a ruling hower, which gome ""T.nnlWp"ind he shoved the bicT ledger at US? hereltemperance sermon in 1871 and 'years later was rescinded. LjOOK nere, UI1U at biiuui wm v . .... . roh!i. Ttl Mn nni women reformers in - a in black and White is What is dlie thlS StOJ-e for the WSJ lon of America. temperance crusade' in Bloornvflle, eitrhteen months. Back behind the safe in that lie ot T n later women actIveiy en-lowo, in ism, wrecked a saloon ami books is What is dlie from Otner years, oaCK IU1 . 'red the eruwMl for temperance, '.netdestroyel its conxenw; ' ' !. . j i i u u V lictiinf nr m:atian Tnmnpranpe Un-iKntiun later took Uft the same "tac- itoon Lnat cost me nani tasn, n ut wk-h mm -". 'o'"'-.Humrus.v..,. -, - , , i. t aS here to keq, the farmers going throflgh bad yeaB,fe n. tJTSS anil between Crop harvest. Vrmont. in WG, passed a law de- the days of George Washington. f 'ivJil tana a say nu t -uiwe w .,yv n ",' v""", ciarinp E- M. MULLER'S PUBLIC Auction Sale " held inside in case of rain plenty of shed room 2 horses, 15 Dairy Cows, 11 Hogs, 80 Chickens, Farm Machinery, Harness, Hay and Stra'iv, Fordson Tractor with . Ganf Plavv-(a r.nRuser Tools, etc., etc. , ...TUESDAY,' FEBRUARY 3RD '20 hooks Ind that not ten per Cent Will ever be COUeCted. ,n 1883 came the era of high IT-rWomenV-ChrUtiaJempece , Tjn-ita . oyern or - eas, ana T!o T fTPf renl bid lid briniT a hlUKl-erl law SUlK and cense laws, sever,! states undertak 'ion also was held at Boston that IP'le u kf of Hickrea 1, or o miles Unless I get leal Dad and Olin, A nuim. - i - ; fnXntion.l Th Anti-Saloon Leau.. was found northwjatlpf. Independency. or. one- make everybody in the COlinty mad I Or tr.e lel Ol "'"Y.rwX third plenary council ed at Oberlin Ohio, by Howard IL.half miles southCKnowIea Cross- natliral lives. ' r Roman Catholic prelates at. Russell that year and spread, "Slire. I'm a pirate. I've beoil pirating tWOUy VCarS BaUim0re, Md., declared against the over the United States. 111(1 all I've trot is $40,000 in bad bill- and this Stock Of H uwr bu:;inesS. i In 1?94 enforcement of the state ,lml. , r, '.iV . i ti, T..tnt Eniscooal church disnensarr laws in South Carolina g0O(lS that ISn t paid IOI. ;oreBni2ecl the Knights of Temperance resulted in the killing of a number. all ing, on Salem, Falls CityRy penalty of 3000 pounds of tobacco." Inauguration . ."-r .u.. ; i.,,. f.xr. I movement was of announced 'society in IKS") and similar organi.a- 0t men m uqur raws. 1 tions were formed by other religi-j . . Refoi m Movement Keeps Going.. the Washington ,inmintions. Bv 1900 many countries through- 1 Bay Gelding, 6-yrs oldt weight 1300 pounds, 1 Bay Mare V-yrs old wt 1200; 1 Jersey Cow, 6-yrs old, fresh ened Jan. 1, gives 32 lbs daily; 1 Jersey cow 6-yrs old, freshened Oct. 120, gives SOlbs daily; 1 Jersey Cow, 1840,1 t ... i . .i. .i t .. fn e aiTl Wlinin a year n ifpun. si ruciion ihkhi int.- uittiiLiiiK vi i.v.i.. i liquor to any person "capable ol,s'g"i' gaining a livlihood by honest lab- j 1" 1S,2 . iinir the or. - Pennavlvania Ouakers in 17G0 tried, Sp to abolish thu use of liquor at fun erals. Fannern Smarted Reform Dr. Henjamin Hush, perhnps the greatest American medical authori ty of a century and a quarter ago, v m no In 1886 congress enacted that in-W the nation had become 'o ih effects of ffcrnmrh lora ontlon. .v vw.., . I IHHf- -t - j n nl..,U. :.,.i.,,i; li.mnis .shall be given in: Omaha, Nebraska, in mvi, Darrea Abraham Lincoln addres-'tiie schools of the District of Colum-, WOmen and music from saloons. j i e. ...:.. f , ii.. it..;t,..l Qfo milifnrv and! In 10(11 Viro-:n!a "outlawed" 250 I asningiou oia m ii.e ijiulitu - ..........j j av. in.ri,,.!,! 111. ure-ed "a temperancu r,nvnl academies and in other scnoois places for the sale oi uquor. freshened Oct. 18, gives 30 lbs daily; 1 Jersey Heifer, 2-yrs old, freshened Dec. 3, gives 241bs daily; 1 Jersey I Heifer. 2-vrs old, freshened Nov. 15 revolution. The iU't year Oregon passed n prohibitory law, but repealed it in under government control." Hatdhet is Mad? Famous. Ohio in 1888 passed a Sunday an- iu 1785 issued his celebrated essey against J dealing with the effects of alcohol on the body and mind. Vw lTampshlre in 1700 forbade four years laicr v..c m ,-keener8 from premitting "towns- perance society" in America was or- plo from remaining in their ! gan..e.l by 200 progressive i.irmo, mcs drinking on Saturday night I in I.itchihlr county, Conn-ct icuc. . .. I I.. 170.1 ilm "whisliev rebellion in r-llTl( 11V. ' rrade in liquor with the Indians opposition to w,i,;i nvavt rnnidlv. It causel . liquors, brok0 n-ylnnd colony in 1715 to prohibit ling of "moro htnn one gallon of nor a day to any Indian under LEAP YEAR the tax on distdeu out in western Bonn was suppressed by the SB VSYSTEJJ low to Save our Teeth The quickest way to make bad eth worse is to leave them alone, id the quickest way save them is to go a good dentist and ave. tliem cured for Igiit away The advantage of iork done by Registered Dentists ing the E. R. Parker System is iat particular attention is given it-of-town patients, and you anH have to make so many calls, ivother advantage is that you need ve no fear of pain, for every ife method is used to do the ork without hurting. Nothing but fine dentistry is one in any of the twenty-four , R. Parker System offices, ana rtule prices 'are moderate, every atient is guaranteed full satis- action. , , Examinations and advice are ree. The nearest E. R. Parkaf vfpw offlce is at sylvania and military. In 1802 congress passed a law en abling President Adams to "take steps to prevent the traffic in liquor with the Indians." . n . i 1 . 1 j. A 1 i The Koher Hoeieiy, lounoeo ut rti- inntwn 1M J.. in lSOii was he nextJ step toward prohibition, the forerun ner of numerous organizations found ed later for dethroning King Alcohol. Not many years afterward the Ame rican Society for the Promotion of Temperance was organized at Bos ton. - X Neal Dow Heads Crusade. Following the organization of the Congressional Temperance society at Washington, the first national tem perance convention met at Philadel phia in 1833. Next year congresa enacted a law forbidding the sate oi liquor to Indiana under $500 penal ty- The Presbyterian general assemDiy at Philadelphia at that time also de clared against the liquor traffic. Neal Dow, the "father of prohibi tion in Maine," organized the Maine Temperance Union in 1837, and in 1829 Cnoniticut invented "local op tion" by leaving the licensing of sa loons to the towns themselves. Lincoln Urges Resolution - : : i .l...M.ify..in Iowa 'enacted a rigid "anti -boot- 'gives 20 lbs daily; 1 Jersey Heifer loggers" law. oW. "esnenea June igives Oklahoma's statehood bill, passed pounds daily; 1 Jersey Cow, o yrs o.dl by congress in 1908, provided for, will freshen March 11, a 4-gal cow; i,;hh on Indian reservations 1 Holstein Cow, 8 years old, freshen- for 1 years x ' ed Dec- 3- ives 360)3 daily; 1 Guern" Monona "passed an anti-wine- sey Cow, 6-yrs old, freshened Dec 15 room" law in 1907. Indiana citizens '.gives 45 lbs daily; 1 Guernsey Cow, r 11 fi11 -fyacliart l?oK R a A 1& fw vnv f-nqpd morp than TZU sn-!"-.' " loons by means of "remonstrances.'' Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina become prohibition territory in 1009. ' j Texas in 1910 passed a law mak ing it a felony punishable by three to fivo voars imnrisonment to sell 11- 11 - J v r quor in no-license territory. West Virginia Goes Dry In 1911 the Illinois legislature en acted a law forbidding drinking on rains. The United States Supreme Court in 1912 handed down a decision up holding the constitutioality of. pro hihiion for the Indian section i)f Ok lahoma, j West Vrginia about the same time voted itself "dry" by state constitu tonal amendment. The Webb-Kenyon act, prohibiting the shipment in interstate commerce of intoxicating liquors when such Honors were to be used in 'violation of law, was passed by congress in 1913 over President Taft's veto. nn Anrust 1. 1917. the United v . 9 , , - i i 1 1.Z I States senate adoptea a resoiunuu for submission to the states of the na tional prohibition amendment to the Constitution, and on the following December 18 similar approval was given by the house of representativ es. All the states except New Jersey, Conneticut and Rhode Island later voted to ratify it. 1 t : - Attend the big dance at the poera house next Wednesday evening, un der auspices of Company K. gal. cow; 1 Guernsey Heifer, 2-yrs old, will freshen Sept. 12; 1 Jersey Cow 5 years old gives 4 gals; one Jersey heifer 1-yrs old, 1 Registered Jersey Bull. 4-yrs old, out of the Ixcero Herd, 2 O. A. C. Sows, will farrow before day of sale, 4 Berkshire Shoats, 11 weeks old; 5 Puroc Shoats weight about 125 lbs each; 40 Rhode Island Red Hens; 40 White Leghorn Hens, 1 Fordson Tractor, new fall 191V with 2 bottom 14-inch Oliver, Chill ed Gang Plow; 25 gallons of distill ate in 50 gal drum; 6 or 8 gallons Mo bile A Oil in 15 gallon drum; 1 Set Heavy Double Harness, new; 1 set light double harnesst 1 set single harness; 1 saddle, 1 inch fitude- baker wagon, wide tire, good shape; 1 3-inch Studebaker wagon, 1 tire, fair shape, 1 California Bed with spring seat, good shape, 1 double wa gon box, 1 Gravel bed with Spring seat, 1 Milwaukee Mower, 4 cut, good shapef 1 Disc Gang plow, good working order, 1 John Ueere 14-mcn Walking plow, 1 Oliver Steel 14-inch wood beam plow, 1 top buggy with tongue and shafts, good shap; 1 Champion Scales, 400 pound capacity 1 120 Egg Queen Incubator; 1 Large Brooder, 1 Wheel barrow, 1 DeLaval Cream Separator, , 4 Sanitary Milk buckets, 1 1-horse I. H.; C. Ga En gine, 1 Force Pump with pipa, Churn shovels forks, spades and many oth er articles. Fere Lunch at noon Terms Cash E. W. .MULLER, OWNER. a