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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

this season and although one
team lost, both are entitled to
the greatest CT credit.
So far as the team work was
concerned the high school boys
held their own on the floor
against their heavier opponents
but in shooting baskets they
seemed to fall down and this is
what accomplished their defeat.
Jim Cook refereed the game
and his decisions were entirely
satisfactory to the large
audience. The Friday game
finished the season for both
teams.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

Not only do the voters of this
city favor voting out the saloons
but the farmers of the two towns
surrounding the city are also
anxious to see the saloons go and
they urge the loyal citizens of
the city to give their best and
untiring efforts to the movement
to rid the city Of saloons.
At the caucus held at Bayview
last Saturday at which fifty three
voters were present, nearly
every one in the town, the ques-
.tion was discussed and all of.
fcers nominated pledged them
selves in favor of not granting
license in their town. A vote
was taken and forty-three far m.
ers openly declared themselves
against granting licenses and
there was not vote in favor of
the proposition.
This week a petition was Cir
culated in the town of Washburn,
which we publish below, show
ing the sentiment of twenty-five
farmers Of the Four Mile Creek
district. The sentiment is the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

1t may be surprising to some to
know the extent some of the saloon
men of this city will go when they
are being pressed close in an election
in order to put the fear into the per-
sons who dare to oppose their busi-
ness.
The Times is being made the object
of their attack because the editor of
this paper dared to come out and take
q stand on the liquor question, and
others who have dared to say that
they favored "dry" city are also
being attacked. But this boycott
scheme which was hatched in one of
the local saloons is failing most mis-
erably for parties outside of the saloon
business will not permit themselves
to become party to this contemplate
scheme.
Up to the present time four of the
saloon men who were subscribers of
this paper have come in and stopped
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

Remember Washburn is not the
first place where this great battle has
been fought. Over six hundred
cities and towns in Wisconsin have
gone through the battle and are glad
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
FAVOR SALOONLESS CITY
Farmers, Who are the Backbone of this
City, Want Saloons to Go.
Want Protection for their Children and Offer Encouraging
Words. Large Business Institutions Also
Want City Without Saloons.

same in other parts Of the town.
To the Voters of the City of
Washburn.
We the undersigned leading
farmers of the Four Mile Creek
district earnestly request the
true and loyal citizens of the
City of Washburn to give their
best and untiring efforts to the
movement now in progress to
rid the City of Washburn of the
liquor traffic both for our sakes
and for the protection of our
children,
John Kolberg, John Sorien,
John Soderstrom, A. O. Thuras,
E. A. Westling, A. Tranmal,
Gust Simpson, G. 0. Hovde, g.
A. Nelson, I. j. Stem, Ole
Arntson, Ruthford Day, Cornall
Froseth, Chas. Young. Jacob
Froseth, William Day. F. M.
Marion, John Bartress, G. e.
,Westling, Adolf Rask, E. M.
Carver. VIM. e. Day, Ole Iverson
M. S. Miller, Olof Peterson, L.
M. LindhOlm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
City Team Defeats High
School Last Friday
Pile up a Score of 26 to Is.
One of the Best Games
of Season.

In the third game of a series
played between the Washburn
High School and City basket ball
teams at the Opera House last
Friday evening the city team
was victorious, winning the city
championship.
The game was one of the best
that has been played in the city
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

| laborer of the actual necessities
life.
You do not have to go the larger
cities to find these conditions but il
you will look around our fair city you
will find many a family in dire cir
cumstances through this evil which
they have to foster for the benefit OF
the few. You will find many frail
mother bending over the wash tub or
doing other labor in order to keep
the home together and to give food
and clothing to her children while
the husband spends his money in the
saloon. The saloon does not make a
pretense of the supporting the fam
lilies of it's victims.
The drink habit has tendency to
so unfit the laboring man for work
that big institutions such as railroads,
manufacturing plants, mercantile
establishments, mills, dynamite works
and hundred and one other employ
ers of labor are beginning to des-
criminate in faver of the non-drinker.
1t prohibits man from bettering his
position in life and deprives him of
many of its comforts.
Not only does the saloon have it's
grip upon the men of the COM
munity but it ensnares and cap
lures the boys as well. The ranks of
the drinking men must be filled or
the saloons would have to 60 out of
business for lack OF financial support.
The boys must fill their places.
How many of the voters and tax.
payers of the city would be willing to
sacrifice one of their boys for fear this
evil would have to die?
To the close observer we have a
fitting example of this right here in
Washburn where boys ranging frona
fifteen to twenty years of age are be-
coming drinkers and there is no mis-
taking where they begin. During
the past week boy, barely past six
teen years of age, was arrested for
breaking plate glass window because
he was drunk and his father had to
mortgage his farm in order to secure
money to pay for the damage. This
boy secured his liquor at four saloons
in the city and the father has the
names of the places. Why did the
boy have to answer for this damage
done while intoxicated and the saloons
that made him so go scott free? This
was another case where the individu-
al suffered.
The individual has everything to
gain and nothing to lose by the
saloons being voted out. Business
men having nothing to fear and
everything to gain through the
money which will be taken from this
evil and spent in legitimate channels
$1OO, 900 is mighty big sum to pay
for the amount that the city gets
back in license money. Profit by the
! experience of other places that have
gone dry and put Washburn on a
basis where it can grow. The way
to make start is to vote out the
saloon on election day.
Remember Washburn is not the
first place where this great battle ha'
been fought. Over six hundred
cities and towns in Wisconsin have
gone through the battle and are glac
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

d. Leblanc reports the sale of
a large order of groceries to a
resident of Grandview this week.
Mr.. LEBLANC says it pays to
advertise when you have prices
that will appeal to people and
the order sent the first of the
week is only beginner of
business that is bound to follow
if the grocery men of this city
keep up their advertising cam
palgn. It is an indication that
groceries can be bought cheape +
in Washburn than outside.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
HaVn't You Like Reasons in
Your Home?

The greater part of this 500, 900
comes out of the pockets of laboring
men who can least afford it. The
saloon is sometimes spoken ofby it's
advocates as the laboring mans
club, and this cheap appeal has been
made to the laboring man for his
support, but this is reflection upon
his intelligence, his purpose in life
and his value to society; for the
laboring mans club is his home and
his lodge, and his assets are his health
and his efficiency, to all of which the
saloon is an avowed aud open enemy.
The laboring class is anxions to rid
the city of this giant monster and if
the matter was left to him alone the
saloon would have gone years ago.
The laboring man knows that the
money spent in the saloons is not left
within the city where he will have an
opportunity of earning it again but
it is sent to the larger liquor interests
while only the bad is left behind.
They know too that the saloon is not
a producer of one cent of revenue but
on the contrary it tend to undermine
health, lessen the earning power OF
the individual, breed vice and crime
and deprive the family of many a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

lCS the same OlO cry all over again
and the same cry that has gone up
in every city and town in which the
saloon is making its last stand. 1t
is one of the last arguments used by
the liquor interests when they see
defeat staring them in the face and
they feel the ground slipping from
under their feet and it is for this
reason it is being used in Washburn
at the present time. Two years ago
the argument was that "all money
would 60 to Ashland" if the saloons
were voted out but this argument,
which was put forth at the beginning
of the present campaign, became so
weak that it did not have legs to
stand on and consequently it was
dropped like hot potato. They
must have some stronger argument
and naturally the interests are MAX
ing their last determined fight along
the lines of where will the city
make up the license money paid by
the saloonsf"
One would think that this was the
only question to be taken into con-
sideration in this license campaign
when to the average voter and tax
payer it appears as only subject for
little consideration. The interests
would turn your attention entirely
from the moral side of the subject or
from the individuals side of the sub
ject and lead you to believe that
these were not to be taken into
consideration, but to the average per-
SON they appear as mighty big items.
When you dig down into the mat
ter little deeper than the license
people would have you 60 you will
find that the city of Washburn is in
no q ,pgg wiz We Of going bankrupt
as you would be lead to believe by
the opposition. Other cities are in
far worse shape and yet the people OF
these places consider their cities in
fair shape. Washburn has bonding
power of nearly Sos, 900, yet when
we look through the city records we
find that only about half of that
amount has been used and Washburn
has a long ways to 60 before it could
be considered to be in the bankrupt
class. There is many a business man
who would consider his financial
affairs in good shape if he was not in
any worse condition.
Washburn has been licensing
saloons for the past twenty-five years
or more and conditions have been
gradually getting worse and worse.
You cannot blame the drys" for
this condition because they have not
been in power. If, with the saloon
money, conditions have not been i'm
proving ISN'T 1T TIME FOR A
lCHANGE?
| But in Washburn, according to the
liquor interests, the individual is not
to be taken into consideration, even
though the voting out of the saloons
would be to his benefit. 1t has been
proven, and the fact is not denied by
fair minded people, that without the
saloons business conditions immedi-
ately improve, bank deposits increase,
moral conditions are bettered, the
earning power of the individual is in.
creased. property valuation increases
because of the demand. This ha.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
IJNDERHANDED METHODS
Saloon Men Trying to Induce Others to
Join their Boycott Movement
Their Scheme to Silence Dry" Advocates is Failing Most
Miseraby. Public Sentiment is Being Aroused
in Favor of the Dry Movement

their subscription. One of them
called up the Office over the telephone
and the language he used could not
be printed in Jim jam Jins" or the
police Gazette without making the
editors of those papers blush with
shame. Good thing telephone girls
don't hear).
So far only one person outside OF
the saloon business "a local liveryman)
has refused us his business because,
as he said, it was temperance sheet.
Over thirty-fve people, who do be-
lieve in paper that is not afraid to
tell the truth, have been in and have
entered their subscriptions and dozens
more have have signifed their in
tention. We still have a supply Of
ink and receipts on hand to take care
of new subscribers and we invite the
support of these law-abiding citizens.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
for the effort.

for the effort.
A good deal of influence from diff
ferent sources is going to be brought
to bear upon you during the next few
days to induce you to vote for the
saloon and in closing we wish to ad-
wise every voter to think this matter
over cal efully and decide it for him
self. If this is done right will pre-.
vail for at heart few men are wrong
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

Mrs. Ole Ramstead has returned
from Park Falls.
Ed. Stevens left the first of the
week for Chicago where he expects
to visit for the next three weeks at
the home of his brother-iA-law Will
Hammond.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
TIVE 1ssUE

- ~ ~ N. 49, XIX ~ Lee - 3.
That the! liquor question is still a
live one in West Virginia was made
plain by an address Of the Hon. g.
w. Crabbe, superintendent OF the
Anti Saloon League of this state. He
stated that lin all probability IT
would be necessary to ask the lcgis-
lature for amendments to the Yost
law il the courts decided some cases
against them and urged the people
10 vote for men for legislative offices
who are pledged to uphold the kind
Of prohibition the people voted for.
The Republican platform Of Ma
rion county pledged its candidates
for the legislature to such support
and tile Republican candidate for the
senate has made this one of his adj
vertised platform pledges, coming
out in the open on this question
which he recognizes Us live issue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12

THE Good Old Fashioned Way" and
Rev. j. B. Feather one of the veter-
ans who Joined the conference held
in Fairmont 60 years ago. led in an
earnest, fervent prayer. Then 1.-THE
Church in the Wildwood" was sung
by the congregation: Rev. G. D..
Smith, who presided over the meet
ing, said that Fifty years ago there
was a boy in this country church
called Charles Smith, and there were
a number of people living who re-
tnembered him. That boy went away,
but has returned to us, known not by
that name, but by title conveying
the highest known in the gift OF the
church. Then he introduced Bishop
Charles w. Smith, D. D., LII. D. He
was given hearty applause, and at
first was deeply stirred by his emo
tions. He referred to the erection of
the building, and said that he did
some work on it himself, for which
he received compensation.
He emphasized the fact that the
building was considered a very fine
church. yet had some one then dared
to have brought an organ in there,
something like an earthquake would
have takeniplace. He related the OK,
periences of his father and other pio-
neer ministers, how they preached in
homes and the woods, and even If the
congregations were small that was
no excuse for not having services;
and gave as illustration where one
castor preached one hour to two peg
sons on the Resurrection Of Dead"
And, because of the perseverance. Of
these consecrated men, we have the
degree of prosperity that we enjoy.
He closed by giving brief history of
his father in this state, and said he
died, at the ripe old age of "a years,
and there were six children-all liv-
ing. &
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12

to brighten her and she rushed out
the door and across the lawn to the
Kelley home where she told her story,
thinking that burglars were trying
ia enter her home. Mr.. Kelley,
thinking that lie was protecting the
property Of his sister-in-law and rel
alive, Selling his revolver rushed out
the back door of his home and seeing
Morgan in the, shadows asked him
what he. was doing therA. Morgan
stated that he made no reply to Kel-
ley but seeing the gun in the mans
hand started away. Kelley fired
three times but he said that he DID
not shoot to hit the runner and was
not aware Of the fact that the shots
had taken effect until the police
called at his home later on.
Victim Found. 4
IT. J. Fast who lives in the neigh
borhood of Rhea Terrace called the
notice station last evening Just after
the shooting saying that there had
been some trouble on Rhea Terrace
as he had heard several shots and
also heard some one greaning. Chief
Of Police Harr and Assistant Chief
seamon, together with Mr.. Fast be-
gan an investig ation and found the
unfortunate young man about 100
feet from the Kn6n home where lie
had falIen Tie city automobile was
summoned and he was hurried 10 The
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
"Reminiscences
Services AT
Ba7rackDille
BISHOP SMITH MADE FINE TALK
AT STONE CHURCH WHICH \
HE HELPED TO BUILD.
HIS FATHER HELPED TO CoN.
sTRUCT WHAT WAS wHEN a
VERY FINE BUILDING.

On the stone church at Barraclt-
VILE is inscribed. 1855, by Z. u.
Kennel, Builder" but the real build
er's name does not appear, for no
one is more responsible for the cree
tion Of a church than a live pastor;
and such. a man was the Rev. Wesley
Smith, father of Bishop Q. w. Smith,
who was the pastor Of that church
at that date. And Saturday after
noon a large delegation Of ministers
and laymen, with Bishop Smith, were
conveyed on troll cars to that viii
lage to hold a service in iremini scencet
off former days and Temperatures: The
congregation comp lete1y filled that
historic church. made sacred by the
many noble men who have preached
theIe. ana tile souls that have been
born again nj that eonsecrated al
tar.
The congrepo (; ..-'51 lied In singing
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
Neuv Coach
Secured Fol-
Ur1il' /: ersiity
zE1GLER WILL DIRECT PLAY OF
THE VARSITY TEAM REMAIN
!. DER OF, THE SEASON.
He is TO WORK UTsPIANs Az
+ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
.METZGER.
M u: E q [ ); e..
MoRGANTowN, W

MoRGANTOWN, w. Va. Oct ri
Gus zeigler. a1l-American guard
in 1907, whoaplayed soh tile Pennsyls
vania teams Of 1908, 1904 and 1E90fs
will arrive hereG tomorrow norhing
to take charge OF the coacllin b az tfs
West Virginia: football j eleven as
substitute for Coach Metzgers wlto
broke his leg Friday. zeigleE was
lead line coach at Pennsylvania last
fall and has coached at Exeter and
Mercersburg Academies. Coach Ietz4
ger will design the plays and forms
tions from his cot and expects 70 be
out in an invalid's chair in two
weeks. s5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
PATRIOTIC 7 Ar R il, pRoGREss1vEs.

We commend to the thoughtful
consideration Of the suffrage OF the
First yahd seeond Congressional dis
tricts the position taken BY the Pro
gressive voters Of Indiana with ref
erence to the election this year. S't
Early in the present campaign II
large number of representative. citi-
zens from all over this state, who
were Progressive leaders in 1912, met
al Indianapolis in conference with
the chairman Of the Republican state
central committee. AS result OF
this conference Committee Of One
Hundred" was formed to take Wig
orous part in aiding the Republican
campaign. This Committee OF One
Hundred" issued an open letter. sign
ed by them, which reads as follows:
in 1912, for reasons which we
deemed sufficient, thousands OF the
Republicans voted other tickets.
ttThese reasons no longer exist. The
lorganized protest against methods
and men, but not against principles,
was effectual. The purpose OF the
third PARTY is accomplished. The,
present duty and privilege Of those
who made this protest is now appa7-
Trent, and thousands upon thousands
Ihaye Joined again the Republican
forces for sure and permanent prog
ress. .
j "The Democratic party has again
demonstrated its utter incapacity to
conduct the governmental affairs Of
.tthis country. The Democratic ad-
mfnfstration at Washington is sig
nal failure-a cataclysm of pervert-
!. Cd purposes and broken promises.
ITO change these conditions is the
absolute duty OF every good citizen
To the Republican party now, as IN
line past. we turn for deliverance. On
the practice of its principles depends
The preservation of our institutions;
on its success depends the country's
welfare. The Republican party IS the
only one effectual instrument IN TINS
country to apply to wrong conditions
and to new conditions the wisdom or
experience and the efficacy Of hon
est. Jealous service. There neither
is nor can be any other possible
agency. u
"Therefore, we appeal to men Of
Ian political parties and especially 70
those others, who, with us, in 1929
IYoriany reason, voted the Progresssftiy Y
ticket, now to join with7 us. as R9ppp1ss
llicans, in the great reunited effort
to bring again to- the country the
l ~ al
prosperity to which 1t Is entitled.
lThe solution is a matter Of patriot
ism. Let us aid, not obstruct-ail
I.that no harm shall come to the Re-
public.
This address is bugle call to pub.
Lie duty, impelled by a high sense Oh
patriotism. The Republicans OF the
First and Second districts who sup,
ported Mr.. Roosevelt in 1912 can well
ford to follow the lead OF their IN
diana friends and support the Repub-
llican ticket from Bowers and suth-
crland down.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12

along this line can he intended only
storSt tie good % the order. 1tsWould
apply to q Democrat tie as we'll as 70
aRepublfcan nistration, and the
Hatfield idea. as TO the ned Of the
short ballot in West Virginia, Is in
absolute accord with the Wilson idea
as to the similar situation in New
Jersey and in all other states where
there has been serious departure from
the great general principle Of plen-
airy executive responsibility which
has its best exemplification in the
relations existing between the presi-
dent Of the United States and the
members sof his cabinet ataWashingz
ton, III $s H
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12

'lter in the evening and when they
left promised to return but failed 70
put in an appearance.
Three colored women and three
men were arrested Saturday night by
the police in a house on Pike street /
lhe three men paid their fines yea
terday afternoon andEwere released
The. women stood trial thiszmo,r ning
and. were fined $500 each. They
promised ofleave tile city and the
chief of police was instruct TO see
that they Kept theft promise. s
One plain drunk was before the
mayor. He had been to Point Mas
rion and was arrested Saturday
night He was fined $500.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
] Ray Morgan

tcoNrINuEp FRoM PAGE oNE.l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12

All MN suibsscrlptlons payable in
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12

Entered az the JPostoffice at Fair
uacnt. WSst Virginia, as second-class
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
THE AIII i / ,!8

! The Times seem to every much
gratified that the Progressive cam
didate for congress lis making n.
tacks upon Mr.. White, the Replbli-
can can didateJi It appears that he is
making no attacks upon :afr: seeiS.
WhySshould ne /? inThe allies aFe very
careful about firing upon each 9th
cr's ranks.
~ Elsif a & z 4 "
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
Mayor Bouen
Fines Several
Prison rs
TWO YOUNG MEN WERE ARREST
ED FOR L0ITERING ON GAS
TON AVENUE.
cOL0RED MEN AND WOMEN TAX.
EN- BY OFFICERS SATUR- /
DAY NIGHT.

1t took an. hour and 15 minutes to
dispose OF the police court docket this
morning.
The two young men who were ar
rested Saturday night and charged
with lettering around a residence on
CASTOR avenue were fined $500
each by the mayor. The boys saia
that they were waiting around in;
that vicinity for two girls whom.
they had escorted to that place ear