The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-24
DOWN AT ALBANY.
When ctr Boys get Drunk There
Do They HaveFreedom Of the
City.

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City.
1t is only gossip, but it may be
told here. Since the state author
tiles so severely shook up those
who tried to turn an honest penny
by trading in wet goods, it hae
been awfully hard, if not wholly
impossible to get tarantular juice
in Corvallis. Only the dearest,
dearest friend will trust a drop or
two of the "crayther' to another,
and sometimes even this IS not done
The blind pig business did not pay.
The current report is that Jake
charged steep prices for the
stuff he sold, but it took a lot to
make up the $50 that his fine cost
him. Besides there is the govern
ment yet to settle with, possibly,
for it is certain that Jake had no
government license. All that stands
between him ard stiff trouble with
Uncle Sam is the fact that perhaps,
since this is the first ofense, no
one is disposed to report his doings
to government authorities. The
fact that he pleaded guilty and the
fact that there was lots of good
strong evidence to convict him or
he wouldn't have pleaded guilty,
puts him in bad shape in case the
internal revenue officers hunt for
Jacob.
And as Jacob snow, so all others
who dare to sell tarantular may be
hereafter. Its dreadfully shaky
business, for in the sanctum sanct-
orum of the district attorneys
Office, where a witness is put under
oath and subjected to searching
inquisition, it is simply impossible
1or the secret of illicit traffic in
booze to be kept hidden. If, under
oath there, witness makes false
statements, perjury stares him in
the face, and few men care to per
jure themselves to save man who
is making business of violating
the law in an effort to cheat the
community. Indeed, the man who
does it, stands an excellent show
of getting into the penitentiary, fol
the laws are severe with respect te
perjury committed under such con
ditions. With all of this staring
them in the face, and with the
authorities bent upon strict en-
forcement of the law, men hesitate
to deal in the ''crayther." 1t i:
hazardous in the extreme, for as {
matter of fact, if the business i:
conducted in small town like
Corvallis, it is practically certain
to be discovered, and when discov
cred it comes high, that's all.
Accordingly, many a throat is
parched, and many tongue dry
Even the hard cider that tasted Sc
queer and made people so drunk
can't be bought any more. So the
brethren must eithersend abroad fol
booze or go abroad after it. Ane
his is where the gossip comes in
The story is told as a fact, but like
many an alleged fact, it may be AT
error. They say that when tht
Toys go down to Albany for {
ime the authorities there. out o
Of respect to the hardships ane
trials the Coryallisites have to en-
dure as to booze, give them the
freedom of the city. These author
tiles, so the story goes, reck not i
our own and only boys under the
inspiration of good old tarantula1
10 few of those stunts that are
invasion of the peace and dignity
of the municipality of Albany. In
stead of thrusting our boys in jai
with a cold and heartless thrust
the tale goes on to the effect thai
beds are found for them and care
taken that none shall pay fine OF
be afraid. It is fond and efrisky
sort of a welcome that our boys are
said to appreciate from the bottom
of their long suffering hearts.
Such is the story, but whethe1
it is all true or not is something
the reader will have to find out fol
himself, though it is positively
asserted that last Saturday nigh
five Of Our boys, timber and lushfu
with tarantular, were taken to bee
at one time by one police officer II
Albany.