The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-04
THEY SAY
That the UNITED STATES is So


OuL lAS IouAlly oil 0Sdi Cu StAh.
The unprecedented prohibition
wave sweeping the nation has Jared
them into a frightened and tardy re-
spect for law;
They are urging-insisting-
saloonkeepers everywhere conduct
more orderly resorts and obey the
the strict letter of the law; and that
disorderly and disreputable gin mills
be closed
But THE HANDWRITING ON
THE WALL is plain.
The REIGN OF BOOZE in Ameri-
ca is over
The people are dethroning King
Alcohol and the whole country is
going prohibition.
This does not mean that no more
whiskey will be drunk; but it does
mean that the day is not far distant
when
DRINK WILL BUY NO VOTES.
That Sheriff Webb's friends are
furthering a movement to secure the
Carnegie Hero medal for this gallant
officer
That two or three local F'politicoS"
will attend the Taft turnout at Taco
ma tomorrow night.
That there were high jinks at the
. Cottage House last night
! The cook and her company were
locked up, whilst band of boy pi-
rates ravaged the pantry and de-
voured ten pies.
| Thai Lucien kellog is in town
from the University of Washington,
and may consent to address the So
cialists of our city while here.
That the contest for school direct
or is waxing warm,
That four men are out for the
place-one because he wants it and
the other three because they have
been strongly urged.
That the city council was not visi-
BILE to the naked eye last night.
The strenuous social hilarity of
the night previous had put them
largely out of commission;
That if the condemnation proceed
ings in Superior Court incident to
the avenue improvement cannot be
had before June, it will mean anoth-
er years delay in getting at the ac-
tual work of grading this thorough /
fare.
That Lewis and Clarke's" COM
munication anent the school ques-
tiOn today presents a new brand of
trouble;
The Contributor objects to the
teachers absorption of the Janitor's
job.
THAI High Jim and other Indian
Los are in town today attending
court.
High Jim's fancy embroidered
vest, gay with poultry design show
ing hens and roOsters couchant and
rampant, is a thing of beauty
That Long Jim has Chickens on
the breast, while Bousquet has 'em
on the brain.
That the police are to ask the
council for new and more efficient
battle sticks.
The present clubs have proven in
sufficient to quell the belligerent
'Bo's" and a mightier cudgel is
prayed for.
That the High School pupils have
announced a literary and musical
program for Friday night;
That their debate on the exclusion
/ law presents a timely and absorbing
theme, and is a question worthy of
every good citizens careful consider
alton;
| The Yellow Peril of the story
writer's is more imminent than most
stay-at-home Americans could be
made to believe:
so million Japs and 49O million
on Oriental populations, are increas-
ing fast, and already the disposition
of surplus population is a grave ma
tiOnal question.
Every available square meter of
productive land is cultivated to it's
fullest capacity in Japan, and along
the great waterways, natural and ar
tificial, in China, the congestion of
people on shore is so great that for
many generations large numbers
have lived in houseboats.
That the family ducks are anchor
ed by string at the side of the Junk.
That short pieces Of light bamboo
are tied across the shoulders of the
children as life preserrers: they
wear these constantly, and when.
tOii liLic " lILAe' tney accldentaIIy
fall overheard it becomes a simple
matter tc e@h them out with a pike
pole.
That the writer knew missionary
family living near the Great Wall
who paid their gardener and man of
all work five dollars per year and
one meal day.
On this he supported a family.
Which shows why America should
be alarmed at the movement among
misinformed people TO remove or
modify the exclusion laws;
That North Australia, Formosa.
Manchuria, Korea, Hawaii, the Phil
ippines, Borneo and the Malay
States are already over-run with
Chinese and Ians