TIIK G.7, FTT FT ( M KS. HFPPXFK. ORK... Till ltSIV. KT. 1014
pa;f. TIIKEE
GO TO ROSEBURG
AND SEE WRECK
DRYS HAVE MADE
Bank Deposits r all Off Half Kil-
lion Dollars in Dry Town
ASSESSMENTS" MICH HIGHER
Real Estate Offered for Sale at Less
Than Valuation Dut No Bidders
The Committee of One Hundred
says:
"If you want to find out what
dry Oregon will do for Oregon, go
to lJost'lnifg ami see what dry
Koselntrg has accomplished."
Here's what it lias done.
It his cut down the bank deposits
by over 5500,000, in spite of the
fact t.tat there are now four banks
to the two in existence when Rose
burg had licensed saloons, and that
the papulation has increased in pro
portion to the settling up of South
ern Ofegon by new settlers and im
migration. Vhe Roseburg had licensed sa
loons tv tax bvy, on one-third of
the valuation was two mills. Since
Roseburg has gone dry the tax levy
has varied from eight to ten mills
on a full valuation; and in addition
occupation taxes have been steadily
increased.
The Committee of One Hundred
boasts that dry Roseburg has erected
a $115,000 hotel. The hotel was
erected in 1913, stood idle and ten
antless for four months, and was
rescued from the bankruptcy court
by liberal business men of the city,
among whom were E. L. Parrot, C. -V.
Parks, Joseph Micelli, A. N. Or
cott and Henry Hart, all of whom
are radically opposed to a dry town.
The Committee of One Hundred
also boasts of the armory as an
achievement. The armory was built
by state, county and city funds com
bined, and is not yet completed.
Over 140 leading business men
have signed a petition calling for a
local option election in Roseburg this
year, and such an election will be
held.
Many empty store buildings are to
be found on the leading business
streetsa condition that never ex
isted when Roseburg had licensed
saloons. Scores of dwelling houses
are vacant for the first time in the
history of the city.
John Hunter, a leading contractor
and formerly a supporter of the drys,,
is now advertising in Roseburg pa
pers: Business block for sale
for $500 less than present as- -sessed
valuation.
Another property owner has of
fered four parcels of inside prop
erty for sale at less than the as
sessed valuation, and has not even
received a tender.
One of the leaders of the dry
forces in Roseburg is a man who as
a former agent of the Albany brew
ery made his fortune, and who to
day is the owner of a drug store.
He was at one time prominent in
politics, was repudiated by the vot
ers of Douglas County, and is now
said to be seeking to place lieuten
ants in office through the dry move
ment. Beggars are common on the streets,
and many poor families are appeal
ing to the local bankers for aid.
And yet the Committee of One
Hundred says:
"If you want to find out what Ore
gon dry will do for Oregon go to
Roseburg and see what dry Rojeburg
has accomplished."
EUGENE,
Lane County's "model" prohibi- '
tion city, and the seat of the 1
state university, is '
NOT A "DRY" TOWN.
From January 1 to October 1 '
of this year there were shipped '
into Eugene 102,457 QUARTS '
OF BEER.
From January 1 to October 1
of this year there were shipped
into Eugene 3,-190 QUARTS OF
LIQUOR.
Of this amount there went to
one drug store 524 QUARTS OF
LIQUOR.
Express company records show
these figures.
IS EUGENE "DRY"?
VOTE 333 X NO.
y pus vwk I
1 m mM i Iff!
For Representative in Congress ' Jr Vote 'r "
12 JOHN DOE jrtjgg iff
13 RICHARD ROE ..ffiNjffi J J
For United States Senator TpT S jJ Vote for One
19 RICHARD ROE ' jffi' jfffi"
For Governor A ' Vote tor One
22 JOHN DOE fw Vy
23 RICHARD ROE Jt
- REFERRED TO PEOPLaLEGJgrf IV$gfcStoBLY
Fo- an Amendment of Section 2, Article 11 Etc, JsTK Vo" YES N
300 Yes Jhjtf jjk
For Constitutional Amendment ot Section 8, Et4$&jBty JjTdjfv Vote YES or NO
302 Yes jv?;
For Amendment of Section 6, Etc, t)!?flJ YES or NO
Initiated by airthortty of m S6"1- COMTV
TUTIOWAL EISKT Cjml '8" Vow YES or NO
Initiated bj airBwrrly of fors. ljLtlkamj HOUR DAY
and ROOM VENTiLATiOW J 1 FUnWORKERS, Etc, Vots YES or NO
323 No
wtiated by J.MP h. J PROHIBITION CONSTITU
, TIONAL AMEK nlT, Etc., vo yes or no
332 ' Yes
333 X Kfl
ConatMutional Amendment initiated by Paul Turner, etc,-ABOLISlUNG DEATH PENALTY, etc, Vo YES or NO
334 Yea ; ,
335 No
livn '" "' 1 m turn ' ' " " . ..n . I, i . - i i i ... .
UOOU RIVER lii;Uti STORES find
'iilHNLiS IS FINE,"
in. DDry" Amend-"
mmt AdmiEled by wD)y,,
Big blunder in misleading 'prohibition campaign is made
J. E. WHEELER, CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMITTEE OFONE HUNDRED
ADMITS IN PUBLEC PRINT
That Prohibition is AN INFRINGEMENT OF
PERSONAL LIBERTY.
That the word "DISTRIBUTION" was DELIB
ERATELY LEFT OUT of the propsed "pro
hibition" amendment.
That "ANY CITIZEN" may ship liquor "direct
from some other state" into "HIS OWN
HOME."
Every Claim Made by the Anti-Prohi-hibition
Forces Against the Proposed
Prohibition Amendment in Oregon is
Confessed in the Three Above Admissions.
Grr.vl Jury in
f.iuch Liquor
I!rv
Tonn Says Too
-iiaps Doctora.
Hood River is one of the "dry''
tVUi that tl:e Committee of One
fTundred !;airi't siii anything about.
But "busineis is iire" there too, es
pecially in the drug stores. The Oc
tober grsr.d jury spent some days
looking irio the matter, and reported
on it. In fact about all the grand
jury did was to probe the liquor sit
uation in "dry" Hood River, thus
Emending the taxpayers' money to
discover if prohibition prohibited.
This it what they found out, as
ret forth in their formal report to
the Circuit Court on October 6, 1914:
"Nearly all of the time of the
grand ji: ry has been taken up with
consideration of alleged violations of
the local ootion law within this juris-
diction. We have received the report
of the sheriff of the county as to the
cuanriiy of intoxicating liquor shipped
into this county during the last three
non'.hs. By this report it appears
that a large amount of liquor has
b;en shipped to private individuals
during the period, and presumably
procured and used legally. It fur
ther appears that the quantity re
ceived by the drug stores during the
period was considerably more than
during the preceding three months,
and too large to be disposed of in
accordance with the section of the lo
cal option law regulating the writing
of prescriptions by physicians, and in
this connection we call the attention
of physicians of Hood River County
to Section 492.1 of Lord's Oregon
Laws.
"We recommend that the physi
cians confine themselves wore close
ly to the letter of this section of the
local option law."
. The report is signed "by Joseph
Frazier, Jr., as foreman.
swk inm sti:' i. i:! ;.'.
The oti ly ay t . pr.-.twi the fu
ture Kiannfaetiirins r.il i:,!:is.r!al
ck'Vfl miners of Ort-jr. U to vote
against the virions m uv-s known
.h tr.o " at;r Front" bill:-, numbers
2S anil :;.;i on the baJot. They
arc a direct attack on t:-.e r.-rosoefitv
of every man, woman a:d child In
Oregon and oi.'iit to be beati'.i.
The n.ca.ourp.s are not only a vic
ous t!iru:,t at Cream's progress but
they are a veiled attack upon the
public school -y.-u-m of the State, in
that they win. it" passed, deorive it
large sums of money every year.
Vote "XO" 312!) mi l "XO" 831.
Oregon Commercial Protective Asso
ciation, Yeon Uldg.,
Portland, Ore.
(Paid Adv.)
of
LIQUOR BUSINESS
FINE SINCE EU
GENE IS "DRY"
Southern Pacific Shipments Indicate
How Normal Demand is Still Met
EUGENE. The Committee of One
Hundred, together with other prohibi
tion organizations, boasts that Eugene,
the seat of the University of Oregon,
ia one of their "model" dry towns.
And they say "business is fine" there.
Investigation proves that ia the uni
versity city at least one form of busi
ness is good the mail order liquor
business.
From January ' to October 1 this
year, the Southe-n Pacific alone has
shipped into dry Uugene from outside
points:
1,342 barrels of beer,
83 cases of liquor,
69 kegs of liquor
21 barrels of liquor.
1 hia is enough liquor to stock one
busy saloon for a year.
Doubtless similar amounts have been
sent in ty the Oregon Electric Rail-
way, and by the several express com
panies operating within the city. The
records do not show the amounts in
each keg, case or barrel, but the fig
tires in any event indicate that there
has been a vast amount of liquor con
sumed in "drv" Eugene from which
the city has received no license re
turns at all.
The Committee of One Hundred savs
"business is fine in dry towns," but
it hns failed to specify the kind of
business. Official records at Eugene,
the home of the state university, where
hundreds of young men and women go
from all parts of the state, speak for
themselves.
Eugene Matron Finds Liquor.
A tTt,. h,, i Hough one ot the po
liremen bad failed to find liquor upon
t!ie person of a drunk picked up on the
streets here, Mrs. J. Ii. Cox, police ma
tron, succeeded in discovering three
quarts of whisky concealed in the pris
oner's clothes, and confiscated the li
quor. .
num-
Owneisliip of Morrow County Homes.
The United States Census Depart
ment at Washington has Just issued
bulletin dealing with the owner
ship of Morrow county homes. The
important facts contained in the
bulletin relative to this county are
a3 follows:
There are 1044 homes in Morrow
county.
Of this number 594 are farm
homes. 276 of the farm homes are
owned by their occupants and are
free from encumbrance.
the mortgaged farm homes
ber 206.
Renters occupy 105 farm homes ia
this county.
Out of a total of 1044 homes In
this county 450 are urban homes.
There are 228 urban home owners
in the county.
Of this number 49 are mortgaged.
175 of the urban owned homes are
free of imcumbratice.
There are 169 rented urban homes
in the county.
The census numerators were un
able to secure data pertaining to
the ownership of a small percentage
of both the rural and urban homes
in this county.
Field Sports
When you keep a boy interested
in football, baseball, tennis and thn
like, you lessen the chances that he
will get interested in things not so
good for him.
The Youth's Companion, since its
enlargement, gives generous space to
this matter of athletic training, and
gets the best coaches in the country
to write for it.
How to practice to become a first
rate pitcher, how to train for a race,
how to learn the newest strokes in
swimming these and a hundred
other topics of the' greatest interest
to boys to girls, too, for that matter
are touched upon In this important
department of The Companion.
And this is only a small part of
the service which The Companion
renders in any home which it enters.''
It has points of contact with a hun
dred interests.
If you do not know The Compan
ion as it is to-day, let us send you one
or two current issues free, that you
may thoroughly test the paper's
quality. We will send also the Fore
cast for 1915.
Every new subscriber who sends
$2.00 for the fifty-two weekly issues
of 1915 will receive free all the is
sues for the remaining weeks of 1914
also The Companion Home Calendar
for 1915.
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION,
144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
Xew Subscriptions Received at this
Office.
Albany Bootlegger Guilty.
ALBANY. A. .T. Miller, charged
with violating the local option laws,
lms been convicted of "bootlegging"
by a jury in Judge Kelly's court. Evi
dence against the prisoner was strong,
end the jury reached a verdict with but
little delay.
Albany Has Twelve Cases.
ALBANY Thomas Irving Terrill, a
local restaurant man, has been fined
$01) for selling beer in his plnce of
business in violation of the local op
tion statutes. His trial is the first of
twelve to follow a dozen indictments
handed down by the September grand
jury, each one relating to liquor law
violations in Linn county.
Little (irl Poisoned.
The little daughter of Frank Mon
ahan was poisoned this week by
drinking a bottle of iodine which had
been given her by her older sister,
six years old. The baby was taken to
the Heppner Sanatorium where med
ical attention was given, and she is
now recovering. Her mouth was
badly burned.
Deliver 350O Sheep.
Lyman Swick, accompanied by his
son Howard, arrived in Heppner Sun
day with 3500 head of sheep which
were delivered to Tom Boylen of
Pendleton and L. E. McBee of Cecil.
Of this bunch, 1200 were lambs, re
ceived by McBee, and the balance,
which went to Boylen, were old ewes.
The Spaulding Logging Co. at Sa
lem is considering putting in a paper
and pulp mill.
public print.
is not trying to prohibit.
The Anti-Prohlbltion Forces have steadfastly claimed:
That "prohibition Is an infringement of personal liberty". Mr Wheeler admits It, word for word In
tw "mnlilliltloii will not i.rohlbit." Mr. Wheeler's admission proves his Committee of One Hundred
That "prohibition does not mean Dry Oregon."
That "prohibition would be n death blow to the present healthy growth of TRUE TEMPKRAXCE Sentiment in the land." Mr. Wheeler's admission proves It.
Tlmt "nrohlbitlon would let down the bars to 15LIXD PlGtiF.RS and HO()TLK(;(iF,RS, who would deal in deadly dec tions". The same law would allow any blind nigger with
u iifiMlc shin Honor "direct from some other state" to HIS own home, for the BLIND PKitilOK is as much of a "CITIZEN" as any other man or woman in Oregon. And the
Mind INSPECTION hv federal, state, or city officials, will make one barrel of PI KE WINE, REEK or LIQUOR Into a DOZEN JUHUELS OF
POISONOUS' BEVKHAGES that will make a new generation of Imbeciles, Idiots and criminals in Oregon.
MR. WHEELER'S THREE BLUNDERING ADMISSIONS ARE THE BEST THREE REASONS WHY HIS MISNAMED, MISLEADING "PROHIBITION AMENDMENT" IS AN ALARMING MENACE TO THE STATE.
Can any Intelligent Voter fail to see the "Jokers"?
VOTE 333 H NdD and put an end to this "PROHIBITION" AGITATION.
(Paid Advertisement, Taxpayers & Wage Earners' League of Oregon, Portland, Oregon.
The Smith Pulp mill at Marshfield
is to run on 24-hour shifts to fill Jap
anese contracts.
The Oregon Trunk railroad moved
210 cars of sheep out of the Bend
country this year.
Prairie City and Canyon City Elec
tric Light & Power Companies are
to consolidate.
The Carman Manufacturing Co. of
Portland is turning out talking ma
chines on a large scale.
Oregon and Washington Paper
Mills have gone under one manage
ment. This organization with an
authorized capitalization of $13.
000,000 has just been completed for
the purpose of purchasing the prop
erties of the Crown-Columbia Paper
Co. and of the Willamette Pulp &
Paper Co., operating plants iu Wash
ington, Oregon and California. The
purpose is to reduce the operating
expenses in the paper mills by elim
inating a duplication of fixed charges
thus enabling them to compete with
British Columbia and Norway and
Sweden, which countries have been
active in the markets of the Pacific
coast since the removal of the tariff.