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it num* j ceded that they never will pro-
(hibit, yet we do not hear any SI B8TANCK.
We commend to our reader* thi» op­
“ Thou «halt not kill.”
wild clamor for th**ir repeal.
portunity, porhap* the firat that baa
Published every Friday at Nyssa,
“Thou shall not it*»!.”
Why?
tieen olTared te the Americas psblic.
Oregon, by
“Thou shalt not commit adul
their direct „ opiaioa
It is claimed that the prohibí t* rarater
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Entered at the Postoffice at Nyssa, and a penalty for its violation, woman >?o from one state lo an-
EPISCOPAL CHU*CH.
O reiron. aa second-clase mail matter In what respect then do they »ther for immoral purposes (hey
differ in principle from our pro- have violated the \ lute slave law 3emu#< ta lh4
h . h first Sun.
E M. BLODGETT
hihitory law? The people still and are subject to a, eat and mr
j . g .« £
b ~ £ l£
Attorney and couneell at law
have the option of obeying or pnsonmmt. If 'here is
at b o’clock ia tha morning.
Practice ia ail Court«
disobeying any of these laws, thing as vi lation of persona
Nyasa
Oregon
but if they disobey they do so liberty this would seem to be it,
Chiropractors
at
the risk of incurring the pen- but you never hear i» called that.
GOD’S FLAN VS. PROHI-
Dra.
Bradford
& Bradford. Carvor
| alty for disobedience. This is It is generally conceded to be a graduates. Consultation
and examina-
BITION.
true of every law, both human necessary ».election to society, turn free Ten years successful pri ae­
Is the enactment of a law pro­ and divine. Hence we can safe- Why is the prohibition law a tico in th« »Ute of Oregon. rl rei
hibiting the manufacture and ly accept as a principle that God violation of personal liberty door weet of Bank of Nynee.
sale of alcholic beverages con­ believes in prohibitory laws but while the Mann whi.e slave aw
Pea point« a penny a pioea at tk*
trary to God’s plan of dealirg gives us the power to disobey is not? They are both proh.bi
Journal ottiee.
with objectionable things? This
them if we are willingto pay the Lon 'aws* one designed to
question arose during a recent penalty.
prevent immorality and the
discussion of the prohibition
other drunkenness. by what
law. • The comention
contention was
wan mu
ma.'e e
In . Christ’s time adultery was principle
. . . do we determine
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that
that a prohibitory law violattd' pum8,iable Wlth dtath- The one is a violation
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of personal i
God’s method of working in such two thieves who were crucified liberiy and the other is not. Will
cases by taking away from man i with Christ were paying the some one use the columns of the
the right of choice; that it w asjpenal% for vi“lating t e law-
Journal to answerj
only by resisting and overcoming aRa inst theft.
temptation that we became A careful study of the Bible
strong and that a prohibitory must convince anyone that it is
QO
law interfsrred with this plan.
not God’« plan to allow violation
To discuss this question intel- of laws against objectionable or
Bok Peace Award
ligently it is necessary to study injurious practices without fear The corapetitjon for tke Americ. n
the scriptures and see just what
punishment for their viola-
Award, created by Edward W.
God did in similar cases. From tion. True, He allows tempta- Bok, and offering » 100,000 for the
His actions in many cases we tion to exist in the world, but ‘ best practical plan by which the
can readily construct the princl- He prescribes a penalty for those United sta tes may co-operate with
pie upon which He w orked-and who succumb to it. And that is °ther natilT ‘° Bcbi*v.e, B.nd ,preBe” '
i l is the principle we are discuss- w^at the prohibition law does. vtrnb<fr 15 at midnight There weie
ing.
It does not take away the 22,165 plans received.
Probably the first prohibitory BOVVER to make or drink booze, The Jury of Award, consisting of
law of which we have any record b u *- *be LEGAL RIGHT to do Elihu Root, chairm an; G i e r a l Jam es
was God’s command to Adam so and proscribes a penalty for Guthrie Harboard, Colonel Edward M*
House, Ellen F. Pcndletor, Ruscoe
not to eat the apple from the it« violation, and in do.ngso we Found, William Alien White and Brand
tree of life Here we have
------- an are mere*y following the prece Whiilocs, has been at work cn the
absolute prohibitory law, w ith ” e n t s e t bY tb e Divine Law P| ana since the middle of October and
Is expected to have mads its choice by
the death penalty for i t ’s viola- Giver,
January first. The Policy Committee
tion 4. The power . , of . choice was
which has been administering the
klV en n<m O VlOia e the law if
It is said by thos<* who are op- Award now announets th tt durng
they wished, and the power oi posed to the prohibition law that tng January it will present the win-
choice is given the people today the law does not prohibit, there­ ning plan to the Amer cun people fer
to violate the prohibition law if fore it should be abolished. We their consideration and vote.
they want to run the risk of get have laws against "h at is known ed. This “ referendum” will be couduct-
ting pinched Apparently there as the ‘social evil.” It is well 1. Through the daily and weekly
is no conflict of principle here known that these laws do not press.
Coming on down to the Ten prohibit, and it is generally con- 2 Through the Cooperating Coun
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8. Through Mayor« eommittees in
many communities
4. Tnrough the universities and
libraries of the country.
6. Through local organizations of
all kinds.
Organizations whose combined mem­
berships total many millions, have al­
ready agreed to submit a copy of the
winning plan and a ballot to their .
members
The press of the country, both the
datliei and weeklies, ij generally to
oycrat ng with this attempt to secure
from the American people a wide ex­
pression of opinion on this vastly im­
portant subject. Many papera which
have a con istent policy of not carry­
ing ballots of any kind have made the
first exception in their history in this
instance.
With so many agencies ef such a
wide variety ceoperating, the commit­
tee feels that the “ referendum” should
be mast effective.
However, it em­
pties.zes the need of securing, not a
great volume of ba lets representing
ttie hasty, un onsidered action of the
voters, but the real opinion ef tka
voters after they have carefully read
the plan, or a luminous digt st of it.
This paper is cooperating with the
CuniKiitteu of the Award ia this mat­
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winning plan, auh a ballet upon which
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THE GATE CITY
JOURNAL
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATK OF OREGON FOR THE
COUNTY OF MALHEUR
la the matter of the estate of Uuatavs
Adolph Schwaizar, deceased.
Notice is hereby given: That Marga­
ret W alrack Schweizer, tb* duly ap
pointed, qaalifled and acting executrix
of the estate of Gustave Adolph
Bchweizcr, deceased, has rendered aaid
presented for final settlement, and
filed in said Court her final account of
her admimstranon of aaid estate and
petition for distribution and her dis­
charge as said executrix, and that
Monday, th. 15th day of December,
192.1, at the hour of 11 o ’clock in tba
forenoon of said day, at the court room
of said Court, in the Court house in
Vale, Malheur County, State of Ore­
gon, has been app dnted and fixed by
the Judge of said County Jourt, in an
order made and entered by said Judge
on the 10th day of December. 1928, as
the time and place for hearing ob­
jections to said account, the settle­
ment thereof, and the hearing of aaid
petitition; at which tima and plaee any
and all persons interested in said es­
tate may appear and object to said
account and contest the same; and all
persona concerned therein are further
notified te be present and »how cauae.
if any there be, why aaid account and
report ahould not be approved, settled
and allowed and the undersigned dis­
charged as such executrix,
Margart Walrack Schwciser,
Executrix of the estate of Gustave
Waltaek Sehweiaer, Deceased.
Firat publication Daa 14, 1928.
Last publication Jan. 11, 1924.
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