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ST. JOHNS REVIEW fc!v&-v vrva If IT'S NOW UP TO YOU I GET IN THE HABIT 01 advertising In THIS Paper and you'll never regret II. Be gin al once and keep right at It To Mbta lb lor THIS Paper. AH tbt imwi while k U ntwt U oar motto. Coll la and tnroll Devoted to the Intcrettt ol the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Nortffwest VOL. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DUCKMBKR 18. 1908. NO. 6 REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AN INTERESTING LECTURE Secretary Knodell Gave an Entertaining Talk on Sunday Evening in Evangelical Church I: Chief Black Renders Statement for Seven Months Business in the Criminal Department Following Is tho pollco report from May 1, to Dcccmbor 1, 1008: Total tiiin.br r of arrests, lie; on In. formation fumlthed by citizens, 30; or. Information obtained by tliu po 'ite, 77; of total nrrcsta .14 wore uu- Ul tho ago of 21 years, 3! were for drunkenness, 4 for nssult and battory oistructlng the Bldownlks, 1; Indccon language, 3; peddling Wiihoui a li cense, B; disorderly conduct, t va grancy, 2; Immoral conduct, 4; fight. Ing, 4; allowing minors ..1 snloon,2; allowing women in snloon, 1; con dueling a danco wmiout u license, 1 Of thoso 43 plond guilty. Pour plead not guilty and were convicted on trial. C plcnd not guilty, and were acquitted on trial. Uf tlio remaining enscs released by tho Chief after Investigation. 12; released by the court after a hearing, 10; taken before the Juvenile Court ie: failed for want of prosecution by r.01 plaints, d; Insane and commltcu to asylum, , 1; Portland warrants hitwh nnd arrestn made, 5; Portland K'nrcli .wnrrants served nnd executed. 1; SU'Johns arrests made In Port land, 6; arrests for Bt. Johns Justice 'Court, 2; Relating to police busi ness number of letters written wore lei; letters received on police business, 70; much work dono by the police has been of such 11 nature as to find no place on the records not ably among tho boyo and girls but ell tending toward tho moral better ment of tho c.ty. The business of tho Cty Pound should bo entirely separated from the Police office and put directly In charge of n Pound Master with a coi ,,ponsntlon suulclont for the work to ho done, Portland's niotnod Is bust , noss-llko. . Ite.celvod 'or the ompoundlng of stock, $76.?j; for delinquent building permits, ,3.eJ;urowork penults, $13; linos lovlod, J08.00; total, k..o.75. Dog license and Iltcycle tax has 'been collected by tho recordor dlroct. All monies collected by tho de partment havo boon placed at once 'In tho hands of tho recordor. Kxpenees, salaries nnd extra offi icors, $1104.55; IncldontnU, $120.00; Moss receipts as above sot out, 49u.7f total net expenses, $79t.i9. Of mci dentals ,j8.h Is for pormanout equip ment for tho department; for sign 'painting, t.l.ou. City Will Soon Have Gas Tho BL Johns Oas Light and Heat .cbrorany undor tho now organization . seems to be pushing things energetic ."idly. Thoy nro preparing for work ,'apd to meet their obi.gatlons to tho ; city soon as possible. Too gentlomen '.who nro Interested In tuls Enterprise .,t present havo a very ulfierent .'appearance from that of ir. David 'or of doubtful memory. Thoso gentlo men appear to bo oarnest, onergotlc steady business men, who moan busi ness and know how to do It. Thero ir nothing' of tho flashy blaze -ap pearance of the tin horn gambier .about thorn and wo be.iovo they aro lu earnest la their assertions tuat .they are going to do business In St, 'Johns and that tho much abused gas plant will bo established withm a tyry short tltno. M. W. A. Elect Officers ' We lost our copy of tho report or ,tbc eectlon of officers of St, Johns 'camp of Modern Woodmen and failed to get It In the list, we give It this Tweek. M. W. A. camp No. 7&4G elected the following, officers, secern 'her 3d: Jainea II. Gee, consul; 1. H. Boyd, advisor; deo. I. Epps, banker; Adam P. Kaomleln, clerk; A. y. Kanna, escort; 8am Uoyd, watch- nan; 8. L. Shelter, sentry; O. W. Dunbar, manager. This makos the third auccesalve election of Adam Kaemleln to the office of clerk and' It begins to look ke the lad had a life Job. He Is a good one Just the same and the boys might do worst and get another. . Speaking about the gas plant that Has uobbed up again. We no -0Pe that this will materialize at this time and that we shall have gas for our fuel next summer Even In the win ter time It Is all right and economi cal for the better class of houses, v here a very little heat Is necessary. U will be a boom to every household where It can be Installed and the use of it will not be more expensive than other fuel producing the same re-suits. To properly pouco this city during tho ensuing year will require tho ser vices of two day otflcors and two night officers, at an cstlmntcd cobI per month of $30o.uu. Extrn day or fleer can act aB street commissioner or the working of city prisoners Many moro prisoners could be worked If thero was an oftlccr who had tho ttmu to ntiend them. One officer alone during the dny Is a vil lage method winch shouiu now ho abandoned by the city In justice to tho proper policing of Its territory, An emergency fund of f.uO.OO nhould be mado available to cover tlio period of one year, suuject to dm oursomont by the mnyor and chief Total amount needed for police protection for the eiiHuing yenr, 13810.00. There should bo provided for the jail quarters a sldo entrance from Philadelphia street, a wash basin for the use of prisoners so they can wash up without having to use tho Chief's office as at present, A iirlnat attachment to the present toilet fix tures. Tlio vault In the basement should bo vcntiintod and doors fu.ou 00 It can be used as n dungeon, ICn il.niited cost of theso Improvements. $125.00; total estimated expenditures $3035.00. For tlio seven months covered by this report, receipts through tliu do- 'purtmctit havo nornged seventy dot- lora per month. This nverago will net hold good howover under present oudltlons, but few crimes are com- milled ni.alnst tho pence of the city. ve havo endeavored to prevent crliiin against persons nnd property and havo succeeded boyond our ex pectations considering tho provnlanco of 1 cell crimes In the surrounding territory. In recommending tho above expend itures I havo had In mind safety of life and property of our citizens and pence of tho city, Tho citizens want protection nnd are, I bouevo, entitled to It and are willing to pay for It If they got what they pay for. Having recommended what I found to bo nec essary I havo dono my full duty. Any further responsibility must be as sumed by thoso to whom It belongs, Respectfully submitted, J. II. BLACK, Chief of I'oltce, Artisans' Election r I. fkl 1rttii1n umu n rAil lilttPP nigut for mo united Artisans, iney hold their seml.aunual election of of ticors and It has never ben so hard to seocuro an election beforo becauBO of tho number of candidates that ran for all tho Important offices. Aftor tho business hud beeti'dl" pensod with, tho members und a few friends .that camo In enjoyed a pleas ant avenlug, Tho only grumbling that whs hoard was on account of mo latonoss of tho hour thai mado it necessary to cut tho foatlvltlea short. The good things woro thero In abundance and every one reports an awakonod fooling among the Art isans, Next Monday Is to be tnoir HiBtatllatlon mid tho word is being passed out that tho good time of last Monday Is to bo repeated and If any thing to bo Improved upon. Also somo matters of groat Importance to all Artisans aro scheduled to bo act ed upon at that time, Como out and enjoy yourself, Runaway Monday Koy Wilcox's team did a lu..e stunt Monday evening that they coul not have done If Roy had been driv ing them. They got away from him In some way and camo running up Jersey street passing between tno street car and the corner of tho walk, at the 8t. Johns Hardware company's store. They nover touched the car and the wheel Just graze- the post under tho awning. A man driving skwly could hardly ha,ve driven through, while these ponies went through on the run. They moved the corner post Just a little and that was all the damage that was done. Not a scratch, nor a strap broken. They ran up somewhere on Itichmonu strict sou were stopped. Mr. C. P. Mossman from Couleo City, Wash, came to St. jobns Mon day morning to visit his father W. . Mossman and family, tie had no. seen the home folks since visiting them In Kansas four years ago. The City Dads Convene and Transact Their Usual Budget of Municipal Business in a Satisfactory Manner Tho city fathers met In their 3Cth wcokly session Tuesday evening alt being present. R, C. Evnim of Llnutou In n com munlcatlon nuked to purchase GO yardB of crushed rock for use In somo construction work In Hint town, Tho Btrcct work having uccn stopped on nccount of tno mud nnd tno rock' crusher having been snut down on account of Hub cessation of a. root work It was thought not worm wlulo to Btnrt the crusher for so smn.i a lot, Th matter was referred to tno lock crusher cammlitco on motion of oltnson, nil ycH. Hon, K. C. Couch ashed for n per mit to erect an addition to the rear of his store bu..uing, for n ntore room, or warehouse, to be covered with corrugated Iron and roofed with fireproof roofing. On motion of John ton the npllcatlou was received and puiTilr-slon granted. All voting yen ?t(pt I)oblo. Petition of O, K. Learned to lay fitment sidewalk In front of lots 12, 13 nnd 14, block ft, Suverniico addi tion with necessary crosswalks on Ivi' ihou and Jersey streotH, on mo tion of Davis was placed on file. Petition to Improve Wall street be tween Willamette boulevard and Dawson strcots with crushed rock In the center of street and cement side walks, signed by 1 proporty owners on the sireot was read and on mo tion of Davis resolution wan ordered drawn requesting engineer to fur tilth plans, specifications nnd profile for same. This resolution was passed later In the evening, putting tho 111 at tor up to tho ong.ncer. u.r. C. II. Moore, representing 1-0 Pacific Statos Telephone company appeared -cforo tho council nnd ex plained that his company um not ralsu tho rates, but simply eliminated I tho lowest rates In offect compelling 1 their patrons to uso the higher rates or do without tho phones; or In tho , words of Councilman Doiihnm, tho policy of tho company seemed to be to "get a larger rental nuu servo fewer poople." This policy should condemn tho company In tho oyos of tho entire community. It la dlnmut rlcally opposed to tho fundamental principle of our government Tho fcnutest good to tho greatest num ber, and Is tho spirit that moves ovoty trust, got all that la posslblo by extortion and keop all that cornea In, Ho explained that ho could not furnish Loroy II. Smith with a phono bocauso mere woro no polos In uint neighborhood. It would seem to an ordinary man that within tho past Commercial Club Meet A number of tho membora of tho Commercial Club and othor cltlzons met in tho club rooms Wodnesdny evening and spont several hours very pleasantly nad profitably, Tho elub haa not beon In actlvo operation for sovcral months and Just now here is a spirit being manifested among the business mon of tho city to revive tho club and get into tho aarnoss. There la every opportunity for good work by such an organiza tion anu aiter a vigorous wmtuaaiuii of tho subject a commltteo was ap pointed to arrango for future work and a meeting was called for noxt Wednesday evening when a reorgan ization of tho Commercial Club will be effected and our business mon will get down to business and boost St. Johns up Into her proper place nt the head of tho procession. It Is Just as Chairman Hendricks said at uie meeting this wook, "Wo havo every thing here in St. Johns that wo need to make a most prosper ous town, wo have tho Intelligence the energy, the ambition among the citizens, we have the facilities, ,ho location, the natural conditions here for the making of a great city and tno only reason that tt. Joans is not forging far ahead of all her neigh bors Is that our people do not pull togetuer. One man or party of men will suggest one thing and endeavor to initiate It and anotner man or set of men will knock It and hinder the work. So long as this condition con tinues It will nullify all effort for tne advancement of the city. What we neet most of all to do la to get to gether and putting all differences ailie to work harmoniously for tne hest interests of the city''. Thtrc never was a moro opportune tlmo than the present for just tuts klud of action on the part of our citl- tirer years n Hno of poles could havo boon oxtended lu that direction which would ftccommodnto something like a hundred families, The argu ment presented by the gontlemnn Hint the other cities woro cutting out thu low rnto phones tlio emtio aB Portland only confirms our position that this company Is on thu hog nnd is using tho name methods elsewhere that It Is doing here. Mr. I.. Unrrlgim appeared In behalf ol J, Harmon of Chicago, presented mi ordinance granting n franchise to Mr. Harmon to Install and operate n gaa plant lu StJohns. No action was taken pending tho settlement of the St Johns Uns, Light and I lent com paii.v'H franchise. A communication from the St. Johns Ons, Light and Heat company suggesting that a -nto be set on which tho yearly fees of 1..0 com pany should bo mado payitJio was read and 11 ii.bcubsIou fo. lowed. Councilman Doblu and Recorder sen evidently could not understand that tho St. Johns Gas Light nnd Heat company as it now stands Is not composed of the old u.sreputnblo personnel that attempted to launch thin enterprise but who defeated their object by their own Illegal methods, and who are, wo bonove, i.mennble for their uct.on. After considerable dlscunslon, on motion of Davis, tho recorder wan in structed to notify tho St. Johns (Ins, Light and Heal company that unless some sntls fnctory arrangement enn nt onco bo mado suit will bo Institu ted against tho bondsmen of the com pany. All yes. Communication of the chief of po llco was then presented and read asking for a railing from tho slip on tho Richmond atrcot dock to tho warehouao. Referrod to the street ":d docks committee, City ongnioor's nccoptanco of work done on North Hayes was accepted and placed on file after being ap proved by tho street committee, 011 motion of Davis, All yes. City engineer's uccoptanco of work done on Crawford, and Snlem streets was read and reforrod to iiio Htreet ccmmlttco, who held mtmu over until next mooting, Chnlrmnn Initio of that commltteo stating that tho dirt nt tho sides of tho roc work woa too high for tho surface of the ma cadam. no following bills woro allowed 011 motion of DavU: J. T. Murphy, nuts for streot rol lor, 40 coots; Ooorgo Warner, $12.25; R. Boll, $2; C. Poff, $2.25; J. F. Poff, ZDtia and wo trust that tho mooting naxt Wodnosdny night may Include ail tho progressive, energetic men of tho city, Tho hour Is 8 o'clock and It la doslrcd that tho citizens will he tluro promptly nt that tlmo, as thero will bo consldorablq work to do. Let i-.k lay astclo all projuvco, ail -aril fooliuga which wo may entertuln for any of tfur fellows for any reason and come out and work for tho com mon good, If wo will do this, wo will find so much In our fonowa whom wo havo had enmity against, tnat g go agreeable and pleasant, wo wil In time forgot our own III uuturu led got to bo pleasant nnd ngrooablo ourst'lvt t. Building Permits No. 09, to R. V, Fields to erect a resldenco on lot "R" block "R ', St Johns Heights addition, fronting on Tylor between Jersey and Willam ette boulovurd, $1000. No. 100, to Georgo Lutz to erect residence on lot s, block 2e, St, Johns Heights addition fronting on Oreshan between Buchanan and Wall streets, $1500, No. 101, to E. Moo, to erect resl denco on lot 10, block 12, South St. Johns, fronting on Alma between Hayes and Ivanhoo streets, $1600, No, 102, to Leroy Perkins to en l'nge resldenco on lota 21 and 22, block 21, fronting on Lohlgh, between Hudson and Willis boulovard. $200. No, 103, to Daniel Brecht to en largo hotel on block 4, James Johns addition fronting on Burlington bo tween Crawford and Lecaiur streets $1000, No. 104, to A. M. Stearns, to erect residence on lots 5 and 7, block 30, A, L. Minor's addition fronting on South Decatur between i'olk and Buchanan streets, $15e0, $12.13: Dunont Powder compnny.pow der ntid fuses, $33.05; St. Johns Wnlur company, November sorvlco, $73.50; J. McClcllnn, boarding prl oners. S4.34: D. J. Horsmnn. half mouth's salary, $17.50; J. Longnn rodninn, $12; Long distance phone, C! centB. Total, 172.07. Oily Attorney Collier asked furthei ttmu for examination of the record) legardlng tho status of Willamette hi) levant, Granted. Aldermnu Johnson was not ready lu teport on tlio roofing of the city drck, but hnd sovornl different sam ples of roofing nnd 11 iIIsciihsIou fol lowed which resulted lu Davis mak ing c motion that 110 change be mndi In the specifications of the contract rm 1 ring the roofing of tho dock. All v. Uilef of Police Illnck presented n rp it covering hla department from Mn.v I to Decemberl which appears cliewhero In this Issue. On motion of Johnson, ordlnnucu 203 repealing ordnance wan nissed over the mayor's veto, Davis, Johnson, nuiitcr, Whittle, and Doblu voting yes, llouhnm and Miller, no. ' Oidlnnnce 200 repealing ordinance and regulating the operation of "iiiooiih ill i. Jouns wan rniiruiiuru through to tho mayor's signature tho ctu Htaiidlug tho same all turougli tho operation, to-wn: -avis Johnson, Wludlo and Doblofortho saloons and Pentium ami Miller against. At till innrtiir,, U'ntlop llnxev wished to know when t'io city was going to havo tliu grade established on K'dlsou street as pottilouoi. for about n year ago. Tho city engineer replied Hint tno grauo couiu not. uu established on Edison street until tho grades woro estnL..shed on tnu intersecting streets and that It- would ho dono ns soon us possible. This was not very satisfactory to Mr. Basey, but was tlio best that could be promised at tlo time. Resolution printed elBuwhore lu thlt Ishuo proBontod.by 8. C. Cook asking thut 11 committee of five be appointee to draft amendment to tnu charter was read and on motion of Davis the itko utlon was ndopion 111111 1110 Mayor decided that he would niimo the commltteo later. On motion of Davis thu mayor wiih undo a member of tho committee. All yes. Thu tlmo asked for originally In tho itHotiillon was set for January ltl. Im' on consideration It was du- decided to make tho date as given lu tho riiMitutioii on "ground hog day', February 2, A Lively Section MaoKlv Junction, as that section of Dm peninsula la known, which lloa adjacent to tho crossing of the Hill toad and tho O. R, & N. belt line, Is one of the llvcst on tho entire Pen insula, Two years ago It consisted of farm house, a barn and three or four brush patches. It now has a good storo, wo hotels, two wood- working factories, a coal and lumber vnrd. a uravel and Band company, a big now sawmill will booh bo erected there nnd tho town will be built up moro rapidly han any other Bectlon of tho Peninsula, not excepting 8 win ton. Among the now things Muogly Junction has received of lato Is a now name. When the now railroad came In thoy named uo station St. Johns und tho Maegloans took 10 the new name like ducks to water, and cordlully Invited St. Johns to Join hands to boost tho territory con tigous to both towns bo that In tlmo wo may all bo one. It Is a commend auo proposition as there can bo no finer homo sitoa than thoso that He between &i. Johns proper and St. J0I1118 on tho Hill road. .Mr. J. M. RuhboI, of Poriago, Wis., Is spending tho winter with his son-In-law, Mr. F. P. Drinker, cashier of tho First National bank. Mr. lUissoll who recently left his Wisconsin home says thero was four Inches of snow on tho ground, that tho ground was frozen solid and ono needed to get Into his heavy winter overcoat to bo comfortablo when he left thero. Quite different hero with tho roses bloom ing, and even the carnations blooming out of doors. My, what tho pooplo of tho east and north rnlsa by stay ing In that frigid country. Not tha labsl on your papsr. Secretary of tho Antt Snloon Longuc, Knodell gavo a most Inter esting lecture lu favor of hla Bocloty and Its opcrntlotm in Oregon, Hla l.tturj wan Interesting In that Ills attack on tho Bnloonn wns from n different atnndpolut, or rather his mgumeuts were put Inn different wn f'om that genernlly adopted by lem peinnco or prohibition lecturers. Ho started with thu statement thnt"lt has been n long tlmo since first I heard that the man who got, drunk, went home mid nbtiflcd his faiiill), burned hla own dwelling nnd the property of others, called n crim inal. All rucognlzo such nn Individ ual u criminal." Yet. ho declared, hu did not think It llulit nnd Just to nut ml tlio responsibility upon this man, He eld not think that this man was us much to blumo na somo othera who wore considered higher up -u boclety nnd moro respectable In thu community. Ilo said that ho him veli' "ns of German extraction und Hint hu had Inherited an abnormally developed craving for alcoholic drlnki from the long Hno of his nnccHlora Ml, n habitually had used beer and ether drinks and that tho same wiih true In regard to tobacco. That tho Inhalation of tho nroma from 11 par ticularly fragrant cigar, or the fumcH which itrueted his nostrils from thu evaporation of beer or other liquors, which these ilea era somutlmeH sprlnklo upon tho slduwnlkH no Hint i serH uv may bo ontleed Into .noir places thereby, hoIh nil IiIh uervea tingling, and that awful appetite ttrlves for tho mastery, trying to drag him Into duns and to drink. Wn li not for thu aoir control, which by continual exerclso hu has gained oer hliiiBolf, every tlmo ho camo to hiicIi 11 placu ho would hu compelled to enter and Indulge lilfl appetite. ho sneaker thua lu a measure ex- cusud thosu who because of heredity or by habit could not control tnelr appetite and put more of tho censure unun thoso who enticed tiiem l)' evory artifice known to innu to In duce thorn to patronize their dens. The man wi.o takes a glass in 11 social wuy nnd never became Intox icated, or who drlnka 11 glass to cIono 11 htiHiiiesa deal or to open up negotiations an waa the habit of somu he declared la 11 greater criminal than tho drunkard. Thla Is, ho Hitlil, because no boy would bo Inuuced to drink by witnessing tlio besotted drunkard, who waa bo disgusting In hla nppcaranio uud bo evil and nbiiaL-L. to all hla fellowH. On m othor hand, tho bright bublnosH man, Bituve, Binootlio, poiishod, well to do, a gentleman lu npponriinco nnd bear Ing, with hla wit oxclted by tho ex hlUr'Ung effect of a gloss or two Is a hero In the oyes of tho nverago hoy and to Imitate him would ho hla highest aiiibltlon. When therefore he notices Hint thla man drinks uud goea away day after day without ap parently being nny tho witbo, ho naturally thlnka ho can uo tno samo thlnir. This mnn. then, who by tils conduct Induces tho boy to drink win disgusted with tlio nppoiiruuco of tno drunkoro d would otherwise have Bhuiined tho pltfalla sot for him, l 'ur id ro a criminal than thu sot, Thoro la another class the speaker scored and that wiih tho saloonkoopoi himself, who feodB upon tho life blood of tho brightest und best or mil . I young maniioou unu woiiiuiiiiuu- What must bo lu tho heart of a man who would In order to mako a little money for himself, taku tno purest and best of our boyB and girls unu Bend thorn down to destruction. Take tho bright boya out of our homes and mako sots, boasts, murderers, HiIovob of tlioui and our Bweet, loving daugh ters und muko proatitulea or tiiem. Ho Instanced ono gentleman, a shrowed, lutcrprlslng buslnoBa man, eloan cut and bright, whom ho after wards learned waa tho moat prosper ous business man In tho community. Tills man with somo half dozen others woro discussing tho local op- tit n law. and prohibition. All had 'jxprosBcd themselves In favor or tho law except this ono Individual. Then h- Bpoko up and Bald "When you can show mo that It will IncroaBo tho prosperity or my business then I am In ravor of It. But until you can do that I am not; your God, Boy and Homo argumont loea not curry any elcht with mo. Horo tho man nlaced his business, the dollar above hla boya nnd girls having three boya d two girls n hla family. The speakor thought thoro were few men In St, Johns as moan as was this man. Contlnuliik'. tho snoakor called at- tentlon to another class of men who wore monnor, woro greater criminals than either of tho classes ho haB des cribed. This waa tho men who had tho vote In their hands which would bo ablo to stop thla evil traffic en-. Hrely, and refuse to enst it. No amount, of staying nt homo to avoid tho reaponslhlllty of casting the vote, nor shifting of the responsi bility to others would do. These men and theso men oloue Were reapoiia Iwio for nit thu evils that enmo from the saloon; because they had' the power In their linnda and refused or urglecled to uso It for the protection of the boya and glrlH of our country and tho safely of our homos. He called to mind the result or tno re cent election In Lliiemu county, which went wet. There wero three ministers of the gospel lu that county who wielded a gruat Influence among their pnrlBioners, and who wero so Hiiro of victory that they ro fused to receive assistance from tliu league und did not get out nnd work themselves. Their united Infliloiiru would have carried the day for tem perance, but their neglect brougiit defent and uavu victory to the enemy of their homoH and their children. Now, who Is to lilamo foi nil the evils, the murders, .io desecrated homos, tlio wicked Uvea, If It la not theso ministers? They nro moro guilty than tno Halooukooporii, bo causo they had thu newer, they had opportunity, they wero 011 the right sldo but neglected to do their duty- Then ho brought tho mntter to Hit situation hero In St. Johns. Ho de declared that tno coiiuellmeii who would vote to put in tho imloons hen were lu the snmo pos,tiou ns thu ministers of Lincoln county because they had the power In melr hnuuH to turn tho Haloou business down and that would Huttlo It, If they fall Fo do thla and aro Hiiccessfiil In ostnii- Hailing tho saloon hero they alone will bo responsible for an the ov,iH Leiaui'o they have the power to pro ven! uud do not do bo, Ilo apoku of Councilman Davis nnd his ox plnuntlon of hla position last wfeik lu the Review. Ilo nwkod ir Mr. Da vis knew theso conditions wxhjted why did he not file 11 complalut him; self? If tho nollco wero cognizant of this Illicit Belling of luioxleHiitH why did they not file a complaint? Thu offlu r jf the law tnu BiippoBed to liiifoiro It uud not wait for somo out- aider (0 come In and do their work fir Hum. He declared that If thu snlniiiM ale permitted to open that the mnltter vnuld ho tested lu thu ?oii'lit. He Otclared that the wportii that thu diV beclloim of tho state rtoro not dry woro not trim, that the local option law was being en- fon'od billi.i and moro rigidly tiuin was tho law against litunlliiK niidmur- d.'r, ami that tho time would ni" when tho liquor truffle would bo ban- lidiod from tlio ontlro nation, Hu n.ild further that lu 1010 thu matter prohibition would be prweuted to the voters of tho state, the prospiotH now woro that tho monauro would cuiry and that after unit elMtlou there would not bo a saloon lu thu sit to under tho protection of tho law. Tun' the crime of making drunkHidH would he placed where It buloiimud In thu category or murderer. UiltvM luiglpra mid nil other penal often- di. id beforo tho law, 1 Jo closed with uu appeal to his umilouco for funds to uBslst lu tliu pio'jicutlou of tho casoB which wurs b'hv to como up. Ho stated that thu casoB in all plaeoa whoro U"J trials had como up had boon Biioees- fill except that at Medford whew Um temperance pooplo were not glvuii u proper showing by their iilternoy, and Hint to take tno matter to tho hu promo court for u rehearing would r qulro at least two yar3, that after tho Biuiruuio Bourt had decided so fur as It waa concerned, If emr party wau dlBsatUflod und should take It to Hi.. Biinromo court of tho Uultod States, thut It would require utluiibt no and a half yoaru more, for tnat court was that much behind with Ita work. Hu declared that It would bo a qulekor method to Invoke tho in. Itlatlvo two yoaru liouco and by that mcf nt. put tho saloons out . Tho audlonco guvo thu speaker a moBt careful uud uurnest hearing ami a great many signed pledge eaida for tho uso of tho league lu the prosecu tion or Ita work. Tlio Rebokaha had nluo applicants r Initiation laBt uodneuday oven iik. You will mlsa a good tlmo If you do not como out to 'io mcotliiga of thla llvo lodgo. Thoy aro growing moro rnpldly than any luogo In wio city,
