The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-27
THE CANTEEN AND LAYS
MUCH DRUNKENNESS TO
ACTION OF w. c. T. U.
Misguided Effort on the Part Of
Good Women Brings results
the Opposite of Those De-
sired-Other News.

address before the Knights of Co.
lumbus, Chaplain John A.. Ferry,
Tenth infantry, stationed at Fort
Lawton, declared that the w. c. T.
u, in a misguided effort to abolish
the army canteen, is responsible for
much of the drunkeness among the
troops. He declared not to exceed
2 per cent. of the enlisted men be.
came intoxicated on pay day. and
added:
"But these faults, though small
compared with civic organizations,
would still be smaller if the army
were untrammeled by a certain we'll
meaning but overzealous civilian
society. I speak of the w. c. T.
t., through whose efforts the anti
canteen law was promulgated. f.
"The abolition of the canteen has
been disastrous, and far from the
expectations of these good women.
So far.reaching has been the evil it
will be only matter of short
time when congress will give back
the canteen to the soldier boy. AL
r.ady steps are being taken among
officers TO bring this about.
When the army had the canteen
only the best of beer was sold. No
man was sold more than he could
reasonably contain. If through aes
cident be became intoxicated there
| were friends to look after him. The
money paid came back in periodi-
cal dividends to the compares.
There was not the strong attraction
to leave the post and miss calls, as
there is at present with the anti-can-
teen law in operation.
'The guard house had few occu-
pants when the canteen was -four
ishing, and the town grogshops few
soldier habitues. The sooner the
canteen is given back to the soldier
the less cause the civilian will have
to turn up his nose at the enlisted
man."
New York, March 24.-The Rock.
efeller fortune to which John D.
III will succeed is estimated at
81 ,ooo, 900, 900. At simple interest
of 8 per cent, in 50 years the for
tune will have grown to So 500, oco,
900. Should the baby inherit the
money-making traits of his grand
father and merely 60 on compound
ing the fortune that will be his in
| 50 years, when he is much younger
thsn his grandfather is now, it will
amount to nearly $5 1000, ZOO, ,ooo
This is twice the amount of the ma
tional debt of the United States
which last year was S2,293 S49,
382.
If the baby born today go desires
at the age of so years he might b.
in position to wipe out the ma
tional debt of the United States ant
!, still have a couple OF billion of dol
lars left to keep the wolf from th
door.
/ New York, March 17.-John D
; Rockefeller has resigned as trus
= :, tee of the Fifth Avenue Baptis
, church. His resignation was hand
ed in several months ago, but ha
: just become known to others tina
|, members of the board. His reaso
r is poor health.
l Mr.. Rockefeller is at his Lake
e wood home, where he cannot b
molested by subpoenas in the lit
e CATION against the Standard O
t company started by the state {
t Missouri. The process issued b
3 the Missouri supreme court is with
out effect in New Jersey. The Lake
wood home, however, is under clos
guard by employees of Mr.. Rocks
feller. He has searchlights erecte
d around his house and 1t Is sai
q his guards have orders to shoot an
persons found in the grounds afte
dark.