Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
r,,.r- River. March 26. 1918.

as, at the election " 'e loi" q r " .
Town Hail, the proposition OF
-..o.e will be voted upon.
r-oprd like to have your support
r,.gysE, and will assure you in
.,n.4 that if license is granted the
,.... will he conducted in such a
n.ribat no citizen of Eagle River
~5.rp cause to complain in the
{ nure.
rsarieye that a majority of the peo-
..f Fqrle River want to see fair
..,alI times, and for this reason
n calling your attention to the
! natter.
n, ron believe it is fair for me as a
..,en and a taxpayer to be forced to
main closed when the neighboring
arms are allowed to have their sa-
.,. and to the detriment of Eagle
/ River financially
yor know, a. we'll as l do, that sit
.,,ada. we are in the heart of the
simmer Resort region that 90 per
,rt Of the money spent in saloons,
hrought in here by the tourists.
S,whv refuse their money and let
+fqr towns and cities get the bust
,.. Why drive those tourists away
simply because they cannot get what
bqy want. You know that all the
,Brr dealers and merchants get
I a,psqnds of dollars from the sum-
rqr tourists. They do not ALL drink,
.r those that do, will buy their
sol, where they can get every thing
that they want.
You also are aware that the Prohi-
a,oa Amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States has passed Con-
re,,. and has been submitted to the
states for ratification. And, when it
ratified. it will treat all localities
alike. it will not allow a wet" Three
Lakes. or Rhinelander, or Phelps, or
State Line, or Woodruff, and a ''dry"
Eagle River. All will be used alike,
and consequently all must be satisfied.
Why not let it rest there and not each
spring bring up these family quarrels
and augies pitting neighbor against
neighbour and friend against friend.
You no doubt have heard it said
imy no man from now on can run for
ASr Office in Villas county Cor for that
matter in the state) without making
adecaration of where he stands on
The liquor question. And if he is not
'Iry regardless of all other qualifi-
cations, he will be defeated.
We had a school election on March
lSa, and one Of the candidates was
tod to bis face that he was being OPP
posed simply because it was presumed
he stood with the VETS" And this
spite Of the fact that he had prev
01>y held the office for thirteen
Years and had given good service.
No one ever made the charge, in all
1e>e years, that he has resided in the
@nmunit. that he was not a loyal
citizen.
mat Is PREVIOUS to this time, and
'laI was the result? The person so
Geased was elected. We all of us
4uniFe good loser, but l do not be-
"t't any admiration is due to some
" those who were back of the losing
''uoidate IN the school election. No
N'aer were the votes canvassed, and
Tue Results made known, than it was
.-"rSed that the "Wets" and pro-Ger-
~4a element, had carried the election.
Inc next day, however, was prim-
-, election for United States senator
-|' 'hlS accusation fell fiat, the Wet
, issue was forgotten and am pleased
p N nay, II was discovered that the
,"o-UeFmal element was practically
-, ,u'auS quantity. Another went
w." 4rIher and claimed that no
F-"luuc citizen would vote for a
We, man at this particular time,
a. 'au'lS while we are at war. He
s s.T does not know, or if he does
R-:.. u i aunt it, that when the
D D. Tommy" is all prepared to
II - r, over the top" he gets his portion
h.. |u u, ana the French soldier gets
rt , a-''s allowance of twenty ounces
d. ''ue, No one would dare to claim
M '.' , THESE men of the trenches were
..,r, lyy per cent loyal. Win any one
Tt onward and say they were not.
n..: I.ie Is one thing of which | am
mI .. awe, and that is that you do not
...i,, '.s OF our WET population re-
ag ,h oy claiming that those max
~. ; . ,ue foregoing statements are un-
h. ' r,5 but it seems to me, that for
nj o; eooo OIL the cause and for the sake
fl tbs;, nooIe Allies they should modi-
c9rr;n, Ds l stated before why be in a