La Grande evening observer., July 20, 1916, Image 3

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1916.
PAGE THREE.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER 1
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Family Dr. says:
to preserve or restore the rosy glow op youth
""will be easy ip you use our "beautifiers." our lo
tions will feed the skin and keep it soft and
Healthy, to keep your hair and to make it abund
ant USE OUR "HAIR TONICS." WE HAVE PREPARATIONS
FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH AND MAKING THE "BREATH"
AS SWEET AS THE ODOR OF A ROSE.
DON'T YOU NEED A NEW "MANICURE SET" AND OTHER
TOILET ARTICLES? WHEN YOU GET ANYTHING FROM US
JOU CAN "RELY" ON WHAT YOU BUY.
ILevy - Vog'el Drug Co.
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS.
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PAMPHLET 'ARGUMENT MADE
PUBLIC.
Promoters Argue for Right to Make
Beer in Oregon.
The text of argument sent to
I Salem to be printed in the Voters'
pamphlet this fall, has been an
nounced. The committees promoting
the proposed amendment wlhlich deals
with and permits manufacture of beer
in Oregon for sale under restrictions
at present existing, have prepared the
following statement for the pamphlet,
introducing it with a review of the
text, which is here omitted, and con
cluding with the list of signatures
who signed the petition which names
are also omitted:
Without entering into a discussion
of the Prohibition itself, but mostly
from an economic viewpoint, and be
lieving that even from a prohibition
point of view there is lack of logic in
our present constitutional amendment
" in allowing .beer to be brought into
' itftue State from outside States, yet
forbidding the manufacture of this
' beer within the State; Further be
' lieving the present prohibition law is
1 unfair in its discrimination against
the Oregon farmer, nop raisers and
brewers, and being convinced that
the Oregon voters, both male and fe
male, believe in fair play and in the
; promotion and protection of home in
dustry, the amendment to permit
manufacture of beer in this State un
der present laws, is presented to the
public and is proposed by the under
signed committee.
If you feel that the Oregon farmer
who raises hops and barley and tfhe
' Oregon brewer who has large invest
ments in plants, etc., shall have the
same privileges that are allowed out-of-the-state
farmers and brewers,
and if you think that it is economic
waste to have a payroll of many
thousands of dollars per week lost to
the State of Oregon, and to have
thousands of dollars sent out of the
State of Oregon almost daily for ar
ticles which could be produced from
Oregon products in the State of Ore
gon, thereby giving employment to
many men, keeping a large payroll in
the 'State and providing a favorable
market for the hops end barley crops
of our farmers, then we ask you to
vote for this proposed amendment.
A law which permits the consump
tion of strong liquor brought into
the State from the outside, yet dis
criminates against a light beer made
in Oregon from Oregon barley and
hops, is neither logical nor just, and
seems to answer no good purpose
whatever. It is not even good tem
perance reform, because it inevitably
encourages the importation of strong,
spiritous liquors upon which trans
portation charges are low, and dis
courages the use of a light malt
liquor, the transportation charge be
ing high on account cf its bulk.
5n other wo'ds, it favors a con
sumption of whiskey and other high
alcoholics, instead of the consump
tion of lighte:- beverages. It drives
thousands of dollars out of the State,
which if the use of light beer is to
be permitted at an, nno Dotter go 10
the Oregon fcsrley and hop farmers.
The true measure of regulation ought
always to be baa&i upon -tne amount
f the drug nlcohol contained in any
fceverage. It seems not scientific nor
in the cause nf true tompernnee to
place light beer in exactly the same
category with whiskey and other
strong spirits, and there is no doubt
tint the renl evils formerly com
plained of, a:e some ot the so-called
"American Saloons" and strong
liquors, but we want to impress
everybody, especially the women vot
ters of this State who are quite as in
telligent and fair-minded as the men
DIN
Remitt fv
voters, with the fact that IhUs amend
men does not mean the re-opening of
the saloon, nor the opening of the gen
eral question or general policy, false
statements and unfair insinuations of
paid agitators notwithstanding. It
leaves the present prohibition law
practically untouched. It goes no
f urtihier than, to place, the home, man
ufacture of beer, 6n the same looting
with the outsiders.
By this amendment, the amount of
alcohol permitted is, not in excess of
4 per cent. This amount is practical
ly as low as beer can be brewed and
kept, and it is generally conceded
that such a beverage is not a so
called "intoxicating liquor." Based
upon the experiences - of the great
temperance reforms made in Den
mark, Sweden and Norway, and in
use by Germany, the brewing1 of just
such a light beer as here proposed, is
encouraged by the government, and
it is thought that this amendment will
really promote both temperance- and
moral integrity.
Do you know that the County of
MultnomalH, alone, during the six
months from January 1st to June 30,
1916, imported 41,628 shipments of
liquor and that the affidavits on file in
the county clerk's office show that 43,
533 persons, in addition, purchased
raw alcohol from drug stores? With
conditions like this in only one county
of the State, it is easy to imagine
what the complete figures would be
if gathered.
Do you know that Dr. Means S.
Gregory, director of the psychopathic
ward of Bellevue hospital, New York,
says in an interview in the New
York Tribune, that "The American
people spend $500,000,000 annually on
patent medicines" most of which con
tain more or less alcohol? It is esti
mated by the United States Internal
Revenue department that there are
manufactured in this country be
tween three and four hundred of
these so-called "tonics," "stomach bit
ters" and "nervines." Many of these
have big sales in prdhibitnon states
and local option districts. The Trib
une says that according to labels in
the possession of the department of
agriculture at Washington, these pat
ent medicines contain all the way
from 16 per cent' to 65 per cent al
cdhlol. For instance, Peruna con
tains 18 per cent alcohol; Lydia Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound contains
19.85 per cent alcohol; Wine of
Cardui contains 20 per cent alcohol;
Hankin's remedy contains 22 per cent
alcohol; Hall's Great Discovery con
tains 43 per cent alcohol, and Ham
lin's Wizard Oil contains 65 per cent
alcohol.
Do you know that in practically
every so-called prohibition state in
the Union the use of patent medicines
containing alcohol is very high and
steadily increasing? And how much
would the present appalling con
sumption of raw alcohol, bought os
tensibly for external use, be in
creased, and bootlegging be made still
more prohtaole than it is now, it tne
legitimate importation or the home
manufacture of a light beer were en
tirely prohibited. Conscientious phy
sicians of the highest standing are
prescribing beer for nursing mothers
and for building up tissues in weak
bodies. Is it, therefore, logical to
pretend or to imagine that light beer
could be harmful to anyone, if it is
prescribed for invalids and conva
lescents ?
This proposed amendment which
you will either pass or defeat by
your vote, is not a hastily gotten-to-gether
affair, but it is a carefully
studied and matured plan of men and
women of affairs, and men and wom
en of every walk in life, who are sin
cere in their desire to bring about
conditions in this state which will at
tain real reform and temperance and
moderation, features which are im
possible to obtain in any other way.
The further fact that the petition was
signed by over 42,000 voters, men and
women from all over the state, the
circulation of the same having been
done by voluntary work, indicates the
overwhelming .sentiment in favor of
this proposed measure. It is larger
by 7000 than any petition ever pre
sented to the secretary of state, and
therefore a splendid endorsement of
tho work of the high-minded men and
women of the committee who are
deeply interested and concerned in
this constructive work towards the
moral as well as financial improve
ment of their state. It is proposed,
not bv anyone connected with any
liquor industry whatsoever, but - .
vouched for by high-minded, r' .
ible business men, whose, -Pons-known
to many of the v', -umes re
out the state, and ir
LTmuPnitv0noV the stondinVin tte
- the men and women
Z IJaJ -u t0 vt for this law, and
nt ' t0 Mtisfy yourself that it is
j10 i movement to re-establish sa
lons, we ask you to carefully read
the names of the undersigned com
mittee, who will not stand for any
trifling with tho expressed will of the
people.
This argument is submitted on he
half of the general committee, whose
names are printed below (in the
pamphlet tho names appear) by the
w-aiinum Uliu jjecrnrnrv ot tne said
cohl'ttOv, and strongly endorsed by
leading faMUdS and hop-growers.
STATE COMMISSIONS"!'1'".
(The Tux Ltboi'Ator.)
Much has been said about abolition
and consolidation of our State boards
end commissions. Little has been
done. Little Will be done Unless the
InxTMivers thnmsalvMft fin it.
At the last session of the legisla
ture a committee was appointed to
thorougfclly investigate our system of
state government and formulate a
plan for its simplification. A year
and a half has elapsed, and this com
mittee has never even met.
At the annual meeting of the State
Taxpayers' league, held on April 22d,
the legislative committee was in
structed to investigate our system of
state government and work out a plan
commissions. During the week of
June 5th, this committee held daily
meetings in Salem ana Portland, tit
found that 53 State boards and com
missions are being sustained by the
taxpayers of Oregon. It found differ
ent commissions performing similar
duties, each maintaining a separate
statistical bureau .and separate corps
of deputies.
After long daily hearings and
lengthy night conferences, the com
mittee came to tha conclusion that an
entire re-organization of our state
government is the only solution. Thle
final determination of the committee
was reached one night after weary
hours of discussion, when one mem
ber of the committee expressed him
self something like this:
"It's no use, gentlemen; to really
do our duty, we must clpan put the
whtolo bunch and make a fresh start,
If it was a private business we could
outline a simple system which would
give every service to the people of
Oregon which is now being rendered
by our cumbersome, complicated and
extravagant system of state govern
ment. If we were outlining an organ
ization for a private business, it
would be a simple matter, simple as
shooting fish, but we are up against
a political problem. Every profes
sional politician in the state, regard
less of political party, will be up
against a business system that will
give business results."
Then and there tr.le committee
unanimouly ugreed to forget that it
was working on a political matter and
go about it as though it were outlin
ing as ystem for handling the affairs
of a private business which expended
$3,000,000 annually. It was decided
to recommend a plan which would en
tirely abolislhi the 63 IStatej boards
and commissions, and in lieu thereof,
create six departments, as follows:
1st Department of Administra-
JMEXIGO'S MAN AT OUR
CAPITAL
EL1SEO ARKEDONDO
Arrcdondo, ambassador desig
nate of Mexico to the United
States, is a hard worker and Is
not a familiar figure on Wiub
inpton streets, as he sends most
of his diplomatic notes to Secre
tary Lansing by messenger, lie
spends most of his time in the
Mexican embassy.
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tion, State Institutions and Finances.
2nd. Department of Agriculture.
8rd. Department of Education.
4th. Department ol Public Do
main. ' ,
5th. Department of Commerce, In
dustry and Labor.
6th. Department of Health.
Our present State board, consisting
of governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer, constitutes the first
board. The work of defining the ac
tivities, scopo and machinery of the
other five departments lhas not ad
vanced sufficiently to make the tenta
tive plans public, but the entire com
mittee is working and working hard.
A definite, concrete plan will be pre
sented to the league within a couple
of months. It wiil not be a political
plan, but a clean, straight, business
plan a simple business system for
running the public business of the
state. . ! 'oftttMfl
Whetihler this plan is adopted or re
jected by the Legislature depends up
on the people of the state. There will
be two opposing factions, the profes
sional politicians on one side, the peo
ple on the other.
The personnel of the committee
wlhich is working out this system is
composed of Charles E. Spence, mas
ter ot the State Grange, chairman;
Walter M. Pierce, president of the
State Taxpayers' league, and a stock
man ot Eastern Uregon; A. J. John
son, president Benton County State
bank, and chairman of tho legislative
committee of tne, Benton county i ax
payers' league; J. V. Daly, president
Title and Trust company, Portland;
George Miller, a wheat farmer of
Cove, Oregon; E. J. Stack, secretary
of tih'e State Federation of Labor;
junws B. Kerr, counsel for the S. P.
& S. railway; Robert E. Smith, pub
lisher of the "Tax Liberator."
Pioneer of Baker County Dies.
Andrew Johnson, aged 68, a pio
neer resident of Baker county, died
recently at St. Elizabeth's hospital in
Baker. He worked a rich gravel bed
for several years and is supposed to
have accumulated moderate wealth.
He has no known relatives living.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
JfT7 TIIK DIAMOND BRAND.! v
Ladlrat Ask your UruccUi for
I'hl-cnefr'tei-'i uianond UroniL
1'iiU In Itud and Hold metal li?
bo rs, tealeil with Rluo Rlbboo.
Take do other. Buy or your
JtniCfflM- AikfoTCJIII-UIIKR-TEITS
lIAIrtONT It HANI FILLS, tot 8&
yenre known as Best, Safest. Always Reliable
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Hows This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the underatgned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL, BANK OF COMMERCE.
t Toledo, O.
Hall's .Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 76 cents ir bottle. Bold
by all Druggists.
Take Hall Family Pills ' W constlDatlo
ike Gasoline
vf Qualify
gives you more
miles to the dol
lar. Carbureting
qualities account for
that no waste of gas.
Dealers everywhere and
also at our , many
Service Stations.
Standard OH
Company
(California)
La Qraode
Red
Crovtt
The Great Summer Beverage, the
Beverage that makes you Smile
and Call for More.
B. W. Hughes
'jJSporting Goods Store
GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY
Retail Dept. Phone Main 8
The Delicate Flavor
of Malted Barley
So rarely found in cereal foods plays a valuable and
necessary part in the digestibility of
Grape-Nuts
Blended with prime whole wheat, there results the
distinctive Grape-Nuts flavor so attractive to the
palate.
Pull of sterling nutrition, Grape-Nuts food is twice
baked (about twenty hours) and rendered easily and
quickly digestible generally in about one hour.
Many physicians recommend Grape-Nuts
"There's a Reason"
Sold by Grocers everywhere
80 Acre Farm
$120 down, $120 per year, 6 Int.
4 miles of railroad point, postoffice and general merchandise store.
Good roads. Plenty of water on place for stock and domestic pur
poses. Small patch of pole timber, plenty wood and fence posts for
years. At least 60 acres of fine land can be cultivated. 20 acres
practically ready for crops. This is a general description applying
to several tracts of
PALMER
Altitude lower than La Grande, more rainfall and has lese wind than
Grande Rondo Valley. Fine soil, largely free from rocks. Ideal
climate. You can buy tracts of this land from 40 acres to 200 acres
or more nt
$13 PER ACRE 1-10 PER YEAR, INTEREST 6 PER CEMT
Over 25 families living on these places this summer. Send for oun
illustrated circular or come in and see photographs, and samples of
cropsi. George Huntington Ourrey will be glad to go witi you or
meet you at Palmer Junction at any time to look over the land.
FARM LOANS
Geo. H.
Opposite
Y. M. C. A.
Phone Black 2001
HE WHO MOTES
REAL ESTATE
MF
gjfl FIXING UP SOME
at your place 1 Then don't fail
to start right by getting the
right lumber, shingles, etc, and
that, of course, means getting
them here. You'll ' appreciate
that fact more and more as
time tells the quality of our
lumber. Ours is seasoned be
fore it goes into a house. ,' ,
LANDS
Orer
AND INSURANCE
Currey
108 Elm Street
La Grande,
Oregon
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