Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
RECONSTRUCTION OF COuN.
TY BOARD NOW IN PRO-
GRESS
Arthur Gilmore is Charles Hill
liard'S SuGGfSSNr.


/ fill the vacancy caused by the removal
of MIR Hlliard.
Arthur j Gilmore of this city, vino
in the years past has served on the
| County Board of Supervisors, was the
Unanimous choice of the electors and
is now fully qualified as member of
the Board
| q W. Burbank of Cherokee, brother
of Fred Burbank is nov working
with w. o. Reed in his gallery in this
! city He is line workman.
Miss Ellen Unthank of Council
Bluffs, spant Sunday here, the guest of
the Misses Anna and Nellie kirlin.
The Temperance Peoples View
Of the Saloon Situation.
The meeting called by the
Ministerial Association in order
that the public might be correct
| ly informed as to the work done
by the friends of temperance, was
both good and we'll attended.
After the reading of Scripture
and prayer, the president of the
association, Rev j MacAllister,
|opened the meeting for the discus
sion Of the saloon situation with a
brief but forcible address giving
five reasons why the Ministerial
Association stood opposed to the
saloon in Mo Valley.
First, the religious reason. The
saloon is contrary to the wishes
of God. He has said "Woe unto
him that giveth his neighbor
strong drink, that putteth the bot
tie to his lips
| Second, the moral reason. Ev-
cry sort of immortality follows in
! the wake Of the saloon, including
the gambling den and the brothel.
| Third, the citizens reason.
There are SO many temperance
voters in Harrison county that no
consent petition can be obtained.
| 1t has failed three times in the
last two years. There are also Is
per cent at least of the voters of
Mo Valley who oppose the saloon,
besides many more who were brow
beaten into signing the consent
petition who did not want the
saloon. Certainly a majority of
the women and all the boys and
girls arc opposed to the saloon.
Fourth, the humanitarian rens-
on. The saloon is home break
er and heart breaker. 1t destroys
the drinking man and ruins his
prospects in life.
Fifth, the financial reason. The
saloon wastes the means of those
who frequent il, and when the
great increase which it makes in
taxation to support poor houses,
insane asylums and prisons is
considered it is seen to be a linan-
cial loss to town and country.
The next speaker was the Rev
Geo A Campbell, ga recent
search warrant and why it was
served" This case, tried before
Justice French, will long be re-
mcmbered in Mo Valley. A car
losd of beer was shipped in when
there was not a shadow of legal
right to sell it. 1t was Sized by
the sheriff The evidence for
conviction was AS clear as day, but
on the tender hearted plea that it
would reduce the offending saloon
keeper to be pauper on the
streets of Mo Valley if the beer
was confiscated, the justice or
I. dered the beer released from the
sheriff. control.
Rev Wilhelmsen next read q
carefully prepared paper entitled
"Chapter one in legal proceed.
ings." He relates with great ex.
actness (first) how the ''petitiol
of consent which was circulated
in the spring of 1900 failed, al
1 though the Board of Supervisors
declared it sufficient, because the
District Court found that il con
tanned ll2 signatures that were
not on the poll books, 3G forgel
names, 8 non. residents and ter
duplicates, lG6 names in all tina
were contrary to law.
By this decision of the Distric
Court Mo Valley was again place.
J under the prohibitory law Blu
the saloon keepers were defian
; and continued their business.