The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-06-15

don't know MI Hi
s,,her doesn't know anything aoou'
forest fires fighting or he is plum
fool If he thinks any man is go'ns ~
stop fighting fires and run TO Den
;usham for a permit to back IRE ~
savs his property. Why last laii
when the forest fires were arounu
Lynden-and they were only "'.'o
f;rss tool saw back-fires Set "
save buildings when If the men "no
s,+ them had taken the time TO run
,wo blocks or even to stop anu
whistle for a permit, the perini'
wouldn't have been needed, for 'he
occasion for back firing would nave
been past.
Reform officials are alright In
way-that is away off, generally OUT
reform without little brains "iAeu
with it don't amount to mucn. "
Mr. Frost would devote his time anu
energy TO prosecuting the men who
start the original fires and see 'na.
= faw Of them land in Jail he wouio
s,on a lot of waste of property, Dut
he will gain nothing by making en-
em,es of all of the ranchers OF the
county.
Over two years ago The TRIBUNE
predicted that the saloon interests
of this state would force the state IN
to the prohibition column. l beiieVe
they have finally done SO. peiie'e
tho state of Washington will be a
prohibition state within two years
more.
It is not the prohibitionists that
have brought this condition about
II Is business men-factory owners,
bankers. farmers, merchants. Many
OF them are drinking men. Many
more of them would gladly allow
others to rule their own appettes'
but they cannot longer allow the
lawlessness of the saloon-the cor
ruption Of the saloon.
For years the saloons and the
saloon interests have maintained state
Hobbies. They have practically con-
trcled legislatures. They have bod
lily controlled city councils and often
had the control of county affairs.
Saloon men are not fit citizens to
govern a state, county or city.
Things became so bad that decent
people could no longer stand for them
They began to resent them by curt
ailing their power-increasing lie
enes and making stricter laws gov
erning the sale. Instead Of Obeying
the new laws the breweries fought
them both openly and under cover.
They bought up papers, and it Is rum
ored, also, councils and county and
state officials. When the decent ele-
ment of the state would have secur-
ed a right county option law they
found themselves working in the leg
islature against a paid lobby 80 bold
that 1t shamed all good men. More
than that the saloon men succeeded
in defeating the law as the decent
people of the state wanted 1T passed.
The result of this audacious action
Of the saloon interests is just what
anyone, whose brain was not added,
by whiskey would expedite senti-
ment against the saloons is stronger
than ever. The State Grange last
week unanimously passed a resolut-
lon favoring state wide prohibition.
Confidentially, / believe If the matter
goes to the people while in their pre-
sent temper it will carry. and it
should, for there is no defense for
the saloon, and less than none when
It Is not satisfied to know its place.
Even small boy knows better than
to kick his dad when he is getting a
trouncing
While l am talking about saloons
want to show you what paper
which is labeled Progressive Dem
ocrat," and which is printed in Ia
coma where some stricter saloon re-
gulations have recently gone into ef-
feet. consideres good reading:
Tacoma is soon to have a carni-
val. We are going to invite people
to come and receive our hospitality
These people will come with a fixed
custom Of buying each other a social
drink. They will be people who
think as little about drinking beer
as the average farmer thinks of
drinking q glass of milk. They will
come representing all nationalities
They have been raised to believe
that a social glass of wine is not
harmful. They have been raised to
thiuk a u1aoo ~ hoar iu a f>na .~.z