A Sunday Sermon Against Walla Walla's Saloons

The following interesting sermon was delivered by Rev. Holman B. Turner, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Walla Walla at the morning service Sunday: 'Seest thou not what they do in the streets?' —Jer. 7:17. Walla Walla has a population not to exceed 15,000, but in her streets are 57 saloons, and about 40 of these are on the north side of Main street, and these saloons are permitted to run in open violation of state and city law. These places keep open on Sunday, and children are often seen in them. I am informed that a goodly number of the saloon keepers are disposed to obey the laws. But those who are not disposed to obey the law ought to be made to obey it. To save the cities is to save the country. A city government which enforces law and endeavors to check crime does more for the welfare of the community than if it were instrumental in commercial gain. Only last Thursday evening I saw a well-dressed, good-looking woman who had fallen on the street within 100 feet of this church, and she was so intoxicated that policemen had to come and take her away. Traps are so thickly set in the streets of our cities, and so adroitly, that it is almost impossible for unprotected young men to escape.