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The following extract, an editorial
vn from - th Portland Oreronlan.
j.ahows the trend of public opinion as
reflected the past few years, and em
phasized once more In the recent elec
tions. The elections of April 7 show pretty
clearly that the tide of feeling against
the aaloona Is still rising. The liquor
interest lost ground both In Illinois
and Michigan. In the former state,
after a bitter contest, 20 more coun
ties voted to abolish the saloons, mak
ing 26 In Illinois where no liquor can
now be sold legally. In Michigan,, out
of 14 counties which voted upon the
license question 10 wrent dry. It re
. oulres very little argument to prove
thai If this process continues the time
will come before a great while when
there will be no licensed saloons ex
cept In the larger cities, and even the
assertion that the large cities will
never adopt prohibition has less force
than formerly, because It Is now the
policy of the Anti-Saloon league to
hem them in with a wide cordon of
dry territory and finally swamp the
urban vote under that of the rural
districts. The tendency la to destroy
the liquor trade In large ictles by
force of general state laws when It
cannot be done under home rule.
In recent campulgna against the
saloon It has been noticed frequently
that economic arguments have almost
displaced the old moral and sontlmen
tal appeals which were employed by
primitive temperance' orators. Both
the liquor men and tliolr opponents
talk of dollars Instead of souls. The
saloon Is attacked and defended from
the point of view of Its Influence upon
the wealth-producing and wealth-sav
Ing power of the community. The
liquor men aver that prohibition
throws many men out of work and
annihilates large sums of capita:
which have been invested In breweries
.' and aaloona. It thus directly strikes
t the prosperity of the country, while
indirectly It beggars families and de
stroy homes. The psohiultlon orators
admit all this, but they reply that If
It throws some men out of work to
close the saloons, their energies are
merely diverted to more beneficial
channels. There Is sufficient useful
work waiting to be done, they Insist,
to employ every Idle hand. ,.
One phase of the subject Is the, rev
enue side. Suppression of Jhe lhiuor
trade would cut off from the vnrlniiH
treasuries, national, stato and munici
pal, revenues approximating, perhaps
exceeding $300,000,000 a year. Sup
pression of the manufacture and sale
Would cut off more' than one-third of
.the present available revenues of the
United states. What species of taxa
tion would make up tho deficit? For
there I clamor also for tariff reform,
or rriluutltm of duties . wn imports,
neveuue irom. smo or lliiuors Is a
.great matter nlo in cvrry lonslilci a
tile city.
The niUI-sftlonn forces nlso contend
that If prohibition annihilates Hie cap-
; ltal which Is Invested In saloons and
breweries, It Is quickly replaced . In
savings banks 'and farms, so that the
community as a whole gains rather
.than loses. It i an hardly he main
tained that, the manufacture and sale
f liquor do anything toward keeping
the human race -alive, or making It
vMentlnlly healthier or' happier. It
la conceded everywhere that the use
of liquors Is probably Injurious to the
majority of mankind and 'even In
those rare cases where It does no harm
- ti finds difficulty In showing that It
does any good. Moralists are agreed
t.:at t.ic world would b better off if
no liquor were manufactured, so far
as health and happiness go. One can
not Regret, therefore, that working
men are being diverted from an In
dustry of dubious character to others
which are undeniably beneficial even
if the transfer Involves temporary
hardship.
The argument that prohibition de
stroys capital deserve serious consid
eration, for capital Is h"t:ilH of civ
ilisation, and ur.y pro-v which de
creases the total nm-m-it that the
world possesses in bunt'f.il In the Ions
run, no matter hew lelij,: tftil Its Im
mediate results may appear. But does
prohibition decrease the total of the
world's capital? The economic re
turns from districts where prohibition
has been In force, for a long time In
dicate the contrary. The taxable vaW
uatlon of such districts Invariably In
creases. It Is said that the Increment
has In every case surpassed the value
of the property which prohibition
threw 'out of use. Moreover, the
Maine and Kansas saving banks hold
deposits far out of proportion to their
relative population and far in excess
of what can be shown In similar ter
ritory where the sale of llc;uor is per
mitted by law. To these facts we
must aid one more, that offenses
against the law are enough fewer In
prohibition territory to cause an ap-
penses and therefore diminish taxes.
The economic argument la therefore
against the aaloons, and we suppose
this la the reason why they must pre
pare to meet their doom at some time
or other.
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new stock in Feather Pillows, Feather Beds, and Feathers in bulk for sale, ary
quantity. Trade us your old stoves and securs an ACME RANGE, fully warranted.
Good Plows, a. bargain in these.
. Thone Black 6 11.
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F.D.HAISTEN
CANDIDATE FOR DEMOCRATIC
One advantage of the primary law
Is that It In a very large measure pro
duces clean methods. The nomination
does not necessarily mean an election.
Therefore, the successful candidate,
after securing the nomination, must
conduct his primary campaign so as
to merit the support of his opponent
at the general election. Each and
every candidate before the primaries
must of necessity bear this in mind.
Hence, as a rule, we have clean pri
mary campaigns. It does not pay to
be otherwise, y .
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La Grande Korimisly Misjudged.
The city Is progressing on all lines,
religious, educational and commer
cial. Every progressive citizen re
joices In every advancing step. The
Market day will become a blessing to
the city and valley. It Is true, how
ever, that the management of this en
terprlse has seriously misjudged his
people. He has assumed that In
"crying" his goods and chattels It Is
necessary to degress, occasionally, and
dispense with profanity and vulgarity.
both disgusting and Incriminating for
the entertainment of his hearers.
It was Mr. Lincoln who said, "No
gentleman will swear before ladies.'
The times have dawned when the bet
ter sentiment proclaims no gentleman
will swear at all. Vet It go forth that
La Orande would be free from crimin
al profanity, both in her home-born
and visiting citizenship.
W. H. QIBSOX.
Pastor First Baptist Church
For Sale.
High grade strawbt-.i. pTants at the
J. C. Miller place, t-one mile west of
Elgin. Price $4.00 per 1.100, at the
ranch, and 15.00 per 1000 f. o. b. cars
at Elgin. Prizo winnlit varieties
Dornon, Win. Belt and tho Marshall.
These berries ceptured the prize at
the Portland exposition. wt-10-17
FIiicm In tlip City.
Wo have Just received the finest line
of lailles' shirtwaists ever brought to
La (lrando. Ijidles are Invited to call
and see the ussortmeut. Over two
hundred styles.
TMK VAX M'TX CO,
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unniiHATinni rno rinniiT hint
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!'The law's delays!" . Hamlet enum
erated that aa among the chief rea
sons why men would "shuffle off this
mortal coll" if It wers not for the fear
of the unknown beyond the grave. So
cent occupants of the bench, but Is a
system Inaugurated years ago when
there was but little court business In
either Union or Wallowa county. At
present the court work In two
if
HON. DAXIFXi W. SIIEK1IAX, Of r.iitT)rlse.
Camllduto for nemocratlc nomination for Circuit Judge.
there were vexatious and unnecessary counties Is such that a Judge should
delays In Justice when all the world be at work practically all the time to
was. a stage for the Bard of Avon , keep the dockets clear,
before Coke's time; many, many years' Hon. D. W. Shechan, the leader In
before Blackstone required a whole years of service, as well as in other
vol u nine to tell of the excellencies of respects, of the Wallowa bar, has seen
the common law and was too near- and suffered from the delays as have
sighted to see a single defect. . othor lawyers. He Is a candidate for
There were delays centuries before tne democratic nomination for circuit
tU people of Wullowa and Union Ju''Ke und' ,f -'lcted, will surely put
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Inland i)if , I-,
'purpose birdi'pooU 1
$1.00
Fox
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K;nral'
ers; good
Firat-iclans stock. Eggs,'
per 18. 'Phono lted 612.
T. E. WRIGHT,
l. La Grande, Oregon.
. . 1J STH1NGIIAM,
AUCTIONEER.. .
Sale cried on short notice.
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' No extra charge for distance.
LA QnANPE ... OTtEOOV
Route No. I. 'Phone No. ittxt
counties found Just cause for com
plaint, but that makes it none the
easier to bear In this year of our
Lord.
A county with two terms of court li
yeiir ti nl ul! the remainder of tiie
time the court of Jtistlre a "sealed
book," must neec warily see tho w.irst
.'hie of the iiumi-.iiMi'a:in -..f jcsti.o.
Litigants, Juri.is and witnesses enlled
f :'om . tli. li- hom.-s lu:slii"Ss n.ul
(l.taltled !.jys aiul.'wc-ks lt... ,',t
ny heitiit lritiu;ht to -y .i-.tKi-
iii ;.s. Vrnn;.l !tiii:i !a
ail f; lv.cn d mviiy by t, ils
untjl the whole s'-m in di;p:
NWallcWed up in i r- ,;u, j,...r,
and state v. li'i.-- i- ut
v!!e:-.i for many .i.niie,e.i:y s a-id
wce'ts S)''iit at c v:n, utitii !!;; total
Is a very lars.. s;i;-. U-.at a l i-.. !r ,in
on' ev. ii sa fat a i K. ::., k ns Hi,
Wallowa county t-eas-.y. T.: ,-;-e
few of the Ills that i ast ron.;i:!iis
hilv e lev lejiei! li.-re.
In t'nlo:i county long-drti ,vr.
ut J;i:y terms, the Jt-.vy t-ylnr l-;t
one case a week, fa s not a- s;:,
and a I I- e:;p .nc pl'!3 up cv,,
day.
This may not be t-.e f.valt rr -e.
a working plan In force that would
save thousands of dollars to Wallowa
and 1'nlon county perplc. Ho would
keep the (lockets l,i l)( TH COl'XTIK?
OVF.S ALL TH? T.'VE,1 thus fllspo
ini; of ,.verythl'ic- i tween J ary i.-rnis
that dosn't i-.iire. a Jury". Th'm nil
the jury wiivk w.ia' i he rra !y when
Juv.irs tire ceiled. "n:id he would k.-cp
u.e juvoi-i laiyy c.t. ihat T.or'f
was fti'll!(. 1. Tlitci;-!' iH- U'S
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in defatlc-aMy. His Indasiry Is r.m.
positive that he would ke p ,:,!r)
P"i a fitll working day. Hj, r,'.,t.
'i.m calls for Impartial, sneedy nr.d
-conomlcal iidMilnlstratlon of Jitstl e.
To him as Judwnll men would be
tHke without rerard to race, rslinn.
riches, present or previous politic.
Judge Sl'ech.ia numbers umonrr hit
dler.U th lead.lp- men of Cio ciur.f.
and the poor are never turned from
his door for lack of the fee. He Is
always on one side or the other of
every Important Jury case, and the
people he has done business for in the
last 20 years are his strongest sup
porters lor circuit judge, regardless
of party.
It Is an even score of years since
Mr. Sheehan came to Enterprise. He
was born In 1861, in Mason county,
Illinois, where he received bis early
education. He came to Union county,
Oregon, in 1883, after which he com
pleted his law studies and waa ad
mitted to the bar by the supreme
court. His success In the practice of
law in this county is known of all
men. For seven years he and Colonel
Ivanhoe were partners. He has been
associated with or pitted against the
best lawyers In the state, practiced In
all courts, state, federal and the in
terior department, and his 20 years
of experience has added to his gre:
natural fitness for the bench.
Mr. Sheehan has served In all t.
offices of honor, without profit,
which leading men are expected
show their spirit of personal sacrtflj
ior tne puuuc weal, such as mavn,
etc. If he Is elected lmi ,.
Judge of the circuit court ev5(
uuiii n aiiuwtt. ins Denn a .l
whole county will not oniv r,-o.
time and money,1 but will be rn
sented by one In whom thv ..l
Just pride. News-Record.
Land for Rent.
We have 820 acres of excellent 1
for rent. Call at once.
F. S. BRAMWELL,
C. J. BLACK.
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Nodelive-ics made for less quantities than one gaVji.
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