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THE SUNEtAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 31, 1916.
OREGON PROSPERS
UNDER
PRORBIIION
STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS WHO DISCUSS EFFECTS OF
UROHIBITION.
Economic and Social Gain
Made in Year With Tax
Rise in City Slight.
EMPLOYERS LIKE DRY ERA
Investigation Brings Assertion Tliat
in Sojne Lines ol Business Effi
cieney of Workers Has In
creased Fully 2 3 Per Cent.
What about prohibition?
Oregon has been "dry" for a year
row and It ' well to stop and take
stock of the situation.
Has prohibition had any influence
on the state? If so. what? And why?
The effects of prohibition may be
broadly summarised into two classes
eocial effects and economic effects.
The Oregonian has made a survey
and analysis of the situation and pre
sents herewith its findings. They are
submitted without prejudice. The
facts speak for themselves. Readers
can draw out of them whatever con
clusion they want.
Dire Propheclrn Fall.
It may be permissible to say right
here, though, that these facts offer
little consolation for the prophet who
predicted a year ago that the state
was going straight to perdition as
soon as it rid itself of the saloon.
Nothing of the kind has happened and
the figures indicate that nothing of
the kind is going to happen.
Portland has Just closed one of the
most successful commercial and in
dustrial years in its history. Bank
clearings, postoffice receipts and bank
deposits three most excellent barom
eters of trade have broken all rec
ords. The recent holiday business was by
far the heaviest ever done by the
Portland merchants. Some of them
attribute much of this improvement
directly to the beneficial effects of
prohibition.
Portland now has more telephone
stations, more electric service connec
tions, more gas connections and more
water connections than at any time in
Its previous history.
School enrollment and school attend
ance are higher and the circulation of
books at the public and private libra
ries is greater.
iluilriiuK Operations Larger.
Building operations have increased
more than 40 per cent over the previous
year and real estate movements are
more brisk. The real estate, market
is not active though. It has been
stagnant for the last four years. It
was better this year without the sa
loon than in any of the last four
years with the saloon.
Taxes are higher. The rate for 1917
in Portland will be 27.4 mills, com
pared with 25.4 mills for 1916. A part
of this increase is due to prohibition.
When the people ousted the saloons
the City of Portland lost about $300.
000 in annual revenues due from liquor
licenses. This year the city authori
ties did not attempt to meet this loss,
but tried to absorb it by retrench
ments. The plan only partly succeed
ed. Next year the missing money must
be raised by direct taxation. The city
Jew will jump from 8.3 mills to a
mills an increase of .7 mill. Some of
this increase is due to other causes,
however. It is estimated that .5 mill
will cover the revenue lost by elimi
nation of the saloons and not otherwise
absorbed. This is at the ratio of 50
cents on every $1000 of assessed val
uation.
Therefore it will cost every taxpayer
BO cents for every $1000 of property
owned to be rid of the saloons.
ONE-TIME SALOONS
NOW BUSY STORES
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO COMMENT ON FIRST YEAR
OF PROHIBITION.
Few of Properties Held for
Liquor Business Vacant
Under Dry Regime.
MOVIES REPLACE BARS
1
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W
J2r&2Z?-s 'cr 7s?cy STero. Sc?2?e sYos-
Moral Effect Problematical.
So much for a preliminary state
ment of the economic effects. What
are the moral effects? It is hard to
tell. The only reliable gauge Is fur
nished by the reports of the police
bureau, the Sheriff's office, the crimi
nal records of the several branches of
government, the penal institutions of
the state and like public and quasi
public authorities. '
Crinfe has decreased. It has de
creased materially, wonderfully. Pub
lic drunkenness has almost entirely
disappeared- Many petty crimes, such
as assault, larceny and the like, have
been reduced mpre than 50 per cent.
Vagrancy has been cut to an unheard
of and almost undreamed-of .minimum.
John Clark, Chief of Police, credits
prohibition.
Non-support complaints have been
reduced from 91 cases in 1915 to 31
cases in 1916. All authorities are
agreed that these changes are due al
most entirely and directly to prohibi
tion. S
Accidents, especially automobile ac
cidents, have decreased more than 60
per cent, because drivers are move
sober now.
Insanity cases have been substan
tially curtailed and commitments to
the penitentiary have been cut about
30 per cent. It is harder to credit
prohibition with. these desirable
changes, but we have the authority
of Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner. superintend
ent of the State Hospital for the Insane,
that prohibition is resjonsible for at
least a part of the reduction in the
number of insane patients committed
to his care during the present year.
Xr. Steiner makes the positive pre
diction that the future will see even
further improvements, as the more
lasting effects of the saloon are finally
eradicated.
Social Dlaee Upcrcnup.
" All kinds of social diseases have
been noticeably suppressed and many
professional women of the streets have
left the community. Victims of social
diseases at both the free dispensary
on Burnside street and at the public
hospital have been greatly reduced in
numbers.
The number of inmates at virtually
nil the homes for indigent and depen
dent people is "lower now than a year
ago.
But prohibition has by no means
stopped drinking in the state. The
record of liquor importations in the
various County Clerks' offices proves
that. In Multnomah County alone a
total of 170,000 in round numbers
of separate shipments have been re
ceived here under the law within the
year. An aggregate of 106.000 sepa
rate sales of alcohol also were made
here within the year.
Alcohol sales Are Voted.
The ease with which alcohol can be
obtained is one of the defects of the
present, statutory law which the com
ing session of the Legislature will be
called upon to remedy. Drink victims
who gained their habit by former
patronage of the saloon, driven to des
peration by their Inability to get
liquor, went to a convenient drugstore
and bought pure alcohol. Unscrupulous
druggists readily sold it to them. Some
viotims drank the liquid without di
luting it. A few doses drove them
wild. Several died from the effects.
Buying alcohol and diluting it with
soft drinks, charged water or cheap
beer has become a regular practice
with some people. The police, the
District Attorney. Municipal Judge
and all authorities agree that the pro
miscuous sale of alcohol must be
curbed.
The present Oregon law permits the
importation by any individual of legal
age who is head of a household to Im
port not to exceed 24 quarts of malt
liquor or two quarts of fermented or
distilled liquor every 28 days.
This privilege, together with alco
hol drinking and the more or less reg
ular activity of bootleggers, has en-
GOOD SEEN IN LAW
Governor Says Prohibition
Benefit to Oregon.
Is
! Some Places Vacant in Wet Days Are
Now Housing Businesses That
Thrive and Locations Are
More in Demand.
Store rooms in the main business
district of Portland formerly occupied
by saloons are filled with other busi
ness enterprises.
- A canvass of five of the principal
retail business streets reveals only
three out of 56 former saloon proper
ties now vacant.
Moreover, several rooms that .were
vacant before the saloons were forced
out of business now are occupied. Two
notable examples are the corner room
in the Yeon building, at Fifth and Al
der streets, and the corner room in the
Failing building, across Alder street
from the Teon building. Both those
rooms were leased by shrewd retailers
in face of prohibition's advent a year
ago and it is understood that both the
present tenants have done a nounsn-
ing business in the last 12 months.
The following report shows how tne
old saloon locations now are used:
Sixth street, from Burnside street
south No. 1. automobile supply house:
No. 2, candy store; No. 3. restaurant;
No. 4, grocery; No. ,5. coal office; Nos.
6 and 7, bank building under construc
tion: No. 8, fruit stand; No. 9. restau
rant; No. 10, jewelry; No. 11, hat store;
No. 12, clothing and furnishing; No.
13, cafeteria.
Broadway. Burnside street, south
No. 1. restaurant: No. 2. automobile
supply house; No. 3, soft drink parlor;
No. 4, restaurant; No. 5 fruit store;
No. 6, new building under construc
tion; No. 8. restaurant.
Morrison street, from river, west
No. 1. cigar store; No. 2. restaurant and
pUbl hall; No. 3. shoe store; No. 4, res
taurant; No. 5, pool room; No. 6, mo
tisn picture theater; No. 7. crawfish
emporium; No. 8. vacant; No. 9, restau
rant; No. 18, fruit stand.
Alder street, from river, west No.
1, jclpthing store; .No. 2, candy store;
No. 3. restaurant; No. 4, shoe repairing;
No. 5, restaurant; No. 6, Ice cream par
lor: No. 7, millinery.
Washington street, from river, west
No. 1, pool and soft drinks; No. 2
restaurant; No. 3, vacant; No. 4, flower
store; No. 5, vacant; No. 6, soft drinks
and lunch; No. 7, Jewelry; No. 8, jew
elry.
CRIME DECREASE IS NOTED
1
Ym- iassjf
TOTAL FOR YEAR IS
169,994 SHIPMENTS
Liquor Imports Steadily Grow
Until November, When Up
ward Leap Is Made.
ALCOHOL SALES ARE LARGE
Executive Declares Commitments to
Penitentiary Since Dry Lawle
came Effective Have Fallen
came Effective Have Fallen
Prohibition has effected a material
reduction in crime and commitments
to the penitentiary consequently have
been reduced nearly 30 per cent, de
clares Governor Withycombe.
"In short, I feel that it is proving a
phenomenal economic and moral suc
cess." is the way he sums up the sit
uation. "With a year of experience under
the prohibition law it can be said with
assurance that Oregon has benefited
by the change; at least, such is my
sincere conviction.
"The improved moral atmosphere
DRUNK GASES ARE LESS
MIMCIPAL JUDGE LANGGITH EX
PRESSES VIEW'S OX DRY LAW.
Prior to 1015, Jndfc Says. Intoxicated
Men Quite Common on Streets,
But Now They Are Few.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN PORTLAND YEAR BEFORE AND
YEAR AFTER ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION.
1916
Bank clearings
Bank deposits
Savings deposits in state..
Time deposits in state
Postoffice receipts A .
Building permits
Real estate transfers
Number water connections.
Electric connections..'.....'
Telephones In use
School enrollment
Gas connections
.dr lv a sere
MORAL TONE BETTER
Mayor Albee Says Prohibition
Has Been Great Benefit.
FORMER OPPONENTS FAVOR
abled those who must have their "tea"
to get nearly all they want.
Import to Be Stoitped.
But at the recent election the privi
lege of importing liquor was revoked.
As soon as the Legislature passes a
law providing a penalty for importa
tions Oregon will be nearer having
real prohibition.
The importation of liquor brings into
prominence another economic phase of
the prohibition question sending
money out of the state. Estimating
each of the 170.000 shipments received
under the present law worth $3. the
people of Multnomah County sent
$510,000 out of the state for liquor
this year.
This figure looks big. but Its sig
nitiance cannot be Judged justly unless
it is compared with the amount of
money sent out every year before the
state went "dry."
Oregon never manufactured any
whisky nor any wine to speak of. so
(Concluded on Page 15. Column 5.)
WHAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN OREGON AND PORTLAND THINK
OF PROHIBITION.
JAMES WITHYCOMBE. Governor It if: proving a phenomenal
success from an economic and moral standpoint. .
H. R. ALBEE, Mayor It is one of the greatest forward steps ever
taken by the city.
L. R. ALDERMAN. City Superintendent of Schools The school chil
dren are better clothed, better fed and better ehod. Attendance has
Improved materially.
WALTER H. EVANS, District Attorney Crime has been cut in two.
JOHN CLARK, Chief of Police From the police standpoint It has
proved a good thing.
T. M. HURLBURT, Sheriff The moral effects have been wholly
good.
DR. R. E. .LEE STEINER, Superintendent Oregon State Hospital
for the Insane It already has decreased the number of -Insane com
mitments and is bound it decrease the prevalence of paresis.
ARTHUR LANGGUTH. Municipal Judge It is a good thing in
every particular.
DAVID ROBINSON, Public Defender at Police Court Its 'only
weakness Is in the heavy sale of pure alcohol, and that can be rrae
died by legislation.
throughout the state Is the nost nota
ble evidence of the new order. The sa
loon's elimination has done much to
raise the moral tone of our communi
ties. Home Lite Improved.
"The passing of the barroom has cer
tainly exerted a happy influence upon
home life and especially as' regards
the upbringing of children. Soon there
will be many boys in Oregon who will
never have seen the swinging doors ol
the old-time saloon.
"Without doubt prohibition haa
brought about a material lessening in
crime. Roughly speaking, commit
ments to the penitentiary have de
creased more than 30 per cent during
the year as compared with the last few
years, and I believe that the percent
age will show even larger within the
next 12 months. Peace off icers through
out the state report to me a lessening
in crime and especially, of course, the
many minor crimes which hinge di
rectly upon drinking.
"Bankers, and particularly those in
communities where there are extensive
payrolls, report that saving and the
creation of small bank accounts is far
more widespread now than ever in the
past. It seems that now the tempta
tion for spending money over the bar
is removed, it ismuch more apt to find
Its way home and into family bank ac
counts. Employer Sees Benefit.
"A large employer of labor, who con
ducts a mill in Oregon ana another In
a non-prohibition state, estimates that
prohibition benefits him directly some
25 per cent in increased labor efficiency.
He declares that at his other plant a
large number of mill workers and em
ployes in the wood camps especially
either fail to report or are unfit to
work for several days after payday.
"In short. I feel that prohibition is
proving a phenomenal success from an
economic and moral standpoint. It
seems to me inevitable that National
prohibition will come, and it appears
extremely probable that before many
years have elapsed the civilized na
tions of the world will have udopted
it."
If the records of the Municipal Court
can be taken as a criterion, prohibition
in Portland has been a success. Muni
cipal Judge Langguth declares.
"Up to the close of the year 1915 it
was quite common to see an intoxl
cated man on the streets," says Judge
Langguth. "If the man appeared to be
able to reach his destination without
doing material damage to himself or
other pedestrians, the police generally
allowed him to proceed, tven with tha
leniency, from 15 to 35 drunks were
brought into the Central Station every
day.
"Since the closing of -the saloon
drinking to excess has quite gone ou
of style. While formerly a man
slightly intoxicated was very rarely
brought in. under the present state o
things he is arrested. Notwlthstanfl
ing the police vigilance, the number
of arrests for intoxication during 1916
is not to exceed one-half of the number
in previous years. The docket of the
Municipal Court during 1916 frequently
has been without even a single charge
of drunkenness. k
"Another encouraging Veature made
apparent in the Municipal Court Is that
very few ' young men are brought in
for drunkenness.
"A great many people are using
ethyl alcohol and Jamaica ginger as a
beverage and the results have been
serious. Some have died within three
months after beginning to use them.
Almost all victims admit that their
eyesight is becoming impaired, the
heart affected and in many cases they
suffer hallucinations, like one who Is
insane.
"In one drugstore 54 bottles of alco
hol were sold in January, 1916; in
February these were Increased to 254;
the next month to 327, and during the
month of September to 1102 bottles, an
Increase of ' 2000 per cent In nine
months. It is my opinion that such a
druggist knows the stuff is being pur
chased for beverage purposes, in vio
lation of the law. Some druggists are
trying to curb the sales of alcohol:
others a not.
"It should be made unlawful for any
druggist to sell alcohol, except on the
prescription of a reputable physician
or permit from the Board of Health or
irom the captain of the police.
"From January 1 to December 19.
1916, a total of 162 liquor cases were
tried before the court without a Jury.
Ten of these were discharged and 152
convicted. During the same period
46 such cases were tried before Juries.
25 were discharged. 19 were convicted
and in two cases the jury disagreed.
It is apparent in these cases, as has
been proved by the history of all
courts, juries are less inclined to con
vict than are Judges.
"During the present year the Muni
cipal Court has collected (8150.50 as
fines for violations of the prohibition
law. Additional fines of 13750 are now
on appeal to the Circuit Court.
"On the whole I consider that pro
hibition in the City of Portland has
been a good thing."
Artillery Company Has Banquet.
ROSBBU RG. Or.. Dec. 30. (Special.)
Following the quarterly Inspection
of the Fourth Company. Coast Artil
lery, here Thursday night the members
of the company enjoyed a banquet at
the I'mpqua Hotel. The event was in
charge of Captain F. H. Vinci 1 and
Captain J. A. Buchanan. Nearly every
member of the company was on hand.
Mr. Albee Says Move Is Decided For
ward Step, Abolishing Much Pov
erty and Tending to Improve
Business Conditions.
Mayor Albee reports a decided im
provement in the moral and economic
tone of the city as a result of prohi
bition. The Mayor has viewed the
situation cjosely and Impartially in the
last year and declares prohibition was
"one of the greatest forward steps ever
taken" and that it is "now generally
so regarded." He says:
"One year of prohibition in Portland
has demonstrated It to be of great
moral and material benefit to the com
munity.
"Among those who were either op
posed to the prohibition law or who
worked and voted against it are some
of the most substantial business men
of Portland, and today, after seeing
with their own eyes what has been ac
complished, they frankly admit that
this city has been vastly benefited and
cussing this phase of the situation he
comments as follows:
"In my opinion the greatest weak
ness in the present prohibition law is
the ease with which alcohol may be
procured by persons of Intemperate
habits.
"As a consequence many druggists
commenced the sale of alcohol for 'ex
ternal use and a tremendous amount
of this intoxicant was sold for the most
part to people who desired to use it
for beverage purposes. Two or three
drinks arc usually sufficient to make
a fighting maniac of a human and the
drunk cells in the City Jail acquired
new population.
"To curb this druggists that had sold
the prisoner alcohol were sent for to
see the result and effect of their pol
son; meetings were had in which the
druggists were appealed to in an effor
to have them use more care and Judg
ment In the sale of alcohol, but we me
with only indifferent success. Stirred
to action by several alcoholic deaths
prosecutions were Instituted agams
several of the offending druggists, and
this, coupled with newspaper publicity
containing the names of certain drug
gists whose sales of alcohol had In
creased to an alarming degree, caused
considerable change."
DRY LAW DECREASES INSANITY
Dr. Steiner Shows Patients AVith
Sexual Diseases Are Fewer.
Prohibition diminished the prev
alence of insanity, says Dr. U. E. Je
Steiner. superintendent of the State
Hospital for the Insane at Salem. D
Steiner reports that during 1915 a total
of 28 patients were admitted to th
hospital suffering from alcoholism
compared to only 13 admitted for th
same cause in 1916, a decrease of more
than 50 per cent.
But Dr. Steiner assumes the post
SOCIAL CONDITIONS BEFORE AND AFTER ENFORCEMENT OF
PROHIBITION IN PORTLAND.
1915.
1916
Non-support canes
Insane commitments
Vagrants in County Jail
Prisoners in Jail In December...
Arrests by police (11 months)
Intoxication cases (11 months).
Number in penitentiary
With Passage of Bone-Dry Amend
ment Consumers Seek to Get Stook
to Lust Throughout Long
Impending Drought.
Statistics in the County Clerk's of-
ce show that prohibition does not ac
tually prohibit, as an aggregate ot
69.994 separate Individual shipments
were received since the law went Into
ffect. and 106,327 separate sales of al-
ohol have been made.
nd theVo figures, obviously, do n'ot
take into account the liquor sattsfac-
on obtained by patrons of the boot-
eggers, the volume of which" traffic It
s impossible, to estimate. ,
Under the present law every head of
a family -ts permitted to import for
personal use two quarts of spirits or
24 quarts of malt liquors in each 28-
day period. Recipients are required
to make ufftdavlt when the shipments
are delivered by the carriers to the
effect that they are complying with
the law's'-requirements. These affi
davits are filed with the County Clerk.
where they arc public records. Re
ceipts during the closing months of
the year have been greatly stimulated
by the passage ot the bone-dry amend
ment, which will shut off such impor
tations after it goes into effect.
Druggists are permitted to sell al
cohol- direct to the consumers on af
fidavit that it Is to be used for "exter
nal" or fur medicinal purposes. Hard
ened drinlrers have resorted largely to
the use of alcohol and unscrupulous
druggists have sold It to them quite
willingly. Recently, however, the au
thorities and the decent druggists have
co-operated to stop this traffic and the
figures for the last few months rellect
their activity.
The coming Legislature Is expected
to pass a law that will curb the un
regulated sale ot alcohol.
The following table shows the vol
ume of liquor importations in Multno
mah County month by month and the
monthly sales ot alcohol:
Month
January
Feliruary
March H . .
April
May ,
an 4
Liquor Alcohol
imports, sales.
IS4
3.311
6.6i0
s.
10.377
. . 11,867
July 14.089
August 13.-S4
September 15.24T
October 17. 331!
November J2 410
December (estimated) 36.000
o.S.-a
s !:!!)
8.1O0
8.4.-.
8.700
11.303
10.312
12.075
lXXtt
11.334
0.0O0
Totals 160.004 106.327
No record kept In January.
SHERIFF FOR DRY LAW
mm KAIL TO Sl'PPOnT THEIR
FAMILIES, MIL 111 111 III HI SAYS.
they.wdild not think of such a thing tlon that the greatest good from the
Pustoratc Is Aeeeptcd.
CANYON CITT, Or.. Dec. 30. (Spe
cial.) Rev. Ralph Rader recently ar
rived here from South Dakota and has
accepted the pastorate of the Metho
dist Episcopal -Churches of this city
and John Day. He will reside here.
Ills wife and two children will join
him later.
as a return to lormer conumuus.
"A .large volume might easily be
written as to the results of prohibition
In Portland, but it will suffice briefly
to record some of the actual facts, as
follows:
"Bank clearances have greatly ex
ceeded the record of 1915. Indicating a
general substantial improvement over
previous conditions.
"To my personal knowledge condi
tions as to collections in all lines of
legitimate business, such as grocers,
clothiers, etc. have been wonderfully
Improved. Large numbers of work
ing men. who formerly expended very
large sums In'the aggregate for liquor,
are now taking home their earnings
and are giving the benefit of their
changed habits to their families.
"The moral conditions are so remark
ably changed for the better that It is
difficult t realiae what has come to
pass. Large numbers of men and
women df the underworld have left
Portland since prohibition became ef
fective and are continuing to leave.
"Industrial conditions are better than
ever. Building operations are im
proved and Portland has become the
center of a great shipbuilding .industry,
which bids fair to prove of vast com
mercial importance of a permanent na
ture. "A great reduction In the needy poor
Is noted by charitable organizations
and 5-cent eating houses have had to
go out of business.
"Police records show great reduc
tions In crime, the number of arrests
for drunks and vagrants from January
1, 1916. to December 1 being 2507. as
compared with 9008 for the same period
of last year."
SALE OF ALCOHOL DEPLORED
Public Defender Robinson Advoeati-
Remedial Action.
One serious defect in the present
prohibition law is the ease with which
alcohol can be sold by druggists, says
David Robinson, public defender at the
Police Court.
Mr. Robinson urgAs that the Legis
lature place severe restrictions against
druggists. Nearly all the men arrest
ed by the police for intoxication this
year were victims of alcohol sold by
druggists, says Mr. Robinson. In dls-
"dry" law will be brought about by the
decrease in Byphllitic cases. "or the
two years 106 men and nine women
have been admitted, sufferers from
paresis, an advanced form of syphilis,
which always Is fatal. He estimates
It will cost the state $50,000 to care for
these patients. As this disease de
velops gradually, it was contracted be
fore the dry law went into effect. He
says that those suffering from paresis
approximate only about 4 per cent of
the total number of sufferers from
syphilis.
He declares that, while he haa no
definite facts to base the assertion on.
Improved moral conditions arising from
abstinence and temperance due to the
prohibition law should materially de
crease not only the number of paresis
cases, but of all cases of this kind of
disease.
He bases his theory on the assump
tion that much disease of this nature la
contracted when the subject is Intoxicated.
Ysgrsnr)' Cssn Alao Oerreaae. aa Do
All Other Crimen for AVliU-h
I .ninor May Be Blnnied.
Fewer men neglect to support their
families since the state is dry, says
Sheriff T. M. Hurlburt; fewer people
go insane and crime of all kinds is cut
almost in two.
The figures on the Jail records bear
out the Sheriff's statement. Non-support
cases have dropped from 91 In
1915 to 31 for 1916; vagrancy has
dropped from 406 cases In 1915 to 32
cases In 1916; insane commitments
numbered 344 in 1915 and only 256
In 1916; the population of the County
Jail during the prohibition regime has
been less than one-third the popula
tion in the wet days.
"Benefits of prohibition far outweigh
any arguments against It. in my opin
ion," says Sheriff Hurlburt.
"In wet days vagrants composed the
greater portion of the prisoners in the
County Jail. Not so in the dry regime.
In 1915 there were 406 men in the Jail
at one time or another for vagrancy.
In the past year there have been but
32 charges of vagrancy on the Jail
blotter. Nearly 13 times as many va
grants in 1915 as in 1916.
"Non-support is another crime In
which liquor always played a leading
role. Money spent for liquor led
many men to fail to provide for their
families- In 1915 we had 91 men up
stairs' for non-support. We have
had 31 In 1916.
"Liquor Is an important factor con
tributing to insanity. We had 344 In
sane in the padded cells during 1915.
We have had 256 during 1916.
"The decrease In other crime isvby
no means offset by the arrests due to
bootlegging. There have been 112 ar
rests for violating the prohibition law
this year. This is the total 'increase
in crime' which may be traced directly
to the dry law. The actual decrease,
including the bootleggers, ts 929 pris
oners, by County Jail records."
Ciame Law Conviction I'pheld.
ROSEBURO, Or., Dec. 30. (Special )
In a decision yesterday Judge J. W.
Hamilton affirmed the verdict of the
lower court in the case of the state
vs. R. A. Knlpp. of Tiller, and sen
tenced the defendant to pay a fine of
$50. Kntpp was convicted a few months
ago on a charge of having venison in
his possession contrary to law.
HOW PORTLAND HAS FARED UNDER ONE YEAR OF
PROHIBITION.
SOCIAL CO.VOITIO.NS.
19. . 1916.
Saloons. Prohibition.
Non-support cases 91 31
Insane commitments (in County Jail) 344 256
Vagrants in County Jail 406 . 32
Prisoners In Jail in December 315 69
Arrests by police (11 months) IS. 243 10.043
Intoxication canes (11 months) 6.305 1,820
Number In Penitentiary 566 440
ECONOMIC CONDITION.
Bank clearings $554.4 4i.7.-.t $649,775,141
Bank deposits 72,677.031 91.894,78
Savings deposits (In state) 21.352.228 25.445.242
Time deposits (In state) 14,835,474 17,932,235
Postoffice receipts 1.22T. 000 1,216,571
Building permits 4.895.345 6.049.145
Real estate transfers 371,970 572.209
Number of water connections 68,926 69.952
Electric connections 40.418 41.640
Telephones in use 56.020 58,870
School enrollment 34.600 35.100
Gas connections 43,480 45.079
Vacant houses have decreased in every residence district.
Vacant business rooms have decreased.
Tourist traffic to Portland ha increased.