The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 14, 1909, Page 10

WARLEN E&. PEW, IN AN IMPARTIAL STORY ON ACTUAL CON DITIONS, TELLS HOW IT HAS WORKED IN DECATUR, ILL NOT A DEAD TOWN FINANCIALLY INDUSTRALLY OR 80 CIALLY, BUT A DEAD “SPORTING” TOWN—DORINK IN CLUBS, BOOTLEGGERS AND BOOZE T RAINS, BUT ARRESTS HAVE ae: bog BEEN CUT IN HALF—TAXATION AND BUSINESS LITTLE i AFFECTED—DIVORCES INCREASE H ° } BY MARLEN E. PEW since Decatur went dry, There i x Nh, May i4.—The not a « number of people, how } bing going « , of town | whe shih f { Di na \ Hon is @ good thing for Advocates of the saivon, dr financial motives, and ant O08 For some of Mea, altruistic but sometimes @X | divorces has treme in their statements and offen | doeket fc even fanatical, are batting in 4b | cireuit court are be Most every state and their pres® May term u year ago there were 28 bureaus are issuing enough DIKDIY cases Half of the case HM peasoned propaganda Mterature (©) against husbands are uf wed the guns of history, Their) grounds of intemperance « Claims are contractctory abuses, Half of the ‘ The situation seems to call for an | wives are upon statutory fmpartial statement based upen) grounds |@ctual conditions as found in @ city} When local option came @ which has been dry for at least one | power, 68 saloons, p year, ty Hoense, were ki uall Here's Sample. local brewery lost its va ‘ Decatur has and a| Uade, and several wholesale hou Bitle of almost every kind of life | or liquor agencies left town f >a cl th been dry combined had taxabic property og odd AEF Aen hogs listed at $30,200. This the town for a year and the peopje have ie just elected a new dry mayor, ' Whose instruction is to see to it that the local option jaw is rigidly enforced The town js normally Dut the new mayor is « wets claimed for republican mocrat | proved, A ¢ His republican acversary waa an showed that on J ary lAyowed wet and for that he fell. were 27) ve ant eng + an his seems to show that Decatur against 338 In January of the pre kes to be dry vious year, Real estate transfers This is not a “dead town,” finan-| {ncreased $151,000 In the first nine of the dry year And in ustrially or socially, The weeks Hactories are running, every one 1908 496 new dwellings were » lbsemes to be busy, and the writer at a cost of $1,131,893. There er not remember of having visit-| were some elaborate dweiliigs, but ed & town Wherein there are more most of the dwellings were mode t faced people to the city! 1,500 homes, Buildings other ee whore the pe seom to be/ than dwellings have been con Daving & better (ime 7 structed at a cost of half a million Ways, and where so few ragged/ Bank Deposits Increase. see ore snes | The number of bank de “Dead Town” Socially. Thave increased, bankers say. How ‘This ie a “dead town” socially, | ever, the bank statement shows Ip 1M @ “sporting town” may be called | dividual deposits for the Inv wet fa live one. It ix 10 o'clock at) year at § as againet % and the writer {# looking|the first dry year's $6,082.936.12 wo upon the main business | Loans increased There has been during the last quarter an Increase Tt ts deserted. in individual deposits of $331,485.42 There are no sounds, there la no} Local or general trade conditions Fibaldry there or in the hotel. that cannot be enumerated here Bo 32,000 people are somewhere; | may have influenced these figures £ suppose they are at home, many | somewhat them nn In an hour a few! The 1908 postal receipts were i peopie wili leave the! $111,975.69; to 1907, $104,419.48 “Ben Hur” and vaudeville | Last Christmas showed the biggest fare the rival attractions. There are | postal receipts In the history of the & few score people attending the | city. pietare shows. Which and "Tether, __The morning newspaper schedul-) yerchants view the conditions of elally, 4 | “ott night this week. The) no difference, and the larger de Drinking Somewhere. their trade has pot decreased One 200 men are at their| department store man #ays that his who drink may drink | business has improved. A men’s Members keep bottles in| furnishings outfitter declared that In one club, at least, it in} some of his trade had “gone out of it for a cool | loas of 4 per cent, but considers ad verse weather conditions. “There | wae fi shoes,” he says. .| Druggists have lost some bust ness, They cannot sell alcohol tn any form, even upon @ doctor's pre tutes wherever possible—strych: | .) nine, for instance-—for stimulant Here's a Hot One. One small merchant, shoes, com plained of business and gives this hovel reason; “Men are uouslly more generous to their families «| when intoxicated. A man used to buy his children new shoes or bis becanse it brings | wife a new hat when he got drunk. | spec! the city from Peoria, packages, | Now these men can't get drank and or barrels unmarked and/ they seem to be holding onto their to 26 or 20 Decatur citi-| money.” cart their packages home| vidual cases of families made more are $2 “soft drink” parlors |an, name known to the writer, sald town, converted saloons, | that her husband is now supporil pop. ginger ate and “water | her for the first time In years. beer” are dispensed. The | haa always worked, but could never tastes like the real thing, but/ get his pay envelope by a saloon said to contain jess than one-| “I now get dollars where I used to Ma of 1 per cent alcohol, the alco | get pennies,” she said. “My hue having been evaporated at the| band rarely goes out evenings.” v0 drys object to this, because Tame ineretas, & malt beverago, and they} The wets always cry “higher takes their case into court.|{#xes.” The Decatur city ta have been in a year nearly | tT 1907 was $2.69, for 1908 $2.66, ging (peddling from a boitle or consolidated tax rate for 1907 was iting), blind tiger, or selling $7.27, In 1908 $7.89, and In 1909 is drink parlors, The booze | $4.96. The schoo! tax rate, includ thus, like some that is im-|¢ in the consolidated tax, haa in d, is said to be of poor qual creased 78 cents In three yarn, Jim Sheets, a farmer, drank| The writer heard no one com twofinger “smile” in a blind|Piafa of Increased tax burden ex and tn an hour fell dead. The | ©@P?t & few saloon men, who seem newspapers declared that the|¢ insincere, County Treasurer C lie” did the busines T. Tandy said he heard few com Gains in Population, re ’ ‘The city in said to have gained C Population during the yoar: We re the andy no figures, The head of Jargest transfer company says |? nd advertisers on the classified e know it bas moved out of town during | ® sras#hopper how far he'll hop. Year he hae moved seven in But you can tell by the way this 1908, wot, there wore 1,943 ar-| PASE has increased that we must ts on all charges. Of thin total | %¢ doing a heap of good 74 were charged with intoxication Or people wouldn't spend their the dry year there have|™aney with ns Been 989 arrests, 293 for drunken-|_ YOu know when the sun is shin ‘The vagrants locked wp dur. |'"%, don't you? the last wet year numbered| Don't we keep telling you how ind there were only 16 arrested | People, by the hundreds, make and during the dry year. save money by using this page? Th cont of policing the city, g21,-| Well? 000, has remdined the same, bur) Come on! Come on! “Decatur had a et mayor and coun. | You're next Gil. The polic# obyiously were not} There’*® no monkey-doodle bust As busy during the past year. It \e|"@88 @bout what we say for intoxication has been slightly | increased in the neighboring towne| 1k at this ad » spe a EE PERE Ean Wanted—G p enera oure WALL PAPER REMNANTS | work. wee ome ints, Bt mont Left over from our Great Stock Pi Reducing Sale; they aro being} Explains itself, out regardiess of cost. They| In The Star only re far ahead of anything ever of-| Eight calls from girls fered in Seattle. Come in and look| On the first Insertion them over ederal Paint & Wall She's working Paper Co., 1214 First Ave Main 1050; Ind FIREPROOF STORAGE Exclusively for Household Goods, social, musical or religious) tate vartously, The majority of| at the various churches | tradexpeople say that they notlee | basebal! mad. partment store people prove that! a warm bottle from | towa,” A shoe merchant reports &) reascd sale of children’s | scription, Physicians now carry «) in | Supply of Mquor for medicinal pur. | pores, but they are using substh | . These people meet the ape} There are records of many indi lay or Week consumption. | comfortable and happy. One wom- | b arrests for illegal selling, boot-|*"4 for 1909 $2.72. The county } for every three families that| _YoU never can tell by the looks @ fact that the number of arrests| Straight from the shoulder with | month 132 North Broadway. X Hi, 11-12 THE STAR-—FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1909 TE SL LT RIN BE ARRESTED \ Hy United Press t hat th i PORTLAND, Ore fay 14 he i Rn W. T, Buster tor of the Aitle and thelr publle “ AMERICAN SEAMEN 2": iis sh 'ws Sal oe NOT JAILED hoi Mee | Hy United Press ¢ h oare ¢ : CARACA May 14.—After cupante went to our } veatign he repor at of an American ship was confined that te cation of 4 in & prison in Venesuela, Mintute thia evil meapt an assin of ed Prost to say that there ts not the first the least foundation for the (Ry Unhed 9: | Why can we not be honest and The report. whieh caused the min KALISPELL, M May 14 Jeensible in settling this question tater's investigation was to victory was recorded today for] and pottle right ‘Alatelot fect that the crew of the the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget | a5, of disreputable pl OD Knewlen which sailed from | Sound railroad in ite war with t theeet, easel tl Provincetown Mase five your the Great Northern A rahtot them lt destroys the value of the ago, had been held prisoners here | ¥4¥ map fled by the Rockefeller) i vynerty and the desirability of | to or years road ove ng it nad torr their homes, and without any com acquired lands which the Great a teeetll bu eel Northern balleved it had secured |Penestion. Tile 16 unl fee ated te jaw prevent It public © WANTS $3, 000 FOR by beating the Milwaukee an hour [$7 BBN ely. We have pubile en va in filing condemnation sults, The | B pies brewer places for logal erin inals rous the line in a few days FRI Sno Cal early § dar waa bitt by bh jog. Mrs, Annie Davis, a servant has filed suit against Mise M. BS (By United Percival, of Lathrop Mre. Davis PENDLETON charges that last February Mise | Typical winte May 14 AT LEAGT THAT 18 THE ALLE GATION, BUT WOMAN BAYS Percival removed a vicious dog | vailed | from ite accustomed place In the | de IT'S BLACKMAIL ifant yard and chained it near the door have been ~ - Char of the house, She was inform: | te of ane (hy Cnlted Pree) manuf. re ed of the removal of C ate 1 PABADENA, Cal, May I-Ie Harr ‘ ped from the door and Was bitten of Pe blackmail. Plain wanton blacker from his #y by the “pet the snow t« 10 inches deep there erhich 1 Will Rot and camant out vn Sete Room 202 Second Floor Sale This sale still continues. The cut is made owing to the late season and a tremendous stock of Sum- if mer Clothing on hand. And we will unload this |} stock of Clothing before the sale stops. The Bell Clothing Co.'s reputation is well known for carry- TAILORS Hand-Tailored | Suits We Do What We Say— |} Give You Goods at Half Price | |} “Sarastey sryes~ CONSERVATIVE AS WELL AS MORE UL- CLOTHING FUE i d The Suits included in this of $1200 Up-to-Date “Men's | $1800 Up-to-Date Men's I fering possess a degree of ele Suits ..... aes0al $6.00 | Py ee Sak $9.00 TO vance and style not common to $20.00 p-to-Date Spring §) ; i if $14.00 Up-to-Date Men's | Overcoats $9.00 amb ~ vi fora eon Bulte or sesreress ‘97,00 REMEMBER, WE CARRY | ture men, and poe accentuated SUITS AS HIGH AS $16.00 Up-to-Date Men's $40.00, AND ALL GO AT J, effects for young men—such as Suite ..... .... 88,00 HALF PRICE. fancy pockets, lapels, cuffs on sleeves, novelty buttons, etc., sin- gle and double-breasted styles, | A Cut in Men’s Furnishing Goods | a I An our $130 and $400 $1.00 Natural Wool Under- America Ss Shirts go at .. wear, a garment ....50¢ All our 50c Balbriggan Un derwear goes at 25¢ In fact, everything in this All our 75c Balbriggan Un-| department has a big chunk ‘to derwear goes at ..,..45@) cut off the regular price. $10.00 Leather: Bult Cases .:cccissesvisscectes $5.00 | $25 Clothes A Cut in Hats rer: All our $2.50 Hats go at | All our $3.50 Hats go at.... 15 VipheitsiVivees $1.40 eats .., $1.80 e REMEMBER, WE CARRY A FULL LINE oe OF BOYS’ SUITS AND PANTS, AND THE ; fe ar PRICES ON THESE ARE CUT TO SATISFY THOSE WHO ARE READY TO BUY NOW. ing reliable and up-to-date merchandise. This is your opportunity to buy a first-class Suit of Cloth- ing for half price and less, | A Suit, including all necessary al- We tell you that this is a cut price sale, and that jlciiay haasae tg a est is exactly what it is. When you come ant examine the goods you will see and be convinced, One-third of our stock must be reduced. The Bell Clothing Co, cannot continue to sell these reliable goods at I do not sell any but all-wool yoods-——none under this price, | Open From 8A. M. to6 P. M. jf Such low prices, so take advantage now. | Room 202 Second Floor Milwaukee fs now within five miles | Porto. poral eriminals hey havel fronts ts of the Canadian border and will offleers tle this toe and 0 A Harrie and contre other wa The ehureb STIRT AN, oe of the ire Implement red = Bidne nd chauffeur wife of the Burke Building Cut Price Sastoaae ” Gonsix ea tinge The man you've been waiting for sells only Men’s Sample Suits, made of America’s Purest Woolens, fashioned b ¥ America’s MOST SKILLE Burke Pailin A YEAR OF PROHIBITION IN A BIG TOWN MINISTER IS 10 17 LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE) ~ ASSASSINS ARE JAILED © = ROBBED OF NEW COMER PROVES TO BE AN EASY MARK cock. HIS MONEY CATTLE ot 4 to (Dy United Press) ‘ik matt ¢ Kua ed Het woclety and «sot oneen, a. Eastenn onscon S| WEALTHY WOMAN STEALS | <= covereo witt SKOW) ANOTHER’S HUSBAND _ Tr thor ft NORDICA TO RETIRE iy United Presa) LONDON, May l4.--Ma a said today th with George banker, next spr from active profes lian her Young, the nKe she will retire sional work The Man You Have Been Looking For Opened With @ Rush This Morning; Extra Salesmen to Wait on You Tomorrow Truly Warren|| I receive goods every week from more than fifty nationally famous makers of men’s high-grade suits, I open tomorrow with about 800 to 1,000 newest spring styles AT MUCH LESS than the actual cost of production. EVERY GOOD MAKE IS HERE AT A SAVING OF FROM 810.00 TO $25.00 ON EVERY SUIT. Truly Warren, the Sample Suit Matt Take. Elevator They Are the Pick and Cream of the Clothing World Models for Men and Young Mea ALL ARE MADE ACCORDING TO THE. LATEST DICTATES OF FASHION The following fabrics and shades are embraced in this splendid collection of suits: Blue, black and fancy, finished and unfinished worsteds, cassi- meres, cheviots, etc.; rich shades of tan, olive, green, gray, blue, castor, etc., in the fashionable new striped patterns; models for professional and business men, as well as college chaps. America’s Best $28 $45 Clothes Choice $18 A Suit, including all necessary el- terations. Perfect fit guaranteed. Never pay more than this price. You save more than hail is most instances, Open Saturday 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. ai Av. and Marion St. t this neoed and ‘The