The Silverton journal. (Silverton, Or.) 191?-1915, July 31, 1914, Image 4

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    I 35 per cent for cash mor« than I did
TRUE CONDITIONS.
Silverton. Ore, July 24. 1914.
STORY OF A DRY TOWN
LUlian Schafer went to Iitdflwd-'
when giving credit......... l'he tax rate
•nc« Wednesday.
On« of Many
BIG BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL
h ■ been lowered and there 1» a fed-
Th« editor of th« Silverton Journal
SILV ERTON
What i>«ople think is very important
ing that it could be lowered atill
would like to have an anti-Catholic
By Milton C. Wilcox
and
it
is
on«
of
the
main
factors
in
mere. Formerly there were a large
I Extention Society of The United
•1———------------------------------------- 1
At 7.80 P. M. on Thursday night,
Previous to' April 8, 1912, Mountain number of drunks and disorderlies,
! States of America and deliver lectures Building or destroying civilisation. If
Russell Brooks is here working for
July 23, a host of friends and rela-
i in a beautiful car furnished in grand they think a'ong line« of truth and fives collected and came in a body to View, Santa Clara County, California, hut there have not been more thup
the city again.
right
civilisation
goes
up
and
up,
but
with a population of between l,f>00 two in all the time aince asid elec­
shape—but then perhaps it is best to
The dear Father( ?) Kane uses go to jail for telling the truth after if they think a lie and act wrong ci the home of Mrs. Mary Booth In Sil­ and 2,1)00, was b'essed with (or »hall tion.” "Our street» are in the best
much Blang complains one of our her­ all.
vi'ization goes down and out. The verton as a surprise on her 57th birth­ we say, bore the burden of?) seven condition Hint the town han •ver
doctrines
of Catholicism r.re wrong day. They brought with them a num­ saloons. The revenue that the town known.”
etic citizens. One of his favorite ex­
Mrs. Annie Tweed and her son Ol­
pressions is, “hand you a bunch.” Of iver went to Salem Wednesday where and Catho'ic priests and Catholic ber of souvenir presents and baskets derived from these saloons amounted
“There are now a larve number of
course we don’t suppose that this he had a surgcal operation for trouble governed countries go down. Many of lunch of all kinds. Watermelon tv $300 each, or an aggregate of men who voted for saloons ut the last
people know this, and in Italy, Spain, and lemonade was served in connec­ $2,100 a year. The condition of the election who openly state that they
slang is also inspired.
of the throat and nose.
tion.
town was such that u wholesale liquor would vote against them now, as they
Yesterday was Cal Schlador’s birth­
Miss Mildred Heinz went to Salem Germany, Mexico and even now in the
Mrs. Mary Booth has been a resi­ dea'er, delighted with the place, cli­
United
States
people
are
waking
up.
day (29 years) and his friends cele­ Wednesday to visit her aunt Mrs.
h ve seen enodgh to know It is neces­
The following letter and poems just dent of Silverton for the past 6 years matic conditions, natural and railway sary to sound conditions and that the
brated the event with a lawn party at M. V. Corby.
having moved there from her farm
his home.. All the near neighbors
The beautiful new school house in received is a sample of what mil­ some two miles from town. Since advantages, refused to purchase, sole­ liquor tralficc Is positively a social
lions
are
thinking
and
what
will
re­
ly because he wou'd not bring his fam­
were present and t*»en some and a th« Cedar Camp D'striot is well under
living in town she has gained the ily into such surroundings. April 8, menace.”
a
better
condition
in
America
sult
in
right royal time was enjoyed.
“Should we come to another vote in
way and will be finished about August
respect of the neighborhood and has 1912, the saloons were voted out; the
Mounta'n View, the majority would
McClain Street is at last being fix­ 20th. Then they will want a patriotic before many years:
made a host of friends. Her house is town went dry. Three months later,
be considerably more against saloons
ed and C. A. Hartley, the contractor, teacher of ability.
Seattle, Washington.
full of visitors nearly all of the time July 8, 1912, the saloons were closed.
than the first time. ... If we could
Another card will be played in the
is sending the work forward in a very
Ju>y 27th, 1914. as there is no one in town that has
in the campaign preceding the clos­ only get the people to think on this
big game when the little but mighty Friend Hosmer:
workmanship manner.
n ore company than she.
ing. it was predicted by the liquor que tion, they soon must feel and then
Bert Vinike. a brother of Mrs. C.M. Catholic Church of Silverton is dedica­
Those partaking in the surprise men, and feared by the faint-hearted,
I
enclose
some
original
material
you
act.”
ted.
■
Wray, has returned to California
were:
that “prohilution would kill the town,”
“The p'ace formerly used a» »»loon»
The enemies of a free press are on may conclude to print in your brave
after visiting here at his s'ster’shome.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Downs,
“grass would grow in its streets," etc. have been converted into business
l'ttle Journal. Long life to you and
to
us.
Throw
us
a
rope
I
Contractor Hartly c'aims that he
Misses Opal and Ruby Downs,
The leading saloon keeper, after h »uses, and other shacks used for
Every boy and girl in the wor’d is may you worst the minnions of the
has more cement here than there was
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Birch,
1
e'ection,
held a funeral in his saloon. sa oons have been re mo veil entirely,
"Harlot
on
the
Tiber."
ever before in the history of Silverton. vitally interested in a free press.
Misses Marie, Julia and Marguerite The coltin draped in b'ack, with the le-
Isn’t it funny to think of the good
Seattle had a sensation last week
und substantial business houses put in
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Broughton was O. S. B’s of Mt. Angel sendin» a miss­ when a girl about 17 years old, Brch,
' gend, "Mountain View is dead,” was 1 their place."
Mr. Donald Birch,
in attendance at Mr. Broughton’s ionary to convert the heathen of Sil­ named Smith, attempted suicide rath­
. displayed in the windows of hi* I “At the beginning of the present
Mrs. Henry Schroeder,
mother’s funeral at Salem Wednes­ verton? If the angels ever weep they er than go for the second time to the
I saloon.
fiscal year, nearly two years after the
Miss Merna Schroeder.
day.
But Mountain View still survives, a sa'oons closed, there was in round
certainly will weep now and the imps “House of the Good (?) Shepherd,”
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Booth,
l'ttle more than one and one half number» $10,000 in the town treasury,
What have you for exchange for a of evil will laugh but “they laugh at the request of her father. The girl
Messrs.
Earl and Amos Booth,
years from the time the aaloune were a sum nearly twice that at any pre­
forty acre farm near Silverton, on best who laugh last.
had been obliged to work as a servant,
Mrs. Ellis,
closed.
good roads, with 18 acres cleared,,
vious time in the history of the town,
and because her father could not com-
Lhed.
Misses Opal and Garnet Ellis,
The town lost the yearly revenue of notwithstanding
lots of good wood and we'l fenced?
pell her to submit to unreasonable de­
the
tremendous
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Thomas
Booth,
$2,100; it lost the business of the sa- «mount the town expended in street
Mrs. H. S. Broughton died in Salem mands he wanted her sent to the Ro­
—Farming tools go with place. Will
Prof. C. A. Sloat of Eugene,
'oon keepers, wh'ch, according to their work and other improvement».”
for half cash, plenty time on balance. July 28th. 1914 at the age of 85 years man sweatshop. The Seattle papers
Mrs.
Sarah Sloat,
1
month
and
15
days.
The
funeral
statement, amounted to $75,000 Bli­
See CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO.
commented as little as possible on the
“The demand for good houses for
Mrs. Edwin Booth,
was
held
in
Salem
and
at
the
City-
nuai'y—'argely the “booze” bill of the tenants always exceeds the supply;
Father Kane says that one of the
case, and did not give the girl’s side
Mr. Roy Matthews.
little town.
proprietors of “The Menace” made View Cemetery. Mrs Broughton was of the story at all. The papers do not
»nd since the town went dry, there 1»
The evening was enjoyed by all pres-
bom
in
Pennsylvania,
married
in
Min
­
The saloon keeper» drew from the not a desirable vacant house in town.”
the proposition to one of tneir priests
say whether the poor girl lived or
e t and the crowd dispersed at 10.30 one bank <n town deposits to the ¡
for the Menace to print two papers, nesota and came to Oregon in 1859.
died.
;
Expressions 'ike the above from bus­
p. m.
She
was
a
sufferer
for
a
long
time
amout of $19,000.
one for and one against Catholicism.
iness men could be greatly multiplied.
Say, friend Hosmer, I glory in you
Seven empty nuildings stood staring | The saloon building where the fun­
He says that the Menace man claimed from paralysis and yet was known as grit ! Give ’em hell! It is the men LOOK HERE FRIENDS! The Sil­
that there was lots of money in it. a dear old lady who was beloved by a like you who balk the would-be des­ verton Journal wants to live, and we out upon the streets.
eral of Mountain View was held, is
In one year from that date, the one now occupied by the largest furniture
How about it Menace? If it is worth host of friends. She leaves two sons troyers of freedom and education.
want to hammer this fact into the
and one daughter as follows: Anson
while nail the lie.
minds of our friends until they will bank had nut only replaced the $19,-1 store in town. There are three ga­
A Sincere Friend.
of
Hillsborough,
H.
P.
Broughton
of
help make it impossible for the hier- 000 withdrawn, but had received $42,- rages.
Charles Bentson, H. Haaland and
(Am surrounded by Jesuits and archy to “get our goat", Fifty Cents 000 more in deposits. That is, the' Is there any liquor selling?—Some,
M. G. Gunderson will start for Bright- this city and Lydia M. Dryden ot
Salem.
( their spies so I do not sign name, 1 a year for subscriptions will not pay deposits in this one bank were in­ ("egally. but growing leas.
enbush Monday.
get the Silverton Journal, tho.
the expenses unless we get a larger creased the first year after the closing ■ No lights and drunken men or
The occasion of Claude Slade's mar­
Dr. J. W. Vogel, the «ye specialist
number of subscribers, and therefore, of the saloons, $61,000.
drunken brawls on the streets.
riage was taken advantage of by his will make regular trips to Silverton
A new bank was opened in this I Police court always '«’le.
Wsi
in
order to live, our subscribers must
enterprising firm to advertise their every 30 days. Ask him for refer­
year, with deposits of $44,000.
act
as
our
agents
and
get
us
other
dressed
citizens
and
children
wnere
COMPOSITE
PICTURE
OF
THE
very popular clothing bus'ness in a ences in th« city and in th« sur­
There were erected in this "dead” I fonner'y there were drunks and rag­
subscribers. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
very unique way.
PRIEST.
rounding country.
37ctf
town, in an unusually hard year, the | ged children.
Mrs. W. T. Given is reported as
fol'owing:
Big of form and fat of jowl.
Money si>ent for furniture, clothes,
A BIG BARGAIN!
critically ill t a Salem hospital.
Dr. Heisley’s day» in Silverton, Cold gray eye 'neath constant scowl;
$16,805 ' food and savings banks rather than
A
new
bank
building
One acre, half in clover, 8-room house,
L’st your houses for rent with THE Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Brazen front and strident voice.
the saloon.
A new concrete business block
. CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO. for Office over Preston’s Sh p, leave calls Language never kind nor choice;
city water in the yard, good well, 40
where a steam beer' joint had
Town jail is always empty.
quick results.—Over Journal Office.
young fruit trees, 15 old ones, chicken
stood
at th« Shop. At Woodburn ther Greedy as a cormorant,
10,000
This in brief Is the story of one
house, fine Jersey cow, 35 chickens, 2 new churches, $8,000 and $10,-
32tf
Mrs. Cal Schlador who has been vis- days.
Easy income tones his chant.
town
fr«m a material standpoint.
000 respectively
...
18,000
grapes, good barn—everything for
tting at the home of her parents, Mr.
Gaudy robes and Latin prayers,
Visit the town and interview the men
34 new residences, averaging
only $3250. Easy terms. No better
Buy a lot in Geiser’s Addition— Tinklng bells and mystic airs,
and Mrs. J. R. White of Monitor, re­
$2,01)0 each
6N.OOU ard women.
We can not express In
bargain
in Silverton! See the Cascade Additions to cannery
best
buy
in
Silverton
—
must
sell
and
turned to Silverton Thursday.
10,000 words the real comfort of heart it Is
These are all his stock in trade.
Real Estate Co. over the Journal of- Improvements at Pacific Press
to many fathers and mothers and
Get a bottle of P. Bradford’s Rhen- you get the advantage of the forced Used on those he makes afraid.
printing plant
fice.
homes, (io to other towns. Visit Red­
matic Liniment and get cured, Ai ade sa’e. You can pay for this lot and
Bertuccio Dantino.
New building opt'rations in the
39p42 the CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO.
land and Riverside, comparing them
and sold by T. J. Bradford.
year following the closing of
FOR SALE
will bui'd you a bunglow—pay for it
with San Bernardino. Go to Wood­
Mis Creta Broughton is visiting at
the saloons aggregating
$129.805
On Oregon City car line, most
in tead of paying rent to the other There’s only two things that can rank
land,
closed since 1910. Go to hun-
the home of Mrs. Will Jones in the
beautiful ride near Port’and, splendid
fellow.
The secretary of the Board of Trade ■ Ircdr. of other towns and learn the
with the skunk
Waldow Hills.
And that is the priest with his broth­ car service, 2 blocks from car. 4 who furnished these figures, inter­ j same rainbow-tinted story, not of a
Bryon Campbell is here from Port­
room boungalow, 2 large lgts 50x138, viewed twenty business firms, and the dream, but ot actual realities. Aside
I acre, 4-room house, sewer, cement
er, the monk;
land and expects to do the lathing s;de-walk, fine garden, three blocks
The nocturnal habits of each are the young orchard, family fruit, garden, increased average in business was 26 from the moral effect, not to be meas- '
stunt on some of the new bui'dings.
chicken house and large chicken park, per cent
from church, near school and depot,
same,
ured by money, it is a mighty good
Every good person wvl rejoice to most sightly place in Silverton. This And each has an odor surrounding his beautiful flowers and zhrubery. H
Every saloon building occup'ed by investment for any town, city, state
learn that the Silverton girl who was can be bought for $1750. cash or
mile from river, righ and sightly, fine legitimate business except two. One or country to make. It Is no longer
name.
spoken of some time ago as being an on easy terms.—just like rent. Let
view, th'» can be bought for $1600 on s* 'oon bui'ding was replaced by a fine an experiment that a dry community
Emilio Castillo.
unwilling slave in the Home of the the CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO.
Installment plan, small payment business block. Nineteen months la­ | is a success. Its success is a demon­
Good Shepherd has been taken oat by show you this pl»»e. Pay rent to
4own, balance like rent. This is an ter the remainder were all used for strated fact to ail sober, home-loving
her relatives, and that she is now in yourself and own a beautiful home.
ideal home and easy to get. Cascade 'egitimate purposes. One and two I people, to all business men.
Josephine just felt awful bad be­
a good freethinking, Protestant home.
thirds years from the time the saloons
cause Johnny talked naughty about Real Estate Co.
See the CASCADE REAL ESTATE
For Exchange
“ her. It was a dirty shame and es­
closed, the writer of this 'lttle leaflet
IIOW TO .MAKE A PRIEST.
COMPANY for the best paying hotel
interviewed 12 business men, bank­
We wish to exchange an acre of pecially when Johnny had never heard
You
take a big, fat Irishman
bu iness—house full a'l the time, part ground with a fine large house, lots of Josie before; but that naughty
ers, attorneys, merchants, druggists.
Who has no love for work,
cash, balance on time or in trade.
Invariably
their
testimony
is
for
a
of fruit, garden, chickens and good Leon Myers ptft Johnny up to it. But
A guz’ling glutton, lazy, too,
Are the priests in Mt.Angel any cow, for a smal'er place.
dry town. Here are expressions in
Leon wasn’t really to blame because
A good-for-nothing shirk,
better than those being shipped out of See Cascade Real Estate Co., over Mary told him about the doings at
A book of cartoons by Ryan Walker writ ng from these we''-informed
A
humbug
and a hypocrite
Mexico ?
men:
« Mt. Angel. So you see it must have Americas foremost cartoonist.
Journal Office.
With
neck
just like a bull,
“Business conditions better than
Do you believe in dreams? Your
been Mary’s fault. And yet Mary
A Satyr’s eyes and passions, too.
- Get one at once, Price postpaid 25c
ever
before,
and
still
improving.
”
dream of a home will come true if you
A BIG BARGAIN in a business wasn’t really to blame either, for she
(He’ll find the measure full.)
“The greatest improvements in
will let the CASCADE REAL ES­ building and a small lot with go d didn't know that it was wrong to es­ coin or stamps. Three copies for 59c
building in twelve years, since the
TATE COMPANY tell you how to buy building a’ready for business can be cape and didn’t realize that the Sher­ or 7 copies for $1.00 prepaid.
With “holy water” douse him well
a home on the installment plan.
had by applying at the off'ee of the iff would be put on her track. The LIBERAL NEWS & BOOK EXCHANGE town went dry.”
And teach him Latin prayers,
“Analysis of my 'business (lumber)
We haven’t heard whether the Cascade Real Estat« Company. Price Catholics did that—And it was all
Then show him how to gull the fools
North Yakima, Wash.
Box 353 fails to show the loss of one dollar
And awe them with his airs.
spooks, shin bones, pieces of the cross only $500. The location is on a prin­ their own fau’t after all.
traceable to the absence of saloons in
You will not need to teach him hov
and bits of the saints' garments have cipal street and the terms are easy—
our midst. On the other hand, it
To harvest lots of cash,
arrived for the new Silverton Cath­ just like paying rent.
wou'd be, I think, in the confines of
A fifteen room hotel for sale—In
Nor how to win the “softer” sex—
olic Bunco House or not. Gee but
truth to say that a goodly portion of
(They all know how to mash!)
they must be fine stuff, and they are the best part of Oregon—Si'verton
the business that we^have had since
rent only $30 per month,everything
money makers ¡that’s the best of it.
You teach him all Loyola’s tricks
the change from wet to dry can be
Charles and E. C. Warner went to gees, Furniture, piano, dishes, a lot of
To well exploit the race;
t-aced directly to the absence of the
fine
wood,
carpets,
beds
—
everthing
—
Salem Monday to buy another ranch.
i
How
best to foster ignorance
saloon."
for only $1400. This is a bargain as
Mr. and Mrs. Rirgo spent Sunday at
Where
Freedom leave» no trace,
“
The
abolishment
of
the
saloons
in
the home of Mrs. Rnth Seitz in this there is an excellent run of business
And superstitions cultivate
the town has resulted most beneficial­
right now and all the time. See the
city and took an outing at Silver
Where minds resist the least,
ly in the progress, prosperity, moral­
CASCADE REAL ESTATE
Creek Falls returning to Salem Mon­
And
if you do your teaching well
ity
and
increase
of
population.
”
over the Journal Office.
day.
You’ll find you’ve made a priest?
“Business and the-town have both
Armund Arundel).
Mrs. Rose Marne and her two chil­
greatly improved.” “Collections are
dren visited at the home of Charles
better." “Those who spent their
Misrer in Salem Monday.
money in the saloons and let their
Equally available material is to he
HOSMER & DOWN
creditors wait, now pay the! bills found in Italy, Spain or Germany.
Miss Delphn Moore spent a happy
promptly.” "Those who used to visit
time at the Charles Hartman ran;h
L awyers
the saloons on pay day before going
returning to her Salem home Monday,
Wanted—Live representative in Sil­
Hosmer Bldg. Silverton, Ore.
home, and often let their families go
accompained by Miss Hazel.
verton.
Advancement to parties
ragged, hungry and barefoot, now car­
John L. Larson who is working in
showing ability. Steady
position.
ry their wages home, all of them, and
Portland, was at home Monday and
Legitimate proposition. Good money.
DR. R. S. PETTIT.
the fam'''ies are wearing better
Tuesday.
Lady or gentleman. Benn Newman
CHIROPRACTOR.
clothes.”
Lloyd Davis is working at Dee, Ore­
Mfg. Co, 409 I^wis Bldg., Portland,Or.
P hone : B lack 1062
“It is a better town to grow boys
gon.
39p39
Office at Residence.
and girls than one with saloons.”
H. S. VanTrump brought in a box
Dolph Kerr who was taken down
“
Business has improved already since
Park
Street,
2
blocks
east
of
of luscious peaches Tuesday to en­
with appendicitis while visiting at
driving out the saloon, and the ex­
High School.
courage the editor and his good wife
Medford so as to Im obliged to under­
pense attending crime has been re­
in their strenuous work.
go an opperation is now reported as
duced.”
being down with the typhoid * fever.
The kind of free press some people
DR. B. L. STEEVES
“From a business standpoint we have
want is one that is free to say what
every reason to congratulate our-
PracUealllinlted to
they approve only. In fact they don’t
se'ves, as from every view point there ♦
The Experiment of reducing
EYB, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
beleve in a free press at all; they are
is improvement, but the most marked * the price of this paper to 50
Room
209
Stoom
Building
Jesuits at heart and are dangerous
improvement is in our collections.”
cents per year for a period of *
citizens.
S alem ,
-
-
O regon
"New bufdings, both business
30 days has proven such a *
If the good lady who sent back her
houses and private dwellings, have « success that we have conclud­ «
Patronize
Journal with a written message inside
gone up; and notwithstanding the
ed to make the reduction per­
JOE GRINDE’S
knew that she was violating the post­
number of new residences, newcomers * manent. Keep them coming in *
age law by not putting on first class
are unable to find a place to rent.”
OPERA HOUSE BARBER SHOP
hunches! It in the correct an­ «
»
postage zh« would be mor« careful
“
Since
the
town
went
dry
I
have
swer to the hierarchy’s prosecu­
Water and Oak Sts. Silverton, Ore.
how sh« criticises others who are
changed my business from a credit to
tions and falsehoods.
really trying to make the world better.
a cash business, and am now doing
LOCAL NEWS
HENRY DUBB