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YOUR DUTY CALLS YOU
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Your Iuty is to vote for your own nml your fellow-brother's liberty,
Jovo for your country, uphold the honor of your home, stamp out fanaticism,
kill hypocrisy, keep up tho vnluo of your property, keep down taxes, avoid
HtnKiiation in busincBH, and, whnt's most usucntinl of nil, DO NOT RETARD
THE SPLENDID PROGRESS OF THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY and voto
for Home Ilulc, aj,'ninst prohibition and Ihe most outrun""" Beoreh law,
which has niado tho host of fiiends bitter enemies, which has been tried iti
other states and tfiven potty officers the rijjht to search homes during tho
husband's nnd father's absence, resultfin,' in insults lo mothers, wives and
daughters, and has oven resulted in murder.
Do you want such a lawlessness in our beautiful stnto of Oregon?
NO-A THOUSAND TIMES, NO!
No fnir-minded man will voto for it; only those who wish to sco tho
establishment of blind tigers and dark holl-holes will give it their support.
LET US REFER YOU TO GRANTS PASS!
Not until tho prohi agitator was shown up how ho wns supporting tho
blind pigs, or being supported by them, did he mako a movo to arrest them,
but ho could not got away from it any longer. Ho was forced to do it by
tho Anti-Prohibition league. Oh I how hittor was tho pill he hnd to swal
low; it sickened him to tho very bottom of his stomach, and ho has not
gotten over it yet, nor will ho for somo time to como. Ho hnd better get
busy in some other town next, before wo'bhow him up somo more.
FEAR GOD AND NONE. THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS AFFAIR IS YET
TO HAPPEN.
It is commonly understood that this evening tho prohis will hold nn open
parade. No objection of any kind could bo mndo to this, and no exception
could bo taken to it wore it not for tho fact that they propose to parndo
young girls nnd school children in this parade. Thoy seem to stoop to
tho lowest that thoy could possibly stoop to. Just think of itl
MOTHERS OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS, it is your duty to call a halt
hero. Xict any grown-up porson parade if ho so chooses it is his privilege
but do not allow your child, who is nearest and dearest to you, to bo
brought into this outrageous movement, which only educates them that
bootleggers and blind tigers am the real issue wAtJi the prohi. Again we
say, CALL A HALT!
CITIZENS OF OREGON, ton are in one of the grandest states of tho
Union. Do not stain Oregon by noting for this proposed law, only to break
it immediately after it becomes effective.
Statistics show that it has made more criminals in tho stato of Mnina
than in any othdr state. In Maine the percentage of divorces arc larger
than in other states where they had license. Below are tho statistics :
Ratio,
State Divorces. Marriages. Marriages.
Maine, Prohibition , 14,194 80,592 1
Now York, Liconso 29,125 1,205,655 1
Hew Jersey, Licenso ., . 7,441 335,809 1
Pennsylvania, Liconso 39,080 870,533 1
Draw your own conclusions from this.
BELOW IS A LIST OF ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS.
to 0
to 41
to 45
to 22
Ratio, 1 to
Portland Me 24
Auburn, Me 137
Augustn, Mo 110
Bangor, Mo 18
Bath, Me 51
Biddoford, Mo 40
Lowiston, Me 05
Rockland, Me. . . .' 21
Watorvillo, Mo '.... 75
And as goes Mnine, so goes Kan
sas: Ratio, 1 to
Kansas City, Kan 70
Wichita, Kan. . .' 20
Atchison, Kan 124
Emporia, Kan 121
Ft. Scott, Kan 52
Galena, Kan 53
Hutchison, Knn 75
The nbovc nrc prohibitory states.
Ratio, 1 to
Milwaukee. Wis 142
Racine, Wis 171
La Crosse, Wis SU
Oshkosh, Wis 119
Appleton, Wis 102
Enu Claire, Wis 123
Green Bay. Wis 1324
Chicago, 111 232
Now York 311
San Francisco 280
St. Louis, -Mo 182
Buffalo, N. Y ,190
The above are licensed cities.
Draw your own conclusions from this. If the prohis would arrest the
drunks in our Oregon dry towns the result would be tho same, but they
have shielded them in order to use it ns an argument in favor of their
infamous blind tiger measure. Nothing is too low for them. They stoop
to anything. Thoy nro nothing but deceivers. They are liko tho minister
of tho Gospel who rather stands on the street corner and nrgues polities
instend of stnying in his studio nnd study the Word of God so he may de
liver a true sermon on Divinity; who makes his church a political club in
stead of a House of God; who splits his congregation into flngrants in
stend of making them a God-fearing unity.
How different does one feel toward the minister who thus prostitutes
tho Bible than to the minister who attends to his church ns hi slrcild
nttend. The politicnl minister who meddles in public nl'fnirs is pointed
nt with fingers; tho minister who prenches the puro word of God is
respected by nil. His very presence brings holiness over you. Tho rcd
uoscd angel, who plays prohibition in public six days in the week and gets
drunk in secret over Sunday is a familiar figure n thoso slates -whoro the
drink issue, fomented in tho churches, has got into politics. "Honest lib
erty," snys Milton, "is tho greatest foe to dishonest licenso." It is easy for
vice to affect virtue for tho dovil to quote Scripture and to pnlm off
fraud ou impressionnblo people for truth Henry Wattcrson.
Tho Rev. Dr. Blanchnrd, Portland, Me., spoko thus: "My eyes wore
opened to the great evils of prohibition in a very few years. Tho clubs or
ganized by young men, tho selling of vile decoctions by women nnd chil
dren, tho hypocrisy nnd corruption, arrested my attention."
And that is whnt tho prohi agitntor, who is supported JjjMheJjootlcggcr,
wnnts to estnblish hero in your very midst. Are you going to allow it?
Peoplo cannot bo coerced into a distaste for liquor by laws; on tho
contrary, it makes (hem want it oil the more. This is a free country. It is
up to you to maintain our 'freedom.
The Last Gall to Voters of Oregon
The Prohibitionist points with pride to Kansas, and
what thoy have done in Kansas City. The grant amount
of building and a splendid water system arid civic improve
ments costing one million three hundred thousand dollars.
In four years they say they have built one new hotel and
several new churches.. They tell us prohibition is strictly
enforced and give it credit for all this prosperity. But
you don't sco any of our prohibition friends in Mcdford
selling out and immigrating to Kansas. Perhaps they arc
afraid they would hnvo to go dry, even if Kansas City, Mo.,
is just across the river from this famous Dry City The
Paradise of Prohibition.
"What's tho matter with Mcdford ? She's all right.
Mcdford has spent almost ono million dollars on her water
system, sewers and paving. Mcdford has more good paved
streets than tiny city of its size in the United States. Med
ford has built I00 houses in one year, still you can't find
ono vacant. You can no get a business location in Mod
ford for lovo or money. Business property is rented be
fore tlie foundation is started. Owners of business prop
erty in Med ford get more rent for their stores than is paid
in any dry territory in the country. Hundreds of peoplo
have (Some to Med ford within the last year to start in busi-v
ncss, but they could not find a building. .A store building
in Mcdford that rents for one hundred dollars per month
you can rent in a dry town for forty dollars per month.
"While Ktmsas City, Kansas, built one hotel in four
years, Mcdford is now building throe now hotels to cost
one-half a million dollars depondunt to a certain extent
on whether the Stato goes wet. More outsido capital in-
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vested in Mcdford and vicinity last year than in any city
in Oregon outside of Portland. Mcdford has doubled in
population two years and will double again in population
in five years. If you will but vote down this farcical agi
tation i'or prohibition. The business men of Mcdford are
satisfied. Thoy know ft good town when they see it. They
are loyal to the citr and think no phice on "earth can equal
it. Who then is discontented in Mcdford. The narrow
minded prohi, who takes more interest in his neighbor's
business than in his own, and the Anti-Saloon League
preacher, who was ordained to preach the Gospel, but who
is now taking a post-graduate course in politics, hoping
that the higherups may notice his activity and call him to
some larger city, where he will shy his castor into the ring,
"Come on you hundred headed Dragon Rum. T can kill
you if you have a thousand heads." Then the fanatics
applaud and some brother passes the collection box,
dreaming again. Better for the "Reverend Gentleman to
slay where he is a iTig toad in a small puddle than be a
small toad an a big puddle.
They tell you the Search Law will not hurt you. It's
only intended for criminals. "Who will be the spotters
aijd gum slfoc detectives if this law carries. The most de
praved and despised and dissipated unreliable gentlemen
in the community. They arc clothed with power of Dep
uty Sheriffs or Constables and can search your house day
or night and you can offer no insistence or he can shoot
you in the discharge of his honorable duty. They can call
in all tho bums from the alleys to make affidavit against
you when they find liquor on your premises and each bum
gets a fee for his expert testimony. But who pays for
this? You, Mr. Taxpayer. You are the fall guy of this
infamous law, which they lately repealed in Iowa after
a long trial, and the loss of man' lives. In Iowa the search
ers made more money than the Governor of the State, and
some Justices of the Peace would not exchange places
with the Judges of the Supreme Court.
"Why this raiding of blind pigs at Grants Pass? It's,
that by so doing they can retain Josephine county dry and
cheat Grants Pass again out of the few thousand dollars
these men or women should have had to pay into the city
treasury of said city for license.
They tell you Mcdford saloons are all violating the
law by selling on Sunday and selling to minors, and many
different ways. Then why don't the Prohis have them ar
rested and prosecute them? Because they are trying to
deceive the people. Why not bring some of the celebrated
Sherlock Holmes Gum Shoe Detoetives from Grants Pass
and pretend 'they are sick and must have some whisky for
medeeinal purposes, which the Prohis admit is all right.
They are simply guessing at it. They are also guessing at
the advantage Prohibition has fiver license and regula
tions. Men who have traveled all over the country have
been heard to remark, that in all their travels ihey have
never seen better conducted saloons than we have here in
Mcdford. Business men awake from your apathy, protect
your interests and the interests of your state, where mil
lions of dollars will be invested in the 'development of her
many resources in the next few 3Tears,oand vote down this
lmmbug and failure Prohibition.
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Vote 328 Yes. Home Rule
;-;.'; ' ' " 343 .No. State wide Prohibition .
'.;.. " 345 No. Search Law
TAXPAYERS ATTENTION
IJugQiie "dry" for noarlv four years, paid 111 1-2 mills tax for 1909. ttugene loied all the law allowed and still had a deficit in 1909 of
$82,440.39
Euggno's assessed valuation for 19.10 will bo increased from
lOO to 30O per cent
in order to moot continued deficits.
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fliy has tho public failed to hear latolv from Mayor Matlock about the beneficial intluen-ce of a 'dry" administration. Are.tho taxpayers of Jackson county and MedM,dT,'m
articular, anxious to assume a doublo and treble tax burden? IS SENTIMENT OR COMMON SENSE TO RULE? " - ; -
Anti-Prohibition League
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