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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,