Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1923)
To Safeguard Your Children a Vote for North, Woo The Official Paner of The Royal Riderà ef the Red ' Robe, laiperlal lleadiiaaiiera 1U Morgan Halid- lug', Portland, Oregon. " ye Address I'eaiBiaalralloa« lo L. A. Drver, Udito Pfllork Hlorh, Portlaad, Oregon. PORTLAND, P U B L IS H E D W E E K L Y Vol. I, No. 45 UTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE sm all know t h e tru th S H U L L Ml N O B LE SOLDIER TO SE R V E T H E P E O P L E COL. NORTH IDEAL v - FOR SCHOOL BOARO: ^ IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED Tug W ilton Their Stalking- Horte to Put Shull on Election of Thig Big Man Saturday Means Great Saving to the'iPeople. AND SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL iON, T H U R S D A Y , JU N E 14, 1923 FIXERS’ PEDIGREES RIVEN Frank l b . Cea BUI. wet audacity •leet bisa aa~ sleet ad, • unities fu Hierarchy grant cs tho poopl s whelming liberty aad citisoas kEp. Tho ity. av Shull, o r te having an « Ik School Director, the votan record in I HAWKINS' ACIMIY BRINGS PENALTY OF DRASTIC niHUCIÏÏ WORK THE B ILL after fightiag Public School tho unblushing p s^ ls to re- Director. If »PPee- > sorse the Papel siaaig tho keesoro which by aa over safeguard to ' of hotter I great major- te trust Mr. the danger of ’ of tbs Pub- ■g as School r troubla is that loara of his “High Grader" of Astoria Loses H U Grip on Klan Christmas Tree- FAIR W ARNING TO OTHERS BA. U SE y s a . By voting fot-XTolonel W . v and Wilttttyn F. Woodward i>. school election Saturday, you there, can tafegghTd and assure the proper maintenance ami development of the public schools, upon which the na tion’s hopes are based. Y 011 don’t | have to bo registered, nor a taxpayer. I to vote (or Director. You only have to be a legal voter. Vote the bonds and special levy, to that the Board will be authorized to work out a plan of progressive im provement bf the schools. The funds authorized niB be spread over a period of ten y e a ii and .the annual cost to the avengye citizen w ill be about twenty-fix* cents. Yoti have to be a taxpayer to vote on the bond*; bnt you are a taxpayer if you o v a only one share' of stock in any company or concern or co- partnership which pays faxes in the lot Commissioner Interested Me». Hydro-Electric Schenk SUPPORTED BY GOV. PIERCE COLONEL W IL L IA M C NORTH, Taxpayers Ought to- Call Penitentiary Y a w n s f o r distinguished vet eras of two wars, Clandestine “Mason" Cred successful business mass, cksmpieu Halt Right N ow Before Every Rascal W h o Is ited W ith Cunning Scheme o f lbs Public Schools, has ceaseutad They G o Further. Caught W ith Goods. Against the Schools. to servo all the people on the School Board, aching the voters' support in --------- r! Ro- • I be election o f Saturday, June IS. Instead o f devoting his entire time For the eepecial benefit ef Aaterla You hav* *® own re* ltY Coienoi William C. North, one of Kd Stackhouse. on« or th« trusted He is oao of Orugou's biggest man. snd attention to the enforcement of p.blk Port to ad's ablest, meal useful sad people and far th. Information of a" ^ T h r „„M ir school, is fuglemen o f tb« sptlt-the-tlckat gang cones mod. It la noceaaary to pubtish Thc ' ? « " * »1 thepnbhe ts the dry law, as required by statute. popular citisoas, is a candidate for of professional political wrecker* Commissioner O. L. Wo the fact torn on. Earnest P n d M m - fc' h” Grt b” ' ’r * nd d° Prohibition School Director at lbs elactien af known as Johnstone, Rrnndenburg. Cleaver, - an Eastern Oregon stock kina naver ha* bean In reality a mem- J,OUT | Saturday ibis waab, June IS—the vet- promoter who was appointed by Oof- Stackhouse and Company. Is said to be la| la be frem Jt o'clock noon lo I bar of th. Knights o f th« Ku t t n l Pierce and established In an o'clock P. M. Vetera do nut have lo Klan. nor did he .very pay due., or r i V f H D ll U I P U l L L grooming one Tug Wilson, a whollyj office In tbe Northwestern Bank build be registered, but simply have to bo carry a card, and ha Is not now an* J H | \ L < i H U l l l U l l l L I unfit man, as n candidate for the ing in Portland, la doing little or legal voters. To vote on the bauds nevar will b « In any way School Board in the election of Batmr- lag toward dry low eafc eoe must bo a la »payer, but the own with th« Ordar. ership af a share of stack or *■ an '» la • Elect North and W oodward day, this wank, in order to split the During last year Hawkins waa.. teradl la any concern that pays taaee vote 4 » the real “ H i k e C aunty la t» W l l » l to tastily elect Frank L R s s e aa a laapayer. who fought (he Public School Bill In and. in addition, his so-called Colonel North wae urged by oiliarns river canyon, the November campaign, and who now peases.” aaakint n total salary of $M6 from every ualk in lift lo srrve the haa the an para) led impudence to ask to IMS a month, During this Mm«, Jew«, sr through apparent collusion electric sign on his door. In th« school «UctUn Saturday. Jana people « hi Ibr School Hoard, breante the people to vote him bark as Direc A Get Rich Quick Idea. when large numbers of men were join with them, ever since April 1, when an lie idi ally fils "the position by reason Id-11 «'clock boss to > «'«lo ck —tho tor of the People's School* against Mr. Cleaver is secretary of the ing the Order, Hawkins waa receiving honest and efficient 8tata officer, o f character, education, inclination Oregon Good Covsrsmsnt Loagaa which ne bad worked like a beaver "Hydro-Electric League of Oregon.' a rakeoft of $2 for each member, of Walter Gobin Smith, obtained and sub anil experience. He is deeply Mitfv^ warns you tu bo ou your gsmrd agsiust In the Internal of the Roman Catholics wfcteh «he A »lorta Klansmen knew T W * , h ^ .b oh b f^ l^ g y W o f tuteklmr- rvted in me pttiiiir srnbdi syMctn J m i ; duplicity, ducuptioo, aad imitettoo. and their backers. Shull's motives nothing. His income was opulent," mitted overwhelming evidence that M. ers. This is hip story.'mnd his song, bring familiar with buildings and Vha Laagua racommaoda that you Jews Mingle Freely on need no dissection, for his record of Rasencranz (Who Is not a rabbi) was and the bootleggers and moonshiners their construction, he buy he able to vota for the fellow lagi Inefficiency snd disloyalty speaks for This Joyous Occasion. running and for a long time had besn aren't worrying. save the taxpayers «teat sums of . Itself. Ho Is manager of the Portland Mr. Cleaver.' during tbe Oleott VOTE BONDS X YES money, in' common-sense economies. Why Hawkina Waa Fired. running a notorious boo*. Joint at hla Flour Mills, was formarly with Kerr. regime, filed on five waterpower sites VO TE LE V Y X YES Hr organized anil assitlrd in thr con When a proper accounting of funds home. 324 College street, and that he . Fourteen hundred eighty-right Clifford (no kin and -------- Com- , — to — Prod) - T— ------- — - - per-1 i . , ... t — . I 1“ the Deschutes canyon, these being VOTE W. C. NORTH liX struction of the Morgan building, one pany and I* a well educated and cap- sotts. mostly young couples, tripped wa8 not ,orthco B‘ ' ® ^**"8 • land-office business In fcnown M jjetoliua, p elton. Mecca, VOTE W IL L IA M F. W OOD of Portland massive office structures, able man. qualified for the pomitton If the light fantastic toe to the pleasing he * * * ,ullt5r ° f ° ° ° UC.1 U° r_°T. power-house (85 per cent) wine. Pro- Co^ maQ and Whitehorse Rapids. and as its.manager cvrr «ittcr he has W A R D MX Klansman, Hawkins’s immediate hibitlon Commissioner" G. L. Cleaver, he were right on the main Issue, music o f a first-class orchestra at a These sites. It Is claimed (If conditions made it pay. while earning for his resignation was demanded and re- The Oregon Good Covarnmaot which he Isn't, and if he weren’t appointee and favorite of Governor were favorable and millions in capital building the reputation o f unexam League, Inc., U compasad o f mambars damned by his ornery conduct against I Rose Festival ball in Broadway hall'cetved. It was accepted unanimously. Pierce, finally was compelled by action were available for development), could pled convenience, cleanliness and from tha various charchas, lodgos, the Public School Bill. One might as i Tuesday night under auspices of the about four months ago, and since that of the Klan to have the bootlegger ar develop 135,700 horsepower. comfort. Hr never has to advertise fraternities and associations of tho well vote for Archbishop ChriaUe. or K i" K T,,t K,nh m* a* K<‘d *»* » com- time he has had no connection with retted, but by sly and phoney »nd cow- Mr. Cleaver declares be la the custo for tenants. His name is a synonym the Klan whatever. .ta t. of Oregon, who bottevo in foe- onf> Qf h|< WJ|U >nd ^ donp w„ h mittee o f the Indies of the Invisible methods he succeeded in "getting for square-dealing. dian of douements conveying to him taring tho spirit of truo Anterkaaism .From reliable sources • comes the ln- _ _ Off Wednesday with aj lt: they couldn't do worse, and they Empire, of which Mrs. Mayhelle Jettc trustees the rights and Interests Typical Teunrssrean through compulsory oducatioo la tha formation Mat Hawkins still pretends nom|n„ fln. for , -technical viola- i ” might do a whole lot better . Mr. is Mother Counselor. power sites, taken up under the Colonel North is » typical Tennes PUBLIC SCHOOLS, aod tha e lo d ia . av . to speak with authority concerning t|0(|„ of ltquor law* old law, and he has the deeds in his seean—a courtfy, warm-hearted South sod roteatimi I . o f f e , of p m . . . who The net proceeds were donated en Klan affaire. If this report Is true, * ' mpUd,,nce C* rUlBlj’ clMww. dld h„ to diMredlt the erner. Hr was horn on a farm near can b . rclted upon to adva^o. uphold possession. -M l developed - wanting to b o « tirely to the general relief fund of the he Is deceiving. He knows nothing own honest witnesses, and they Sweetwater, in the Volunteer Slate, Plans Big Power Company. and maintain, without four or favor, . * . * * . ™.r*Ct0T' * ^ er Ku Klux Klan, to he xpended for the I of the Klan and Ite business, and all were no» called to testify. There was about 4H years ago. He came west t h . U w . e f . u r government eed state! ' The Cleaver scl|Bme Is to orgaalze h* ‘ don,> hta blt » * » » “ « ‘ hpm Klansmen are warned to have noth- n0 tpUL Th. amount the - f i„ e" ,M years ago. working one year for j otlr |aa(j»a»|olia and lba pri ^ i p|., Df *be Interest of the Roman Hierarchy, greatest good, regardless ■ o f race, a “wholesale power company" under Ing to do with him. - for the greaeeat and moat outrageous thr government at Vancouver, VV««h.; eoastUutl««. T li« fabled Government Mule has creed or other condition. the auspices of the league, of which he Several other former Klansmen of v |0|atioss of th* law and of good morall lie then Hi nt to Portland, engaging T||f p|m| |r srH O A , A N n nothing on him and would lay down Old King Tut was there in all of his Is secretary, “to deliver electrical cur TH E PUBLIC SCHOOL AND Astoria have been banished or sus- >nd poiigious ethics was $44.44—-thus first in the sash and door business. (Continued on Page g.) 'majesty and danced joyously vyith rent to Portland, practically at cost.” . CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE TH E everyone alike. Court clowns and pended for crooked work of one kind m, ki„ t , ht/Q« jog, of the proceeding, He proposes, as trustee of the league, and later going into general contract-, B U LW AR K S OF C IV ILIZ A TIO N , D',puty Mowry. of the District At- jesters attended His Royal Nibs. and another. It Is now the fixed policy ing. 4 to offer this power to PEOPLE who This ticket k authorised pad isstm d GRAND KLUXER BALL True -to the spirit of Tils state and Everyone had a most delightful time, of the Imperial authorities to weed tornsy-( offte.. op<m|y defended the would either compete with present Good Government AT ASTORIA JUNE 30 including those who did not dance ou* tbe strobe and misfits and this upholding the record of his ancestors, by th« Oregon declaring they were not given to companies, or sell the current Whole Laagsw, Inc, th« « a l ef which It at- ! but who enjoyed cards and other Policy will be maintained with an iron ,j,u,|ng the privilege of buying and he responded quickly to the call for Exalted Cyelopa Arch McLean sale at a price dictated by the State techad h.mto. volunteers when the SpanMi war was amusements. Th* occasion was fully hand. From this time on the weeding , u,,„g -sacramental" wine. The state- pubjj,. gerTice Commission ” of Pacific Klan No. 2, Astoria, declared 25 years ago and went to the up to promise and expectations. out process will be attended by the ment It false. They ARE abusing the authorizes tha announcement that Reminds Ua of Mt. Hood, Philippines with the famous Second This* was an unique event in one necessary publicity.* Persons who try special privilege most outrsgsously in tha Grand Kluxar Rail will ba The CIeaver acheme remlnd„ oWeT Oregon. His war record is one of respect: Klansmen and their ladirs, to use the Klan for selfish or crooked Portland snd evtrywhere. throughout Portlandenl of the late Charley Miller’s given there on Saturday evening, brilliant roilantrV and usefulness. Re Knights o f Columbus and Jewish citi- purposes will receive the full measure th« country, and sa are most of tho June 30, .to which all White SB AL Mount Hood railroad and power enter turning to Portland. Colonel North sens, mingled together as good friends of the penalty. In the case of E. P. Roman Catholic priests. Th« granting Folka from everywhere are ' In prise. which he promoted to the angle srrved a year in the City Engineer’s and neighbors, all intent upon having Hawkins, If he Is caught In any further of a special permit for "sacramental" vited. On thla Joyous occasion, of repose and then sold it to certain office and 12 years in the County As the time o f their lives. pernicious activity, the full details o f : w)n# in any quantity Is a damnable Interests. whleh will bo attended by a mul sessor’s office at Chief Field Deputy. It was all for sweet charity, and the charge against him will be pub- outrage, to begin with, and the Na- titude, aome lucky tlokat buyar Since It Is manifestly absurd for any His experience in this public service, (Signed) FRED L. CIPFORD. wilt bo given a splendid souvenir . that was the spirit of the occasion. ,uhed. and the same remedy will be tjon||t Jtwl-< R. bWr,i«.i Conf.renoa group of men. without millions o f cap as well as in building and general Secretory, The well known members of the K. of ,pp||ed to every so-called Klansman rec. nt!y declared itself to thla effect, In th* form of th* Inoomparabl* ital ,to develop power sites far dis construction work, will be immensely 4M Pillock Block. ;, Portlaad, Oro. C. and the Jewish young men who ,nvolTed wUh him In any matter af- forbidd|„, j , w |,h rabbit from using Reo Sport Modal Six, won by tant from the chief market, or to valuable to the taxpayers with him | were observed in tne throng, rubbed Klan welfare. Treason, crooked Sheriff Harlsy J. Slusher In Th# ' »"F kl" d of Intox leafing liquor in re compete wlth existing power utilities, upon the School Board. I W IL S O N N O T O X Ë H ’D elbows merrily with the noted Exalted dea||nK „„«„(tollable conduct or asso- Western American subscription Ilgloua observaneee. even If they could develop the cur Useful in Politics Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan. who ctatloD w,„ bring u,e automatic pen BY FED. PA1 IT. SOC’ Thla man CUavar. th« fak« “ prohl” rent, there are many who suspect that contest, and donated by him to Although Colonel North, deprecates was “ forty years younger on ‘ this ally provided for under the authority commlsalondr, la drawing down large the main idea la to develop some worthy relief work. All Klana- Toll your frioadc aad •oighhors political ambition, and admits only a occasion and. as usual making himself of tbe Imperial Klan. that Tug W iltoa, tho Slackkouso msn art requested to pass tha useful to others l--------------------------- ; sums of th. taxpayers' fund, without thing that might be sold profitably by desire to lie as useful as possible to • talking-horse trotted owl to split news of th* Grand Kluxar Ball at Tw o plain-clothes policemen looked Proaooutlona May Follow. j giving the aorvle* for which he is em- the promoters thereof to such con his fellow-man, this being his only tho support and thus r«-«l«ct Aatorla, and all are urged to keep in at the dance hut left when they dis-1 Hawkina is manager of the so-called ' ployed, snd his Immediate rsmoval 1« cerns as the P. R. L. A P. and tb« measure of worth, he was elected and Frank Skull as School Diroctor, that date open — June SO — for a covered an unobtrusive Klan patrol busine« men's adjustment (codec-! demanded. Hla action In this particu- Washington Electric Company, which served as Republican presidential has aot boon endorsed by tho Fed good time. elector from Oregon in 1912, and also guarding the merrymakers and keep- tion) agency, the Western steamship I lar case Is a public outrage . which are giving excellent service under erated Patriotic Societies, and served as a member of the Lower ing proper order. passenger agency, various Insurance 1 should not go unpunished. strict regulation by the Public Serv All members o f Portland Klan No. that tho plotters and fixers, work House during the 1921 regular and Financially and otherwise, the af- agencies, money lending concerns, ice Commission, and which have In- 1 are herewith notified to attend the ing against the welfare bf the special sessions of the Slate Legis fair was a huge success, ss always is bonding companies, the “ DETECKA- authoritatively that any Impersona- vestments and resources aggregating regular meeting Monday night. June public schools, are using tha name lature. He made a record for wise the case under the skillful manage- TIVE " business, and other activities tlon of Klansmen. or misrepresents- upward of $40.000,000. 18. at the usual time and place, and o f the F. P. S. entirely without legislation and uncommon efficiency. ment of the “ L. 0. I. E." and the ( „ „ numerous to mention. In all of tion of the Klan. will lead to arrests in fact. It Is believed, the Cleaver are assured of an interesting program authority. Shull wot*ed hard Itnhued with the spirit of sterling Klansmen. which be haa beea handling other peo and prosecution, snd enough evidence scheme 1« te organise the ''whoteaale and a big surprise. There will be egaiast the Compute spy Public parriotism, at the beginning of the already Is on file to send a number power company-” preparing to bring news of great importance and some Runt. Ropiaplsm, Rebellion: these ple's money to his own gain. School BIU. VOTE F O * NORTH W orld War, Cofoqel North again vol For the benefit of Hawkina and cer of persons to th# penitentiary, where hi « current to Portland on a high ten- constructive work in which all are three Inseparable yesterday today A N D W OODW ARD, and tha unteered for servitc in defense of the tain others who are known, It Is stated they belong. * (Continued on Page 7.) interested. benda. end tomorrow. (Continued on Tag* I) Because He Knows How to Fill Needs and His Heart ,v 1» in the Work. ~ BE ON YOUR GUARD IN SATURDAY VOTE \ j fhu" ^ 0t ^ \ « 'J T.