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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10
CRIME IN YAKIMA CUT
DOWN BY PROHIBITION

Sergeant Liggett of Yakima,
Wash, recently issued report
OF police statistics which shows
clearly the effects of the dry
regime upon drunkenness and
crime. 1t covers a period of six
years and gives among other
things the following figures:
In 1912 there were 1,126 cases
of drunkenness and ESQ ar
rests of all kinds.
In 1918 there were l,086
cases of drunkenness and 2,301
arrests.
In 1914 there were 1888
cases of drunkenness and 1927
arrests.
In 1915 there were l,474
cases of drunkenness and 1904
arrests.
In 1916 there were 675 cases
of drunkenness and 1,429 ar
rests.
In 1917 there were 564 cases
OF drunkenness and 1901 ar
rests.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10
BAR VANNlSR BEWARE
Cincinnati VIII Be Supplied With
Enemy Ally by Action of the
Hamilton County Lii
cense Board

Hamilton county, Ohio, where is
located on the banks of the river the
municipality wherein there is large
membership in the organization hav-
ing as its purpose ito maintain and
defend German ideals and to urge the
teaching of German i'll the Schools
also "to try to influence political con-
ventions, political elections and ap-
pointments," has reported license
board actions giving licenses to the
following:
James Fields, Jr, northeast
corner Elizabeth and John streets;
Harry Friedel, 427 West Nc
Micken avenue; Francis Good
man, 524 West Fifth street;
Kaufman Baer Company, 216
East Pearl street; August Lau-
fer, southwest corner Liberty and
Jones streets; Henry William
Meier, 10 West Court street;
Patrick Mitchell, 1858 Boone
street; Harry Meyer. southwest
corner Budd and Carr streets;
John J. Kelly, 47l9 Carthage pike,
St Bernard; Henry Fischer, Jr,
camargo pikd and Madeira ave
nue., Madeira
Renewal applications for saloon Ii
censes for investigation by the board
we're:
]. c. Klug, 2l57 Queen City
avenue; Ben Hinnenkamp, 3l12
Hillside avenue; Henry ]. Fisher,
5000 Vine street; Edward Weide,
northeast corner Liberty and
Pleasant streets; Henry Siemers,
10 West Liberty street; George
Popcnbcrg, 1900 Martin street;
Frank Duttenhofer, 1913 Vine
street; Louis Masse, 627 Main
street; Bernard Scharphof, 431
Walnut street; John Mueller,
Cleves and Bridgetown pike,
Green townships Elmer Vossler,
Rose and Walnut streets, Sharon
vile.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

Another wine grape grower who is
not going to be fooled by the two
busy wet organizers who are trotting
up and down California in a silly at
tempt to keep Prohibition away is
]. Fl. Wheeler of St. Helena. Mr.
Wheeler is smart enough to see that
the wine grape industry in California
is doomed and is getting out OF it. He
has already uprooted thirty acres of
wine grape vines and is now pulling up
eighty acres more, and on the land
will grow walnuts and prunes; the
new orchards developing rapidly
into money-making enterprises. By
changing from wine grapes to wal
nuts and prunes Mr.. Wheeler deserts
an industry ruled by a trust and goes
over to two large fruit interests which
have cooperative organizations for
mutual benefit of their members. Mr..
Wheeler says that he is satisfied that
not more than two more crops of
wine grapes can be grown before ma
tional Prohibition comes. He has
grated some of his vines over to the
"Panerita," or black currant grape,
and may graft sixty acres of his re-
naming vineyard to this variety. The
currant grape ripens in July or early
August and can be harvested before
the prune crop comes on. Mr..
Wheeler is only one of the many
wine grape growers in California who
is abreast of the times.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

There isn't any deceit or camou
hagc about the editor of the Wheat
land (Calif.) Four Corners, his news.
paper coming out with this frank anC
honest statement of the contest fol
state offices:
Let no one be deceived, there is
but one issue before the voters of
this state in the approaching cam
paign, and that question is "wet
or dry" Under present conditions
the candidates must take the open
road and make their fight on that
issue. 1t is not question of likes
or of dislikes. The issue is clear
cut and there is no middle ground.
The issue was made when Con-
gress passed the constitutional
amendment and sent it to the
states for ratification. 1t is hard
on the candidates who have re-
NAMED on the fence in the past,
but that day is past. Governor
Stephens has accepted the issue
and has made his announcement
in favor of the dry amendment.
Young men who are enlisted to
go to France and fght-perhaps
die-for their country, are not
permitted to obtain liquor while
they are with us, but those who
are in civil life can get soused and
flow home and no one arrests
them nor the dealer who sells the
liquor. It is an unjust situation
which ought to be stopped-by
nationwide Prohibition.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10
which was so injurious to the hui
man race as is Intoxicating liquor.

On page SO of the 1918 Anti-Pro-
hibition Manual issued by the Ma
tional Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton is the notorious picture which
has been pronounced German
propaganda; the scene OF Ameri-
can officers in France being en-
tertained at wine dinner by
French officers. Ii the liquor inter
ests wanted to create discord in
America they couldn't have Sc
lected a better method. 1t only
shows the un-Americanism of the
liquor traffic.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

tons at Livermore when he made a
speech in a wine cellar and expressed
pro-kaiser sentiments. He has been
dropped from membership i'll the Cali
fornia Development Board. and Gov
ernor Stephens has been petitioned TO
remove him from the State Board Of
Agriculture.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

So much of our barley is used
in the mailing of liquor that it
commands a higher price than
wheat, but as we haven't any
wheat left, we are forced to use
barley for bread.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

Twenty years hence the 1918
Anti Prohibition Annual will be
interesting reading. 1t will make
those reading it then wonder
what sort of lot of boobs we
were to ever tolerate anything
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

With nationwide Prohibition on
the way there won't be any more sa-
loon killings, no more drunken tramps
killed by the trains while attempting
to ride the brake-beams, no more
deaths from snakes, and fewer deaths
from liver complaints. 1t begins to
look bad for the undertaking business
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

The brewcries have advanced
the price of beer in California
from S12 to SIS barrel. Must be
that they are going to do a little
prohteering on their own account!
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

1t cost George Paterson out in
Butte City, Calf, the sum of $500 for
his fun in plying Indian girls and
squaws with liquor 1t might be added
in passing that he gladly paid the fine
rather than be turned over to the
federal authorities
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

California wine grape growers are
not waiting for nationwide Prohib-
ton to put them out of business, but
are taking time by the forelock and
are quitting while the quitting is good.
One of the latest large concerns to
do this is the Schell & Sons wineries
at Knights Ferry. They have just dis
posed of all their wines that had &C
cumulated for nearly half a century
and are now tearing up their vine
yards and will seed the land to alfalfa
in order to have feed for their thor
oughbred cattle herds, which are to
be enlarged by purchases.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

Kaiser Bill has sixty manufac-
turing plants in California, each
one of them grinding up our bar
ley and rice with which to malt
liquor.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10
81. ooo PER MAY PEI couNrY-strans,

. %I'VVV TEN HHN ~ 20 " f-9IIdnge
inexperienced men divide $4,000. korstad. a
farmer, did $4,000 in ID days. Schleichor a
minister SIPS first II hours. $i,2oe cold cash
made paid banked by Stonemsn in so days
81 goo to date. A hot or cold running waite
bath equipment for any home at only $3.50
Self-heating No plumbing waterworks re-
CURED. Investigate. Exclusive sale. Credit
given. Send money. Write letter or
postal today ALLEN MFG. CO., 43S Allen
Bldg Toledo Ohio.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

Vernon, Calf, was one of the
towns to vote wet, and the very next
week saloon hold-up occurred there
with two killed and two badly hurt.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

Col" Theo. Gier, wealthy German
wine merchant of Oakland, Calf, has
been in hot water the past week be-
cause of publicity following his ac-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10
CONTENTS

The Amendment
Analysis of Vote in Congress
Form of Ratification
Limitations in the Proposed Amendment
Concurrent Power of State and Nation
Opinions of Congressman on Features Of the
Amendment
Reasons for State Action
States Rights
Amendment Not Hindrance to the War
Don't Delay Ratification
Why National Constitutional Prohibition
National Prohibition Necessary
What Ratification of the Amendment Means
Ratification of Former Amendments
Population Living Under Prohibition
Area Under Prohibition
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a headline reads, John Barley
corn on his last legs" He looks to
me as if he was on his back with one
eye closed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10
C0RKS and BULLETS
By Harry P. Rising

There is war in Colorado, too;
but it's only war against bootleg
ging, =.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-05-10

pATESTiF lecture of Patsnr once and 5yess caisndas
Free. Fitz Gerald c.. Patent Auofney5 s35 + 3nees
Ra1hiagton, H. 2. EaGbis,ed 1880.
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Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Vast Spaces Of Siberia That Have We,
to Be Surveyed and Exploited
by Man.

The biggest and loneliest land on
the globe Is Siberia, of which Mt the
present moment there is so much talk,
says London Answers. Any one who
would set about its conquest by in
vasion would fpd the task herculean
one. for 1t contains nearly five mill
lion square miles, and is about 45
times us big as the British islesl
In these vast spaces there is popu-
lation less than London contains by a
couple Of millions, and there are hun
dreds Of thousands of square miles Of
territory where no human being is to
be seen. The mighty rivers Of Siberia
are almost rendered useless by the
fact that they flow mostly into the
Arctic ocean, and their lower courses
are icebound during the greater part
of the year. and their mouths are at
all times very difficult Of access. Arc
tic Siberia is vast country in itself.
but very inhospitable.
Siberia. 1t Is said, Is destined to be
the granary Of the world; and the
opening Of the railway across its en-
tire breadth has certainly done much
to develop Its resources.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

On account OF the abundant rains,
thls tas been particularly good
seeson fer musl rooms as shown by
their abundance, especially in the
mourtsins. A great many persons
would take advantage of this nat.
real crop il It were not for the fear
OF rodsopirg from the setting of the
wrong species. "Cn the whole,
thage are but few poisonous species
of mushrooms that comm Only grow
In Colorado as compared to the edi-
lie or'ss.' says B. o. Longyear, Of
the Colorado Agricultural College
Much of the uncertainty which rre.
walls in this matter may be avoided
by studying a bulletin on the native
mushrooms of the state published
by the Colorado Experiment Station.
Bulletin No. 201, describes the life
history and characters of some of
the most common edible fungi, to-.
go.her with these to he particularly
avoided. y is free and may be OBJ
tanned on application to the State
Experiment Station, Fort Collins,
Colorado. -
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
Burglars Dread a Noise.

'Noise is the greatest enemy Of the
burglar and Is what he most fears.
Bear that in mind II you believe a
thief has entered your home"
So says Frank McCarrick, lieuten.
ant In Manhattan's downtown detec-
tive headquarters; whose long years
in the police department give weight
to his statements.
1.-THE best Of alarms in household"
he continued. "is glass or chinaware
pitcher or similar vessel. Slam 1t
through the window and its crash
above will be followed by another as
the missile falls to the street or the
areaway below.
"Never grapple with a midnight
prowler, for he is prepared for such
eventualities and has 1t on you. Cen
orally no qualm Of conscience would
come between him and murder II there
was danger Of his being caught"
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

Services for next Sunday:
10 a. M. class meeting. VIM. Aug.
er, leader.
II a. m. Public worship, sermon,
by DR.. w. T. Scott, the district sup
erirterdent, of Colorado Strings.
2:45 p. m, Sunday school. Chas. O.
Richards, Supt. Miss Hazel Stribley
S. s. pianist.
Z p. m. Sermon. Conducts Re.
flection,-the Teu-Tale."
This is the second address of the
series announced for the month.
Ir. Scott will hold the Fourth
Quarterly Conference at the close OF
the morning service. All members
aye urged to he present.
Miss Grace RUDE church organlst..
Choir rehearsal Saturday evening.
Everybody cordially invited to at
tend these services.
GEORGE s. PARKER, Minister
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
PRETTY LEGEND OF NIAGARA
How the Great Lakes Joined In Their
Wondrous Leap Over the Fa-
nous Ridge.

In old, old times. on the highest
peak Of great mountain, there dwelt
a hunter and his five sparkling daugh-
ters, Their lodge was Of bright betVla
bark and or clear days they could see
the distant ocean flashing like silver
band. 'Come out Come out! !" cried
the youngest daughter, the little Err.
"Come Su Come HUI Come MI Come
Cha! (The names stand in order for
Erie, Superior, Huron. Michigan and
st. Clair). Let us away to the sea,
where the foaming breakers roar" So
they left their lodge and leaped and
sang with happy hearts. Their robes
were of blue and chrysolite green and
fioated on the breeze. Their moccasins
were of frozen water drops and their
wings of painted wind. And they scam
pered and romped across the plain or
foated beneath the sky, or rushed past
valley and hill and field, singing and
shouting with glee. At last they came
to a precipice Of Jagged rocks and
moss. "Alas !" cried Err, "what dread
full leap! But we have come so far
that we must go on or our father will
laugh at us! So come Su! Come Hu
Come Mi! Come Cha and follow me y
So over the steep they sprang and
floated down on their painted wings.
They leaped and they sang like happy
hearted birds. Then the little Err cried
''Let us up and down the steep again ~
And up and down the five maids
skipped and laughed at the sport and
foam and called 1t Niagara Falls. And
today, through the rainbow mist, you
may see their robes of blue and chryso.
lite green and their painted wings and
their twinkling feet. as the five play
In the waterfall.-New York Evening
Post.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
DEAF MUTES MAKE
IDEAL AIR FIGHTERS
Successful Experiments at Min
cola May Result in Their Be.
Ing Allowed to Enlist. !.

Army officers Of the Mineola avia-
ton field believe that the ideal air
tighter has been found-the deaf mute.
AS result Of tests made with recent
graduates from the New York Instf-
tuition for the Deaf and Dumb 1t is be-
lieved that the war department will
soon authorize their enrolment in the
flying service and that a new field Of
war endeavor will be opened to thou
sands Of young meh all over the coun-
try.
Curiously enough 1t has been dis
covered that deafness eliminates one
OF the most dangerous factors In the
training of military aviators. The man
who was born normal but who has
lost his hearing has no sense Of mo-
ton, SO 1t is explained by Maj. William
ID. Van Tassell, assistant principal Of
the institution. AS result he loses
the fear and the feeling Of dizziness
which a great altitude often causes In
the normal man.
"A number of our graduates have
been tried out in airplanes ut Mineola
for several Sundays past" said Major
Van Tassell. land the tests have been
30 successful that 1t is quite likely they
Will be allowed to enlist. It will de-
pend upon how further experimental
ton, which Is now in progress, turns
out.
1.-THE deaf have no sense of motion.
II they lose the sense Of hearing after
once having possessed 1t, they cannot
hot
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
CHURCH. NOTICES

The following services are plann
ed for the Metf odist churches in
Russell Gulch and Black Hawk next
Friday light and Sunday.
Russell Gulch-
Patriotic meeting at Odd Fellows
hall Friday s p. m. We have secur
ed some of the ablest speakers in
the county, and are to have good
music also. Don't miss this.
Sunday school 10 a. m. J. H. Chel
lew, Supt.
Preaching p. m. Subject, CIV
cry Life Plan"
Black Hawk
Sunday school 10 a. m. Mr.. Lawry
Supt.
Preaching service II a. m.
Communion service 1870 p. m. by
Dist. Supt. DR.. Scott. Quarterly Con
ference to follow.
An are invited to these services.
This war will demonstrate to the
Kaiser that the ten commandments
were crigir ally engraved upon stone
and can not be torn up like SCRAP
of paper"
DORSEY NEWBORN, Pastor
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
PRAYER FOR NEXT WEEK

Don't forget when'y you hear the
fire Tell telling at noon each day to
step Icing erorgh to offer a prayer
fer the success of our armies in for
eign lands. Here is another prayer
fer next week and If you can't mem
cyjze all of it, say as much CT it as
you can:
Almighty God, VIE pray Thee to
write Thy laws in our hearts and in
our minds. Do Thou place them ant
give US the disposition CT obedience
that we may learn the will of God
by constant attention to all the
meanings Of Thy providence and by
the constant study of Thy revealed
word. May We obey Thy word, not
being forgetful hearers. Grant that
in the obedience which we give TO
Thee we may find the way of FRO
gress and success, of freedom and o,
universal peace. We thank Thee, o
God, that Thou hast given to us to-
day tokens Of Thy favor. We pray
Thee lead on Thy mighty hosts in
tits world against an organization
Cf i'll will agairst freedom and the
coople ard speedily Firing about the
time when men shall learn war no
mere and when reace shall be uni
versal on earth. For Christ's sake.
Amen"
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
~1GaHSsT ~, ,a.se.sc0e1-..,
sttouettA In Mexico.

Travellers through Mexico report
many peculiar customs which reflect
the temperament of the people. Some
Of these are founded upon supersti-
lions hundreds Of years old while 9TH
ers date from more recent days. There
is prevailing belief in the country
that there is bad luck In a sequence
Of threes and wherever possible the
combination Of three is avoided: This
is shown very often to persons strange
to the land in the lighting Of Gig
arctic. srsslH'As.r-.-~
In the United States one often sees
three men light their pill from one
match. 1t would be q gross insult
in Mexico to offer man light from
match that had already started two
cigarettes going. Instead one must
blow out the match and give him a
light from the ignited coffin nail.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
Froo, That Have Hair.

"Finer than frog hair" has long been
a slang method Of expressing the SUI
perlative degree. Doubtless no one
ever gave 1t thought whether frogs
have hair or not. Probably no one
ever realized they did until Prof. G..
A. Boulenger discovered in the Ger
man Congo frogs that had growing
upon their bodies either hair or a very
good imitation Of It. 1t has since de-
veloped that anatomically 1t is not
hair, In the sense in which that term
applies to mammals. Our own hair is
akin to finger nails; It is a horny
growth. whereas the 'hair" on the
African frogs is an abnormal devel.
opment Of the tubercles that appear
on the skin of the ordinary frog. The
ordinary person. however. who places
appearance above origin, will doubtless
call It ''hair."
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
LUKE MeLukE SAYS

II you want to find out how poor
yorr judgn ent is, just go ahead and
bet on 1t.
Father Is always weary. But when
mother has three or four kids around
TIE tcrse she is too busy to get
tired.
The only way to get an cptimist
to join suicide club is to let him
take out a life membership.
Fate arranees things so that we
Marcy our opIosites. That is the
reason why a hotheaded man discov
CTS Il at lie Is tied UP to a cold.
hearted woman.
Some fellows devote too much
tine to acquiring knowledge ard not
CROUCH time to making use of it.
The cld-fashioned man WHO used
to feed chickens in the back yard
row has a son who feeds them in a
cabaret cafe.
Some Ten are so anxious to meet
ether mems wives.
When you Feat the other fellow
out of something, you are shrewd
business man. But when the other
fellow heats you out of something
he is low down swindler.
The reason a delegate to a con.
vention doesn't went to bring his
wife along is because he expects to
be given the freedom of the city.
There are times in a mans life
when he wouldn't sleep as soundly
as he does if he knew what he's wife
knows about him.
A Lot OF Luke's knockers held that
he is against prohibition because he
Is rummy. Luke doesn't drink
and has no desire to drink. But
Luke everlastinely hates a bigot
who holds that personal liberty
means getting soused. And Luke
smokes ard chews tobacco, and eats
and wears clothes. And II a hired
lobby can tack a rider on a hill and
tell Luke what ne. must not drink
this same lobby can tack q rider Or
another him and tell Luke what he
must not smoke, or chew. or eat, OF
wear.
The trouble with the oldest fnhab
liant is that he can remember a lot
OF things that never happened.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

self or his machine. For Fonck never
has been wounded. Many of his vic
tories were won before the German
adversary had a chance to fire a shot.
Incidentally he is said to know more
about German aviation than any other
man among the allies. y
Brocard taught him to fly anything
and everything, including the first ar
tillery observation machine with two
motors. Fonck himself says he liked
every machine he ever tried except the
one he attempted to make out Of his
mothers buffet when he was ten years
old. He spoiled the buffet. he says.
and the results were painfully unsatis-
factory.
Finally. he is modest; he keeps say
Ing he Is lazy. and very likely he really
means 1t, because he keeps comparing
himself to Guynemer. Guynemer was
always in the air; he was untiring, at
work hour after hour. Fonck by COM
parison flies seldom. He never goes ND.
unless he feels just like 1t. He cannot
conquer this reluctance to systematic.
daily work, he says. Which seems to.
show that. after all. he is human and
has failing.