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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13
DISTILLERS' FUNDS
AND PROHIBITION :.

The Brewers ReviezV, after explain
ing how the brewer suffers from Pro-
hibition more than his brother, the dis
tiller, proceeds to assert in one sentence
that the distiller opposes Prohibition,
and in the next that the distiller's funds
keep the Prohibition movement in oper-
alton. 1t says
But even as to the distillers' side of
the case, where Prohibition does not
reduce their business, according to
good authority among themselves, it
is nevertheless natural that they
should oppose Prohibition. And I
believe they do. True DR.. Dowditch
=, of Harvard states that the whisky peo-
pie in Massachusetts, have repeatedly
made common cause with the anti
drink forces in order to drive out mild
fermented drink It is also matter of
common report that the Boston whole
salers contribute literally to the Pro-
hibition campaign funds in Maine,
where they do large whisky bust
ness.
1t has been said that liar feels the
worst when his audience looks him in
the eye and says nothing.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13

city. At the same time they allow the
ordinances to be violated without let
or hindrance On recent public occa-
sion the chief of police sent out mani
festo, declaring that the saloons must
close at one o'clock on that particular
night. They were VIGOROUSLY open, and
not only did the chief of police fail to
make arrests, but the mayor refused to
allow warrants to be issued when citi-
zens made complaint.
The Record-Herald concludes its edi
torial with the following paragraphs:
The saloonkeepers are acting with
blind infatuation that must give an
added impetus to the enthusiastic
campaign against liquor They are
as unwse as the worst of those rail-
road offenders who have brought
hard laws upon themselves by break
ing the laws And their business be-
ing what it is they are, of course,
much weaker than their railroad
brethren. Whatever the faults of rail
road administration, the railroads
must be preserved But life without
saloons is possibility. And we may
add that life can be made altogether
too lively for municipal officials who
put the saloons above all laws and
ordinances.
There is probably much truth in this.
Had the saloon been content to be mere
ly wicked in moderate fashion, it might
have lived decades longer. It's out
breaking wickedness is in large degree
responsible for the terrific agitation
against it, and for the conclusion of
thousands of people who now believe
not only that life without the saloon is
possible, but that to preserve the best
things of life the saloon must cease to
exist.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13
LABOR'S RINGING VOICE ON
SALOON ANARCHY

The loud-mouthed preachers of an
archy who are fighting for the ST.
premacy of the saloon over the law in
Chicago, have made great efforts to
make it appear that organized labor is a
unit with the so-called Omitted Socie-
ties" That SANDER is we'll answered
and strong argument is made for the
supremacy of the law in an editorial
which appears in the Union Labor Ad-
vocate. After reciting the facts con.
corning the defiance of law on the part
of Chicago juries the Advocate says:
Dangerous ground. Exceedingly
dangerous ground, is that on which
we are treading when a jury of twelve
men calmly sets aside not only the evil
dence incontrovertibly presented, but
plain statute of the sovereign state
of Illinois. We waive the question of
whether or not majority of the peo-
pie of this city wish to see the Sunday
closing law enforced; nor does it re-
quire Philadelphia lawyer to deter
mine that whether it does or not is
entirely aside from the question at
issue. In one of the numerous trials
of saloonkeepers charged with a vio-
lation of the Illinois statute govern
ing the saloons of the state, the coun-
sci for the defense magnanimously
and grandiloquently admitted that his
client was guilty of keeping his place
open on Sunday, as charged in the
information; and confidently rested his
case with the jury. That his conf
dence was we'll grounded the result
showed. Dangerous ground. Elk
ceedingly dangerous ground. A jury
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13
THE RECONNAISSANCE
alRevew htandU

of laymen, several juries, in fact, carES
lessly and indifferently set aside the
law of the state and refuse to render
verdicts. 1t is not an uncommon thing
for a jury to bring in a verdict glar-
ingly at variance with the evidence.
In most instances such jury has been
mercilessly scored by the presiding
Judge, who has in some instances even
gone so far as to hint at subornation
and bribery. But we fail to recall an
instance-or series of instances, rather
where juries have with such cheer
full unanimity disregarded plain stat
ute and have sneered at attempts to
enforce the law. Again we say, danger
Gus ground. For it points to but one
of two conclusions: Either we have
arrived at stage when men called
upon to do jury service calmly take it
upon themselves to decide whether or
not the law of the state shall be en-
forced, or there is power in the city
of Chicago which is greater than the
courts, mightier than the law, more
powerful than the people Of the state
of Illinois, who make the laws. Which
ever horn of the dilemma we may
eventually find ourselves impaled upon,
it augurs badly for the future, not only
of this city and state, but for the entire
country. For an individual to set him.
self up in open defiance of the law Of
the state constitutes anarchy. In the
case of a powerful body of men
strongly politically entrenched it is
none the less anarchy and should be
considered such and dealt with ac-
cordingly.
Such an utterance from such source
t a time like this is highly gratifying.
The ADVOCATE has served, not only the
General cause of good government but
he cause of Labor as we'll, in letting
he world know in such unmistakable
erms that the laboring man stands for
he reign of law.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13

'urance that if they could have that
hour they would close promptly at 1
o'clock in the morning. The city coun-
I'll gave them the additional hour. The
Pecord-Herald tells the story quite
clearly and points the moral and adorns
he tale" 1t says:
Before the saloon closing hour was
advanced from IL to 1 o'clock several
reasons were urged for the change
which should be called to mind now.
1t was said that the extra hour would
be an accommodation to respectable
patronage, the patronage of people
who might wish refreshment after
leaving the theater or after nights
work. Here was decent business
which constituted a reasonable de-
mand upon the saloons and which
was naturally very much desired by
the saloons. =. ,,
The argument was effective and a
concession was made which should
have resulted in the formation of a |
league of saloonkeepers for the en-
forcement of the new law. But
though we hear occasionally of DEGREES
or opinions from the liquor interests
against the criminal saloons the sa-
loonkeepers have not become mill
tant force for law enforcement. On
the contrary, many of them are stead
ily violating the o'clock closing or
dinance, as our local columns have
shown from time to time. And they |
have as their allies certain elements |
&c o~1.ca foroo of tho CITY There |
is law-defying combination consist
ing of the liquor sellers who have
proved that they will violate any clos
ing law, if they can, and of the men
whose sole business it is to enforce
the law as the trusted servants of the !
public. Furthermore, decidedly sim
lister aspect of the case is this: The
situation would be absolutely impos-
sible without the authority, encour-
agement or connivance of persons high !
up in the police department and in
the city administration.
What the Recoyd-Herald says con-
erning the blame of persons high up"
S specially worthy of note, and the sit
lation applies not only to Chicago, but
o practically every city in the United
States. In Chicago, however, the case
S today specially fragrant The mayor
If this city is man who has stood
high in the councils of the Republican
oarty; has been known as President
2oosevelt's "right-hand man" was post
master of the city by Presidential ap-
continent before he became mayor. He
entered the mayors office, to be sure,
With assurances that he would be liberal
oward the saloon. The good people
voted for him in spite of charges and
admissions concerning his personal char
acter and habits that were in the high
est degree startling. Since he became
mayor every act, every appointment,
where his official conduct has touched
the saloon, has been an act and an ap-
continent to abet anarchy. If the pres
dent of the biggest saloonkeepers' as
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13
Wine and Beer Blight

From the Northeastern Christian I'D
vocate.
Despite the much prated-aBnt-
Harmless" wine drinking in France and
Italy, and beer-drinlxing in Germany,
alcohol is found to be a deplorable
blight in these and in other countries
and the movement gainst it is becoming
worldwide.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-14
A POLICE MATTER.

The following communication caused
some little discussions:
Honolulu, T. H., June "a, 1908.
A. E. Cox, Esq, Chairman, Committee
on Police Department, Board of Su-
pervisOrs.
Dear Sir: Supplementary to my IA
vor to YOU of recent date, I beg to
inclose the following to substantiate
my request for increase of pay to that
accorded to the Kaneohe police Off
GERS:
Pay of Sol. Mahoe, police officer at
Kailua, $45 a month. Population, rs.
Pay of VIM. KahIbaum, police officer
at Waimanalo, $50 month. Popula-
ton more than 800.
Pay of two police officers for Kane
ohe, Heeia and Kualoa, $50 a month
each. Population more than 525.
1 beg to remain, kind sir, yours re-
spectfully, VIM. KAHLBAUM.
Cox stated that he had been told by
the men that Sheriff Iaukea had told
them that he couldn t give them more
money because the police appropriation
wouldn t stand it.
Hustace said that often the expenses
of the department Were kept well
within the appropriation, and he
thought that the requested raises
should come out of the regular appro-
priation. He asked Cox to interview
the Sheriff on the matter and to report
at the next meeting of the board.
The chair stated that if the Terri
tory declared Thursday next a holiday,
the county would do likewise.
The meeting adjourned till July II
at noon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-14
AN IDIOT ABOUT.

The action of an idiot who amused
himself by defacing the window of the
Gazette Co. with diamond scratches, re,
calls Burns lines:
''When I see a name scratched upon a
glass,
] know some one owns a diamond and
his father owns an ass.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-14
LITTLE WORK
WAS PRESENTED

Continued from Page One.)
to take the details up with your En-
gineer. Yours respectfully,
HONOLULU RAPID TRANSIT &
LAND co.
Per c. G. BALLENTYNE,
Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-14
TREAsURER's STATEMENT.
COUNTY OF OAHU.

Treasurer S Report for the Month of
June, 1908.
GENERAL FUND.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-14

Koolaupoko Road District:
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04
Bryan on Advertising.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
1t is the lot of the wise man to
be asked fool questions. In fact,
the asking is an acknowledge.
ment of the wisdom OF the man Of
whom the inquiry is made. No
body ever asks a fool question of
a fool, for a fool answers a fool
according to his folly, and there is
no question whereto the asker so
honestly wants a wise answe as a
fool question.
This being so, the man who
asked William Jennings Bryan
whether he really believed in ad-
vertising paid Mr.. Bryan a compli-
ment. 1t happened in Reading,
Pa, this winter, and the modern
Commoner, indeed, showed that he
was a wise man by the reply he
made. 1t was:
The fellow who tries to attract
business without advertising is
like the fellow who throws his
sweetheart a silent kiss in the dark
He knows what he is doing--bu,
nobody else does"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04
Short Route to California.

When the Rock Island completes
the construction of a connecting
line between Tucumcari, N. NJ,
and Amarillo, Texas, a distance
OF no miles, the company will have
the shortest line between the sea-
board and southern California by
4o4 miles. What effect this new
route will have upon tranSconti-
mental business remains to be seen,
but it is understood the company
proposes pushing it's claims. The
new route will he from New York
to Chicago by the New York Cen
trail Lines; Chicago to St. Louis
by the Eastern Illinois; St. Louis
to Oklahoma City by the Frisco
and Choctaw, and thence by the
Rock Island to RI Paso and the
Southern Pacific from there on.
The cutoff will also furnish a route
by the Southern Railway to Mem
phis, thence by the Choctaw to
Amarillo, thence Rock Island and
Southern Pacific to Los Angeles.
This will be so miles shorter than
by way of New Orleans.
Railroads c~entering in Chicago
are considering the discontinuance
of the folder rack in hotels and all
large depots. 1t has been the Gus
tom of the roads to print immense
supplies of folders for distribution
everywhere so that the public
could easily ascertain the times
and routes of trains. The publ
cation of folders is the largest item
in the advertising bills Of the rail-
roads. Chicago Record II erald.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

S~TRAYED-From bunch of
horses which | was driving from
Tucumcari to my claim northeast
of town, on Monday Feb. 10, one
bay horse about AZ hands high,
branded G Buckle, fresh cut on
both fore legs; blazed face. Re-
ward for return to Newt Mathis,
Tucumcari, N. M. 10 tt
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04
Making 1t Clear.

A college professor in company
with his son, was enjoying a walk
in the country, when he met an old
farmer. 1t had been a very wet
season and the professor thinking
to start the conversation in a way
that would prove interesting to the
farmer, remarked:
There has been a rather alb
normal precipitation of late"
The farmer seemed somewhat
embarrassed, and the professors
son, who used a different vernacu-
lar, though he was a student in the
college to which his father was at
tached, attempted to straighten
out the matter. Drawing the
farmer to one side he said in a
superior way:
The governor means that we We
been having a hell of a lot of
rain"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

STRAYED-One chestnut o
rel horse, about 1871 hands high;
fresh cut in wire branded VI on
left thigh. Owner a get the ami
NAL by paying for this advertise
ment and cost of keeping. J. S.
Montana. Revuelto, N. M. 81 tt
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

Mrs. e. w. Barker, an experience
ed dress maker, has rooms at the
Street residence. All work guaran-
teed. Prices reasonable. Phone 65
"a If
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

W~ANTED-Married man, no
children to work on farm six miles
from town; good wages. Apply to
IS-tf. A. ID. GoLDENBERG.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

c. r. Adair sells Blue Seal
Flour. tt
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

For first class plumbing see
Anderson. "a tt
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

Don't forget the new reliable
dress maker. Main St. Phone IS
~ If.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

Drink a Stein of Hires Root
Beer at Elk Drug Store. 25-tf
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

Blue Seal the best Flour for
both biscuits and light bread, at
Adair's, phone I56. Il
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

If you need a Wind Mill Ander-
son will sell you the best. I4-tf
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-04

Poland China pigs for sale. In
quire first door east OF Baptist
church. Is tt
The St. Mary banner., 1908-01-18
SHORT koSED PEOPLE.
Something That May Be Said In
Their Favor

"PhvsiognOmiSts tell us that the
big nosed people do the world 5
work" said a short nosed man the
other day. 'and they generally add
lot or rubbish about Napoleon's big
nose and how he always selected big
nosed men to carry out daring under
takingS.
THAT Napoleon story was invented
by some one with nose like Cyrano
de Hergerac's, who wanted an ex-
cuse for his proboscis. and therefore
pretended that his nose was but the
Introduction to massive. imposing
character 1t is true that big nose
is sometimes indicative of firmness
and determination. but only when 1t
is associated with a strong jaw and
long chin. A big nose with retir-
ing chin is almost idiotic in the ex.
preston it gives to the countenance.
Every cartoonist knows this. When
ever you see cartoon OF society
dude it shows long nose and small
chin
But there is something to be said
in favor of the short noses. The short
nose shows wit. imagination, tact,
judgment, discretion. Socrates had
snub nose, and of the lively imagi-
native writer's in almost any language
a considerable proportion are short
nosed people. Long nosed men may
do their share of the worlds work.
but the short noses write the clever
books and the entertaining plays. If
Shakespeare had had nose like the
Duke of Wellington's do you suppose
that he would ever have written the
Merry Wives of Windsor?' He might
have been a successful theatre man.
ager, but would never have become
a literary artist" Louis Globe
Democrat.
The St. Mary banner., 1908-01-18
A Steepie Jacks Nerve.

Thousands of persons today watched
a daring "steeple jack" who has the
job OF painting the hagpole on the
top of the Singer Building, the hign-
est structure in the world, as he work
ed for several hours, putting on the
first coat the pole is to wear. Win
dows Of downtown Office buildings
were crowded by the spectators. At
noon today the workman performed
the perilous act of putting a small
gilded globe made of COPPER on top
Of the pole Doubtless it occurred to
a few OF the spectators who gazed
with awe at the mere speck of hui
manity that flirted with the clouds
that they were being hoaxed again
The flagstaff that is being so industri
ously painted, 700 feet in the air. was
put in position only 4 few days ago
Notwithstanding this. it has appar-
emily occurred to none Of the rubber
necks" who have watched that da.-
ing piece of aerial brush work that
it would have been possible to paint
The St. Mary banner., 1908-01-18
Laughing by Telegraph.

With the assistance of the telephone
distances many times beyond the nat
ural range of the human voice 1t is
not so generally known that it is pos
sble to laugh by telegraph.
Probably very few people have tried
the experiment, because telegraphinr
costs so much per word, and laughing
is a luxury that can easily be dis
pensed With.
But laughing is done by telegraph.
1t is the telegraph operators who III
dulge in this luxury, and mostly the
night operators who have more time
tAan the day people
When an operator becomes lonely
and his saunders are clicking out mes
sages not intended for him, he calls
up some friend operator, maybe hun
dred miles away. and opens conyer-
sation.
A conversation, of course, cannot be
continued long before something
funny is said. 1t then becomes the
tuls VI tltC OpGi dIol ~ lduSu his
he does by making four dots, then
one dot and a dash-thus ....-spell-
ing "ha."
Thus to all jokes he replies "h-a,
Ia" Sometimes. to make it easier,
he says, 'h--i"-that is, four dots and
two dots.
The laugh by telegraph is necessa-
rily cold and sardonic. 1t does not
bubble irresistibly to the surface. IL
is the result of deliberate purpose.
When one has sufficient elf-contro,
to laugh in this way. probably his
tribute to your joke is not what you
would desire. But the operator is
often shaken with laughter before
shaking his key with it, SO to speak
philadelphia Inquirer.
The St. Mary banner., 1908-01-18

atagas OF the crops tho reports are
made at infrequent intervals, bu. lat
er weekly. and in some cases even
more frequent. reports are forward
ed by the agents along the line to
division headquarters. and thence
transmitted to the superior officers OF
the railroads.
In former days these crop reports
were regarded as even more mornen-
tOus than now. for in past years the
fortunes OF the sO-callel Granger
roads We're, to all intents and pur-
poses, dependent solely upon the out
come of the crops. \ bountiful crop
or corn or wheat meant large earn
ings, and poor crop meant Very
than they We're twenty years or more
ago. Traffic has become so diversi-
fed even on the roads which still
are designated as granger roads that
the outcome OF the crops is of less
vital Importance to these lines than
it was formerly. Crop reports are IN
dicative of much more than the vol
ume of some particular crop. and they
are regarded as valuable, not only d.
rectly. but indirectly, in furnishing as
good barometer as any other OF the
probable course of general business
in the agricultural districts.-GyOW
The New York Times.
The St. Mary banner., 1908-01-18
Maine's Youngest Auto Driver.

Helen Lawrence, the twelve-year-
old daughter OF John G. Lawrence, Of
Saco, claims the distinction OF being
the youngest registered automobilist
in Maine, and it is further asserted
that she is probably the youngest per-
son in New England to hold a license
of this description. The blue-eyea
miss. who has not yet entered her
teens, can run a power carriage al
most as we'll as professional, and
has already won the admiration Of all
who see her steering the runabout
owned by her father through the city
streets. Her father and mother are
puzzled to know how she acquired the
knowledge Of driving car. In some
unexplainable manner she picked it
up. and now she can do stunts with
whiz-buggy that makes her father.
who is quite skilled in handling a
car, green with nevy-Kennebec Jour.
nal.
The St. Mary banner., 1908-01-18
Discarded War Stores in Potomac.

"We found many curious things
while dredging in the Potomac" said
Captain Charles Vivian. who had
charge of the dredging work in the
Potomac when the channel between
the arsenal and the Potomac flats was
deepened. but perhaps the most in
teresting that was brought up by the
big machine was box about two
feet square. 1t was securely sealed
and was water tight. When We open
ed it we found dozen or more three
inch shells. and upon drawing the cap
OF one of them We found the powder
as dry as the day it was placed there
Just to see II it was still in good
condition we tried one. and the shell
exploded with as much force as it
would have the day after it was
made.
After examining the shells closely
we discovered that they were ammu-
milton evidently discarded during the
civil war. Captain Lawson took the
whole lot out into the open and set
them of, and every one was still
able to do a lot OF damage had it
been aimed in the right direction. We
pulled up many other interesting rel
les of the war-old bugles, rifles.
swords. etc. have several OF them
at home now
Il don't know what would have hap
pened had our big dredging machine
struck the box Of shells in such a
manner that they would have been
exploded. and | tremble sometimes to
think of what might have been the
consequences. The bottom Of the
Potomac, no doubt. is full OF just such
things. s.'-Washington Post.