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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1910. B.C.ADOPTSMOST RIGID LIQUOR LI Hotels Can't Sell Intoxicants ; to Chauffeurs, "Joy-Riders" or. Spendthrifts. : (TOTS HAVE SAY ON LICENSE r -Petitions Mnst Bear Signatures at Children and Women Tax on Resorts Made Higher In spectors Most Powerful. - VICTORIA. B. C, Feb. 14. (Special.) ; High license and the strictest super vision and control of the liquor traffic generally to be found in any part of British America, are adopted in the new provincial act drawn by Attorney- ' General Bowser. It has just been adopt ed by the British Columbia legislature and will replace all other provincial laws on this subject August 1. The new act contains the most radical and drastic features of 37 different Btate, provincial and federal license and liquor statutes, and if vigorously en forced, as It is promised it will be, it will make this "wet" province the poorest country in- all America for a liquor man. Under the new law, hotel license may only be obtained after careful investigation- of the character and qualifica tions of the applicant and upon peti tion in his behalf of two-thirds of the residents of the interested local ity. Including: all wives and children. "Where there is an ttdult white popula tion within a radius of one mile of 1000 persons a maximum of three hotels may be established, a unit of 1000 be ing: adopted as the basis of further licenses. Hotel license fees are on a eliding: scale, involving: increases of from. 60 to 66 per cent, from 125 to $300. Commercial travelers must vay ,200 a year and sell exclusively to the wholesale trade. Railway and steamboat licenses are Increased from $50 to $150, while the minimum penalty under the new -act is $100 and the maximum $300, with loss or suspension - of . license. Attorney-General Strict. The Attorney-General's- creed em bodied in the act is: "I am a firm believer in high license and in the strictest regulation and con- trol of the licensed trade. Under this act more can be done in the control of license and the elimination of abuses arising: out of violationof license priv ileges or the misuse of liquor than has ever before been possible in Brit ish Columbia. The government's pol icy Is to encourage and provide legiti- , mate hotel accommodations of im proved quality for the public, not sa loons making their profits out of the follies and failings of those unfortunately- addicted to an abuse of stimu lants. Where men in the hotel trade endeavor honestly to carry out the provisions of the law they have noth- , lng to fear. The government will pro tect them in their rights as it will those in any other walk of life or any .other class of business. But we de mand that the hotel standard sha'l be improved, and the evils arising: out of drink be minimized." A few of the special features of the ; new act are: j. The- Superintendent of Police may cancer or suspend any license at any . time. ' Every, hotel barroom must be separ 'ate and apart from any other room, i Every hotel must also have inde j pendent sitting room and dining room. I The smallest country hotel must have ' at least seven comfortably furnished guest-rooms. each with a minimum ! floor area of 100 square feet. jjr Sanitation, ventilation and tire escape facilities must be to the satisfaction of ; the government Inspector. ! Every hotel must have separate ac- commodatlons for the licensee's family. No one may hold a license who has been convicted of a criminal offense, or who has in any way, lost a license within three years. No one in any part of the province Is permitted to sell or give liquor at any time to a chauffeur. No woman may be served with drink in any public bar or In an enclosed "box" or room of such . nature. No hotel may have more than one barroom. No gaming shall be permitted on any licensed premises, nor any nickel-in-the-slot device of any sort whatever. Licenses shall be required for every observation car or diner on railways operating in British Columbia. No officer nor any member of the crew of any steamship may be served with drink at or from the bar of any such steamship. No debt is recoverable for less than $5 for liquors purchased at one time. No hotel may sell liquor in any other quantity than one quart, ex cept for consumption on the premises. No liquor may be served in a hotel, even to a bona fide traveler, during prohibited hours, except with meals. Police Powers Great. All bars throughout the province must close at 11 P. M. Saturday, re maining closed during Sundays, and such bars must be locked and so ar ranged that all may see they are empty and deserted. No liquor may be at any time sold or given to dipsomaniacs; persons of drunken habits; persons addicted to sprees or dobauches; persons who no toriously waste their money in drink or riotous living: vagrants or tramps; prostitutes or Indians. In addition to the above general pro hibitions, the superintendent. Inspector or any chief of police in the province may at any time, without sworn in formation or any 'formal proceeding, forbid by notice to licensees, the sup plying of liquor to anyone who. by excessive drinking, misspends, wastes or lessens his estate, injures his health, or endangers or Interrupts the happi ness of his family. No liquors may be adulterated, mixed, re-bottled or re-labeled. No sale of liquor whatever may be made at any time, in city, town or country to "Joy riders." No hotel may refuse feed or lodging to any traveler capable of paying for the same, at any hour of the day or niKht. In addition, no brewery or whole pale house is permitted to control or dictate the purchasing policy of any retail house, this striking at the tied house system that has proven a curse in England, and is Just gaining a foothold- in this province. HILL MOVES ON CANADA Groat Northern Seeks Grant; Cana dian Pacific to Oppose. VICTORIA, B. C. Keb. 14. (Special.) Significant of the Intentions of the Great Northern Railway Company to improvs Us strategic position la Inter ior British Columbia Is tXe petition for a private bill now before the local Parliament in behalf of the Penticton Railway Company, the chief promoters of which are A. H. McNeil, of Van couver, solicitor for the Great North ern and its British Columbia extensions, the V. -V. fc E., and J. H. Kennedy, chief engineer in charge of the com pany's works in this province. The powers sought include permis sion to build from Penticton, a terminal point of the C. P. R's. Kettle River Val ley line, to the lower end of Okanagan Lake, and south from that lake to the boundary, with a spur north from Oro ville. Wash., to- provide still another connection. Construction of this pro posed new line would give the V. V. & E. alternative routes through to the coast and also alternative connections with the American system with which the V. V. & E. interests are affiliated. The bill is fathered in the Legislature by L. W. . Shatford, the millionaire member for -the Simtlkameen, whose charter for the Southern Okanagan Railway, traversing identical territory, has Just lapsed. Vigorous opposition is promised, presumably by the C. P. R. Incidental to the matter of railway charters generally. Premier McBrlde has made an authoritative public an nouncement to the effect that after the present session no extensions of char ter rights will be given, as has been the custom of past years. The gov- ernment, he explained, is determined to put a stop to charter-mongerlng and paper railway hawking, through which the country suffers. Hereafter,- any company chartered which failed to carry out its agreement to build a real railroad within the time- prescribed, will forfeit all its rights and cash de posit without further consideration. HEYBURN ISSUES DENIAL IDAHO SENATOR XEVER WAS CCSXIXGHAM ATTORNEY. Open Letter From Solon Declares Attacks on Him Are "111. Xatured Vaporings." BOISE, Idaho, Feb. IX (Special.) Em phatic denial is entered by Senator Wei don B. Heyburn to the charges and in sinuations which have been made against him linking his name with the Cunningham-Alaska coal land grab as counsel for the claimants. This denial is made in an open letter addressed to a local news paper, and is tSe most outspoken lan guage yet used by the senior Idaho Sen ator in regard to the charges. Heyburn's name was drawn into the controversy as counsel for Cunningham and others to assist them in securing le gal claim to the lands located in the great Alaskan coal field. In return for his services Heyburn was, it is stated, ito re ceive certain of the lands. Heyburn says that he was not, has not been nor would he be attorney for Cun ningham. He takes the newspapers and magazines to task and refers to their re marks as "ill-natured vaporings." He further claims that his professional con-r nectlons with Cunningham were antag onistic. The Heyburn letter is in part as fol lows: "I never was Cunningham's attorney in the matter at all and never knew until a certain date that he considered I was or would be. As soon as that fact was brought to my knowledge I immediately wrote him a letter, which was placed in evidence at the Seattle hearing, and of which the newspaper world had full knowledge, in which, in the most positive terms, I stated that I was not. had, not been or would not be his attorney. "Of course I could not know what memorandum Mr. Cunningham .had made in his Journal, based upon his ex pectations or hopes, but, in view of the fact that it takes two to make a bargain, I think it cannot be claimed with any degree of honesty whatever that I ever accepted any employment or acted as at torney for Mr. Cunningham In .coal mat ters. "My professional connection with Mr. Cunningham for many years was an tagonistic. The newspapers have full in formation in regard to this matter, but a few disreputable papers and Journals have seen fit to publish the Cunningham memorandum in regard to my employ ment and have refrained from or de clined to publish my refusal to be em ployed. Some of these papers and maga zines would like to be dignified as grand Juries and compel me to plead to their indictment. I will plead to any responsi ble indictment, but not to any irresponsi ble or ill-natured vaporings of any maga zine. "I write this not in defense against any attack but in order that it may be un derstood that I am not to be drawn into a newspaper controversy simply because somebody chooses to lie about me. I notice that it is either long-distance abuse or abuse behind a mask, badges of cowardice, the best answer to which is contempt. Very truly your, "W. B. HEYBURN." WESTON FOLK ARE BUSY NORMAL SCHOOL ISSUE WILL BE PUT BEFORE VOTERS. Committee Is Named to Draft Initia tive Bill and 'to Outline Publicity Campaign. WESTON, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) At a meeting of the local normal school com mittee this afternoon the following execu tive committee was appointed: C. A. Johns and J. L. Rand, of Baker City: W. M. Pierce and Turner Oliver, of La Grande: J. H. Raley, R. Alexander, Dr. C. J. Smith, James A. Fee and Frank Saling, of Pendleton; C. A. Barrett, of Athena: P. A. Worthington, of Portland: C. W. Steen and A. R. Shumway, of Milton: T. A. Lieuallen, of Adams; O. M. Richmond and I. F. Lavender, of Weston. To this committee was assigned the duty of drafting an initiative bill for the Eastern Oregon State Normal School and of outlining and directing the campaign. It was also empowered to appoint such sub-committees as may be considered nec essary. A local finance committee was also ap pointed consisting of William MacKenzie, I. A. Barnes and J. H. Price. The sum of $300 was subscribed at the meeting as a nucleus for the fund needed to get the initiative measure properly before the people. Whether an independent bill will be drafted as was done at Monmouth or an effort be made to secure a .three-school measure by co-operation with Monmouth and Ashland are matters left entirely to the Judgment of the executive committee, which will meet at Pendleton Saturday, February 2B. Barge Drifts Out, Then In. NEWPORT, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Two scows belonging to Captain Simon Linton, each laden with 20 cords of wood, broke from their moorings yesterday morning, and. following an ebbing tide, drifted out to sea. One of these con tinued on a Journey up the coast soon losing its cargo: the other, however, turned back at the whistling buoy, four miles off shore, and came back with its load Into the bay, where it was picked up ty the Rose and. towed- to its former moorings, , SI, 000,000 IS NEED Grays Harbor Appropriation Favored by Army. , RED TAPE CAUSES DELAY As Soon as Estimates on Work Reach Washington, D. C, It 19 Expected Money Will Be Forth- coming for Improvements. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Recommendations for $1,000,000 appro priation for Grays -Harbor are favored by Major C. E. Kutz, chief of the United States' engineers for this district, ac cording to a statement which he made to the Secretary of the Chamber of Com merce over the long-distance telephone today. He further said that he had no doubt tout what, the appropriation would be made. . He also stated that the San Fran cisco office is favorable and that every thing would be settled Just as soon as the estimates reached Washington. The delay in getting the data in shape to send to Washington together with the. red tape necessary in sending it to Se attle and San Francisco has been re sponsible for its not reaching the Na tional capital sooner. The resolution for estimates passed th House, was sent to the department in Washington, then to San Francisco and then to Seattle. Seattle sent them to San Francisco and San Francisco sent for ad ditional Information which had to be mailed. W. B. Mack, of the Slade Lumber Com pany, has lred S. E. Slade in Kan Fran cisco and J. A. Hanify has also tele graphed his representatives there to visit the engineer's office and hasten the mail ing of the documents, which are con fidently expected to get the big appropria tion. LUTHERAN PREACHER DIES Rev. Lars Otto. Lindh, of Clark County Passes. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 14 (Spe cial. Rev. Lars 'Otto Lindh, aged 71. a native of Sweden, died at his home in Hockinson, in Clark County, this morn ing of diabetes. The funeral will be heia from the Hockinson Lutheran Church at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. Rev. J. E. Norling, of Portland, conducting the services. Mr. Lindh came to Clark County In 1883, in company with R. J. Taylor, who died yesterday, and August Johnson, of Salmon Creek, who died a week ago. He settled at Hockinson, and organized the first Swedish-Lutheran congregation on the Pacific Coast. Later he organized a Lutheran church at Astoria, and in the Nehalem Valley and several churches in Eastern Oregon. He traveled as a mis sionary for the church, crossing the con tinent 14 times. HJs last charge was at Riverside, CaL. He is survived by his wife and eight sons and daughters, A. H. N. Lindh, of Brush Prairie; M. B. Lindh, of Acne, Or.; Theodore and Levi Lindh, of Hockinson; Mrs. A. Malmstrom, of Brush Prairie; Mrs. George Brown, of Duluth, Minn.; Mrs. H. Llnd, of Seattle, and Mrs. C. L. Harris, of Portland. tUGENE WAITER ARRESTED Frank Beth Caught at Ttoseburg Charged With $25 Theft. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Frank Beth, who had been employed in the Vincent restaurant, was arrested at Roseburg this morning, on the charge of having stolen $23 from Miss Myrtle Clark, a waitress in the same restaurant, and 32.50 from the restaurant keeper. Shortly after his failure to appear at the restaurant for work this morning the loss of the money was discovered, and It was learned that Beth had left the city last night on the 9:30 train. A warning was sent out and he was located at Rose burg. J. H. Vincent, Beth's employer, went to Roseburg today for the purpose of Identifying the man, and Beth will be brought back to Eugene in the morning for trial. Miss Clark is one of the contestants in the Evening Guard's circulation contest, and she had collected the $23 from sub scribers to the paper during Saturday and had placed it in the cash register of the restaurant, until she could turn it over to the paper. EUGENE TO GET CHURCH Christian Congregation to Erect $50,000 Edifice This Year. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) At a meeting of the congregation of the Chris tian Church held yesterday, it was unani mously decided to erect a new church edifice on the site of the present church to cost not less than $50,000, while many of the members were in favor of build ing a new church at a cost of $75,000. The house of worship now used by the Christian people is -located at the corner of East Eleventh and Willamette streets, a desirable location. The Christian de nomination has the largest membership of any church in the city, and the mem bership includes some of the wealthiest people in Eugene. Without any solicitation $6000 was vol untarily .pledged at yesterday's meeting, and the necessary funds will be raised, it is said, with little difficulty. The new edifice will be erected, during the present year. LA GRANDE DINES BENSON At -Commercial Club Banquet CoTcrs Are Laid- for 20 0. LA GRANDE, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) One of the events of the season in the commercial life of this city was the ban quet of the La Grande Commercial Club tonight, at which Governor Benson de livered an-address. Plates were laid for 200. All the business and professional interests of the valley- were represented, and the list of toasts covered a wide range. It is planned to make the banquet an annual affair. Native of Clackamas Dies. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) The funeral of the late T. M. Cross, who died yesterday morning at Molalla, was held here this afternoon. Deceased was 61 years old and was born near Canby. Clackamas County. He was the son of Lorenzo D. Cross', an early resident of Oregon City. He was married at the age of 20 years to Miss Mary Willette. Fifteen years ago Mr. Cross moved- from Oregon City to Mo lalla. He Is survived by a widow and A GOODJONIG Sometimes Necessary to Re store Lost Strength and Health. Dr. WillUras' Pint Pills Are the Best and Safest Tonic at Is Shown by This California Woman'! Experience. Whenever the blood becomes thin and watery or impure the whole tjitom suf fers, energy is lacking, vitality is low bad the victim falls an easy prey to any disease which happens to be prevalent, such as the grip or acute fevers. To keep the system in normal condi tion, the appetite good, the step vigorous, the brain clear and the musciss strong, a tonic is sometimes necessary. "With the body thus toned op and the organs active there is a greatly reduced' danger from prevalent diseases since the germs are overcome and passed off as nature intended they should be. The tonio used should be effioaoions and at the same time safe and harmless for the weakest oonstitation. Snob, a remedy is Dr. Williams' Fink Pills. The tonio effect of Dr. Williams Pink Pills is well shown tn the following statement of Mrs. Mary Wilder, of No. 18S8 India street, San Diego, Gal. : "I have found Dr. Williams Pink Pills to be the beat tonio I have ever tried. For several years I was alwavs tnn down during the spring monttn and was snbjeot to attacks ottho grip. I would be oompletely exhausted and hardly able to do any work. Every musale in my body would ache. I had ho appetite and it seemed that I could find nothing that would strengthen me, "A friend told me about Dr. Williams' Pink PUls and I began using them. Be fore I had taken the first box I felt bet ter. I kept on taking them and gained in strength until I was cured. " The tonio treatment with Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills by building up the blood so that it oan nourish and strength en the weakened system has made hun dreds of cures in the most severe dis orders. This record of cures should merit a trial for the remedy which is guaranteed free from opiates and is entirely harmless. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of prioe, 60 cents per bos ; six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, K. T. Send today for a copy of our book, 'Diseases of the Blood." It is free. one son, John Cross,, and five brothers, Caleb, Harvey E., E. B., "W. A., and P. H. Cross, and a half brother, E. Boles. STREAMS FOR PUBLIC JCDGE M'BRIDEj OF SUPREME ; COURT, DISSEXTS. Jurist Gives Opinion Against Deci sion That Bars Splash Dams. Precedent Overrode Him. SALEM, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) The recent dissenting opinion of Su preme Court Justice McBride In the case of D. F. Flinn and N. W. Moon, respondents, against William "Vaughn and J. A. McDonald, appellants, ' has created much comment among attor neys. The Circuit Court of Coos County granted Flinn and Moon an injunction restraining Vaughan and McDonald from building and maintaining splash dams in the North Bank of the Coquille River on the ground that the storing and sudden releasing of large quan tities of water erodes the banks and carries away large quantities of land, destroys fences and does great damage otherwise. The Supreme Court affirmed this action of the Circuit Court in an opinion written by Justice King. Jus tice McBrlde. however, dissents from the majority opinion of the court In a somewhat remarkable discussion on riparian rights. The dissenting opin ion says, in part: "I am willing to subscribe to the doc trine that -a stream, incapable by the natural flow of its waters of transport ing logs for any considerable period, cannot be made so by artificial in crease of such flow, but where a stream, in its natural state. Is conceded to be navigable for a part of the year tot such purposes, I think that the same rules should apply, so far as Improve ment to facilitate such purposes is con cerned, that would obtain upon the Wil lamette or any other of our large com mercial streams: In other words, the fact that a stream is navigable for logging purposes a portion of the time removes it from the category of pri vate streams to the extent that its natural fitness for public use may be improved by splash dams so long as the waters are not raised beyond the con fines of the banks. The banks and bed of the stream are Just as much a part of the stream as the water is. "There can be no river without banks and bed, and where the river serves a. punnc use. the banks and ,bed which contain such waters should be held subject to the rights of the public. I am aware that this is contrary to the Many persons Who caji't drink coffee Without lying awake at night Find that Postum Agrees with them perfectly. The important thing, Is to boil Postum At least 15 minutes so that -Its flavour and food value May be obtained. When made right and taken hot With good cream and sugar To suit one's taste Postum is delicious.' Made of wheat, it contains No drug or harmful substance. Try Postum 10 days v , While you leave off coffee With its drug caffeine. "There's a Reason" POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, Ltd. " Battle Creek, Mica. Canadian Money Taken Here at Full Face Value, Cheerfully Our Forty-Fourth Annual Pre-Inventory Soap Sale Cut Rates, Leading Makes fill mm mm Sale Continues All This Week 25c Pinaud's Toilet Soap, on sale for only, per cake... IS' 25c Baker's I. D. L. Glycerine Soap, 3 cakes to box...l3c 25c Jergen's Scotch Oatmeal Soap, 3 cakes to box, for. .14c 50c La Contessa Soap, 6 cakes to box, selling for only. 2 6c 25c Tonssaine (Jergen's), selling during sale at only. . .13c1 25c Swift's Transparent Gly. 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Castile Soap, on sale at.. 17c 20c 1-pound Bar American Make Castile Soap for..lO Bring in Your Journal Pictures Largest Selection, Popular Priced Frames and Mouldings in the City Great Bargains in Art China We have placed on sale in our China Department 120 pieces . of imported Art China, odds and ends sell to $3.50, at 87c 168 pieces imported Amphora, Teplitz and other wares, beau tiful Vases and Fern Dishes, finest China, values to $6.50, your choice of this superb collection at low price of $1.85 Another Big Sale of Pure Drugs Now On 25c Bottle Tr. Benzoin for... 13c 10c pound Lye, on sale for.. 7c 35c (Merk) Sugar Milk. for.21 15c Saltpeter, pound, at only... 9c 10c pound Alum, for only . f 10c Senna Leaves, on sale at.. 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Cream Tartar, only.. 28c 10c Package Bird Seed, only.. 6c 15c Package Soap Bark, only.. 5c 15c Package Comp. Licorice.. 7 15c Pkg. Powdered Borax, at. . 8c 15c Bottle Sewing Machine Oil. 5i 15c Package Nutmegs (15)..j 5c great weight of authority for the rea son that our courts have attempted to apply the common law to a situation wherein it is totally inapplicable. . I think, to take our rules in regard to riparian rights on floatable streams from England, a country which had no floatable streams aiid no timber to be floated, is a greater absurdity than the adoption of the tidewater test as to navigation would be. . The strict adherence to antiquated common law doctrines, entirely inapplicable in this state, enables any curmudgeon who happens to own land along a floatable stream to hamper, delay and blackmail a great industry and make It impossible for a small proprietor of timberland to get his product to mar ket. He must either burn his valuable trees or- sell out to somebody who is able to build a railroad to his timber." Justice McBride takes the stand that precedent is all right as long as it Is supported by good common sense but that when the development of a coun try demands a new Interpretation of the law the courts should not hesitate to desert precedents. Deserted Family Suffers. LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Samuel Nelson, who has been work ing as a repairer in a local shoe store for some time, disappeared about two weeks ago and has not been located since. His family, having been left to shift for itself, is said to be in a desti tute condition, the wife being in deli cate health. Eigjit Teachers at Albany. ALBANY, Or.'. Feb. 14. (Special.) Eight of the 38 applicants for certifi cates who took the Linn County teachers' examination in this city last week failed to pass. Two others failed to secure certificates of the grade they were applying for and took those of a lesser grade. . AT SOOA FOUNTAWS OR ELSEWHERE Original Genuine m m ass n h ma r tr MALTED MILK UhUux cue isrruiut vruj- TheFoodDrinkforAllAges HCH ULK, MALT BRAIN EXTRACT, IM POWDER fid in aay UWk Trust OS?- Insist on "HORLICK'S" Tak a. package faoma COLONIST RATES TO OREGON and the Great Northwest The management of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. and Southern Tacific Co. (Oregon Lines) takes great pleasure in announcing that the low rates from Eastern cities, which have done so much in past seasons to stimulate travel to and settlement in Oregon, will prevail again this Spring DAILY from March 1 to April 15, inclusive. People of Oregon The railroads have done their part; now it's up to you. The colonist rate is the greatest of all homebuilders. Do all you can to let Eastern people know about it, and encourage them to come here, where land'is cheap and homebuilding easy and attractive. FAKES CAN BE PREPAID at home if desired. Any agent of the roads named is authorized to receive the required deposit and telegraph ticket to any point in the East. REMEMBER THE RATES From Chicago, $33; from St. Louis, $32; from Omaha and Kansas City, $25. This reduction is proportionate from all ofire.r cities. . WM. McMTJRRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or. m. M. M M W ' a.'X. 0GDEN & SHASTA ROUTES i i i