The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-05-29
Why Vote "Yes' to Keep
Saloon Out of RichfeLd?

The Recorder always expected join if to lead
the boosting for any local improvement any business enter
prise for the good If it has failed help it
is from lack of opportunity rather than of disposition Just
now matter of vital is before the people of Rich
field and Lincoln counythe question of whether
license the saloon 10 the Recorder, it good enough
business plan to vote dry to warrant devoting whole
to the subject with apology than if
railroad the coming of great factory the dis
covery of gold mine adjoining town.
Washington county, which voted local option this
week. again dry by almost 1000 votes! has about
the vote Lincoln The fact that they join wet'
Oregon where booze flows Free made them dryer than
Their intelligent peoples answer to the weak
question of what to do if your neighbor goes wet
The last school of the }ichied school district
showed the quite remarkable fact that there practically
many children under the of years. the legal school age
there from to 21 years. Is it for these tender little
ones that the community would encourage saloon here!
The Rchied school district pays school taxes of ap
proxmatey ST. 600 year. if the annexation of the main line
railroad stands it will be about $40 600 year saloon
license in Riched would probably pay 1915 year the
school district the rest going to the county and the state 1t
would be only about per cent of the present revenue
about per cent of the it will be with the bgnew
railroad addition Really, 1T doesn make much of show
ing for the saloon Il community money maker, does it,
This community, as is every other farming
ty in the county, staggering under load of debt Every
body debt to almost everybody who will let him. All
who land here debt to the irrigation company
would have almost universal bankruptcy for the
pany to demand full payment according to its contracts in
stead of extending the time OF payment This not crit
icsm Of but boost for this country it bigger and richer
and better worth going heavily debt for than sup
posed But it is fact, that credit all the Lincoln
Carey Act projects strained almost the breaking point
ANY added burden many who have spent much
here but unable to stand any extra drain few dollars
spent in the saloon in fit of dependency few days time
lost through the loss Of efficiency caused by the powerful
ton of liquor aded and depondent few dollars
lost from other who should be paying other
than bar bills-and many family will suffer- many man
business credit ruined 1t the testimony of of the
biggest liquor in the state given personally to the ed
of the Recorder that not than 20 to rs per cent
much liquor is sold in dry territory where there is
the open salOOn This knowsl The gatherings OF
those who believe otherwise foolish face of this
expert testimony To the present average bootleg
ging sale of liquor this county and this community is to
put ruin in the way of many
Of the saloon license money so per cent goes the
school district where the saloon located per the
county, and per cent to the state 1t always takes
east that per pay the added criminal and court
costs; usually several times much The per the
state gift it does not apply the countys apporton
of state OF the part paid to the local school
district will be about to per cent of the total sales of
average saloon 10 get back this little bit of license
~ the community would be asked to pay in from 20
lines much; and to drink times much booze as
hey now do! Isn't that awful business arithmetic? 1t is
bout like the statesman who, buying SO pig for his farm
ed it $40 worth of and finally sold the beast for 2
Did it pay!'' he asked We'll, he said, maybe |
lid lose $37 the con-bu made So on the pg That
the way with saloon license profit! OF course those who
outside the school district but still help pay the
worth of con do not get cent of the So profit the pig
Vote YES" to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquor
n Lincoln County.
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