Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-12

- 1910
To Mrs. c. S. Winchell, State SuptI.
Of this department. who had worked
increasingly for its passage. he gave
the pen with which he had signed
it. And we are now reaping the
results of the seed sowing from this
department of our work in the
widespread Prohibition sentiment
turnout our state.
thousand or more children
have been lead to read, study and
think about the evil effects of alco-
hol through the Prize Essay Con-
tests assthe "Value of Total Absti-
nence to a Life'' and 1.-The Harm
in a Glass of Beer
Sunday Schools too have been
aroused to the need Of more specific
teaching upon the question. And
there never was time when
more space was given to the tenn
perance question by our newspa-
pers than today. while the columns
of our popular magazines have been
devoted to discussions of the SUBJ
ject. Thus many people have
been reached by the pen who could
not have been by voice. Through
the Purity department and Moth
er's meetings many mothers have
been helped in giving their chill
dren needed instruction in the NOR
al care and culture due them.
''For-quoting from Rose Wood
Allen Chapman-*after all the
hardest part of the work falls upon
the mother, the first swing of the
seed and the constant care neces-
sary to insure it's proper growth.
Said. Mrs. Chapman. lone Of the
greastest problems confronting us
today is the moral condition in our
public schools" And through this
department the W. C. T. U. is help
ing mothers to help solve this prob
lem.
The financial condition of our
state is good and has been for sew
eral years. With fourteen hundred
dollars or more in money and Pied
ges in the treasury for state work
and no debts to hamper while thou
sands of self-sacrifcing Christian
women labor and pray to the end
the licensed saloon must go.
The liquor traffic is putting up a
desperate fight, but it is doomed,
for victory to the temperance for
ces is sure to come speedily.
''Town by town. county by county
and state by state the Ubiquitous
traffic is being abolished
On Wednesday a motion made by
Mrs. Kate Kercher of Minneapolis,
State Corresponding Secretary. to
the effect that the Minnesota State
W. c. T. U. lend the weight of its
influence to the securing of county
option looking toward State wide
Prohibition. was the signal for a
hot discussion of the question; which
was carried over until the next day.
Thursday Mr.. Racine, of Willmar,
was introduced to the convention
and spoke in plain straightforward
terms of this issue, urging the i'm
portance of seeking statewide pro-
hibition through county option as
the surest and quickest route.
After listening to the intelligent
discussion of the question, Prof.
Tibbets in the course of short
speech said, Il always was in ia
vor of equal suffrage and never
more so than now.''
A final vote by ballot showed 146
in favor of County Option to votes
against. And a perfect STERN of
applause greeted the announcement.
The spectacular demonstration of
the work done by the different de-
partments during the year was in
tensely interesting and called forth
rounds Of hearty applause.
Representatives from each no-li-
cense town were called to the front
and standing in line read appropri-
ate verses of Scripture. And the
leader, after speaking Of the hard
ships endured by some of these un-
ions in attaining "dry' towns
said. "These are they who have
come thru great tribulation and
have washed their robes and made
them white.''
Last but not least was the "Con-
secration Hour. A solemn hush
fell upon the audience as every
woman intentIy listened while Mrs.
Densmore, editor of the State pa
per, read from the Book of books
the lesson our Father would have US
take to heart as a guide for future
service. Reading, as one inspired,
of the building Of Solomon's mag
nificent temple she dwelt upon the
materials which had entered into
its construction-of how there was
not only gold, silver and precious
stones to beautify and adorn it,
but much more of wood and iron to
render it stable and enduring.
Likening that temple to the spirit
ual temple which we day by day a1e