» everywhere M o iM y i, ryH that th* Kian office In Vanoou ver, Wash., has been moved from tha Schofield building, bacauaa af several "KC" tanants, a l (fad and abattad by a law "Proteetant" would ba golitloUne who war« sara at tha Klansman for not falling In lino- and backing up soma af thalr weak-kneed and Catholic' CBhdldatea. who wars defeated, in tha racant city and county elections. Thaaa mla chievoua allies actually schemed to “run the . Klan out of Vanoou- g. Bid for First Place ! i sde in Behalf of As­ toria Members ROSE C IT Y V A N C O S T ta s e K ALLEN BROS Feed and Fuel Co, 6840 Foster Road , WOOD SLAB WOOD H A U L IN G A. S. C O N N E R Fresh and Cured Meats Wèstern American Special. Astoria. Ore.. Jan. IS —Srreral pros­ pective candidate» aro eyeing each other, preliminary to a bis plunge into j tha Western American automobile contest. A strong bid-for first place and the Reo automobile Is to be made by Astoria, and the members of ihe local Ku Klux Klan are reported as .be­ ing Interested in winning the big auto for the Astoria Klan. However, the Klan la as firmly satablishtd as any elvio Institu­ tion, and now haa parmanant of­ fice rooms ovpr the American Se­ curity Bank, at -4101 a Main »treat. Tre Klan also is growing steadily In Vancouver and vlcln- tty assd lb remarkable far tha high quality ef Its membership as welt at great number». Tha K Ian's 1923 program includes many Items far tha betterment and praaparity af all tha people- ■ including ‘ rednecks.” Since the fira that destroyed eTery lodge hall in Astoria, it Is reported tha Astoria branch of the Ku Klux Klan has had to shift the • meeting placa several times before ittltable quarters were found, but not a single meeting was omitted In fact, the emergency occasioned the holding of several special meetings, which were attended by Fred L. Gifford, Grand Dragon of the Klan, who is given cred- it for putting over some big wòrk in Astoria at a very critical time. ^ Despite the moving away of a large number of members, the Astoria Klan still is growing and it is reported that a new class of 100 candidates will be initiated into the Kind this week. Bines the fire there have been many changes In partnerships o f local busi­ ness men. and in many cases these changes were m ade between partners who differed m their views regarding the. Klan in some cases employes who had been clerks for many years are now starting out for themselves and. are on the same footing with their former employer». both socially -1- C A. NORWOOD and financially, as some of the mer­ Bicycles and Supplies Fishing Tackle chants' savings were wiped out corn- . , . «ypslrjhg , . . . pletely .by. the fir e . and many are A M E R IC A N WHITE Meat Market Distinguished Leader Inspir­ ing Men to Higher Ideals of U fe I T « Sandy Boulevard Western Aimeclohn Spaclal. VancouTor, # b «h . Jan. IT.— Dr. C. j 0. Curtis, pastor ef (ba first Christian Church, of Vancouver. Wash . who fa- cently has been appointed offi­ cial lecturer for the Ku Klux Klan :in‘ tha State« of Waahlnston and ■ Idaho, haa started tha dellveribg at | a scries of lectures, under the sue- i plc*» o f Colu«abl ■ Klan No. 1 of Van- ! I'oofir, Wash. Cecture* ware delfrarad last weak at La Cooler, Ridgefield and Battla Ground. where despite tha prevailing ¡bad weather, laree crowds had gath- i «red to hear about the Klan. ÌF g jV g S Englund & Henderson TA ILO R S S. E. Career Math and Pine Portland, Ore. New Strand Hotel M E A T S , FISH A N D POULTRY mtAM HKAT fioca»», TSa p»r day- Sloe per ereeb and up __- __ Wh.v run alt ever town looking for «parimente or hous»kss|>uu( rooms T I will lorala you f reef of «half*. 3M Stark Street Portland, Ortgen Dr. Curtis M a very able lecturer and a man o f ttoe pefaonallty. Ha not only explatns the prtnclples ind Ideals ot Klah kraft, but Insplres one to the higher Ideals ot lifo, aHbodled In the great fuBdasnantal priaclplea o f the Klan. He rsturned rweatly from Atlanta. Ga.. wherb' Be aitended tha National Klorrvokattoa Sa s delegat# from Oe- lumbla X h a |s. 1 ot Tlsessvsf. In cwabeetMb wlth Md leeture, Dr. A n O ld Firm. In a N e w Location H AN K H UFFM AN, for many year« In the tailoring buatneaa m Furtlaml, has oprnrd a new «Iure al 4u3 Wanhington »treat, near Thirteenth, out o f the high W it tlHtflef, when, he «rill rohderl n medium priced ladoring shop for men and women. < Oat Our PflseS Before Ordering Veer New boring bull Expert Cleaning and l*resuing In Couneeliou Phone Broadway WHO Dr. Curtía lg doing much good for * Klan movement, which le steadily Telephone Broadway 1SU Kt> r tforui.vlll*. Mandger Our Motto Is: To Ploaso YOU * THE NEW AMERICAN HOTEL Western American Special. Riddle. Or#., Jap. 17.— Douglas Coupty Ktan*map. of S ^eu there are many and all of the hundred per coat type, are well pleased With the way the new Legislature has started ltd session -work. They ore pleased par- 187 Light and A iry Booms Moderst# ericas 92 North Third Street, Comer Hander* - * 1 All W hile Half* Bmpioyad W nlborn’g Correct Millinery I’orttand, Oregon Helen Axelaon Walhora M A U R O T IR E & R E P A IR C O in er ,r* «*»•*• Columbia li Battèri* much enthusiasm th« atmouicemsnt that It Was A e IntentIdn of"Tfre nfew C RESTO N G A R A G E , Port Commission to hire no aliens In Qribbls Bros. \ the future. G ^Clifford Barlow, new 50th and Pow ell Sto. — ■ r tommisslwier trim, Warren ton. is flu vs «1S-SÎ Portland, Ore. man who brought the matter to the attention, ot the Port Commissioner*. —Tha Right ftaca to Trade” " L j «BODTRAR BBBTICK STATION 01 tBe * lle!, *n tfcta * * * Adjutant-O | C0I14rt>l of as COB. NINTH and OAK — TWO bTORBB — COM. BIO PORTLAND, OREGON E A T M O R E V IK IN G B R E A D Reports I pr M M m (food Quality and. a Square Deal L IB E R T Y G R O C E R Y :«* Vegetables. Groceries. Feed, Dry Goode and Notions 4527 Woodstock Avenue lone Auto. 650*2$ t— • Hansen Sheet Metal .Works Manufacturers af Cornice, Skylight* . Furnace*. Tin« Copper and Shact- 1 tract Work. Katimatad Furnighed. ■ 4615 «7th Street, * E. Kern Park Station Phone A lit. -Portland, Ore. f l U I T I L i l l i l i VI Ü l f l U l l I H U ____ 1- a Min din HQ nr pitv lU J IllU U l U M I n lT Itu _______ hoping fo r the long-needed construe- live legislatfon. so that they may ob- ,an tmta ,or »»**«*• •>»»«««»» and marketing of crops. Mr. Cloud t and all other progressives In this « * - tioa are confident of great progress ‘n the present Legislature. Habit Offends Many and , City Commisii<>r\ If Ex- **----- *— 1 — pected to Act nniiTr liirtA r n r iT 'W K N O W Y O U R CLEANERS Y OU don't -end vonr rnr.nr to a street j^riml blacksmith. Then why send your farm« preened to any one bn« a Meuter O n i i « 1 RV and know your dnrk garment» gel tha »«m e rare as your ligfcfones. ' Men’s Suits and Ovreoata I’ n -vsed ........... Men'« Suita and Overeeats Cleaned and Pressed I ÛS0 Naar Ankeny '— Dr. C. S. Ogsbury Reliable Agent for A ll M agasin«* B E LL P A R IS C LE A N E R S A N D D Y E Ä S C. W . M E R R ITT ROSEW AY - Sold Everywhere 1IB HHa He*.: 10 1 E. Moi Bt. Rev. R. H. Sawyer, Grand Counselor of the Ladle* of the Invisible Empire, addrersfcd a meeting of that organiza­ Phone Auto 637-63 tion in Tillamook last Wednesday evening, and on Thursday derivered a rtirrlng address to the Tillamook D entist Klan.. Office: Rooms 2 and 3 Leach Building Dr. Sawyer found that all Klansmen •7th and Foater Road : 4714 71*t S. E. Portland, Oregon have nothing but the highest praise for the "Loties" and for the wonder­ ful good they are doing. Anauwan “ Stove" A. K. C< These Are 100% Bred WM. PARRISH 9123 Foster Road Rtgiolorod Airdale Pupa For Sale B. F. Miller The The Mr. And The Largest and Most Completely Equipped Automotive Service In the Mount dcott, District Vv The Right Place for Right Service AXEL K1LDAHL. Proprietor 8919 Foster Road Phone «11 BYE-BYE, ROMAN BENNIE! Orangemen are Orange, yet Klux are Klucking still, Oloott la hot our Governor he did not kill the bill. —Folly. WHAT HAVE YOU TO TRADE? I have an interest In a new house not yet complete, In Astoria, Ore. Good- location. |l,«00.i)0 Is the amount of the equity. Will trade for any­ thing worth the money. Addrgke Hi J, care of Western American. FUNERAL DIRECTOR Phon» Tabor M R*. LURCH, A co latent Xb4 g. 11th bt., 1 Black South af Hawthorns Ave Pura Sweet Home-Made Apple Cider DMlrr In Western Americen Special. Huntington, Ind„ Jan. 17.— Mr. Noll, a Roman Catholic priest, and an em­ ploye KC named Dolan, have opened office» here to organize a boycott against the Ku Klux Klan, although the Klan has done nothing whatever to justify such opposition. - Indiana Klansmen. like those everywhere, be­ lieve In religious tolerance and have no quarrel to pic$ with Catholics as to their religious worship, but they de­ SknltJiry Plumbing and plore the offensive and ribald conduct Jobbing Prom ptly Attended to of men who resort to foul practices In gloY't) Conscetior.N 0326 92nd St. S E. > Portland, Ora. their futile -efforts - to break down Ptiop Pfccme Atit. Christian Protestantism In America. H ot . T*hone A nt €33-4f P. L. LERCH Crystal Market D St. Phone Tabw VISI DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS Service Station Priest and Hireling SAWYER LECTURES Gas, Oils, Tires and Accessories TO TILLAMOOK KLAN 0 Try to Start Boycott 72d St. and Foster Road f lin k , Oil*. Verni.h « , K i I m Well Pasc» Ju»t apple Jutre nothin* added nothin* taken away Me a nailon Phoftt yiyttr order and than coma and get It. or w t will delirar Applrc She n bo* aiiit up D U K E ’S M E A T M A R K E T C. E. Daks, Prop. Meat*, Fruite and Vegetable# haue Tabor M7t East Uth *L and Hawthorns Avs. b I m P ortfopd. Oregon W» Handle a Full Una of Pastrtr. THE LADD Ororer* and Butcher*, Fountain and Restaurant The beat In alt department* Phone Herviré Delivery When in Doubt Where to Eat TRY THE Union Oyster House 25? WuiMagtnn Street Naur Third L. A. GROCER PERRY Dell crie» Leave at 1« A. M. and 3 T Sfth St. and Bandy Boulevard, »«ora Tahor Sica B A T T E R Y S T A T IO N Willard Storio* Betterl##—Official Station •alas and Servies Electrical Repairing Thirty-eighth and bandy G randm a’s Green Hill Dairy White English Bull Terriers Puppies for Sale, Sire«} by «38 HANDY BO ULEVARD ■tubs*-rfptione Guaranteed R. H. RANDOLPH DR. L. R. PUGH — --------------------------------- L l p h o n e E a s t osoí spruce u p " Astoria, Ore., Jan. 16.— A peculiar result of the fire in Astoria was the Dentistry opening of a restaurant where women ■ are permitted to smoke in public. The | name of the restaurant Is The j Phoenix, and it is located in the , Messenger building at Ninth and1 No Job too Small Astor streets. The day after the fire a man and i his wife came from Seaside and f CONTRACTOR—G ENERAL JOBBING started the first eating place opened j -Plans and Specifications Furnished in the burned district. Trade was 206 E. Fiftieth S t T abor 6549 fine until one day a group of up-town j people dropped in for evening dinner ■ M. Petri J. H. Ludwig Phone W t-SI Phone S t!-87 and found the wife of the proprietor sitting witlq some men and she was smoking cigarettes. Cleanlin**« Our Motto There has been some talk about; 7410 Foster Road "Pasteurized Milk, Cream. Whipping asking the new city commission to Cream and Buttermilk Phone 834-42 Portland, Ore. pass an ordinance forbidding women , to smoke in public and it is expected I some action will be asked at the next meeting of the commission. Portland, Ort FRED GANTENBEIN Express and Moving Experienced Furniture and Plane Mover, Long Distane» Hauling Stane? m Saat SBurrlaun, Car. Union Phans East 0B6* Residence: At East Thirteenth North Phone East t77t PO R TLAN O Phone Hast C H EVR O LE T C H A S . C. E M E R Y Authorised Servire and Farts Satisfaction Guaranteed—IS Yaa Knowing How Frank Russell Barber Shop ( klM m ’ t Hair Cutting B Specialty R A D IO ELECTRIC B A K E R Y Bpeelal Orders for Ledges and Entertainment* Rot of MatarUU Arr fsed 1356 Hawthorne Avenue Phene 1 Bear Forly-»l*1ith illrrrt CHRIIL F. HF.fCK G A S O L IN E F IL L IN G S T A T IO N Automobilr Tire» ned Arrrunrlr. Itljjh tired« Lubrlrattni (tas «mi Hlrrtrte Supplì».--Vulrettiiina -Battery - Thirty-third and BslaieiU B trw U H. E. H A D L E Y Burlington, Oregon 1417 Randy Boulevard Phone East 0619 Contractors I’-apdlra Done On the Liny ordered •67 Sandy Boulevard NSui CSth 8t. Faitcy and Staple G roceriaa Soft Drinks, Tobacco, Confections G a s — A u to Supplies — O il C. ». Whitcomb, Mgr Portland Plumbing and Heating Co. Portland, 0 Portland, Ortes« Oanea Halt — Dancing E v e ry Saturday- E ve ning, Ovehestrx. Satren-Plac»