Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-11-03
THEY FAVOR
LICENSE PLAN
Heavy Taxpayers Declare in
Favor of Licensed and Reg
ulated Saloons as Preferable
to Bootleg" Joints.

h1p Ian ~ VA it AN1AiO SoOilI
and from present indication
promises to be a warm one. Tn
dry" people organized last wee
and raised several hundred dol
ars to further their cause, bu
they are not going to have al
unaaaupsred campaign this year
as the forces favoring Licensed
regulated saloons in preference
to the present dry regime got in
to the open Tuesday at..Grange
vile and issued a statement t,
the voters of the county which
was signed by many Of the heav
lest taxpayers and most infiuen
tial citizens of the county.
The statement to the voters is
as follows:
We, the undersigned, bust.
ness men and taxpayers of Idaho
county, in view Of the approach
ing local ption-prohibition elec-
tioa, respectfully submit to and
endorse the following brief state
ment germane to said issue, and
invite thoughtful consideration
thereof.
We assume a deep and sin
cere interest in this situation,
present rs well as future, only
ss the local option-prohibition is-
Sue appeals to our moral, social
and financial well-being. as citi-
xens Of the various communities
OF Idaho county.
No signer to this statement
has an interest. personal or f.
nancial. in any form of the liquor
basiness, save as Its use. and
abuse become factors in the gov
eminent of our towns and our
county, and of deep concern to
the people of both; and of inter-
est to real property values, taxes
and business generally.
The application of local OBJ
tion- prohibition to Idaho county
for two years past has proven to
us that temperance has not been
promoted. nor have morals been
improved. The licensed drink
ing place. restricted according
10 modern ideas, is vastly pre-
ferable, in our opinion. to the
existing unsatisfactory CO n
ditinns- Such places should be
limited No number and restricted
by ordinances and orders, and
due consideration should be CIV
en- by town councils and boards
Of commissioners to the charac-
ter. standing and quality of those
who apply for licenses.
To this end, we, as an organi-
zarion Of Idaho County business
men and taxpayers, pledge our
selves TO the exertion of such in
1nence as lies within our power,
'yer the boards of commission
'rs and town councils, present
md future, to provide and en-
'orce sach legislation and restric-
lons as may be within their
'ower, additional to those here
ofore existing. with the idea
hat such drinking places as may
'e authorized to operate shall be
ubiecsed to forfeiture of licen-
es for sales of liquor to minors, ]
women, intoxicated and disorder
y persons: and that screens,
rOsted windows and chairs be q
liminated from all places where !
rinks are bought. sold or con- |
umed- n
We have an abiding faith in |
be developed and developing re- \
ources of our county, and a just T
ride m oar commercial advance t
aent along high moral lines of I
k
1t IS our opinion that the ac- N
sptaDce of local option-prohibi- B
on two years ago by the voters
Idaho county was an error in =
and that fully as y
uch intoxicating liquor has n
zen sold and consumed as be-
re. md Of an inferior quality Il
ID IN . manner conducive to a II
per scale Of morals than can "
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