Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-16
MEETING
FOR PROHIBITION
Texas Cyclone" Naples to
Speak Tonight Mass
Meeting Sunday.

The prohibition meeting last night
held at the Methodist church was the
largest and most enthusiastic of the
weeks SERIES Mr.. Naples delivered
most interesting illustrated lecture
and the large audience that had gath
cred showed their interest by tremend-
GUS and prolonged applause.
Mr.. Naples will deliver an address
on the corner Of Ninth and Main
streets tonight at 8 o'clock He will
use large. original, hand painted car
toons that were made especially to
illustrate these lectures. Mr.. Naples
will close the campaign with an ad-
dress at the Pinney theater at 8 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, taking for his sub
1ect: The DEVILS Corn Is ALI Nub-
bins" It Is stated at the Anti Saloon
league headquarters that Mr.. Naples
will have something Of considerable in
terest to say pertaining to tho saloon
| conditions in Boise.
At the meeting last night one Of the
striking illustrations used was three
tunnels. q whiskey bottle and fourJ
boys. In each OF the tunnels and the
whiskey bottle was placed an Amerl
lean nag. Each OF the boys held q Tag
in his hand. Each of tho tunnels and
| the whisk ey bottle represented q mill;
the first funnel representing = saw
mill, the finished products Of which
Is worth moro than the raw material:
the second funnel represented q grist
mill, the finished product Of which 10
also worth more than the raw ma
terial; the third funnel represented =
paper mill This mill takes old rags.
straw and wood pulp and makes paper.
The whiskey bottle represented Z gin
mill. the raw material being the four
boys. and the finished product the
drunkard. MT. Naples said that an
institution whose finished product was
worth less than the raw material
should never be allowed to exist
Pleased With Msstinss
At the close Of tho meeting -0tper.
intendent Herwig made brief adj
dress. urging the temperance forces
to get back OF the statewide prohibf-
ton movement in dead earnest, and
predicted that Idaho would 70 prohi-
| bition without fail. providing, however.
that everybody got back of the move
ment Superintendent TTerwig made
the following statement TO q Capital
News reporter:
I am more than pleased with the re-
suits Of the Naples meetings. The in
creased and growing audiences are an
indication of the increased interest in
the statewide prohibition movement.
1t is our purpose to continue these
educational prohibition series from
time to time
"on Monday next Mr.. Naples and
myself Will go to Lewiston to take part
In the local option election that has
been called by the brewery interests of
nm oh -
ests of the Washington city are doing
everything possible to swing Nez Perce
county back into the wet column but
there is changed sentiment IN Lewis
| ton in favor of prohibition. The busi-
| ness interests Of the city realize the
benefit of a dry town. and are there
fore very reluctant-and, in fact, are
not taking any part whatever IN tho
| fight; though many OF them personally
are wet OF course, we have between
300 and 400 Neg Perce Indians who win
vote dry. The country people are
thoroughly aroused, and we expect to
poll very heavy vote in the country.
and we predict that Nez Percs county
will remain dry by safe majority.
The continual agitation being
brought on by the liquor interests in
the calling Of q local option election
in these dry counties In creating con-
siderable interest in our state-wire
prohibition campaign. The people of
Idaho are getting tired of continually
being called upon TO vote on this aues-
ton. In Bannock county the liquor
interests brought on an election twice
and we succeeded in defeating them in
both elections. This 10 the third eiec-
ton that IL being held IN Nea Perce
county. Having voted - of the 30
counties dry and succeeding in Keeping
them dry. the people are now DETER
mined to swing the entire stats into
the prohibition column. After the Mes
Perce local option election eupeot
to 50 70 the coast for . esw dAyS