North Park union., 1902-03-07
FRIDAY. MARCH 2. 1902.
IF.

THl PoEr, WHITTIER, ia his beauti
ful poem, Maud Muller, says. that
nOf all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these. 1t might
have bsen."
That il doubtless the refrain Of
many q misspent life. But l don't
intend to sermonize or moralize to
any extent Just figure little. So
let US to business at once. How long
has Walden been founded? Well,
hbout twelve years. And it has been
organized - . town almost all Of
that time. 1t has had two. and part
OF tho time three saloons, from which
It has drawn nearly or qui'o t,Oelue
Thousand dollars in license. Do
you know where all that money has
gone? Do you see results Of its ex-
penditure In Walden2
We have town hall used for cheap
dances, prize fights and almost every
Thing, except the meetings Of tine
trustees. Rave you seen it lately9
Just take . peep ct its actual condi-
ton. Then, We have town jail. A
place whore ii Is suppcAed disordsrly
people ara 60 bS put for safe keep
ing. When. anyone is put there,
they 60 IN and out as they please,
sometimes they have to break = win
dow or door to get out but they
come out all same. Then, We have q
bro engine. It cost several hundreds
Of dollars. They hauled it up to a
IRE last winter when nn eight by
tso barn was on fire, and let it stand
there until the boys put out the fire
With buckets Of water. Then, we
have the street lamps. We nearly
forgot those brilliant lights that fair
ly dazzle the eyes Of dGrk night
And that's about all. In order TO
pay this large license of thousand
dollars q year, the saloons must have
business. 1t is safe to cay they must
have anywhere from fve to eight,
or possibly, ten thousand dollars
Iscortt Of business each year a piece
IN order to pay this license and prof
its on goods aad other expenses
But let US put 1t at the lowest esti
mate, fivs thousand dollars piece
and two saloons, makes ten thou
sand dollars per year, and in twelve
years, It would amount 10 one hun
dred and t,centy thousand dollars
Paid out ip Walden for what2 Yen tell
You red nossd old topper! You tell.
When you come to town and got
with your chums and start out to
paint the town red You empty your
pocket book, whether it contains a
few dimes or few hundred dollars,
and add, at least, several shades Of
carmine to your disgusting old nose.
Yoa answer. Where Is all that cash? ?
But instead Of starting saloons to en-
courage men and boys to spend mon
~ to their own ruin, yes, squander it
pssisssly, If the men who founded
Walden had concluded to start a
fund for the upbuilding Of a. town
having for its object the good Of all
people, and had contributed to that
fund - libsrally As they have to the
saloons, just see how different town
We might have bad. You who are
parsnts-yes, you who are children,
th,nk Of it . moment. One hundred
and twenty thousand dollars spent in
Walden for schools, libraries, Liter.
hry Hall, teachers, apparatus for
lsafning, and churches. Yes, church
= u Of the the right kind. See
yO1sot we nsifhthaveh had in place
Of U1sGt tOe hovs to-day. Walden
would have ten times the number of
people. All our houses would have
btiek chimneys, With beautiful lawns,
painted fences, evergreen shrubbery
qad OR town, good side
nlkA blooming howen. productive
ArdsaA Psaes, prosperity, happi.
and ias away and above All
-, hstisg ftisodshipA Good will