Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-02-06
DROUTH ON TOMORROW
BONE-DRY LAW ALLOWS NO DE-
LIVERY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Wells Fargo Agent Expects Rushing
Business Today and Tomorrow as
Result of Telegraph Activity

row night "Old Man Booze will nc
longer reign in Oregon. The law say.
that no delivery shall be made after
five days from passage. The Wells
Fargo agent, Fl. E. Harrison, expects
to do a rushing business today anc
tomorrow on account of the orders
that were telegraphed to Sunny Cal.
lfornia as soon as Governor Witty
eombe signed the bill, Friday after
noon.
The principal features in the law
that made Oregon join the dry states
in the inevitable march toward ma
tional prohibition are:
Importation of intoxicating liquor
for beverage purposes absolutely pro
hibited.
All prohibitive provisions of pre-
vious prohibition law retained.
Alcohol for scientific and mechani-
cal purposes can be purchased only
on permit from District Attorney,
and then in quantities not to exceed
quart month.
Clergymen permitted to import
wine for sacramental purposes only
on permit from District Attorney.
Drugstores prohibited from selling
alcohol for medicinal purposes ex-
cept on prescription of physician.
Prescriptions must be issued in du-
plicate and filed with county clerk
for comparison. Purchaser must make
affidavit that it is intended for me-
dicinal use
Drunkenness is made misdemean-
or by statute.
Express and railroad companies
have five days for completing deliv-
cries of goods ordered before 4 p. m.
Friday, when bill was signed by gov
ernor. All goods on hand at end Of
five days must be sent out of state.
A chronology of liquor legislation
in Oregon shows that soon after the
election in 1912 at which no liquor
legislation appeared on the ballot,
the tide began to turn toward prohl-
bition and the march, since, has been
steady. The first legislation in Ore
gon was in June 1904 when the 10
cal option liquor law passed, 1886
voting for the measure and 4O,l9S
against it. In 1910 an amendment
entirely to prohibit the liquor traffic
failed. 1880 voting for the amend
ment and 61,221 against it.
November 8, 1914 an amendment,
prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of liquors in Oregon, carried l36,S42
to 1OO.362. The legislature passed
a law which went into effect Janu-
ary l. 1916, regulating the use OF
LIQUOR and allowing the importation
of two quarts of whiskey, wine or
the like or a case of beer each month
for anyone desiring to do so. This
was not strong enough for the
"drys." however, and at the last cleo
ton they succeeded in passing the
ssbone-dry" amendment.
That put it up to the legislature
TO carry out the will Of the people
and January 16 Representative An
derson of Waseo county introduced
the "bone-dry" bill in the house;
The bill with slight. changes passed
the house January 90 and the senate
February l. Governor WithyeOmbe
made it the law of the state Friday
afternoon.
The governor made the following
statements before members OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance Un-
ion. after he had signed the bill ::
81 am glad to sign this bill and so
nlsee in full effect the will OF the
neople of the state of Oregon as SO
decisiyely expressed last November.
The prompt and thoroughgoing man
ne, in which the legislature has
drawn up and enacted the bone-dry
b;1l deserves commendation.
sI believe it will prove entirely
workable. Certainly, so far as my
Office Is concerned, every effort viii
he made to see that its provisions
orc vigorously enforced, and l am con
sdent we will have the co-operatien
of local officials throughout the state
ssNow that we have absolute pro-
b;bit;on. chosen deliberately by a
cleap-cut majority in open election.
a is the duty of every citizen whose
;nterests are the best interests Q.
orsoon. to back this new order oi
things to the limit
nTbat means not only obey me
Law hut see that il is obeyea' !.
,~ n,oars The creation and sustaining Of
: nnblie sentiment which viii no.
-, v;olations of the enactment
"a rh;.b win encourage officials IN
- & drastic enforcement"