Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-04
TEMPERANCE JUBILEE
IS BIG OCCASIONj
RECORD ATTENDANCE
Severe Arrangement Of Alleged
Failure TO Enforce Liquor Law
in Cochise County; Urge Or
uanized Support of Officers.


,ance of the entrance Of Arizona into
he dry column, one year ago, was an
wen greater success than the preyi-
,us assemblage OF the Prohibition
.orces which occurred about month
igo. Captain J. p Hodgson acted as
chairman. Prayer was offered by Dr.
2. w Harshman, pastor of the Metho-
list Episcopal church.
A. r. Bucknam. the widely known
temperance leader. spoke briefly, eiv-I
ing a concise summary of the prohibit |
ion movement in Arizona. Buck I
nam's remarks were well received. in-I
that his hearers were fully /
of his efforts, he having
been a most potent factor In the re-
markable victory a year ago.
Mrs. G.. W. Harshman brought greet !
ings from the W. G.. r. e. OF the ma
ton and spoke of the rejoicing among
women throughout the United States
when the word went out that Arizona
had gone dry. She praised the women
of Arizona for doing the right thing
when given the ballot" Mrs. Harsh
man predicted that Arizona would
stay dry and that the nation and the
world would soon adopt prohibition.
Mrs j Kinsella. last yetr's very
able president of the Women's Politi-
cal Victory Club Of Upper Lowell,
brought an enthusiastic message from
the Catholic people. stating that the
great leaders Of the Catholic Church
We're working earnestly for general
prohibition. Mrs. Kinsella said that
AN must work together, as there
could be no victory with disruption in
the ranks.
Mayor ]. c. e. Adams proved one Of
the most entertaining speakers of the
evening. He gave a strikingly inter
esting talk on the progress Of Bisbee
during the last 20 years during which
he said:
"On this spot where the Y. NJ. c. A.
building now stands, there lived TWEEN
ty years ago, j. G. Pritchard, Bisbee's
pioneer temperance worker who or
ganized the first temperance society
Bisbee ever had" Mayor Adams con
cluded his remarks by saying that the
biggest surprise party that Arizona
ever had was when the state went dry.
Rev. John c. E. Fry pastor of the
Presbyterian Church. commended Sher
if Wheeler for what the clergyman de-
scribed as the sherids active cam
paign in enforcing the prohibitory law.
Piston Fry stated that the friends of
the prohibitory law should support
the officials i'm every way possible.
Attorney w. b. Cleary followed by
saying
You an know that am not a pro-
Ihibitionist" However before Mr.
| Cleary had finished his remarks, a
hearer would assume that he was a
prohibitionist of the most radical
type.
That the prohibition law is not be
ing enforced i'm Cochise County was
the emphatic declaration of Mr.. Clea
Try.
when both the friends and the
foes of a man speak we'll of an Off
GER" continued the speaker "ther,
must be something wrong with tina
Official
"Bisbee is a wet town and you car
buy all the bootlegg whisky you wan
up Brewery Gulch. There mas not beef
any organized movement to stop tn,
liquor traffic in Cochise. County /
you want to dry up Cochise County
you must dry up Bisbee and Douglas.
Captain j. r. Hodgson gave SOM
/ extremely interesting and INSTRUCTIVE
statistics pertaining to the increase O
, mine workers efficiency. showing tina
the absence Of the saloon had beneht
ted the mining interests and improve
! the personal conditions Of the miners
These statistics were printed in tn
= Review some months ago. and late