East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-20

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come. The work has been cIeyerly
banded and the trail - severed as
to De invisible to many. Ye; all who
have been close to the ngnt know
where the trail leads and Know the
forces tina, are at Work.
There is seemingly a double motive
for this opposition TO the Thorn Hol-
low project First, the gravity sys-
TEN will do away with pumping and
50 reduce the company's revenue by.
s3see a year But an even stronger
motive may be seen in the fact the
gravity system that Pendleton will ul-
,imately secure. II the plans OF Frank
G kelsey are followed. will also car,
~ with it a municipal electric plant.
il the people want one The Thorn
Hollow project under Mr.. Kelsey's
plans is the first uni, Of the North
Fork project and when the North
Fork water Is brought into use enough
electri ity may be developed to sup.
ply Pendleton's needs ana rnat with
out interfering in any way with the
efficiency OF the water system.
Therefore We have seen our gravity
project bitterly opposed and mLsrsp-
resented and our engineer and our
water board viciously assailed san
Francisco has had the same sort O.
experience. 50 does every nunicip. .Iry
that seeks 70 escape from private own
ership of public utilities. The feudai
lords are unwilling 20 quit without
struggle.
In the following editorial the Jour
nal reads a wholesome lecture to the
saloonmen OF Port
They Should land II IS a lecture
Keep Faith that has application
IMAM An
the metropolis:
When the Home Rule amendment
vas pending in 1910 before the Oregon
electorate. its advocates pledged
themselves 10 stand for q model IL
quor regulation in which there shouli
be but one saloon to every 1000 OF
population.
II was on that pledge that the
Home Rule amendment passed There
l. now a sacred public covenant in
which the liquor dealers OF Oregon
were pledged by their representatives
to support such a regulation.
II Is announced from the city hall.
that beginning March Ist, no more
liquor licenses will be transferred. No
more viii be renewed at the death o.
the holder. When a man in the IL
euor business retires from it fo- an,
reason. the license will cease to exist
The policy is to be inaugurated a.
q means Of reducing the number of
saloons to one for every 1900 OF pop
ulation There is now on the ordi-
nance records Of Portland a model
statute, prepared by the Home Rule
leaders and Portland eouncfImen.
making one saloon 10 each 1000 o,
population the legal lirnir in this
town But by transfer Of licenses,
the statute has been eTaded and there
are now Ala saloons in the city. or
about one to every 500 OF population.
No liquor dealer in Portland can be.
justified in opposing the plan OF the
city commission- It Is program in
s-rict keeping with the pledges OF n.
Home Rule campaign II vas AZ the
price OF = limit OF one saloon for each
1900 OF population that the Home
Rule amsninsnt vas 5oGzht With
out thzt promise, the measure never
would have passed
The saloons r0E FACE : pruroeitf1c
tor state-vite prohiht-iaz T.=y face
z struggle Of lie o. death tG the bust
ness in this ztz-e-
Such s-atEs "a the ct-T cn-uE-
sione-s PROPOSE, VII 90 uore tran
any other influence 70 Jet them szr-
yive-