The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-16
A PLEA TO THE WOMEN OF
IDAHO COUNTY.
Dear Women -

of the Spartans fifty of their chill
dren as hostages, they replied,
We would prefer to give hun
dred of our most distinguished
men.
This was a fair testimony to
the value of the child to any COM
munity and in any age. The hope
of Idaho County hes in the boys
and girls of Idaho County.
You are asked, dear women, by
the Idaho County Reform
League, to stand up firmly and
fairly in battle array with this
league for the promotion of this
higher order of civic righteous
ness. Meaning the licensed, re-
stricted drinking place; because
it will bring about a better sys-
tenn of morality in this commun-
ity and in all communities of
Idaho County, than at present ex-
lists.
You are also requested to for
get the dire predictions of the ex-
tremIst, and the intolerant indi-
yidual. that the morality of your
children will go to the bow-wows
if there is a saloon in the com
munity,' and told that it is
lame excuse for a father or moth
err to accept the foolish sugges-
tion that the saloon is, or can be
made more attractive to children
than the home, and that the as
ISOLATION of the bartender is pref
cradle to the boy than the love,
the devotion, and the friendship
of the father
Furthermore, you are told, "no
confession of weakness should be
made by strong father or
pure mother, but they should de-
vote themselves to acquiring the
friendship, respect, love, and de-
votion Of their children, the most
sacred thing to them on earth. !"
Would to God that this last item
of advice could be carried out
by the fathers and mothers of Ida
.ho County,,
Then the licensed saloon, and
the bootlegging joint would both
die natural death from lack of
material to prey upon. as'a 4
But many a strong father and
pure mother" know to their sorl
row that a license saloon, how
ever restricted and regulated, :"
must have recruits, or "hostag-
es," from the youth of our coun-
ty, or go out of business altogeth-
er in a few years.
Hence the man who pays his
license to conduct business that
shall bring about this "better
system of morality" licensed by
the votes of you strong fathers
and pure mothers, has a right to
expect the patronage of you men,
and the support of you mothers
by liberal contribution of your
dear sons to his work of love- d.
and an offering of some of your
pure daughters on the altar of
Civic Righteousness (?), in par
tial payment of the debt Of graft
tude you owe the man who is will
ing to pay high license for the
privilege of bringing about a bet
ter state of morality in our be-
loved county.
Difference Between Licensed
Saloon and Bootlegging
joint
A man, haggard, wretched, will
handouts on his wrists, covering
in patrol wagon among degrad-
ed fellow-prisoners, looked up as
the wagon passed famous hotel,
whose luxurious bar was the chos.
en- resort of the gilded youth of
the town. That" he said, in a
tone as if going back over all his
life to the time where his down
fall began, "that was where l
LOOK my IlrSL drmk.
A battered tramp beside him
laughed hoarsely, 81 took mine
in speak-easy," he said. 1--WE
didn't start alike, but when we
get our last drink it'll be all the
same-cheap whiskey and the gut.
ter and the morgue for both of
u.s."
In all its horror that answer was
true.
The first drink is where the
difference comes in.
Respectfully yours for the pur-
ity Of the home. and the morality
Of our boys and girls.
(This article was signed by a
father who is truly interested in
the moral and social condition of