The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-10-04
THREE HUNDRED EACH,
Kline and Milne Sentenoed-H Club
Keeps Running Imprisonment
Next Time.

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Next Time.
In Justice Holgate's court Mon
day, sentence was passed upon
Mike Kline and Jack Milne, as a
result of the verdict returned by
the jury in the defendants trial
for violation of the local option law.
The ceremony took place in Justice
Holgate's office and was witnessed
by the deputy district attorney,
Constable Wells and one or two
others. Judge Holgate gave the
defendants notice that if they per-
sisted in conducting their establish
ment that future sentences would
be heavier. In fact, he told them
that if they continue to do business
and future prosecutions should be
brought with convictions in his
court he would give them the max
imum penalty. which not only in
wolves fine of $500, but
Imprisonment. Both defendants
were fined 5000, making in all, 5000
in fines now due the county from
Mike Kline, $500 from Hooligan
and 5000 from Milne, or $1,000 in
all. With not single decision of
the courts to sustain their side of
the question, and with a number of
strong decisions holding that such
clubs cannot be conducted where
prohibition laws are in effect, it
would look like Kline and his satel-
lites are fast approaching deep wat
er.
Kline and Milne have each Civ
en- bonds in the sum of $500 and
there is stay of sentence pending
an appeal to the circuit court. Mr..
Fouts, a Portland attorney arrived
Monday to prepare the appeal and
to get matters in hand for the trial
of the four additional cases to be
heard next week in Justice Hol-
gates court, in which Geer, Hooli-
gan, Kline and Milne will each ap-
pear one or more times as defend
ants, and for whom Mr.. Fouts
will appear as counsel. Meantime
the lights still shine brightly every
evening at K1ine's shebang, and a
few of the more faithful brethren
come and go. though the latter are
in diminished numbers. The deep
water into which the head men of
the organization are getting causes
a lurking suspicion in the minds of
the members that they too might
get into unpleasant situations, and
not nearly so many go down to
mikes as used to.
The reports are that throughout
the county the people are in strong
sympathy with the officers in thsr
effort to uphold the law. Many
men who are not even friendly to
the local option law are on the side
of the officers in the present strug-
gle. A we'll known farmer in town
Saturday says Mike Kline is max
ing more sentiment again future
sale of intoxicanes in Benton coun-
ty than are all the temperance
cranks combined. 1T makes no
difference this farmer said, "what
may be mans idea of the local op.
ton law, or what may be his per-
sonal habits with reference to use
of intoKicants, the average citizen
believes in the laws and in the au-
thority Of. the courts and officers.
In the present instance it is the gen
eral opinion that Kline is the re-
preventative of Portland liquor in
terests, and the belief is spreading
that Portland liquor men and Port
land lawyers are assisting Kline in
breaking down the law at Corvallis.
The odium that is thus being
brought on the liquor business, and
the meddling by foreigners in the
concerns of Benton county, render
| it likely that Corvallis will be dry
town for some time to come"
We have just received a new lot
of Columbia disc and cylinder rec.
| ords. Also a lot of the American
PIf1a recorde tho hast reoord III of