Iron County register., 1897-09-16
Temperance Notes.


returned to their posts and the ma
chinery of editorial and composing
rooms, is once more in motion. The
world ..do move" although The Union
Signal stand still for two weeks, and
while our official organ has been vacat-
ing, many events of interest and i'm
portance have contributed to the max
ing OF history Among them may be
mentioned the passage OF the tariff BILL
(upon which Prosperity is supposed to
be waiting) and the adjournment OF
Congress; the coal miners strike,
which has assumed such proportions
and developed such features as to rem
der il an occurrence of vast sociologlc
import: the discovery of gold in the
KIoudyke region and the consequent
breaking out of the epidemic known
as tie Alaska fever, which at present
writing is steadily spreading AS TO
white ribbon work, that Is always
moving on. 1t is 10 vacation time that
w. c. T. L. workers get in some of
their most telling strokes as Chautau-
quas and kindred summer assemblies
abundantIy testify.
Alaska is just now fascinating top
ic of discussion among both the masses
and the classes, and everything per-
tanning to it is read with interest. The
rush OF people to that new land OF gold
and of rigorous climate will make the
work Of its white-ribbon organizers all
the more pressing, especially that of
the department of miners.
Hence we are glad to record a most
cheering activity in w. G. T. L. cir
cles in that territory. Four local un-
ions have just been organized-at
Douglass Island, Juneau, Sitka, and
Fort Wrangell. and the territorial un-
ion has been reorganized with its for
mer president. Mrs. John Brady, wife
of the present governor, again at the
head.
Resolutions condemning skirt dane
ing by little girls at the Exposition,
Oakland, Cal, were passed by the ex-
ecutive committee of the w. c. T. U.
They were also indorsed by the non
partisan w. c.. I. L. and the Humani-
tartan Society. As a result of this ac-
tion, dancing was excluded from the
program the remaining nights of the
Exposition.
Col. c. J. Holt, says the bill in North
Dakota to make illegal selling of liquor
subject to fine. and not to imprison-
ment, was defeated by the W. c. T. Q.
The governor vetoed it because of the
influential names signed to the many
petitions which kept rolling in, and
these petitions were circulated by the
w. c. T. o. which is the only great
well organized society fitted for such
work. hence the honor he gives.
Mrs. Unruh has recently organized
four unions and and one Y, four of
these In her own county. One of the
unions is among the Grand Ronde In
diaus on the site of Phil. Sheridan's
exploits in his young days. A very
interesting meeting was held there,
the chapel of the school being packed
with dark faces. The old Catholic
priest, near his eightieth year, attend
ed and opened with prayer. Sister
Margaret. formerly Mother Superior.
led the singing with voice and organ.
After chalk-talk for the children, the
simple story of the w. G. T. q. was
told, and an appeal for cleaner lives
made. Thirty members were enrolled
for w. c. T. U., officers elected and
Oregon's second Indian union started
in motion. 1t has since gained ten
members, nearly all being men. Mrs.
Unruh has an ambition to organize at
every agency in the state.
If the theory that the Bible speaks
of only one wine, and that alcoholic,
is true, then it is responsible for the
following inevitable conclusions:
1st. That the Christ at the marriage
in Cana, encouraged excess in drink
ing alcoholic intoxicants.
2nd. That He encouraged the Gus
tom of drinking alcoholic intoxicants
at seedlings and other social festivi-
ties, and consequently the disuse of
wine at weddings and socials, for fear
of the alcohol, is reflection on the wis
dom and grace of the Christ.
Sd. That in not teacing abstinence.
and not refraining Himself, He had no
consideration for the weaknesses of
men, nor the strength of stimulated
craving, nor the power of social temp
tations. making drunkards of millions,
and consequently to refrain from the
dangerous intoxicants, for the sake of
the weak, is reflection on His consid-
Grafton for others.
4th. That the alcoholic intoxicants
on His ''the Lords table" at the last
supper, it was drank by the cup-full,
it is again reflection on His example
to only taste it at our communions, for
fear OF the alcohol.
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