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1 SPRINGFIELD K MERE GHOST OF OLD BUSY CITY Prohibition Makes Formerly Thriving Center Darren BANK DEPOSITS $57,000 LESS Two: Hocks of Vacant Buildings Lino mm Mrcct in Place of Busy Stores city of SnrihiiClelil. in its present cobwebby, stagnant condition, today prewuts a picture, as com parell with its thriving, Mistling condition of u year ago, Unit would make the angels weep. A year ago every store was Idled and crowds of people thronged its Htreets, Every merchant was making money, practi cally everyone who wanted wojpk -was employed. Every one seemed happy and con tented except the prohibi tiouLsts. Tajdny Springfield looks like n deserted village, InisiiicH.i is par nlyej, nnd more than eight or ton, .people on its main wtrcet at nny ono- time would nctunlly bo the cause of excitement. Yot the Committee of Ono Hundred jmys; "JJusincss is fino In dry towija." Springfield wont "dry" nt the election lust fall, tho saloons cloiing January 1. Ul tho "drys" tell nil nbout theni! "fino" intsincss conditions in Springfield after nine months' operation of thalr "business tho orics," Although n much smnllor city than Salon, tuo bank ilopoiltH In Spring field havo fnllcn off In tho last year over 437,000. When Main street finally In read juatud in tho next month or two, prae tlcnlly two blocks of storo buildings on ench Uo of tho street wost of tho Southern Pacific tracks will bo dciort od, but "Inulnt's In fine." A. real rtuto salo lit unheard of and would bp tmpnffslhfc) on any part of J Main street, but "business Is fino." Tho fiprlnuflcM Tocuory, tho best gent's furnishing store, is now being doited out by n receiver, but "business Is fine." Tlio I.u Franco Confectionery Storo, ono of tho best In "wet" days, has cloud out, but "bunluvss is fino." O, W. J o!i u son's Hardware Storo, tho best of its lino during "wot" days, already has beon sold out by a to elver, but "bmlnesa Is fino," A, J, Urmlmoti, the leading dry. i;oi'ils .merchant, occupied n double sluru ii your ago. Today ho occupies but uui' sturu and will toll you his bmliusj ju "about half" what It was a year ago, but "business is fino," TJiu rity has run Into a 45,200 deficit fruui an excoas of expenditures over Income, although tho "drys" promised that less police and court exponses would mako n nurplus, if tho peoplo would vote the 412,000 saloon licenses out of business, but that's "flno bull ness." The prohibitionists a year ago prom ised to red u co the tax lovy, but bare Inereasod tho lovy this year by five mills, but "business Is fine" Not a foot of pennanentatreet Ira' provemrnt work has beon done, ex cept, tho construction of a small bridge over a erevk, and that was paid for by Iv bond Issue. Streets and sldowalki lire 'in a deplorable condition, and the proMMtlonists are now petitioning the rour.cH to "double" the expense levy. If he local taxpayers, but a few o whom are "drys," voto down this pe lltien, the city confronts tho same poj ilbljlly as Oregon City, vis., tho ap loUtnent of a receiver, but "businest Is fine In dry towns," Prohl Speaker rined. SEASIDE. J. A. Adams, a prohibi tion speaker and worker, served out a fiv dollar fino in the Seaside jail for falling to obey tho local ordinances regulating street speakbg, Adams, Who boasts of having been arrested 41 limes and of having served 14 jail sen tences, declares that be prefers jail lenteaee to paying fines, ns they gi film more notoriety and enable .him to Braw larger audiences. Upon comple tion of his jail term here he left tovra at eaee. - - - BBHWaWWapiiPagWlHi I PUT YOUR I I I be ween MMJl M wmm I I AND VOTE AGAINS1 I LmiiAiiiiiiviAif 1 ii FHiiiHiBii i mmm 1 I IIWI1IVIBH1 I Ma m I (SAMPLE BALLOT) aWt I 13 JOHN DOE jfagftofr M. I ' I 13 RJCIIARD R0E y M ' I Fee United States Scnsior "TBl """" VottiorOfo H 18 J01tN t)0E .ajfcr LWW M-l. WW I 19 tuatARp roe TI3sP83ssySKsy" I For Governor sTsswaswIa" Vota tof'Oim H 22 JOHN DOE IBT fr I 23 R1CHARU R0E """1 HF 3jf I I REFERRED TO PEOPLBjElLEGjBl VjMlHlBLY I For an Amendment of Section 2, Article U. Eta, Voki YES or NO R I 300 Yea "jasTsW. H I 301 No .JrJKLrm ' I I For ConstltuUonal Amendment ol SecUCTaeTEWPoHHBjZ- VoH YES or NO H 302 Ye -Z3 B I 303 No I For Amtodmtnt of Section G, EtcV 2 9 Vott YES or NX) I I 303 No JJjjjr 3S8r I I lnlttet4 by MitlMHty f wNs jTrtcJSIWU. tMT1 I i TtlTIONAL EHHfT iMlff MHMENTr Ete Vott YES or NO I 320 Yn I I 321 No JW I I IwttkteeJ by atrtherlty ef WrUHaAKilflBsftv-MWT HOUR BAY I I ISROOM VENTILATION JP" raWWOHKEM EtcL, yott YES xr NO I 323 NoKii M I MUfaHt by JeseTTBfelPflOHIBmON CON$TITU " I I TIONAL AMEPflBCNTi Etc., vo yes or no I H 332 Yea I 333 X WO I; M CoeMttatiooal Amendment Initiated by Paul Turner, etc-ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY, etc, VoCt YES or NO I I 334 Ye , H n , ,4: . .t j i: . ha( 7 m' I' HOOD RIVEIt DRUG STORES TIND "BUSINESS IS FINE." Grand Jury In Dry Town Says Too Much Liquor Sold Haps Doctors. Hood River Ii one of the "dry" towns that the Committee of Ono Hundred hasn't said anything about. But "business Is fine" there too, es pecially In the drug stores. The Oc tober grand Jury spent some days looking Into the matter, and reported on It. In fact about all the grand jury did was to probe the liquor sit unlion In "dry" Hood River, thus spending the taxpayers' money to discover if prohibition prohibited. This is what they found out, is set forth In their formal report to the Circuit Court on October 0, 1014: "Nearly all of the time of the grand Jury has been taken up with consideration of alleged violations of the local option law within this Juris diction. We have received the report of the sheriff of the county as to the quantity of Intoxicating liquor shipped Into this county during the last three months. Dy this report It appears that a large amount of liquor has been shipped to private Individuals during the period, and presumably procured and used legally. It fur titer appears that the quantity re celved by the drug stores during tho period was considerably more than during the preceding three months, and too large to be disposed of U accordance with the section of the lo cal option law regulating the writing of prescriptions by physicians, and In this connection we call the attention of physicians of Hood River County to Section 4021 of Lord's Oregon Laws. "We recommend that the pbysi clans confine themselvos more close ly to the letter ef this section of the local option law." The report Is stgntd by Joseph Frailer, Jr., as foreman. LIQUOR BUSINESS FINE SINCE EU GENE IS "DRY" Bouthera Pacific BhlpmsaU Xndteatt Jlew Normal Desuuid Is Still Vet. JOKES IN "DRY" AMENDMENT Admitted by "Drys" Big blunder in misleading "prohibition" campaign is made J. E. WHEELER, CHAIRMAN OF , The Committee of One Hundred Admits in PubJic Print That Prohibition is An Infringement of Personal Liberty. That the word Distribution" was Deliberately Left Out of the proposed "prohibition" amendment. That "Any Citizen' may ship liquor "direct from some other state" into "His Own Home." Every claim made by the Anti-Prohibition forces against the proposed prohibition amend ' ment in Oregon is confessed in the the three above admissions. KUQENK. Tho Committee of One Hundred, together with other prohibi tion organisations, boasts that Eugene, tho seat of the University of Oregon, is ono of their "model" dry towns. And they ssy "business la flno" there. Investigation proves that In the di versity city at least one 'form of busi ness is good -the raall order llqaor bailness, From January 1 to October 1 this year, the Southern Pacific alone bs shipped Into dry Eugene freaa outside polntsi 1,341! barrels of beer, 83 eases of liquor, 00 kegs of liquor 21 barrels of llquer. This Is enough liquor to stoek ens bury saloon for n year. I)oubtless similar amounts have beti seat In by the Oregon Klestrie Ball way, and by the several express com panies operating within the city, The records do not show the amouats la each keg, ease or barrel, bat the fig ures in any event Indicate that there has been a vast amount of liquor con sumed in "dry" Eugene from wbteh tho elty has received no license re turns at nil. Tho Committee of One Hundred says "business Is flno In dry towns," but It has failed to specify thp klud of business. Official records at Eugene, the home of the state university, where hundreds of young men and women ge from all parts of the state, speak for themselves. Kugeno Matron rinds Liquor, UUOKNK. Though ono of the po lieemen had failed to find liquor upon the person of u drunk picked up on the streets here, Mrs, J, H, Cox, police ma tron, succeeded In discovering three quarts of whisky concealed In the pris oner' clothes, and confiscated the li quor. Albany Bootligger aulltr, AI.IJANY.A. J. Miller eharged with violating the local option laws. Imu been convicted of "bootlegging'' b u jury in Judge Kelly's court. Kvi diinco OKalnst the. prisoner was strong, and tho jury rouched a vordict with but little delay. Albany Has Twelve Oases. AI.HANV. Thomas Irving Twill, a nnil rwtnurnnt man, has beon fined ISOD for selling beer In his plaeo of n-liuwi in violation of tho local op ui statutes. Ills trial Is the first of wi'lw to 'follow u dozen indictments mini down by (lie Heptember grand ) 'teh onn ralatiug to liquor law Ufctiunsi in- Lion1 eouuty. The Anti-Prohibition forces have steadfastly claimed: That "prohibition is qxi infringement of personal liberty." Mr. "Wheeler admits 'it,, word for word, in public print, That "prohibition will not prohibit." Mr. Wheeler's admission proves 'his Com mittee of One Hundred is not trying to prohibit. That "prohibiton does not mean Dry Oregon." That "prohibition would be a Death Blow to the present healthy growth of True Temperance Sentiment iu the land!" Mr. Wheeler's admission proves it. Deadly Decoctions." The lis own home, for the Blind ud the blind pigger. because he is not under inspection by frederal, state or city officials will make one barrel of pure wine, beer or liquor into a dozen barrels of poison- ' pus beverages that will make a new generation of imbeciles, idiots and crinnualS'in Oregon, kr. Wheeler's threejblundering admissions are the best three reasons why his misnamed, misleading MProhibition vAmend ment"' is an alarming menace to the state. ' . Can any foteHigent Voter fail to sec the "JOKERS" VOTE 333 X NO and. put an end U this "prehibttion' agitation. (Paid AdrrrtUemcot, Tsipajren tad Wage lUrsers' Lttf ot Or.goo, Portland, Oregon) That "prohibition would let down the bars to Blind Piggers and Bootleggers, who would deal, in same law would allow anv bliud pigger with a home to ship liquor "direct from other state" lo 1 nippers is as much of a "Citizen" as any other man or woman in Oregon. A LET UNCLE SAM HELP ON ROADS Hanlcy Says Federal Aid IS Necessary OREGON NEEDS HELP IF (10VEHNMENT CAN AFFORD to nuii.i) mooo.ooo rail roads IN ALASKA. WHY CAN'T IT I1UILI) SOME 110ADS IN THIS STATE? nv William Hanliiy, Progressive Ciiudldute for United Slnte Senator. I believe llinl the Federal kov crunicnt .should litiild central roads IliiotiKli this ureut filale; the kov erninenl builds .?U),0()U,0()0 rail roads in Alaska (why not In Ore Hin7) It builds n canal, it former ly built post roads, it has the money nnd the authority; If I go lo the Senate I will do my best to see that it also Rets a lisnctisntion of grace that will ulve it the inclin ation lo really spend some money where it will do all of us some good. I believe that Oregon Is for Its own people, and that its resources are lor the people of this state XKRJ0fit)0nfiHK)00ll)fl0fiJQCLfJtlDl! ir, 3C HILL IIANI.EY AND THE H if DOLLAR. M IC M ; Capital Is a mighty fine 30 )C thing, but human life, and hit- M if man happiness anil the good 30 1 of all the peoplo are much 3C if greater things; as United States 3C i Senator I would always fight II C for the square deal for the H C man: I have discovered that X C the dollar can usually attend K t lo Us own protection. My H if name is Dill Hanlcy, plain 30 if. cltlr.cn nnd YOUR servant If M if I become United States Scnn M IC tor. M IC H loociorinfinfifiufinnnocioflinoinmcm and not to be sold on the block to either n private monopoly or lo benefit Arizona or Texas. We are eight million dollars shy on our account with the govern ment. I think maybe if I didn't do anything else but fight my whole lenn for that SH.ODD.DUl) I would ho worth my cost to the state. Evi dently no one else back there has cared anything about this 38,000, 000. It might be a good Idea to send a good fighting collector hnck lifter thai little account. You put 100,000 on 1,000,000 idlq acres In Oregon, ami your cott of living will come down In town, unci luU.iHM) country ioiks win nu unpu Hint now tire struggling bitterly fo iUSKSM IN DRY TOWNS is nil exigence. We can do It; we enn do it easily! Lei's do it. I am no politician, but I hnvo n prclty fair record as n doer - Look up my record; come in and gel acquainted, nnd ask niu nbout how I plan lo help you. AND IlHMHMIlF.il, IF THE PLAIN FOLKS IN THIS CAM PAICiN DO NOT WORK FOR ME I WILL RE DEFEATED BECAUSE NEITHER PARTY ROSSES NOR RKt BUSINESS INTERESTS WILL DO ANY BOOSTING, AND I (1UESS PROBABLY YOU'LL LOSE MORE THAN I WILL, BECAUSE UNLESS I COULD DO SUMlSTIIIlNti WOUTH WHILE FOR ALL OF OR Ed ON. I WOULDN'T HAVE THE JOR. I DON'T HANKER FOR Tills TITLE, NOR A PLUG HAT. THE JOB IS ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY AS MUCH YOURS AS MINE. THINK IT OVER. What Bill Hanley Says: The cltv Is the fruit of a pro ducing buck country, Wu mutt pro vide a place tor a population seen. ing homes. What's the good of an opon wider way to n looked granary? The products of Oregon should bo devoted to the development of Oregon. We must get the government down to where the troubles arc. I am neither sloppy wet nor drouthy dry. , Tho world is full of peoplo who will tell you you can't do It; Cod loves the man who tells you how. We must mako Oregon a good enough country for our own pea pie; for tho kind of people wo've been building up with our public schools. A hog Is ii most pleasant animal if you don't doubt his ability to do things. He has a wonderful way of locating what you want him to do, and of not seeing It If you want him to do it too quick. 'I ho finest foundation for n student is to go out and drive n hog. If ho can drive a hog with understanding he has learned the first principle of the rights of others. There is no nutionul development that hasn't its basis In the soil. The natural resources are said to be for all the people; but all the people are back hast and all the resources are out here, so wo don't get nny. It is poor economy to starve a mother to hoard un food for her possible progeny. .Oregon's re sources should nenelit us own pc pie right now. f 4. - f A HANLEYGRAM. f There are scientists and scientists, but few of them f understand life. t 4- -t I' (l-aiqajy , O, C. I.elttr) How Is Your Title? Have your abstracts made, con tinued or examined at the Peuinsu la Title. Abstruct and Realty Co Accurate work Reasonable fees, H. Henderson, manager, 311 North Jersey street Adv Wanted To borrow $1000 for three years at ten per cent. Security, $2000 worth of land at Whitwood Court Apply at this oilice. Arrests Fswcr. Bank De posits Graatsr SALOONS ARE OCCUPIED MERCHANTS AUi KHTHUSIABTia botujinq Tmxaa fax a&EATKX 8TOBY or DRY TOWK8 T0D. BY OnTON B. GOODWIN, Fubllcltr DprirafiLComHt of Oct There ia only oho fair way to find out what Oregon dry will do for Oregon. That is ly inveati gating what Oregon dry kastdoBa for those part of Oregon now dry. So far as can be learned in 8alcm, Oregon City, Ifowebarg, Albany, Eugeao and other Ore gon dry towns, business hnu been better in nil liuos, Baveithat of-tho saloon, in overy dry town. Why, even In Pendleton, which voted wet after beln dry, but which will probably vole dry, many tnorchants are now in fator of a dry town and declare collections were better,. twii ness. better and: bad debit fewer when the town was dry. Buoatag Kow JUttar. In Salem, bnlldluK kas btoa itrcnter since tho town went dry. There are but few vacant housJ, nnd those vacant are described as "shacks." Practically every saloon has been ro-tennnted by other lines of business, and one of the princi pal saloon sites has been replaced by a flue new building blank. 5nce Sulem went dm a 120,000 brick bulUilua hat. been, erected md a e 10,000 buthuit block It uolng up. Doosu't'look as if dry Salem hurt that town, docs 11? BUr Building Botalta. Sfdem went dry Jumiary 1, 1014. Tho building permits for the first eight months of 1013, when tho town was wet, total 1388,025. For tho first eight months, of 1014 they were $422,385, an increase of 833,400. Another Instance of u dry town helping business! Absence of the saloon always means belter busi ness, for the money that ouce went to tho saloon goes Into trade. Checks cashed ouce in saloons arc cashed In stores and purl of them are spent there, In place of in the saloons. There were 254 arrests for the first seven months of 1013 In. Salem for drunkenness; In 1014 tho ar rests totulcd only 47 for the sume cause. 8UrM Balarc FrtatM. Tho three hlrgest' stores' have-had lo remodel their premises, because of Increased business, when other towns wet ut dial uave been complaining. In Oregon City arrests havo do creased 00 per cent. Violations or the state urnior laws (bootlegging and so forth), are now less than one-half. You see the saloon men nver used to obey the law la a .dry town thoy have to obey It. Bank Deposits last. Deposits In the banks have In creased. There is more building. Dad debts are being eleared up. Collections are easier. Not one- mill check has-been cashed In -ai saloon. All business mea say trade Is better. which antwtrt the quttmn at to whi the cry hat come from all over Oregon for a dry town. L. Adams, ono of the leading Ore gon City merchants, said: "Since Oregon City weal dry, business has much Improved. Col lections are easier. I have fewer bod bills on my books than l and a year ago. People now have a ten dency to buy their goods at home. I used to cash 1& cheeks en mill, pay nights. Now I cash 50. The aboli tion of the saloon has turned a vast sum of money daily into the chan nels of trade In Oregon City." All of which answers the ques tion of whethera towa is better wa4 or dry. r.M f iTirlliniiil y Iti fUn-alUie, If Sat UuailrtJ, 71 Mjy-JhtflM,f trtlist,, ig I ...Milan. MfAKtf .hljM thai doei not rob o or dual o it ajiaaai law uvu u v. lime s long as any ettxr. Black SiikStowPtttii la la cUaa by IUU. It's saw rarAJnadaaBlmaMla Horn Mur mauruu. Tr-w 1 1 am A Dktt nr. and, roar baidxar sn-xrf dtawr la I aaUMnadin ii fund your Voto Yea, on 3iaon the ballot and thereby extend the legisla tive period to 60 days bo wo can havo bettor laws.