This week 86 years ago: Pirates defeat Anaconda Saints, Republican rallies begin, Prohibition talks

The Flathead Courier, October 3, 1940

“Pirates” Defeat Anaconda Saints 7-0 at Anaconda 

The Polson "Pirates" defeated the Anaconda Catholic Central High Saints 7 to 0 in an inter-district class "B" Grid contest played on the rain-sodden turf of Mitchell field Friday night at Anaconda. Heavy soaking rains throughout the game slowed both teams and kept the attendance at a minimum.

Morengo, "Pirate" halfback, plodded his way for the touchdown in the final quarter after 4 scoring thrusts of the "Pirates" were stopped on the 8-yard line, 3-yard line, 5-yard line and the 7-yard line. Holt placed the ball in scoring position when he raced and skidded through the wet turf to the 5-yard line on a 21-yard gain, the longest of the game. After making several more short gains by Fahlgren and Holt, Morengo scored. He also scored the point after the touchdown on a line buck. 

An exceptional duel of punting was turned in despite the heavy rain and soaked ball. Davenport, Morengo and Kloker of the Central team participated in the kicking. Polson made 8 first downs to their 4 first downs. Boys making the trip to Anaconda with Coach Wilson were: Owens, LE; R. Udhe, LT; Nunnally C; J. Uhde, L- G; Hedrick, RG; Seifert …

Republicans Begin Rallies County 

Republican candidates will stage the third of their series of Rallies throughout Lake County this Saturday night at the North Crow Creek club house beginning at 8 o'clock. There will be a program and entertainment with refreshments and some dancing. For the benefit of those who plan to attend the Goodfellowship benefit dance, the program and entertainment will begin on time so that it will be over in time to take in that affair the same night at Ronan. 

Rallies were held last Friday night at Ferndale and Saturday night at Swan Lake with large crowds attending both meetings.The meeting at North Crow Creek is this Saturday, and the following Tuesday night the candidates will stage a Rally at Valley View. Other dates, set some of which are tentative, are as follows:

Valley View, Tuesday, October 8th. East Lake Shore at Upper Bear Dance Club, Thursday, October 10th. East Lake Shore at Montcahto club, Friday, October 11th. Dayton, Saturday, October 12th.

Charlo, Thursday, October 17th. • Round Butte, Saturday, October 19th. Arlee, Tuesday, October 22nd. St. Ignatius, Friday, October 25th. Moiese, Saturday, October 26th. Pablo, Tuesday, October 29th. Ronan, Friday, November 1st. Polson, Monday, November 4th.

Prohibition

THIRTY-FOUR percent of all United States voters now favor repeal and a return to prohibition, according to the January 1940 Gallup poll. 

Despite the efforts of the liquor-subsidized propaganda groups which brought repeal and which for six and one-half years have tried to convince Americans that personal license is to be preferred to personal discipline, there still are 34 out of every 100 voters who today believe prohibition to be the only, the final solution to the liquor problem.

In 1933 less than one-fourth of the nation's electorate went to the polls. Less than one-fifth of the voters voted "yes" for repeal.

It is granted that opponents of prohibition are more vocal than those who favor prohibition, and it is granted that this vocal strength has served to hide the benefits of national prohibition from the eyes of the general electorate. 

Facts are facts, and John Q. Public is beginning to wonder if he hasn't been misled in his judgment of repeal vs. prohibition.

Without arguing the merits of repeal and of prohibition, there are certain facts which the general public is entitled to know about what prohibition actually did for the United States. Millions of voters have come of age since 1933 …