Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-11
TAKING THE PLEDGE,

SoAAiAS du INCOME AI SOME OtueE "oHN
TAKING THE PLEDGE.
DUBUQUE Times Journall
The best editorial we have read on
the closing of the saloons in Iowa APP
peared in tine Sioux City Journal, &c
follows:
THE saloon has gone.
"The bootlegger must so.
Sioux City has frequently declared
for the regulated saloon in preference
to tackling the problem with which 1t
Is now confronted. There is no longer
any alternative. Intoxicants can not
be sold legally in Sioux City. The
sistence--of all good citizens must be
that intoxicants shall not be dispensed
In violation Of the law
The situation is such that liquors
for personal use in Sioux City can be
obtained. without any great hardship.
legally in interstate commerce. Thus
istence of the hootlegger or putting up
with the rigors of an absolute drought.
When an end may be attained. either
legally or illegally. it is a poor citizen
who will deliberately choose the Illegal
way.
The hole In the wall is the limit of
The liquors it dis
penses are the last word in unwhole-
someness. Operating in defiance OF
law. the hole in the wall tends to at
tract violators Of the law and purvey-
ors Of vice. Such a place becomes a
fostering sore from which poison
radiates turnout the community. The
best way to deal with 1t is to perform
q drastic operation while the center OF
infection is small.
That Sioux City will have a tussle
to get rid Of the bootleggers is to be
epected. Usually the business is
handled by class Of men who have to
be shown. 1t is hoped the county and
city officials will set vigorously to
work in this showing process. They
may be sure of the hearty support and
cooperation of all good citizens"
We can endorse every line of the
foregoing. What is said of Sioux
City applies equally we'll to Dubuque.
the suggestion that city
and county authorities demonstrate
their ability to handle the situation
without outside aid.
tSioux City JournaLl
Gossip Valley is a charming place,
in summer when IL is all
clad in greenness Of grass and tree.
The flowers seem to choose 1t for q
favorite picnic retreat and the birds
at fall-time's behest Of migration are
bowers.
"a NJ hn t1DS- ,1f
much concerned with the wag OF the
world beyond their own horizon. be-
ing more engrossed with their crops.
and fat cattle, than distant wars,
or foods. Yet, within the
bounds of their own limited territory,
they take keen interest in all hap
penings OF neighborly character.
Some years since, in keeping with
the spirit of the times, = rural tele-
phone line was extended from a near
by town into Gossip Valley. 1t was
as a great and constant
to the inhabitants. and
one they would not do without after
have experienced it. Such it has
proven, for by its use the doctor is
summoned. the farmer keeps
III houiiS tcoSh y" ihiA SAir ihaihCios aHA
his wife can secure on moments
notice the latest whims Of fashion in
stalled in the city.
But-listen! This fair. rustic COM
has not always borne the name
Of Gossip Valley, venture to relate.
Before the telephone entered 1t, 1t was
known as Green Vailey-a pleasant
title. you will say. Alas! did the tele-
phone bring shortcomings to the neigh
borhood? No-alas! not watered
and stimulated those that We're ahead
OF 1t. Yet, In way, the telephone was
at the bottom of the change of names.
which adds a touch of notority.
Most Of the trouble Is charged to the
women folks. who leave their beds or
meals. some Of them, to feed and regale
themselves on the small talk Of their
AL the calls for miles
around are known, and there are In
slant and faithful ears in a hundred
dwellings. One lady, who Is heavy on
her feet, has provided herself with a
stool to take 1t easy while drinking in
the soft tattle. Another has formed
the habit of arising from her bed at
night to hang on some bit Of converse
between tardy friends. much to the
distress Of her sleepy spouse. And so
1t goes. and so 1t goes. Green Valley
once. but, now alack! 1t is Gossip VAL
lev