Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-05-29
W. C. 7. U. NOTES

/ secoi"Hs tuese uayS Win interest," a.
white heat. Let us, sisters. not for
get he "hour of prayer. asking Goo
continually to lead men everywher,
to SNOW the truth, and showing it, tC
cast vote for "uod and Home an6
Native Land. +"
The Forest Grove S. S. con tion,
jus, passed into history as the .reate,t
yet, has this among its resolutions
Whereas the sslocn interests are
proposing 10 make ineffective our
present local option law, by an amend
ment to our state constitution giving
cities and towns the sole right to
regulste and control saloons aud kin.
dred interests by vote of the fe "
regardless Of the will and vote of the
many. be ii resolved that this couven-
tion Of Christian workers vigorously
oppose this proposition and urge every
Christian voter to cast his ballot
against it in the approaching state
election "
Gov. Hanly of Indiana on the liquor
traffic: Personally have seen so
much Of the evils Of the tr ,tfic, 70
much OF its economic. waste, so much
OF IL physical ruin. so much of its
mental blight, SO much of its tears
and heartsches, that l have come to
regard the business as one that must
be controlled by strong and effective
laws. l bear no malice toward those
engaged in the business, but hate
the traffic. / hate every phase
hate it for its intolerance. / hate it
for its arrogance. / hate it for its hy-
pocrisy. | hate it for its cant aud
craft and false pretenses. l hate it
for its commercialism. l hate it for
It's gteed and avarice. hate it Tor
Its sordid love of gain at any price.
Il hate IL for its domination in
politics. hate it for its corrupting
influence in civic affairs. hate Il
for its incessant effort to debauch the
suffrage Of the county; for the COW
ards it makes Of public men. l hate
It for its utter disregard of law.
hate it for its ruthless trampling of
the solemn compacts Of state coustitu-
tions. / hate it for the load it straps
to labors back; for the palsied
hand it gives to toll; for it. wounds
to genius; for the tragedies Of its
-beens
II hate ii for the aims houses IL
peoples; for the prisons it fills; for
the insanity it bes.ts; for its count.
less graves in potters' fields. hate
1t Tor the mentaliruin it imposes upon
its victims; for its spiritual blight
for its moral degradation
II hate it for the crimes it has COM
mitted hats it for the homes il has
destroyed hate it for the hearts IL
has broken. l hate it for the malice
It has planted in the hearts of men
for its poison, for its bitterness, for
the dead sea fruit with which II
their souls. hate Il for the
grief it causes womanhood. the scald.
ing tears, the hopes deferred. the
,trangled aspirations, its burden of
want and care. l hate 1t for its heart |
less cruelty to the aged, the infirm
Ind the helpless, for the shadow it |
throws upon the lives Of children, for
rs monstrous injustice to blameless
little ones.
II hate it as virtue hates vice, as
ruth hates error, as righteousness |
lates sin, as jutice hates wrong; as
liberty hates tryauny, as free om hates
oppression. 1 hate 1t as Abraham |
Lincoln hated slavery. and as he so me.
lines saw In prophetic visions the |
md of slavery and the ming of the |
lime when the sun should sh ne and |
,he rain should fall upt n no slave in
III the republic, so l some i'm seem
% see the end of this unholy trafnc,
he coming of the time when, If it
ioes not wholly cease to be, it shall |
ind no safe habitstion anywhere be-
heath Old Glory's stainless stars -
The Christian citizenship meeting
leld last Friday evening at the saliva.
ion Army hall was an instructive
md enthusiastic gathering. The
loyal Temperance Legion Medal |
contest was the principal (, ature. the
'oys acquitting themselves with
lonor. The medal was awarded 10
Dana Ament Other numbers on the |
Drogram were the tabaleux "Help Me
% Keep Them Pure" and vote For
is. Please, - and quArtette of sweet
oices sang appropriate songs. This
vas one of the best meetings vet held
nd more and better sessions will fol-
Dw.
MERLIN TEMPERANCE NEWS.
The people of Merlin are not going
D leave any temperance work undono
they know it. Men, women and
hildren are enthusiastic. The mems
mmittee and several women Of the
'. G. T. U. have distributed lltera.
1re and talked to the voters The
=. 7. l.. and many other children
ave been drilling for rally the
ight before election. They will be
SISTED BY the young people and the
'. O. L. .. All expect splendid
ime.
Friday, May 22, the children met
Or L. L. with a large Attendance
nd many visitors. Most Of the time
7as spent in practice instead Of regu.
At lessons. The W. c. T. u. met
hat day also.
For some time past We have talked
I picnic but the weather has been