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27,1983 HINT TO THE WISE SH O P BE ENOUGH 111» work, nor moke» any • u u t r t l m l olalms »bout what li bving don», as »otti» officers o r» prono lo do, and b» li modNl lo Ih» «stoni (bat oI all Ih* «lilla h« ha» located In and about Baa- •Irido h» ha» allowed olhara to lay claim, lo having "captured" tha aitila, wb«n In r«a Illy Orlai McCauley » a » “ Cop” W ho U Fond o f dlrooUy raaponalbl» (or Ih« flndlnga. Thar» la ona temporary officer In Spreading the Blanket 1« particular In Hvaald» who la alwaya Given Fair Warning. l«llliiK "How I «ol «oren alili»,M alo., and If he doea noi eoa*« at once Ibi» misrepresentation, a true and correct Weatarn American Hprclal account of hi» record aad parnlclou» HhAHIDK, Ota., July l l.-C h le f wf •aiiiviti<<» will be forthcoming In an Polle» K L. McCauley of Hca.lda la I car|y laaua of The WeaUrB American, doing »plendld work In dealing with jllBl ^ ^ m b# m t _ problem» that develop la hi* depart- rtc-letil mam a» a rnaull of an euurmoua la- _____ __ flux of auinmer tourlata. , Despite the fact that at Ihe prevent time there ere more people In Seaside than any other aeaion, there are fewer «Asea of drunkenne»» and fewer other violation» of the law thaa over before. ' The good condition» prevailing are made possible by ihe personal organl- aaiina work of chief McCauley and Gilliam County Americana MASONS ASHAMED OF WRONG TO I S HERO hi* »plendld way of eo-operallng with Indignant Because o f Un- Hh. riff llarley J. Bluaher , , , , . Hines Ihl. I. the flr.l . - s o n that f » l r * n d Blgotod Action. Ehprlff Blushsr’s law-anfurring policy | . been In vogue, he muat be given 0na |h„ aquarcal , ng whU. . t ch . credit for belter condition« of OUHaBI 0ra* * , B ^ throughout the county bul hla achieve-'| H , lm, „ „ „ „ M , top^ mem. are aim mad. po.albt. by c o -, ln,llBltoB ln)0 ,ha M lu n |c lodB, operating with offleera o fthe type of of lha| 0„ y racan„ y on, w a: ■aaalde a Po^ce chief. , laro of q , , members of that lodga Chief McCauley aUo earrlea g dap- hoard ha wae a Klan^man They doa’I uly .h c rlfr j eommlwlon and he h . s , k||ow for w r a wb„,b„r ^ „ or M a lw .y . been ready with hla aarvtcat.. „ „ non„ tha)r „„„„e ra. bu, maierlally aiding It» the apprehenalon lh„y had „ hum.h, „ nd ^ atoppMl of violator« who war. wonted for hlm af,ar Md th, taata various orr»n»«s spud haa a ho„ of fr, . ndi ,n q ^ . Aa to hla aw a local problem». Chief uam ^ g n iy >nj they anre ara aora MeCaaley handle» them In a sotentlfir #bout „ q ,,, ^ ,ham grand old way Ha la handicapped by having only fann(,r. i,|ap|,onod (hU newa to the a «mall force. Utah Brown, popular ,*,llor Th# W esternAmerican. He aad Jovial patrolman. being the only W |d ( 0y (ti I nice that It wouldn’t ragular man on the tore« bealdaa ih. do t0 prtn, for ,rar of , tarUnB , rlo, chief. During the aumm.r »«awm the lw c on<l,m, bBt ht declared over and local force lb angmented by tha i oveÿ In langnaga oriental that Bpnd dIUon ol two or thrae «atra Patrol- Helma to worth all the Roman Maaooe mea, hat Ulta number la not adeguala la ihe rouatry, all puf togelher. He for the greatly Incroeaed volume of la a noble ea-aervlce man— from the ork “■ uodefealed American Navy. Mr. Helm» ('hlaf McCauley aever bonete about baan-, u |<t a «n rd and cannot be In- Old Line Ufe Inaurano. American Central L ife Insurance Co. L. W. Keeler P. O: Bo* 10S * Seaalde, Or durad t » talk about K. Soma of the promlnent Maaoaa of Portland ha ve hesrd about thla oolragu and thay da- clara they ara golng lo U ka U up. at the proper tima and !n the proper menner. Uncle Sam. or the pope: which? THIEL BROS. FRED ERIC K W . O T T O REAL E STA TE — INSURANCE I t i North Savwnth St •aaslda, Oregon Kluwmen, w« her« onm«4hlna en tirely new. something that will ap- M «o th« «v*. th» mind and heart of ail Klamttnen and thoM that »re In «ympathy with them. Brown Electric Co. Wa ara prepared to do all kinds of eteotrioal work In our naw^locatiou. Let us figure on your naat Job. 100 per cent service. Smoke “ R U M M Y ” Cigars 10 Coats and 'Two for a Quarter JOHANSEN BROS. Astoria, Oregon & SON CO NTRACTO RS Pile driving and bridge building. House raising and movliig. i 447 66 West Bond St, Astoria, Ore.. CORTLEY CLOTHING Seagide, Oregon Our Gvanwteai After having worn any of onr Suits or Overcoats aad defects develop w * will refund the money you have paid or make ofhor adjustment satisfactory to purchaser. i ¿‘Pick of the Pictures” - 8postal L la* ef M oss, Hats, Shirts, Underwear, ate., at reasonable prices DOUGLAS SHOES C R O F IT AND K NAPP HATS - "F IR S T AMERICAN MAMUFACTt RE" Best Hats Mads In America ’ C L E M E N T ’S Leo rye Caldwell, Proprietor Theatre Located Opp. Royal Blue Bug Line Depot Corner Seventh aad Aster Sts. « Asteria, Oregon • MAURO TIRE & REPAIR CO. GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION (Oeetleued, free» Our work can bo depended upon We who b e »« boasted of our grant resources, energy and genloa, should wall oonaldar this Irrefutable fact: oos per cent of onr population now owns M per sent of the w«alth«of the Unite* Stgtes, and CONTROLS vastly \ mors than thnt smosnt. All thly has { corns about In the teat 60 year», be cause the people of the United States permitted their monetary exchange to bo farmed out to th« »am« Mg per pot ual system which brought wreck dhd raja to SO many other peoples. com . NINTH orné O A K — TWO «TO NS« — CON. tIOHTM aa* OOUCH PORTLAND, ON M O N Englund & Henderson TA ILO R S History's Most Tragic K-otorh Do you ever reed the Blbie? If you , W e De AU Kiads ef Alteralteaa, Clewstef *sd Preaslag do, you mu* know that Christ con- Phene V » Breadway EMI -temngd and lashed the roonsy-chapg-, and that two days befors H i « ! 8. E. Corner Sixth and Fine . Portland, Ore. •ruclfixion, He. departing from the Temple for the last time, turned to ^p riests end «aid: “Behold, your (use Is left unto you desolate?" Hava C TH0RB8EH C. TMORE8EH C. TH 0RE8E9 yon ever considered why Christ said that to the priests only? Thera la b u t1M ons logical conclusion. He knew th at, 3 tha priesthood were tbs real r i l d i j j end that Uwftr edict had been given to heir agents (the functioning govern ment) to crucify Him. & Thoresen Let's Put Tin (tods to Week! at the Trace back or from, through the xges, and you e»II| find that the same perpetual system, sow functioning through the Roman hierarchy, la the root cause of Ignorance, superstition, «rare, debts, usury and nine-tenths of . U Yamhill Publie H aftel • til human woes'. W H Y continue that- .... Tfc « . Cene* Seeead sud Yamhffl, Tam hfl] Bine« Md« system? Why continue to feed the enstetn monster a barbarous toll Portland, saury? Why not let the tin gods do some useful work? C. THORESEN C. TH0RE8E!» C, TH0MX8E8 ! Conditions now are inch In the J C . TII0HE8EN United States that onr functioning Tovrrnment Is almost entirely dictated by those who live by nsury; a class who never create, but who take tb o ' wealth created by other* and b-*ld up j x colossal usury-bearing debt which perases ever more heavily upon those who do useful labor. W H Y not re- 7«rao the system? ■ Bungalow Market The Partkabr Market for Ptrtiaiiar People We Must Reform, or Die W e cannot continue this absurd. In- lade, dehumanising system, With Its irbitrsry and ever-increasing tncre- ment of debt, as against the natural, Increment ot wealth, without destroy- ! Ing ourselves. The product‘pn o f ! wealth to limited by onr producing -spectty; bat aader the. big perpetual tystem, debt is without limit. The following quotation is given for the benefit of those timid and over-tolerant persons who strain at a gnat and swallow the camel. “It is ihe property of the cltlsen and, not to > the demand f t the creditor of the 3tote that the original faith of society 's pledged. The claim of the cltlsen Is prior In time, paramount In title, -a pert or In equity."- Edmund Burke. RHONE SELL W O O D 1088 MILK A R E Y O U B U Y IN G Y O U R M IL K A N D C R E AM FROM TH E R IG H T D A IR Y ? \ r " ’ i - Raw and Pasteurized MILK* A N D CREAM ; Per the PorGaad Yaters * W e deliver to both the East and West Sides WILLSBURG DAIRY 925 Tacoma Ave. / W E S O LIC IT BO TH W H O LE S A LE A N D R E T A IL A Madera Hotel — Roa sonable Ratos B O L L IN G E R H O T E L LEWISTON, IDAHO Hungry Tourists — When traveling: through Eastern Oregon, don’t fail to visit Madras, and C. E. BYE’S Famous Restaurant Everything Just Right LADIES’ OFFICE AT 407 PITTOCK BLOCK Sacramgnto Klan. Realm of Cali fornia. has staged two open-air cere monials during the test month. One Of them took the form of a parade held In the shadow ot California’s state Capitol. The second was an open-air naturalisation which was witnessed by thousands ot curious alieus. The headquarters and business office at the Women of the Ku Klux Klan No. 1, In charge of Mrs. Maybsll* Jetts, th* Mothsr Counsellor. Is at 407 Pittock Block, telephone Broadway 1876. where all business pertaining to the local Klavern is Iransacted. All members are advised to pay no attention to contrary rumor* rat aflpat by enemies of thslr Causo. The Portland Ktavern la prosperous and progressive and just now is undertaking a con structive program of honorable achievement which Is .sura to bonoflt all concerned. Greenville Klan No. 144, Realm of Texas, has opened a reading room where Klan publications, church news and general news. are on file for the benefit of members. The Institution te well patronised by Klansmen. — ;— -------------------------- The Klan of Burlington, Realm ot Iowa, held Its first open air ceremon- tel recently in tha open fields sight miles from Burlington. A large nuta bar of aliens wore naturalised. Wear PEOPLES THEATRE R FATE If OUI «M t SEASIDE Phon« 595 . . . __- ■ The Klan of'Union Springs. Realm of Alabama, a llie d to the mayor tor permission to parade recently. The mayor wished to ascertain the sent! 1 ment ot the dtixenshlp in this matter and> caused to ke circulated 'two peti tions, one opyoslng the parade and one favoring It. The cltteenahlp proved overwhelmingly In fnvor of the paradg. Use hundred -robed KJans- men marched that night. UTO B F « 1 am wondering how many of the 'voters of Portland realised their pre dicament when voting upon the school It la K IO T. a etatue. an «s o rt bond measure at the recent election. repreaemallon o f a Klanaman in Let me picture it. a« I saw it:' If the full reaaHa. K IO T la th « moat faarliiAltng lltt'te 'fellow ¿v»r "rre- measure carried, we were damned by ated. In the office or In the hom- Kltn automatically and peralet the usury Involved. If the measure •n ti/ cenvaya the warm greeting were defeated, our children were to or hlanlahnraa to every vtaltor. He to I* Ini bea hath and the price be damned tor lack of necessary edu la within reai-h of all. For priera and agento' terms, w rit* cation. The Pope had us, coming and going. No matter whether the meas EOTIE ROVE LTV WORKS I’oetofflc# Box 717 The board ot cotupilaaloners of Ok- ure carried or Jqpt. the people lose to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 lahoma City, hss passed an ordinance the Big System. Fathers and mothers of Portland which makes It illegal for any thea i f « to stage sa act or exhibit any and of the United States— especially motion picture which ridicnles, bur those who consider themselves one lesques and cheapens religion or the hundred per cent American— it Is up to you to realise that condi’ions are t ministry. Aool, now such that It matters little what /Clean, Frontier Klan No. 1, Realm of Kan vou do under the present monetary I ana, at a recent meeting passed reso system. Invariably you must play Komfortable, lution* condemning the excessive into the plaus and purposes ot the Furnished Cottages price of sugar and determining to Roman hierarchy and Ifs (financial Three, fo u r and Five Rooms ' refrain from th* use of this commod oligarchy: dally yon are doing some ity until the coet la lower. Oue Block from Beach thing which brings yon nearer the peonage level. V W. L. RIDLET : Read the big advertlaement on the All In the Same Boat Third Ave, and Third 8t. back page of tMe iasne. Protestant* and Cntholic* ara equal ly concerned la the proaervation aad Telephone (ft prosperity a fthe United States. They must rise or fall together. The big J. A. H A L L F U R N IT U R E STORE perpetual system has robbed aad de- MEW AND SECOND HAND haurhed all peoples over whom it has W ill 1 «> the lllgh eet I’ rlce« six! 8*11 th* (itusoprat of Any Dealer In Astoria Pirara Ulve Us s Trial rial had control. It will do the same thine 684 Franklin A venae here, If aot stopped In the Bear future. Asteria, Or Damn That Maa Lack# all yon waat to, bat remember thlsi I hare sees ' all sorts of reforms tried aad fall, aad , 1 challenge aayoae to clearly aad lr- I refatahly prove my dedactions aot true. - A S T O R IA , ORE. 1163 Franklin Street area making his big speech tor Roman Bennie Olcolt—the enemy of the Pub lic School bilL Mr. Dover sat In the midst o( the audience' on this occa sion, completely surrounded by Klane- men, grinning at the KC gunmen on the sidelines, and Walt Smith was ; busy In his garage, repairing an auto mobile They are utterly Innocent Ku Klux Statues Why postpone this action— drop in today 33 Sixth S t, near Attor Agloria, Ore. MR. KEEFE OUT OF < PENNEY COMPANY ~ — for a real meal — courteous service — and moderate prices 525 Exchange Street of the pdMH«M[*>»t«et, of having th» Klan’» «d lM *,****» up,’’ or killed, or run out of 'The editor woo forewarned of til Hi I a talk sod of every move USSt, aad ouch of the “Mg talker»“ v a » quietly shadowed day and night by person» unknown to them. The editor himself seemed (Continued 1rs« Page 11 ' ^ merry and naddheerned and waa about neot man prenant bad aolrmnly prom town at nil boors, bat It waa observed eed (or hla own good, to keep oiit of that ha never traveled alone nod also ha fight, for lb# Klaneman were abla» that ho earring • long barreled Colt tad they wlehed, to (Reconnect hla« gun. always hi Position lor a quick rom a lucrative and plea »ant poaltlon. draw. Hla particular guardian dur froeeure wan brought to bear upo« ing this trying tint« was Welter Uobtn Ulm, however, and he alyly dipped into Smith, n reactorc«(ul and daring war he meeting. Within a half-hour, a fu r veteran, who aftaa was suspected as ha aacrel conference ended and juet tha sleepleM gontas who enabled the ta the dtlaen In queetlon returned editor to make blauelt “invisIMe” on iome, be waa called to Uia telephone important nod J am t occasions. by Kdltor Dever, who Indignantly Editor Dever aad Top Sergeant earned him to remember that, be we« Smith, better known as Dspeudsble inder the eya of acrutlny, and quoted Smith, war* tha active leaders in the 'binge that had been aa|d and da> political battle la Ciataop county, icrlhad thing# that had been done In which resulted la a sweeping Klan ‘be aacrel conference. He was utterly victory and the «tier destruction of the flabbergasted and tried to He out of old-time machine, which uatil then It, hut It waa no use: the editor had had been all-powerful 'he whole atory. though h’e did not One Cine to Ike Mystery publleh It aftarward. for raaaona of . The H i* » '» oppoiisut» hare avaa hla own. He waa playing a phonograph yet are mystified by the bewildering In Walter Smith’« garage, two block« methods Which defeated and ..dismayed W a y , while the conference waa Is them- Some of them suspect, however, program. that Editor Dover and bis co-workars. ,?• Flare Kxrlaahre directed by Dependable Smith, early At another time the K ( '» met lit In tha game bad planted a number of *orce In an npetalra room of one of dictaphone« la strategic poeltloaa, 'hetr number. The place was exclus with Dusted me» assigned to glisten ive and tha exit* and entrance« were In." guarded carefully, but Editor Dever, Editor Dever has admitted. Ins rem Immediately after the meeting, knew iniscent talk, that the dictaphone fig In detail everything that had ÿecg ured In at least one Instance—whoa •aid and done. the,, "enemy” «inferred la a certain At another time the KC leaders mat merchant's back room. "Directly be a merchant's beak room, aad tha neath the room,” be said, “1 aat upon Klan editor »omehow bad an aye and a cracker-box beside another man, and ear In their midst, for be was Inform wa listened la «alet glee. wMh re ed of whgt went on .and Immediately ceivers on our ears that would regis made moves to checkmate the KC ter a whisper, from »tart to finish. game. It was Interesting and amusing. In Many other Instances coaid be given deed. It wat somewhat risky, of seeming to prove that tha Klaa'a'edltor courae, bat dagparata lactic» of oar « aa able m makd Blhteelf Invisibly opponents Justified tha method. A and be In sevaral place» at tha aame trapdoor and. ateae connected sub-As time. The Evening Budget, which loy toria. whara v a were, with tha room ally »«rved the K C crowd then aa It In which the dloUers were meeting, doe» now, about thU time frantically and there wasetUnger that some cau denounced Editor Dover aa “tha tious person might take a look below Devil.’’ It wae moved to do this, and walk Into sa. We were safe from meet passionately, because Mr D «v*r j phyWc4l h ara. gowever. for the <U- dared to quote a ^ p t u r * In reference I Pen<uble Chl«f of our secret service to certain n p p o i ^ » , describing them itood U f Uapdoor wltb a aa vipers aad a « H | with great force, drawn gun,” How shall y# e ia p e the damnation ... The edltor smilingly declined to dla- of hellf* He also nomehow obtained cuae the suspicion that he and De- proof-sheets of The Budget’s edltor- . . . , . pendable Smith, or their co-workers, tel. before tke paper we. printed and war. responsible for compelling UnK- bad suitable rep..«s framed In ad- state# Uenatof Senauy Chgrlea Me Nary to Chgrl (IIvide hte « a » . Jwfth g cow-bell tlya Thar« waa much talk In certain d r - alarnii .tu<*ed banaath the platform, dee, during tha high voltago period where „ cooldB.t ^ found wh|le he Sooner or Later You’ll Drop Around to LEBECK ERICAN mmummmmmmmumummmammmm r, The J. H. Rankin Co. wants you to see the new apring Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Furnishings A largo assortment to solqet from and capable salesmen to hSip yon. J. H. Rankin Co. THE 11« gfxtfc Street Ctathltr« Hftb«r*ft«ttera Taller«