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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1922)
f AMERICAN ■ IHMsible from negligent parents or interfering relative*. What the Society Rerord Show The Society’s records »flow that during the l*»t fiscal year i 264 children passed through the receiving home. »Visit* were made to .170 homes in which ward* are domiciled, some ward* ac quiring several visits a year. There were 184 Investigations of difficult cases or families, on request of county judg** or other Good Horn«* Wanted for Bright-Faced Boys and GirU, public officials. These investigation* involved 429 children. In Who Yearn for Real Home and Parent* tester homes on May 21, 1922, the Society had placed 419 chil dren. During the last year the affieiM came'in contact with 799 \ - ’ * J ' ». " , : • * ' ' * Why not prove your humanity by helping .the homeless or children outside of the receiving home. Some people prefer to buy a ear that is broken in,” which lias been hoo - The financial report of the treasurer shows that the actual neglected children through the Boys’ and Girl»’ Aid Society of sonod by careful ami judicious use, so they buy Good Used Cars. • operating expense of the last year was $31,416.83. It is evident Oregon, 166 East 26th St. N., Portland?, You can help by,sending money, clothing, food—«nythihg the Society was not extravagant. - Said J. Teuscher, Jr., the superintendent; “We continue to - nmi everythlng_ that a family need!. Help by giving a pcrfnunent home to a child; by speaking a discouruge temporary commitments, because to receive children good word for these children at the right time; by giving the and then to return them after a while to the same bad home from society a hearing before condemning it or its children; by leav which they came, is not charity; it is not justice to the children. ing something to the Society in your will, for helpless children. It is cruelty. It is misappropriation of funds. It is waste. \ et The Society was incorporated in 1886. It is for homeless, almost daily we are asked to lend a hand to such waste and to 1 Ford Touring Car with starter.......... $265.00 neglected, of abused children. It is under no church, it is not a such breach of trust. Parents in various walks of lif* ask us to hold children uptil a good-for-nothing runaway father may re reformatory. 1 Chevrolet 1922 T ouring............ ; . ____ $485.00 turn home, or a grossly immoral mother may reform, and when * Splendid Reeonl of 36 Years 1 V elie Touring, o n l y . . . . . , . . . , . - . ........... $675.00 Our For thirty-alx years the Boys*-and Girls’ Aid Society of Ore 1 we refuse their requests, we are, of courjte. Censured. ’ Society must be true to its name. It must be The Boys’ and 1 Ford T o u rin g ...... $175.00 gon has championed the rights of the unfortunate child, the right Girls’ Aid Society of Oregon. It must serve every county, and to live in normal surroundings, the right to be freed from the 1 Chevrolet T o u r in g ............. ............ . . .$200.00 ; - blame which a cruel world heaps upon an innocent child for the it must serve unfortunate children, not shiftless parent*. It is not a reformatory.” . . v / 1 M itchell S i* Touring............... $425.00 wrongs committed by u father or mother., , Health Recoid In Remarkable This Society, which Is the Chief child-placing organization 1 Ford Roadster ........................ $275.00 Much dental work, a number of minor operations, and some on the Pacific Coast, aims merely to bridge the gap between - 1 Chevrolet T o u r in g ................................... $350.00 <■ the bad home and the good home, believing that an institution, sickness must be expected each year, but the Society has not lost" no matter how well conducted, cannot compare in any way with n single child by death since the year 1916, and more than a thousand children have passed through the receiving home since 1 a good private home, where a child is placed as a member of the then. This remarkable record is attributed to the matchless family and receives the love for which the hungry little heart climate, to good food, cleanliness, ordinary care and the efficiency is longing. The constructive aim is to prevent waywardness of the medical staff, s and crime, rather than reformation. It is wiser and less ex ^ Singular Position Explained pensive to save children than to punish criminals. "In the mattter of finances, w* stand in a singular position,” j • ¿¡one(¡1 !» Free From Politic» said Superintendent Teuscher. “We are not fn debt. We have The State is the Society's field. It is entirely free from Sbm year to near carefully prepared a budget and tried to ad \ ' Mfpr ]K>l.itica, and many years of success have made it known in every here to it during the year, and because we are out of debt and not The House That Service Built part of the State. This fact shows clearly why no juvenile court1, always begging tnopey, many persons take it for granted that w e, or State institution can successfully do the worl^ whic his being don’t need money, clothing, food and fuel and many otfler things ASTORIA, OREGON done. It is not alone the number of children cared for each year required’ by a great household. Because we are economical, we \ i thaj must be considered as a matter of success orTailure, but it are practically being punished for our good management. If we is also the kind of care which the children receive, both in the had purchased an automobile, employed a large staff of helpers, receiving home and in foster homes. maintained a downtowm office, and could show’» deficit, perhaps , Strict segregation of sexes is maintained in the receiving it would make a stronger appeal to many persons. We are not home—separate play rooms and seven separate sleeping dormi- asking for more money from the State, nor from the various FREDERICK W . OTTO * torles. There are spacious grounds and two large play sheds— counties. We do hope, however, that individuals Ijlll remember REAL ESTATE—INSURANCE one for boys and one for girls. All children of school nge in the our children in their last wills and testaments, a’jyfc ultimately I'/i North Soventh St receiving home attend the public schools. They assist in the make us independent of State and county suppoxt.6 * Seaside, Oregon work of the receiving home nights and mornings and gain a "Please make it clear that we are not in politics, and that Inc. practical knowledge of home-making and housekeeping. There w< are not sectarian, that we do not pay large salaries, that we Old Lino Life Inouraneo are eight trained adult workers, two of whom give their entire are not here to serve worthless parents, but that we are protec American Central Life time to tbg field work in various parts of the State. One, a night tors of the abused and helpless children. Many friends have \ Insurance Co. attendant, makes hourly rounds of the building. sent us money, vegetables, canned fruits, and other things that BUILDERS HARDWARE L. W. h\»l»r were helpful. They have helped us protect children by court f ^ L e a d in g QhUd-Plaeing Organization . P . O. S o x tor Seaside. O r i. actk>i| and in many ways’ assisted in good work. For all these This U the* leading child-placing organisation in Oregon, PA INTS, OILS, GLASS things we are deeply grateful, not in a personal way so much as not because it places more children in permanent homes, but * ~ 1 ----- ji ------------ - in behalf of the children, for whom all these things were done.” WHAT HAVE YOU TO TRAOET largely because the placements are usually successful. I t does • *»% '• • • V,- ’ . - ' . 1 have a a Interest In a new house Can’t You Give Home to “Kid"? i, t r not offer nor place mentally or physically defective children. not yet complete. In Astoria. Ore. j Reader: If you could see the children at the "receiving home OocsLlocatlon. *1,000.00 is the amount RADIO EQUIPMENT Good applicants have a right to expect normal children, who will respond to good case and treatment. Success is the greatest ad and talk with them, observing for yourself their sad yearning o£ the equity. Will trade ior any Come around Saturday evening and hear the local entertainment through our Magnavox. which will be In front of our store at * P. SJ, vertisement; its secret is easily told but hard to follow. The aim for an honestdo-goodness HOME and for the tender touch and thing worth the money. Address H. We carry everything in radio equipment. Come in and let us is. to place the children in good family homes as far removed as loving kindness of REAL PARENTS, you would open up your J.. care of Western American. tell you about It as everyone will have a set soon. - Why not get heart, iT circumstances would, permit, and claim one of these TO TRADE FOR PORTLAND yours now? bright-faced boys or girls as your very own. If you are inter PROPERTY ested, write to Superintendent Teuscher and he will do the rest. Equity In new modern house not • ' e Observing these unfortunate children, considering the sad yet complete. In Astoria, Ore. Write circumstances which darkened their young lives at a time when Wilson, care of Western American. Fred Thief H. H. Tftlsl life should be joyous and care-free, on*> is reminded of the Great The limit of brass-faced impudence Master's! condemnation of anyone who harms a childf and also has been reached when, as In Astoria, Everything in Hardware a 3-hall banker who fought the school of His sayfng: bill, who served to his limit the los 608 Commercial St., Astoria, Ore. Astoria, Ore. "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them ing candidate, applies to the “ '»u*re not, 'for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” for the appointment of himself as the Thursday, Nov. 30, 1922 T tfE HELP SAVE UNLUCKY CHILDREN ' LHP GIVE THEM CHANCE IN LIFE . . , w e s t e r n ’* NYQUISrs GOOD USED CARS A FEW G O O D BUYS Nyquist Motor Car Co, M ic L in H a r d w a r e C o . - ■ — - r McLin Hardware C o., THIEL BROTHERS Billiards—Cigars Lunches 524 Commercial Street Phone 38 Aftoria, Ore. Low est Prices on Dishes 42 Piece Set *4 ^ * Cut prices on Reds. Springs, Mettresses, Pillows, Sheets. Comforts, Rugs, Pabcolin Carpets, Dressers, < Chairs. Trunks, Suitcases, Conking Utensils and every thing for the Home. *• New and Second Hand Northern Furniture Store Telephone 422 Eleventh and Duane, Astoria, Ore. Making Americans Most Important Duty who is financially Interested in a pri vate school and would see his coun try Catholicised before loglng any money. Remove the cause and you «Reel a cure In a great many cases. The cause In this case is 75 per cent Im migration. the other 25 per cent can be laid to priests already in this country. The eere can- be made by giving oarge doses of Ku Klux Klan-ism through the R. R. R. R. The Royal Riders of the Red Robe are men who are foreign-born Amer icans and if a Ku Kluxer Is 100 per cent American a 4-R la 110 per cent the same. They are men who realise what the fight means. They have leR their homeland to find a place which will be fair to their views and men who have found it and now reach forth with ready Hand to help those brothers from across the sea who wgnt Americanism. The Royal Riders of the Red Robe may he reached by writing to post- office lock box 118, Portland-, Oregon, It the dutv of anyone, who ts In terested, whether he be foreign born or American bom, to write to the R. R. R. R. and get |n insight into the organisation. Literature and Inform ation on request at any time to any point 1* the United States. chief municipal employe. In control of all departments. The fablod gall of the government mule Isn't a circum stance in comparison with that fallow. Ha certainly (a a rare bird. And any man on the winning ticket who would look with favor upok that man's ap plication for preferment is lower than a snake's belly and unfit to asAciate with a graveyard hyena. “God give us men!" Now that we have' the campaign off our minds we must taka up< the same work as our Catholic opposition Is doing—that of making Americans of foreign-born citisens who come to this country to become Americans and not What do you think of a man who subjects of the Pope, says that ster ling American weekly, the Foster proves himself so low and baas, Road News, edited by Mr.- H. W. lost to all tense of honor and every Hunt. The rest of it follows: sentiment of fair play, at to turn upon in.many Instances they have left his friends Immediately after they their own home-land because of Cath elect him to office and give hie patron- olic persecution. On account of this ago support to tholr chief opponent? msny of the better class will want to Anything may bo expected of a coyote, join an organisation which has for its or a hyena, but a wolf pup won’t bite Ideals the best of the {hlngs that are the hand that fad him while starving. to be enjoyed In the Coastttution of Any office-holder who Is so de the United Stater.- praved and cowardly aa to turn upon We all know the state of afiairs In hla friends, after his election, and do I Washington, D. C„ In regard to the th# bidding of their opponents, is no 1 Pope's hold on the government; what man *V*H hut merely a selfish and better way is there than to break ^ls crooked tMag^of evil, disguised In hold through the ballot? human form. Any sueh man deserve» . If all Americans vote for an Amer to be kicked out of office at the earl ican who has the love of country and iest opportunity. his fellowman at heart, we are bound to have the kind of government we Subscribe today for trie Western want. American. Any piece In the United The Inpouring horde of Immigrants States by mail *2.50 for a full year. In the last 20 years has made a vote which ts largely controlled by the Pope and rlso one which la contam RUPTURE CURED (Continued from Page 1) inated by rubbing elbows with papal The Manipulator Pad la guaranteed ERN AMERICAN Is reminded of the henchmen. The man who voted agalnet the to do tha work. If not satisfactory tn deepairing country youth, who, being school bill although American born I t ' 80 days your money will ba refunded. rejected- by the lady of hla heart, thus of this class. He May be a Presby See B. M. Heflin, expert truss fitter. walled his lamentation: "Love la sweet, but OH. HOW terian, a Seventh Day Adventist. or a 72* Commercial St., or (after « p. m.) member of any Proteetant church, but Apt. Z, Page Bldg. Phone 1010, As BITTER!—To LOVE a Oal, and then W. KRUSCH*. Mgr. 1 can’t GIT ’er!” he Is a weak-knegd Protestant, or one: toria, Ore a* Inc. " - • Brookfield Q uarry & T O W 3 2 6 C or v T i i p n o d n l x l / y C S A R N U D S H E D R O C K cem ent Lime, Brick, Plaster Sewer Pipe 22nd and W aterfront ASTORIA, 0 Medusa W aterproofing Truscon Structural* u4 Reinforcing Steel Phone 85S i “The only difference between good work and bad is a fete dollars and a bunch of regrets." T h o s . A. M c K a y Guaranteed Plunging and Heating TELEPHONE 663 SEASIDE, ORE. HIGGINS IMPUDENT If It Can Be Done With P a in ts E. J. HALLAUX P hone 21« Do u i 895 Commercial St. Astoria, Oregon e