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% THE Tw» WESTEI ridiculous In any I doubly drenched In the blood of Inno Chaney concerning cent victims. Is flouting reason, be sal rights). littling law and ignoring the uufor- Id san tamponisi» at I Innate victim. (y mid. "Thank you. Some Tragic (lathering« »!.* Just such sympathetic souls call at 1 That eveatgQ tir Chanay and j the penitentiary to sing and pray and (Continued from Pa«« D "Spud" llelma, am ■Mice man. who is ! comfort some of the dark and deaper- little,” he said. Mr. Cheney amiably KllCT, lip n | (, ary of tha Cundo h | ate, unrelenting criminals that are accompanied him to the directors'1 j ^ n ^ . gad lo contar with ; within Us gates. Many times 1 have room of tbs First National Bank. K. ’ M who had heard ! bnen ' delegated to chaperone Un Bags un In Condou would rarart K : prompt* of the , *s **7 “,ln<* Or. WUhelu. M. O.. tMaatar Whole Problem of Prison i **lh*r,M them by telephone aud had lock to the ca tery where lay their1 tl*a* on* • Condon Masonic lodgel: a 8. amities stridently Reform Centers in Phases ; unfortunate victim. n. and as I looked on °* **• 001 The Parker Potter (Meson», n Jeweler. George | th* gathering I saw the one they were thought the order to "GET O U T' had Here Set Forth. j ‘ taking on over": was better fed and Dukeak, director of the bank; Attorney been obeyed. The» toon returned ¡cared for than they, with no concern D. N. McKay; and James Murtha. a horns, however, proceeding serenely strong Irish Roman Catholic. The with their affairs. seven of them sat silent and ecaut Kcndered brwaan'aad defiant by the — ------ I always felt regretful for the visitor courtesy was shown when the unsu attituda of Osar Parker and hie Ro spicious minister entered. Smilingly, Only 32 Million People in “ 1 often r,'*1,,*xl how f‘rm thry wor*’ be greeted them and awaited their manist committee, Inal Sunday morn it . _ , lu the mental grip of their sentimen- ing. between t and I o'clock, the W n o le W o r ld L q u a l to jtal delusiou. Those who called to see pleasure. They would wait, they said, peaceful little city was alarmed by a the ones they were interested lu were fur the arrival of another man. Mr. sudden fusillade at gunshots , Investi Progressive Life. the ones who felt the remorse and Cheney asked who this would be and gation showed that certain persons, told It was Leater Wads, the humiliation of the social odium, who whose Identity ia gaid to be known to By SAMUEL HOWOKTH ! are the real ones that suffer from local clothier. Mr. Wade did not show the state authorities bad driven In In lb « ordinary waika of life there , mental anguish. up. howovar, and finally Mr. Chanay their automobiles to the. parsonage, often wells up in one's mind, "What | One morning after the mail had' totd them he was in somewhat of a which was need ag a Man ball, and is wrong with mankind?" The human come, the Deputy Warden was reading hurry and asked to know the meaning bad bombarded It through the win race is not a fixed entity and civlltxa- letters as he turned aud said: of tha meeting. dows aud walls with hlgh-power Squaring himself In hia sea: and as tion la but a thin veneer over our pa- “ Here's a woman who wants me to rifles. Icolfthic traits and subdued tendencies, manage her hushand. Read this: suming the pfoud and pompous atti Inside were Ike Flag and the Fiery for only 2 per cent of the people of the "Dear Mr. Warden: I do not want tude of a jurist on doty. Judge Parker, United Staten have sufficient mental- - yon to parole my husband out of your tho spokesman, said, as nearly as caii Crass for which get the »lightest re- »pect wits shewn, aaJ these vac red ob ity to do their own thinking and take pen.for my allowance is keeping me be learned: the initiative and lead in thought and and the children in a better condition "W e have a MESSAGE to dallvar jects as wall as the line furniture and action. : ‘ b*“ •»* ever did. and I »» ant you to to you. Everything wa)'peaceful In ether kina eqa^mmt. were scarred VETERAN OFFICIAL OF PRISON REVEALS ‘TRUE INWARDNESS’ DEFIANT Of STATE LAWS ENEMIES LURK IN DARK White Meat Market EXPRESS AND M OVING We Handle a Full Line of Pastries R A D IO ELECTRIC B A K E R Y Special Orders for Lodges and Entertainments Best of Materials Are Used 1350 Hawthorne Avenue Phone Tabor 0704 Near Forty-eighth Street ‘ DR. DAVID E. LONG C H IR O P R A C T IC P H Y S IC IA N Office: Bain MM Residence: Main 4*47 « 7 Morgan Building Leather Belts M A O S T O S P E C IA L O R D E R High Class R ep airin g —— For your- belt troubles couault ua Jobbers In all classes of fabric bolts PEERLESS B E LT R E P A IR F A C T O R Y 63 First Street * GEO.- W E LSH HONS. Prow. Portland, Oregon Schedule Royal Blue Line Busses Portland, Astoria and Seaside M ate Terminal HHh and Hurn«lde Portland, Ore. Leave k I Braid's 131 h and Exchange Asteria, Ore» 13:0» Midnight 6:30 A.M. • :W A.M. S:«0 P.M. »:30 A.M. 4:00 P. M. 8c«i>p»e»e, 8L Helens and Ruinier Local* Dally I f L. a. Habaan If« I Two Dalle 10:3« A. M. I hon^ < fa * t ' \ P r in t in g co . Arm. Grand mod Eaot SUrk Portland, Ora. a Dar 1:3« P. U. m Hie hast Quality SIEDO — BULBS Trata — Beata Oardaa Supplies 1128 ,m.__ <al and Job Printing MEATS, FISH AND POULTRY SENTIMENTALISTS ARE BLAMED If all the human race were equal to keep him until I can raise .them, and rbis community until you ca a here 11114 ni,l>r* *2 foa bullet» of the night- our population in mental development he ts cured Vfiyphilts. t I hope you You ara a disturbing element. Wf > ft j prewUag weuld-he a»saa»ia». Having wreaked Uwir vengeance In there would only be thirty-two million are a friend of mine—" m< now threatening VIOLENCE, but people in the world equal to progres The I 'ual Foolish Talk for your own good and the good of the ihta cowardly manper upon the Klan hall, the Infamoqg miscreants skulked sive life. Ctf all the work performed As I was passing through the turn- town, GET O U T!” ia tho shadow, of uighL by any person only one net in ten is key's 1 ' office “ * saw a weil-dreaaad man : The m‘ nt*ter calmly gased at the j within the pale of accuracy, but that talking to tho officer. He was foam- I uffed-up autocrat and hie backers Sheriff Montagu« had taken no ac >»»» made ajK^jnodern sys- ing with rage over the injustice of our Then he quietly asked, Will you give tion and ia net egpeclvd to do any- tern of life what it is, and Suffices for courts, and 'innocent men being »cur me that fn W RITING T~ He was, the head of tbe pa our present needs to build on and pro- to the penitentiary,” and asked why plied haughtily: We don't want any radera on July 1L gress. The two per cent averages „ e received and kept them locked op ARGUMENTS!” (Ha knew quite wall Prosecuting Attorney T. A. Weinke about ten units of'-mentality. Can the like circus animals, lie said he had has taken no action and is not ex human race reach 100 unity and be-, information first hand aud was pre- pected to do anythin«. Together with come par? pared to expose the courts aud the on the floor, shouting. “ Unlock that Georgs Ibirman, tho banker (Shrlner)’ This is what civilization, education, penitentiary. I saw a letter lying upon door and I'll go in and give-him the and Jim Burnt, K. C, (who has done law and Christianity are contending the seat as I sat down ia the railroad trimming of hia dirty life and when nothing against the Klan. openly), with. Sympathy and sentiment are ¡coach, addressed to tha fiuder. stating I get through he'll know what it ia to Weinke la regarded se thé head of the the cavitiea and bumps in the path of \ he was 'tin innocent man" being taken be thoroughly trimmed.” old political ring of Gilliam county, Maying for Sympathy reflective thought. ' to the penitentiary at Salem and whose power, they fear«*}, would be The official said: ” 1 cannot do that. Enter the Eternal Female ; asking thy finder to ti-H the people to seriously tUmUMltoThy the organisa My duty la to taka care of him and Many forms of animated life may be ; help him “get out.” Thu official ask- tion of the Klan’ 1 tamed: but to domesticate that they ed. "who is this innocent man?” Here see that nothing happens to him. He The anti Klan paradera on July 31 has played on your sympathy and Is a may become piiabl^* having sufficient is the Vtter, as he presented It. The included Andy grain Maaom. a rail sentimental faker. We have some here intelligence that they may be desir- official read it over slowly, then he road conductor; H. CKelson ( Mason), able, is Another question. Sympathy looked smilingly at the commercial who are the beet In the State when It Of the Stasdard OU at Con- comes to handling that kind of staff.” and sentiment override reason to the ; drummer and asked. "Do you know Lon Fpwiw (Mason), the exclusion of reflective thought, as do- anything about this niarr. personally?" The gentleman asked what kind of County Judge. QrcsU Judge Parker work he was doing. The officer said. monstrutted! dally ia our courts when H « replied, “ No, no.” The officer said: ... _ did not parada, a w l aa spokesman a female entare into the p r u n in g * . / H ere i . hi, court r e * r « agreed “* £ " !* * ™ for the seif-appH 0t group of com Min's greatest allurement and weufc-ftarm In tha reform school, back in an , ° ' **tk° 11* * y w* ,k‘ munity autocrats, when he. In the role ing around the yard telling what ness dominates reason and lonie sent!- j Eastern State; in another State part of Czar of Condon, ordered the Rev- ment ignores reflective thought, ju d g-* of his sentence in the penitentiary; rank deal he got from the court, and now ho is taking another penitentiary erend Cheney to "GET OUT!” ment and justice. - paroled aud violated It; a county jail course and getting all the points on N- 3. Walcott, editor and publisher The sentimentalist who calls at the term in our neighboring State; and how to get out, and a list of good peo- of tbe Condon Globo-TImes. has main- county Jail with flowers, cake and this for holding a knife over a young plo who have a feeling for the unfor- talned a fair and neutral aUituda candy to present to the evildoer, with woman's throat while raping her. Innate, who get caught and thrown throughout the doings of tha aati-Klan tears in eyes, and sobs sentiment to officer said, “ He is here, that’s all.” into society’s garbage can. paradem. < the premeditating, deliberate crim* The festive drummer jumped from As the gentleman arose And walked Tha shoojlng up ad the Klan hall was bunds are—drenched—*»r ■ -»V jerked off his coat, threw it down the steps'the officer said: ''We not unexpected, would- be pleased t y j O s you call parade of the RomahTsYL led by the K. 13th Bt. N. It WICK Residence ! whenever you make this city and get | Sheriff, and after tbu “GET OUT” pro- ' KAREFUL KAst «776 better acquainted.” His acceptance of clamation by Parker, the self-appointed KOMPETENT our invitation was made up of a string Ciar of Condon. FRED G A N TE N B E IN of words that ara not taught in Sun- Governor Walter M. Plereo Is now day schools. The last word, we beard investigating the tecta of the situa- Experienced Furniture and Piano bim apeak aa he passed through those ’ tlon, and It is safe to predict that he Long Distance Hauling BRoadway 7342 Office: S3 Firat Street servile gates bad the noun In "It" o f ' wl„ have Jugtlce doa„ , nd the ,lve. the pince where Lucifer dwells. and rights of the Americana In Con- 1023 Fridaj AMERICAN Eleventh Street G arage o. W. r m o o i, Proprietor Guaranteed Auto Repairin« Q pgp FAORIO m ..... i -IS ii E Stf*:::::::;:::: 55 WPB » F is t tou ts*. tta tH • ». W 7 tAto issata* i t " ’ MS Rasi lleveaih Street m y Our t t o ^ ^ ^ K . - . - rtquMt. T r M k villi * 100% l~ d • care .__________ _ Use* < •tor«. PM M7 H f l t P o n v x a a n O tta Buy your new Ch**rale» fro «» eMhsr of tbsoe salMnten. Thsy givo aaeurmnre of i-oortsiHis snd pereooal attention s u s in i » « Sunny Brook Dairy Kls Pheoo TAboe milk and Ki from Jos. ■loo. Tnb. su e* CHEVROLET E. A healthy aoongM I end 4M Hawthorns Avo. gA st ora* gun SMI tri (1 Arnold tTSt DOCKSTEADER Hklesmaa with Hugh Bmllh Chovrolot Cae Party-second tad Handy Boulevard v Iow a U m W their property and their righta Every man who dates to them la nay way will h to the extreme limit of the In o» and Oregon and Condon will be made too hot for any self-appointed ciar or root mit tee at wenld.be exam whe dare to arrogate to themselves tbe author ity to tell n tree-born white Protestant tnirrlran good rtttien to “ « E T OFT,” »Imply because he was doing his highest duty, ns ho saw IV to hia roan, try, his Cod and hit community. . RE PO R TE R GETS B A T H AS H E LISTENS IN DEAL KNOW YOUR CLEANERS OU don't send your raaor to a street grinder or your watch to a blacksmith. Then why send your garments to be cleaned or pressed to any one but a Master Cleaner? We operatdfour own plant and know your dark garments gel tba asms ears aa your light one*. Men’s Suits and Overcoats Pries id ..............................#0.50 Men's Sails and Overcoats Cleaned and Pressed ............#1.M Y "SPSUCB r ------------------------------------- PHONE EAST 0306 BELL PARIS CLEANERS AND DYERS . ftteSASD Y BOULEVARD SIOUX' CITY, LA., A ig . 3.—Milton M. iDutch) Herrtg, form er Illinois football star, now a reporter on n OH* and Orea*** Sioux City newspaper, I* a great fol ROSEWAY BATTERY STATION lower of that good old Atrierlcaa dia ElUHT-HOt'R BAIT BUY ftKBVICB tom. the Saturday night hath 1.4 * But "Dutch'' doesn't hang to any tornar« Mera«* Settari**— O ft 1*1*1 « ta ti* * g I*«t r i o l n »pairing to««* sod Servio* hard and fast rules in this respect O Ariuid * r m ■ Thirty *luMI» and Sandy If-be thinks be needs * bath on Fri day night, he takes M—or gets-It. Friday night— 6h. oh. by tha way. It waa Friday, the 13th—"Dutch” took a bath. No, that's wrong. He got a hath. But what's the difference? A bath la a bath. All the better when INSU RANCE SPE C IA LIST It's ahead of time. Bepraeentfog the Aetna Life Igsaranee Cempaajr ' "Dutch” was reconnoltcring on what is said to have been a meeting It you contemplate applying for insurance, It wlU be to your Inter**! to of the Sioux City Ku Klux Klan. Meet- , place It In tbe Aetna. With unequalled tlnaaulal strength, th* Aetna- ing reverses at the doors of the meet furnishes the beat policy at the lowest coat. ing room. "Dutch” started up tha Are I don fully protected, ‘ Office Pbou* MAln 66tl Rea. Phone TAbor 6*6« escape. A bucket of water atartnd Tbe organization of the Klan l i t i K. Carulbera Bt. 3 * 7 - 1 - » Teon Building ; begun In Condon about three months down. “ Dutch” aad the water met. Phene Broadway IN # "Dutch” saye he won't need to take | ago. No organizer was in the field, . except the Reverend Cheney, who saw a bath next week. i In the. Klan_and Its high principles CROSS SEEN T O BURN Phene and purposes a means of accomplishing N E A R C IT Y O F STUBLE . great good for all the people of the | rommunlty. No public lecture waa STUB LB, IA., Aug. 3 — Autolsts in I given, no demonstration. The orggn- this vicinity have reported seeing tho B. L Chr la tea son, Prep. ' Izlng work was dope very quietly, in e rs :: of •»»* k i . it K U n Pmtmr Pan Service a few weeks the Klan numbered sever burning beside the road near here. No * al hundred niembew, who were work one was noticed at the scene. Tbe Copying and Entonte« ing quietly upon a program of law en following day the charred remains of P. CARSON forcement and community betterment. a two-by-lour cress and a half-burned 3 North Third Street JAMBS F. pile j>f cobs waa all there was In evi The old political ring, fearing loan of Near Ankeny Mt-g-r-g [tower, derided to nip the Klan In the dence. . Portland. Portland, Oregon bud, aa they thought, and suppress the a* MEN IN S T A T E A U T O organization,—« foolish feat attempted FINED; BOOTLEGGERS In vain by just such persons In Just ftroi of «2 per cent of the public o(- such communities In various parts of OSCEOLA. IA.. Aug. 2. J. A. Jack- - flees by tbe Catholics. the country. In all such instances the son and M. D. Clemens of -Oes Moines MaDy cara from North Iowa were Office TAbor *SM3 result waa the rapid growth of a power were arrested here recently on a No. I First Urewlb F IB and OAK In the 300 which were parked on the ful and highly r.-apeetod Klaa. The charge of bootlegging after they WOOD Delivered from My grounds. parade, the ''GET OUT" meeting and were found with several gallon cans Own Camp the abooting up outrages have had juat of alcohol in their auto which bora i N O R TH W O O D CROSS IS Hauling of All Kinds, Anywhere that effect In < ondtm, where many of tn official number of the state. BELIEVED W A R N IN G the best citizens* who before were Jackson stated that he was cm- _______ Robertdon Fuel Co*" lukewarm or indifferent, are -yow ployed In the department’ of the NORTHWOOD, IA., Aug. t.—Th* Mot Air Furnace Repairing P. Ot Address: Boat* 6 seeking admission to the Klan. »tale fpod and dairy commission. The burning cross of the Klan was set up a Specialty Rev. Cheney and hia co-workers are car was from that department, Each bere north of the danco pavilion re- Phon* Main 63M Boiler* Cleaned and Washed going serenely on with their work, as man was fined 3200 and costs. cently. No one waa soen to set up sured that all the power of the Htate ; the cross or to light It. ft. W . V E I T , Manager and of the I nited Utaten will be need, 800 A U T O S PA R K E D Home think that the sign «a s a M IN IA T U R E i j l necessary, in ¡qnotoctlng their per- A T K L A N M EETING warning to the manager of the danco K LA N SM E N hall tn discourage rough crowds at MAHON CITY. IA.. Aug 2»— A crowd his entertainments. Bear! P in s .............. #1.00 of several thousand persons gathered Duttons....... \ ......... 1.0# at the Klan grounds north of the city Cuff Unks ............. 2.60 CROSS OF EM PIRE ‘n hear the address of Tom Robert* Ear Blags ............... 2.50 FLAM ES A T COIN of Den Moines. Biags ...................... 2.60 Tho address of Roberts waa enthu-l COIN, IA., Aug. 2.—A burning cross Single Charm .......... 1.00 A good way to keep your car fit Is to siastlcally received by the audience waa seen In a field south of tbe city Double Charm......... 1.5« bring It in regularly-say every month«» Lovejiere and Chain. 8.60 and applause given frequently. recently. Heveral citisene who exam and let us go over I t Ton’ll like our Made of Soll^ SI Ivor The criticism of the Klan Is not ined the flaming symbol stated that businesslike way of handling It. Our «.tp directed against- the negro, he said It was constructed of wood wrapped Prepaid to any addreaa in with It will be friendly and thorough. but against the Intermarrying of the with oil »qpked burlap. tbe United Htate» negro and the whites; It ia not direct It Is believed that the demonstration J. A. L A N I N LENTS G A R A G E ed against the Catboljc religion, be was nolle* that an organisation la Hole Manufacturer M l» Foster Road AXEL K11, DAHL, ITonrfafor Fhow« SCnset l.MH 105 Grand Avtnaa. Portland. Or*. further declared but against the con-;being perfected her*. iB- Acme Pharmacy C H A S . T. M cPH E R SO N 17« Are Y oh Going lo BniU - or Resodel? Kodak Finishing Pittas and Estimates Famished Fra* «orage aad Cabinet Werk r. COKTKACTOB U E. 74th SL H. Peril and, Ora. Phone Taker 6637 WOOD T h e B ish o p Chimney Sweep We Treat Your Car As We Do a Friend