The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 28, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 2, 1916 Page: 4 of 4
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M9WPT
Land vnlucs havo (locfbasod In the
last nvo yoars; G.000 pooplo havo
moved away having gone to iomo
other plnco.
A number of ono two and throo-
story brick buildings In tho little city
uro unoccupied; sldowalka in front of
moat of them nro In bad repair; win-
dows aro brokon nnd tho pooplo who
own thorn faco tho condition of not
being ablo to rent or soil but muit
pay heavy taxes all tho time.
All over tho city thoro aro empty
residences.
Bootleggers Vote Dry.
Tho bootlcggorfl all voto tho dry
tlckot. They pny about 27 or 28 cents
n pint for whisky express charges
nnd all and soil It for $1 a pint.
They get beer In barrel lots oppress
paid for 10 rents a quail and they
retail 11 at GO ccnta per quart.
Ho you hoc they nro doing a big
biiHlnous In a dry ntnto. Tho boot-
leggers of ovory city In Oklahoma aro
organized. Somo ono of them Is raid-
od nearly ovory day and aH coon as
tho laid l.i mndo tho others ato noti-
fied by telephono to got tho stuff In
tho clear. An soon ns tho raiding In
over thoy otart vp in business again.
I know of an Instanco whero a pHco
was raided and a barrel of bcor and
a caco of whisky takon. Inwldo of
thirty minutes after tho raid tho placn
was opon again and doing business .ih
If nothing had happoned. 8omn of tho
members of tho organization had sup-
plied tho liquor to mako up for tho
loss In tho raid.
I havo known quit a number of
ton who died from drinking whisky
which thoy had purchased from unli-
censed buotlflggers. They soil the
rooat poisonous of drugs for whisky.
Knowing these things I would roth-
er havo n wide-open saloon than tho
Infsmnl bootleggers.
At oao tlmo tho stato of Oklahoma
was prosperous but it la practically
bankrupt today. Missouri Arkansas
And Texas get all of Oklahoma a nur-
Plus money for liquor. That putu the
tonoy out of circulation at home
whoro it should stay. Thl a condition
takes hard times.
DELATES EVIL IF
Former Citizen of That Stato
Says it Has a Real Liquor
! Question
' The Chicago Trlhuno contains an
article) of Mr. William Tinlun which
wo quoto iu full as being brief and to
tho point:
"J. M. Hurley wrlton Tho Trlhuno
that Lowlston Mo. has very llttlo
drunkenness. I wish Mr. llurloy could
mako n personal investigation of con-
ditions In Lowlston and as a result
thereof ho would llud very llttlo about
conditions In I.cwlaton to Indorno.
"I moved my family from Lewlstoa
four yearB ago. For twonty years I
resldud In central Malno and it thoro
U a vhlaky question nnywhoro on
earth it will bo found In that stato.
"Governor Cobb of Malno who dur-
ing his to nil of oillco endeavored to
give tho peoplo of Malno what thoy
voted for (prohibition) olgnlflcantly
aid aftor his experience with prohibi-
tion: 'If I for the moral social and
economic welfare of tho young poop!
of my utnto had to choose between
prohibition such prohibition as 1
found It possible to enforco and free
rum I would stand firmly for handling
whisky over tho counters of my store
a freely as I do sugar.' "
! : : : a a : a
Wo have lost tho National el-
ection on account of the treaoheay
of somo Col. politicians and tho
stupedity of tho Hop. in not cutt-
ing down tho Representation in
tho Southern States when they had
tho power to do so.
The Negro in tho South shou'd
comcimo the Wcbt aud Northeast
and tho next four vcara will b?
bearable at laust.
Attonoy G. V. Parker and Mr?.
Mattio Censor found something
to bo thankful for in spite of the
Democratic leadership and were
united in holy wedlock on Weil
overling at 8.30 p. m. at the
beautiful home of the brid.' Uvv.E.
Arlington Wilson officiating. Mr.
Parker is ono of Minkogoe's suc-
cessful Lawyers and the brido one
of tho mo3t lovable and progressive
women of the race we wish them
a pleasant sail over the matri-
monial sea.
Pictures cf Booker Washington
fell like hot ctkrii ourtpUUI tchcaa f jnln(bl
boefc with lLturc iclti tvcribotl); vehoi tb b'g
kook belli llforf.SA wt y txpicti; tlla(
boul4 writ ut aybod o t.ll Iwt outtu
I fiMB (tit. AUiTlN JKNK1NS CO. flk K
I Wstbiaf im U. C
WHEN THE FRENCH REST
BBaflaaClBBfYx2?1fe' ZtftKr &.
The canteen nnd the bottle are co.ioplcuous In tho valiant French ormy.
V.'me helps tho deadly French fighting machine to get Into action the came
ai Cn-oMnc furnishes the motive power for an automobile. Q
IIS FEAR IOWA CIIIZ
W!LL PUT STATE WET
PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST CHANCE NEXT NOVEMBER
TO VOTE ON MADE -BY-LEGISLATURE
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
I IS
Newspapers fn- !vd With Stories Illustrating Public Disregard
For Thlo til .a wo -Man Accused of Giving Liquor to
Small Boy Mrny Other Violations
A( cording to politicians Iowa is co
dl3i;usted with the prohibition law that
was papsed by tho legislature and not
by tho l coplo that tho stato will pioba.
bly go "wet" next November when
itli'im t-t thUr llrst chance to voo
on tho question. Tho "Drjs" adm't
thoy-nro In danger of losing the stato.
I'i soiu who havo fondly bellevpd
thnt prohlb'tlon prohlbltH were j;lvon a
roro job when they read the fo'Iow-
inj: nitlHrt in the Mason City (la.)
t!loo(laitt.
A triple mllanro to flKht liquor In
Uwa has bi -n formoil by tho Uuslnestt
Vni's Temperanro Assoelation tho
'oua Prohibition Amendment nnd tl'o
nil Saloon I.u.ikhp.
Four Campaigns Planned.
Tour croat campaigns nro planned
by ihi Oignni70iH of tho now nnsoju-
ton whii'i will piobably bo Known
as tho Co: aolldated Tempo! unco Asso-
i':.t in of Iowa. They arc:
To procnt tho re onactmont of tho
Mill t law or any similar law by tho
!n! 'a' ire.
T: prcvpht roulstratlon providing
for a apct-'nl election on tho prohibi-
tory amendment In case It Is passed
1 tho legislature.
To roinbat bootlegging.
To IiiHiiro tho pansagc of the prohlb-
itf ry nmrndmont lu two years at the
j'.tn ral e'ei tlon.
T.io organization plans to operate
on tho funds now being given to the
threo organizations. The Huslnesa
Men's Association which has paid Its
way through solo of stock will notify
Its Members that tho assessments
henr.f'or will bo paid to the amalga-
mated a orlatlon and tho other two
org. Dilations will notify their flnniicin!
Mipport'is to gio their support to tho
nrw rrm'7atlou.
"The Av oi l.itlon feels that now Is
tl-o mo t trltWl tlmo In the history
if p:o.lilt!;n In lown" ono of tho or-
"i" c-s wild" "It will light any movo-
nent to re onart the Mulct law or any
In il.vr law or tho passago of liquor
iws to go Into effect In case of tho
.-It rtn p'tt of tho prohibitory amond-
. ; t "
The Association also feels thnt pro-
iMnn for a special election on tho pro-
'bit ii v aniendniont would well-nigh
r'ure its. defeat Tho olllcers doclaro
"..o vet etatot nonr Iowa Illinois Mis-
Mtrl in I Mlnnoaota will "colonUo"
the btato with voters previous to tho
o'oitlon and those together with tho
lln'.t vote tho sIiibIo Uauo will bring
nt lu some of tho "dry" farming dis-
tricts will proo disastrous to tho
can ce.
"Save tho Qoy."
A story from Hthan la. to tho
Sioux City Trlhuno shows how a pro-
hibition stato "Haves tho IJoy." Tho
story followB-
E'.mcr Torbott living near this city
was nrrcstod on tho chargo of furnish-
Ing liquor to minors In vlolntion of
tho law. It was charged that ho gave
a quantity of boer to Marlon Tlfft a
16-year-old youth of this placo. Aftor
hearing tho evidence in tho case
Judge Herbert discharged Torbett
aftor giving him a warning agalust his
use of intoxicating liquors.
Here's another sent from Dubuquo
to the Ottutnwa Courier:
Tho local authorities hare raided
uany blind pigs since tfae Irat of thla
lh lo I) I'aul Tliomiii'un. ;siw ork t'llv.
rMG
Lily
'i
year but the ono thoy broke Into ro-
I contly took tbo iirlo.
Tho buslnors of Kretl Glesler a till-
or took n big leap during tho last fow
w'eokE. Apparently ho wan getting
somo veiy "high olnss" buBiucis. High-
Ipoweied tars stopped In front of Ills
I storo and remained there for ai loir.;
I nR an hour at a tlmo. I'ollro imostl-
(gated and discolored that the tailor
was pouilng beer and othor drinks
into g'nsso Inatcad of sowing on but
toim. His placo was raided last n'ght
and a large quantity of liquor was con-
llscatcd. Eoot'cgglnn Cases.
Vt. Hodgo (Ia.) Messenger:
William Kennedy. Indicted for boot-
Irirging. hns furnished $500.00 nppoar-
auce I ondu. O. II. Ilohnuau Indlcto.l
on tho same charge Is still In j.Ul.
Milcy Cunningham also Indicted has
furnished bond.
Dpi Moines Cnp'tal:
riftecn htindtrd quarta of boor nnd
ir9 pints of whiskey wero poured Into
the Do .Molnnti river today by Deputy
Shetlfis Ilcndorson Crlifln and Hon-
ham. Tho stuff was confiscated In
raids.
nurl'ngton (Ia.) Hawkoyo:
Chief Jerty Hcipaln Olllcers nohn
nnd Harrison recently arrested Geo.
Slsslon nt tho northwest corner of
Central avenuo and Jofforson street
for bootlegging. A barrel of bottled
beer was found on the promlsos nnd
soloil by the polleo. (3no plain drunk
spent tho night nt tho police station.
Ho was arrested twice lu ono day for
drunkenness.
1 What n Joy Ride?
Two men two women and n gallon
of boozo woio "Incarcerated" by tho
polleo at 3::i0 a. in. following a raid
at tho houso of -107 Fourth streot
S. W. mndo nftor tho olllcers had
noted the quarto! riding around town
In a taxi cab all thoy allego intoxi-
catod. All will havo hearing boforo Judge
Hayes nt B p m. At tho same
hour Henry Rodoker tho taxi driver
has boon summoned to como nnd ex-
plain to the major why ho Was hauling
a party of porsons nllegod to havo
been drunk nnd carrying a gallon Jug
of boozo around town In tho small
hours of tho night.
fe.
Tho Ottumwn (In.) Courier in a dis-
patch from Ft. Mndlson adds:
Special counsel V. M. Steor nnd six
operatives in tho employ of tho stato
department of justlco camo hero today
to present to a Loe county grand
Jury ovldonco ngalnst twelvo restau-
rant aud soft drink parlor proprietors
against whom pormanent Injunctions
havo been asked under tho stato liquor
laws.
This also is from tho Courier under
a Hampton (la.) dato lino:
The diligence of poaco ofllcors hero
rosults in frequent raids on boozo
Joints and in most cases tho arrest of
ono or moro bootleggers. Ono of tho
most rocont was a pickup of ono W.
C. Allcnt cllas H. Whito N. Whlto
M. White etc. who was arrestod
pleaded guilty and givon the usual
sentence
Mil
HG FAiLUBE
BANKER AND MERCHANT CALL
"DRY" LAWS A FARCE
AND FALLACY
TRADE 1ECLIIES
Business Men Farmers and
Taxpayers Suffer From Evil
Effects of Sumptuary Legis-
lation While Much Liquor Is
ConsumedatEnormousPrices
Tho dotrlmontal effect of prohibi-
tion upon tho huslnoss man the tax-
payer und tho fannor Is shown In
nowepapor iulorviews with two busi-
ness mon of tho "dry" statos of Wash-
ington and Idaho. Tho LSutto (Mont.)
Minor which printed tho lntcrvlowa
ays:
Frod M. Ilinkloy a banker of
Clarckcton Wash. who has boon i
Uutte on businu-ui Bays tl it probibl
Hon In Washington Is not only a fnico
but thnt It has hurt busluosu to a
ramarkablo degree. Property values
hao depreciated whllo thoio has
boon a but den of tax" tak:i from thr
citlzons and tho working of tho lav.
recently voted by ths peo.ile of tlfi
stato Is turning out in juat tho same
fashion as olsewhero In soutlled "dr"
tHrrltory Lo nnid
"Can you get a drink In Washing-
ton?" Mr. Ilinkloy was a.ikcd.
"Get a drink?" Uh you cap got i
barrel of the rottcnont stuff in tho
world and n llttlo bit or good liquor
if you want to pny tri;le tho price
that ordinarily prevails and the price
la bolng paid.
& FoGtlecfjInu Galore.
"The working' of the prohibition law
in Tv'cdhlntou la the suuif uti in other
tnlo3 not only In the wcit bat in
tho caat en well. Thoio Is boot'c:gjtn:;
galore and tho situation liuu Icmmu
vllo" continued Mr. HInkley. "km
iusianco the man who won1. J never
thinl: of taking k'mc with him a
'quurt of liquor t who woJd Lo
satisfied with a drink or l o at an
opon bar nov.- mut get :' J)t or
'rot gut' In quarts an 2 plnir.. Tho ma i
with money can of eo'iir-.e socuro
all he wants and at n fair price but
tho working niAti. tho lal oror with a
family who wants a little rtlniuluti'
aftor a hard day's work has to di '
down dop to gcuuio a personal prlvi
lego.
"Not only that lu ronpect to dr'nk
lng but tho community Is Miffei n ;
directly from tho oftccts. of the lav..
A but den of taxation will ha.o to b-a
placed to mcii the running o ju';cj
of every city county and tho ftaLo.
Idaho Man Ta'Us.
P. W. Green a wellkiinwn budnon'
mun of Idaho who makes hla head
quartern In I.cwiston Ida. vns r!sn
in tho elty ostorday und had about
the sumo otory to tell.
Ho says thnt It I:i getting almoat
lmpooslblo to so uro farm and ccli.ird
labor in hla locality for tho bitnplo
reason that men won't work in "dry"
tonitory yot Idaho ia far fiom hulug
dry.
"Tho farmor Is suffering tho or
chardlst is suffering nnd tho busiuoK'
centers aro suffering" Bays Mr. Croon
"People who voto for prohibition
don't stop to consider nil tho aiifloR
Tho farmer and hla help who used to
visit at periods como business tontot
find it uunocossary. Thoy go thoro
only to get what thoy actually need
to roturn home with moat of tho
roency thoy brought with thorn.
4 Hu About tiuclnsas Man?
"Tho larger cities of Idaho aro abso-
lutely i ad. Horetofnro when n man
would nako a trip to tho city from hli
farm with his money to spend ha
would also take along with it n llttlo
relaxation. Ho would take a drink or
two go to a show visit his favorltt
morchauta and spend his money freoly
but Judiciously and roturn homo with
a little bit of the small amount of
happiness dolod out in this world.
Now it's all changed. Tho man who
has to go to town docs his 50 por cent
loss business roturns to his farm or
country home as quickly ns ho can
and leaves the buslnosa man or mer-
chant standing sadly In tho doorway
"Prohibition is tho greatest fallacy
tho world has o?or scon among many.
It never has workod and noror will."
PROHIBITING THE PR0HIDS.
Under a Baton Rouge date line
the Crowley (La.) Signal carries
thla atory: f(
trReproiontatlva Zaunbracher of
Acndla parish announced last nlnht
that ha will introdtico n bill requir-
ing M arohiUltlonlcts In the state
to renlotor with tha clerks of the
dlatrlct ourt and with the raolc-
trar of voters In thb parish of Or-
Icani. Ths bill will prohibit a pro
hlbltlonlet from btiylnoi receiving or
drinking Intoxicating llquora nnd
liquor dealer or caloonkoepsra will
be prohibited from Ulna Intoxi-
eating drinks to a prohibitionist.
Violation of ths act will bs mads
mlsdemsaner punlshabls by fins or
ImprlMiimsHt In ths parish Jail.
CANADIANS PROHIBIT PJLUl
PUDDING AND
Ono May Eat the Pastry Up Thoro If It Doosn't Contain Brandy
.. Thus Passes Inio Sweet Gbiivion the Old-Fashioned
Enqlish Christmas Dinner ?. i
That tho enforcement of prohibition
laws Is n direct Infringement upon
one's personal liberty has oft boon con-
tended. So Cannda'o "dry" law Goonu
destined lo curtail tho Jovial opirit
'Jth which tho Englishman observes I
the Yulo-Tido. Thlo story Is from tin
Detroit Tree l'rcs-
As a result of a ruling of tho Ontn-1
rlo Llccnio Hoard plum puddings
mince plos and other Clirlstmau deli-
cacies of Winduoi tltlzona will bo.
minun brandy sauce thla jonr.
Windsor bnkora and confoctloncro
havo been notified by Mccnbo In-
ypoctor N. M. Moussonu of tho
North nssox licensing distrl" . that tho
beard considers tho uio of lr ndy or
tJl.ow Contempt for Statulo Ore-
ated Dy Legislature and
Not the Pcoyle
Ccvoral months ago Georgia's soc-
ond rrohibition law went Into efCoct.
The first law after a trial of olght
oars prove 1 i failure ns citizens In-
listed on oxoi'ing Liolr rUM .o drink
'.i-org'a it must bo reiiicubcred w.ib
tci1 "drj' b tho I.0Kl3latH!e and
rn! the peoplo. Conccrnia the nov
o?t i i-.v tho Snannah Newo says. 13o-
twesn ilfty and sixty alleged violators
of the prohibition laws somo of whom
are defendants in sovoral ensos will
bo tried during a Jury criminal term
of '.o City Court to bo cor.vsr.o.1 by
Jid.? Rourko
.IuJ;'o Hourl'c anuouncod In couit
that trials will goon ccntituiouslj
hearing of another bolng begun as soon
no o:o cae iiinubaillted lo a J "-. 1'
Is ejected tho .ourt will contlnuo hi
ros'-ic..! until November.
Tho docket la decl.nod to bo of rec
crd Uo.
a
K JAS RACG SUICIDE OTATE
J. C. Mohler cecrotary of the
ntate board of agriculture recently
(jove cut a ntatement showing that
Kanar.3 h?.a become n "race am-
cda" state or ..t any rat-s a ci?tc.
of small familhc. Hie r-pirt on
the Lcnssji returna of 1910 nhsscd
only 4.1 poi30iis In tho acrrc
Kansas family. Undo Sam has
decided thnt t lcre o'loukl be f.vo
persons to the family.
But the ccnirl''G figures by conn-
t es on Kancac pspulat.on tncl.ca
the ahowi'.g cvo i v.orsc Copies of
the decennial census report nio Ju-.t
off the prieo. Theco show that In
only two counties In the at..te ds
tho families averr.oe more than f!e
pcrsono. In Ellis county there aro
5.51 psrsons to ths family; In Trego
county the average Is 6.01.
Only three counties in the state
report families averaging mom
than 4.5 persona to tho family
Rush Russell and Scott couhtlci.
Morten county is the home of the
smallest olscd families nvcrafi'nCI
only 3.4 persona to each. In thirty
of the 1C5 counties In tho ctnts tho
avcrsne family consists of fewer
than four persons.
Shawnee families aro smaller
than these In Gedgwlck and Wyan-
dotte counties the two target ecu i
ties of the etate. In Wyandotte r.ivi
Sedgwick counties the averago fam-
ily Is 3.94 pcrac-no; in Shawneu
county It Is only 3.79.
I7I?r7Wr.
Ewsiiai r
IfflESIOfil UN
m;- iSf -fe'1 fc-4 tttWtWm
.-V " 'w-:--A ; !i0m
Thla war has proven conclusively that tho talk wo hnvobeon hearing
for years to ths effect that tho Frenoh as a nation have degenerated la all
bunk. Tho marveloue ability of tho French warriors who are fit rJvaleffcr
tho Teuton wonders has not bssn dimmed by thslr generous Indulgm aj
MINUS PIES
tt
othor liquors In puddings and plei
visitation of tho now temporance act
and that prosccutiona will follow U
any kind of liquor In uned in bakeries.
Tho Ontario license act allowa Us.-
nor to bo kept for manufacturing pup
pesos but tho clause potting out the
difioreut articles' into which it may te
placod does not include pastry.
Thoro will bo no relic for the ba
kers tho boaid states by hooping Hq.
uor In theiv own homos nnd taking It
to their bukcrlos for carrying it frota
ono place to annthor ia an offense.
"The safest way for lovers ai braa
dy sauce with puddings and pies wtU
be to maVe them at homo this Christ-
mas" said tho liconse board official.
A WIFE'S PLEA
Tho entire ctato of Tennesies Is
"dry" that In unadulterated liquor
can not be sold openly. But bad
whisky nrd other Injurious aubstl.
tutcs may be obtained In "blind
tl3srfi."
Tho following In a letter from a
hssrt brokon wlfo to ths Memphis
Press:
Editor The Presc:
Why don't tho admlnlitratlon
clrae the dives In the city? Why
don't they stop the sales of whis-
ky? Y-u c.-n g:t !t in restaurants all
you want. Gambling Is going on In
eve y conur art! the police know
it The chief knows It.
Wy home Ic vrcc! ed and my llfs
In ru'ncd. My husbind hao drunk
until he has lost tun mind nnd left
his home srd w fc without one bits
to r.M or cno cent to buy anything
lt'- ru nlng aftor thoio cmb-
ll.tg ho'ls and rotten whisky.
W'll tno Qood people of this town
s'nJ for It? MY HUSBAND WAS
ONE OF Tilt! BEST MEM IN THE
WOHLD UNTIL THIS BLIND Tl-
OCR UtniNLGS STARTED.
ron ocas sake close
THTS5 CAM.-.LING HELLS AND1
ULiriO TIGERS.
Frori a wlfo who haa suffsrsd
and is tul.-.y without a dollar.
MOPJE ADOUT VCrt.MOiJT.
(O'ron (N VO TJinfio.)
Vermont reccni'y rojocted state prav
hlbitlou by l'i.Oj; otos.
lu rural dlsttlct in township and lav
vIliaLO the Vcrmontcr marcliod to tbs-
polls and voted .13" Inst t.tfite-wldo pro-
hibition whether his 'Town was aU
reidy "dtj" or not. Thoro was a aort
of tacit understanding that ono coaa-
niunlt' hrd no right to toll another
community .hat was good for that
other coramut.ity.
The piojl.Iont of tho Vormont Local
Option I.pisuo wan James M. -Tylsr
former JttFtko of the Supremo Court
Jutico Tyler row passod eighty yeora
of apo is a total abstainer. On ths
other hand ho does not bollovo that
it U a crimo for another to have wins
on tho tablo Hit ho Is not an advocats
of oci moderate drinking. Ho be-
lies ea that ench man must decide for
hlniBolf wLotLer ho ohnll drink and to
what otout. And what nppllcB to the
InJMdual must also apply to the coav
nuinltj.
CAN NOV CP.AWL INTO HIS HOLI.
lAn.icoiula Standard
Hilly Sulzcr Is ono man whoso abil-
ity to fool a.y moro of tho people aay
moro of tho tlmo soems to be ex
hauutod.
I SAILORS AT DINNER
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