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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1908)
p" 1 - vjmvm,wmimmmmmm W THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 30, 1908. W DEPUTIES FOR ELECTION D ASHAMED OP THEIR CAUSE. SHERIFF GAGE APPOINTS THREE ASSISTANTS FOR THE MARSH IIELI) AND NOUTH BEND PRECINCTS. Sheriff Gage has appointed the fol lowing Deputy Sheriffs who will bo on hand at their respective precincts on Election Day. North Dend Chas. Kaiser. North Marshfleld S. R. Beloate. South Marshfleld O. O. Lund. ARE SALOONS A BENEFIT TO A TOWN FINANCIALLY? If they are then Marshfleld with its 13 saloons should bo In a fine financial condition, with paved streets, municipal water works and electric lights, city parks, city docks, raodorn sewer system and everything that goes to make up a modern city, with city warrants at a premium. What are the facts? According to tho report of Expert Squires she is In an alarming condi tion. With a city charter that allows an Indebtedness of but $25,000 she is in debt to the amount of $43,000 and going still further In debt. Not a bank In the county will cash tho Marshfleld city warrants at par. There is not a single foot of paved streets. Not a single one of tho above necessary improvements. Worse than all, the city is running In debt to the extent of several thou sand dollars annually; and the city council is considering the advisability of asking the people to allow them to incur a bonded indebtedness of $50,000. What do you think that for a "wet" tewn? Compare the above with the city of Eugene a dry town for two years, which fs in a most prosperous condi lon as shown by tho statement of Mayor Matlock. Tho saloon interests do not dare to hire a. hall and publicly discuss their nefarious business. 4& Nor will they join in a debate with those advocating Prohibition. They prefer hiring the poor vic tims of their accursed business who still have a remnant of once brilliant intellects left, to exploit their cause through tho press. Is there a single line of their lite rature that bears the imprint of truth? Do you believe that the saloons wero responsible for the conviction of Wilcox? Show them by your vote. DEFY THE LAW. Tho saloonmen say they will sell more liquor after the county declares for Prohibition than they do now. Will you vote to uphold a class who openly proclaim they are strong er than the law. SALOONS AS AN INDUSTRY. While our lumber coal, dairy and fruit Industries are bringing money Into tho county, the liquor business does not bring In one dollar, but sends out thousands .every month to pay tho wholesale liquor dealers, who are fighting Prohibition " in Coos county. HAVE MERCY ON THE SALOON- MAN. By voting for Prohibition and give him a chance to earn an honorable living. Many of them would become good citizens if given half a chance. MARSHFIELD "DRY" BY 200 COUNTY BY 500. A careful canvass of the list of registered voters assures a majority for Prohibition in Marshfleld of 200 and In tho county of 500. Do not worry about Marshfleld. UNION RALLY - SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM FOR BIG MEETING AT T. O. O. F. HALL TOMORROW NIGHT. A grand union temperance rally for the people of Marshfleld will be held at the I. O. O. F. Hall Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. This will fol low tho local option campaign meet ing to be held tonight at tho I. O. O. F. Hall, and it is hoped that every one, who possibly can, will attend both the Saturday and Sunday even ing meetings. Church people and temperance workers in general are especially urged to attend Sunday evening. The work in behalf of temperance and law and order In Coos county will be gone over and the facts given. The program Is as follows: Music Union Choir Prayer. Scripture Reading. Music. 1. 'Address Rev. Roach. Music. 2. Address J. LeRoy Smith Music. 3. Address A. F. Lacy Music. 4. Address W. R. F. Browne D. W. THURSTON, Secty. Ministers' Union. FINAL RALLY Local Option Workers Will Hold Big Meeting at 1. 0. 0. F. Hall Tomorrow Night. Plans have been completed for the final rally of the local option cam paign which will bo held at the I. O. O. F. Hall Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. An effort will bo made to get out all of the voters in Marsh fleld in order that the workers in behalf of local option will have an opportunity to explain their views. The Rev. D. W. Thurston, secret ary of tho Ministers' Union today issued the program which is as fol lows: Chairman I. S. Smith. Music Choir. Prayer, R. G. Summerlln. Solo J. E. Burkhart. Address A. H. Eddy. Music Choir. Address W. R. F. Browne. Music Choir. Address, Geo. Roach. Solo J. LeRoy Smith. Address D. W. Thurston. Song, America. GAGE FOR SHERIFF. Does this look as though Saloons are a Good Invest ment for Coos Cowfofcy? FROM OFFICIAL RECORD Total Indebtedness, March 31, 1908 . . ,$101,045.36 Cost Circuit Court, Jan, 1, 1907 to Mar, 31, '08, 5,092.69 Cost Justice of Peace, Jan, 1 , '07 to Mar, 31 , '08, 976.73 Cost Coroner's Inquests, Jan, 1, 1907 to March 31, 1908, . 654.85 Cost Jail and boarding prisoners, Jan, 1, 1907 to March 31, 1908,- 633-51 Cost Insane, Jan, 1, 1907 to Mar, 31,908 325.73 Qost Poor an,d Indigents, Jan , 19070 March 31, 1908 ---.,-, - 12,273.22 Cost April, 1908, Term of Courts Criminal cases , $ 4,179.60 EWAR A Photographer will be on hand to photo" graph each challenged Voter who is not well known Is ti worth the risk of of a term in jail just to please your SALOON FRIEND xx $ & J I I x X J X I I I s s g s I x I ILLEGAL V0T ewa m rd The Law and Order League of Coos County pay a reward of $25 to the person furnishing the. first evidence that will lead to the conviction of any person who shall vote illegally at the election on the first day of June 1908, A report of the Grand Jury, filed in the Circuit Court of Coos County, May 14, 1908, is as follows: "Complaint has been maderttf us concerning al leged irregularity in certain elections heretofore held within this county, "It is earnestly hoped that the judges of election and our officers will see that all Laws regulating elections are rigidly enforced,.and that all violations thereof shall be vigorously prosecuted," The above recommendation will be carried out to the letter, GEORGE M. BROWN Prosecuting Attorney T I I ! I I x I 1 1 I I I I i k PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL VOTING The Oregon statutes prov ide a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200, a sentence of from two to six months in the county jail for illegal voting, The punishment for illegal voters and for the parties who attempt to get them to v ote illegally or to aid them to do so is the same, Any person who attempts to vote ille gally is punishable to the same extent as the one who did vote illegally, SHERIFF GAGE HAS APPOINTED A DEPUTY' SHERIFF FOR EACH OF THE LARGER PRECINCTS WHO WILL HE PRESENT ON ELECTION DAY' FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMMEDIATELY ARRESTING ANY ONE GUILTY' OF VIOLATING THE ELECTION LAWS. Anyone who has registered for any precinct other than the one in which he actually resides will be rested when he attempts to vote. ar- Every voter, regardless of politics, who believes that our laws should be enforced against the rich as well as the poor criminal should voto for W. W. Gage for sheriff. He has been tried and only the crlmlnnl element of his party Is try ing to defeat him for re-election. unge is neuuer a gambler nor saloon man. Do you understand the opposition of that class to his re-eleqtlon? A SS I SO 1 LAW AND ORDER. Without an effective organization of law abiding citizens to see that all violators of the law are punished it might bo possible for the saloonmen to openly defy tho law by selling liquor to minors and conducting gambling and other dens of vice, but with the present organization of business men bound together for the purpose of enforcing the laws, it will bo a losing fight for them, and in a short time they must submit. Let your vote nld tho cnusc of good government. COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ARE IN CO.MPLETE CONTROL OF THE PROHHJITION FORCES IN COOS COUNTY'. Dr. J. T. McCormac, Marshfleld, Oregon. Local option law applies to all parts of Coos county alike and if county goes dry of course Marsh fleld' saloons will be closed. GEORGE M. BROWN. LICENSE AND CRIME. $1.00 to $11.00. For every dollar tho state of Ore gon receives from saloon licenses it pays out over eleven dollars in the prosecution and punishment of crimes caused by liquor. Cities receive tho license fee and the counties pay the bills. Farmers where to you get off? What good will Prohibition do Coos county, If we elect gamblers and saloonmen to execute our laws? Remember this when you vote. The present campaign for Prohi bition In Coos county Is backed and managed entirely by business men who have decided that the rulo o vlco and crlmo of all kinds should end in this county. LINE UP. You must vote either with tho gamblers, saloon men and BAAVDY HOUSE KEEPERS or against them. Where do you stand? MARSHFIELD WILL BE DRY Prosecuting Attorney Geo. M. Brown Says Law Is Plain On Question. Owing to the reports having been placed in circulation that the Marsh fleld saloons' would, under the amendment to the charter recently secured, be independent of the coun ty and able to keep open even if Coos county goes dry, official refuta tion of the claim was secured today. Marshfleld saloons must abide by the samo law that governs every othor city in Coos county, according to Goo. M. Brown, prosecuting attorney for this district. The following tele gram is self explanatory: Roseburg, Or., May 2G, 1908. m ' VERSUS The only Argument Put Forward in Favor of Saloons is that they will increase business and scatter the earn ings of the laboring man where it will do the most good Do you agree with their method of distri bution of your hard Money? tg !
