The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-09

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of its advancement.
Not only have the men back
of the petitioners for this cam
paign an abiding faith" in the
present and future of Idaho coun-
ty, but they have a regard as
well for it's moral and its bus
mess activity" There is no at
tempt to play on words with
these business men. There is
certainly no attempt on their
part to grovel in the quagmire
of moral turpitude.
With all that nature has done
for this splendid agricultural en-
pire it would not only be useless
but it would be sinful for those
interested in the development
of these natural attributes to ig-
more or in any way deal lightly
with the moral surroundings Of
the people who inhabit it. Life
is too serious, citizenship is too
sacred for the signers of this
statement to attempt to deceive
their neighbors and their friends.
Great hardship has been exper-
fenced by the early pioneers of
these prairies, to overcome the
crude elements with which they
and their fathers of necessity
had to cope in facing the stern
realities Of stubborn nature.
This great agricultural empire,
so rich in its present and future,
for the men who are here, was
the home of the sires of many,
and the stories Of the hardships
OF the past generation are still
fresh in the minds of many of the
foremost of this movement to-
day. They do not claim all of
the virtue, all of the patriotism
nor all of the temperate quail
tiles of this young empire, but
but they do claim, honest and
sincere consideration at the
hands of the votary of their
peers; their neighbors, and their
friends. Their sons and their
daughters are destined to reap
the rich reward of sane action,
tempered with wisdom, which
should of right take possession
of the minds and of the hearts
of this generation of people, To-
Gated in this country for which
nature has done so much.
1t should not be that bitter
ness, strife and discord, progen-
tators of evil tendencies, should
enter into this present local con-
flict. 1t is a matter which should
be settled on the highest and the
best moral and financial lines of
action.
Temptation should be placed
as far as possible from the child
ren that are growing up in Idaho
county today. These men be-
hind this movement believe in
their heart of hearts that the
back door system" of dealing
out intoxicants to the young men
unqualified by law to buy
drink of liquor in a licensed
drinking place, should be re-
lieved of the deplorable tempta-
tions which surround them to-
day. 1t is for this that the pro-
motors of this campaign are la
boring. They have not in mind
the recipient of the financial
benefits of this traffic to any de-
gree, and it is disappointing
and regretable that men possess
ing the quality and the claim of
Christian character, will attri.
butte unworthy or unpatriotic mo-
tives to those men who stand
sponsors for a better moral and
financial condition in Grangeville
and in all of Idaho county.
That men differ on this question
is expected; that some disagree
ment should arise among think
ing people is natural. but that
citizens of reputation, of char
acter, of standing and of quail
ity, such as the signers of this
published statement, have, here
where they have been known SO
long, been charged, as has been
done in type and in pulpit, with
being mere tools and represen-
tatives of the liquor traffic, is a
mis-statement which does sorry
Justice to men and to women
who have Tenderness to elevate
mankind and "to do unto others
as you would have them do unto
you"