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SPRINGFIELD IS
MERE GHOST OF
M-IHt btAbUN
GO TO ROSEBURG
AND SEE WRECK
DRYS HAVE MADE
Bank Deposits Fall Off Half Mil
lion Dollars in Dry Town
ASSESSMEiNTS"ilCII HIGHER
OLD BUSY CITY
Prohibition Makes Formerly
' HEAVY COST USED UP
FUNDS
Thriving Center Barren
BANK DEPOSITS $57,000 LESS
THE lll-JNI) III'MjKTIN, IIKKI), OHE WED.VKHIIAV, OCTOIIKK Sfl, Jf)i I,
f PUT YOUR I
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41 sW iLJsL JmmiHtj& 4MI HDH
a iiRiwHfiii .TU".' a u mi
H iVflsH ' "" ' ' r Hr BBr " WM HejjV
I UNO VOTE AIillNfi"at
l.iiiilliw-Hlnterrt C'nltloiiioii Form An
Mllht!oii-"Tlio DrM-luitct Itniiucr"
i Give Oilier ItoittM (if Intercut
ConccrnliiK Feilem! Forest.
Tho Soptomhor Issuo of "Tho l)oa
clllitoa UiuiKur" recently was Insuod
front (ho luonl (ifflM of tho Unltml
iHftlutf Jtaruat Horvleo. Komo of Itii
HibJoot nmttcr follow:
Tho mofit trying flro nenon for
yearn ondod with tho inld'Hoptoiiibor
rnlnn. On tho Dwoliuion nut) tho Dm
cliutoa division of tho 1'nullnn, wo
linvo hnd nioro Olmn (! flro than ilur
liiK iniy provlouH yoar. Two of Uimo
oover nronn of ovur 0,000 ncrus. otto
IibIik that In tho Pino Moun.
tnlli oo u n try inontloiiod In thn Inst
ran It lira "Ilnnirnr." ilia nllinr In T.
94 8.. ii. ia n., which occurred early
in nqiitviiii'ur. i iiu iiiihi iiiw njjmii
lia'a not been prepared but It U not
tltotmht that (ho ilnnmgo to Mniiilliijr
tliniifr tin been vary Krotit, oxennt
to ledgopola plno timber, n consld
wnulo fir en of which has beon burnod
oyor uloan. Tho must mgrottnblo
Tunttiro of tho season it that ro much
tiio n oy nml tlmo hnd to bo Mpont for
thn purpoKn which resulted In mi oh
llttln dlroct lionolU.
OwIiik to tho ahortntta of funds. It
won neevseary to Iny off tho antlrd
Torre of tomponiry inoti shortly aftar
Uio inlilillo of HoplQinlwr. Thn appro
prlntlon inndo by Cnm-rein for flro
llghtlnc for tho summer was all ox
ponded long before tho end of tho
flro acason. Expundlturna nfter thnt
lime woro mndo without any speolnl
fund to moot llmiii bo that tho do
llclt hnd to bo inado up from our
rexulrr nllotmontM. Aa n rciult nil
Improvement worV hn twin stopped
nml nil short term men imu on with
tho comlnit of tho flrt rains.
Tho malarial for tho Deschntca
Ulvor tolophono lino, which In plan
nod to connect (lend with Iloilnnd
Unnxcr Htntlou via IIIr Ulvor linn
xnr Hlntlon. la now on hnnd In llnnd
lnil unfnrttinnloly mi fund urn avail
nolo for completing; tho oonntruotlon
of tho linn At present. I'oaalhtn nr
Miwr'nnnt mny bo tnotlo to coiitploto
It with regular nnror Inbor momo
tlmo boforo Iho boKlnnlnx of tho noit
tr xuniMiri. Whoit romplotml this
vlll l tho trunk lino to which All
tho Forest Bnrvlco lines south of
1'end will bo nttnehod.
Tho ontllcmon In thn turltory bo
tweon l.nliUnw nnd B'stora mvn or
iranlied a Gnttlo UMorn' Association
cAvorlnx all of that uron. Thoy nrp
now preparing n constitution thnt
w meat tho provisions of tho Forest
Hervleo roRardlnir co-operntlon In tho
liikndllnR of rnnKo nintlora. This An.
nidation hopflR to Improve tho olnivi
of ntook In Hit territory nod Btninlnr
illto Iho breed no thnt nil uiors of
tho rfitiKo will bo benefitted. They
alio plnn on plaolns men on tho Na
tional Foreit range u.od by thorn noxt
nann to aeo thnt Iho stock la prop
rly distributed nnd salted nnd that
nil feed Is fully ullllxnd.
This la the second livestock as
itoclatlon of this kind that has been
formed In this ronton durlnit tho past
year, tho first ono being tho Upper
Desohutea Livestock Association,
whoso principal National Forest
raneo Is Crano Prairies.
i:vi:uv citiuk.v a n:oisnvnm
If you woro n mombor of tho Lck
Islaturc, how many of tho vicious,
business dcstroylufc blllc that nro nov
on tho ballot, would you voto for?
Wo nro nil loxlslatora In Oroxon, nnd
ns citizens voting to mnko laws, wo
nro under Junt na much obllKntlon to
mo good Judgment In voting for
moBturoN on tho bnllot. na wo would
1)0 If wo woro In tho Leglslnturo.
When a man goes Into tho booth No
vember 3rd to oast bis voto on theso
llntlntlvo bills, ho should bo Just ns
vonsoloutlous, oareful nnd thoughtful
of tho public wulfaro na ho would bo
If ho woro a mombor of tho I.esl
Itturo nnd the anmo bills ciwno up
thero to bo noted upon. Where you
don't know that a proposed law will
benefit tho atato as a whole, the only
rafo thing to do It to vote "NO."
Oregon Commorslal Protective As,
soclntlon, Yoon building, Portland
Oregon. Paid Advertisoent 3p
Is It Done RP?
If It ts, lt will enough alon nut un
Ims It 1 up to lbs msk In evary detail
corns and us.
L(JVV PRICES, DgTTDR SERVICE
Vend Steam Laundry.
AND DRY OliKANING
Put Your Dud
In Our Suds"
I (watjjijji ' '' ip
Two It!oc!(3 of Vacant Buildings Lino
Main Street in Mace of Busy Stores
Tim city of Springfield,
in ItH proHunt cobwebby,
HtnLMiiint condition, today
proHcnts a picture. nn com-
pnroil with its thriving,
bustling condition of n year
uiro, thut would inuke tho
nngolH weep. A your ngo
every -store wits filled Jind
crowdK of people thronged
itfl HtreotH. ICvery ineiThiuit
was making money, practi
cally everyone who wanton
work was employed, livery
one Keeiiied happy and con
tented except the prohibi-
tloniHtK.
Todny Bjtrinicfloltl looltH lllto a
iluxorlod villngo, IiiisIiicipi 1 pnr
nlyzctl, nnd "more thnti olnht or
tun people on its iniiln hired nt
nny ono time would nctunlly bo
llio oniup of oxclloini'iit. Yet
tho Commlttoo of Ono Ilundrod
says i "JJumIiipxh ia fine in dry
towns."
Sprlntffiuld went "dry" nt the
elootion InHt fnll, tho saloons
oiosiiiK Jnntmry 1,
Lot tho "dry" tell nil nbont
thoso "fino" business conditions
in Sprinfio!d nfter nlno months'
oporntion of their "btiainoa tho
orina." Althouah a much srosllar rlty thsn
Salem, the bank drpenlti In Hprlng.
flrld have fallen off In the Isit year
over 17,O00.
When Main street fisslly Is read
justed In the next month or two, prac
tically two hlaok of stare building on
fash tide of the Mrrrt west of the
Heutliern Paelfte trseks will be desert
ed, but "butltiM Is flue."
A rool entate tale Is unheard of and
would be imK)Mlb nn nny part of
Main street, but ''business It fine." ,
The HnrlneflpM, TojSRery, the lwst
Kent's fumljMng stere, is now being
elmcil nut by a receiver, but "business
Is fine."
The Ia I'm nee Confectionery Store,
one of the best In wet" dnys, has
closed out, lut "business Is fine."
O. V.'. Johnson's 1Iardwnr Htore, the
best of Its lino durlujt "wet" days,
nlresdy has been sold out by a re
ceiver, but business Is fine."
A. J. Henderson, the leading dry
goods merchant, occupied a double
store a year age. Today be occupies
but one stare and will tell you his
business Is "about half" what It was
a year ago, but "business is fino."
The city has run Into a 11,300 deficit
from an excess of expenditures over
Income, although thn "drya" pipmlteb
thai less police and court expenses
would make a surplus, If the people
would vote the 112,000 saloon licenses
out of business, but that's "floe busi
ness." The prohibitionists a year sgo prom
ised to reduce the tax lvy,""but have
Inerensed the levy this year by five
mills, but "business Is fine."
Not a foot of permanent street Im
provement work hss been done, ex
cept the construction of a small bridge
over a creek, and thnt was paid for by
a bond Issue. Htreets and sidewalks
are In a deplorable condition, and the
prohibitionists are now petitioning the
inunell to "doublo" the expense levy.
If the local taxpayers, but a few of
whom are "drys," voto down this pe
tition, the city confronts the same pos
ilblllty ss Oregon City, vis., the ap
iMntment of a receiver, but "business
Ij fine la dry towns."
rrehl Speaksr rined.
SEAHIDK. J. A. Adam, a prohibi
tion speaker and worker, served ent a
five dollar fina in the Beaslde jail for
Palling to obey the local ordinances
leguUtlns; street speaklpf. Adams,
Wh bessts of having been arrested Vi
limes sad of having served. 14 Jail sea
ieners, declares that he prefers jail
isntsaecs to paying fines, as they give
Km mere notoriety and enable him to
fraw larger audiences. Upon eomple
Ion of his Jail term here he left town
it ones,
That "prohibition is Rn INFWNGEMENT.ON PERSONAL LIIERTY' Mr. Wheeler admits it, word for word, in public print.
That "prohibition WILL NOT PROHIWT." Mr. WJieeler's admission proves his Committee of One Hundred is not trying to prohibit.
That "prohibition does not mean DRY OR.EGON."
That "prohibition would b a death Wow to the present healthy; growth of trat ttMrMc timt in the land." Mr. Wheeler's admission provesMt.
That "prohibition would let down the bars to BLIND WGGERS'and ROOT-LEGGERS, who would deal in fewUy eifceoctiows." The same law would
allow any blind pigger with a HOME to ship liquor "direct from some other state' to his own home, for tle blind pigger is as much of a "citizen"
as any other man or woman in Oregon. And the blind pigger, because he is not under inspection by federal, state or city officials, will make one
barrel of pure wine, beer or liqnor into a dozen barrels of poisonous beverages that will make a new generation of imWecUs, Mats and crimiMls
in Oregon.
Mr. Wheeler's three blundering admissions are the
alarming menace to tho state
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I REFERRED TO PEOPLmGJlVmLY
Fo sn Amendment ot Seclioa 2. Article U. Etc, Hff' ffi& frib Vota YES ot NO
For ComUlultonaJ Amcodiacnt ot Section 8. lZla$riEt& Viv-f1i,'9KKr ' v.- vrv TTTn
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TUTtfML 0HT HWsf Mm3tXjXt Ete, Vot9 YES or NO
I tuilJaiasl ley ftutherity eff !p. tmMARlJNf$i2LEl&irr HOtm BAY
Mj ROO VENTH-ATlftN Ismfar nEK& WORKERS, Eta, Vott Yes or NO
I wuusi ky JotTpTtiriHpjPnoIilBmOH COFiCTITU- I
I TI0HAL Af&EmKriYt Etc., vOM yes no m
I 333 X HO I
CoosUluilonsI Amendment talUatcl by Paul Turner, etCv-AllOUSIILNC DEAni PENALTY, etc. Volt YES or Nn I
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JOKES IN "DRY" AMENDMENT
ADMITTED BY "DRYS"
Big Blunder in Misleading "Prohibition" Campaign is Made
J. E. WHEELER, CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED
ADMITS IN PUBLIC PRINT
That Prohibition is AN INFRINGEMENT ON PER
SONAL LIBERTY.
That the word "DISTRIBUTION" was DELIBER
ATELY LEFT OUT OF the proposed "prohibition"
That "ANY CITIZEN" may ship liquor "diretf from
some other state" into "his own home,"
Every claim made by the Anti-Prohibition fo;cj
against the proposed prohibition amendment in Oregon
is confessed in the three above admissions.
The Anti-Prohibition
Can any intelligent voter fail to se$ the "Jokers?"
VOTE 333 X NO and
r(IAII ADVUUTI8EMBNT, TAXPAYERS & WAGE BANNERS' LEAGUE
'sTHjasjami r- m Am imMBiP
lOf-tiTflB-sUbSi VSE-ilhP 8 J .Sir I
forces have steadfastly maintained:
test three reasons why his
put an end to this
misnamed, raiskaimj "prohibition amendment'
prohibition agitation.
OP OHEGON, PORTLAND, ORE.)
Heal Estate Offered for Sale at Less
Than Valuation But No Didders
The Committee of One Hundred
ttys:
"It yotl want to find out whot
dry Oregon will do for Oregon, &
to Hoi'MirK and ee what dry
Koebiirj; has nucotnplMied."
Here 'a what it hm done.
It bas cut down the bank depost's
by over $500,000, In spite of tlw
fast that there are now four banks
to the two In existence when Rose
burg had licensed taloons, and that
the population has increased in pro
portion to the settling up of South
ern Oregon by new settlers and Im
migration. When Roicburg had licensed ta
loons the tax levy, an ore-third of
the valuation was two mills. Since
Roseburg has gone dry th: tax levy
has varied from eight to ten mill
on a full valuation; and In addition
occupstlon taxes have been steadily
Increased.
The Committee of One Hundred
boasts that dry Roseburg has erected
a 5115,000 hotcL The hotel was
erected In 1913, stood Idle and ten
antless for fcur months, and wr.J
rescued from the bankruptcy court
by liberal business nven of tbe city,
among whom were E. L. Parrot, C.
W. Parks, Joseph MIcelll, "A.N. Or
colt and Henry Hart, ell of whom
are radically opposed to a dry town.
The Committee of One Hundred
also boasts of the armory aa an
achievement. The armory was built
by state, county and city funds com
bined, and is not yet completed.
Over 140 leading business mm
have signed a petition calling for a
local option election in Roseburg this
year, and such an election v!!l be
held.
Many empty store buildings are to
be found on the leading business
streets a condition that never ex
isted when Roseburg bad licensed
saloons. Scores of dwelling houses
are vacant for the first time In fthe
history of the city.
John Hunter, a leading contractor
and formerly a supporter of the drys.
Is now advertising in Roseburg pa
pers: -i .-
Business block for sale v.
for $500 lets .than present as
sessed valuation.
Another property owner has of
fered four parcels of Inside prop
erty for sale at less than the as
sessed valuation, and has not even
received a tender.
One of the leaders of the dry
forces In Roseburg is a man who as
a former agent of the Albany brew
ery made his fortune, and who to
day is the owner of a drug store.
He was at one time prominent In
politics, was repudiated by the vot
ers of Douglas County, and Is now
ssld to be seeking to place lieuten
ants in office through the dry move
ment. Beggars are common on the streets,
and many poor families are appeal
ing to the local bankers for aid.
And yet the Committee of One
Hundred says:
"If you want to find out what Ore
gon dry will do for Oregon go to
Roseburg and see what dry Roseburg
has accomplished."
tmir
EUGENE,
Lane County' "motfe!" prohibi
tion city, and the seat of the
state university, is
NOT A -DRV TOWN,
From January 1 to October I
of this year there were shipped
Into Eugene 103.437 QUARTS
OF DEER.
From January t to October I
of this year there were shipped
Into Eugene 3,490 QUARTS OF
I,H2UQK. -. J "
vOf this amount there wentto
one drug store 524 Q'UARTS OF
LIQUOR,
Express company records show
these figure's.
IS. EUGENE "DRY"?
VOTE 335 X NO. '
IS fill