THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 9, 1919.
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DOTS FIGHT YUKON
LIQUOR STORE PLAN
JAIaska Hears of Efforts to
Abolish Sales System.
MOVEMENT MAY SUCCEED
I Upper Yukon Xatives Reported
Jfear Starvation as Result of
Loss of Salmon Supply.
BY THOMAS B. DRAYTOX.
SKWARD, Alaska, Oct.- 24. (Spe
cial.) Reports from Alaska's east
ern neighbor, Yukon territory, seem
to Bhow that the prohibition element
Is much dissatisfied with the govern
ment liquor store experiment inaug
urated last month, after the saloon
had been abolished by the council.
Private advices, which unfortunate
ly bear evidence of considerable per
sonal prejudice, maintain that the new
scheme has entirely elimlnatea tne
evils connected with the former saloon
system, but that this fact infuriates
rather than pacifies the drys, who
have already started a campaign for
the abolition of the new government
liquor stores.
It is also explained that formerly
the dry figrht was against the saloon
as an institution: the charge being
made than it was a publio nuisance
which could not be properly regu
lated, and must therefore be de
stroyed. This purpose having Been
accomplished, and no concrete ground
of complaint against the new gov
ernment liquor stores being possible.
the drys base their new campaign
on the abstract principle that liquor
drinking Is Immoral per se and its
use as a beverage cannot be admitted
on any grounds or under any circum
stances; and, the advice concludes.
"it is more than possible that they
may succeed in their present pur
pose, for whatever the conditions In
tho outside world may be, here at
least, society is upside down mentally
and the more Irrational and sense
less a thing is, the greater its chances
of popular approval."
Liquor Law Explained.
Briefly outlined, the new Yukon
territory scheme permits one gov
ernment liquor store in each trade
tenter tributary to and supplying a
population of not less than 500 per
sons. The gold commissioner or iu
kon territory, In his capacity of chief
executive officer of the government,
is in general charge of the new
stores, each of which Is under the
immediate direction of a government
official designated a vendor. Under
the '"liquor traffic ordinance creat
ing the stores each shall be open for
business during and only during the
hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., and
shall be closed on Sundays and all
public holidays and all election days
throughout the "entire 24 hours of
such days."
A printed or typewritten price list
shall be kept publicly displayed on
the door of each store, and no liquors
shall be sold at other prices than
those listed, and no sale be made ex
cept for cash. All liquors shall be
sold in sealed packages, excepting
beer, and no package shall be opened
nor may any liquor be consumed on
the premises; nor may any sale be
made except direct to the purchaser
or on his written order. Iso liquor
( shall be sold to any person under 21
years of age, any person under the
influence of liquor, any Indian, or
any interdicted person.
Xatlvea Face Star-ration.
The Right Rev. Bishop Rowe of the
Kpiscopal church, and many others
familiar with the facts from per
sonal observation, bring the assur
ance that actual starvation threatens
many of the natives on the upper Yu
kon and its tributaries during the
present winter. This tragic fact is
due to the circumstance that the
Carlisle Packing company operates
cannery near the mouth of the
Yukon, and in order to keep up Its
record pack during this season s un-
precedentedly small salmon run it
was necessary for this company to
take virtually every salmon th.it
entered the Yukon on its way to
spawning ground up the river.
It was perfectly legal for the Car
lisle Packing company to do this,
for its cannery is located there by
the express consent of the United
States government; although, to be
sure, in defiance of the frantic pro
tests of the people of Alaska of white
blood, and the frightened looks of
apprehension that expressed the
feelings of the natives when they
beard of it.
Of course the natives above the
Carlisle cannery, who depend almost
exclusively upon the annual salmon
runs for their winter's food, will have
to make the best of a bad situation.
If they starve it will be unfortunate.
but then there are compensations in
all things.
Jew Railroad Likely.
Alaska has had so many tentative
railroad projects, and so few that ever
got beyond the tentative stage, that
a reporter writes of a new one with
fear and trembling lest it fizzle out
before the story gets in type. Hcvsver.
it now seems certain that a standard
gauge road from Hyer to the Salmon
river mining district will soon be
constructed. C. F. Caldwell, who is
at the head of the new enterprise, has
recently returned from Washington
city with permission of the forest
service to proceed with the construc
tion through the national forest res
ervation.
All surveys and other preliminary
work as far as the Canadian border
have been completed. The Canadian
government will be asked for per
mission to build the line into Cana
dian territory later on. The trackage
already definitely provided for will
supply transportation facilities for
the Big Missouri, Little Joker, New
Alaska, "Premier, Unicorn and Ana
conda mines; large properties owned
chiefly by Pennsylvania, New York
and Massachusetts people.
The eastern mine owners seem to
feel the road is definitely assured, as
a number of them have recently given
orders that production on their proo
erties be pushed to the limit, and the
proposed road be depended upon to
move the ore to tidewater.
Douglas Chief I p Against It.
The police chief at Douglas, who is
elso the police force, fire department.
pound keeper. Information bureau and
performer of aM other municipal
functions not assumed and taken over
by the local United States commis
sioner. Is having trouble with a pris
oner and threatens to resign and de
vote all of his time, rather than mere
ly a large share of It as at present,
to longshoring unless his prisoner
stops pestering him and keeps out of
the jail.
The trouble all started when a
Filipino gentleman of unspellable and
unpronounceable name blew into
Douglas, seemed to fancy the place
as a permanent abode and took up the
occupation of retailing hard-luck
stories to sympathetic housewives
just about meal time. The bureau of
information got wind of the matter
and in his capacity of police chief
pinched General Agulnaldo's country
man on a charge of vagrancy, and
hauled him up to the fount of justice
presided over by United States Com
missioner Kllburn.
The commissioner thought It would
make the matter of mora interest if
the charge of vaeranrv be sunnle-
mented with a charge of drunken- 1
ness, and more completely justify the
assessment of $10 he Intended levying
after taking judicial notice of the
prisoners guilt and hearing the evi
dence of what witnesses might ap
pear.
Plot Becomes Thicker.
The guilty one had not the ten
pesos with which to satisfy the de
mands of justice so the judge had no
resource but to look foolish or com
mit the man to jail in default of pay
ment. Once inside the bars the pris
oner said it looked quite comfy and
thought he would use it permanently.
The chief In his capacity of jailer
explained tne odium incurred by tar
rying permanently In jails and gave
the tip that any local boat would be
glad to carry folks without expense
provided they would agree to shovel
the merest trifle of a mite of coal on
the way across the bay; and having
become confidential, mentioned that
he took a lot of pleasure in befriend
ing Filipinos and never locked the
jail when one chanced to be his in
voluntary guest.
Next morning the Filipino prisoner
was waiting impatiently for his
breakfast when the chief appeared.
Not tp be outdone by a mongrel Asia
tic the wily chief concealed himself at
a nearby point of vantage, and when
the prisoner sauntered out for a brief
stroll before turning in for the night,
quickly slipped up and locked the
door so he could not get in.
Feeling quite chesty over his orig
inality and Its necessary success he
came down the second morning to
find the prisoner sleeping soundly
and the jail door open just sufficiently
for proper hobo ventilation. In an
swer to the indignant inquiries as to
the method of his ingress, and divers
threats of pinching him for unlawful
breaking, the prisoner quietly dis
closed a key found hanging on a nail.
turned over and again dropped into
gentle slumber.
SEED PLANT IS RUNNING
Proprietor at Chehalis Enthusiastic
Over Lewis County Prospects.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) J. V. Elston, recently of
Amity, Or., who purchased the old
furniture factory site on Main street
here, has his seed cleaning and grad
ing plant now in operation, and has
shipped out his first carload of seeds.
Mr. Elston Is enthusiastic over the
prospects for the seed Industry in
Lewis county. He says he has trav
eled all over the country, and no
where has he found such a high
quality of seeds and so heavy a pro
duction of grass and garden seeds as
here. One farmer this year harvested
$200 worth of pea seeds from one
acre, without special attention to
the crop. Mr. Elston said $200,000
worth of garden seeds already have
been "ordered by eastern houses.
Store Closed All Day Tues
day, Nov. 11, Armistice Day
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MIG. LOSES POINT
COURT RULES OUT GOODING'S
ALLEGED LETTER.
that prior to the league's organiza
tion in Idaho, Scholtz was appointed
its manager by the executive com
mittee of the national league com
posed of Townley, Wood and LerapkJ.
SORORITIES IN DANGER
Stanford Expects- to Make All of
Girls Live in Dormitories.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo
Alto, Cal., Nov. 8. (Special.) Two
hundred girls living In campus sorori
ties are faced with the prospect of
being houseless if the plans of the
university authorities are carried out.
Plans are being laid to build an
other women's dormitory which will
shelter all of the 500 women students
allowed here. While this action is
not against the sororities directly,
their separate existence in their own
houses will be done away with under
the rule requiring the girls to live
in university dormitories.
Idaho Plaintiff Admits Purpose to
Show Malice Meeting Willi
cx-Governor Recounted.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 8. (Special.)
The defense won an important point
today in the McKaig $50,000 libel suit
against F. R. Gooding and the States
man Printing company, when they
succeeded in having ruled out the
photographic letter, purported to be
from ex-Governor Gooding, asking
the league to indorse him for the
United States senate. The plaintiffs
admitted that it was intended to
show malice.
W. G. Scholtz, former manager of
the Non-Partlsan league in Idaho, ac
cording to his testimony, was re
called. He testified he was no longer
a member of the league, but acted in
an advisory capacity. Under cross
examination he- was taken over his
meetings with F. R. Gooding to which
he testified Friday.
No new developments were brought
out, except that the witness testified
the former governor arranged for
the meetings over the telephone, and
came to his ofifce after dark; further
that the stenographer was present. In
the -adjoining room during the first
meeting and took down parts of the
conversation.
The defense established the fact
DIKED LAND SELLS HIGH
James Chambers of Portland Pays
$15,000 for Mt. Solo Place.
KELSO. Wash.. Nov. g. (Spe
cial.) James Chambers, from Port
land, purchased 93 acres of the A. D.
Garner place at Mount Solo this week
for $15,000. This land is mostly
cleared and ready for cultivation but
is unimproved and without buildings
The land is of unequalled fertility,
being the finest quality Columbia
river alluvial bottom land. It is in
Diking district No. 1.
The other S3 acres of the Garner
place and the buildings were taken
by C. C. Stephens, who with his
father, J. W. Stephens, have been
purchasing the place on a contract.
They also got a $5000 residence prop
erty in Portland in the transaction.
BOISE BONDS ARE SOLD
$1,000.,000 Roads Issue Goes to
Spokane Buyer.
BOISE. Idaho, Nov. 8. (Special.)
The $1,000,000 good roads bond issue
voted by Ada county citizens on Au
gust 30 today was sold by the county
commissioners to Ferris and Hard
grove, Spokane bond buyers, on a bid
of 4.97 per cent and a premium
of $3300. This is the same firm to
which the state sold its $900,000
capitol building bond issue for the
construction of the capitol wings.
There were three bidders. The ac
cepted bid will return approximately
5 per cent on the investment, it was
estimated.
The commissioners already have
begun to make preliminary plans for
hihwflv construction work. Improve
ment of the road to Arrow Rock dam
is one of the projects to be carried
out.
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Paving Contracts to Be Awarded
Early in Spring.
MARSHFIELD,' Or.. Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) The city council Is preparing
plans for next year's street work so
that the awards for 1920 will be ready
for the contractors in the spring.
The programme for next year in
cludes paving for a number of
broken-down plank streets which are
now almost impassible. One street
of about ten blocks is impassible.
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