Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-24
LIQUOR MONEY USED.
Oregon Whisky Sellers Get SIM
ews of War Easily Enough.
CONFIDENTIAL LIST DISCOVERED
Brewers and Distillers All Over the
United states Contribute Cash to
Fight Prohibition In NOrthwest.
An Unexpected Flnshlight ON Coz
operation Among Liquor Men.


Portland, Ore.-Between June 9 and
Nov. 8, 1904, fifty-five of the biggest
brewery and distillery firms and whole
sale liquor dealers of the United States
contributed to the liquor mems cam
paign fund to defeat state local Prohi-
hilton in Oregon. OF these fffty-hve
sixteen were In concerns inside the
state ana thirty-nine were from liquor
manufacturers all oyer the country, in
Guiding New York, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Baltimore, Peoria, Louisville st. Louis
and other cities. These facts have just
been brought to light by Editor Kern
Of the Portland Deutsche Zeitung. Edi-
tor Kern the other day ran across a
pocketbook containing, as he puts it.
"a five dollar bill and other papers,"
among which was "strictly confiden-
tial" letter which contained the follow
ing startling disclosures:
~strictly CONFIDENTIAL"
In order to correct some misrepresenta-
tons made in the matter the following
lists are published without comment:
The subscriptions were made between
juno and Nov. s, 1904 toward the de-
feat of the Prohibition elections in Orc
gon and also toward the fight now in
progress in the courts against the con-
stitutionality of the local option law.
The first list shows all the subscriptions
received by the Brewers and Wholesale
Liquor Dealers association from eastern
houses.
Tho second list shows oil the subscrip-
tons received from California wholesale
firms.
The third list shows all the subscrip-
tons made by breweries Of the state.
The remainder Of the expenses, amount.
by the following brewer1es Of the state
and wholesale liquor firms Of Portland.
Breweries-H. Weinhard, Star brewery.
Gambrinus brewery, Albany Brewing COM
pany. North Pacific Brewing company,
Julius Roesch. La Grande; Salem Brewing
association. ID
Wholesale Liquor Firms: - Rothschild
Son. Chas. Kohn & Son. Coblcnt & Levy,
". J. Van Schuyler 6 Co, Eleckenstein.
Mayer & Co.: Henry Fleckenstein & Co.,
q. c. Jorgenson & Co.
Subscriptions received frem eastern
Arms:
Julius Kessler & Co. Chicago. $500
VIM. Lanahan & Son. Baltimore. ....... $50
W0olner & Co., Peoria. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200
Taylor & Williams, Louisville. .......... 200
Rosskam. Gerstly & Co.. Philadelphia. 15o
Chicago Speciality Box Co. Co..,........ 100
ELIAS Bloch & Sons, Cicinnati. 100
J. & A. Frieberg. Cincinnati. ............ 100
Rosenfield Bros. & Co.. Chicago. ..,.. 100
Thos. McMullen q Co.. New York. 49,. 100
Corning & Co., Peoria. la..................... 100
A. Guckenhein1er & Bros. Pittsburg... 100
Star Distillery, Cincinnati. ............. 70
Wilson Distillery Co., New York. ....... Is
Clarke Bros. & Co., Peoria. ............. Coo
3ernheim Bros, Louisville. .............. GOO
Jas. Levy & Bros. Cincinnati ..... 50
Chas Nelson. Nashville. .................. %
Monticello Distilling Co., Baltimore. 25
Subscriptions received from California
firms:
Crown Distilleries Co. $500
VIM. Wolf & Co. (White Seal cham
paGne) Observation-Disclosures. JOG
q. G. Lyons & Rass Co.. LOO
Lash Bitters Co.......................... lOt
Chevalier Co.. Observation-Disclosures. 10(
TNlman 6c Bendel. .....................1 10(
illinois Pacific Glass Co. 10{
Italtan-Swiss Colony. Observation-Disclosures. 6(
Lachman & jacob. 6(
John Caffrey Pommery champagne. 81
De Fremery G. Co..................... 81
Chas. Meinecke & Co................ 81
Sherwood q Sherwood. od................ sc
=. w. craig G Co.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
California Winery, 6acramento.... 2i
A. Vignier (Cliquot champagne). ........ q
RoSenblatt G. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2
Napa Sonoma Wine Co........... II
Subscriptions received from brewerie.
outside the state Of Oregon:
American Brewing Co., st. Louis -. $40
Anheuser-Busch Brewing ASSN. st.
LOUIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. b