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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1923)
IH m GIVES DRUBBING TO FOOO FOR HIS POTATO ALLEGORY Portland, Ora., Aug. 10, 1M1 Dear llenry Kurd: I b#v* lust flnlahsd reading your In. lerv/aw with Collier'* Mr. Wood, an« am planned to know that you atilt ra. mvoibtr » 0 » * of your boyhood exper ience Your Potato Story--or, If yog prater. Potato Aliagory—la real culej hut would you aa* th* agnto method to remove a mountain? Rom* tiling* fall and cruah whou tbrlr foundation* are lorn away fir*4. However, alnc* yon hara grown to ha *o groat that a modern reporter (?) la all flabbergaatlratodbby your mere . presence. and too, booauao a Buyer of Continent* mini ho n bddy man. I deem It my duty to remind you of cur tain boyhood experience* and ethical rule* which governed (he earn# during my young Ilf*, a few year» prior to your own boyhood day*, which you **om to have forgotua. I d fool, our boyhood day* were *o nearly tb* cam* that I remember you null* wall o* on* of the younger sat of boy* wbo u»*d to foregather on tbo aheltarad * and sunny aid* of the old poad, while wa of the older sat brushed the nob- web. from our intellects * lib a siren - u»u* game called shinny. 1 remember you aa a qulat but quivering lad. ralhar angular and epimlling. and that tome of Ihe more rude often called you '»pimil#-Shank»." Hu«. What 1 Wished to recall to your mmd I* tbr fact that th* old nhtony game, besides being somewhat danger- ouai waa played under certain rulaa, the ethic« of which could not ho brok en with impunity, because. to do ao Biaant lloy Ostracism In other word* We learned to take our punishment Urithout wkiniug sad our victor!«* without too much crowing. Thar* waa no newspaper propaganda or "fixing" about those old game*, nor war* the player« encouraged to side stepping Issue*. ' ' 1 '*» ' 1 predict that the rulaa which wlll govern future politic* In the United IMato* «fill he not greatly different from thbae old JjMRjjky Ana# under which the meet competent woo: and THt Wtl TEES AMIkldAW pooent; and, lo that you aro now tor g mm oho whisk you aro not gaaltfl#d MM* ceasfully to fill? . Tea, Henry, the rotaré know I M Mo Pop* does not recognise Ih* United Stata«, nor aay of tU member Stato*, and that tha Valiosa i m p of this coun try dosa not show thalr ext al ance; •till, wn think It th* poorest kind of ’politico for you to throw that fact ni the American people at this or aay bar tha*. Henry, listen to thla: tt Is not ba cana# you sail ford machine« all ovar world that you accusa U a Amer ica* people of "Narrow Nationalism " I am a poor man, but will hot oil (bp buttons on my baot coat that you did not know all that you subscribed to la that interview patii after yon rood It la Contorto. I f you did, you ara p treater fool or hn#ro (hag your che tala* bara ovar acensad yon of boto«, Read thp following quotation and lati UM what M i Ut sa*, tg atoa had amolle like: "W e premino our CONSTITUENTS, however, (hai Ibis wrong will bo right ed Just a* soon a* Ua truth bee am a# generally known that tha rani Internet# of th* people lb VARIOUS PARTS of the rwrth do not eoo m o t" O. Man of Mystery! pba sold any» thing about Papal-Praparag Props. Hot » Wbnl I am now poiag to tough upon, la, h o * much pan dphT about what tbo B U S IN E S S A N D AtrrOMORILM auto P R O F E S S I O N A L D IR ] U R VIC C PA IR IRA ti* . R IM J. Lo SC H A FE R CRESTON GARAGE m u M ILK .: StmnjriMf Market G O M L BROS. RESTAURANTS . — ... ■■ . ■<— — » Mot Cafcaa and WsVUaa MaaS* and Case*.7 Oe**n o « oaetoWy "URAL HOMS COOKIN«” M HAAERPAAHERU C lU Y B O M ty CHAS. C. EMERY F* E. Coffins & Co. eterna U M trm m iM M N M Clothkr«, HRbordjmhen Tailors ra M mm — u Rm^Uo Jwl* CHAS. C EMERY AKkartNl Barrine ind Parta —«tedaeitoo «m arnitid -t* I a n I. y * S ,r g ! ^ f °°7 McKASAOWAN. Prop i from I A. M. to 1 A- M. too Cream Parlor ■ D 4 D RESTAURANT O . EYESIGHT UPECIALIUTU r forbid that they arar ahould canarie» tha repudiation o f «hot ACT, only ip tha same «ommqeelpl mar hh yeurpelf. The wards '‘Admlrpy aad "Arch, bishop" »»am to rtow aoglly from your Up*; hut who! toter*«to ma moro I# PISHING SUPPLIES what you gay ghaut (rasatile | bar* read that you alrapdy ara surrounded by tb* agnato od the blhhWt. ollMaot, moat utterly anotase trfhMh! « M I U # with; » out. Worn you PrsihllSt Of the United Hiato*. I am wondering W *«ktod par. * o m would bava causa atSl to an* you "Li«bold's Muu rrtdur"? Mould It be a casa of Tenui I ty and T podra w, with only a change Of aamm? Pabnw. Henry! doni got “ riled" uf so bopoet a dmbMng aa this of M « | 4 | po«r war to and I m the Just watt •hoot a year, «bau It* aura aoaat. bar roar alla, grano**. gaa a ad and hav* yourself padded all orar and aecraeortee from a 1M par cant A mar under Instead of padding your totar- icas, IM par cast fair aad 1M par riowa nor. not unto you ear if. hut aaat aarrlea. , f ; . Me Uh I mule npow which ypg Imp* LINDROFF GARAGE auoeeeadUllg to ride fato afflo* will Oregon rare got a tar-rl-iigl tambas«lag; ' '• Now. AeAr Henry. I ato mrtald- something Uka whet aftor ruadlng your Interview—(hat Is Woodrow, and fur Sunny tide Funi Co. Ih* poll!tool game In which you pur EI ctm Ü i Strani Garage pose to engage, the "fixing" already C. W. 1’RKRIK. Kruertetor hi well along; and. though th* "fixer" Guaranteed data Rrpnlrtog ( , believe* himself to be hidden wall be « •#?! M E . Eleventh St. a u . i i i i u r u hind a Jew »moke-acreeOf an ajtl- pro c n o s suor Mr. Wood of Colllar'a would bare hibition fog aad a big barrai al IM I and general cn*»rdnr»*. hi# "ftolag" fat from Dearborn, -Michigan, Into 1« waea and understood by every Intel- roar frlanda* offtea la Waahlnfton, D. llgent Voter In theae beloved forty- C.. where rou poaad for roar "port#" GARBAGE SERVICI eight Stales which you *o flagrantly picture? Cordlallr roar*. Id e a v i aad Aakm y Insult. *' r , U LOCKS. Right R«U»Mwg Right Machante* You say, and no doubt believe, that (Ite volere hare not th* leant glimmer of what thay want. need, nor bow to vote You ahould know that opinion* differ. The l*ope may bava one opto- . A Homan Catholic paper report* th a t' Phaaa Seat Ml# ton. you the same, and myself an en Portland Top Co. tirely opposite one; and In any case. th* grand mailer of Maaone of New «X I tork etate dellrtrad the principal a4- | A»t* Tape Made and Repaired • «IT H K X T* It la not wlaa to permit g "Hxer'a" dree* to the Knight* of Colombo* _ eept OwwaCueatese agent to write opinion* for us which Jolr 4. at Middletown. N. T „ nnd that - wa do not uaderstaad- th* mrating wa* hald la tfce Preabp- m . i . Met*»«* PORTLAND, o n e SON-TON BARBER SHOP Polltlcal Limelight, llenry. Is pecu KRANK WULP. Proprietor terlao church. "American Uro" la a«Id M- ^ W— MR liar In that It more often soar* aad to hara been the them* of the (pecker, <torl*t P, lletk Phoa* Tabar *a*l 1*1 Third S t Phon# MAtm M U blights tbau produce’s greater vitality It»« Temhlll and Taylor If IM » baw* Item la trite. wonder If | p in t,. and Intellectual advancement. It I the epeaker had nerre enough to ta)l U S S O U n # * 111 In ( s t a t i o n here analysed correctly your Uitar- Tk# Bia« Frani Grocery aid th* Caaara that no pan p * »err* tww . Automobile Ttr*» amt A«caaeari»» Hina rlcw. limelight o f something elea al Market maatera. or be a cltlien o f two co w - ' " 1 $ 'K p p lii.*'ru liL m S i«-0 ** ready ha* piat dimmer* on your poli W. a WOLCOTT. Prop. trlaa at tka ram* time and be cop -1 lU ttm r oharota* tical headlight*; else you would not pletely loyal to either? TMrty.third aad dalaat M*. Portland alt In wrong Judgment upon th# Amari- Did ha an plain to the K. C.'a (teu ......... .. ■" » ■■■ ■■ ■■ *»■> ■■■ ■»' ■ ioan roterà mob attacks on public epeaker* whd ' ogalaed a* the rating charch of Rou- As I already have intimated. I am conduct thamaelve* Ilk* ladle* and mania hare been voted down by the nomo year* older than yourself; etili, gentlemen. and wbo#e only often»* I* Roumanian parliament. I have a profound and abiding faith In that they tell the truth, cannot by aay —»«■<. .................... - Paper hanging, painting nnd tinting. the Intellect and Judgment of the P. W. BRADFORD atrotch of imagination be claaeed aa KUTONH I ROCKED, Wall papar aad paint American people, and understand the QUALITY GROCERIES the acts of American*? WINNIPMO, Manitoba. Aug. #.—Im- Mothmn! rvaeone why they have not forced cer Did this principal bralor of th* day mad Into roe* ll * f th* British envoy When Iba KJ V « Deliver tain lettuce In the past, a*, perhaps bar* backbone enough to warn the to the Vatican waa tka fla t of a raaa ahould have been done. The delay Is Kaanya that their alllane* with a for- lutton andaraed at th* aloalag a**»ton due to confidane? In, tolerance for, elgn Pope In en effort to drive th# •< the eighteenth triennial ooaventlon THE BÇAVER and goodwill toward those who have o. t. Mathodlat collrge from Most* M«r|o |g af the Imperial Oeaad Orange Council be*« deceived by lb* moat uaaarupu- PHARMACY Rom* and thalr cn-operatloa with thla Ioti* organisation of men the world forelgpar In M* campaign of oppoot- BUXTON’S GROCERY has ever known It la really a aln to t|on to tb# V M- c. A make them a* Frrah Prüft» bud Tefatufcla* 1SBI Hawthorne call them men, and their deportation thoroughly alien* In th# algkt of rani must noon bn considered. American* #* the Pop« himself? . Another thing, which you probably Hodge’s Sweet Shop TA MS K. Yamhill Did he adriae the Kaeaya to atop A w lll learn In Ihe near futura, Is: that PAULSEN’S PHARMACY Tb# H*m* of Buruatg backing an alien system of parochial! American cltlsens navar apeak of thalr Bgat Farty-thrld bug Sgadj B ivi. »chools and <o send thalr children to WhelMak eed WARNINOI government In tones of "awe," but al- American public schools to he made 1 TAbor 157* Th* Bureau of Intolllgence ha* wnye with loyal respect. Rest assured. real American*? GROCERIES CHIRdRO^fhth Q U A L IT Y F IR S T Information to th# #ff#ct th#t at- Henry, that your ungrateful and dis Did he tell them that a practical way Fruita and Prodaw hi ara t*0»pt» are now balng iua4* t>y a loyal word* nurely will send your poll- - .V. J S U T " T kt u to demontlrnt* their Americanism «grigi# dateci |V* «gaocy tg worm *7«1 P o e ta r Baud tloal chlckans home to rooet PLUMBING would ha to hoqst (or a ngkional de operative* lato rartov* PUnu* Still another bit of Truth le: U never partment of education, with U secre THE LADD througbout Ih# country. pay-.' to forget or Ignore recorded tary In tha President’* cabinet? B. F. Miller Her* la th* daarrlptlon of on* facts: and thnsa show that you did Bunltary Flu m b lR g an d B e a tin g Wonder Juat what kin# o ( ragl af tham who win try to ¿Ut inio l o h t t r a J ^ ^ A U e j W to ! dabble Jn politics; did try fo be se "Americanism" talk a real llva-wlra aom# Klap wlthln th* next w**k lected to represent tb* people of a Masonic grand master could make to MM Mnd H i t Portland» Ore or ao, probabiy In Loulalana. Shoo Phan* SUneet 1*#«/^ great State In tha United Stale* Sen sn audience of Rnlfhte of Colombu*, Wee. Phone gUneet M4# ate; did seek service of a people whom anyhow, and get away wUh. It with Twepty^lg y#ar* old. (Ir# feat, AhD yT GRGGfG 1-hen, Beet OUI C- u Whiten nr, 0. «fra . *#v#n, '.valghi about! mo , bini] you now declare dtf pot know how to out being mobbed, or muNIdrad? ---- f—r— ròte:' did don the regalia fit tb* Demo h*|r, hiue aya* and rary fair cum- L. A. PERRY THE PIFE P#rtUad Ptumbmg und cratic party, did listen te (he discor R OUM ANU REFUSES plexJon. pug no** Speaks v iU GROCER H gr Ü m * C o . eie a r m # *d Tallero dant blare of thetr trumpet* rod flirt ROM. CATHOUC PI ULE a deciti ed Naw England twang. C ontrartor, Pipe Kepodrtug Neilvertes Laave at 1* A. M. end 1 P M. with their Tricky Asa; did squeal No ua* glrlng hi* nam* aa ha Barter Shop Reoalro Dene on the Day Ordered NEW YORK. Aug. I —fCffurto to when your political shine were skin wlll UM aosi# all#* *nu U. gag g # a * Gagfrapyg ned and ravlla your successful op- havq the Romas Catholic church rec- 220 Washlagtoa S t at First •tor* TAbor # 4 « Port lend, Oreqen N m u m b u T *1* Portland. Ora, Union Ojrator Honra Now Strnud Hotai lltb aad 11th ; HOWE «arvlee Cervie« Ypa Oat Mafoiotnfth Hotel Garage Tim yaatg J. A . CORNES gran Pirat PROFESSIONAL AND SURGEONS Hours: 11 to 11 A. I t ; 1 to I P. M- DR. E H . EAST PHYSICIAN sad SURGEON Offtea: N t - t Pittoek im E. Uth St. Dr. David E. Long CHIROPRAT1C PHYSICIAN M7 Morgan »uHdtag Offlca: Mato W51 Ram: a i n «547 Rea.: « Main Resident. 1110 Seet Twentieth Street. K. Residence Phone, ^ erfleld 17*1 Dr. J. C Ritter Nervouv and Chronic Disease* o f Women a Specialty Mo Drugs or Surgery Used • « Office 700 Dehorn Bldg. Third and Washington Street* DR. H. A. HUFFMAN DSITTUT Phon* Bunaot 17(1 DR. L. R. PUGH ■ • n llil •74h mn4 F R m .: 4714 Tlat 8. B. r Read Portland, Ovemm ^ i DR. WILLIAM R. VETTER DEST18T Omo* BSdwy. 41M Ras. BRdwy. UX«