TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. MAY
Tue
Liquor
Traffic—Past
Present.
and <rery man.
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On all the »treet» ot our
ruin of his neighbors, and the thread
I towns and cities are hung attractive
should break, let us try to restrain onr
I
signs
to
rtnipt
the
laboring
ntanto
come
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emotions to such an extent that our
History informs us that away back in ■ in and spend the money lor strong drink £nef mav n«»t lx obtrusive.
the nineteenth century everybody drank [ that his family need lor bread. In his
To say that men cannot be compelled
intoxicating drink*—ministers, doctors, i walk to and from his daily occupation or driven to abstain from the liquor
lawyer», merchants, far.ners, men,women ; he sees these temptations on every side, traffic by legislation is to say that they
¡u) I children.
The rich merchant» in j The licensed saloon and grog-shop a Hord cannot be controlled or governed by
the cities had mahogany sideboards, and him every facility to become a drunkard. law. 1 he arm of the law is stronger
finch -cut glass decanters
Well-to-do His appetite, renewed and kept alive by than the arm of man. The truth is, men
farmers kept an array of jugs and hot- indulgence, urges him un. There is no can lx driven to do right, and by law
ties in their corner cupboar Is, and in I ' obstacle in his road to ruin—on theother are so driven all along the highways of
their cellars casks of cider and cherry- I , hand, the road is opened and made plain hfe ; with grace or without it, sanctified
rum. Upon rising in the morning a glass and easy bv law. What wonder is it or unsanctified, it matters not ; thev
of liquor must lx taken to give an appe­ then that the rum shops flourish while obey because disobedience brings punish­
tite for breakfast, At eleven o'clock the the families of their victims starve ? A ment.
merchant in his coa n ting-room, the gambling.hi.use is opened in our midst,
Friends of the temperance movement,
blacksmith at his forge, the mower in and the people hasten to abate the evil. the battle is on ! The army of manu­
tl:e hay-field, took a drain to give them The owner is arrested, and the law is facturers and venders, moved by the
strength till the ringing of the bell or the swift to punish the offender. Why? Be. strongest of human motives, that of
Oils,
Varnish, Doors,
sounding of the horn fur jdinner. In cause the vice of gambling affects the self-interest, arc waging a stubborn
mid-afternoon they drank again. When morals of the community. By it men's warfare. It is being fought by the bal
work for the day was done, before going passions are depraved and their fortunes lot instead of tlx bullet, by argument
to bed they quaffed another glass. "What are wasted away.
instead of the bayonet. Let there be no
Does not the grog shop do more ?
will you take ?” was the question of host
armistice, no truce, no cessation of
Does it not more certainly affect the hostilities, until the victory is complete
to visitor. Not to accept the proffered
hospitality was disrespectful.
Was morals of society ? Does it not waist the and the laws that disgrace our statute
there a raising of a meeting-house, there fortunes of men ? Is not the circle of its books are obliterated.
must be hospitality for all the parish— baleful influence greater ? Does it not
What is it that the advocates of tem­
no lack of liquor ; and when the last affect a greater number ? And more than perance ask that is unreasonable ? They
Agents for
Great Western Saw.
limber was in its place a bottle of rum all this—does it not cause disease, that seek to disarm the murderer; to wrest
must be broken upon the ridge pole. In is transit itted from father to son, from the knife from the hand of the would-be
winter men drink to keep themselves generation to generation, poisoning the suicide ; to protect the wife from the
warm; in summer, to keep themselves springs of human life, while it scatters brutal blows of the drunken husband ;
Merchants in
cool; on rainy days, to keep out the wet; death on every side ?
to wipe the tears of sorrow from the
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Is a house of ill fame covertly estab­ cheek ot the mother, who mourns over «
on dry days, to keep the body in mois­
.
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»
*4
ture.
Friends, meeting or parting, lished ? Verily it cannot long escape the the frailties of a wayward son. Thev
drank to perpetuate their friendship. notice of the moral people around it, or seek to destroy the grog shop, and, by
Buskers around the corn-stack, work­ the lynx-eyed guardians of the public its destruction, prevent its attendant guilty of burning the | rope rty of the
B. L. EDDY.
li. T. BOTTS.
men in the field, master and apprentice peace and welfare, and punishment dire evils—pauperism and crime. They de other.
DDY
&
BOTTS,
in the shop, passed the brown jug from and certain is meted out to the offender sire to promote temperance, sobriety,
A term’of one year to five years in the
lip to lip. The lawyer drank before clothed in scarlet. Why is this ? Be. and their everyday companions—in penitentiary or fine of $1000 to $5000 is
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writing his brief or pleading at the bar; cause society is so careful of its morals dustry and morality.
This, and this provided as punishment for any male
the minister, while preparing his sermon that it will not tolerate temptations to alone, is their demand, and as certain as person who shall live with a prostitute
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or before preaching it from the pulpit. evil in its midst. And when some feeble truth and right have always prevailed or live in whole or part of her earnings
PRIZE./
At weddings bridegroom, bride, grooms offender seeks to establish a place in every great public contest against or shall solicit for a house of ill fame.
in office. Taxes paid for nou-
man, and guest quaffed sparkling wines. wherein to pander to the lusts of men sin and wrong, so certain will the time
Residents.
A Creeping Death.
At funerals minister, mourner, friend, for gain, a Christian community will not come when these demands, made at
Blood poison creeps up towards the •
THE HIGHEST AWARD AT
neighbor, all except the corpse, drank of permit it. No, it tempts men to sin ! the ballot-box, will be acceded to by a
Office opposite Post Office.
heart, causing death. J. E. Stearns, •
THE ST. LOUIS WORLD S PAIR
the bountiful supply of liquors always Public indignation is aroused, and mob­ just and Christian people.
Both phones.
Belle Plaine. Minn., writes that a j
WAS GIVEN TO
law
most
likely
becomes
the
champion
provided. Not to drink was disrespect­
injured his hand, I
’* Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise friend dreadfully
WATERPROOF
again ;
which swelled up like blood poisoning.
ful to living and dead, and depriving of virtue and morality.
OILED CLOTHINOf
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve drew out the
Lj SLICKERS, HATS'
But by the side of this evil stands the The eternal years of God are hers :
themselves of comfort and consolation.
H-
COOPER,
poison,
heal
“
<l
the
wound,
and
saved
;
But
Error,
wounded,
writhes
in
pain,
pommel slickers
In every community there were blair- grog shop, with its open portals leading And dies among his worshippers."
his life. Best in the world for burns and |
A J. TOWBR CO .ESTABLISHED IS36
BOSTON-
NEW YORK
CHICACO
eyed men with bloated or haggard ' from earth to hell. But it is a time
sores. 25c. at Chas. I Clough’s drug '
TOWER CANADIAN CO.. L«rUd. TORONTO. CAN
G. A. W alker .
store.
A t T o RNEY- a T-L aw ,
laces; weeping women, starving children honored institution, beloved by politi­
Terrific Race With Death. j
0 1 the piazza of every way-side inn were cians, begotten by law, sustained by
Extracts from Criminal Laws.
seedy loungers, running up scores on the license, and tolerated by a Christian
“ Death was fast approaching,” writes
T illamook ,
O regon
landlord’s books, or waiting to accept people. It rears its poisoned front in all
Twenty-five criminal laws, passed by Ralph F. Fernandez, of Ta in pa. Fla ,
the invitation of neighbors or travelers public thoroughfares, tempts men to sin, the last legislature, will become effective describing his fearful lace with death,
" as a remit of liver trouble and heart
to">akea drink.” In every town or invites them to ruin, is a source of May 18. Some of these are merely mod disease, winch bad robbed me of sleep
BANK
arl haberlach
vill ige were groggeries,
where men nearly all crime, and a libel on the Chris, ifications of existing laws, while others and of all interest in life I had tried '
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and boys idled away their time, spending tian civilization of the age. If we may define new crimes and provide for their many different doctors and several med- |
icines. but got no benefit, until I begnn 1
their turnings in drink or demoralizing I judge the tree by its fruit, the gambling punishment.
ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
ORE.
to use Electric Bitters. So wonderful i TILLAMOOK CITY,
games. You could see men about the nell and the house of ill.fame—bail as
The wife-beating law was enacted in was their effect, that in three days I ;
gieuterhcr ^bvoltnt,
street all afire; some half burnt down ; they are—are temples of innocence and the form of an amentinent of the law for felt like a new man, and today 1 am ,
PAID UP CAPITAL, $10.000.
Office across the street and north from
some with all the soul burnt out, only virtue compared with the license bar- the punishment of assault and battery. cured of all mv trouble.” Guaranteed
atChas.
I.
Clough,
(hug
store
;
j
riee
5()c.
1
the Post Office.
BANKING
the cinders left of the man,—the shell room and grog shop.
The amendment provides that any ¡per.
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I A GENERAL
If we license the sale of whiskey and son who shall be convicted of assault
and wall, and that tumbling and totter­
BUSINESS.
How's This?
beer, why not license gambling and upon his wife, shall in the discretion of We offer One Huudred Dollars Reward for •
ing, ready to fall.
case of Catarrh that cannot lie cured by
J^OBERT A. MILLER,
Friends of the saloon say to the advo­ prostitution, or any other vice that the court, be sentenced to be whipped any
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Directors :—M. W. H arrison , W. W
F. J. ( Hl-.SEY * CO., I'rttp«., Toledo, O. J
cates of temperance: "Why do you spend will pay a tribute to the State therefor ? not exceeding 20 lashes, the punishment
C urti « s , B. I, E ddy .
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
,‘O much time lecturing and writing on Yes, why not stamp the broad seal of to be inflicted bv the Sheriff', Constable Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him 1
A ttorney - at -L aw .
Cashier
;—M. W. H arrison .
perfectly
honorable
in
nil
ImsitiesH
trans-
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temperance ? No one will thank you for the State on the very blade of the knife or marshal.
Oregon City, Oregon.
actions and financially able to carry out any,
Liberal Prices Paid for gilt edge securi
The law forbidding the keeping of obligations mad by their firm.
it. All I his excitement on the subject is of the assassin ? The influence of this
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kst
A
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far
ax Wholesa e Druggists, Toleldo.O . ties of all kinds.
Land Titles and Land Office
doing no good. There is just as much wicked traffic is most often felt in the houses of ill fame has been made much W aldi NG, K innan & M arvin , Wholesale 1
Toledo, <)
Business a Specialty.
liquor drunk now as their was before we hand that grasps the hilt. The drops of broader in its terms. As it now exists it Druggists,
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- j
merely makes it a crime to keep a house ing directly upon tho blood and mucous ser- :
had any temperance societies.” These blood on its point are but so many tri
C. B. LEEP,
faces
of
inc
system,
'l'estlmouials
sent
free.
'
statements are not true. It is not true Hutes paid by murder to law. And if of ill-fame. The amendment makes it a Pri r 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. .
Boats and ShoBB Nearly
H. UPTON, P11.G..M.D.,
llail'sFa'nily Pills are the best.
that as much liquor is drunk now as be- the law sanctions the influence and the crime to keep a house of ill-fame. The
fore there were any tempera nee societies. motive power, why should it not sanc­ amendment 'makes it a crime also to
Repaired.
Dr. P. J. Sharp, the expre-
P pysician and S urgeon .
At the time referred to in the beginning tify the instrument, and approve the permit a house of ill-fame. The amend enced dentist is located in
consequences
?
ment
makes
it
a
crime
also
to
permit
a
of this article the Jiotel proprietor was a
First
Class
Work
Guaranteed,
Dr. Wise’s dental patr rs, and
Office one block west of the
Says one : “ Yon can do nothing in house of ill fame to be kept in any place
man of influence and position in society.
Give me « trial,
is prepared to do nothing but
Allen
House, Tillamook City.
The business of liquor-selling was un- the cause of temperance by harsh laws, which the person accused may own or , first cla«s work and give the
Next to the Headlight Office.
tramnitled by legal restrictions, and was or bv lorce. The only wav to make men hold under a lease.
Calls
answered promptly.
best of satisfaction
If your
Heretofore robbing of railway trains I
a most respectable calling; now the better is to show them the evil of their
teeth
need
fixing
call
upon
trade is contraband, and the liquor-seller ways, and try to persuade them to do has been punished under the general laws him.
hang on the "ragged edge” of respecta­ right ; moral suasion is the only effec- regarding robbery, but the legislature of
” Let us 1905 passed an act which applies par­
i
bility. Few oftlmm are church members; tive means ol reforming men.
i men cannot ticularly to railway trains and fixes the
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
many ut them are disreputable ; some of think a moment anil see it
REAL ESTATE,
them are good citizens and honorable be driven. What is the object of our penalty at imprisonment from two to
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING
men, who try not to abuse the license penal code ? Does it act : by force or forty > ears.
F inancial A gent ,
The new forest fire law establishes a
SHAMPOOING» ETC
granted them. But come from whatever moral suasion ? Why do we send men
to
prison
?
Is
it
to
persuade
them
?
close
season
from
June
1
to
October
1,
Tillamook,
Oregon.
source it may, the effect of the poison­
ed cup is the same ; its influence on so­ Does not the law by the infliction of its during which time it is made unlawful to
Electric Bathe nicely fitted up. Goodfor
ciety is alike, though it be filled either by penalties drive them into the path ol set fire to slashing or fallen timber, or on
persons suffering with rheumatism.
^pHOS. COATES,
the hand of the owner and proprietor of rectitude, and bv the terrors of its timber land, or in the vicinity of grain
punishments
prevent
others
from
com
­
fields,
without
first
securing
a
permit
A
Agent for Fireman’s
a fashionable saloon or that of the
mitting crime ? Does the fear of the from the county clerk. No lee is requir-
keeper of a low doggerv.
Fund
and
London and Lanca­
But in proportion of the number of in­ gallows persuade men to regard the ed for a permit, which must be granted
shire
Fire Insurance
lives
of
their
fellow.men,
or
does
the
fear
on
request,
the
purpose
being
to
restrict
habitants, I do not believe that one-
Companies.
tenth part as much liquor is sold or ot an ignominious death drive them to a the setting of fires and keep a record of
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drunk now as there was in early days of proper respect for others’ rights ? Are those starting fires. Violation of the
Tillamook .. Oregon.
the last century. It must lx evident to men persuaded to run from a falling tree law is punishable by a fine of $100 to
$1000,
or
imprisonment
from
one
month
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 4 1904
every one that there is not as much or a burning bidding ?
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Mark Twain relates a western incident to one y ear, and half of the fine goes to
liquor drunk as in former times, when
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its sale was unrestricted, when almost as follows : “ Bemis once shot at the the informant.
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The hunter’s license law will go into
everyone used it more or less, and when deuce of spades, nailed to a tree, with
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7:00 p in. t depot for Astoria.I
9:40 p.m.
TILLAMOOK ABSTRACT ANI)
it was no disgrace to get drunk. He an Allen revolver, and fetched a mule effect May 18, after which time it will be
unlawful for any person to hunt on
must be blind indeed who can see no standing about thirty yards to the left.
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good results from the temperance move- ' Bemis did not want the inule—had no grounds not his own unless he has se­
cured a license and paid a fee <4 $1. Vio.
with
u<e
for
it
—
but
the
owner
came
out
ment. What law» we have restraining
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lation of the law is punishable by a fine
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waypoint*.
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the traffic are due to it alone. The dis J a double-barreled shot-gun and per.
of
$25
to
$100,
or
impriso.iment
from
cu‘sion of the temperance question has snadeil him to buy it anyway ”
SEASIDE DIVISION.
WM. GALLOWAY.
GII.DF.RT L. HR DOES.
five to 30 da vs,
informed the people of the extent of the
That is the kind of persuasion that
"Jumping board bills” will be punish­
ey I, has educated public opinion, and seems the most effective. The law would
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able by a fine of $20 to $100. or impris­
made the business of liquor selling disre­ lie totally ineffective but that through
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
onment for 10 to 50 days. The law on
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spectable and contraband. Penalties tear, it compels men to respect the rights
that subject declares that it shall lx
Make
a
specialty
oí Land Office Business.
are inflicted for the violation of the laws of their fellow.man. It is not the cun­
presumptive evidence of intent to defraud
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that regulate it. The law prohibits the ; ning device of the locksmith that pro­
if any person shall fail to pay his bill on
sale or gift ofir to minors or persons of tects our property, but the fear of the
Room 1 and 2,
f A:1.5 a.m. L for Warrenton, f *10.4.5 a m.
demand, unless be has made known in
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intemjxrate habits; will not permit it to naked sword.
OREGON CITY. ORE.
.5 50 p.m. » Steven*, Seaside.)
7:40 a m
advance his inability to pay.
I do not, of course, object >o persua­
lx sold on Sunday or election days ; and
A fine of not to exceed $1000 is provid
by these verv prohibitions acknowledges sion as one of the measures by which
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cd as punishmeit for parents, guardians
W. SEVERANCE,
the fact that its use is pernicious to the men are reformed. It is many times
or other persons who are responsible
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people and an injury to the well being of effective, yet it is certain that hunger
for the delinquency of children. A "delin­
society ; for, why restrain the traffic in and husks had more effect with the
quent’’child is defined to lx a child un
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that which does no harm ? All these father than an indulgent father's admo­
der 16 years of age who violates state
nd light loads.
I rol ibit< ry laws are the direct results of nitions. •' I will ar',e an'' go to my
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6:1.5 a.m. i for Warrenton Ft f
laws or city ordinances, or who is incor­
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T illamook
/ BtFVeWS H'«m
2
Why ? Who per-
the temp« rance reform movement, and it father’s house."
»9 30 a.m. * moiwl, Astoria 1
7 20 p.m.
rigible. a persistent truant from school,
stern
de-
needs but to go a step further and pro. sanded him ’ No one—the
who associates with criminals or vicious
Additional train leave* Antoria daily at
hibit the sale or liquor as a beverage, un mnnds of hunger, cold, and want drove
’ S. STEPHENS,
or immoral persons, or whois growing
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him
to
reformation.
And
so
in
this
der all circumstances, and victory will
up in idleness, or who frequents gaming
branch arriving Pt. hteven* 12 30 p.m , re­
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everything
for
everything
• Real Estate and Fire, Life,
great
temperance
reform,
let
us
persuade
le complete: mankind disenthralled,
turning, leave* Ft. Steven* at 2:OO p.m., ar­
houses, houses of ill fame or places wlxre
Health,
Accident, Insurance.
that runs on wheels,
society relieved of the great source of everybody, if we can. to abstain Irom intoxicating liquors are sold. The fine
riving Astoria 2 4.5 p m.
crime, and Christian morality advanced I ’ strong drink ; but, at the same time,
• Sunday only.
Agent for the Northwest School Furni­
imposed may lx suspended so long as the
Through ticket* and clone connection via
Sold Evurywhuru.
hang the naked sword of justice and
ture Co. and Oigans and Pianos,
with the stride of a century.
parent keeps Ins child under control.
N. P. Ry. at Portland »nd Goble am! (>. k
Notary Public.
Scores of men are made drunk every law over the head ot the grog seller,
At N. Co , via Portland.
The law relating to arson was amend
Office
: Southwest from the Court Houve,
like
that
of
Damocles,
by
a
single
thread;
day just because it is so easy to obtain
J. C. M.yo, 0. P. A-
in the building occupied as a music store.
cd so that the husband or wife may be
»
jqoor. The law places it in the reach of aud if he persists in selling liquor to the i
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