IC A lf LAWLESSM0BSRÄ6E Gifford Appeals for ^American Boys In Formation of Junior Klan Order AGAINST THE KLANS ¿y FRED L. GIFFORD, Grand Dragon of Oregon and Imperial Representative West of the Rockies The great need is for men and boys to think straight, and to har monize their live» with the natural and spiritual laws. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." This aphorism embraces the whole of man’» being. It reaches every condition and all circumstances of life. Every act springs from the hidden seed of thought. Every habit is the blossom of thought, and Joy and suffering are its fruits. * About twenty years ago the Imperial Valley of Southern California, now a veritable garden of Eden, was a bare waste of »and and silt, without vegetation.of any kind. An engineer raw the possibilities of the rich sediment which had been de limited there through the ages, and irrigation from the Colorado river was the result. The agricultural miracle was developed speedily, but with it came the we^ds, the ^ares-and 4he thistles. It required a major effort of science to overcome these pests and to conquer the insects and other destroyers which threatened the E ARE DEALING here with ways nnd means of providing life and prosperity of the great Valley. Science was triumphant safeguards and helps for the American Boy in particular, and today the Imperial Valley is the breadbasket of Southern but for the boys of tHe world In general, for, if we succeed in our California. As with plants, so it is with the human species, also purpose of mnking the average American Boy what he ought afflictod with “weeds" and pests, whieh- poison and starve the to lie—godlike in character—his influence for righteousness in springs of the mind and dwarf the godlike _____ qualities before they world affnirs of the immediate future will sway the destiny of j T h7m iihttort e7 fo rt7 o fsck i« 'to < tay mankind. Our boys are the masters of posterity, we must win Hhou]d ^ exerted jn of the and ff the Klan will them for this glorious cause. • throw all of its resources apd influences into a -nation-wide In America we hove many fraternal orders for the benefit trUHade fw the ^ tu r n o u t of boys and girls, it will earn thereby of men and women. These have wrought nobly in the develop- ^ admipatk)n and e8tetm of mankind. * ment of the fabric of Americanism. Though the boy s welfare ,.,f one endure in ity of thoughtf joy follows him as his is supremely important, since he is the leader of tomorrow, the )Wn gj^Mj0W sure *» ruler of posterity, he has been to«, much neglected and a 1«soar:----- thinking develops negative qualities and conditions effort, instead o f the greatest possible activity. has been gin Hhame fgilure and death. generally in his bshalf The V. M L . A., the Boy Scouts of A W T^ V r ing needjl of the American boy, the sacred duty of ica, the De Molay and various church organizations have done eyery K|& man toprotect and help them, are self-apparent to much, indeed, but have fallen far short of the wholesale achieve all and require no argument. It remains now for us to under ment and permanent service which the growing needs of the boy take the constructive task of providing a practical safeguard require. This fact cannot be disputed, while we have in every and dependable help for our boys, and through them, for all the State a so-called reform school and houses of industry for the ^ jn Americfl and the world. ' If we provide this’ service for homelt'ss and wayward sons of deficient or delinquent parents. boys, the benefits and blessings will be shared by the girls, for These institutions, in which each boy is ,a separate problem, obvkug reasons. It will be a double blessing, developing into are established to tehch s e lf - n s p e c t, self-reliance, and all the greater and manifold blessings throughout the future. things which a son should learn at home, church and public Boys* Auxiliary S u g g ested school. Lnckiug these advantages, the Stata is trying, usually, It is with confidence in the sound common-sense of the Klan with crude and antiquated methods, to teach the erring young executives, in their humanity and w isdom , that I seriously and mind the practical advanU geof living upon the plane of the*law- ^ fl* organiiation> without delay> of a ^ t Klan abW ingcitizcm-to prevent boys who are the victims o f . serk>us|AuxHiary exclusively for the of our p rotestant boys, witmg start in life from becoming criminals So. thousands of M tjt|eg for 8Uch an order wi„ * suggested. To begin with, U,ys are herded in reform schools, where the worst teach the ,et ug ron||jd(r the Junior Order of the Ku Klux Klan. Knights best all tjmt they know of sin and crime. These places today, for of thp Invifllh|e Empire. (he mosf part, are mere training schools in vice, where the way-[ Thia auxiliary> whkh can j* ^ the medium' for vast and ward Imy learns bad habita and wrong ideas through constant ! enduring good, should admit lads rartgtn$ in agw from twelve to mmoc,alien with vicious companions. This is a genera complaint ^ It caI1 provide the training which all boys need throughout the land. We should remedy the conditions which ,h h thoge critical and trying of boyhood-bridging the produce bad boys and bad men. and we can do it. The abolition p of fjve and aix ars their u untU they are eligibk to of the infamous liquor traffic was a long step toward the Amer- ^ adult Klun lean i,lea! We must stand by the ITcsident and State authorities * Think JJ the „oble things that can be done for the boy. in the strict enforcement of this beneficent law. through guch Rn auxiHary for the one8 who need ^ the (Is response I« Iks general demand, vs are p lH w l I« here. «H k i «lenegrapklr report at Fred I . Milioni** addre«« si Ibo flr*t lo n w l M M * u of Mrssd lira s«»«, Kslskl* af tkr Ku hint kiss, held si i ik t i lllr , North tarulla». Is July, ISM. Uso raasot .«limate effect« of the address « M i s i rosaldrrlns ikr speaker*« rkarat of personality sad sowar of alo« <1 nenes. Ila wa* si kl* ka«l os Ik!« «arsolo», for “ Hallar H »j»" h kh hobby, and kl« appeal for aaaaallva salios lo s«tahll«k as ordar for Junior kina»- Htas kad Ika desired result. Meanwhile, Mr. Milford« stall, sad Ikal of Tka Western American, I« Italo» dalusad with tallar* frost boy* asking far I » for mst los and application blaski| tka) ara ansar lo Jola, everywhere. A fisa l'orllasd lad wrlla* lo Ika adllort *1 ata a bu) IS years did, »I« faal «na laak lall, wall advaared la «rkool, and walsfc ISO pound«. W hy aan’t I Jola tka kk»af* Ha wa» lold la aa*war Ikat. ron»ldarlas kl* kalsbt. weight, asdt Aawrlran «pirli, ha wana*t a boy, bal a MAN, ala. TM « I« Iba bardan of many «aah missives, »howls» Ika Jaalur Ordar pías* lo ba aeee««ary and popolar. As anaounramaal by Iba Imparisi Wlaard I* ««parlad al as aarly dala. Kdllor.) W Causes of Delinquency structive and kindly service which I have in mind. They will be d r a i n e d to learn for themselves the secrets of life, the laws of thought and being which are Involved in the development of noble and godlikg character. The main object of the boys’ auxiliary should be the serious work of character building through right thinking, by ways and means of kjannishness which will appeal most strongly to the boyish heart. The best brains of the Klan should be applied im mediately to the pleasurable task of devising the ritual and lodge work for the youngsters, and in doing this we must put ourselves in the average boy’s fclace, mentally and spiritually, just as Booth Tarkington does in his wonderful stories of American boyhood. This idea of a boys’ auxiliary is yet in the realm of thought, b u t it ! uiik <i«s Appealed to roo so strongly, after ccnterr.pletior. of the growing needs of our youth and of the manifold blessings Í the “ ■*, of th* ayfr®*» ,ad wh° «°«a wron* at an early tLhat surely would accrue to all concerned in the movement, that age the authorities should deal, in a disciplinary way, with the Acannot „„„ .¡y e of a negative decision on this proposal. careless father and gadabout mother, rather than with the boy.-p' Appeals to the American Boy The greatest conceivable achievement is to develop all that is The Klan idea will appeal with resistless force to the imagin good in the average boy; tq promote by wholesale, upon a na ation and the heart of the average Protestant boy, to whom the tional scale, godlike character in the rising generation of boys. Klansman, let us hope, is a true hero—the incarnation of all Our puldtc schools can give far greater help, with proper manly virtues, a knight “without fear and without reproach.” improvements—-help beyond calculation in the reclamation of The Klan boys’ auxiliary, therefore, speedily would become the deficient boys, and in the mental and spiritual development of greatest order for boys, numerically and otherwise,’in all Amer the normal ones. Scientific mental tests, now being established, ica or the world. The first million members would be easy to show startling facts concerning the relation of intelligence to enn)|, ^ the mi|liona to follow ^ ^ elected as rapidly as m s emeanor. e scientists dec are t at w en the accuracy of facjjitjea would allow. They are by every reason entitled to have such tests is demonstrated, and removed from the trial stage, the an auxiliary to the Klan. We seriously neglect and wrong them present methods of treating sin and crime will be revolution by failure to provide it. It would not matter whether the boy’s ized completely. father or mother is connected with the Klan movement If n o t Few boys who are committed to a reform school possess the the boy in his Klan could soon interest them and win fo r his bene- ability to think straight. They require kindly, sympathetic factor their h¡ghest e8te€m The membership should j* com. study of their derangement To punish such children is both f)03ed of ^ ^ of p ^ e s ta n t parents, and at the graduating useless and unpardonable. Every such institution should estab- age of eighteen.,the lad would tome into the senior Klan. The lish psychopathic treatment for mental disorder, and a psycho- auxiliary should * easy of ingreM for the ^ ^ and every pathic treatment should begin in the public school Klansman in prosperous circumstances should win for himself In the solution of this great problem, the Knights of the the ble8aing of f e n ^ n g memberships for as many poor boys as Ku Klux Klan can help enormously. This is a co-operative, spir- hig mean8 wouW 'allow. The glory of # Klansman ig to ^rve, itual movement for the betterment of all Americans, and for the and this would prove an unexampled opportunity. boys of qur Nation in particular. We can make the Klan a Think of the service which a million enthusiastic boys could mighty educational force, demonstrating that give in all kinds of civic betterm ert work! They would be at "Mind is the master power that moulds and makes, all times the eyes and ears of the great Klan, its shield and buck And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes ler on many occasions, and they could co-operate in many ways , The tool of Thought and, shaping what he will, with the Women of the Ku Klux Klan and with other construc Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills— tive Protestant orders. * He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass; Lessons for Boys Environment is but his looking-glass.” Through this auxiliary our boys can be taught that man is Let us, then, never blame environment, for conditions can made or unmade by himself; that in the armory of thought he changed by the powers of the mind in each individual case. .(Contlausd on Pag* «) The principal causes of delinquency and degeneracy among the boys are divorce, poverty, and the godless home. Thousands of small boys are sent to the "reform" school because they have no home, often becoming lifelong dependents in character before they are old «nough to think straight, or to make their own living. The IHek of provision for these inno cents is n crying shame and disgrace throughout the nation. The Klans of Oregon, I am happy to report, recently voted in the Klorero to donate approximately fifty thousand dollars for the building of a Children’s Farm Home, thus helping substantially in a splendid cause. Many homeless small boys in Oregon have l>een sent to the reform school, not because of any delinquency, but because there was no other place to send them. The lack of inuviniuii foi ir.ncccsts is to b® Aorrpcterf In ftmonn, but this is a national problem and must be met as such. Olian fauto id /Inmnnuisnia/J nn/4 ««A m /vdaW ♦ m 4», A 1 „in il,n PHONE SELLWOOD 1 0 « M IL K ; aft ARE YOU BUYING YOUR MILK AND FROM THE RIGHT DAIRY? IN ALIEN SECTIONS Raw and Pasteurized MILK AND CREAM Directing Head of Out breaks Plainly Working Out Definite Program. We deliver to both the East and West Sides Pollowln» the attack on KI sbkscs * •* ' ' k In tka strests of Carnc»!.. Pa.. Ausuat 25. .resulting In tb . daatb of on. Klansman and tb« wounding of more than ISO others, more or less scrlous- Ijr, a series of mob »tucks on the 925 Tacoma Ave. members of the organisation hare fol lowed In rapid succeaalon. The oper WE SOLICIT BOTH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ations of these lawless mobs -have not . * . been confined to suy one aectlop sf| the country. Indeed. It would 1i»» that there Is s directing head toi tbeae 1C. THOBESEN C. THOBESEN C. THOBESEN C. TEORESH p outbreaks, so well timed bn«« they occurred, with the apparent object to force the general public to be Here that there le widespread prejudice against the organisation. ; Object Net AreemplUked. If such la the goal which has In duced enemies of the Ku Klux Klan at tka to commit alt degrees of crime from ordinary brick throwing to flret de gree murder, ysrtoue reports from Klan centers sverywhere Indicate that the mob violence of bigots Is Isisisf Just the opposite effect. Ever since la Yamhill the criminal activities Inaugurated at I. E. C a s e Steubenville, Ohio, followed In quick Portland, Oregon succession by similar outrages at Car negie. Pa.; Wilmington. Del.; Perth Amboy. N. J - and at other point* ■J C. TH0KE8BH C. THOBESEN C. THORESEN CL with lesser degrees of violence, these crimes against law-abiding cltlsena baa. It la stated, driven thousands of American dtltens Into the ranks of the Ku Klux Klxn. 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Pris cilla Dean, frequently called the “Dean of emotionalism." la the atar of the screen veralcfrr , When Universal decided to make “Drifting” It was realised that the story would require unusually elabor ate seta and a greet deal of care In the costuming and technical work. In order that this would be handled with the greatest accuracy a man noted as an authority on Chinese life, Thomas Gubblns, was engaged to eld In the (liming. Mlaa Dean’s peculiar abilities re quire that her roles be strongly dra matic and full of human character. Caasie Cook, the heroine of “Drift ing,” Is a white woman without a friend and alone In China. The people she knows are oplom sellers. She is one of then also—end “Drifting”, tells of her redemption from this life of crime. J o i s C c!‘c n t h e nlay and A. P. Younger and Tod Browning adapt ed It to the screen. Browning directed. He Is the one who directed Dean In "Outlade the Law” and “Under Two Flags.” On the stage Wm. A. Brady « pro duction of “Drifting” was a success In keeping with the character of Its pres entation in New York, and the screen version Is said to be aa elaborate and interesting as the story indicates It should be. Wallace Beery of “The Flame of; Life” and “Robin Hood.” and who has been tor some time the moat, popular villain” of the screen, plays the "heavy” role of “Drifting" with his usual ability. Anna May Wong, who was credited by Photoplay magasine with the beet performance of the month a few issues ago, and who. the critics prophesy, will be the only oriental nctreas to gain a permanent foothold on the screen of America, plays a tragic role of great emotional possibilities. Matt Moors achieved considerable note in “The Storm” and he Is east In the leading masculine role opposite Miss Dean In “Drifting.” William V. Mong, a master of oriental character- lxations, Bruce Guerin, Frank Lan- nlng, J. Farrell McDonald. Mile. Rose Dlone. Edna Tlchenor and several other popular players ars in tbs cast. “Drifting" prsssnts ths heart of China, as well aa 1U great commercial center, and vary few Caucasians have penetrated Into the interior. There fore "Drifting” should be unusually interesting. AH MAURO TIRE & REPAIR CO. *« GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION Our work can be depended upon COB. NINTH so d O A K -T W O STORES — COR. EIGHTH I COUCH PORTLAND, OREGON DINNER LUNCHEON BREAKFAST ST. NICHOLAS CAFETERIA W e H ave R ed w a d O u r IM o eT N ot tho Quality Wo Appreciate Tour Patroaage Phone Broadway T ilt Grandma’: Cakes and Sold Everywhere SPECIAL SALE CORD TIRES To reduce stock, will give »pe tal discount for limited time. Multnomah Hotel Garage Second and Ankeny Mention This Ad. WASHINGTON GRAND DRAGON APPOINTED f Par A F R IE N D L Y STO RE —C e n trally located, w here friends m eet friend« an d a lw a y s find a h e a rty welcome. We like to have you com e In w h e th e r you bay or n ot: leave y o u r parcel« h e re while «hopping elsew here, uoe oar phone, in fact you will find u s regular fellow« an d . th a t th is «tore la IaeMeatly a good place to ehooM SUITS HATS And an year FURNISHINGS Brown Harwood of Atlanta. Ga., Im- ( THE perlal Klaslk of the Klan. appointed a Grand “Dragon (or the Realm of Washington at a Klorero gathering In , Seattle Tuesday, amid grant #n- j Clothiers— thustasm of the assembled delegates Tañera and Klansmen. The regular Klorero of Washington will be held In Janu- > 111 Sixth Street ary. Mr. Harwood, who Is one of the i Order’s distinguished leaders, re- ! Tradesmen who have been enriched turned from Seattle to Portland with Grand Dragon Fred L. GI(ford and ** loyal Klan patronage, and whe new enjoyed a brief visit In the Oregon l-P « * » « ! «tTertlw their ware, hi aa metropolis. *nrm1 »«w» W * r. *• 8 * — what’s eomtag to them from new ea. 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