Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 September 1916 — Page 1

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Peculiar Facts About the ProMbffien Agitation ia America

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The prohibition agitation displaced an educational movement for personal temperance about seventy years ago. It found its first full-fledged expression in the state of Maine about 1850. During the next forty years seventeen states had adopted prohibition. Fourteen of these cast il aside after experimenting for various periods. During the seventy years in vhich prohibition has been agitated in the United States, the consumption and production of liquors has doubled many times. Since the first year of internal revenue, 1863, the yearly production of malt liquors, first to feel the effects of prohibition, has grown from less than one million barrels to sixty-six million barrels. Prohibition recorded most of its early successes in the eastern and northern states. At the beginning of its most recent activity all these states except Maine had gone back to license and regulation. Late prohibition victories have been scoied in the West and South, both undeveloped and unsettled sections of the nation. This geographical movement can indicate but one thing that the older and more settled state governments want none of the "dry" experiment. Prohibition has always been offered as g solution of the liquor question. Seventy years of prohibition in Maine finds this question predominant in state politics. The mosr recent election in Maine showed a bare majority of seven hundred fifty for pro

hibition. A similar situation prevails in Kansas, the other veteran

"drv"state, where the pubriiflfefetaötTtigitäted by thequestioiY of enforcement or non-enforcement of the "dry" amendment.

Turkey stands alone as the only civilised nation of the earth which has prohibited liquors successfully. Yet it is notorious that the Turks, while complying strictly w'ith the prophet Mohammed's inhibition against liquors, are addicted to opium and other narcotics. Prohibition is a man-made propaganda. It can find no foundation either in the Bible or in the habits and customs of Christians in Biblical days. Prohibition cannot claim a singls great man in history as an advocate of its destructive theories. It has been kept artificially alive for years by professional agitation which does not result from a public-demand but vhich labors constantly to create such a demand. Local agitations rarely spring from the people, but are engincered from the outside by an organization consisting of a few individuals who find this agitation a means of a livelihood. Prohibition absolutely ignores the public interest in the liquor question. It long ago set up its theory and since that time has been busily engaged in trying to force the people to adopt its views without modification and without a consideration of the exigencies of the times. This advertisement authorized by the Indiana Brewers Association

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Gil Anderson, the Norse Yiklnar of th speed game, will be seen In the Harvest Auto ltace Classic to be run on cue lnumua polls Motor Speedway, September 9. Anderson ia a record-holder nnd the mark which he set stands alone iu speed annals, lie drove the Stutz car 350 miles in the Metropolltna Cup race In 1015 at an average speed of 102.56 miles an hour. It is the belief of speed experts throughout this country that this mark will stand for a long time: Not because of the Inability of a car to go faster, but principally on account of the Inability of drivers to withstand the terriile strain. Anderson, the descendant of the Norsemen, tluwe Vikings who sailed the .seas before America was known, endured the -awful speed for those 350 miles; how, no dns.Jcnovs. It is a fact, however, that he and his mechanician had to be lifted out of the car and carried to their pits when the race was ended and before that wap possible Anderson's fingers had to be pried loose from the wheel. His entire history stamps him as a great driver and he was second in the championship award In 1015,, Ids teammate Cooper just nosing him out. -Jits appearance in ÄiysKg' The interest ofrnxtrT-ve No Ray 0 Good at Alfalfa. There is no other hay 10 good as al falfa for aU wiTd. cTli d for horses and bogs alfalfa la Invalu able, either as a hay, a soiling crop, or a pasture. It excels as a hog pas-f tura, and, -with hogs, makes on of the most profitable farm combinations. An alfalfa field is said to be a hoga idea of heaven. In root growth alfalfa resembles red clover, but sends down a stronger tap root When properly handled it produces three or four cuttings each year and remains productive for many years. Land which Is adapted to red cloyer usually growa alfalfa when; any lack of inoculation and of lime ia supplied. Alfalfa dpes best when sown alote. Many failures are due to sowing it with oats or barley. These take so much water from the aoil that the alfalfa dies. Alfalfa growing marks the highest development in our modern agricul ture. "Alfalfa ifl the richest hay food taown." J. W. Splllman. Cool and Daring Driver Chnrlcv Merz Is noted for his coolness under strain nud bis phlegmatic tempor went. Nothing' excites him; nothing dia

lUrttS. HUU IUHIUUK huiiujs. m- uuca juji DVUUUi . . well at 1)5 miles un hour, even better.' Qimrm IKa cn fn. orrrvi wnai

T&S& kDOwn as tL" 1 parUamnt.'ried hues-are the result of combm - S ho u wh , tad?7ti. racf without a Tt was somethimt the same as it U non fronl the different elements of

care in the world. He has proveu this ttbllitv. As the pilot of a Stutz car In 1013 race on the Indianapolis track, he tlnlshed In the money, driving the lait lap

with (lie car on fire and the blaze lappin t-! in his face. He is one of the old school Or x t J AA drivern and is a team mate of John AJtkeo.l "Mortmain tried to stop dead

iu tho Harvest Auto ', Classic which will bo ran on tho Indian on tho Innlfln nnnli Motor Snccdwar! Seotember 9. drivers of Peugeot cars.

TRAINED ELEPHANTS

Robinson's famous herd of trained elephants, whilst do astonishing tricks and dance to music of their own makinff, is one of a s-xp oi attractions for

the Indiana State Fair, the week of the United States, performing stunts . . . ...

INDIANA STATE FAIR RACES ---. Cr' SEPT. 4.'

The harness races at the Indiana state fair will have the usual large I number of-' starters and the sport will be of superior quality in which many famous trotting and pacing stables will be represented by their best tal ent. The program follows: Monday, Sept. 42:25 pace, 2:10 trot; 2:03 pace; 2:25 trot, 2:09 pace; purse In each race, $800. Tuesday, Sept. 52:28 trot, 2:17 ,ace Western Horseman pacing stake ZOUAVE BAND Ewing's Zouave band, the flashiest will be a musical feature of the Indiana 1- nationally known for its stirring ive continuous concerts morning and AUTO POLO AT

Polo played by men who use automobiles, instead of ponies or roller skates, will be one of the conspicuous outdoor features of the Indiana State

from start, to finish. A lartrA lieht hall fa malleta a3 are seen in the pony field at full speed, head-on collisions wonder, of the game is that any of the

Hankinson's teams will play the games at the Indiana fair. They are world famous, having appeared at eighteen of America's largest expositions , and state fairs, and they have toured Japan, China, the Philippines and other

countries of the Orient and far East. "The baby ees learnlnji fA, madame." "He'i learned th gwtura anywaf. Harper' n W eklF ' Th Unwitting Jtttr. Here ari some gem rusher. t questions jr.tf l.1 re-i.t iustory - j OTI1:7int i0, - , exttm""" l 11.- nreSCnt daY. the " r nw-.ii Toicnrl fmnn hncr of soldiers known to history as 'tht ; n,ari f rnm leavms? thölT land - 1 m 1 - 1 3 CkUICÜC, lX)Ha0H 11UW.

AT INDIANA FAIR

Sept. 4. The lud -is the cleveiest in that arc new aml amusing. - - - z.z - ". l r threc-yer.r olds, purse l,000; 2:12 pce; purses $1,000 each. Wednesday, Sept. (J 2:20 trot, Western Horseman trolling stake for three-year-olds, pun. 2, $0,000; 2:03 trot, 2:06 pace; purse, $1,000 each. Thursday, Sept. 72:18 trot, 2:20 pace, 2:12 trot, 2:20 pace; purse In each race, ?i,e0D. Friday, Sep! S 2:15 trot, free-for-all pace, 2:24 trot, 215 pace; purse in each race, $1,000. AT STATE FAIR musical organization In the country State Fair th veek of Sept. 4. It music and brilliant uniforms and will afternoon during the fair. INDIANA STATE FAIR 1r used, wilh the snma kind nf drivgames. The light cars skim over tho and sideswipes beini; frequent, and the players escape with their lives. Harold-Will you take my scat, lad1 XMj Sloper. The Color of Flamet.

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VIVID PAGEANT STAGED AT NIGHT

Centennial Spectacle at State Fair on Big Scale, Students' of Hoosier history will find in the Indiana centennial pageant, which is to be the' chief feature of the Indiana state fair the week of Sept. 4, a vivid portrayal of the chief episodes which marked the development of the Commonwealth, from the time the first French explorers came Into the wilderness until tho close of the Civil war. There were many hishlstoric incidents, both thrilling and pleasing, during this stretch of Indiana history and in writing the seronario for the spectacle J. Saunders Gordon, of St. Louis, brings them out forcefully. lie spent several months Informing hfmself of Indiana history, of the spirit of the times of whk'h he writers, the outstanding features of the state's formation, the customs of the Indians, th French explorers, th British and pioneer soldiers, the daily life of the settlers who sought homes of peace, and with fidelity the spectacle follows the state's expansion down to the time when the present era of high civic development began. Mr. Gordon not only wrote the senario of the spectacle, but he deVised the rich scenic accessories which will embellish the" production. He planned the forts, the log cabins, the Indian village, and the other Indiana scenery which will serve as tlie background of the big production. Hö also planned the elaborate display of fireworks which is to follow the spectacle each evening, ghing a pro nounced Hoosier centennial flavor to the huge set pieces and the aerial dispHys that are to be fired. In addition to all these reparations, Mr. Gordon has directed the formation of the groups of people who will give life to the' night pageant and has - directed' . the rehearsals of thj hundreds of men and women who wil present the production. The spectacle will be given on a stag about 500 feet long, with all tho scenic vesture necessary to mako it a great and brilliant production. Some of Indiana's most historical men will have speaking parts in the pageant, among them Governor William Henry Harrison; Tecumsoh, tho most famous of Indiana's red warriers; Col. Shuler, who gave chase to Morgan, the Civil war raider; and anumber of others. White and Indian soldiers on foot and on horseback, fighting the battles of Vincennes and Tippecanoe; pioneer men and women venturing into the virgin Hoosier wilderness with their ox teams to set up their log cabins and clear the ground for their farms; the building of the first statehouse at Corydon and adopting the1 state's constitution unier the historic elm tree at that place, are oniy a few f tne intense WCHlcniS wnicn are woven into the dramatic action vh ich There is intense interest ovtr tho ßtate this ,yc"r ,n a. f ffa"? re,at,n to IndIantL's contenn-al. Many v-ry elaborate spoctnr.es have b-ca ivon. while that at the Inliana state fair will not only measure P to them in magnitude and sp! ndor, but it will have additional picturesque rlehm-ss. since it is the only great pafceant of the year to be staged after night with brilliant illuminating effects. l Embarrassing For th Lecturer. Civilized people when tbej tiste-o to a lecture on some abstruse scientific subject applaud even if they do not understand. But there ia videntlv more frankness among earI ages, according to a story told by Captain Guy Burrows. A white man one evening tried to explain' to gome members of an African tribe, the Mobunghi, the wonder3 of tho steam engine and steamship. He drew diagrams on the sand, and the audience listened and looked with apparently intense interest. At last he asked his hearers whether they understood. ,rYes," they replied; "There was a deep silence," Cap tain Burrows said, "for some time. , , . i . 1 i $ - men a oice in me center oi 'tto owd expressed the unspoken intimen ts of the whole usemUy m oue emphatic word, uttered m a tone Oi the deepest conviction Llar. Embarrassing lor the lectnrerr WRt-mirctnr llnypH estmiiteter uozcue.