THE OREGON frAILY JOtTKNJflLV' POV.TIb:DNESDAY ; EVENING. 1 SEPTEMBER 9, 1008
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UtmUri of the liquor llernwa com
mittee of tbe City counrll yeatcnfciy put
themselves on recod as In opiwHUluit
to the ordlaanoe Inirtxlured lv ouueil
men Vllla to prahlblt birwrlo. and per
sona other than the ownrr ofa saloon
from controlling tr owning retail II-
' Quor license, and vnlte washed several
saloonkeeper wl 0 liad been fined In the
municipal court Xn iddltlon to these
actions tha commllU-e laid over for two
we as the ordinance prohibiting women
In saloons and pr"acrUln the llmlta of
a aaioon to four barn walla.
The ordnance whluh prohibits the
..breweries from ralnlnc control of ta-
loone waa eonawierea Dv ir "i mum
important act of legislation before the
MmmltiH. but the membera took but
little time in considering It. and then
recommended that It be not passed
Lawyer T. J. Cleetun made an earneat
appeal for the measure before the mem
bera kflled It, but, his speech w wast
ed, for the membera had It killed be
fore the debate commenced. The ob-
iect of the raaasure aa explained by
tr. Cleeton to prevent the brewer
from eroding the aplrlt of the law
which nrohlblts corporations from own
ing aaioon licensee. The brewera have
dona this bv holding- power of attorne
over saloonkeepers, and in thla war
are able to dictate tha management of
the saloon, and in reality are me own-
era 01 ine-aaioon. . ,
, Cat Jumps On of Bar.
- If the ordinance had .been passed the
saloonkeepers would be freed from thla
. system or peonage ana Decome me own
era of the plaoea outright Prlacon,
Rushlight and Bennett voted to rec
'wmmend that the ordinance not pass,
and Vaughn and WMs voted for lta pas-
liquor, elating that he had five friends
In his room above the saloon and gave
them a ilrink. His case waa put over
two weeks. John A. I.ee. 74 UUasell,
and J. At. MiDrnnott. 174 I'avla, were
fined In the municipal court for keeping
open after hour. The men stated that
they hail Iieen open three minutes alter
the legal lime, but that It waa due to
Irregularities of their watehea. They
were allowed to t.o free, with the ad
monition that If tht-v were ever before
the romimttce again their licenses would
be revoked.
a v MrPherson. SS North First waa
another one who waa fined for keeping
open after hours, but he waa allowed o
go free with the usual talk about revo
lution on his second appearance. Jn
these rases the rnnncllmen thought the
fine had been sufficient punishment.
-V M.- Wooitanl, 1GU Grand avenue,
was fined 116 In the municipal court
August 10 for selling liquor on Sunday.
Woodard maintained that he had not
aold. but that his aon had given a man
some beer for hla nick wife. Woodard
maintained that he could prove hla as
sertlon If he could secure the man who
got the beer. He said that the court
believed hla story and made his fine
but 916 because it waa only a technical
violation of the law and not against the
aplrlt of the statute.
Tha advocates or steel and those of
r .enforced concrete as material to be
used in the construction of the second
Hull Run 'pice line met last night at tha
HSrgent hotel uruler the auspices of the
Federated clubs to have another sound
In the battle for material.
Engineer. V. A. Groudahl Presented
some facts showing the merits of con
crete and M. J. Kelly of the Iron work
ers of Portland contended for steel. The
next round will be pulled off at next
Tuesday's meeting when both sides will
nave mora experts on hand with Oldaotlo
lectures up their skeevea.
clubs adopted the resolution re-
The
' v Immediately after . the action on this
: ordinance the members -of the commit
tee heard the testimony in tha case of
A- Schelbe, Front ana jeneraon, nneu
' July 12 for allowing a minor female in
his saloon. The first -thing 8chelbe
stated on the stand was that the place
Is owned by the Mount Hood Brewing
company, and that he worka for a sal
ary at the saloon. H. Meleter, one of
v the owners of the brewery, immediately
forestalled further disclosures by 8heibe
and said that the brewery does not own
the license but that he. Meister, owns
the license and pays Schelbe out of his
own pocket ...
. From the testimony It appeared that
Schelbe had been fined 126 In the mu
nicipal court- for allowing a tnipop, fe
' male In hla place, Schelbe said thai the
woman told him she was 23 years of
age, and that she told several policemen
- the same story. He said that he paid
the fine because ha thought it waa the
easiest way to get out of the trouble.
His case was laid over for two weeks
'until the policemen and the "woman In
the case" could be subpoenaed before
the committee, :
. .' Tiolatsi Box Ordinance.
' In the debate on Wills' ordinance pro-
- htbitlnej furnishings of any kind In sa
loons. Mrs. Lola O. Baldwin and Coun
cilman Drlacoll got into a debate over
, the question a to whether there are
enr places In the city operating boxes.
1 Mrs. Baldwin said there are, and that
she was preparing a list of them. Drls
coll wanted to- know - where they are
. located, and Mrs. Baldwin repeated that
she is preparing; a list lor tne council,
and added:
; "But I can toll you now . that the
worst violators of. the box ordinance
are tha Quelle and the Louvre. - The
Louvre has a lot -of boxes in the base
ment, which many people know noth
ing about.''
That ended ths discussion on the box
ordinance, and the Wills ordinance was
laid over for two weeks.
W. Tea bo, saloonkeeper at 254 Market,
was fined 125 July 22 for selling liquor j
on Sunday. 'Teaoo denied selling the
ENTERTAIN RAILROAD
MEN IN PORTLAND
Among the passenger departments of
the different railroads having head
quarters In Portland great Interest is
be in raised by the approach of the an
nual convention of the American assoca
tion of Traveling Passenger Agents. The
annual convention will meet in Seattle,
Bcpt ember 14. for a two days session.
After the adjournment a large number
of the members of the association will
visit Portland where special arrange
ments have been made for their enter
tainment bv the Portland officials.
Malone Joyce, traveling passenger
agent of the Colorado Midland from Los
Angeles, Is now in the city and with A.
P. Stewart of the Chicago A Alton, at
San Francisco, will go to Seattle with
the Portland men. A. M. Cleland. gen
eral passenger agent of the Northern
Pacific. Is planning to bring three spe
cial cars loaded with passenger agents
to toe convention. Most of the eastern
visitors will stop-at Yellowstone park.
M. J. Roche, of Portland, Is president
Of the association.
cently made by the North Alblna Push
t-luo calling for the Immediate sale or
the water bonds. Tills is the resolu
tion: "To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Portland We the
property-owners of North Alblna re
quest your honorable body to authorise
A. L. Barbur, the city auditor, to aell
immediately the bonds for the aecond
Bull Kun conduit and we recommend
that the bonds be sold In blocks, as It
will take at leaat three yeara to com
plete the project, we therefore request
your honorable body to take Immediate
action as the city Is growing so rapidly
ears tne city will
that Inald
or three v
be greatly in. need of more water.
GREEN.
Secretary.'
Tomorrow, Thursday, positively last
day for discount on west side gas bills.
Don't fail to read gas tips.
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matism is not rheumatism, for Bark
Tonic drives it out of the system and
leaves health In its place. Thla remedy
drives all Impurities from the system.
Price 76c a bottle, all druggists, or call
the J. A. Clemenson Drug Co.. Second
and Yamhill streets, .Portland. Or. The
store that carries all the great remedies.
Notaries Commissioned.
Salem. Or.. Sept. "8. Commissions aa
notaries have been issued to J. H. Wil
son, "Corvallis; J. O. .Rlggs, Grants
pass; John M., Williams and i J. Wal
ton, isugene: and Ueorge P.
mann. Portland.
First Annual Pacific National Live
stock Show and races, Sept. 21, 22, IS,
24. 26, 26, at the Portland Country Club
grounds.
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