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6 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1910 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS FV ILI8HID WKDNBSPAT MORNINGS Y MOOD RIVER NEWS COMPANY, Inc. Hood Rive, Ohkoon W. H. WALTON rR8iiKNT E. P. MICH ELL. Vk'i rmuiDENT C. P. SONNICHSEN Sectay-Tiueai E W. H. WALTON C P. SONNICHSEN. ... Editoi . Manaueb Subscription, $1.50 a Year in Advance KnUrad u wrond-cUM matter. Feb. 10. 1909, at th past offic at Hood Rircr. Oregon, under the Act of March S. 1ST. Home Rule Mr. J. II. Knoedell, state sup erintendent of the Orepon Anti Saloon League, takes the editor of the News to task for espous ing the cause of a constitutional amendment giving cities and towns the right to vote, exclusive of the country precincts, on li cense or no-license and further exclusively empowering incorpor ated towns to license, regulate. control or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within the municipality. Further, he states that the Home Rule people ruth lessly break the law in a score of places in Oregon, furnish boot leggers with liquor and have en couraged them to trample the Local Option law under foot, etc., etc. In the first place it must be taken for granted that Mr. Knoedell is a profess'onal prohi bitionist, otherwise he would not be occupying the position he does. It is also probable that he is either imbued with the hatred and prejudice that men tion of any broad view of the liquor question stirs in a man of this character, or he is acting as a hired agent. In either case he is entitled to indulgence. Mr. Knoedell is not the first prohi- Ditionist to brand any man or men who believe in handling the liquor traffic or evils of liquor in a different manner from him by the name of "rummy, " or that has given way to a fanatical sen timent that exists with the indi vidual or among people in the mass. We find this sentiment as far back as history goes and with it the use of liquor. In fact we find it in Lincoln's time and we find that this great man de livered an address on the subject before a society that was organ ized to spread the gospel of tem perance through persuasion, and that in one part of it he gave voice to words that fit the times admirably and were as follows: "The warfure heretofore waged iignidHt the deiuou lutemperauce has Homehow or other In-en erroneous. Klther the chiruplons engaged or the tactics they have adopted have uot Iwen the most proper. Tliene cham pions for the most part have been preat'hers, lawyers and hired agents "And again. It Is so common and so easy to ascribe motives to men of these classes other than those they profess to act upon. The preacher, It Is said, advocates temierance be cause he Is u fanatic and desires a union of the church and state; the lawyer from his pride and vanity of hearing himself speak; and the lilred agent for his salary. "In my judgment, it Is to the bat tits of this new class of champions that our late success Is greatly, per haps chiefly owing. Uut had the old-school champions themselves lieen of the most wise selecting, was their system of tactics the most judi cious? It seems to me It was not. Too much denui elation against dram-sellers and dram-drinkers was Indulged 1o. This 1 think was both Impolitic and unjust. It was Impo litic, lecause It Is not much In the nature of a man to Ik driven to any thing; still less to be driven about that which Is cxelusi vely his own business." This is the keynote of the Home Rule amendment; to let the people of their own districts decide their own business. As to the men who are advo cating the passage of the Home Rule amendment, the statement that they are interested in the liquor traffic is untrue. It num bers among its advocates many of the prominent business and professional men of the state, none of whom are interested in the liquor business. If they were, however, they would cer tainly have a right to a sane view of the question. The con stitution of the Home Rule asso ciation defines the eligibility of its members consisely as follows: Article III. Sec 1. The members of this Association shall be citizens of Oregon, firms, associations or cor porations engaged In business In Oregon, but no erson, firm or cor poration engaged In the manufacture or sale of Intoxicating liquor shall be eligible for memliershlp, except hotel and Innkeepers whose principal h.'cii- atlon Is the serving of food and odgtng to guests. The Home Rule amendment i3 not for the purpose of pouring a stream of liquor over the state, as avowed by the learned super intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, who apparently knows ro much more of its obiccts than object of the amendment is to make each city, town and pre cinct responsible for abuses of the liquor laws, whether it de cides for or against liquor; to place the enforcement of the law on the authorities who police the cities and to do away with a con flict of authority between county and town officers. Three officers can enforce the law more effici ently in a small area than 100 can in a district bounded by the county lines. It is easier to per form custody on 3.000 persons that are segregated than it is three scattered over an unpopu lated district within any limits, 'Ihe statement by Mr. Knoe dell that the men who are advo cating the Home Rule amend ment have made a farce of the Local Option law is erroneous, The men who voted to put the Local Option law into effect are the same men who are now in favor of the Home Rule amend ment. Any student of this ques tion knows that it is not the avowed prohibitionist who makes the laws prohibiting or regulat ing the sale of liquor. It is the man of independent thought who wields that power on this serious question and who steps in when the unscroupulous element gets into control and puts it out of business. It is these men who are seeking to control the situa tion with the support of the sov reign people. Mr. Knoedell knows intimate lv, or else he is ignorant of the good that exists in the rank and tile of the American people, that any such statement as tne 101 lowing is absolutely false: Allow me to suggest the tirst and most Immediate evils that would How from such a consummation. Every restrictive law would be re pealed. The law against selling liquor ou election day, selling to minors, keeping saloous open ou Sunday, selling to women without meals, allowing womeu within sa loons, selling to continued drunk ards, placing saloons near schools and churches; In fact, all law, state and local, ou the liquor question would be by this enactmeut wiped from our code, and the liquor saloou would stand ns a special favorite en trenched In the constitution of the state. The law abiding, progressive, fair minded and honest citizens of the great commonwealth of Oregon, which we thank Provi dence are still in the majority in the state, will see to it that no law is adopted "sweeping from the statute books all laws now restraining the liquor traffic." As to Home Rule not being as efficient as the Local Option law, it is more efficient and wherever the people insist on it, it is ab solutely prohibitory, as is evi denced in the Sunday closing of saloons in many cities, while liquor is obtainable in the coun try districts on that day. This opponent of the Home Rule amendment tells us that if every city in the state but one prohibited the selling of liquor, from that one a constant stream of the latter would flow all over the state. We will go further than this. If every city in the state voted to prohibit its sale, unless the people of Oregon did what has never been done in this country or any other since the taste of fermented liquor was discovered, a constant stream would still flow in to be consumed secretly, the most demoralizing of all forms of tippling. Again, "prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquor is not the only safe cure." If pro hibition laws restraining its sale and manufacture in the United States were passed and the gov ernment employed its entire na val forces in patrolling both coasts and its army on the bor ders of Canada and Mexico the drink evil would still flourish. For over fifty years the authority and resources of the United States government have been employed in endeavoring to re strain a little band of men in the mountains of Kentucky and West Virginia from distilling liquor secretly and have failed. Prisoners have manufactured liquor in jails and bootleggers in cellars. Its use is universal. It is something that is, and cannot be eradicated by force. Safety lies in the direction of its control and in the gradual, reasonable education of the people against its use or abuse, rather than through tyranny or a drastic leg islation which fails to get the support of the people. POLITICAL COLUMN Candidate for Sheriff I hereby announce myself as u can dldate for the IVmocratlc noiutim tlon for Sheriff before the primaries SeptemlsT 24th, l!l(. Wru. Ganger. -Adv. County Surveyor 1 wish to auuounce my cundjdacy before the primaries on the Republl can ticket for the position of county surveyor of Hood Hlver couuty. P. M. Morse. Adv. Candidate ior County Surveyor I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of county sur veyor at the Republican primaries to be held Saturday, Septemler 24th. Harry Hackett. Adv. Read September Sunset Head "Arizona, the 47th Star," by 'iovernor IMchard E. Sloan, ami "Fremont unl the ISear Flag War," by William Simpson, In Sunset for September, now on sale at all news stands, fifteen cents. At the Mount Hood Special Sunday evening dinner at the Mount Hood hotel. Table d'hote fifty cents, 6 to 7:'V) p. in. Music by the Mandolin flub. Town and val ley people pss-clally welcome. "Advertising brings succesi" If what you advertise bears out your ad vertlsement. It pay to advertise. County Surveyor I wish to announce myself as a candidate for the office of county surveror of Hood Hlver county on the Republican ticket at the primar ies Septemlier 24th. Murray Kay. Adv. Candidate for County Clerk I hereby announce myself as a can didate for nomination on the Repub lican ticket for the office of county clerk of Hood Hlver county at t lie primary nominating election to be held Sept. 24. V. E. Hanson. Adv. County Surveyor Having been recommended by the Republican founty Assembly as a suitable candidate for county sur veyor, I wish to announce that I will come before the primaries Sep tember 24tU for the nomination - V. M. Hurlburt. Adv. Candidate for Sheriff I wish to notijy the voters ol Hood Ulver county that having been rec ommended by the Republican assem bly for the office of sheriff. I am a candidate for the nomination for same, subject to the primaries Sep tember 24, 1!10 (J. R. Cast ner. Adv. For Sheriff 1 wish to anuounce that I am a direct primary candidate, on the Re publican ticket, for the nomination of sheriff of Hood River county sub Jeet to the approval of the Republi can voters at the primary election on September 24, 1010. Thos. F. Johnson. Adv. County Treasurer Having Ikh'ii recommended by the Hood Hlver Republican county as sembly for county treasurer, I hereby aunouuee myself as a candi date for the nomination for that office at the primaries Sept. 24th. .1. M. Schmeltxer. Adv. For County Commissioner Relieving that the Interests of the upper valley are entitled to a repre seutatlve 111 the affairs of the county, I hereby anuounce myself as a candi date for the nomination for that office at the Republican primaries Septemlier 24th. ('has. Stelnhauser. -Adv. For County Judge The undcrslgn"d wishes every voter to understand that as an Assembly Republican lie exects to be a candi date at the primary nominating elec tion, Sept. 24. 1!10, for the office of county Judge, or any other office he can get. No cocktails. Newton Clark, Aspirant. Adv. County Judge I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the nomination as County Judge of Hood River county on the Republican ticket, subj-vt to the Re publican primaries. I am In favor of Statement No. 1 ami am an enthusi astic advocate of the extension of the good road scheme and If nomin ated nud elected will do all that I can toward the same. ('has. N. Clarke. Adv. Candidate for County Commissioner I hereby announce to the voters of Hood River couuty that I am a can didate for the nomination for county commissioner ou the Republican ticket at the primaries Sept. 54th. If nominated and elected I will serve all the people of the county to the best of my ability. O. H. Rhoades. Adv. Candidate for Assessor I wish to announce that I am a candidate before the Republican prl mary for assessor and have duly filed my declaration. Having been deputy assessor for five years I feel that I am competent to fill the office and If elected will serve the county and taxpayers to the best of my ability. Jasper Wick ham. Adv. Candidate for County Judge I herewith announce to the voters of Hood River county that I am a direct primary candidate, on the Re publican ticket, for the nomination for county judge of Hood Hlver county, subject to the approval of the Republican voters at the primary election on Septemlier 24th. Yours for good roads. (i. I). Wood worth. Adv. County Clerk Having been recommended bv the Republican County Assembly as a suitable candidate for county clerk, I wish to announce that I will come liefore the primaries September 24th for the nomination. I Is-lleve that I am duly qualified to administer the affairs of the office, ami w ill appreci ate the support of the voters of the county. Howard Isenberg. Adv. For Joint Representative Having received the unsolicited recommendation and endorsement of the Republican State and District As sembly, as Joint Representative, for Wasco and Hood River counties, I hereby anuounce myself as a candi date, subject to the declslou of the voters of the Republican party of said district at the primary to lie held Sept. 24, 11)10; nnd If nonil luated and elected I shall use my liest judgment and ability to the discharge of the duties of the office. Alex. Stewart. Adv. For County Assessor I hereby announce myself ns a can didate for nomination on the Repub lican ticket for the office of county assessor at the primary nomlnatlhg election to be held Septemlier 24, 1010. In making this announcement I wish to state to the public that If I receive the nomination and election to this office, I will endeavor, to the best of my ability, to perform the duties required by the office In a sys tematic and business-like manner and In a way that will be saslsfac tory to all concerned. Henry I,. Howe. Adv. For Joint Representative I desire to announce to the voters of Wasco and Hood River counties my candidacy for the Republican nomination for joint representative, f am opposed to the assembly plan of nominations. I have signed state ment No. 1 nud If nominated and elected will support the direct prl mary, the Initiative, the referendum, and work to Improve school and road legislation, wise economy should lie practiced In the use of the people's money. Frank M. (Sill, I)u fur, Wasco Co. Adv. Card of Thanks We wish to thank the residents of Hood Hlver whoso sympathetically assisted us In our trouble due to the death of our son. Sincerely, Mh. anii Mits. J. A. McKay. More Insurance in force in Oregon than any other company Uhe jVorthtue si ern Mutual Life OF MILWAUKEE. WISCONSIN JOHN GOLDSBURY RcprCKntitivc Phone 2X5 Odtll Hood River, Oregon MAJ.'.I.I.I.U.U.I.M.H MM 1 1 .f.M.IJ.I..I.I.I.l.l.f.M.M.l.l.'.l.'.l.'.l.'.l FOR QUICK SALE 20 ACRES WITH 6 ACRES BEARING ORCHARD AND BALANCE OF LAND IN 2 AND 3 YEAR OLD STANDARD TREES. FROM 1200 TO 1500 BOXES OF APPLES INCLUDED. GOOD APPLE HOUSE, BARN AND DWELL ING. SIGHTLY LOCATION AND ALL GOOD LAND. THIS PLACE IS WORTH $25,000 BUT CAN BE BOUGHT RIGHT NOW FOR $19,000 ON VERY LIBERAL TERMS. J. H. HEILBRONNER & CO. THE HELIAHLE VEALEHS HOOD RIVER. OREGON Wants the Money- not very much, but tvants it. 80 acres near Valley Crest school; large clearing; good house. $55 per acre. Good terms. The Best Ranch In Gilliam County to exchange for Hood River land. 462 acres; well watered; fair build ings; good fence. Wyeth & Allen Smith Block Phone. 175 Well Drilling DONE WITH A Quick Successful Satisfactory STAR WELL DRILLING OUTFIT FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS APPLE LAND & ORCHARD COMPANY HOOD RIVER, OREGON OMce. No. 9 Oak Strttt Ptiontt. 26 er Z002-X If you want your horses properly SHOD come to SHI VELY & McGILLl VARY JVcjet to Snobtt tSL Upson CAPITAL AM) SURPLUS $121,000.00 SPENDING TIME OVER NOW IT'S TIME TO SAVE There is surely no better way to insure a neat accumulation (or a possible future investment or a nest egg for the "rainy day" than by opening a savings account with the Firl National Bank Hood River, Oregon We pay 3 per cent and would like to have your name on our books. Hi i It) ""4 $ 'ft M.1 II. II. Bailey W. E. 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