Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-10-08


chased copy of the Uni1y East ORE
go"inH, published at Pendleton. in
which the following appeared:
lhe following information was Sc
cured from head painters, carpenters,
plumbers and mechanics, who are in
Il position to be authority and who
are personally acquainted with the
local conditions at present and dur
ing the past
four years ago the carpenters
union had IS members, now there
are not over IA carpenters at work.
At that time there were from l5 to
IL plumbers at work, now there are
not over D. Also, at that time, there
were 90 TO 90 painters at work, while
now there are not over II.
Mr.. Temple, who voted Prohibition
at the last election, has changed his
mind since then, as he has at the
present time from eight to ten
empty dwellings. and leading busi-
ness men are asking each other the
question: When are we going TO
strike the bottom of this q
While walking on the streets in
PendlrtOn on the afternoon of Aug
ust 9, ! saw drunken man and took
IL photograph of him. Later the
same afternoon | saw two other men
who were intoxicated. In the even
ing saw two more, u total of five.
/ noticed the Sider axis were in
bad condition throughout the resi-
dencc districts. Empty buildings
were plentiful. The majority of the
residences had a rundown appear
ance.
In the business part of the town.
| there were numerous vacant build
ings. a number of the stores were
advertising closing out sales.
f.. W. McCOmaS, of the Washing
ton Warehouse Company, says that
real estate has gone down and is go
ing still further down since Prohibi-
tion went into effect No money cir
culates in town, checks only are
used. The harvest hands draw out
their money as soon as they get
their checks and 90 to WaIla Walla
to spend it. No business buildings
have been built since Prohibition
went into effect.
City Recorder Fitzgerald says the
city tax levy in 1907 was y mills.
In 1908 (after the city lost the reve-
nue. from the liquor licenseS) the levy
was ll.2l mills. the legal limit. The
levy this year will be the same as
last year, ll.2l mills. In 1908 the
assessed valuation of city property
was One-third less than in 1907: the
assessed valuation this year will be
. the same as last year, as there have
,; been no improvements in the town.
There are eighteen internal revenue
licenses in force in Pendleton at
present. The near beer" Joints
now have to pay city tax of $3.50
per year. The police force is the
same now as last fall. but it keeps
the present force extremely busy.
The salaries of the police force have
not been reduced, but the city is not
able to pay for another policeman.
In July, 1909, there were thirty-six
cases of drunkenness brought before
the police Judge; the entire number
of cases of all kinds, including these
thirty-six. brought before the police
Judge was seventy-tive. For several
days this past year there was not
enough money in the city treasury to
pay for sprinkling the streets.
W. a. Brown, of the Pendleton
Hotel, states that there are four or
five less arrivals every day at his ho-
tel than before Prohibition; he states
that there is a reduction in receipts
of about $50 every day and that he
has secured 4 reduction of $50 per
month in the rent of the hotel build
ing. He states that the people of
Pendleton do not dine at his hotel
now as before Prohibition went into
effect. He states that he has had to
reduce the numDer of employees at
his hotel. hence the money spent by
his employees in the town has been
reduced. He states that there is
now two vacant StOrerOOmS in the
hotel which were never vacant before
Prohibition.
William Moore, agent for the Pa
citic Elevator Company, when asked
if he was as radical PrOhibitioniSt
as ever, answered yes. When asked
if anybody in Pendleton could get in
toXicating liquors, answered yes.
He stated that he had his own pri-
vate~ bottle in his house. When
asked to name one town in the
twentyone counties in Oregon where
Intoxicating liquors could not be OBJ
tanned. answered that he could not.
but that there were two towns in
Texas where Intoxicating liquors
could not be obtained, but when
asked to name them stated that he
was not posted as to the conditions
there and could nor do so.