T H E W A S H IN G T O N C O U N T Y N E W S . F O R E S T
Pag« T w o .
GROVE,
O R E ., J U N E
26. 1903.
m ands a t all tim es th e s tric t enforce
m ent of prohibitory law ? if you really
desire to have a sober city, ra ise a
purse and lure th e o p erato rs of your
T he Forest Grove liquor license issue
blind tig ers to place th e ir booze on
makes tim ely tw o classics, fro m d iffe r
th e sidew alk in buckets, accom panied
ent standpoints, which appear below.
by tin dippers and signs, "H elp your
The th ird a rticle is a local co n trib u
selves—fu n erals fu rn ish ed free.” Men
tion, which is equally p ertin ent.
would th en run aw ay from th e very
sm ell of th e stuff w ho now sneak up
IN G E R S O L L ON A L C O H O L .
I am aw are th a t there is a p re ju dirty alleys and pay 15 cen ts for the
dice a g a in st an y m an who m an u fac privilege of poisoning them selves.
The Prohiu d ecla re th a t 999 out of
tu re s alcohol. I believe th a t from th e
tim e it issues from th e coiled and pois j every 1000 crim es a re caused by liquor.
onous w orm in th e distillery u n til it Suppose th is to be tru e, though th e
em pties in to th e Jaws of d eath , d is sta tistic s do not say so. Does it tak e
honor and crim e, it dem oralizes ev ery th e cussedness o u t of liquor to drive
body th a t touches it, from its source it from th e fro n t room into the back
to w here it ends. I do not believe alley? Is it not a fact th a t the w orst
anybody can con tem p late th e o b ject brand of “fighting booze” is dispensed
I w ithout being prejudiced a g a in s t the at the illicit doggery?
T ie g re a t cry of th e P ro h is is, “ Save
liquor crim e. All we have to do, gen
from
tlem en, is to th in k of th e w reck s on ! the boys; rem ove tem p tatio n
e ith e r b an k o f th e stre am of d e ath , of th eir p a th .” W ell, th a t's all rig h t, if
th e suicides, o f th e insanity, of the you've got a p u tty boy. If you w ant
ignorance, of th e d estitu tio n , of th e to keep your boy from filling a d ru n k
little children tu g g in g a t th e faded ard 's grave, begin by g ettin g a sure-
and w ithered b re a s t of w eeping and enough boy—one w hose brain-pan lies
d esp airin g m others, o f w ives ask in g above in stead of below his ears. T hen
for b read, of th e m en of genius it has raise him right. D on’t tell him th a t
w recked, th e m en stru ggling w ith im every m an w ho sells liquor is an em
ag in ary se rp e n ts, produced by th is , issary of hell, and th a t every man
devilish th in g ; and when you th in k of who d rin k s is a w orthless sot. If you
th e jails, of th e alm shouses, of th e do, h e ’ll soon find o u t th a t you a re a
I asylum s, of th e prisons, of th e sc a f liar w ithout sufficient in telligence to
folds upon e ith e r bank. I do not w on build a dangerous falsehood, and h e ’ll
d e r th a t every thoughtful m an is tak e off the m uzzle. Tell him the tru th
prejudiced a g a in st th is dam ned stuff and th ereb y re ta in h is confidence. Tell
caiied alcohol. In tem p eran ce cu ts him th a t liquor is a p re tty good thing
down youth in its w eakness. It b re a k s to let alone, but th a t m illions of b e tte r
th e fa th e r’s h e a rt, bereaves th e dot men th an his daddy have d ran k It and
ing m other, ex tin g u ish es n a tu ra l affec lived and died so b er and useful citi
tion, e ra se s conjugal love, blots out zens.
1 have been ask ed why, if a s much
filial a tta c h m e n t, blights p a re n ta l
hopes, b rin g s down m ourning ag e in liquor is sold u n d er P rohibition as
sorrow to th e grave. It produces w eak under high license, the salo o n ists in
ness, n o t stre n g th ; sickness, no* sist upon co n trib u tin g to th e public
health ; d eath , not life. It
m akes revenues. T he a n sw e r’s dead easy.
w ives w idow s; children o rp h a n s ; The m en w ho en g in eer blind tig ers
fa th e rs fiends; an d all of them pau vote th e P rohibition ticket. T hey con
p ers an d beggars. It feeds rh eu m a trib u te to the cam paign fund. They
tism , inv ites cholera, im ports pesti- help pay the fees of th e cold-w ater
j lence and em b races consum ption. It spouters. More liq u o r is sold under
covers th e land w ith idleness, m isery P rohibition th a n u n d er high license,
and crim e. It fills your jails, supplies because of m a n ’s n a tu ra l h an k erin g
your alm shouses, and d em ands your for forbidden fru its ; but it is sold by
asylum s. It e n g en d ers co n tro v ersies, a different class of men an d is a dif
fo ste rs q u a rre ls and cherish es rio ts. feren t class of booze. It is sold by
It crow ds your p e n ite n tiaries an d fu r chronic la w b reak ers, by men who have
n ish es victim s fo r your scaffolds. It little to lose, by toughs for whom the
T he man
Is th e life blood of th e gam bler, th e | bat-oage has no te rro rs .
elem ent of th e bu rg lar, th e prop of | who is capable of stra d d lin g an un
th e highw aym an and su p p o rt of the licensed keg of bug juice in a back
m idnight incen d iary . It co u n ten an ces I room and ladling out liquid hell to
th e liar, re sp e c ts th e thief, esteem s I little boys is q u ite n atu rally in favor
th e blasphem er. I t vio lates obliga of P rohibition. A m an of re sp e c ta
tion. rev eren ces fraud an d honors bility, and w ho is fincncially respon
infam y.
It defam es benevolence, sible for offenses, d esires to keep
h a te s love, sco rn s v irtu e and sla n d e ts w ithin th e lim its of th e law. T h a t’s
innocence. It in cites th e fa th e r to the reason th a t resp ectab le saloon men
b u tc h e r his h elpless offspring, helps i are th e enem ies of P rohibition.
L egalize th e sale of liquor and you
th e h usband to m a ssacre h is w ife and
th e child to grind th e p arricid al ax. It», «3)1 h av e som e crim e, no doubt. You
b u rn s up m en. consum es w om en, de will have p au p ers and crim inals to
te s ts life, cu rse s God, d espises heaven. provide for, but you'll have a revenue
It su b o rn s w itn esses, n u rses p erjury, to help b e a r th e b u rth en s. Prohibit
defiles th e ju ry box and sta in s judicial it an d you'll have th e b urdens w ithout
erm ine. It d eg rad es th e citizen, de th e revenue. P e rm it its sale and you
bases th e leg islato r, d ishonors the will hav e law -abiding citizens engaged
sta te sm a n and d isarm s th e p a trio t. It in th e traffic, m en w ho will try to
b rin g s sham e, n o t honor; m isery, not m ak e it decent, w ho will ta k e a pride
sa fe ty ; d esp air, n o t hope; m isery, not in th e p u rity of th e ir w ares and the
hap p in ess, and w ith th e m alevolence o rd erlin e ss of th e ir p laces; p rohibit it
of a fiend It calm ly surveys its frig h t and you will hav e a lot of law -breakers
ful desolation an d u n sa tia te d havoc. on th e one h and selling slum gulllon
It poisons felicity, k ills peace, ru in s m ad e of cheap chem icals and general
m orals, b lig h ts confidence, slaps repu cu ssed n ess, and a gang of spies and
tatio n s. and w ipes o u t n atio n al honor, Inform ers on th e o th er stirrin g up
th e n cu rses th e w orld and laughs at s trife an d en ta ilin g costly litigation.
P ro h ib itio n does not accord w ith the
its ruin. It does all th a t a n d m ore.
It m u rd e rs th e soul. It Is th e sum 1 genius of th is govern m en t and w her
of all v illainies, th e fa th e r of all ev er trie d it h a s proven an expensive
crim es, th e m o th e r of all ab om ina failure, an a r r a n t fraud.
tions. th e d ev il's b est friend.
Pro and Con
will be celebrated at
Follow ing the G. A. R. Reunion, w hich w ill be held at the same place,
June 30 to July 3. It w ill be th e biggest and best ever held in W ash
ington County.
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Grand Parade
Through the streets to N a y lo r’s Grove, w ill s ta rt at 10 A. M. and
w ill consist of B A N D , C A R O F S T A T E . G O D D ES S O F
L IB E R T Y ,
Secret O rders In U n ifo rm , F lo ats and Citizens on foot and in c a r
riages.
A P H IL O S O P H E R ON P R O H IB IT IO N
HON.
Binder Hermann
Congressman of F irs t Oregon D istrict.
In the afternoon there w ill be
Sports, Games, Contests
And all m anner of amusements.
F or fu ll p articu lar« see sm all bills,
j A B rillia n t Display of
Fireworks
tn th e E vening.
Come out and enjoy an old-fashioned celebration.
T H E L E G A L S ID E O F T H E L IC E N S E
Q U E S T IO N .
S trip p ed of all Its superfluous tra p
E d ito r T h e N ew s: An article h a .
pings, th e th e sis of P ro h ib itio n Is
sim ply th is : "Som e men d rin k to ex ap p eared in th e F o rest G rove Tim es,
c e ss; th e re fo re no one should be p er ad d ressed “T o th e C itizens of F o rest
m itte d to d rin k a t all. T h e hum an G rove," an d signed by W. M. I.angley,
race m u st re v e rse Its in h e re n t tastes an old and resp ected citizen of this
and tim e-honored h ab its le s t some city, w hich, w ere it not for th e fact
wild-eyed ja y go on a ja g .” T he ques th a t Mr. L angley seem s to be a tta c k
tio n a t issue, th e rid d le fo r us to ing th e legality o f th e o rdinance pro
u n rav el, Is sim ply th is: “Can we afford posed to be p assed by th e council of
to sacrifice hum an lib erty to save the th is city, and fo r th e fu rth e r fact th a t
so ts ? Is th e gam e w orth th e candle, 1 it is now g en e ra lly know n by th e
and if we b u rn th e candle will w e win ' citizen s of th is beautiful little college
city th a t th e und ersig n ed drafted the
th e g am e?”
T h e P ro s a ss u re you th a t P ro h ib i said o rd in an ce, w e would not atte m p t
tio n p ro h ib its. I t does. It p rohibits to an sw e r o r to m ak e any statem en t
th e sale o f liquor and supplies its place ' in reg ard to it.
B oth of th e w rite rs o f th is article
w ith coffin-paint. It p ro h ib its th e sale
of good. Ice-cold beer and gives us a re v ery g re a tly opposed to th e saloon
forty-rod bug-juice. T heories a re not | business, and n e v e r p atro n ize or sup
w orth a c o n tin en tal w hen slam m ed up p o rt in an y w ay such in stitu tio n s, and
ag a in st a condition
W h at I h e a r I if th e w hole liquor traffic could be
ta k e w ith a g ra in of sa lt; b u t w h at 1 blotted out of existence w e would be
| as g re a tly pleased a s any one. B ut
see th a t I do know.
W h ere high license p rev ails you if any liquor a t all is to be sold, we
h av e a saloon c o n trib u tin g to th e rev j would fa r p re fe r to see a clean, li
en u es of th e n atio n al and local gov censed saloon, ru n by a self-respecting
ern m en t. W ith p rohibition you have citizen of th is tow n, th a n to have
h a lf a dozen unlicensed and u n reg u 1 co n tin u e th e conditions w hich are
lated doggeries selling rot-gut to j claim ed to e x ist in th is city. F u rth er,
school boys and co n trib u tin g n o t one we w ould d e sire th e ord in an ce rigidly
cent to th e public revenues. T he cost enforced, w hich would re s u lt in th e
of your c o u rts h a s Increased, drunk- closing of e v ery dive, stop th e Illicit
rn n r s a Was n ev er so com m on, braw ls sale o f liquor, stop tl»e farce of ad v er
tisin g th ts as a d ry tow n, and result
noyer so freq u en t.
H ave Too y et to learn th a t a law In a g re a te r see p o rt for o « - city.
oafcnot
he enforced th a t la ‘n o t etead-
I agni
In reg ard to th is o rd in a n c e : W e
ipheld b y public opinion? And do w ere requeated to In v estig ate th e au-
yci» ' Slot know th a t th ere is no tow n 1 th o ritte s of th le and o th e r states' as
| to w hether, u n d e r section T o f article
o t any size w h ere public opinion
6 of th e c h a rte r of th is city and u n d er
th e w ords "su p p ress, reg u late and
prohibit,” th e a u th o rity to license th e
sale of into x icatin g liquors w as given
to th e city council.
A fter an exhaustive search of the
rep o rts o f th ts and o u te r sta te s, as
well as th e federal rep o rts, we w ere
forced to th e opinion th a t th e council
could licen se as a convenient and ef
fective m eans of reg u latin g the liquor
traffic—a n d we will give you in p a rt
o u r au th o rity for th is position.
T he council of th e city of St. 1-ouL
w as em pow ered by m unicipal c h a rte r
to "re g u la te baw dy h o u ses” by o rd i
nance. A license w as g ran ted , under
an o rdinance, to baw dy houses, and
th e suprem e court su stain ed the a u
th o rities. (54 Mo. 34.)
In th e city of P ortland the council
w ere au thorized to "reg u late w ash
houses.” The council im posed a li
cense and Ju d g e M. P. Deady said
they had th e a u th o rity to do it. (22
Fed. Rep. 702.)
O th er a u th o rities exam ined w ere
along th e sam e lines. All law yers a re
forced to "su b m it” th a t au th o rity such
as th e federal co u rts and the suprem e
co u rts m u st ta k e precedence as
a g a in st a m ere cu rb sto n e opinion.
So fa r a s criticism s in reg ard to
drug sto re s a re concerned, we have
th is to say: T h at th ey a re not to be
th e only judges of w h eth er the sale is
fo r m edicinal, m echanical, scientific
o r sacram en tal purposes, b u t certain ly
a person should not be forced to go
into a saloon to p u rch ase alcohol fo1-
m echanical o r scientific purposes, or
your w ife o r d au g h ter o r th e a u th o r
of the appeal “To th e C itizens of F o r
e st G rove" be com pelled to visit such
places to procure any of the “forbidden
liq u id s'’ for m edicinal p urposes; or the*
deacon o r m in ister to invade the dram
shop to p u rch ase w ine for sacram en tal
purposes. T he law will tak e care of
th e d ru g sto re th a t m akes u n a u th o r
ized sales of liquor of any kind.
B ut w e are not defending the drug
sto res. W e would be glad to cut it
all out. b u t ce rta in ly a visit to a drug
gist for such liquors as may be neces
sary fo r m edicine o r m eehanica! p u r
poses would be m uch p referab le to us
than th e grog shop.
T his article is p rep ared in th e b est
of hum or and w ith th e firm ly-rooted
d esire th a t only th e b e st th in g for
our city may be done, and we a re
not d esiro u s of influencing any citizen
to vote for o r a g a in st th is ordinance,
but we do desire th a t each study the
whole m a tte r carefully and vote as
his conscience m ay d irect and for th e
b e st in te re sts of our city. R espectfully,
H O LLIS & H AW KS,
A tto rn ey s a t Law.
T he C rescent M ills is
c en ts fo r w heat.
paying
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C O U N T Y N IN E B E A T S P O R T L A N D .
S tephens A ddition Sunday aftern o o n
on th e F o rest G rove grounds fell an
easy prey to W ashington
C ounty's
baseball all-star agg reg atio n , by a
score of 7 to 11. I t w as a hotly con
te ste d gam e from the s ta r t; n eith er
side scored for several innings, but
finally W ashington C ounty broke the
spell by bringing in fo u r ru n s in the
th ird inning. A lthough th e lads from
P ortland w ere in best of condition and
did good w ork in th e field, they could
not use the stick, as B issaillons, who
w as in th e box, w as too m uch for
them .
T he eighth Inning brought a dow n
pour of tallies fo r both sides, W ashing
ton C ounty 7, and S tephens 5, when
the gam e had to be called on account
of th e P o rta n d e rs leaving on th e a fte r
noon tra in . T h e score th en stood 7
to 11.
T h e line-up w as:
S tep h en s Add.
W ash. Co.
L. A nderson , , , . c f ................... H atch
D E A T H O F M RS. T H O S . A. B R O W N .
Mrs. L ydia B row n, wife of T hos.
H. Brown, died a t h e r hom e in F o re st
G rove on S aturday, Ju n e 20th. F u
n eral serv ices w ere held Sunday by
a husband and tw o d au g h ters. S h e
w as th e d a u g h ter of Abel and E liza
Reed, w as born a t W hite Hill, N ew
Jersey , m arried a t N ew ton, Iowa, iu
1884, a n d cam e to O regon ten y e a rs
ago. She h as been a m em ber of th e
M ethodist church s'n c e 1874.
C rescent Mills Pay 75 cen ts for w h eat
A lbert D ethlefs shipped two ca rlo a d s
of hay M onday to A storia.
Rev. A. LeM iller, of C edar Mill, w as
elected a t the P o rtlan d S tate biennial
convention la s t w eek S ta te S p iritu al
D irector of th e C atholic O rder of F o r
esters.
Supt. F ields, of th e S. P. railw ay, in
his special tra in w as out Monday and
inspected th e condensed m ilk factory.
H e th o u g h t F o rest Grove w as all rig h t,
w ith a b rig h t fu tu re. A nother special
w ith Mr. W illis of San F rancisco w ent
up T uesday.
IN F O R M A T IO N FOR F A R M E R S .
Periods of Gestation and Incubation.
W eeks. D ays.
343
M are ...................
343
Je n n e t ............... ........................49
285
Cow ..................... .......................40
22
154
E v e ...................
115
Sow ................... .....................16
62
Bitch ................... .......................9
50
C at ..................... ....................... 7
30
Goose .................
T urkey .............
28
30
28
Peafow l ............
21
C hicken ............
Pigeon ...............
18
C nnary ...............
13
P IO N E E R S
IN
PO RTLAND.
W ashington county w as well re p re
sented a t th e reunion
in P o rtla n d
Ia n w eek, forty-four nam es ap p earin g
on th e reg ister.
Mrs. A. B ird, H illsboro; C. T. Pom
eroy, C ed ar M ills; Mrs. A. H ill, G as
to n ; Mrs. M ary Moore. H illsboro; M rs,
EHiza teth M anning, LTillshoro; M rs.
F ran ces W ilcox A rchibald, H illsb o ro ;
Mrs. M. A. Pow ers. H illsboro; A. H .
G arrison, H illsboro, Mrs. E unice W al
ker, F o re s t G rove; A. B. F indley, Ce
d a r M ill; Mrs. E dw ard Byron, T u a la
tin ; Mrs. E lizab eth W illiam s, H ills
boro; Mrs. M ary W alker, H illsb o ro ;
Mrs. Lizzie Schute, H illsboro; M rs. H .
W ehrung, H illsboro;
W illiam K ane,
F o rest G rove; T hom as Roe, F o re s t
G rove; N. J. W alker, F o re st G rove;
E dw ard Byrom, T u a la tin ; Mrs. J. E .
M cConnell Sherw ood; Mrs. S. J. F in d
ley C ed ar Mill; N. McConnell, S h er
wood; Isaac Ball, T u alatin ; Sam uel
M atheny, G aston; M rs. M ary A. B all,
T u a la tin ; Mrs. N. B. M eN am er, F o r
est G rove; Mrs. E. E nnes, H illsb o ro ;
Mrs. Jo h n Sw eek. T u alatin ; C h arles
G. A ckerm an, T ig ard sv ille; Mrs. M ary
Daily, H illsboro; M. S. Daily, H ills
boro; Mrs. P hoebe K indt, K in to n ;
Mrs. Ira E. P urnin, F o re s t G rove; H .
W ehrung, H illsboro; Mrs. M arg aret
Ball, T u a la tin ; H e n rie tta M. P om eroy,
C edar M ills; Mrs. E lizabeth Y oung,
C edar M ills; M arth a Brown, F o re s t
G rove; Mrs. R. M. H ess, S herw ood;
Mrs. W . R. B arre tt, H illsboro; E. S .
Jack so n . H illsboro; T. W. T hom pson,
H i'lsboro.
E verybody h as been w ondering la te
ly how T he B azar, in F o re s t G rove,
could sell org an s and pianos c h e a p e r
th a n th e sam e in stru m e n t could b e
had in P o rtlan d , b u t it is easily u n d e r
stood w hen a person stops to c o n sid er
th e trem en d o u s ren t, clerk h ire and
o th e r expenses th e big P o rtlan d h o u ses
have to p u t up w ith.
•
F rye ..........
B lakley . . . . ........ l b ..
B ak er ........ ........ r f . . .
Jo n es .......... ........ 3 b . . .
S. T. CROW
A. A nderson . . . . 2 b . . .
REAL ESTATE AGENT
B rook .........
Buys and sells farm s an d tim b er la n d .
H u rlb e rt . . . ...........P . . .
W ashington C ounty. . 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7— 11 City and C ountry P roperty.
P o rtlan d Office: 85 N. 6th S t. P. D.
.................0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 — 7
S tephens
S tep h en s—B ase on balls 1, stru c k H en d ersh o tt, Mgr.
F o rest Grove.
out 5. W ashington C ounty—B ase on
b alls 1, stru c k out 5, tw o-base h its 6.
J. A. Abbott
P a in t up and b e up-to-date. T h at
m eans g ettin g your p ain ts, oils, lead.
v a rn ish and enam el of J. H. W estco tt. |
. . Seeds — T im othy and Clover, a t W .
R. H icks.
Mayne A b b o tt
E x p ert O ptician.
Abott db Son
Watchmakers
&
T h e City Council a t a special m eet
ing la s t night ap pointed officers for the
Jewelers
special license election: Judges, J . A.
A bbott, Jo h n M cN araer and J . A.
R epairing and Engraving.
S trip lin . C lerks, W. T. F le tc h e r and C.
C. H a rris. D eputy m arsh al for elec.- j L a rg e st stock in th e county of C locks,
W atches, Jew elry . Silverw are, S ociety
tion day. T. J. H arris.
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I E m blem s and T oilet T rin k e ts,9
. .
C has H a rtru m p f is critically Ilf a n * j Alt w ork w a rran ted .
a co n su ltatio n of d octors h a s been • G lasses fitted.
You can buy w hat you w ant and p ay
held.
^
a little a t a tim e if preferred.
M rs. K. J. W ard an d fam ily a re vlslt-
lûf a t P ike. , ,
F O R E S T G i- IO V E , O R E G O N