DRY TOWNS
NOT WEEDY.
' Mayor Matlock Proclaims
the Gospel of Dryness
at Oregon City, v
Oregon City, May 10. Mayot Matlock
of Eugene fin d another gun last evening
in the Clackamas County local option
campaign. A very enthusiastic audience
greeted the Mayor and loudly applauded
him in bis statements. He said in part:
"I come to you not as an orator hut
as a farmer of Lane County and by
good fortune, the mayor of Eugeoe. I
come not seeking political honors, be
cause my best days aie gone, but I
come in behalf of good government, the
elevation of character and good citizen
eliip. "Eugene went dry two years ago un
der very unfavorable circumstances.
The mayor of the cify at that time, a
man honest in his convictions and a
good man, too, was not in favor of y,
because lie honestly believed that there
was not sufficient public sentiment in
Eugene to make the law effective. Tuere
were predictions of failure on every
hand and it was said that our prosperity
would be trampled in the dust.
"But what are the facts abont Engene
today ? Instead of grass growing in the
streets we have paveJ miles ot them,
under prohibition. The eleven empty
saloon buildings were soon rented
Eueene prospered in spite of the loss of
oaloon revenue. The last two years
have seen the largest increase in busi
ness and money in banks, in fact, in
bank deposits Eugene stood at the head
the list in Oregon, leaving out Port-
We have better collections.
Factories and mills are running on full
time. Last year we put up from 200 to
300 dwellings, with an increase of popu
lation of 4,000.
"Let me give you a fair sample of
business prosperity in the case of my
own son. He was doing a business of
amount of capital necessary to give em
ployment to one wage earner, $2,377.
Capital invested io breweries, 82,138,
842. The wage earners that should Yp
employed by the breweries In proppr
of tlx
lanu.
The First
thing to consider in depositing money
in a bank is SECURITY. The capital
and surplus are the depositor's protection
funds. The
National
government superintends and examines
this bank. Our stockholders and direct
ors are responsible, well-to-do (business
men. This
Bank
has been established over 20 years, dur
ing which time it has served the bank
ing public faithfully and built up a large
and prosperous business. The best ser
vice possible is none too good for all our
customers and the people of
Heppner
Captal Stock . .
Surplus and Undivided Profits
Total Working Capital
Cash Shoe Store
The Place
to
Save Money
30,000 a Year. After the first year of lion to the capital invested in the State
prohibition it was increased to $45,000, is 900, but tbey actually employ but 151
the second year 8(S0,O0O, and this year or 749 persons less than they should as
it is larger than ever before. I compared to other industries
"The first year of prohibition we de-1 The wages gaid bv the manufactnring
creased our city debt by 82,000, besidea industries of Oregon in 1905 was $11,-
purchasing a site for a new citv park, 443,512. Average paid to individual
a team and chemical engine and hiring worker, 8018. The amount paid by the
an engineer and surveyor and all this at I breweries in propo:tion to the capital
au expense ot $12,000 over the last year, invested should have been $550,000,
No, the grass is not .growing in Eugene I Yet they paid the insignificant sum oi
streets; they were paved to the extent $136,905. . In fact they employ but two
of $15,000 worth during prohibition and per cent of the labor of this countrv.
this year we are making public improv- My wouldn't the laboring man miss
ements to the extent ot $15,000 and the them if that cnpital were invested in
building department bIiows that $83,000 some legitimate line of industry.
in permits was taken out in a month for suppose it were saw mills. Oregon
dwellings alone. has only five times as much capital in
"Eugene has two daily and three sawmills and yet employ 43 times as
weekly newspapers, and all ot them are many wage earners and pay 10 times as
prospering." much for raw material as the "gin mill"
' brewery. Our flour mills with less than
SOMETHING twice the capital give employment to
npQ. PONDER. OVER 2 time9 aB man'r was earners and
' expend 17 times as much for raw matei-
ial as do the breweries. With half a
Figures tO Refute Some million less capital the planing mills of
Claims bf the LiqUOr Oregon employ 7H times as many wage
j earners and pay three times as much for
interests. rftW material as the breweries. Our
creameries pay each year three t'mes
There is a great hue and cry raised by the amount as to invested capital for
tbe liquor interests about the number of raw material and our meat packing es-
people who will be thrown out of era- tablishments pay twice tbe amount of
ployment now de endent on tbe busi- invested capital. But our brewerien, so
ness and how much tbe farmers will necessary to thrift and prosperity, pay
lose by the shutting down tbe breweries, only a little more than half the amount
Hence the necessity of keeping "or. en of invested capital for raw material
shop." Lets notice briefly some figures Yes, Mr. Farmer, you would miss this
and see. glorious instiution the all important
In 1905 thero was invested in the I and all-necessary Jnstitntion, without
manufacturing industries in the State of which you and the state and the nation
Oregon $44,023,548. Wage earners em- would "bust." Oh think what it does
ployed by this capital were 18,523. ' The for you, not counting the loss of labor
land vexation that comes to you in ha
vest when vour men come to town and
get on a "whiz' and let yo t sweat for a
few days while your otop is bein dam
aged. That ia a small think: when we
consider the great privilege yon heve of
sel.ing the enormous amount of 5 tenths
of one per cent of your orops to tbe
breweries, besides the comfort you have
in tha know!eds that that glorious in
stitution is responsible fo' the lo s ot
1,373,000 live9 because of drink.
Yes, you need the salojn aud the
brewery mare than the labir. You
must have the money for that five tenths
of one per cent of yt ur crop even if you
lose the honor and manhood of your boys
and the virtue of your girls; and ha'f
of the remainder of your crop is lost be
cause of tho "whiz" your men insist on
getting on on Saturday nignis, Sundays,
Mondays and half of the week. Oh it is
glorious "aiu't it ?"
In fact we would all miss it. The
The laborer who would onlv have 900
chances for work instead of 151. The
tVin-T would miss his five tenths of ore
per cent of crop eold. The manufacturer
would mis four tenths of one per cent
of pales. We would nil miss the lovely
s.ueil iiH we pu-iH tho places where it
used to be. We would miss tbe greater
per cent of a l the suicides and 90 per
cent of the 10,000 mimlevs annually; To
per cent of all the crime. We would
miss ;5 000 fallen yiils, 100.00(1 Iramps,'
and 100,000 deaths from drink, the
1 200,000 di unkarda, oct-an1 of sorto.
noes end tears every year, het-i Je tie
privilege of paying eut 1,045 000,000 ioi
drii'k besides the boon of paying out
ureal :hunks of money foi the prosecu
tion of crime. Oh what wou'd we do
without the saloon.
Ciiah. II. Poktkk.
It is to , be remembered that
Cake was pue of tbe republicans
who bad the nerve to stand on a
Statement Xo. 1 platform when it
looked as though that meant de
feat; he stood for the popular
election of the United States
Senator whether it profited him or
not; Chamberlain has stood for it
because it was his sole chance of
ever landing the place.
The vast difference between be
ing pood because you hope it will
pay, and because it is right, repre
sents tbe difference between the
6tand of Chamberlain and Cake.
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Him ioiooLOjiiaLmaL
tO ShiJflL OTUL3T
V i
lEiIoirocBS
Minor Ik Go,
Reliable Merchants
$ 50,000.00
63,798.54
$113,798.54
Department Store
SIGN OF THE BOOT
Elmer Beaman
Successors to C. O. Huelat
Tom Mahoney is a Morrow
count v man and tins county is
certainly entitled to a representa
tive, lie knows our wants and he
is the iuhq that will work for u?
Well, thev (Jon't grow better men
tii an Tom.
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Mrs. Otto Mctschan returned to
her home in Portland, Sitnrdpy.
CJl ft..ni, n.i ,i A.l In lai cicfai1
'Miss Juanita Matlock, who will
make her home with Mrs. Mets
chan. rVonder if all these gamblers
and dope gentlemen have flocked
back to Heppner to vote for Shutt
and local option? ,
The ordinary employment of artifice in business is the
mark of a petty institution, guided by petty minds, and
it most always happens that they who use it to cover
themselves in one place, uncover themselves in another.
It o-ives us no small amount of pleasure to look back
upon our pst career with the knowledge that we nev
er attempted to gain business by deceit, and every
"kriock" o-jven us has been a "boost." The ones who
first supported us in our efforts to lower prices in Hepp
ner are still with us, because we have merited their
confidence, because the raxls were as repre-
sented and the prices were the lowest possible.
All lines of merchandise in our various de
partments are up to the past standard of ex
cellency and marked in plain figures, one
price to all. Especial attention has been
iven to our Ready to Wear Clothing;
YVe present to the men of Heppner a com
plete stock, embracing 42 different and dis
tinct patterns and all sizes from 48 stouts
down. Price and quality have both been
Kep t in mind. The
Sitits we are offering at -$10
to $15
will be a pleasant surprise to any one who has
not yot examined them.
Alwavs welcome at
Marquardsen's Department Store
Heppner, Oregon
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