The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-07
anti SALOON LEAGUE

I HIS 6UV O0X0RVO AKXxIx1 ~
Held its Annual Meeting and Listen
ed to the Report Of Officers
Plan for u Campaign.
In the League rooms on Wednes-
day the headquarters committee and
board Of directors and trustees of
the Anti-Saloon League of the state
held their annual meeting. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Pres. DR.. A. c. Shep-
herd, of Sioux Falls; Vice President,
1. w. Seaman of Mitchell; secretary,
j. E. Booth, of DeSmet; treasurer,
Willis T. Mcconnell, Mitchell. With
these were elected A. C. Bowdish,
Mitchell, A. C. McCauley, Bridge
water, DR.. H. p. Carson, Huron, who
constitute the headquarters commit
tee.
There were present at this meeting
the fosl, wing persons: DR.. H. P. Car
son, j Booth, /. w. Seaman, w.
T. McG~nnell, A. c. McCauley, DR..
G. e. Hager. A. E. Carhart, G. I. Net
son, DR.. Best, DR.. Ray, of Deadwood.
A. LOOMS, Redfield; MIR. aowen of
Parker, Rev. Loveall, of Pierre; Mrs.
A. B. Smart secretary of the state
w. G. 7. U. Washington Springs.
Rev. Oldfield of Milbank; Clarence
Jensen, Madison; w. NJ. Grafton State
Superintendent, DR.. A. c. Shepherd.
There were added to the board of
directors, A. Craig Bowdish, Mitch
ell; D. M. Butt, Britton; C. l.. Mel
lette, FIT. Pierre and w. Moen How
ard.
A report by DIR. Loveall of Pierre,
was read on the work done in the
last legislature. DR.. Notson read a
report on county option, its progress
and suggestions for the future. DR..
Grafton, Superintendent, made
his annual report. He showed that
the most stupendous undertaking of
the Christian church since time be-
gan was the overthrow and extirpa-
ton Of the un-American saloon. In
the last year the superintendent has
travelled a distance equal 10 that of
eight times to the North Pole. part
of the time in liveries facing bliz-
yards when the railroads were tied up
and not a single man appeared at
the meeting. He produced the liter
allure on county option, almost en-
tirely amounting to 35 tracts APP
pearing in four different languages,
Swedish, Norwegian, German and
English.
With the help of one other he put
as high as twenty-seven columns a
day in the Argus-Leader and Sioux
Falls Press. on county option. Space
was bought or secured in about one
hundred and seventy-five papers over
the state, and the copy was written
by himself and one or two others. !
Four days of the week he spent
answering the hundreds of letters
touching questions of legislation, agi-
tation, law enforcement. The stamp
bills seem to indicate. that about 500
letters each week touching all phases
of work went out from the Office.
The superintendent has endeavor-
ed to assist, working about 16 hours
a day, except when on his trip to
Alaska, in five campaigns in the
county option campaign, the cam
paign for senators and representa-
IANCo III JUL ld6t lO6A0lotuIS, Lu0 CdAl-
paign for the new county option bill,
better temperance laws and in the
towns were turned dry.
The bookings of the League, were
the greatest in It's history.
The League has employed SO diff
ferent persons during the last year.
In tho NHAo0E0r oo Ao1A urW1orc or
in special campaigns at a salary.
Some of these have been the most
speakers Of Minnesota,
Pennsylvania, Illinois. and Kansas.
men of national fame.
The American Issue with fine car
toons and cuts. with articles. such
of Mitchell, on "The Cleansing CT
Mitchell and its Prosperity" has
commanded the attention of the en-
tire state.
There has been carried out a law
enforcement programme In ROBERTS
county. Pennington, Lawrence, Butte,
Gregory, Trip. Campbell, Yankton.
Buffalo, Brown. and Charles Mix
worthy OF notice.
There has been secured seven cir
cult decisions of importance. The
greatest Is that Of county option by
judicial decision on the part of Judge
Trip in Charles Mix county. We
note also that the supreme court de-
cision that all matted, fermented.
brewed, vinous or spurious liquors
whether intoxicating or not come I'M
der the ban of the law.
In five years time our bookings
have increased from $4,000 to ST.
900. Our cash receipts have leaped
in the same length of time from less
than $1,000 to about $4,000. This
of our includes about $1,000
work that did not go through this
Office.
The aim is to raise $4,000 for
the campaign for county option.