Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-12

and insAne account Of ne county and
not ss.,ssT.2s.
An unjust and misleading eompar-
ison Is made IN paragraph Is By de-
Quoting the amount that Il b claim
ed the towns and road districts re-
eeive. s1s.s0o,. from the total Of
paragraph rs and then telling the
people that the balance d q loss TO
the county. or course this Juggling
Of the igures may not have been ln-
territorial or made for the purpose
OF deceiying the voter. probably Just
a little miscaleulatlon. such "a oc-
Cured In paragraphs and 2. Every
person ID not good 10 figures.
in paragraph III the yetsr ID treat
ed 10 the generous apirIt or fairness
which the compiler must have had
in view when he said that I'VE have
not included In these figures the
$3.50 town license which the saloons
pay each" He overlooked the fact
that these figures show over
$4,000 annually. You know
S25o makes the total loss look bigger
to the average person who takes fis-
ures for granted. under the suppose
tion that they do not lie. He Is iib-
eral with the time % the criminals
and generous to q fault in manipu-
lating ngures for the purpose Of de-
eeiving the voters, and since we have
plainly shown the falaity OF these fig-
ures to any nnprejndioed mind, We
hope the reader win do some think
Ing and see II we are not correct in
our deductions.
Paragraph rs refers 10 divorces
In Kootenai county for two years and
we are pleased 10 have these fgures
given out. because II there ID any one
thing more than another which the
intemperate use OF liquor produces,
Il Is the divorce. and In these figures
We have a good test OF conditions in
the wild and woolly west. as compar-
ed with good. old prohibition Maine.
with its poverty and abandoned
farms, blind pigs and oflelai saloons
In this county Il Il claimed that there
were SO divorces IN two years. Koot.
enai has a population OF 30. 900 peo-
pie according 10 the best estimates.
and u we take the figures OF the
above circular as correct. the courts
OF this county have granted one al.
Voree yearly to every s2s OF popu.
lation. That ratio IL suficientiy
high more 50 than II ought 10 be:
but when we compare It to that good
old model of prohibition with lie
happy, eontented. sober and indus.
trions people whose birth rate IA
less per population ratio than any
other state In the Union, who have
nothing 10 do but keep sober. wa
are not ashamed Of KootenaI. the
wild and woolly. In Maine with a
population of ss4.4ss, the govern.
ment statistics show that one divorce
Is granted yearly 70 each ~ OF pom.
niation. or almost eight times AZ
many as We have in this county. Fel.
low citizens. what do you think Of
these facts? This IL not all. her PRO-
portion Of church people and births
to population Is the lowest Of any
state In the Union. Are these not evi.
denees that things are really no, "a
bad In licensed Kootenal a. thsy
might become under prohibition
Think this over aad ash yourself n
you desire q change 10 Maine divorce
conditions, birth conditions and
Church conditions.
The figures IN paragraph 10 are
as false and misleading AZ those In
some Of the other paragraphs. and We
pass II over By pointing out but one
Of the falBehoods. II takes so per cen,
OF the county liquor license. which Il
not all that the schools receive, as the
circular states in other paragraphs,
and dedaets II from the padded total
which includes figures fetItioasly rep.
resenting the time lost By criminals
who are locked up in asylums. jails
and penitentiarles TO prevent their
robbing your home. OF possibly mnr.
dering you Tor q few dollars. That
intelligent men would pnomuleate
such rot with TIE idea that It could
be erammed down the throats OF the
people IL almost beyond belief. That
Il should come from people who
claim to staad for q moral prinei.