East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
SUNDAY SERMON
BY v. 7. CUSTER
PROHIBITION IN CITY
OF PENDLETON DISCUSSED.
Pastor of Methodist Church Intimates
that Law Is Being Deliberately Vio>
lated-Duty of Every Citizen to See
that Law Is Enforced-Imposslble
for Saloons TO Ever Come Back.


ject, How can a place where prohi-
bition has become a law attain unto
continuous prosperity" The text
chosen was from James 2, IA, "Can
fountain send out sweet and bitter
water at the same place."
He said in part: James with his
10000 members there IN ancient Je-
rusalem had somewhat the same prob
lens to contend with as we have to-
day. 1t is easy to answer this ques-
tlon which he asks the people of his
time. A fountain can send out bitter
and sweet water at the same time, but
always and inevitably to the runina-
ton and destruction Of the fountain.
"A certain party was rejoicing that
a fight .occasloned by beer did not
take place In his neighborhood or
near his home, but such selfish mar
IONHSbS Will never NiahS NN"h'
Whatever takes place in Pendleton
ought to be considered as vital to
every citizen of the place, for the
simple reason that this city belongs to
US all. and whatever helps the place
should be encouraged and whatever
hinders its growth and prosperity
should be discouraged by all who re-
side here. We should be as ambit-
ious to help Pend,eton as we are to
help our own home. We should do
as much to make II clean and respec-
table as we do to keep clean our own
yard.
81 knew a certain very fine man,
a perfect gentleman. He had a fine
family, two boys and a girl. His
home life was perfect. No more gen.
erous man ever lived. He was veal
thy and making plenty of money. His
home was place OF culture and hap
plness.
"Some months ago he took to
drink. Living in a growing town in
Washington, he conceived the idea OF
going to Western oregon to a place
which went dry on the 1st of July,
but a certain senator lives there called
Reddy, the author OF the Infamous
Reddy bill, the sole object of which
was to folst the saloon out of ore
gon cities and towns for all the fu- |
ture This man expected to get away
from his great enemy, the open sa-
loon, but, finding some friends there
who introduced him to the boys, he
sank back again and in tit Of des-
peration after a spree suddenly took
his own life before anyone standing
by could hinder. a sad responsible
ity belongs to that place.
Now there is not the least hope
that Pendleton will ever have the
saloon back. Lane county voted over
400 more against the saloon this year
than two years ago. The same is true
of Wallowa county,
"The Pendleton program now is
dry one. All law abiding citizens
will work accordingly Prohibition
does prohibit with all law abiding cit-
liens. II will never prohibit with the
law defying and law breaking Grim
inal classes. for all law breakers are
criminal.
"The mistake places have made has
been to begin with a money fine as
for law breaking criminal
classes and end with imprisonment,
Now they are beginning to learn that
the Jail and prison are the cure that
should be administered at once, thus
saving costs and increased crime, for I
men who will deliberately set the law
at defiance and sell liquor to minors !
and Indians and sell contrary I'd law,
care not for a money fine. They will
luit only when imprisoned. And II
Is wise for any city to see to it that
, cura 10 affectnd nj once
"a law defylng spirit and training
boys to line up to bars recently used
'or saloon bars and thus creating
bad state are the dangers before us.
Now, It is the duty of the city gov
srnment to arrange all ordinances in
inc with the will of the people as de-
,lared in the new law, and when any
place has city government that S
leglects to do that 1t is the duty of
her citizens to see to II that she gets !
new city government as quickly as |
possible, for no city government has '
my right to wait until 1t is forced to
10 certain necessary things. Pendle-
on can be prosperous altogether dry.
I cannot prosper partly dry and part
y wet, and every man who argues .
low for the old condition and thus di- l
,ides the place is neither law abid-
ng citizen nor a friend Of the place.
Nj such argument is inlmical to the !
,est interests of the place.