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INTERESTING FACTS AND FiRES
A Statement of Wat Proliibltlon Will Mean to Pendleton Will Wipe Out
a PajToll of $83,000 Annually and Reduce the City's Income 60 Pet
Cent Will Cause 30 Store Rooms and 40 or 60 Dwellings Co Be Va
cated and Put 800 People Out of Business and Employment Would
Decrease Our Population and Cause Additional Competition ln'all lines
of Dustnow, and Take Awajr $271,000 from Local Channels.
It Is the avowed object of the pro
hibitionists to wipe out the liquor
business of Pendleton and Umatilla
county at the June election. We be
Hove but few people, even the liquor
men themselves, have a very clear
conception of what that means, and
we doubt If many of the business men
and taxpayers realize what propor
tion of Pendleton's financial life
would be affected by prohibition.
For the purpose of giving exact
facts and figures pertaining to the
liquor business of Pendleton, a com
plete census has been taken of the
saloons of this city of the number of
.people employed and the number de
pending upon the liquor business for
a living, and the amount of money
the liquor people spend In the city
each year. These figures have been
given us by proprietors at our request
and we have every reason to believe
they are correct. In fact we know
they are correct, or else we would
not publish them.
We find 26 licensed saloons and one
brewery In the city, 26S people re
ceive a living, 98 of whom are em
ployes at an average of about $71
per month There are 51 families; IS
"of these families live In their own
homes, and 36 In rented houses. By
this we see about 3 per cent of our
population are directly dependent up
on the liquor business for a livelihood.
The actual cost of the necessities of
these 2G3 people, for a year, figuring
at 130 per month each, would
amount to $94,680. But let us give
you the figures In tabular form, so
they may be more comprehensive,
KM.
United States Senator
Stands for the Roosevet Policies,
Statement No. 1 and the popular
election of United States Senators.
He believes in the wisdom of the people in
selecting their public servants and unequivo
cally advocates an amendment to the consti
tution of the United States providing for the
election of United States Senators by the people.
Mr. Cake advocates liberal appropriations for rivers
and harbors, stands for the development of the irri
gation possibilities of the what and is a western
man in sentiment and sympathy.
He is Alive to Needs of Oregon
and if selected by the people as their candi
date will join the majority party in bringing
to Oregon the strength and influence which
the virile young state merits in the halls of
congress.
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These figures Include items of the
local expenditures of the 27 institu
tions, and do not Include the whole
sale accounts, or the money spent out
of tho city.
Rent (28 store rooms)..... $32, 208-00
Licenses, city .' 23,400.00
Licenses, .government . .i. . 1,046.00
Salaries of 98 employes ... 82,980.00
Rent (dwelling houses)... 6,510.00
Taxes (state, county and
city) 1.794.00
Estimated cost of living ex
pense of 263 people at $30
per month each......... 94,680.00
Incidental expenses, includ
ing light, fuel. Insurance,
donations, laundry, advertis
ing, etc 28,673.00
Total amount $271,190.00
Tho abolition of the liquor business
In Pendleton would mean that about
thirty store rooms would be left va
cant, that about 300 people, Including
40 or 50 families, would be forced to
leave the city or go Into some other
business. What business could they
go Into here? We know that nearly
all lines of mercantile business are
as numerous as the population of the
city anr the inevitable law of competi
tion And cause and effect will permit.
Competition In all retail lines Is ai
ready heavy and that during the last
year a few firms quit buslnes, includ
ing two grocery stores, a meat market,
a tailor shop, a printing office, two
furniture stores and a bakery. At the
present time onexf our large depart
ment stores and a muslo store are
(contemplating to quit business in the
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near or Immediate future. It is un
reasonable to suppose or presume that
these people, if forced out of em
ployment and business' by prohibition,
could go into any other lines of busi
ness : or . find employment here. . By
leaving the city they will greatly re
duce the business of all lines.
Pendleton Is proud of 'the reputa
tion of having the best regulated sa
loons of any town in the state. We
all know that you cannot compel peo
ple from drinking liquor by abolish
ing the saloons. They who want It
will continue to get it and drink it.
We believe in the saloons, and think
the majority of the better, thinking
people and especially the business men
believe in the saloon of the right sort.
That there has been too great a quan
tity of liquor consumed for the men
tal and moral welfare of the country
we know. The total abolition of the
saloon and the prohibiting of the sale
of liquors will not stop drinking. The
cost cuts no figure with the thirsty.
They who desire It will have it. The
only sane and civilised way to settle
the saloon and liquor question Is to
settle It in the same way that all great '
debatable questions should be settled
by arbitration and compromise.
Keep the saloon because it is
something that modern society wants
and Is willing to support -Eradicate
the obnoxious saloon by stringent laws
and license, and thus make the sa
loon business one not to be ashamed
of, for then none but men of moral
Worth and reputation could run a sa
loon. Then the saloon proprietor
could be as he should be, but as many
are not now, a business man among
business men, all working cooperative
ly for the betterment and upbuilding
of the community in which they are
and should be a part. Such regula
tion is within the power of the city
government, nd such regulation
would be gladly received by the better
class of men now In the liquor busi
ness. Will Reduce Cky's Income. '
Prohibition will reduce the city's
income over $26,000 annually. The
Official records of the city recorder's
office, for last year, show the follow
ing receipts and disbursements:
Current yearly expenses. . .$34,422.43
for
ITICAl EBITIi
Receipts.
From taxes 13,127.23
From liquor licenses 26,416.87
From fines and miscellan
eous items 10,626.80
Total receipts ..V....... $48,070.90
The city at the present time has a
bonded' Indebtedness of $295,000
bearing Interest at 6 per cent.
The taxable valuation of Pendle
ton's property Is $6,844,346 and the
city taxes are two and one-half mills,
the city's current expenses at $35,000
a year, and her bonded debt of
$295,000 at 5 per cent, the city must
raise the big sum of about $1,300,000 Or
$65,000 annually for all purposes. To
raise this sum by direct taxation alone
would necessitate a levy of one per
cent annually for 20 years.
The new state of Oklahoma which
was admitted to the union last year
as a prohibition state, has recently
gone "wet" and the state Itself is
opening saloons in every town and
city in the state. They are called
state dispensaries." It was, of
course, another case where prohibi
tion did not prohibit people from get
ting and drinking liquor, so the state
has taken the matter In hand, and
now not only Insltss that oly pure
liquors shall be used In Oklahoma,
but the state and municipalities will
receive a Just revenue from the traf
fic. Again It Is shown that prohibi
tion Is a failure wherever it has been
train. Central Committee.
Vote for the Increased appropriation
for the University of Oregon. Don't
brand Oregon as a "mossback" state.
Vote "yes" on election day. The bill
has been endorsed by all the Oregon
Commercial clubs, teachers assocla
lons, the State Federation of Labor
and the Taxpayers' league of Port
land. Consul-General James W. Ragsdale
of Tientsin, reports that a large horse
breeding and training place has been
established at Kalgan, chiefly for the
supply of horses for the Chinese ar
my, and It Is estimated that at least
20,000 good animals should be avail
able every year. The manager Is a
Chinese who has been studying horse
breeding in Japan.
Hi. 1.1 ELLIS
Republican Candidate for
Reelection to Congress
For 25 years a resident of Eastern Oregon
and knows its every need.
His past services in congress and his wide famil
iarity with the urgent needs of the district espec-,
ially fit him to serve the people well in Washington '
.
Congressman Ellis stands for liberal ap
propriations for river and harbor improve
ment and is enthusiastic in his support of
the open river movement in the inland
empire, by which freight rates from the
farm to the sea may be reduced.
He is in close touch with every section of the
state and is in position to secure legislation for
his state and is the logical man for the position.
He is the people's candidate, for congress as was
shown by his especially large vote in the primaries.
Vote for; Congressman Ellis
An Eastern Oregon Nan
PHELPS ENFORCES TILE LAW.
Fearless District Attorney Is Candi
date for Reelection.
After four years In the office of dis
trict attorney for Umatilla and Mor
row counties, Gilbert W. Phelps comes
before the people as the regular re
publican nominee for an endorsement
of his policies arid a second term.
Mr. Phelps needs no introduction
to the people of Umatilla and Mor
row counties, for those who do not
know him personally know him offi
cially. When elected Mr. Phelps said
he would enforce the laws and the
people know very well that he has
kept his word, for the laws upon the
statute books have been enforced.
If in the enforcement of these laws
Mr. Phelps has trampled upon the
toes of some people and thereby in
curred their enmity, it Is a tribute to
his qualities as an official for If the
people do not want the laws they
should be repealed, but so long as
they remain upon the statute books It
Is his duty to enforce them.
The success of criminal prosecu
tions In both counties has been uni
formly flattering. Mr. Phelps has not
filled the dockets with petty and un
certain cases, but has always thor
oughly investigated the charges and
has brought prosecution only in those
cases where the law had been clearly
violated and where violated and where
there was every reason to believe that
the prosecution would be successful.
In all other cases he has either in
duced pleas of guilty or dismissed the
charge, thereby saving the taxpayers
large sums of money for petty prose
cutions which could never amount to
anything more than acquittals.
He has conducted the office of dis
trict attorney fairly and Impartially,
recognizing neither friend nor enemy,
but giving to all that equality which
the law presumes. For those reasons,
and for many others, Mr. Phelps is en
titled to the support of the republicans
at the June election.
"BOB" BROWN FOR ASSESSOR.
Popular Deputy Clerk Seeks Import
ant Office.
Robert T. Brown, the republican
nominee for county assessor, is espe-
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dally well qualified to fill the office
he seeks. For four years he was a
deputy in the county assessor's office,
and for nearly four years has been
first deputy in the office of county
clerk.
Throughout his public career, Mr.
Brown has made a host of friends by
his courfeous and obliging manner.
In the primary election he received
the entire vote of his party and his
success in the election is already as
sured. Mr. Brown's friends are not asking
the voters to support him through any
motive of sympathy, but because
through his long service as a deputy
he has become eminently fitted to fill
the position and now deserves this
recognition at the hands of the peo
ple. Above everything" else, the assessor's
office requires a man upon whom no
shadow of suspfclon has ever come.
Mr. Brown has lived in Umatilla
county for over SO years and if famil
iar with property values in every por
tion of the county, and all who know
him will agree that there is not a
more careful, painstaking and con
scientious official at the court house
than "Bob" Brown.
Mr. Brown pledges equal and im
partial assesments of all property. -.
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