, 1886-05-13

morning Trenholm pile driver was a
WORK early driving piles in front of tht
foundry, to protect the water lot from
being Jumped" by any one.
! The Windsor House restaurant was
opened today. and has been thToHged
with customers. The dining room and
kitchen are fitte mp in neat and COM
! Portable style; new silver ware. new
range. heater. etc, and fIst-class meals
are served at the low PIice of - cents
each
In order that there may be free dis
cusSion Of public matters, We will state
that the columns Of the ARGUS are open
for communicates on the question OF
local option from either side or any
standpoint Of belief; providing always,
that discussion must be upon the merits
of the question, must bs courteous, and
entirely free from personalities.
Rev. john Reid preached his farewell
sermon yesterday Is, his last ser
mon, as the regular pastor. He goes
east to attend the regular annual session
of the Presbyterian General Assembly,
after which he will return here every
few weeks until regular pastor is Sc
cured. The manse has been rented TO
Mr.. Lake.
Let all Puget Sound lie invited TO
participate in Decoration Day exercises
in Port Townsend on the 3Oth inst. 1t
wiII be our first effort in that line, and
should be made a grand success. There
are CROUCH old soldiers here to get up
fitting demonstration. Suppose we
invite Gov. Squire or some such suitable
person 10 deliver the address.
Our young friend, DR.. Robert Lyall,
has decided to locate in San Juan county,
and Will take up his residence some time
this month with his family at Mes
Landing near Friday Harbor. DIR.
LyalI is fine young physician, has most
excellent preparation as to education,
college training, etc, and more than all
has sober, stadious habits. We can
recommend him highly to our San Juan
friends, and we have no doubt lie will
establish himself there with a lucrative
practice.
ExCURsIoN.-TheP Port Ludlow Brass
Band had big excursion yesterday to
Port Hadlock, via Port Townsend. The
steamer W. f. Munroe, Capt. Curtis
BrownfieId, arrived here at 10, a. H., and
proceeded to the new saw mill with a
large addition to her passenger list from
eur towuspeople. An exciting base ball
contest took place between two local
clubs. We give the score elsewhere. The
Port Ludlow boys were much pleased
with their trip, and with the generous
reception accorded them. They are
mostly mill men who have to work all
week, and Sunday is thsir only day for
recreation.
LOCAL OPTIoN.-Fifteen of the sixteen
voting precincts in Whatcom county
have sent in legal petitions to the COM
missioners for elections under the local
option law. The RereiHe calls attention
to grave defects in the law, calculated to
make it an expensive farce wherever an
attempt is made to enforce prohibition
under it. Particular mention is made of
tie wide open" druggist clause which
provides that whiskey may be freely sold
in drug store upon printed or written
statement" without affidavit or prescrip-
ton, for sacramental, scientific or
mechanical purposes; and Unlimited
amounts can be sold on physiciaE )re-
scriptions for medicinal purposes. The
presumption is that great many drug
stores will be started where there is
business for them, and it is plain that il
man could go to a druggist" and get
any amount OF liquor upon "stateaent
that he wanted ii to raise barn with or
to try scientific experiment on his liver
and the law could not touch him.
Editor Nicklin says he called attention
to these flaws while the bill was pending
at Olympia, because he had seen practical
experience in Kansas; but he thinks
there were too many hypocrites in the
Legislature, who we're anxious to throw
sop to. voters, hut willing to enact a
law that would be farcical and inopera-
tive. 1t does seem strange that such
loosely constructed laws should be passed
when such able lawyers as Lewis, Jacobs
and Denison were there to watch and
perfect them. II Judge Lsngiord's
desision is correct as to the illegality of
the many amendments to tie code, for
want of 0nacting clauses, statement of
object in title and body of bill, etc, it
seems probable that congress may yet
have to repair the botch work of the last
session as it did that of the previous one