Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-11-03

they are doomed 10 ule'
by living witnesses that prohloltioh
does not injrre town nor does II IN
crease taxation, but the Gazette does
not appear to see the point. Well 'hey
saw that there are none so bilnu as
those who will not see.
As to Heppnel's indebtedness an
reminded of the etory OF the negro VINO
caught coon and wanted help to turn
il loose. Heppner has big coon and
need, help to turn it loose. The tax
payers should come up and help her,
1t ia inst as I aaid IN former article
every whisky town is heavily in debt.
The way to get rid Of that coon, Mr..
Editor. is to rid the town of whisky.
am not prepared to understand how the
CITY should be in debt so much f"r
water plant and that plant be IN the
hands of a private company. Inc TAX
n,vars of this county can see no reasons
for saddl ng the ealoons upon them 10
kaen nm because of such business
methods as this. The people OF Nor-
row county keep up the saloons as they
do other kinds of business. 10 draw
revenue from the saloons to keep up
t. G CITY is a perncionS method tor the
two following reasons. First, it forces
the burden of taxation upon the poorest
neon]a of the county io- they are the
ones who patronize the saloons most
freely Second. if it is right to have
saloons why force the burden Of ex-
penaes off upoa the saloon keeper ::
The question resolves itself INTO the
method of taxation. Shall the taxpay-
ers nav their money into the saloon
and keep them mp while they are pull
imp down every good thing in the conn
tv inst for the sake of the few dollars of
revenue which goes into the treasury OF
the towns, principal Y Heppner and
lone? The whi XIV traffi: costs the tax
pavers of Morrow county $50 for every
81 the towns get in the way OF revenue.
Then is not such method Of support
ing town pernicious?
Why will man for moment think
that to prohibit the waste OF net Iess
than 500 900 annually will increase
taxation of the county? Why many a
poor fellow who is now keeping up
these robust saloon men would be
batter able TO pay taxes if We had nc
s.loons. But prohibition does not IN
crease taxes nor does it cause property
to deprecate in value 'Irjury to the
towns means injury t. the cou'try.
Turn that around, Mr.. Editor YOU
got It backwards Injury to the conn
t-v is an injury to the towns for there
ia whera our support CONES rom
He q is where every whisky towr
misses It. To impoversh thu county
is To impoverish the town and that Il
exactly what the saloons do for ns
The taxpayers of Morrow county SET
this and will vote for prohibition or
Nov. 8
In conclusion grant all that thu
G zette contends for and then conside
that for the sake of some mans fat jot
and the few dollars that go into th'
city treasury We are to expose th'
young manhood of our county to physi
cal rum and the young women ART
forced to choose among the wreck
husbands for life OF misery and power
ty. The saloon men are unwilling t.
3 lake this medicine. But they want ou
boys to pay the money and our girl
to take the medicine. To blast th'
hopes of every school teacher who toll
with the boys and girls until she see'
Ii in them promising men and women
but finally misery and wretchedness
To break the hearts of mothers wht
, have suffered and given them existence
, To waste what the fathers have laboreC
, hard fo- during their childhood years
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