The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-12-01
The Temperance Rally.

Iit iHttbbk ttiith W ltib W - 49,
to discuss the license ordinance now
pending before the council held at the
u. b. church Monday evening, was at
tended largely by representative men
and women Of Hood River. The Hood
River band volunteered its services and
played several airs. A chorus OF male
and female voices favored the audience
with good music After the opening of
the meeting by the W. G. 7. U. in their
usual manner, the president, Mrs 0. L.
Stranahan, called upon Rev. IL. X.
Benson, who gave comparison of two
cities--one in the manufacturing regions
of Pennsylvania, containing $1,000 pop
ulation and 27 saloons; another, man
featuring city in New England, the
home of Evangelist Moody, containing
l 200 population and no saloons. The
contrast in favor Of the New England
city was striking
Mayor Il. L. Smith then took the
floor and gave history OF the attempts
TO establish saloons in our town before
the incorporation and the temperance
crusades that followed. He then called
upon Recorder Nickelsen to read the let
ter from Prosecuting Attorney Jayne
and ordinance he had drawn up at the
instance Of the council Mr.. Jayne's
letter stated that he found that the law
under which the town OF Hood River
was incorporated could not give the
town council the right to prohibit the
sale OF Intoxicating liquors, that the
council could not assume authority not
delegated by the state Legislature, and
therefore our prohibition ordinance was
void. The ordinance drawn by Mr..
Jayne is Us follows:
An Ordinance TO Regulate the Sale of
Spirituous, Malt and Vinous Liq-
uors, and to Prevent the Sale There
of Without Having First Obtained
License Therefor, and to Repeal all
Ordinances and Parts of Ordinances
in Conflict Herewith.
Be it ordained by the Common Council
of The Town of Hood River: Section |.
That no person shall be permitted to
sell spirituous, malt or vinous liquors
within the corporate limits of the town
of Hood River in less quantities than
one gallon without first having obtained
license from the common council of
said town for that purpose.
Coo E,a.., ,,nr.on nbtosntnn IL
cense to sell spirltuous, malt or ylnous
liquors shall pay into the treasury Of
said town of Hood River the sum OF one
thousand dollars per annum, and in the
same proportion for O less period Pro-
vided, no license shall issue for less
period than six months.
Sec. 3. Every person applying for a
license to sell spirituous, malt or vinous
liquors, before securing the same, shall
execute to the said town of Hood River
a bond in the penal sum of one thou
sand dollars, with two or more sufficient
sureties, 10 be approved by the common
council, conditioned that he will keep
an orderly house, and that he will not
permit any unlawful gaming or riotous
conduct in or about his house, and that
he will not open or permit to be opened
his place of business for the purpose Of
traffic on the first day of the week, COM
monty called Sunday; that he will not
give, sell or supply spirituous, malt or
vinous liquors TO minors or habitual
drunkards, nor to any person at the
time in drunken or intoxicated condi-
tion, and that he will during the term
OF said license comply with all the ordi-
nances Of said town of Hood River in
any way regulating or affecting the traf-
fic in or handling Of spirituous, malt or
vinous liquors. And in case of viola-
ton by the person obtaining such Ii
cense Of any of the conditions of said
bond, the mayor shall Immediately com
mence proceeding in the recorders
court upon said bond to recover the pen
atty therein provided And if judgment
shall be recovered in said action against
such bondsmen, the recorder shall, as a
part of such judgment, enter up an or
der revoking such license.
Sec. 4. That any person wishing to sell
spirituous, malt or vinous liquors before
obtaining a license as hereinafter pro-
Vided, shall, at his own trouble and ex-
pense, obtain the signatures of an actual
tihlNlAb1 VI bilC hllOlC vi iNSii
voters in said town of Hood River to
petition to the common council of said
town praying that said license be grant
ed and no applicant shall be deemed to
have majority OF the legal voters OF
said town whose petition does not con-
tain the names of q number of legal voters
of said town equal to majority of all the
votes cast in said town at the last pre-
ceding city election, and greater than
the whole number of names of legal
voters of said town which may be signed
to any remonstrance against the grant
ing OF such license.
Sec, 5. That when the signatures of
an actual majority of the whole number
of legal voters have been obtained, as
provided in the last preceding section,
the applicant shall, at his own expense,
cause the said petition TO be published
in weekly newspaper of general circu-
lation in said town of Hood River, in
two consecutive editions Of said news
paper, together with notice of the time
when he will apply to the common
council for such license. The publica-
tion of the petition and notice herein
provided for shall be proved by the afii-
davit of the editor or publisher of the
paper in which the publication was
made.
See. 6. On the applicant producing to
the common council the receipt of the
treasurer of said town for the payment
of the sum hereinbefore prescribed, and
proof of compliance with all the preced-
ing provisions of this ordinance, the
council may give him a license for the
term his receipt may call for.
Sec z. If any person or persons shall
barter, sell or in any manner dispose OF
any spirituous, malt or vinous liquors
within the corporate limits Of said town
of Hood River without first having OBJ
tanned license therefor as provided in
this ordinance, such person shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than twenty-five nor more than
fifty dollars, or be imprisoned in the
city Jail not less than ten nor more than
twenty davc