Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-06

I was goin' to tell you about the
Ladies Aid meeting over at Moses
Potts place last Friday p. m. Tho,
'cordin' to the motifs our parson had
put in the Bear Creek Poker, a "cord-
lal invite" had been "extended to
ALL" l hadn't intended to 20 meself.
put along in the afternoon l gets an
5. y. 5. from Nose over the party
line
Now 1 knowd as how Malindy,
thats my wife, bein' treasurer of the
clety, would be stayin', as they say,
TIL the last dog was hung" and that
might mean that I'd have to make nv
| own supper at hum or go hungry. So
l Sticks up might, puts on collar
sticks posey in the button hole OF
my Sunday go-to-meetin' coat and
goes over. l knowd jest about what
Nose was up agin', l might get in
! the same pickle myself some day
There is nothin' like little support
when Teller needs a friend"
Well, when I comes over l heerd
| the women talkin in the house to
beat the band. l walked around the
back way and finds old Nose in the
Woodshed rivitin' together a broken
line on his harness.
Funny thing Now that line on his
harness was broke last spring when
NOSE came purdy near havin' a run
away. Fact was, Nose said he would
nave had a runaway sure if the
horses hadn't stopped of their own
accord 10 eat grass. AS I was sayin',
us funny how things work out. Now
Nose mas been drivin, around all
summer with that ERE broken line
tled together with knot as big as
yer hst, and low he wouldn't have
mended 1t now if it hadn't been that
al them women folks just skeered
MIN out of the house and he had to
40 somethin' to kill time. Nose said
ned have gone down to the post Of
nee but his misses said he had to
stay at hum to run errands.
wall, anyway, sat down on a sack
OF seed corn, and we got to a talking
ABOUT women and if them weren't
really too ignorant to vote and if the
politicians wouldn't be able to han
die them like a flock of sheen. if
they get 'em goin'.
After a spell Moses wife came ont
and asks us in fer coffee and we a.
greed if we could sit out in the kit
chen.
IN the sittin' room the women were
goln.. it like flock of black birds in a
willow grove in fall time. Nose he
Wlnked at me and we listened as we
nibbled on the goodies.
Miss ]. Elaine Smythe was askin'
Cne women to sign I'D for congress-
man Volstead. Seems like she got
several to sign up and had a kind of
easy sailin' until she struck Mrs.
Jonathan Simms, for we heerd Mrs
Slmms say: mo thanks, Mis- Smythe,
I do my voting on election day.
Dear me, but you are goin' to vote
fer congressman Volstead, aren't
you?" asked Miss Smythe.
We'll yes, that was my intention,
II | don't change my mind before
election day." says Mrs Simms. But
l don't see any reason to commit my
self now just because the politicians
have got some of you women fallin'
over each other pullin' their chest
nuts out OF the fire. This will be the
hrst time we women are to vote and
Its up to us, seems to me, to not fly
OF the handle before the campaign is
started. But rather to study and hear
both sides,'
Nose looks at me, and I looks at
Nose.
But look what Volstead has done
for prohibition" says Miss Smythe.
Didn't you read in the Minneapolis
Tribune ond the Minnesota Issue what
Importance it was that Volstead
should be re-elected 7''
"Say, Miss Smythe, Quits in Mrs.
Whitaker, when the real fight was
on, where was Mr.. Volstead? Did you
ever hear him say word against the
saloon? But when us workers had
worked thru county option and made
the Seventh District dry, then Vol
stead climbs on the band wagon wink
ing at the wet voters at the same
time. And when nearly all the sta
tes in the Union votes in favor Of the
Prohibition amendment he takes his
Chance as chairman OF the judiciary
committee to father the temperance