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n i l iininni. > n r i - P«g> Four THE WESTERN ThuratUy, Jung 28, 192.1 AMERICAN Every Day, In Every W ay, th^ Klan G row s Bigger and Better stucles with antagonistic or domineering fofct's. The divine will} does not fight wrong; it transforms wjrong, It works in silence' and serenity, but goes so deeply into the eltoicnts o f things that |it undermines the very first causes o f all afversc or detrimental rt ttAu nw m wit « « m i mr conditions. It does not resist the MirfacBjbut goes calmly be- Pabllxhed Woeklj hy * neath the surface and transforms those undercurrents from which The W etten Aaerlcaa PabUshlo# CaWfOttj surface conditions proceed. | »' " * Publk-atioa Office« 4S7-446 PUteck Block. P orttu d, Ore»«« ______• To live the life o f God, think the thoiyht o f God, und will Phone Broadway IW Ì i m r with the will o f God— that is the secret patfc to the highly (Level- LEW A. DKVKR. ' oped individuality; and it is such an individuality that becomes a master mind, a son o f the Most High. When the, individual H 1» th* M riM lIy hdOitttd m n iu i* i w o i .i t ... O“ " ' —'* . — — — : | __ . . . . ' * ■ " “ ^ ‘ «¿ du X m o& mind - - declares, - - ............................. * * “ rec- «2 »?._th? “ — Thy. Will be done* consciouBnoss must fully ognize the presence o f Supreme power, and must realise, with s u b s c r i p t i o n . POSTPAID: ¿altea staue. Panama ca n a i ¿»importo Ri«j. depth o f thought and feeding, that Supre*» power invariably' H awaii and t h . PhtUpplnaa. tit a >*ar In advance Canada and « u r o ( * .. *».M a yaar. Renll by chati, draft, poetai or axpr^'œon*y oASîr?V*?«l«^l««*r- leads to higher g r o u n d — the W orld o f freedom a n d S u p e rio r _ A POSER FOR GOVERNOR PIERCE. KLANITORIAL When Governor Pierce, State Lecturer o f the Modern Wood- ,nen Df America, or anyone else, solicits you to join a fraternal By N. S. Sodmnthar insurance society, qsk him this question: Are your available assets one hundred per cent o f the required reserve? In the ease * " ” % >1|r . uf the Modern Woodmen o f America, according to the last avail- I 1(r'j0 m# wltb ,h0’ able figures, they had eight and four-tenths cents for every dol- |loUU#a lUal h„ lt * -r»aalar he-man lar o f the required reserve, or $«.40 for every $.100 o f unset« Tborafor», th« laitor from they should have had on hund. This evidently means that the »hi» preacher if'»*«"* ,rrl Modern^ Woodmen and many other fraternal« will have to pro-.and 1 am solas m * r“ *’ •>»'' • M,#r< vide f o r t h e future by making increased nsseesments and r o n - ; ^ . . . ' * 4 tinuing to make them until they get into the hundred per cent tJ like jticachera.+Pw lUiuunh Uuue class— the point o f insurance saiety. .. ... _ j w« arc n> » »^ Anj^«< ».jwu if «>»“»• Many o f the fraternal« arc financially all right. These wtti unTy if.W M e r e r thrtr elude the Woodmen o f the World, the Knights o f Pythias, the ,n ,h,lr work* ,ur * A merli’ » catino» go wrong. Knights o f Columbus, the Lutheran Brotherhood, th« Maccabeea, “ " Ä S ® » OF*I'nPRESS: Tb* add rasa of au boeri bora can Do «•'atWjd as oftao e x i s t e n c e , aa deal red In ordering a chame, please Rlv* both the new^ a n d th e ^oid addreoa tUtOTUKH. * IUU VOU UÚY I T Manuscript should bo aovmpanied by postan for Tenirw if umTaiiab o Courte- The good that is inherent in others is infinitely greater than the Natiouai Fraternal Society for the Deaf (if you happen to be rn o M a K 1 .ANHMAN?__ Hi) UkCl.l.M our attention and painstakln« care will be «Ivan to all contributlona. PubUclty^ m a- • , * * that w ay), the Sons o f Norway, the Slovenian National Beuefit tertal o f eonatructivo value to The Klan and Ite fnenda will be P ^ d for at the a j| ( h e i r faults, s h o r t c o m i n g s . O r i n i p c i 't e v t M h a ; t h e r e f o r e . WO C « n IT. L E T '» PATRON U K HIM. minimum space rate o f X a column. A d communications should bo addressed to tos Society, the Polish Association o f America, and others listed in P tttoek S tock. Portland. Oro. • J r — __________ , readily .forgive them for all o f these. Tnere is more in man than another column o f this issue. FIGHTING PASTOR T h « Publisher« guarantee that all m ereban«!.« advertised In T h « W B S T tR N I the Undeveloped surface, and it ¡S this MORE that We Will TeCOg- Why aren’t ALL o f the fraternals regulated properly and DEFENDING KLAN nize, love and admire. When anything goen wrong, we will not, . . . , _. . , f c 4 f 7 t . r u.TfV?nc*,nr-n i 9*- “ p**ron‘" #ur $ * * * * + t*te ,orm * criticise or complain; we cannot criticise anyone without harming i rw>uirttd to mai,U“ " ' an udwluute rej,e[ v<i? J J * W«M«rn Amontan Bureau. ation profiting an concerned. i ...................... think tvell 0f : Hnswef is tlu»t the delinquent ones use the rabbitfoot o f influence everybody concerned, ourselves nor l«»r. t w a ttiu tu , u u i o c n c o i included i i v i u w u , ; u u i t can a n we « t liiim v n u i 'Jl ' . » . • . « . * 1 ii s u -a 1 t CKPAIt Ivl » A KAI'JUrt. l t ' i s la. . Jun* 37 ' • Entered m t «econd-cie** g e t t e r August 1, 1« 2, at the p oeteftk g e t A etqrU, without helping everybody concerned, ourselves included. ‘ »“ the leK‘8lutunj nntl stato lnau~ nJf ‘‘^»rtnum t, pleading tha i (ru K ^ wurd,. , k .. b miutotor. under the Act of March $, 1» 7i . . ■ . __ . 1U ää anyone .they are fraternal^benevolent and all that kind o f buncombe. It burled • rh»ll<'Ug<> l«»t week, lo Application made to «Postmaster at Astoria for transfer v á pecond-claae privilege And everybody wants the best to happen to everybody. post of Tics at Portlang, Oro. i is a business proposition, purely. A man joins an insurance so «memi«« of lb » Ku KI ilx Klan. lo m oot When we feel inclined to lambast some institution, or person, ciety to get protection for his dependent family. 1J. is in his btiu lu u public dvbiUv. P r.u k Mil«'«, PM or group, recognized as inimical to our cause, we should remember j Mre to,ki abwut thi8. u b r .v « .otdiur, and wdllur ui Ibu lo w . L cglon n .lro » h r.u k frt»u IU*> i.roep*<l this sage advice o f Christian D .U r s o n : ......................j „ Uie offid a l roporU o f valuations on fraternal beifefit of lueellng . K lau»man on Ilio piai* VSe should never try to eliminate evil. * To ------ *-* — resist evil, *--------- to give societies as o f December 21, 1921, are correct .showing that 74 form and rvfu*«d for Ml lb « toglou- thought to evil, or to work against evil, is to give more life and o f those listed are facing a deficit o f nearly a half BILLION Darle». PERMANENT POLICY LAN rivLOO. PRESS P O L IC Y OF O r THE lrlE . K IvLAW jwwer to the very thing which you wish to remove. Overcome e v il, . . . .. . . . . for a nation-wide investigation, for this For many years f o r k i n g actively as editoT; r ^ o r te r specUil ith ^ but ^ n t array the good against the evil, thinking j wouId ^ £ , 'th‘ " ¿ ilistst graft and fake o f its kind on record.. E A S Y -M O N E Y S H A R K S writer amt observer throughout throughout America and a large part o f Ufe that overcoming implies resistance o r w arfare. To overcome is t o ! ^ ------ 1. * l f an ingurance t.onccrn canhot ^ ^ G E T R IC H P IC K IN G S _______ H the writer has held tenaciously the idea that it ^ r is a O but foreign world, u t of, forgetting f o o t i n g t) the lesser by giving W h o l e o f life to the j it ought to bL“ put out o f bu T ii^ i W««t«rn American Bureau. unscientific folly to recognize evil or the negative qualities in any greater, xhe purpose o f life is to grow eternally into the greater :--------- _ .• „ • k, tn m,L-« _ , .. , 1 , „ ,,, ~ . • „ ” ' , ” , t without partiality and without remorse, for it is monstrous to NKW YORK. Jun« *7 — K»»y mon#y form . Through all these years, at intervals, he has tried to make KOOd. Aim to fulfill this purpose and evil o f every description ,, any outfit, fraternal or otherwise, to jeopardize the welfare Arti»!» bave Iwvn operatine lu <Plu»h- others realize that the recognition o f evil and resistance to it is wiJ1 disappear. THERE IS NO WRONG IN THE WORLD THAT Ins and other lulmrb«, ralllns «I “ NOT FOR SELF, BUT FOR OTHERS” i ir §' folly, » » d that it defcaU high p u n » * and DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION Th* * » d alono d « n * our ‘ " i ^ l Z T t “ i ' r m l ^ u r a Ihb «■ a y -h cro wo hav. It la apparent to ov^ry latelUsont pciraon that » ' * attention, and w l* « tho r o l m . i v « . 1 o o r attanUoa. , « i l caonol ,h |lM d mull). U to u ^ d a o f then., and wo is the greatest power in the u m verse-th e ^ an niore. Build tor the right; inspire every^soul with an shall t ^ wool at 8hcarinR time, worth »> much m o n e y - sion in goodw.il toward all men, everything and ^ r j b o d j ^ h a t irresist.ble desire for the right and everything you do will add to wJthout considorini? Ule uucertainti« as to death, weather, wolves contentment and kucc^s are impossible ^ power that makes for reedom. Think o f the good, speak o f ; and ^ woo, market< They capitalize on future wool and phan- harmony with the Infinite, and the greater the harmonj, the the ginid, work for the good, live for the good, and the good o n ly .; tom gheep. KoolWl busineut Bad sheopherding! Like the good greater the power and progress. ' and your life wjll be a light « ’herein darkness can never be.” old shepherd dog wc s »v B O W -W O W ‘ - IU s one thing to know W « « W p l A ¿ o p h i » learnedly about the beauty o f spiritual Thi, old |ine companies are compelled to toe the mark with ing among the warring elements o f good and evil, however, a n d ,thought, but that w ill serve ho purpose u n t e the truth that t* „dequatc reserves. I*t all the fraternals be required to do the quite another to practice i,t in daily life. 'contained in our spiritual thought is stamped upon every word ... . . . . . . . .same, for the protection o f everybody, and let them advertise, We strivejow ard the ideal, but it is like walking— constant1 express, . w - .. . , H t e a rea IZ0 P°wer o f words; whenever we any other open and above board business concern. falling and constant recovery The sole trouble is that we donv .-peak-we send a life-current through every part o f the body; and The Catholic Sentinel ri?ccntly commented dolefully on Klan keep right with God. If we conscientiously determine to do what -f’ the words spoken are expressions o f material belief, we give activities which it feared might keep the Brotherhood o f Ameri God wants us to do, and accept Jesus Christ as our guide, we can- conditions o f weakness^to the body, and at tones even disease, can Yeomen from establishing in Oregon its proposed ten million not fail in any undertaking. | When we stamp every word, not with human thonght. but with di- dollar home o f some kind. We replied that the Yeomen home If the Ku Klux Klan, now great in numbers, is to achieve the vinc thought, every word will convey to the peatm the very spirit would be welcome in our midst and we were for it, world without vast good and reach tho^xaited gpaLjipori- which all hearts are 0f life, power and wholeness. • Through the powttr o t speech a per- end. It now appears, from official figures, that the bulk q f the rixed, it must have Christ?is the Supremo Imperial Pilot. — son can bring upon himself every wronfc in the world; and through Yeomen's insurance is in ¿he inadequate rate claaa, having only The purpose in proclaiming this truth is to notify all c o n -. the same power he can bring upon himself every pood in the world. tVree and a 'half'cents for every dollar thev should have in the tem ed that The Western American hereafter is going to make a Through the right use-of words, uttered or unexpressed, a person rc<juired reftcrve. or |;!.n0 for every $100; and that they had about determined effort to live up to the ideal o f the Fiery Cross. This can attain or obtain anything. Words are living forces; they create thrc<? milUon dol|arg in u se U livuiiable for the payment o f future means that there shall be no further recognition o f evil in any according to their nature, and they attract their kind. When we death claims .against about a hundred and ten millions in benefits form in the columns o f this journal, and that every effort will be become as scrupulous about our words as we are about our clothes ¡,romjHed made to develop and encourage the good in all men There sh all. we shall become a superior race. ' ' We don’t want to do any concern an injustice, and our not be another line o f malignant criticism. W hen it does appear, 0 ur purpose will be to develop faith among the K la n sm en - (.0,nmng ure opell for a discuMion o f thitl gubjw.t. Thig ig a ,,rol>. the present editor s name will be o ff o f the masthead and another the kind that moves m ou m a .n s-to transform hope into faith. ; |em that re<juire, investigation and strict regulation by the State man will sit at his desk. In making this decision the editor knows ' Every person iri the world, whatever his present position may authorities well the task it may involve, and he contritely accepts the respon lie; can begin today, and through the power of faith, work himself sibility for all the errors that have been made in recognizing evil, up into any attainment or realization he may have in mind. What- D O W V. W A L K E R M AKING GOOD in this paper, for the fierce and relentless warfare and bitter ever his goal, he can reach it, if he works in faith. ThiH may seem County Commissioner Dow V. Walker is making good. His criticism which erroneously were designed to expose treason, pun- to be a strong statement, but Jesus Christ declared it was so; and common-sense plan o f dividing the work o f the Board so that ish treachery, and halt the progress o f eviL The motives were it is certainly high time that we begin to believe and practice the each member may have certain particular duties, for which he good, but the methods were un-Christian and unscientific. great truths this Master Mind proclaimed. alone may be held responsible by the Board und the public, was Jesus Christ is the Klansman’s criterion: The Western Like the tempest-tossed ship at sea, the Klan is often beset American is the official journal o f the Klan; it must be made, by the winds o f adversity, which mercilessly rage around us, and male effective June 27. With team-work now, progress and har therefore, as nearly ideal in purpose, contents and policy as hu- like the sailors o f old we sometimes fear lest we perish. There mony are assured. The one who refuses to co-operate will be man ingenuity and devotion can make it. Editing a paper fo r the will be no fear and no peril, i f we keep the Christ on board, challenging a rebuke from the taxpayers. The Walker system o f dividing the work and fixing respon approval-o f Christ, regardless o f the pulls this way and that way, Wherever we may be, wherever we may go, whatever we may do, sibilities embodies the basic principle o f the commission form crushing the human propensity to lambast opponents, is a tough | we shall be safe and the haven assured, if Christ, the Master, is o f government. .r job even for a hfty-souled Christian, and many times more d iffi- with us. He will answer at our call, and the winds and the waves Under the department plan the handling o f "patronage” will cult for an ordinary, hard-boiled newspaper man. • will obey. be simplified, efficiency in routine work will be possible, and there No apologies are due to individuals who have suffered criti- We have found a perfect remedy for fear, because he who cism in these columns; they deserved it and far more than they knows that Christ is always in the ship jvill fear nothing. To him will be an end o f passing the buck. Commissioner Walker truly says that “ everybody’s business got— now there we go again— do you see how hard it is to write no ill can come whatever. Though the approaching storm may in the way that our Master would approve? An ideal journal, the sweep everything before it, its fury will lie dissipated into nothing j *8 no^ dy’8 ,’U8‘ neftH The work was apportioned by Chairmun Rudcen as follows: kind we have in view, ought to have an angel for editor, with when it comes to the ship where the Christ is awake. But the No. 1, bridges and highways, Chairman Itudeen; No. 2, institu cherubim and seraphim to guard him, and sometimes Michael with Chist is in every ship, and He will come forth in every ship and tions and relief, Rankin; No. finance and property. Walker. his shining sword. j utterlÿ put to naught the impending danger. Whatever our posi- There’s a report that Commissioner Rankin “ won’t play b f$ ” Nevertheless, and notwithstanding all these"handicaps. The tion in life may be, or whatever we may be called upon to do, when with his two colleagues under the new system. His friends are Western American is going to be as nearly true to the Christ iwe know that the Christ is with us we may proceed calmly, peace- hoping this report isn’t true. He 4s quoted as declaring he will ideal, in purpose, contents and policy, as it is humanly possible to fully and serenely.in the full conviction that nothing but good make it. This is a'dangerons experiment, o f course, for the aver- will come. There will he nothing to fear. The turning o f the tide continue “ looking after ALL departments.” Any such attempt age man doesn’t want that kind o f journal; even many o f the .may sometimes be delayed, even until the eleventh hour, but thé would be regarded as meddling with work for which others are Klansmen may kick, though they worship under the Fiery Cross 'turn will come without fail. We must go to the Christ first; then held responsible. Team-work is what the people want. Commissioner Walker didn’t draw the department which and Christ is their criterion o f character. He will come, to us and answer our prayer, whatever that prayer probably would have been his personal preference— that o f in The divine principles upon which this decision is based are may be. We must place ourselves in touch with Supreme power stitutions and relief, for which his experience has qualified him set forth in many books of the highest worth, besides the Holy first; then that power will come with us; and when Supreme especially— but he amiably accepted the work o f finance and prop Bible. Readers who want the details should obtain a remarkable power is with us we have nothing to fear. When the power o f the erty and let Mr. Rankin have the greater opportunity o f winning book by Christian D. Larson, entitled “ The Pathway o f Roses,” Supreme is on our side, all things will be on our side ; and God will — ptthe popular favor which would be assured through efficient hand issued by The New Literature Publishing Company, Los Ange le#, lie with us the very moment we choose to be with God. Cal., and obtainable in any public library. In this book, and in all The Klan has great purposes to carry through; a sublime ling o f institutions and relief. ■" ■ 1 ■ '. such works, these truths and principles may be found: mission to achieve. It must keep TÎfeht with God. Christ must When the individual mind is in such perfect harmony with be the Supreme Imperial Pilot. Otherwise we shall fail and Angels and ministers o f grace defend us, but wc sure feel the Supreme mind that the divine will can be given full and free meet disaster. We must cease giving recognition to evil, and “ mad,” sometimes. Militant publicity is the medicine for balky expression, the will o f the individual mind becomes invincible.jeease warfare upon the resistance to evil. VVe must concentrate officials, a jd it ought to lie used when needed, f f we had our The secret, therefore, o f developing a powerful w ijfis found here- all o f our energies upon the doing o f good, promoting the great way unrestrainedly, a number o f State gazabos, led by His Ex in, and here alone. .... —1 — ^— --------■'— .............. constructive ideas which are awaiting executive action; centering cellency, would be visiting the newspapers and waiting in the The true will is never domineering jaûf antagonistic ; neither all thought and all effort upon convincing the world, by our ante-room while they dolefully pleaded, with Uncle Remus: “ My (lows it ever apply the force o f resistance. I f you are antagonistic,, works, that the Klan is a mighty force for good, with Christ as honey, my love, my heart’s delight, hit’s a mighty long way on o r have a tendency to resist everything that is not to your liking, the Supreme Imperial Pilot, We must keep too busy proving by a rainy night— iem m ein!” T it is proof conclusive that you are not in harmony with divine will, works the goodness and benefits o f the Klan to spare any time You arc misdirecting your power, and are forming obstacles and |for the contemplation o f evil. In the true light o f the Fiery A tea-kettle sings when it is full o f water, said a pious friend, pitfalls for yoursdlf. ^ Cross, darkness cannot be, and evil will dioapps*r when we estab- while condoling with the editor. After pondering his statement, The divine will does not attempt to overcome evils and ob- li6h the good. ,he added: “ But who in hell wants to be a tea-kettle?” home» and rull«<-tlnK nume) under th« pretenae that »urh futid» were tielDf uwm I In opiKNtlui the Ku Klux KU11. It U M id they found «iiuajly coud pi, ktiic» lu Knlshl» of ('illumini» and Maounir luimrit T W raid un III« t'jseyi waa »polled liy j* Warning frutti (ho KotnUh prie»» »Hu tulli hla parlati- loner» lo »hut thv door In tbo face« ot auch fakon. Nutmcggerc Rally. Weatern American Bureau. MKItlDKN, Cotta., June 37.— Two hundred and fifty were Inducted Info the myitartee of the Klan at n roevnt ceremonial Ju-re attended by tuora ZofKI Klnnamen. v _ Busy in Delaware. W»»t»rn Amarlean Bureau. SMYRNA, D el. June 37. — A hlR upon air caremouiol waa held bore on June 13. under euaplcea uf Caeiar Hòdu(e) Klau Nue 4. — Klan Gives Bread. Weatern American Bureau. KKWANKK. III.. Juno 37. -Thirty five doten bun* vyer» donated to tho Kowanue puldlc hoipllal by tho Klan of tbli place rut-cully. • Sacramenten« Join Weatarn American Bureau. SACRAMKNTO. Cal.. Juno 37.— Bovorol hundred now mutubure have boon added In tho Klan horo In the la»t few week», according to a report Juat publlRhed. Meeting Outdoors. Weatarn American Bureau. CAMIIK1DUK. 111., June 37. The The find outdoor Klnn ccrvmonlnl ot (he »cumin around hero ha» Ju»t boon held by tbo Klan ot thli county. Money for Pastor. W«*tarn American Bureau. MILAN, 111., Juno 27.— Fifty dol lars waa tho amount ot n donation madn to tho Itov. John lotcklo, pastor of tho MethodUt- church, by four Klanaraen who recently appearod nt hU church. i-il Attending Church. Weitern American Bureau. KMR1CKVILLE, Pa., Juno 87. — A Hundred and fifty allona woro nat uralized horo lust week nt a coro- monlal which moro than 1000 Klan»- men attended. Naturalize Aliens. Weatarn American Bureau. ItALt.H, Tox.. June 27 — The Klan at thin plaro ha» Juat naturalized moro than 100 alien» at a bis ceremotrfal. Michigan Awake. Western American Bureau. DKTKOIT, Mlcb., June 27. — Moro than r»t>0 candidate» worn mtturnlibed at a Riant open air ceremonial hero on Thuraday nlRht of tho past week. It 1» aa Id 10,000 attended. Build Huge Hall. W eftfrn American Bureau. LITTLK ROCK. Ark., Juno 27 — A Klüvern to ro»t 850,000 I» In con- templalIon horo hy Lltfle Kork Klan No. 1. The ronalnictlon of tho homa will be flnnncod by tho aalo of aharn» of »lock at *25 «sch . Tho Klavern. when flnhhVd. wiU »eat 7500 peraooa.