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Vol. I, No. 31
PORTLAND, ORE<
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
RSDAY, MARCH 8, 1923
ANYWHERE IN U. S. PRICE 5c
DEFIANCE
LAWS
REBUKED BY STATE’S BIG LEADERS
KLAN C H I E F «
OF NORTHWEST IN
GREAT ^GATHERING
ANOTHER ANTI
BILL IS “MUÍ
GIFFORD ON TOUR
LIKE A_LlBERATOR
Pred L. Olfford. O read Dragon of | .
th e Ku Klux K las. Realm of Oregon,
la on an ex teo alra »late tour thla Week,
and telephonic reporta Indicate he U |
re c a lrta g a rery w h ara a Joyoaa and
en th u siastic welcome Hla tour, though
Intended to be kept an Quiet aa poe-
atbla, aomehow became known a n d !
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*oon afterw ard waa Ilka th a t of a ;
Splendid Work of Organiza­ lib erato r among hu own peopU. He Cletst^i County Officer Ae-
tion in Idaho and Wash­ lla due to retu rn to bU P ortland band- resting Boozd end Dope
q u a rte rs tn a day o r two. T he e sa a n -'
Peddler* Wholesale.
ington Plannad
U new« of h u to u r will ap p ear la
T he Weal or n A m erican next week.
Inhuman Treatment of Fire-
Stricken People I t Now .
Under Investigation.
More Tbaa Six Hundred Al*
tend in Honor of Kfatafr
Grand Dragon. -
GOVERNOR IS A SPEAKER
IMPERIAL WIZARD fiREETS
Should Be Put in Charge of
State end Federal Clean-
‘Smiling Skies of Future
Unmerred by Clouds of
* Distrust”
Prosecution May Follow, if
Report Is True, for
Mayor Bahrr of Portland
0 * re eelv taf thè .«recisi dtspaènk,
/^ jp lp p p l
KnHewing I« gtvea a a effleUI w* Sits Upon Throne, Holding
«Ite« belaw, ( r * s s t r w W «•»•*
On WaaktagtoD'» Birthday, In P o rt­
ley i . Sluahar of Clataop county, who»«
r e e a t of aa bistorte g a th e rta g ef Klaa
Golden Staff, While
gatb erer, thè editor of The W estern
leader» a t Seattle, which will be ef la*
land. m etropolis o t Oregon and flnxn-
record of efficiency In . law enfo rce-,
Subjects
Worship.
America» Im medtotrly telepkoned thè
le a te latareat to hlan»m en e re ry .
ctol capital of the Pacific N orthw est,
m eat hag ecllpaed a ll others tn thla j
f a r ti te Shertff Harley J . Slatta«*
where, all i t whom a re Interested In
Joseph Scott, o t Los Angeles. Cal.,
Wlth ài» liT artab le prom ptaea» aad
section, peat o r present. T he people
Every
patriotic
A
m
erican
w
ho
a
t­
the enraa la a tle a work aow being deae ■ W eatetu American Spacial.
A
efflcleacr» he tareetfeated a a d touad tends th e Blue Mouse T h eatre to dabbed by th e Roman Pope as "K night
of Clataop eohnty a re proud of him.
la the Evergreen State.
> W T O R I, Mar. Tr - l i t r a a r -
•bat th è petata os w ere therm s a ra­ argad to vote for owe o f th e four tallow ­
Indeed.
They
la
stly
declare
he
la
a
j
of S t G regory," suprem e head of the
d in a r y prerantioe» wer« lake* le
po rie d. He th ea obtalaed a a th e rttr ing candidates in th o Stagers’ popu­
big man, tn th e rig h t ptoce^ and hie]
K nights of Columbtu. delivered an an­
,
g
u
ard
S
t
P
a
tric
k
’»
cath
e
d
ral
tn
from
thè
le
m
m
ltte
e
e
f
T
ea
te
distrib­
larity C ontest ta r cash prises to ha
Following la an outline of the pro-
„ tam e aa a law en forcer and able ad-
archistic tirad e before a C atholic
u ir thè petalo««* t a o i * th è aeedy. aw arded A pril I :
ceedlna» of the Inform al K loreru held I Fifth av eeae d a rla g th e c e rume«
m in letrato r la grow ing every day.
'j
The Sberiff deeUned to «ey a word
ira of w eleo aie
LIEUTENANT ROBERT L. CRANE. audience w hich Included a targe ctaae
at Seattle on F ebruary 19 and 30:
bey «ad thè sim ple statem ent th a t thè
S
heriff
Blusher
averaged
one
arreet
of newly-fledged "soldiers of the
1
Fum
ascnl-R
loadl.
the
new
ELIZABETH RAY NELSON.
■ 0 5 IU V A.
PKRRIMRV IS
; patata«* w ere there aad th a t he had
a day In February—33 In 38 day». Men
to ile d e le g a te to W « » k la g te *.
LYMAN WARNOCK.
«
pope." in which he reviled all Klans-
F trst Inform al Klorero, Realm * of
aath e rity te dlstrtb ate t h e a a t eaee.
keep on violating th e prohibition law,
F ifty u a H a rm e d p o lic e m e n * g f-
PAUL HOLM.
Idaho and W a»hlngton, aaaemhlcd In
men. denounced th e Oregon Public
Winners
To
Be
Announced
aad he keep« on a rre stin g them, w ith­
ro u n d e d th r e d ific e , w h ile d«Uh>
re«pon»e to Kail of Major L uther I.
We Speak fa r the People
T he la st count Ot tha vole stood: School Law, which was adopted re­
at
Lumbermen’s
Bank
out
fear
or
tavor.
M
oonrata
and
dope-
Powell. King K leagle of th e Pacific- t fiv e * m in g le d w ith th e
The W estern American baa some­ Mike Brennan. 1801; M argaret C ar­ cently by a n overwhelm ing m ajority
ra ts a re In te rro r all th e tim e tn Ctot-
T h e ce rcm o a le v w e re a tte n d e d
North west Domain, held a t the KUv-
March
10
at
10
P.
M.
thing to say, however. H undreds qf ney. 1796; R obert L. Crane. 170«;
•op ooutitv T his la S hertff S lasher's
of the people, and declared th a t the
rh n rn c te rla tle a p le a d e r a n d po
prn of Seattle Klan Number Pour,
needy
families wanted Una«» potato«*, E lisabeth R ay Nelson. 1348; P a u l
peculiar system o f “education.” In
T h e a p e a te Uc d e le g a U « n t i¡
opened by Chairm an. Exalted Cyclops
Holm, US0; Lyman W arnock. 1130. K-C would furnish men and m unitions
which
should
have
been
advertised
for
addition to odlnary work, tke sheriff
Saturday night. M arch 10, a t 10
for res Is ten ce to the school law ; th at
e th ro n e tai th e « a a c ta n ry e f
Seatlla Klan Number Four. 10:36. the
To lat T here a re M other candidates, but the
made six a rre sts for th e Im lm grattbn o’clock sharp, tke g re a t subscription distribution, if necessary.
c a th e d ra l, h o ld ta s * g o ld e n «
race for first honors seem s to he be­ th e Oregon authorities -'could not build
Dark Day of the W onderful Week tn
them
lie
In
a
w
arehouse
th
ree
months
officers and took car« of four cases
O p p o a lta (a t A re h b la h e p H ayan.
tho Gloomy Month, Year of the KUn
contest of The W estern American And rot waa the acme of brutal tw een M ike B rennan and L ieutenant jails large enough and OFTEN enough"
of tnaanlty during th e month. Among
T h e ed lH ce w aa th ro n g e d w tth
Crane, w tth E lisabeth Ray Nelson a to bold th e pope’s soldiers.
LVI and o( Uje Year of the Kelncur-
o th er a rre sts were: tw o for peddling closet and the succeaaful candidates cruelty and outrageous Indifference to strong contender. B rennan and all
c le rg y , p n iia h le n e r» e n d h a a d re è »
nation V II.«Profane Kra F ebruary 19,
H are to th a Answer.
will be announced a t th a Lum ber­ social welfare. In some com m unities,
e f ana« aad p a ro c h ia l aeh o a l c h il­ | “dope.” two for bad checks, tw o for
hla friends a re m aking a m ajor effort
1123.
9
On Saturday, March 3, a t th e Cham­
"service"
of
th
is
kind
would
bring
'non-support,
and
one
man
was
caught
m en's T ru st Company, w here the
d re n w ho c a rrie d m in ia to re A m a r-
10:40- Klydd of S eattle Klan Num­
condign punishm ent, and tt le be- to capture th e money, aad a strong ber of Commerce, in Portland, more
for tb a municipal auth o rities
sealed money-box now reposes for the
h » » fta g a .
cam paign to atoo waged Oar Margaret than 800 of ¿he best cttlxens in the
ber Four offered p r a y e r - “The P re­
.
. lteved th e com m ittee can be proee-
Two hundred m eals w ere served to
deposit« of the candidate« who are c(|ted niMj er n ,e Oregon law s if the Carney.
lude to All Im p o rtan t U ndertakings."
S tate of Oregon attended a grand pa­
prisoners, who a re fed tw ice dally.
»
T he Blue Mouse T h eatre to conduct triotic banquet in honor of Fred L.
Singing of ‘‘America.” led by
T his unexampled efflcuncy la aecom- determ ined to finish, and finish potatoes spoiled daring the three tug th e Popularity Staging C ontest to
Olfford. O rand Dragon of the Invisible
Kleagle of Seattle Klan Number Four.
m onths holding.
pllahed by the sheriff, w ording hard strong.
■elect th e moet popular Portland Em pire, Realm of Oregon. Every in­
Address of Welcome to all present,
personally, and a sm all forca of depu-
Tha Contest Manager of T ha W«et­
W hat Kind ef Hen Are T h ey !
I t t t a r .’tk a decision to be le ft w ith th e vitation th a t w as tendered w as ac­
by C hairm an of Klprero.
ti aa, of whom th e re Is one Meld deputy, e ra American is entirely tn the dark
Can any group of m an claim „Iq be theatT fid u d iaacea E stta paid admls- cepted courteously; no person declin­
Iteaponae to Welcome, by represen-
L in ts M. {Getting Mr. lCletxtng*« bat- aa to w hat the candidates a re doing
honest and deepnt. and be guilty of j »ton’ to th e Ik eatre entitles you to ing th e honor—and tbls Is authorita­
tatlve from Bolee Klan.
i t o r average la like th a t of th e sheriff, this week and will n o t know who the
the offense against public w altare Im­ one ballot. Which m ay be cast for any tive.
10:60 — Klnnsmen r e p o r t: Giving
successful
onea
are
u
n
til
the
final
lan d necessarily m ust be so. or he
T he Roman Telegram of P o rt’snd In
plied by theae facts? How can tha one coat as ta n . a t nay tim e during the
name, rank, Klah rapreaented and
votes a re counted, w hich will be
Pope’« Police in R o m o - I e^ lda't hold the Job.
red-blooded men of Astoria—It there contest, regardless of w hether the a mendacious statem ent, reported th a t
ehort talk on progreaa of th alr vart-
Sheriff Blusher began the new m onth around m idnight Saturday n ig h t
o u r bodlea.
Ridden Gothaun Commit by «treating two opium peddlers and F rank W. Cameron. Contest Mon­ a re any—tolerate such bigb-haaded person you vote ta r to staging a t the n “Masonic chief* declined. T bls was
tim e or .aoL - T he th e a tre offers 31000 n lie of whole d o th . The em inent
11:66 — P u b lic ity — F aailbillty of a
raiding a den. In which he found n sger, who has b e « hi charge of t h e ! “ ‘•conduct on the p a rt of a group of
P u ta rd ly Outrage.
In to u r cash prises, th e flrat prise cltlaen referred to was ill and had
!
brasen-faced
buttlosklea?
Such
“pe-
umgaalne o r
Domain
new spaper
g reat quantity of dope and sm oking contest for tha last n in e weeks, w arns
¡being 8600 to th e »lager having the been ill ta r several days, but w as In
i
belief.
*
tiene*”
.. .
-
,
i - - -i-.-d paraphernalia.
which would aupply auth en tic Infor­
Aa evidence of th a all tha contestant» th a t If they fall In
T ha whole Oregon and American m ost ballots Iw hla o r h e r tavor a t hearty sym pathy w ith th e occasion
j eWvarneee of Sheriff Blusher, n ote keeping their placaw jt la because the
mation to all (Clansmen In Pacific* W estern American tp eeto l. *
and appreciated the honor o f hla In­
New York, M erck A—T h e 'toad of th e following from a report in th e others a re batter cam paigners. Ad- pubtlo demands an explanation of thto th e aad of th e content.
Northwaat DomglO.
All bellOta count, no m atter how vitation. Thla waa also tru e of a dis­
th e free and th e hom e of th e brave " Aatorta Evening Budget:
t 13:30—Luncheon.
>,
vertialag cards will be auppttad to any Inhuman outrage. The potatoes w a n ead> w here obtained, w hether a t tha
tinguished new spaper editor, who waa
It m ay ha th e hom e of th e brave-nil ' "Aa evldenee o f th e cleverness of candidate of friends to th a final dash donated to the needy aad the hungry.
AKTKRKOON SMSION
right b u t ae fa r aa being th a toad of tha traffickers, th e two cards of opium for victory.
The comm ittee let them He la the th e a tre o r from your friends who h a re ni, but who se a t reg rets and felicita­
1:30—Continuation of rap ertln g of th e free to concerned, thto neck of tt
w arehouse and rot, evidently in thu been th e re aa d not voted. B allou may tion«. Scores of unsolicited meeaagea
smlnsi (one of th e fiends) w ere
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s tillin g condition« In K lana In Pa- anama to ha the land of th e Pop«.
Interest of food profiteer», and con­ be voted a t th e th eatre any tim e be­ of enthusiastic greetings w ere re­
inside th e w rapper of n well-known KLAN SINGERS IN
th e close e f the contest. ceived. both before and a fter the
clflc-Nortbweat Domain, by vartoua
On W ashington’«, B irthday, two brand of cl«ar«ttM , and In 8lng’s room
n
BAPTIST SERVICE tem ptuously indifferent to the cries fore
banquet.
repreaentatlvea.
of starving children. By the eternal A pril d.
K lanam en In robaa In a taxicab drove (in * « » h e r fiend) a larg e can of emptv „
Mrs. Nelson w ill slag a t tha th e a tre
3:00— Discussion of Kleagle», their up to W ashington m onum ent h er* aad cigarette papers w as unearthed. It la
Distinguished Man P re s e n t
By cort,laI invitation of th e pastor gods, this la the limit)
problema and work In the field by placed a large and beautiful w reath believed th a t Sing la n big dealer In of th e F lrat B aptist church In The
The A ttortane should rise up ea March 7. 8 and 8. Lieutenant C rane
G overnor W alter M. Pierce, Mayor
am ong those th a t a Ready had bnan drugs, and th a t he used th e cigarette **■**■•• 0 r *- the Klaa q u a rte t in th a t m asse and discharge the Almighty wHt slog oa April 4, 8 and 8.
King K leagle L- I. Powell.
Oeorge L. B aker of Portland. Mayor
it I t will require team-work to defeat O. B. S e tte rs of A storia, Shertff H ar­
4:00—Tho Way of the K laveru, by placad t h e n to honor th e F a th e r of packages to conceal hla opentTona on cltjr **“ * 10 *“ lD’pr*, , l v *
Ten from any fu rth er "service" to the
hto Country. Shortly nfterwaifd, the th a streets, as ordinarily the passing ,c® **« ®*bar day. T h a p asto r to stricken community. The brmsea out- Mike Brennan, and M argaret C a re e r ley J. Blusher of Clatsop oounty. tha
Kleagle O rrln R. Smith.
pollea patrol drove ap a a d aoairscaled
#
package between tw o known 1° **■ • • *° independent Prot- fit ought to be hurled out of power by new at ends second
Mayor of Salem (Oregon’s second and
/ 6:30—Adjournm ent.
capital city). Colonel 8am H. W ebb of
American, hoe eat and unafraid, proclam ation of th e Mayor, backed by
TI'ESDAY A. X , l'EBRtART MS. th e Klan'» w reath and drove back to p . ^ 0 , would not a ttr a c t notice."
I A storia. Police Chief WtUtam Deth-
Second Soealon of Inform al K lorero th e pollt;« station w here th e w reath j A| ( u w a b ld ln g Oregonians aaluts H* w** b®™ *® North« rn Ireland. Ha «vary white man in. tba city of As­ ANOTHER F9CAPFD
called 10:00 A. M. on the Deadly Day w a a dgatroyad. . .
-
» harlff Sluahar. He eheuld be’ put In
U1U ot *b* heed for the toria. and If any llttla possum-eared,
MONK TELLS STORY rtdae of Astoria. City A ttorney Joseph
Thla high handed H ylanlatlc end #har#a sf , rta ta and f , d#r, | 0i«anuv r #Y a L RWera of.thc Red Robe threugh- cowardly city ettlotal get» in the way
M aualx of A storia, a large delegation
of the W onderful Week. In the Gloomy
Month, year of the Klan LVI and pf paplat a c t h as stirred people h ere ava« | af ^ , l ( , rtd narootloa in the Paolfto ou^ A m erica—to "take th e melting-pot of such righteous action, he also e STOCKTON, Cal.. March 7 —Mr. of prom inent men from Vancouver.
Erick sen. » ¿other escaped monk, has H*a«h, and fcany widely known men
true
Va a g re a te r fill? ..against th e enemies Northwaat. He knows how te gat re- fUBCt,on “
the Yaar of the R eincarnation,
‘roedtoartad
Am ericans should go Into the discard
been
lectu rin g h ere to large aadtdhcaa froth various pavts of tha sta te w ere
m
in
t
tt
to
do.
'A
f
th
e
KI
ajv
Men
w
ho
otharwlaa
Profane'^ Kra, F eb ru ary 30. 1133;
Jesse Jam es, the outlaw : Ju d as Is-
suits and has tha will and tha oourage
Methodist
I The
Tb,> w
*lho<H*t preacher at Jfbe i carlot and Benedict Arnold w e re ^ e n - which sa t spellbouad w hile he tnM of 1 among th e guests and many of them
Chairm an, Exalted Cyclops, S eattle would * be ■ ap ath etic tow ard th e K laa to do Me dirty.
e ra driv en to |ls dedans« w ith a sense
Dalles. Ignorant " t th e facta, is re- Memen. aalnta and patriots I n ___ hla h o rrib le experiences Hie lecture talked eloquently, oil dem anding taw
K lan ,N u n her Four, presiding. >
T^q^e “doctore q t divinity" who ported to be damning th a Klan. tn eon- nsrtson with sn outfit that woutd hold Ih alto g eth er P ro testan t, prophetic and enfekeem ent sa d ruapact for tow and
10:Xfca- P ra y e r by th e Grand Lec­ of right!sg a s injustice, aad they find
,» w
Leant w ith t h e H i T h t l » » m l
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tu rer, H lanam an C..G. Curtía, ErtltW d ita ideata « o b i» p ad to foft areertw fU » rs a p .tq w v d pppary .ace In dise «sed .to ast wHk tba rh rta tta u week e f t a e , donateti food tn*n w a r e h o u ^ in t f l lt p a m d H r And ItftittrU M wffk con­ torder, tru e A m erican)»« and rood eitl-
vincing p id h m * «
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doctorad.
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