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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
PUBLIC DANCE HALLS.
Inmate of Industrial School Begs and
Pleads With Mothers to Watch
Their Girls.
(Salt Lake Tribune.l

NOdlJ Ldhc
"The open door to iniquity is the
public dance hall. No girl, no young
woman, deliberately plunges to de-
struction. I know whereof | speak. T"
Thus spoke young woman, an in
mate of the State industrial school
at Ogden to The Tribune last Mon
day. you are In the chapel now;
rather it is the school room" she
continued. "A few moments ago
you heard the matron ask those who
are here from Salt Lake to arise.
Fourteen of us stood up. There are
nineteen girls all told inmates of this
institution here.
What brought us here? Well,
ask them" In response to the inter-
rogatory to each of the fourteen, ten
answered "the dance hall at the Salt
Palace" Two answered, wine
rooms in a saloon" One answered,
81 placed all that girl can give into
the hands of one in whom ! had the
most implicit confidence. He came
to our home. am here!" Another
attributed her downfall to the skat-
ing rink.
Due to Public Dance Halls.
Seventy per cent, therefore, Of the
inmates of the girls cottage at a
state institution owe their downfall
to public dance halls. All public
dance halls are not in the same class,
but as the dance halls at the several
resorts In and around Salt Lake are
run they are demoralizing, and 1t Is
due to the influence and surround
ings of these public dance halls that
the dives of the inter-mountain reg
ion looks to for girls and women to
fill their resorts.
ut Is only little time in the
future when dance halls will again
be in full blare," continued the girl
in the reformatory, "and the harvest
will be as gerat II not greater for the
divekeepers than ever before. ] pre-
sumo that the son of the member OF
the council from my ward, you
might mention the fact also that the
father is a good saint, will be one
of hemen who will help run the
dance hall as he did last year when
was led astray.
Yes, I'm talking plain to you
Perhaps my, talk will cause some
mothers to exercise closer scrutiny
over their girls, perhaps they will
make more inquiry as to where their
girls spend their evenings, perhaps
they will inquire If their girls have
spent the night with another girl
friend, where she said she was going
when she leaves home in the eve.
ming.
mo, / am not moralizing; my eur
has been filed to the brim. ! have
drained it to the bottom. My de-
graduation is complete. But still, bad
as ] am, forsaken by family and
! friends, knowing that when / am re
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
What Cardinal Gibbons Says.

Cardinal Gibbons, the highest au-
thority of the Roman Catholic church
in America, recognizes the liquor
traffic as of such evil influences that
our laws should allow the people to
vote the saloons out of existence. He
has recently said: II believe that
the right of the people to determine
by operation of local option laws,
whether saloons shall or shall not
be closed within their respective
communities, is In harmony with the
American principle Of self-govern-
ment. heartily approve Of the
present movement In Maryland to Sc
cure a local option law which will
give that right"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

leased from this school that there Is
but one place for me to 60, 1t may
be that II you will print my talk 1t
will save some other young girl from
walking into the net which was
spread for me.
Worse Than Wine Rooms.
II say to you that these public
dance halls are thousand fold
worse than the wine rooms In sa-
looms. There are very few girls that
will lenter a booth in a saloon for
they know what the step means, but
they will 60 to these public dance
halls, an dthere, under what they be-
lieve to be the protection Of police
and of deputy sheriffs who are paid
by the city and the county to protect
all, they are led on and on until the
end is here, dive or the grave.
could I talk to mothers-did more
mothers visit this institution and
converse with those of us here
their eyes would be open to the evils
of these public dance halls, where
you dance with everybody whom you
don't know, where your feet trip to
the music which is the dance of
death.
Appeals to Mothers.
"In view that the summer resorts
will soon open, that the public
dance halls will soon again be In full
force at these resorts, let me appeal
to you to urge the mothers and the
fathers of what Is now happy homes
in Salt Lake City to watch and guard
their girls carefully The way to
these dance halls Is the broad open
way. The pathway is strewn with
wicked lives, with broken hearts,
with all that is bad and debasing.
Oh, beg them to keep their girls
from this highway.
Zone thing more-plead with the
mayor of my home city, plead with
the mayors of other cities In Utah, to
suppress these dance halls; beg them
not to allow the members of the po-
lice force which they control to de-
tail policemen and permit them to
be paid by the people who run these
places, thus making them employees
of the iniquitous and immoral halls.
But urge them to detail officers,
whose allegiance is to their chief and
the people, and whose mission Is to
protect the young, not to drive them
to ruin. Do this for me, and | am
sure you will have the heartfelt
prayers of every good woman, not
only in Zion, but also of those all
over the world"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
PAYS IN DOLLARS AND CENTS
Citizens of Prohibition Towns In CAL
ifornia Testify to Financial Bet
terment Since Saloons Were
Abolished.

The Home, Alliance, published at
Woodland, Cal, prints letters from a
number of citizens of prohibition
towns, proving conclusively that the
absence of the saloon has been all
gain and no loss, financially as well
as morally.
The Express, Winters, Cal, says:
In the event of the Office of the
town marshal becoming vacant by
removal from town of the present in
cumbent, the Express voices the
opinion Of many taxpayers by saying
no new marshal should be appoint
ed. II any officer Is needed give us
a night Waterman. The town Is so
orderly now that the presence of the
constable is sufficient to preserve the
peace in the daytime, in fact there is
absolutely nothing to do for either
officer. The town may as well save
at least $50 of the salary now paid"
Under the title, Winters Then
and Now" Henry G. Culton writes:
Less than three years have pass
ed since Winters adopted the no-li-
cense ordinance and yet some mark
ed changes are noticeable.
l. A good many drunkards have
reformed, becoming sober indus
trious citizens.
q. Many moderate drinkers, well
on the way, have become total abb
stainers.
8, Many poor families. formerly
hard pressed to obtain the necessi.
ties of life, are now well provided
! for.
4. The sum of at least $4,000 pei
month, that formerly went to the
wholesale liquor men, now goes into
legitimate channels of local trade.
5. Drunkenness has been reduced
should say, at least seventy-five pei
cent. Now we rarely see a drunken
man on the streets; formerly 1t was
a common sight.
6. The sale of liquors is outlaw.
ed. If liquors are sold they must BIZ
sold clandestinely. Neither the citi
zens nor the trustees sanction the
shameful act, nor are they in any
way responsible for the evil results
Formerly the, trustees were in thu
saloon business, and the citizen,
were standing behind them and w
were all mixed up In the disgrace
full business.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
The Bachelors Complaint.

Returning home at close of day,
Who gently chides my long delay,
And by my side delights to stay?
Nobody.
Who sets for me the easy chair,
Spreads out the paper with such care,
And lays my slippers ready there?
Nobody.
When plunged In deep and dire dis
tress,
When anxious cares my heart OPP
press,
Who whispers hope of happiness?
Nobody.
When sickness comes In sorrows
train,
And grief distracts the fevered brain,
Who sympathizes with my pain?
Nobody.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

Z. Then, six saloonkeepers, with
their bartenders and their helpers.
seven days In the week sought to en-
trap the boys and get them to be-
come patrons of the saloon. Now,
thank God, this temptation is out Of
the way of the boys.
s. Then, 1t was no uncommon
thing to see thirty or forty "hoboes"
in the vicinity of the saloon. Now,
hobo" is rarely seen in the town.
Many time six tramps have begged
food at my door in one day. There
have been less than six in the last
three years.
8. Then, the town spent hundreds
of dollars every year taking care Of
"drunks." Now, that money Is spent
in Improvements.
10. Then, many houses were
marked "For Rent" Now, there are
no vacant houses in town. Rents are
higher and real estate values have
gone up at least twenty-five per cent.
Suffer county and Yuba City con-
tribute this word:
THE prohibition ordinance of SUIT
ter county, adopted in 1892, has
stood the test of years and the per-
sistent efforts of the liquor dealers
to secure its repeal. The county has
made rapid strides In all directions
and has increased in wealth and pop
ulation.
1.-THE people are especially proud
of the fact that no saloons are al
lowed within the boundaries of the
county, and in all advertising liter
ature sent out by the board Of trade
this fact is given prominence.
"Yuba City, the county seat, Is
growing rapidly, having more than
doubled its population within the
last few years"
A citizen of Selma writes as fol-
lows:
Replying to your inquiry as to
the the effect on business Of the de-
parture of the saloons from this
town, I would state briefly, when the
move was first put on foot there
were many people here fearful that
it would injure the business of the
place, many of them honest in their
convictions, and hence apprehensive
as to the result.
at s now about two years since
the law went into effect, and our
town has grown In every way. Build
ing in the business districts has con-
tinued as well as in the residence
portion of the town. The popula-
ton of the place has increased, the
number of our school children grow
ing so as to require almost double
the schol facilities of three years
ago. The banking business in the
town has grown uniformly, and other
lines of business appear to be doing
equally we'll.
1.-THE buildings that were occupied
by saloons are now occupied by 9th
err lines of business. Some three or
four brick blocks or buildings, have
been erected and are occupied, and
there Is not a vacant store room, and
there Is not a cottage nor home to
be rented in the town. There is al
most constant inquiry of us for a
residence or cottage to rent, but
everything is occupied.
I'D. s. SNODGRASS."
The spirit in which the prohibit
ton forces work Is indicated by the
following paragraph which appeared
in Berkeley paper, at the time Of
the adjustment of saloons in that
city:
1--WE hope every saloon man will
decide to go into some legitimate
business, and we will assure them
our support If they do"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

Have you read about the school OF
journalism to be launched In Black
foot next week? You may develop
into an editor yourself II you join
the class. See front page.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

Have you read about the school of
journalism to be launched in Black
foot next week? You may develop
into an editor yourself If you join
the class. See front page.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
Convicted Of Selling Boy Whisky.

Peter Schneider, a saloonkeeper at
100 Essex street, Jersey City, was ar
raigned in the first criminal court,
in that city, for selling intoxicating
liquors to minors, The police had q
list of six boys and one girl, whose
ages ranged from ten to thirteen
years, who confessed that they had
bought liquor from Schneider or his
bartender Police Judge Farmer con-
victed him of violating q provision of
the Bishop excise law by selling whis-
ky to a twelve-year-old boy attending
public school. The boy went to school
under the influence of liquor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

Have you read about the school Of
journalism to be launched In Black
foot next week? You may develop
into an editor yourself II you join
the class. See front page.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

AS remedies for this terrifying
state of affairs, Mr.. Turner points
hopefully to simplification of mum
icipal government SO that the twill
of the people" may be obtained. "The
money of dissipation" he says,
must be taken out of city politics. "
"A reasonable control of saloons
must be undertaken" 1t is safe to
guarantee that when the money of
dissipation has been taken out of
politics, the only regulation" of sa-
looms that will appear reasonable"
is total humiliation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
Cost of Dissipation.

Cost of Dissipation.
The dealers in dissipation in Chi
cago, then, have total revenue OF
at least one hundred and thirty-five
million dollars year,-that is, re-
ceipts at least two-thirds as large as
those of the retail grocers and meat
men. There are more than forty
thousand persons directly employed
by them. This Is one Of the few
greatest businesses of the city. but
beyond that it bears relation to So
ciety and government which nothing
else can bear. Every cent of that
great sum of money is taken in, and
every action of that great company
of proprietors and employees takes
place either under the strict regula-
ton of law, or in direct defiance to
it.
The profits and political necessi-
ties of the business of dissipation are
incomparably greater than those of
the public service co. poration.
Then, because their business
demands the breaking of the law,
these dealers in dissipation" must
go into politics; they must control
politics-and they do. 1t has been,
of course, no secret that the control
of the First and Eighteenth wards,
in which the business of dissipa-
ton" is concentrated, is in the hands
of saloonkeepers of evil reputation.
How that control is extended over
every part of municipal government
from city hall to newly-appointed
policemen, is ably set forth in Mr..
Turner's article. The business of
buying votes, methods of 'influen-
cing' appointments, the collection
from places of vice of paying for
protection all are brought into the
light.
The Price of Protection.
1t would be difficult to estimate
the cash payment which must be
made every year by the interests OF
dissipation, for the privilege OF
breaking the law. So many people
receive the money, so many give 1t
out. There Is such variation from
time to time. However, there can
not be less than five hundred thous-
and dollars year paid out now.
There is probably much more. Pros
titutien pays at least two hundred
and fifty thousand; the remainder
is largely paid by gambling.
The business of dissipation, work
ing through ward politics, has
bought the protection of the Chicago
police force.
1t is true that criminal saloons
have an understanding with the po-
lice that they may violate the law
until some one protests, and that
then they will be notified by the po-
lice and kept in touch with the sit
uation until it is advisable for them
to resume the practices which are OBJ
jected to.
The fact is, that under present
conditions the financial interests of
dissipation have more direct repre-.
sentation in the administration of
the city government than the will of
the people.-G. X. Turner in Nc
| Clure's.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

$15, 100000 q Year for Gambling.
The third large business of dissi-
patton in Chicago is gambling. In
an average year-1906, for example,
its gross receipts cannot be less
than fifteen million dollars.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

existence--with all the nicely Of
modern industry. AS In the stock-
yards, not one shred Of flesh Is
wasted.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

$40, 100000 Year For Prostitution.
And now for short sketch Of the
second great business of dissipation,
prostitution. The gross revenues
from this business in Chicago, in
1906, were $4,000, 000-and prob
ably more. There are at least ten
thousand professional prostitutes.
Average annual receipts of two thou
sand dollars each are brought in by
these women. They do not them
selves, however, have the benefit of
this revenue. Much of 1t is never re-
ceived by them. They are, in fact,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03

cially speaking, which Is closely con-
nected with prostitution: this is the
selling of cocaine. The profit on the
retail sale of cocaine Is very large
running as high as three or four
hundred per cent, as the drug is
usually heavily adulterated with
acetan lid. There have always been
a number of drug stores sand some
saloons at which it could be obtain
ed by it's users Although taken by
many persons throughout the coun-
try, especially by negroes, 1t is now
recognized generally to be the spe-
cial drug Of the prostitute. The
drug is exceedingly convenient to
take, the crushed crystal or flake
according to the common custom
being merely snuffed up from the
back of the hand; and on this ac-
count its use spreads easily Boys,
especially messengers and newsboys,
are apt to experiment with 1t, and
many young men in the early TWEEN
ties acquire the habit. Deprived of
their drug, these men often resort
to petty crime and sometimes to vio-
lent crime to secure means to get 1t.
The Menace of the Traffic.
The chastity of woman Is at the
foundation of Anglo-Saxon society.
Our laws are based upon 1t, and the
finest and most binding of our so
cial relations. Nothing could be
more menacing to civilization than
the sale of this as a commodity
There is great profit in this bust
ness, however. Chicago has it or
ganized-from the supplying oil
young girls to the drugging OF the
older and less salable women out Of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
KEEP GOLDMAN FROM SPEAKING.
Crowd Dispersed on the Ground That
Building Is Unsafe.

Chicago, March 15.-Nearly two hun
ired anarchists and others assembled
Friday night in front of vacant store
building at 1872 Dearborn street to
hear a lecture by Emma Goldman, but
we're disappointed. Forty or fifty po-
licemen, with Inspector Wheeler in
charge, told the crowd to go away.
The policemen were there to enforce
an order that came to Assistant Chief
Schuettler from the building depart
nent warning him to permit no one In
he structure, which was declared to
De unsafe.
Harold LIE Clair Ickles, the counsel
Or retained by the mysterious persons
Tor the purpose of assuring the re-
noval of the body of Lazarus Aver
ouch from the potter's field and the
performance of private autopsy, re-
fused Friday to reveal the identity OF
hose who employed him. Rumor had
il that Ickles was employed by Social
Settlement workers and well known
citizens. -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20

lions of every dud worn by brain
less-women, full description of ev7
cry garment, including the embroi-
dered and hemstitched clothes, pre-
pared beforehand for the unborn
brats-sll their fulsome nauseous-
stuff, drooled out daily in the big
papers by the column and by the
whole page a, sort of gross pander-
ing to richest-a servile worship of
snobacracy; a putting of the fore
head to the ground when the mon
ey moloch passes down the street,
does more to: stir up the. devil in a
man than all else combined. This
sort of man worship may go all
right in countries where one man is
acknowledged to:be better than an
other, BUTT will never go in this
land of the free and the homes of
the brave; and the sooner the big
papers let upon this daily f1outing
of money in the faces of decent
people, the quicker all sorts of dew
ilishness will cease to. be a menace
to our government.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
KEl.sss9s s. ss,r7 .s1UD~tir
BANDITS DEFY
POSSE OF 1000
BANK, ROBBERS FLEE INFO OKLA,
HoMA AFTER RAID. At
TYRO, KAN.
PURSUED THROUGH NIGHT
Trio, Two indians and White Man,
Win First Skirmlsh, Woundlng
MarshaI-observe Border
Tactics.

Bartlesville, Okla, March 15.-The
three bank robbers who Friday raided
the town OF Tyro, Kas., escaping with
g. 500 cash, taken in a hold-up OF the
Tyro State Bank, are surrounded In
the Caney river bottoms near here.
The highwaymen, known to be two
Indians and a white man, declare that
they will die before they will surren-
der. Every ford and crossing is being
guarded by squads of possemen, now
numbering at least 1000, and desper-
ate battle seems imminent.
The outlaws are desperate, and the
bravado shown in the first skirmish
with the deputy sheriffs leads the au-
ihorities to believe that they mean
what they say in their boast that they
will die fighting.
The first fight between the sheriffs
and the bandits, of whom there are
known to be at least three, occurred
after the desperadoes had stolen $500
from the State Bank at Tyro, Kas. In
this battle City Marshal Lee of Wann,,
Kas., was wounded and two horses
were shot dead from under members
Of the posse.
Possemen Ready to Wage Battle.
AS soon as they were cornered In
the Bartlesville hills, requests for re-
endorsements were received here and
special train bearing 100 armed men
was dispatched to Dewey, Okla, the
nearest railroad point to the scene.
These men are determined either to
capture the bandits or shoot them on
sight
There were three persons in the
Tyro bank when two masked men of
rough appearance entered. A third
remained on guard outside The two
men inside ordered the bank presi-
lent, Joseph Lenhart, the bookkeeper.
Miss Grace Dodson, and a man named
Alexander, who happened to be in the
bank, to throw up their hands. All
did so at once One of the bandits
hen leveled pistol at the three while
the other secured the available money
in sight They then joined the third
bandit and rode away to the south.
Pursued by Moonlight.
The bandits made their first halt
at Wann, where they sought shelter in
deserted farm house. They were
soon routed by posse of citizens, and
Il was in this fight that City Marshal
Lee was wounded
In their fight toward the south the
men were easily traced in the bright
moonlight. The posse rapidly gained
recruits, and before morning more
than 1000 men had enlisted
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20

IL you are planning q bazaar ar
range coy corner for a rest room.
Have a fireplace with great logs burn
ing therein, with a kettle over the
flame. On the chimney shelf place the
old fashioned blue and other china,
brass candlesticks, old pewter. etc. In
one corner have grandfather clock.
Have latticework covered with
waxed autumn leaves for a back
ground, where some lassie quantity
dressed in old fashioned costume
strings apples from dish in her lap
and bargains to sell the freshly churn-
ed butter (having another in quaint
costume churning serenely); also have
on sale preserves. jellies, brown bread,
beans, pumpkin pies and all old time
appetizers that need not bear a purity
label to warrant a sale, including a
booklet OF recipes. Have In some
place dear old lady spinning real
fax on an ancient wheel. Have n ia
BILE set, with the rare old china of
other days, where guests can be serv-
ed on both long and short notice, and
everything will taste like what mother
used to make, even to the roast pig.