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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUXDAf OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JULY 11, 1909. Some of Oregon's "Fool" Laws Also Other Statutes That Are Honored in the Breach, Never in the Observance. jAKE lyt PORTIAXD, July 10. (To the Editor.) In Oregon we have acquired the cheerfiA habit of leaning back In our chairs and saying that we are not and never can be bothered by fool laws and blue laws such as obtain In the East; that we are essentially a broad-minded, liberal people, and that our good sense Is so deeply ingrained as effectually to prevent Intolerance or sumptuary legislation. , We aleo pat ourselves on the back because we are a progressive common wealth, with every citizen a born booster, and industrial and agricultural progress an Oreson shibboleth. Citi zens of Portland are peculiarly of this frame of mind. Everything is pointed to with pride, ami nothing viewed with alarm. By way of putting on the brake just a little, it may interest some to know that there exist among other queer stat utes In Oregon the following: "No negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage." (Constitution, arti cle 2. section 6.) "We are a good many miles from that part of the country which believes In this sort of racial discrimination, but fven down there they are aware of the luth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. By literal construction of another statute, a citizen may be Imprisoned for one year for conversing with a mem ber of either house of the Legislature In regard to the passage or defeat of any measure before it or which may come before It. (Section 1S94. law of 3M".4. B. and C. code.) This would seem to be in the nature of a conspiracy to prevent some legislators from acquir ing any information concerning sub jects upon which they legislate. The newspapers of Oregon would be in a bad fix if the following were en forced : For printing. jmhliphlrtR. advertising, sell ing, lending. Kiving away or shonlng any book, paper or other publication that pur ports to relate or narrnte the criminal ex '. plolts of any desperado or convicted felon there shall be a punishment by imprison ment In the penitentiary not less than on ear nor more than three years or by a tine of not less than $500 or more than i.-.oo. The well-intentioned promoters of church fairs and charity bazaars may not know it. but they have sadly frac tured the law of Oregon which says: If any person shall promote or set up any lottery for money or other valuable thing, or shall aid or be In any way concerned in setting up, managing or drawing such lot tery, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than one year, or by imprisonment 1n the county Jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or hy fine not less than $10O nor more than $1000. (Section lOO'.i. 1. 1SB4.. About a year ago an attempted en forcement of the following state law had the City of Portland In an uproar: If any person shall keep open any store, shop, grocery, howling alley, billiard room or tippling house, for the purpose of labor or traffic, or any place of amusement, on Vie first day of the week, commonly called "Sunday" or the "Lord's day." such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be pilnished Vy a fine not less than $5 nor more than $"o. provided, however, that the above pro vision shall not apply to theaters, the keepers of drug stores, doctor shops, under taker., livery stable keepers, butchers and bakers. (Section 1868, L 1003, P. 17.) Section 2too, laws 1891, page 153, pro vides that all steamboats or other water craft on the Willamette liver above the City of Portland shall have smoke stacks so constructed that they can be lowered to a level with the pilot-house when necessary to pass under any bridge. Violation of this act carries a penalty of $50 to $500 fine. Under Sec. 2K. I. JS91, p. T4. any one throwing or placing in any running stream of sufficient capacity any log or drift except for the purpose of driving or raft ing shall be guilty of misdemeanor. The last Legislature, with a lofty die regard for less important matters, con centrated their undivided attention upon securing the personal comfort of our op pressed citizenry and wrote in fat let ters upon the statute booke of Oregon the fiat that all beds in hotels and lodging-houses shall be provided with sheets not lees than nine feet in length. Viola tion Is a misdemeanor, penalty is $50 and every day that any person shall fail to comply with the law shall be deemed a separate offense. Ch. 22. p. 64. L. 1909. Thus are the pedal extremities of a free people guaranteed covering in the stilly, chilly night, and the peace of mind of solicitous legislators assured. The City of Portland is not outdone by the State of Oregon. It Is unlawful to post bills upon sidewalk, crosswalk or building without permission of the owner, and they must be nailed or tacked at least seven feet above established grade. Also distribution of placards, etc., to pedestrians on streets is illegal. Nobody pays any attention to this ordinance. Nevertheless it is there. The speed limit for automobiles in the city Is fixed at eight miles per hour. The mere mention of this Is sufficiently humor ous. Fines are fived at not less than $5 nor more than $500, or Imprisonment not to exceed 99 days. Another ordinance prohibits the sus pending of signs or advertisements over sidewalks. No goods or merchandise may be placed upon the sidewalk by way of show, ad vertising or otherwise. A fine and impris onment is Included in the penalty. The enforcement of this ordinance would ne cessitate a tieet of airships from the freight depots to our stores, which would have to receive goods "in their midst." It Is against the law of Portland to ex hibit a cripple or deformed oerson in a public place. Just what constitutes de formity is a nice question. . Down at the Oaks were exhibited this year a cou ple of fat children of such longitudinal dimensions as to lead one to believe they might come within this provision. - If the ordinance were enforced in this in stance the capacity of the cells in the city prison would be tested. The throwing of confetti in the city Is prohibited hy the maximum penalty of $50 fine or 25 days' imprisonment. This would have filled the city Jug during Rose Festival week. In the outlying portions of the city, be cause there is no service for carrying away garbage, the people burn their waste material on their back lots. It is well that they do. or we should not have our present reputation for being a healthy city. Nevertheless, any one who kindles a fire upon a public street, or anywhere in the open air. In any portion of the c4ty, without a written permit, is liable to a fine of $500 or six months' Imprisonment, or both. Needless to say this ordinance Is not enforced. Fine or Imprisonment may be inflicted upon any propertyowner who fails to trim shade or ornamental trees in the street each year. These are merely a few gentle remind ers that Portland and Oregon are not in a position to laugh at Washington. There Is no apparent corner on freak legisla tion. G. H. F BTATISTICS SHOW SllGHT AL TERATION IN FIGURES. Reformative Institutions Making but Little Progress In Battle Against Alcohol. LONDON. July 10. (Special.) In his re port for 1908 the inspector for Scotland under the Inebriates act states that the 'admissions Into reformatories again showed a decline, being only 19, as against 42 in 1901, while the admissions Into retreats numbered 75 as against 68. As a means of reformation of police court drunlcsj-ds, he Inspector says that Inebriate reformatories must be de scribed as only -ery moderately suc cessful. Of 173 such cases whose subse quent history. has been traced, only 12 can be described as completely reformed a recovery rate of rather less than 7 per cent. On the other hand, as a means of saving others from contamination, these Institutions are of great service. The treatment of drunkenness by pun ishment is of undoubted value when the habit is neither extreme nor of long standing. More than 60 per cent of first offenders never come bark to prison, but the treatment by punishment of the worst cases of inebriety, cases In which the habit is extreme and of long standing Is allowed to be a failure, and it is to such cases that these reformatories give n chance: a small chance certainly, but nevertheless a genuine chance. A re covery rate of from 7 to 10 per cent cannot be disregarded when dealing with cases insusceptible of cure by other known means. The superintendent of the Newmains Hctrcat (Lanark), says he is often asked what is the cause of alcoholic excess among the ladies who come to that insti tution. He states that it Is more instruc tive to note certain characteristics which are fairly constant among the patients namely: An absence of steady purposeful at tention to definite duties in life. This Is even with those who have a business I. e.. teaching, housekeeping, wifehood, or children to bring up: their work is an unimportant factor in their lives, got over quickly and forgotten, or left alto gether. A. dread dullness, a fear of being bored, and a habit of constant mild excitement. The experience of the stimulative or soothing power of alcohol and its equiv alents. A habit of constant attention to them selvesto aches mental and aches phys ical, which would die away under neg lect, but which grow to almostunbear able acuteness if attended to: in short, there is too much ego in their cosmos. ewes, "devoted entirely to the service of that one lamb." One of his favorite sweet dishes is compounded merely of milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla, but "it , takes exactly 24 hours in the making." Of course, the novelist's cook is a stout matron from Gascony, and he despises men chefs, es pecially Parisians. PARIS DONS FULL DRESS Change Comes Over Theater Crowds and Evening Clothes Are Worn. PARIS, July 10. (Special.) Visitors to Paris theaters who have not been here for some years notice a great change In theatrical audiences. A dresscoat in a Paris theater used to be a rarity. It Is now the rule rather than the ex ception in the stalls, boxes and balcony, and the agitation against hats in thea ters has led the ladies to wear evening dress aswell as the men. It is not quite the evening dress to which New York theater-goers are used, but even that Is coming. SUNSET BEACH On the Nehalem Two Hours From Portland. NOTICE ' All lots will be advanced $25 each on August 10th Beautiful cottage given away. T5 We havo 3ust returned from Sunset Beach, and can show you photos taken of. Sunset Beach and surroundings, which will enable you to select your lots as satisfactorily as If you were on the ground. We are now preparing an accurate map of the coast, showing all moun tains, trails, etc.,. for the benefit of those who wish to make trip down the coast from Seaside. Call and get one. REMEMBER THAT. Al.t, LOTS ADVANCE f-O OSi A V til' ST 10th. Good sand beach on ocean and bay. Freedom from mosquitoes; beautiful surroundings; great commercial possi bilities. GODOARD A W1EDRICK, HO Second St. Mail This Coupin Today.' noDDAnn a wiedrick, HO Second St., Portland. Send me map of Sunset Beach and particulars about free cottage. Address . PREVOST "FUSSY" ON FOOD French Novelist Particular About What He Has to Eat. ARIS. July 10. (Specla. ) M. Marcel vost. the novelist, and the latest elei-t- PA Prev ed Academician, seems to be something of a Lucullua. In fact, even Roman re finement of feeding hardly equals his. He Is a Gascon, and is quite sure that "it Is only In Gascony that one knows how to dine." A description of a few of the dishes off which M. Prevost habitually dines is remarkable reading. Ho likes ortolans, but "they must have been fattened for six months in a cage In my own house." A certain "estouf fade de boeuf" seems a simple dish, but it -'must have simmered slowly for two days." Roast saddle of lamb sounds equally simple fare, but when M. Prevost has it at home be will eat only lamb that has been brought up since birth by two j YOU NEED THIS Government reports show that colonization and com munity settlement work has been greatly retarded In all of the country west of the Rockies owing to the lack of detailed maps and Information. The Columbia Trust Company, Board of Trade Building. has recognized this need and at enormous expense has carefully pre pared an authentic map of the great Willamette Val ley. No detail has been omitted. For Instance, the town of Broadmead. now building at the junction of the Dallas and Sheridan branches of the Southern Pacific, Is shown. This map has been com piled entirely from official sources. A copy may be had for 25 cents on application. PORTLAND'S NEAREST BEACH RESORT and the leading Summer city of Oregon in the near future. Just think of a hard white sand beach eight miles long, with a beautiful lake surrounded by crystal mountain streams, situated by two pictur esque bays, connected with good roads leading to all parts of Oregon and less than three hours from Port land by rail. LAKE LYTLE WILL BE A CITY OF 10,000 when the people find out that they can leave business in Portland at 5 o'clock in the evening and eat dinner at Lake Lytle by 8, or leave Portland at 7 in the morning and be on the beach before 10. $100 INVESTED NOW WILL BRING $1000. Better investigate this Tillamook beach; it will pay you a better increase in value than any other invest ment. Graded streets, a good water system, a depot and other extensive improvements. RALPH ACKLEY 605 Corbett Bldg. LIVELY Tiff IN DUBLIN MAYOR , DENOUNCES COUNCIL MEN AND FIGHT ENSUES. Names Men Who Disturb Meeting and Sinn Fein Party Starts New Outbreak. DUBLIN', July 10. (Special.) Such gen tle words as "liar" and such little inci dents as challenges to duels marked the meeting of the Dublin Corporation this week. When the roll had been called, the Lord Mayor referred to what he described as the disgraceful scenes which occurred at the last meeting. " He named to the citizens, the ratepayers and the electors generally the following members, who, he said, were responsible for this outrage upon the council's deliberations and the honor of the city: Alderman Kelly, Councillor John Kelly, Councillor Daniel McCarthy, Councillor Sheehan, Councillor Patrick O' Carroll and Councillor Cosgrave. The Lord Mayor warned these gentlemen, all or nearly all of whom belong to the Sinn Fein party, that so long as he occupied the chair he would preserve order and would. If neces sary, use legitimate force for that purpose. Mr. 0"Carroll angrily retorted: "You can do what you like. I will defend my honor with my life. I did it 17 years ago. and will do it now." He complained that at the last meeting he had been called a liar and he resented it. The Lord Mayor called upon him to leave the chamber, but he refused to do so. After some disturbance a resolution was declared passed that the meeting be adjourned, as the members were not in a temper to discuss the business. Then Councillor O'CarroIl rose and said: "Now in the face of this assembly I challenge Councillor Sherlock to meet me as a man, and I will allow him to choose his own weapons." Alderman Kelly said to the Lord Mayor: "All I can say Is this; you have Im peached us as blackguards, and you will have to answer for it." "I will not be browbeaten," answered the Lord Mayor. "Very well, you will have no meetings until you withdraw that document," said Alderman Kelly. A motion was proposed to adjourn the House. In a violent scene which followed two members were seen striking at each other, and one of them fell.' In another part of the building two other members came to blows, and amid a scene of great confusion and uproar the Lord Mayor left the chair. Eleven Hurt in Wreck. WASHINGTON, July 10. Eleven per sons were slightly injured as the result of a spreading of the rails, causing the derailment of a passenger train on the Southern Railway near Blantyre, N. C, late today. The first-class cars and the parlor car were turned over. If You Want to Live for Less Money and Live Better, It Would Pay You to Investigate SUBURBAN HOMES CLUB TRACT An Acre for less than a City lot An acre will support an average family. It will also pay a net annual income over and above living expenses. Aside from all this, one acre in SUBURBAN HOMES CLUB TRACT will provide for you a suburban home that cannot be duplicated in the Northwest. Trees, cleared land, graded streets, free water for irrigation and domestic use, the first year, electric lights, and the best transportation." Only a few minutes from downtown. Ten-cent fare, with transfer priv ileges. If you will take trouble to see the property, take Estacada or Gresham car to Gilbert. We will meet you and show you the property. GREEN-WHITCOMB company The Only Irrigation Specialists in Portland 24512 Washington Street Portland, Or. Main 8033 A 4928 FOR SALE, TILLAMOOK, NEAR EAST 36TH, FOUR DWELLINGS. FINE i 12X33 Bungalows and two-story, five to eight rooms; new and modern; fireplaces, dens, seats, bookcases, buffets, beamed ceilings, paneled dining-rooms, sleeping porches, large verandas. Very, easy terms. JOHN LOCKHART, Owner Main 493, A 3363. 610 Chamber of Commerce An ideal cranberry marsh of limited acreage almost adjoining Sea View and Long Beach, Washington, and offering the solid satisfaction of an unfailing source of revenue with the pleasures of nearbv Summer resorts, is now offered in 1 to 10-acre tracts and will be sold, as long as it lasts, on easy terms to those wishing a Superior Income tivestment This property is to be improved and cared for by an Eastern expert in cranberry culture and will take none of the purchasers' time from their regular vocations. , The acreage of desirable cranberry land is very limited and that this coast is the most favored section in the climatic conditions that insure the best quality of fruit and the highest yield per acre, is shown bv the results obtained by practical growers in Washington and Oregon. Our plan of co-operative development is similar to that which has suc ceeded in building up cranbery properties in the famous Cape Cod dis trict that are worth $25,000,000 to $40,000,000 today, out of lands that ere ueia as Demg oi little value only a few vears ago. , itemeniDer, "une good investment is worth a lifetime of labor." Fill out and mail attached coupon, phone or call for a free copv ul vranueny luagazme, an illustrated periodical full of re Kio a- p t i j , .... utiuic jiij.urmai.ion irom growers and agricultural specialists of the different cranberry districts. SiL PORTLAND CRANBERRY s; " " ' LAND COMPANY Name p q 319 Lumbermen's Bldg., 5th and Stark St3. X Phone Main 1590. Portland. Oresron. Street and Number NECARNEY CITY, SEABRIGBT and NEBALEM BAY The greatest INVESTMENT PROPOSITIONS ON THE PAeiFIC COAST, from every standpoint, and particularly from TWO FACTS, namely: First-The NECARNEY CITY HYDROCARBON OIL COMPANY was incorporated last week for the purpose of drilling for oil. on or near these properties, where the signs of oil are exceedingly extensive. They have already ordered the necessary machinery and casing to put down a well 2000 feet, hired the driller and will proceed this next week to put the machinery in place and commence drilling as soon as possible. They believe in home industry, and bought the machinery of the Star Drilling Machine Co., located at East Twelfth and Clinton streets. City. The expert manager of the company has every confidence in striking the oil within 700 or 800 feet. Now. should this oil proposition prove a success, all this property will be worth at least TEN TIMES the price it is now selling for. Second If the oil proposition should not be a success, the property, as a beach resort, will bring at least THREE times its present price, just as soon as the railroad is finished, which will be by the 10th of next June, as per contract. REMEMBER THIS, no beach resort will ever be nearer Portland than our Beach Resorts on Nehalem Bay. It is true that we have withdrawn from sale all unsold SOLID BLOCKS, and all lots where ten or more lay together, unsold, b ut many of the most desirable lots in the GROVE and IN THE FRONT TIER OF BLOCKS are on sale, upon our usual very easy terms, and to purchase NOW means a big profit to the purchaser, no matter what happens. We have shown good faith in all our under takings, and in this proposition of finding oil we have the utmost faith, and are backing it with OUR TIME AND MONEY. Call on us for full information regarding either the oil proposition or sale of lots. NEHALEM BAY LAND GO 274 OAK STREET, FIRST FLOOR, BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING MPANY BEAVER TON-REED REAGE VILLE AC "The Pasadena of Oregon" 3600 ACRES, platted into tracts of Y to 20 acres each, with a com pleted road along each tract, only slightly rolling land; no rock, gravel, white land or hillsides, but a deep, dark soil that is especially adapted to fruit, nuts and vegetables. Located 40 minutes out on the Fourth Street Railway, with five trains each way per day; ten miles southwest of the Courthouse. Why loan money at 7 or 8 per cent, whn nothing is safer than a real estate investment and nothing more certain of increase than land at the edge of a large city. We are selling this acreage in such sized tracts as von desire, at from $100 to $300 per acre, 10 per cent cash and the balance ' to suit purchaser. Call and arrange to go with us, without expense to von, and examine this property. THE SHAW-FEAR COMPANY ssi;