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TH YEAR W. J. CLARK, rilOPKIETOlt. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, JANUARY 30,
1920
NO. 38,
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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