The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-20
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EDITED BY A. MURRMAN
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"Theman from GrOton'will be atthe
Congregational church next Thursday
night to deliver a German temperance
lecture in which he will tell us chow
no-license kills "A town. and just what
it is that is "killed. =" The Germans
of Milbank and vicinity should turn
out en.masse both to hear MIR. STRUTS
argument and as a protest against the
too common charge that South Da-
kOta Germans are pre-emlneLtly
"~boOzers.'
FROM A MAN WHO is O AFRAID TO
SIGN HIS NAME
Slsseton ). D.. March ). 1908,
VIM BRANDvOLD, Milbank, S ID.
Dear Sir-IOur letter at hand en-
curing about business in Sisseton
during the time we have had no
saloons. In reply a say that we
have now had eight 1rnnths without Il
saloon and we have during that time.
in spite of the panic. increased L
sales IA per cent o er the sales during
the same months last year when we
had saloons. We have had very
little trouble with blind pigs and We
find people pleasant and intelli-
gent o do business with when they are
sober. Yours truly,
STAVIG BROS.
Compare what is said here in a
manly way by a responsible firm with
the s~enseless gush of ''Taxpayer' in
last weeks ''News,' and tell US which
has TIE greater weight?
The very fact that the arguments of
the saloon men are SO thin, and that
they are sent into the world like
orphans, without sponsors, ought to
convince every intelligent voter OF the
weakness of their cause. The fact
tn at they dare not sign their names
also proves that they are themselves
conscious of it.
TIE wholesale liquor interest of the
country we're never more disturbed
over prospects for the trade than thew
are just now.
They are raising large sums of
money to fight prohibition. out tie
funniest thing they are doing is
PROMISING TO BE GOOD. They pro-
pose a ''model liquor license which
is to insure a saloon as harmless as a
Sunday school. But they are too
late. Reminds us of the lines
"When the Devil was sick.
The Devil a Monk would be:
When the Devil got we'll,
Devil a Monk vas he
ENCOURAGED!
The good people of MilbanF have
never had a better prospect for
,-;nt ~ : h , ., +bau hnya ot ppnsnrf At
the Methodist church, at the opera
house. and at the CONGREGATIONAL
church large audiences have greeted
the speakers, the congregation last
Sunday night crowGing the COngrega-
tioual church to the doors, every seat
being taken and some being obliged
to stand. The saloon keepers were
conspicuous by their absence, but
many of their customers will profit by
the good points 50 forcefully made by
the speakers.
All that is needed nowadays is to
announce a no-license meeting and
the largest hall will be filled: the
farmers are signing their petition t.
the business men in large numbers:
the tt stimonials from business men in
surrounding W where up-lirense
has been tried, are pouring iu: the
voluntary contributions TO the No
License League are the largest they
have eve been. and the man on the
street takes pains to tell Us that he is
with US this time SURE. And no
wonGer, Have the saloons ever done
much worse anywhere than here?
Milbank is fast getting the reputation
for toughness that Sisseton had before
no license redeemed it. What no
license has done for our neighbOring
city it will do for us, and thank God,
it will do it soon.