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THE
Thurwlay, Jun« 21, 1923
father m i m dawn da aiala and caught
me with the box and aaaldad me tar-
riMa, and that'o haw It wan. I didn't
da na crim e."
S h e r iff S lu sh e r o f C lataop C ounty
T w o Teacher* Tsatify.
“T w o
teacher*.
Mlaa Josephine
Hoc ha and Mlaa Joaale McOregot, who
bare had T o « to Choir claaie*. cam*
to the front fur him and taatlflad (hat
If a bit pacnUar. A o a ru ia rcUcoaca
and a « t raa gaaaa* o f manner they at
tribute to hia up brine log
"P olice Inapactora, who hold that ha
la raaponalbla fo r the ot^er daaaor*
tloaa, admitted laat might that they
bare no other evidence again ;! him.
Roman Catholic* prate coatlnumlly
and that their eole hope lay In the
o f the vain e of religloua training in
teatim oay o f Father Orth. They felt.
MAUfcO TIRE & REPAIR CO
CON. NINTH and OAK — TWO g T o n g g — CON. g iO H T H and COUCH
Type I» Vagtly Different
from Young America-in
Public School.
output la nothing ui brag about, to
say the least. Several days ago the
press of Portland told In datall o f n
typical case In court. It was a charge
against a lb-year-old student In a
parochial school, accused by a priest
of robbing the poor box. Note the lan
guage o f thin youth, a queer jargon,
never heard In n public school. - The
prisons are filled with the products o f
the Roman parochial system, for ob-
. vloua reasons. The news Item below
; Is taken from Tbs Oregonian: /
"B vldence against Tom Dunne, l b
i year-old Albina youth, charged by
| police with robbing the poor box at
St. Francis’ Catholic church and sus
pected o f being responsible for n
whole series o f chnrch depredations
laat week, waa heard by Municipal
i Judge Kkwall and decision will be
I reached at 2 o'clock today, the judge
announced.
r Cent Efficient
"F ath er Orth of St. Francis' church
testified that Du abe had spent clone
to two b o o n In big church on M ay 2«
and that he had acted suspiciously. He
came upon him. he said, as the boy
waa In the act o f (ambling with the
poor box. H e did not see him take
any money, he laid, and expressed a
willingness to drop the matter.
would ‘oome through’ on the other rob
beries o f which they inalat he is
guilty."
PORTLAND, ONtOON
E n g lu n d & H en d erso n
T A IL O R S
" I picked up a country {taper in
Oreeley, Colorado, and discover'd 14
pages given over to the announce
ment* o f tax sales,” writes Charles
W. Wood la the New Y ork World.
"T here were about 450 o f these an
nouncements ow every page— 4100
dramas o f blasted hopes In one o f (he
richest agricultural counties in Am er
ica."
6 e Thoresen
J. H. Radon Co
Bungalow Market
The Particular Market for Partkolar People
Doans Denies Charge.
DY C. U MEAD, 22
Catholics. Doctors arc compelled to
go to them, but I know o f an inde
pendent doctor who Quit them and
who now has a hospital o f his own.
fie is one o f the K 's.' - __ ^
Some day the Yakim a' R E P U B L IC
will sec 10.000 Klanstnen march iuto
Yakima W I T H T H E IR M A K K S O FF.
A Catholic friend in Yakim a said the
Protestant, did not have
lllsliup, Me thodist Episcopal Church.brnrlea offer wlsdam; where great art
OMEONE has said, "Education Is
preparation for clliaenahlp.”
if
that be true, then education la an
psseutlal element In the development
iuul preservation of n* nation'a life.
S
The more education the Individual
can secure, the better and m ore Intel
ligent a cltlaen he ought to bo. Our
Qovornuivnt has recognised the fact
that an Ignorant cltisen Is a danger
to th « commonwealth, and In order to
avoid the peril of Ignorant and un
trained leadership, has established u
system of public education for every
child which Is the envy of other na
tions which do not enjoy »nth p rivi
lege.
-Very wisely the education of every
child lias been made compulsory, and
attendance upon acltool privilege«
either In public or private school Is
required by legal euaciinent. So com
plete I* the Hynirm of public oduca^
kindergarten and proceed by succes-
aive step* through the grade, gram
mar and,hlgh schools until he I* fin
a lly prepared for university work and
through the state university training
fo r the larger university o f life, where
all are finally teated. ’ But having fo l
lowed the path of learning from the
kindergarten
through
tho
grade,
grammar, high achool and state uni
versity. why should not the .olmbvut
go further and prepare him self by a
postgraduate training for more intel
ligent and specialised serviceT Suro-
ly the world needs today the largest
information ^<1 he«t training that
one qan secure. In order to giVc larg
est and most efficient service.
It Is right at thla point that our
system of public education seems In-
cotflplete. I f It Is necpHSary to fur
nish the Individual with the training
afforded by the klndergarteu, grade,
grammar, high achool and state uni-
vqrslty. why should we not go another
step and offer to him an opportunity
fo r post-fcraduatc training through n
university
which
groat
national
should bo tho crown and goal o f our
public »durational system?
U such
an Institution should bo founded for
tho development of our cltlsenshlp
into tho finished product of Intelli
gent citizens, what more appropriate
plnco for the location of such an In
stitution than the seat of our na
tional Government?
It Is In Washington, D. C.. that wo
have the largest opportunities fo r tho
study o f tho science o f government,
whore the practice of government can
bn studied and observed; whero tho
patriotic environment furnishes en-
thuslasm for and ¿-rentes .love for
one's country; whore treasure* o f the
to ll and thought of our grent men
tià(fh been- preserved In state paper«
and grant documents; where great li-
‘ Duane, as he
dona since his
arrest, denied the charge.
slated that be had gone to the church
to pray, had lighted a candle, placed
hi* nickel la the poor box and then
that he bad raked It out again, feelin g
that he would need It. “ And, gee," he
“ yqu iu re d en t call dat no crime.
It was ms own money and that candle
never cost a penny, and, goo. a folia'
'ud be a foal to commit a crime
against hla own church and his own
religion. I never done It. But the.
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Mankind Is one In spirit
And the Instinct hears'along •
Round the world's electric circle
The swift flash of rtght or wrong.
Whether conscious or unconscious
Yet Humanity's vast frame
In Its ocean sundered fibers
Feels the gush of Joy or shame;
In the pain or loss of one race
A lt the rest have equal claim.
W H Y DID HARDING
A C T SO FOOLISHLY?
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Letters from the Old South express
wonderment that President Harding
should have been so inconsiderate and
unjust as to appoint a negro to the
post o f Controller o f Customs fo r the
grrat port district o f N ew Orleans—
the most important federal position in
that section. One p-riter. w ho vikits
Oregon every summer, ask s: “ W h y
didn't H arding appoint a negro as
Collector o f Customs at P ortlan d?"
He added, with savage emphasis, that
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Prepaid to any address is
the United States
a Freemason?
Klansm&n, to Church!
LAUDS GENERAL WOOD
FOR NEXT PRESIDENT
Resolutions, speechmaking and ap
plause are not sufficient to upbuild
our Protestant churches and Protse-
Onc o f the best and strongest citi-
tant Inst tutiona.
Thsy must hava
rens in the V.-rkima 'Valley o f W a sh
VXe e-rtlv* * * •— o. as tbs professed
ington Writes thd fo llo w m g g ra tT fy ln g
support of Klasamen.
letter under date o f June 9:
Every Klan In the oountry should be
Lem A. Devcr, Portland.
composed o f church-goers and of man
Dear F.ditor—A fte r read
whose fam ilies attend both church and
paper, wherein you ask, W h a t’s the
Sunday achool.
matter with General W ood for Presi
in Chattanooga, Tann., at each mast
dent? lie's all right,” I rTply, YOtJ
B E I he's ail rig h t! I ant enclosing ing of Klan No. 4 the Exalted Cyclops
asks those Klanamen who went to
church the preceding 8unday to Dae.
Then he asks those who will pledge
themselves to attend church servlet on
the coming Sunday to stand up.
Sunday school and church attend-
men the Democrats and Republicans aneé has been increased In every Prot-
can put up. He is a man every good sstant church In Chattanooga by thla
citizen, can get behind and no Pope activity of the Klan and the man's
can buy him. Let us hope he will Bible classes have grown rapidly.—
come back to the good old U. S. A. The Im perial Night-Hawk.
and help us put the United States on
The Cohens are ahead o f the Smiths
her feet once more.
Th e Bible ami the Constitution
should be taught in all our public
schools from a non-scctarian stand
point. 'The writer is one o f 15" who
arc spending time and money to put
them there.
Our hospitals are controlled by the
In the Now York . directory just Is-
surd. The hook contains 19SÍ page*
and weighs
eleven
pounds, four
ounces. There are nearly 6600 Co
hens and Cohns and approximately
5800 Sm ith« and Smyths. There are
223 Abraham Cohens.
J. A. L A R IN
I f so, you should know the difference
between Operative and Speculative
Freemaaonry. You Should know when
Speculative or Symbolic Masonry be
gan; how il began and Where It be
gan; when and how It chine to America
and Its development; and bow and
when It came to your State.
You
should know when, where and bow
Scottish Rite Masonry’ began, and Us
hULiry. You should know th t differ-
enrf between the Y ork R ite and the
Scottish R ita You should know about
.he Royal Arch degree, and Connell
legree, the High Prieethood and the
Knights Templar. -
T H E MASONIC H ISTO R Y, published
*>y Past Orand Master George Thorn-
lurgh, 33d degree Hon., w ill tell you
ill that and also the origin and history
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It tells about the Morgan excitement,
vhen a candidate ton tor President on
DR. L. R. PUGH
in Antt-Masonlc ticket and almost
Dealist
_
iwept Freemasonry out o f thla coun-
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‘ry. It coqfalns n biography of George
47th ànd Footer Road
Washington as a Mason, sod Albert
Pike, so long the head of the Scottish Rea.: 4714 flat 8. K.
Portland, Oregon
Ute. It tells of the origin and pres
ent status of Nagro Lodges. N o other
history contains such a variety. The
price Is only 13.00, postpaid.
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