The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-04-03

While these paid local option campaigners are trying to
divert your mind the fact that live In Iron County ana
have your own taxes pay with of uggled statistics
warped to suit their arguments REMEMBER YOU LIVE In
IRON COUNTY AND WILL BE CALLED UPON THIS
YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, AND MANY YEARS TO COME,
TO PAY YOUR OWN TAXES
Your taxes County will not be paid by these hired
men who are today and in another county tomorrow work
ing to make dry votes at SO much per-
One of these dry speakers cost S750that is of the
local optonsts said So true for the only qua
cation truthunes is to be dry we are to believe all tna
we are told in this campaign Think of it, Seven hundred
and fifty dollars talk for hour to about 400 people, men,
women and children ammed into motion picture theatre or
less than feh of the total population Iron County
Why $3.50 is more in Iron County make IN
whole year in train and go out on the
next They hurry because they are making money as
much do they leave you help pay your MOI one
cent They just like other paid attraction That Vsles
community they give their performance and take the money
away with And it's nine chances to one that some OF
these very who telling to vote dry will tell you 10
stay away the and threaten nJuncuon
suits against forms of amusements because they take
the money out of town And the circus gives you your
moneys worth, too.
You old timers who have lived in Iron County say 20 or 20
or 80 contributed share OF Drawn ana
10 make Iron County today the foremost county IN the
state of Michigan being told by some local optons
who never heard of County until this campaign started how
YOU should Iron County business as well as your o"
One of the most amusing features of local option cam
pn is the with which lot OF its advocates take
themselves Men been drones all their ves men VINO
have forged ahead had ambition enough TRY
TO oct on in the world who drank drop all tne
lives but always lived from hand mouth suddenly come 10
the front and tell you the liquor traffic that makes you poor
and mavbe you never drank drop in all your life, too
These local optionsts professional advisors They VIII
tell you what not drink and you change the subject
hey will tell you good for you to eat what you should
how you should behave in company what books ana pa
YOU should read you should spend your money now
to correct all of your faults to think and will really think
for You you don't believe this ask OF them and see
thew are not there with everything from mamony
TO saving the multiplication table backwards They know
all and you sturdy fellows who have worked mind YOU worked
rot talked your way through asked to line up at the pos
next Monday and be told how should vote
In this campaign attempt has been made to handle the
voters Of Iron County like kindergarten class lot gooe
men have always opposed to the saloon but the
never bothered them They went about their work peaceu
end got along their negbbor lot OF good men nave
been opposed the saloon neither have they drank
cess They went about their work peacefully and got along
with their neighbors.
Now comes the local option promoter and at SO much pei
neQhbor against negbor tells the good dry man ne
no GOOD unless he takes up cudg and smashes his old renc
between tho eyes and ronouncos the good wei man ien