Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-15

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DIR. Curran, dentist OF Lltchheld,
while driving to Eden Valley Monday
night, met with an accident that came
near being serious to himself and
driver. When out f,om L;tch6eld
abe ut two miles they met two |, ads OF
hay the first one driver->was in
charge bu; the second team following
without driver. The driver OF the
Doctors rig turned ont and the first
team passed but the rack on t. e second
wagon caught the cutter top and
smashed it up against telephone pole
but tie occupants escaped being
caught ty tie team stopping. The
rig was badly damaged and the doctor
returned to Litch6eld for another be-
ore he could make the Valley Eden
Valley Journal.
F. G.. Fude, the self confessed sui
eide OF town of St. Jthns, now lies
dangerously i'll at Sioux City hospi-
tai and it Is more than probable that
The man who only short time ago
Knocked with death soon will be one
Of it's victims.
Al petition is being circulated by
the friends of the saloon to have the
license question submitted to the vote
of the people at the next village cleo
ton, March IA.
The question OF granting liquor
license has been up for consideration
several times during the past ten years
but the "wet policy has been turned
down in a most emphatic manner every
time. Two years ago the vote stood
over two to one. Last year petition
was started but the sufficient number
of signers was not secured. Temper
ance has become the standing policy
OF the town and has proven, aside
even from the moral side of the ques-
ton, the most satisfactory in the long
run. Every cent spent in saloon 10
cent spent foolishly with no value
ia return to the spender. How can it
then help but tend to impoverish q
community, not to speak of the de-
moralizing effect OF the traffic? The
saloon is an expensive institution and
it is mostly the poor man, the drunk
ard and their wives and children that
have to support it. 1t gives an easy
way for village to collect taxes, but
it is not an equitable one, tho ex-
pensive. We dare say there is not q
young man in New London develop
ing into q dru1 kard. The village has
not had pauper ION the town" for
years About the only amount paid
out of the poor fund for ten years was
when an ex-saloonkeeper bamboozled
the village by using bis aged father
for tool. Every body has happy
homes and are prosperous. What
else do you want? Will q saloon on
the corner make anyone except the
saloonkeeper any richer. To say
that the saloon draws more trade ia
to insult the farmers in the surround.
ing community. But tie blindpiggirg
then! Well, that is against the law.
No one would think of licensing steal.
ing because low-lived scoundrels are
bound to cheat. New London has as
a whole as Intelligent class of peo.
pie as can be found anywhere, and
the saloon will be voted down as II
should be this year too. IA slight
change in the affairs of N. Guam g.
Son has taken place this week. Al.
drew Guam, the junior member, with.
draws from the mercantile firm to be
superseded by his brother Eddy
The senior, on the other hand, with.
draws from the ]ano company, leav
ing the real estate business completely
in the hands of Andrew. The New
London Swedish Lutheran cougrega
ton has again been disappointed il
heir call of minister. Rev. o. Hal
berg OF Litchfeld, the last called, has
sent in his answer that he is unable tt
accept New London Times.