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PUNISH MISCREANT
FOR BRUTAL CRIME
Justice Meted Out to V il
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y «n t Girl
W tatem Amarican SpaclaL
HELPS GOOD CAUSE
Bï HELPING PAPER
This was tho «1« < !.i <a’ inn o f W. N
Ponton. Ora ml Msjgor of the Province
of Ontario, iu an uddrJa - to Masons at
the dedication of the new Masonic
Tempi*. in Woodstock, OntarKx, this
week.
¿
"These are earnest times in 0»u-
J ja .
l»2;i K.lltor Wettern Xmer-
ada," #a:d the Grand Mr ¡ter. “ We
have n great work to do a« builders lean— Dear Brother Prhtestant AmeH-
and as unifiers. J tliink the pnblic cans I came to this city from a little
men of this Province should know ‘ |ow „
Marion county, a short time
there are 1M.N0 men in Ontario-who
; since, eugagtng in the used car and
are strong to see that the laws are
auto painting tmsliie**.
Ririty .^ministered and to help eu-,
Xm flK>rv |h#m p ^ s e l to learn
W E S T E R N
A M E R IC A N
a while nightgown. bul that right place
must lie decided I» the kind of people
who framed 'the , Constitution—the
While t'hrlstlan Americans!"
Vou may puhlt h a part or alt of
this correspondence If vou so desire,
sinning me as
1
A READER
ASTORIA IS STILL
UNDER BOSSES’ RÔLE
pro and con, a* to Just i.lut the ulti-
iprite outcome wifi bo
Sluing»- NitiiMlIom Indeed!
In view of the fact that the »elf-
appoiuteil committee, not one o f whom
supported the elected officers at the
last election, hnvo entire control of
(lie city rclii-f futid, und that not ore
cent can be used from the fund until
a requisition I« signed by \V 8. Gil
bert. those who argue that the COM
MITTEE will come out on top and
that tl\e elected officers will be dis
credited have, the best of the argu
ment down to date
A strange slluation exists, inns
much as W. S Gilbert fought the
public school bill ami was a menibcV
of
Olcott's
campaign
committee,
fought the election of the present
Mayor, O. 11. Better*, ami worked
against all the tntrresta of the Ku
Klux Klan.
Vet, Gilbert la now
fit tlrman of the Town Rosses and
Cie mudh touted 100 per ce'nt elected
commission Is now marking time
The sayings that ''politics makes
¿1 range bedfellow*" now gives way lo
the saying in Astoria that a big fire
makes strange Boas-Eel lows.
Xot one of the Committee of Ten
ia reported a* belonging lo Hie Ku
Klux Klan. so. if they make a *orry
mess of the city’ll affairs, local hun
dred percenters will have some con
solation In the fact that the atna of
this committee, by commission and
omission, at least can not be charged
to the Klan.
$ 1 0 5 .0 0
*T!
Phene
Taber 12 A*
Snoolc & Whealdon
Funeral Directers
w h o»« presence« is never
felt, but who quietly, e ffi
ciently attends to all details
him." and apparently he went with document.
1 he parson < hairaan rushed a telo-
But 'some may say, "‘God is no re- gram o f condolence to Kelso from and
them.
Now, here ia where the story touches ?per pr °* Persors’ wby should Arner- -„presenting ASTORIA
re. We have been accus-
accus-! ; '"
lcans h* ' r ' —
W * ua rpad ' ln
Ron‘* n" *’
2 ' When
When Commercial
Commercial street
str, was plank-
our lodge life.
" ———
and 11,
11. and
and see
what ,bls
this mean*'
means; j j cd
,
tomed to press the first argument— I *' , 8
S and
,e f what
through the burned area and It
who by
by 1 t at,pnt
atfent continuance*
continuance ‘ was j e C|ded
what the >»ge does for a man—and To them Wbo
paJr for the work from
always there have-been some, who, b
' 'Ij r>° 1NG ,eek toT glP.tJ and -he relief fund, every Item had to
like Hobab, .were unmoved by that ap- , l0nor aurt immortality eternal lile. } ^ rgt be approrid by O,
C
Ful'on
p**al
Now let us try the other.
; "The lodge needs you."
o v p iib
r ik
I
broiler, poltsii*
ttl top, tilaiu
nickel h'K basic,
: 4
i»urn 4 *rn
nntl I, lids, jraa
l i g h t e r , r o*r
starting wood
and coal fin*M.
Other 2 - in - 1
< 'onibin a t i o n
I talipes at our
joldiinjr c a h h
p r i c e f i* o m
¡S^'-’.oO tt. ildU,
These Ranges Are Shown in Our W indow
Calef Bros. Annual
C learance Sale
will continue into February with greater bargain»
than ever.
Everything reduced including the neweit
and beat in the »tore.
ronlrarl Head* Always Excepted
\\ liy - - p a y t h e
♦m y
lic r c n t
l o n g in s t a l l m e n t p r i c e w h e n v t t t r c a n
o tir
c a s )i
jt * b b in ^
p r ic e s #
The
s a v in g
is >o jjr c a t y o u c a n a f f o r d t o b o r r o w m o n e y a t 1 0 0 %
a t id s t i l l s a i e m o n e y .
C o in è in a n d s e e f o r y o u r s e l f ,
i t w i l l p a y - y o t t :— Jt c o s t s n o t h i n g t o i n v e s t i g a t o .
w e lc o m e y o u ,
'
W e
i&lkfrÆsiïÊiS
6 3 - T O - F IF T H S T .
P O R T L A N D , Oft i
Always Your Money’* Worth
S E E I. P . L E A
Tor
1923-
— FO R D C A R S — 1923
1 hav« som«« good buys In »sconci band cara
L D. L E A '
B rv Phvae I Evening-) Empire l#2*
WANTED
PROTESTANT NEWSBOYS
Un,°
■ «>•
committeeman on
Twenty-five of them to report not*
apd d^ n° t <?Bt:' Y
J*1, THr >wt ':r.-t_u and public safety. The requl- let, r than Saturday morning at 407- 1
^
WRTOHTW HHW BB8, Indfgna- , „ lon ,la t
^ ^
by ^
408 Plttock Block. See Mr. Bellamy, i
M. & F. Unfair Say
Portland Unionists
Rea. W a l n u t 1302
people of that class; whe'her ravish-1 ,urned down because the building Beacon 1724
era o f girls (I have three girls to pro- ')Ian,R‘d "as d< emed too expensive by Shipley Transfer & Storage
tect), they must be dealt with as ^ TEN-PIS' ommlttee and now -the
Company
Meier A Frank’ s Department
friends of that class. Verily we should i lty M* p***r” It having his plans
Moving, Packing and Shipping
store «till I* on labor*« unfair list,
WATCHMAKER and JEWELER
be no RESPECTER OF PERSONS!
re»l*ed to suit the fancies of the
Furniture and Plano Moving a
by unanimous vote of the Port
II Tim. 3-1, 5, says of the.last d a y s - ( ‘ owu bo*,p’'
1*8 Broadway',
Specialty
land Central labor Connell, rep
which we are Burqjy living in—“ This
Parson Mppolnts" the Mayor
ID* f ourteenth HL
Portland, Ore.
Orpheum Bldg.
Phone Main 1184
resenting all the trades, Monday,
know also that in Ahe last days per-
Ano*her example of. unheard-of
Dec. II. The reasons given are
! ilous times shatltome. For men shall r>ow,H' When the Portland Chamber P rrsl Fruit and Vegetables a Specialty
J. A JfAM M ITT A A. A. c t-E S T H E R
these, chiefly:
I be lovers of their own selvq^, covetous,
Commerce waa ready to turn over
Starvation wages paH to 4000
boasters, proud, blasphemeriF, dlsobe- 'ts Jp,lef fund, the "Father Chairman"
Our Food Is Cooked and Served Clean
P. W . B R A D F O R D
employes, mostly women and
with tha "H om ey'’ Flavor
dlent to parents (this portrays our hoy ,,f *»'«■ committee APPOINTED MAYOR
QUALITY GROCERIES
who get the Apprentice
criminals) unthankful, unholy, without Si-TTEKS on a sub-committee to go
We Deliver
O. K. Lunch & Chop House f f li Imntn of 19 a week. It was
natural affection, truce breakers, !o p" rtlf*nd to get the money and
unanimously
declared
that
no
230 Washington Street
Portland, Oregon
"FALSE ACCUSERS, (I think the brln* il ■b*pk '*> th« committee. This R.23 Bclwnnt St.
Phone Taber 8137
Between First and Second
woman or girl, however economi
Klan knows something of what false 'vas doa*
H o t Cafe*» and W af fl ta .
Steaks
cal she might be, could lire de-
and Chop*.
Coffeo a Specialty
accusation means) incontinent, fierce,
Tbp newly elected City Commission
c'enH^ln Portland, or elsewhere,
" R E A L H O M E C O O K I N G " at
DESPISER8 OF THOSE TH A T ARE rn"p,!! «''"O ' two weeks, or for special
on snrh'pltlfnlly small wages.
GOOD, traitors, heady, hlghminded.' caR*d meni|n)fSi j,at the Committee of
,utfl
B O B ’S
Exaction of unreasonable de
lovers of pleasure* more than lovers T,'n rn,,n(s KVBRY AFTERNOON In
35c L u n c h 11:00 A . M. to 2:00 P . M.
gree of service.
of God.
(he Court House at 3 o'clock, nnd
Antocratlc and Impudent re
•3 T e n t h Street,
"HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS anyone who doesn’t believe that they B road w ay 414 S
Clark. Prop.
Near mark
fusal of J. Meier, alleged head of : but denying the powhr thereof. FROM arp '*ie i i governing body of the
fVive the mirface
the firm, to consider these griev ‘ SUCH TU R N A W AY.”
" " 7 nf A *o-|a should Just take time
•tid you save all
ances of labor with a view to
ft is certainly time the enlightened
a*tnnd *om" of these dally meet-
'*Insurance Service
amicable adjustment.
Protestant people were “ turning away in*a (Sunday excepted, as the Pulpit
That Will Protect
A1 Holmgren
The largest part of the patron
from all such.”
I
| claims the Chairman's time on that
Your Interest»”
Painting and
age of Meier A Frank, amount
Finally, Mr. Editor, I want to ask .°ne day), and see Just how the new
Decorating
j ing to millions of fo lia r* annual
a favor of you. Please put my name or'linance* are cooked up ready to
Contractor
SEE 100 PER C E N T
ly, Is said fo comeTfom the slen
on your subscription list for one year, nerve to the i ommissloners for formal
New Stock 1SI1
der purses of the poor.
as per inclosed check, and give credit ' Passare
Wall Paper
For these reasons the working
to Mrs. Zertha Rowe In the contest,
Just how long this condition will
folk of Portland have declared
as I have a great sympathy for the continue, and just why the arrange-
j Commence your spring
painting and papering
Meier A Frank to be unfair, and
riglits of the union laboring man. the ment is so ShpargBtly satisfactory to
1026 N. W . Bank Bldg.
NOW
arc imploring a right-thinking
Jew. the negro, and all the rest, as long “ lhe new Mayor, who Is also a member ,
Phone Main 0699
public In consider their griev | as they keep In their right place, | of the Committee of Ten, is problem-1
MIS Belmont
ance*.
, ..
*""" whether they hav* on ».black robe or atlcal.'and ther* la much ditcuaaion.
Tabor 4$7i.. .
SMITH
Buys this $160
2 in 1 Combin
ation I t ungo*
white |Milvtaluiti
tw o
ROOM W ANTED— luidy without fam 1
lly wants warm, light room, ln prl
vate family, with housekeeping privil
eges. West side preferred. O. B . 407 j
Pfttock block.
"W e believe in our lodge It has a j °.n an^ ™
REq Pg-r T o f 1i,,Jer‘
Cent COuld be p,ld
W HAT HAVE YOU TO^ TRADE?
great future, but we are traveling t
THERE IS NO RESPECT OF -or the labor
through the wilderness and we need PERS°7iS W ITH GOD.
,
Thp
Rgga
I have an Interest In a new house
your help If we are to reach the prom-
And
in
reference pertaining: .When It was suggested that a n u h
not yet complete, in Aslorlft. Ore
ised land '
i to tbls sul*j*'<Vl>" same Idea is taught.
*" wW *e*,pd ,bat ■ pub'
Me rest room was needed, that matter. Goi.d location. $1.000.00 is the amount
Try that argument, brother, and see that He haii no re,p« c» * f P«rsons-O F
W ill trade for any-
,
... . ,
0o- !,aJ to 8° through the hands of of the equity.
righteous ,he
,IT T l does not work when the appeal TH E SA M E CLASS! , The rignteous
, elr.gppoinut comnl|tte„ one of ' thing worth the fnoney. Address H.
of
as lnln,
righteous persons, t »hose
.
of self-intprpst
self Interest has
has fallpd
failed. We
^ p all
all Hkp
like 1 are u^alt uith aff.
members, John Tail, decided J.. care of Western American.
I to-feel that we are needed. It appeals desirous of attaining eternal life, ,
to give space on bis property for the
We Will Please You
to the best in us Human nature is
whlIe to tbo*p who obpy not thp tnltb <onK neede(1 . . . . room anrt
1?nn
much the same now as It was In the
- * " diFnation and wrath is rendered. ‘ 2 1 .Z ,1 n a Z
J
, , ne
days of Moses It worked then and it
ThprpforP' aa 1 "pp « . the Kian is Z Z
' n 'y ianag^r' ro d™, Z
will work now.— American Odd Fel- pdbprl"K "‘ ''IcUy to this religious prln-
y re*?!to«ton .nrt Z r
,
low
Iclple. BEING NO RESPECTER O i" . , j .
. . 1 ,ta on and Prp**nt
'hem
to
the
r<
mmlttec
of
Ten
for
ap-
STORAGE
!
PERSONS OF THE SAME RELIGI
Y a m h i l l at T a n t h Street
Baggage, Plano and Furniture Moving
opponi te P u b lie lib r a r y
OUS BELIEF, OR CLASS, whether proval.^ This was done and when tho
__________MAIN 4737
Special Tripe Made Any Place
‘bootleggers” must be dealt with as plans were presented they were
SUNSET S030
89th end Foster Road
Portland, Oregon
Li
tritiutinl. with
Spokane. Wash.. Feb. Î . - A w r ilc j force them. W e
' lhere u an official organ of the K,
of guilty was returned by tha Jury body. but we must be determined on R R publuhaa ln in la n d . a cop * IVe-trrn Americau Special
Saturday In the c m * of Jamaa Reilly, the rights o f our children to be edu- ^ , h(> j . lnu;irv - r.th U jU y having been
ASTORIA, Ore. f\b 7.— Local vot
charged with contributing to tha de- catcd tw etlu r ia this Dominion o f
m„ ai j WM
the aunnJ.
ers who elected the present Astoria
llnquency of n minor. The Jury was Canada. '
, M. * k . church one evening. 1 Wave
out JO hours In their deliberations, hav-
ilr. Ponton uttered a strong warn- p<,rug0() tts p ,g0s carefully, and umler- City Commiaalotli rs are beginning to
lug retired to tha jury chambers at ing against bolshevism and anarchy. sroreil i|nJ circled many articles In 1«
"fol‘ *li‘ r »h en the new Commission-
S o'clock Friday afternoon and coming He urged that Masons should keep wUh a REt> p,,ncll
uhe co|or which erSTuud Mayor an-going to (actually 1
in at 11 o'clock
K * Saturday morning.
fanaticism out o f th eir lodge*.
li e llluuijnatei, ,ht. fr0!,, of c ir a r y fg n d
over the adqilnl.tratlon of the
. j r t i h n trial aroused considerable in-1
ry w
as the
In ! , added that Freem ason
asonry
was
the A|||
am forwarding,
threat due to the novel eitnation | handmaiden o f religion, atu! when i t ; „ t0 frienJs , have left behind
created.
j ceased to be so it ceased tb exist.
, am gUd to noto oll the iixth page said about how the would-be-great
The girl to whom RbUly is alleged He urged that safeguarding of the 0f the periodical mentioned that under «-ommlttee was ‘‘»at upon." their
to have made improper advances is , righteous law should be preached by Jbe heading. Why So Many Roys power broken. and so on. It was un-
the daughter of O. R. Smith, organiser an m«.n who were members oF’ the Go Wrong.” the statement that "the derstood that af:< r the flrat of Jan-
of the Ku Klux Klan. One Juror was f cra(,
basic non sectarian truths of religion, - uary the tranaa- lion of city business
a negro, one Juror was excused be-
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the universal faith in a loving and would be handled by the electrtl of-
cause of allegiance to the "Invisible
<** >°^r ******
,he l0* 0“ * * nd omnipotent God. taught reverently fleers; in fact. In his iusugursl m**-
Empire," and the opposing counsel spectacular Klan enterta.nment m the
artd patiently," is the cure for the sage, the new Mayor,. O. B Setters,
were George Crandell and C. E. Col- Auditorium. February 17. Everybody
great crime wave uow beating our said plainly that "Hereafter the bus-
Mer, bitter enemies since the first of *'-°°- For CHARITY.______ __
nation from coast fo coast.
,
loess of the City will be transacted
tho Codd subornation case.
L E A R N FROM MOSES
! can saw amen, isrnen means "It 'rom the City Halt*.* On the street
There was but a handful of people
is true"! to this for 1 Have had thirty-, the new Mayor often suld- " If that
ia the courtroom when the verdict was
Among the many treasures o f that
two year»' experience as a follow er, -ommittee does not resign. I'll ask
received, and Judge Oswald presided, old Book that most of us know so little
of the "Lowly Naxarene" and having i -hem to do so, and force them to tnrn
of.
there
is
a
story
that
has
a
very
due to the absence of Judge Huneke
*
FOR SALE.
practical application to lodge life. It been a member at different stages o f: over the relief money"" It sounded
who preaided at the trial.
my life of five different church or- good and the people were pleased, but
One Wilson rotary sewing machine i
Is
a
story
of
a
mistake
made
by
Moses
The Jury made a recommendation
panliatlons. each declaring they, and alas! the Committee of Ten has and on,- Remington portable type-
for leniency of the court when sentence and of how he saw the mistake and they only were right. I became die- j neither quit, nor have they been writer Call at 22« ISttock Block
|
passed, due to testimony of wit- corrected It
mietoil with
with sPctisiu,
4t>ctuni and
und tnlrinv
mv i ■ fired.“
fle.,,1 ** and aw....
.i n__
gusted
taking my
they _ are _a>tt
»1111 a
holding
S IT l ATIO> WASTED
|
nesses that Reilly was Intoxicated.
Moses invited Hobab to join them
IUbla 1 find that Christ la the DOOR I he purse-strings of the entire relief
l-ady wishes position as manager ;
The offense is classed as a mlsde- I*rael out from the land of bondage
(John 10-»> and therefore from this , fund, which ¡Sgjpfaled nearly 1100.- of apartment house, also experienced
meanor and Is punishable by a sen- *0d Into the land of promise.- He bad
hia 1 on * am N'OS-SECTARIAN. and will 'oo. and now" when the subject is demonstrator. X Y 2. Western AtnerP“
fence of up to one year in the county unbounded faith in the future of
■an. 407 1‘lllock Block
nation with great danger* and dlfficnl- neTe/ * * * ln ^ a me,uber of * *ecf 1 hrokched to the new Mayor he mtys
Jail or $1000 fine, or both.
W ANT TO BOKKOIV 11000 on S5
_________________
tie*. They were passing through the j ba* simpl>‘ • u,prnber of lhe <»«>7 i "Forget it !"
"Forget It !" . This
C A N A D I A N S A R O U S E D "TWilderness, a land where there wag“ ->iuxch nanied iu the Bible, the nam e1 seems to be a favorite expression of acres good laud, X to 10 acres clearest,
all in cultivation first mortgage sc-1
RY r A T u n i ir
P F R II
little food or water and many foes and ,oi
which B“ Jr
found ,n l- Cor. 11-12, Mtyor Setters for he uses - is on
cm ily C. F , care Western American
U J
L A in U L IL r t R ,L
dangers. Hobab. a desert chieftain, a as
wen as lu a do“ n other r* < * "nc** ■ many occasions.
"We must be determined to insist friend and relative by marriage to f* 1 reads as follows
" ' vhat, have ye.
Beginning 1» Forget
Mow
WANTED TO H$:>T
on the right of our children to be ed- Moses, came into the camp one day.
! not hoU8PS to eat and to drink in. or
People ARE beginning to forget,
Want .'.0x100 storeroom'In Sellwood
ucated together In this Dominion of
Moses invited Mobab to Join them ' dM pi*0 7e the CHI UCH OF GOD. anti ,nij g9 time pa nes they will con Rersonablc rent. X Y 7.. tare W«at-
I tinue to forget that they elected a rrn American, «07 Plttock Block.
Canada. A system of schools which and go with them into the promised shame them that have not?"
This proclaims the name that was
omthlssion of JÇtve to run the muni-
educates children apart ia wrong.* land. He wanted him to share In the
LOAN WANTED
golden future that he believed lay be prophesied in the Old Testament, cipal affairs, and they are beginning
Want to borrow $1.000 for two or
which
prophecies
say.
it
should
be
v believe that "Great Cegsar" and three years. Security, first mortgagu
fore .them. but he also felt that this
the "Grinning Parson." together with on property. 8 per cent. U P. 101,
son of the desert could be of great called by God’s natne.
G. W . De Lashmutt
Again t wish to refer to the article
subordinates of the once powerless 407 Plttock Block.____________________
service to them as a guide and adviser.
in yonr valuable paper, entitled. Committee of Ten. are and have been
He
makes
his
first
appeal
on
the
LOAN WANTED.
Sells the
'Melting Pot Slopping Over." I note c>e REAL BOSSES of Astorla e civic,
ground of self-interest.
Wanted $300.00 loan from private
We
affairs.
"Come with us, " be said to Hobab. a paraCTaph whlch read8' thus;
par i f by Loyal American
Gbdd se- j
Star and Durant
Americans assume all men are created
Every day nbw illustrations are be- curlty. Address R. L. K.. 407 Plttock 1
“and we will do-you good."
C ar.
"No." says Hobab, " I am going back
1 beUeTP
*• a cprrect “
ing shown of the usurping of power Block.
--I
to my old life."
*
*
sumption, "and a truth, as far a » right >y the committee. In supposition they
Young man 25. auto mechanic or
When yen bny, dea*t fenret him
Moses sees that he has m ade'i mis-
,m m * are *®"**m ed BUT when -.re acting in an advisory capacity
truck driver wants work, good refer-'
Phone East 6M 0
take. He changes his ground
, some of tho*p mpn ' « ° »rong. " as
nly. but in reality THEY ARE DO- c ; k c* E K 102. Western American i
“ Come with us. " he sav*. “ We need ; measured by the laws and Constitution
NO THE Bl'MIXESS OF THE CITY.
MS HAWTHOBTE ATEXXE
you. You can be eyes to us as we of the Unlud States- thc>' *7.« no ( For examble, despite the fact that CARPENTER WORK W ANTED— For
Journey." -- -----'
..
- |longer EQUAL to those who stand by ^ torla g - , a ^
Mayor wh, „ lhe , anything in tho carpenter line. It :
That argument seems to have “ got tbe Pr‘nr|Plps set forth In that great -^ent Kelso bridge disaster occurred will pay you to call Wallnut 567$. a
In Yoar Hour
of Need
S ltii
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
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f i K T bel ter servire from V o l i l i ' AK by liaving ntljustments unii
o'.crhauliiig «Ione N oW .
IVe cab g i'c voli thè prire in advancc. if volt W'int it
i
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735 Marguerite Ave.
Portland, Ore.
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D. & H. Grocery
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141 Second St.
B. R. Perkin*
PORTLAND, OREGON
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