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XO KU KLUX KLAN WAXTEI.
There hare been rumors that
the Ku Klux Klan has been circu
lating propaganda In Salem, with
a. view to organizing here.
This propaganda lays great
stress upon the patriotism of the
it is
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cause Canada Is across the river
from Detroit. In England there
Is one car to each 268 persons; in
France one to each 402 inhabi
tants. Russia is the black spot
on the motor map with only one
car for each 3300 residents. Out
side of the big cities in Russia an
automobile is still something of
a curiosity in that unhappy country.
TELEPHONES:
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Business Office. 23.
Circulation Department. 681
Job Department, 583
Society Editor, 106
Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter.
"BACK TO THE SOIL" WITH SCOTTS MODERN
CARAVAN
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Stephen A. Stone Manarlnr Editor order, and the claim that
Kalph OloTer Cashier above all American and that its
rank Jaskoskl Manager Job Dept. chier purpose is to defend the
constitution and the constitution
al rights of American citizens
In the same breath it advertise
itself as the "invisible empire.
bound together by secret oaths
and pledged to maintain white
supremacy
And we know that the term Ku
Klux is associated with mobs
formed for the purpose of terror
izing colored districts and visitin
summary punishment on ne
groes
And the attitude of the Kn
Klux Klan toward negro suffrag
is well known.
now are tnese tilings recon
ciled?
In America there is no room for
en "empire." whether visible or
j invisible. Our constitution guar
antees to every citizen equal
rights.
There is no room in Kalem nr
L. E. ("Bert") Warlord, formerly of balem ana Albany in oreeon for the Ku ki,it icW
... . i , ii . m ti ... .f il A - I
and Seattle ana now witn tne touring uureau oi me Amen- 0ur peopie 0UKnt to be and are
can Automobile Association, 501 Fifth avenue, New York generally opposed to ail class and
City, writes a letter to The Statesman under recent date, in
racial organizations. Thpv nerve
r-7 . t i n l 1 i. I
Wnicn ne Compliments &aiem upon ner iree auiomoone camp to hinder the process of Amerl-
firround. (He had found a press aispatcn irom &aiem saying canizatIon
. . . . i . i I
75 automobiles had registered at tne saiem camp ground on Terror gives birth to terror
m m m 1 ll M. 1 Jll 1 1 I
July e.j wr. vvariora predicts tnat tnis numrjer win ue mui- No cia88 nor race can n.alnta;n
AW 1 A T Z - Til. - 1
lipiiea several umes-wun me eariy compieuuu uj. me ir- any personal superiorily over any
Continental system Of highways. ' other under the Institutions of
He encloses a; circular headed "Back to the boil with ur government. Whet a mock
otuwt iviuueni itrtivttii, im wgucu jr mc "cuv.ou """-lery it would be if men were to
mobile Association. This circular reads in part as follows: be bom equal in the American
iiim a t .ci -1 ti r i ?ii i
,"ine .aavance section OI ocmis iuoaern caravan win renublie onlv tn he onmnoiLH
leave from uorougn nan, tsrooKiyn, in. x., juiy otn, x.v,if submit to seit-imposed racial su
. A 4hA nt. a th. lUAat urn at 'iimn hq o rnn nnr ii'j. I t .
:u uiac mc na w mc ucoi vw..wj, penonxy as soon as they came
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no, wnere one nunarea na iweniy-eigni lanuiies wui ta.e int0 the world. There Is no ne-
up uves of agriculture after having had tneir xiu oi existence cessity for a Ku Klux Klan
in the city.
Thirty-five families will comprise this advance section,
and their mission will be to prepare the huge tract of 5,120
acres of fully irrigated land for the arrival of the rest of the
caravan. 1 1t is planned to have the entire personnel settled
before the end of next Autumn.
"Each of the families in the advance party will have its
own automobile, as the entire trip will be made by motor over
1 a route mapped out by the American Automobile Association.
Each machine will draw a trailer equipped with a collapsible i
" bungalow, which can be set up in ten minutes, and has sleep-
Insr accommodations for five, persons.
The object of the caravan is to adopt the 'back to the
soil moyement, its members convinced that they can get;
' mora hanniness out of life bv abandoning the close confines
Vof the city for the unhampered breathing spaces in the virgin
lands of the great West.; The tract upon which they will set-
' ik i m "...t- -1 it. . ii.:..: e t,.ui unin
: tie is twelve mnes suuin ui uie uuiving tiiy ui uum,
, Each family will take possession of a forty acre tract of ir
rigated land.
'None by 100 per cent Americans, each of whom has
been a success thus far in life, will have a place in the Cara-1
.van. -This was made mandatory by Governor D. W. Davis of
Idaho, when he extended his personal and official greeting to
the prospective citizens of this state.
"The 'Modern Caravan' has aroused the interest of thej
entire cast, and it is expected that thousands will line the
Btreetsovhen the advance section starts off for its new home
, late this month, carrying a greeting to the Governor of Ida
ho from the Mayor of New York City "
1'LACIXG THE JOKE.
Sometimes the joker is himself
?oked. Thieves stole the safe
from an industrial plant in De
troit; loaded it onto a boat and
look it to a deserted island up
the river to be blown open. When
the safe was finally wrecked it
was found that the contents con
sisted of half a dozen 'sheets of
sandpaper. They came in hanrlv
to smooth the temper of the burglars.
or
any other racial or anti-racial or
ganization in Salem. We neither
need nor desire them here,
COMFOKTIXG THE SOLE.
;OOI XIGHT. 1UMAXITV.
Admiral Von Trotha, the Ger
man fleet commander, said in the
course of the trials at Leipsic that
war was no game for a humane
man. He said that in the sub
marine service the word human
ity was carefully obliterated from
the dictionary. The purpose of
war from the German viewpoint
Is to rid the world of the great
est number of the enemy in the
least possible time and the ad-
1
miral worked conscientiously to
that end. Nothing like beins
frank about it, '
T:rt At 12 o'clock sharp yesterday the "Modern Caravan" was
' RrJipdnlpd Ipavp. movinc across Brooklvn Bridere to Citv
h Hall, where the Mayor of Greater New York was to greet the
members and start them on their journey.
! Last night was to be spent at Peekskill, and from there
on through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michi-
can, Illinois Iowa; Nebraska and Wyoming, and to Buhl, Ida
ho, a journey of 3093, miles, to be finished September 9th
5 i And the American Automobile Association has arranged
s this journey to be a sort of triumphal march, with crowds to
meet the caravan at all important points, and to cheer the
a "back to the land ' bunch in many entertaining ways.
:! ; ' Perhana h& neonle who have arranged for this "Modern
Caravan" have started something
For if these families do well on the land in Idaho, others
may do as well or better in other sections of the western
country : '' ' "" -
1 Better, certainly, under the right auspices, in the Salem
for manv such caravans. The
J working out of the idea is worth watching.
Of course It seeme ridiculous
to speak of a dollar shoe. Every
body knows there is no such ani
mal and the story that comes over
the ocean of how they are making
them In France will not be ac
cepted without a portion of salt.
However, the announcement Is
made that Paul Michel, a blind
worker in a factory at Lyons. Is
the inventor and creator of the
money-saving shoe which Is now
said to be on sale In Paris. It Js
made of alloy and not of leather
It weighs not more than four
ounces, and Is both fire and
water proof. It can be made as ,
ornato and handsome as the best
leather product and yet ts virtu
ally indestructible. It is prom
ised that a pair will last a "life
time" and it is possible to make
them so that they can bo extend
ed to correspond with the growth
of the child. The design, is said
to be so simple that almost any
person can put the shoes togeth
er. In France this naraeon of
footwear can be produced for less
than five francs and materials are
not cheap at this time, either.
If all these things be true there
Is no way to make the shoes fash
ionable in America. At the same
time there are plenty of large
families who will joy la giving
them a thorough trial. An la-
destructible shoe that can be sold
for a dollar is a beautiful thing
to have In the offing. It would
mean peace to many a sole.
HOW TDIE FLIES.
The members of the Harding
: cabinet are earning their salaMes.
President Harding has Just paid
' his Income, tax, amounting to
118.000, but he has the Marlon
Star to fall back on.
".if , , ;
'i
explorations. Do you get us?
It was only a little over 100
years ago In 1813, to be exact
I that a rising industry offered
Los Angeles Times. Yes; any onetl Problem. A watch factory had
who has ever enjoyed the Cali
fornia climate when it is doing Us
sizzling best can get you.
Savings ' bank deposits are
. mounting . to unprecedented
? heights in the United States. The
country Is not going to the dogs,
s mark that. -
f Mexico .would stand a better
chance to be recognized ' by th4
Harding administration If Obre-
con did not employ so many press
agents. .'
Since March 1 Secretary of War
Weeks has chopped 21.174 civil
; lan employes from the govern
ment payroll . The secretary evi
dently Is of the opinion that tho
only way to reduce expenses is to
: retrench. :! : ' ' . v
This ought tOs.be good weather
to recruit a party to make polar
FUTURE DATES
' Anrnrt. tl.- W1iie8tv Joint pirnlr
Yi&ullMid fern.
The Salem slogan editor has
asked a number of well qualified
men to help him prove that this
is a good sheep country, in The
Statesman of next Thursday. But
you are Invited to help, too, if you
can. "' f
The situation in the east and
the tar east comes very near to
Lelng the key to reduction of
naval armaments. There are ques
tions that must be cleared up be
fore naval reduction can, or will.
come. The French situation tan
be dealt with as it arises, as can
the position of Italy.
been completed and it was the
proud boast of the proprietors
i that it could turn out seven com
plete watches in a single day.
America was amazed, but at the
same time it pitied the promoters.
! Where in the world could be
found a market far seven watch?
a day? Only a millionaire would
carry a watch, anyhow, and mil
lionaires were as scarce as dodoa
Now there are factories that can
turn out 7000 watches a day an.l
not worry about It. Likewise, it
is only the mjllionaires who can
afford to go without one.
ItUXXIXG AKOI XI).
! Thousands of soldiers are ask
ing to bo discharged from the
urmy to carry out the newiaw re
duclng the force-to 150.000 men.
Tha very strong argument that
the government had made an im
plied contract In each enlistment
to provide a means of livelihood I There
for. a definite number of years I com nared with it.
There are now over ten million
motor vehicles registered in Am
erica. First thing we know even
baby will have to have his self
starting wheelbarrow. Every 12th
person in this country has some
kind of a motor and In Oregon
about every eighth Inhabitant is
buying gasoline. Of course, the
United States is the greatest coun
try In the world for motor cam.
is no other nation to be
Canada Comes
for the man who signed It, Is not nearest to It with a car for every
being generally taken advantage 22 Inhabitants,' "but that is be-
i BITS FOR BREAKFAST I
It's a great Chautauqua.
w
The lecture of Tom Skeyhill'
last tiigin vtts one ot tLe greale1
numbers.
How many of those who fol
lowed him to the, final conclusion
got the vision and the inspira
tion? S
How many will agree with hiia
that the Sermon on the Mount
contains the eight points that will
cure the woes of the world?
"
The Polk county sheep that
swept the - boartls at Winnipeg
Wednesday against all the world
help to prove that tho Salem lis- I
trirt is a great sheep country, lee
the Salem slogan issue next Thurs
day. "
The motorcycle delivery of The
Statesman is making a peaceful
penetration a little further into
the country each day, giving the
farmers of a wider territory their
morning paper before breakfast
a much earlier breakfast, on the
.average, than their city cousins
)iave. Incidentally, the Salem
trade territory is being widened
and intensified in this process.
Some one remarks that Lloyd
George is willing for Ireland to
choose any form of government
she wants, so long as she does not
choose a republic. He is lik tb
superintendent of the railroad
killed late yesterday when his au
tomobile was struck by hand
car on tho Valley & SileU railway
while crossing the railroad traca
near his home. His son William,
was with him la the car and both
Tn Rpnin Ahnnt Ann 19 were looking westwara ior an p
10 Begin Annul AUg. ljproacniBgf train and did norno-
,ti th hand car . coming. When
; observing their danger, Mr. Beck-
Sen and son jumped from tne car.
auto was completely
who told the boss painter he could
paint the cars any color he liked,
so he painted them red.
Waldo Hills Threshing
PnlU ritu llin Einrirl!
ratio yiij . Mitfti, , -
When Booze is Found
SILVERTON, Or.. Jnly
Spec.al to Ths Statesman)
binders are in full swing in the;Tneir
Waldo hill grain district. Wheat is ' wrecked
the chief crop grown in this sec-j
tion. It is thought that thresttmg
will begin about August 12.
The exteus.ve wnat growers
rport that the win'er ha
promises an average yield tut the
spring wheat will yield very poor
ly. Nearly all the valley grain s
winter wheat. Although it is re
ported that this does not look as
rromising as th"? grain of last
year, the crop will be an average j
crop.
We are taking life more easily
than we used to,, but the fact is
keeping the police busy.
f
DALLAS, Ore. July J8.r-( Spe
cial to The Statesman) Very
Courter ot Falls City vf as arrest
ed this week by Deputy i Sherlfr
Kearns of that city oni a charge
of having. in his possession Intox
icating ltqaor. Courter." was given
a hearing before Justice of the
Peace Mickalson of thJat I district
and pleading guilty ws fined in
the sum of 150 and costs.
C?" jj
Claud Hanor Severely
Injured by Recent Fall
DALLAS, Ore.. July 28. (Spe
cial to The Statesman) Claud
Hanor. son of Mrs. J. A. Hanor.
was painfully injured when he fell
from the roof of his home on
Court street and landed on his
left shoulder and back. The qoung
man was unconscious from the
fall and has been confined to his
bed since the accident.
Polk County Dairyman
Narrowly Escapes Death
INDEPENDENCE, Ore., July
28. (Special to The Statesnan.)
Edward Becken, who conducts a
large dairy ranee, escaped being
MODERN
CRAUKCASE
CLEANING
SERVICE
V caioi ruisHiHG on.
The Sign
of a Service
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At First-class parages '
and other Dealers '
For Friday and Saturday We Will IK
PALM BEACH
.Our Entire Stock, Sixty-One in the Lot, All Colors, For
For Two Days Only
Inhy mi Sahnriay
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Where you save from $7.50 to $15,00 oh
every Suit bought during our Mid-Summer
Sale. They are made by Hart, Schaffner &
Marx, Michael Sterns and David Adler of all
Materials in models for men and young men
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uu.vor ir.
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Men's Suits
Every Suit In Stock Included, Priced Regu
lar at From $25.00 to $75.00
Friday and Saturday
20
off
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Regular $5.00 to $9.00
Friday and Saturday
Less 20
MeiVs Dress Shirts
46 Men's
Suits
In the Lot That Were
$30, $35, $40, $45 and $50
Friday and Saturday
$20.00
$1.50 and $2.00
Values
$1.15
$2.50
Values
$1.95
$3.50 and $4.00
Values
$2.65
22 Boys' Suits
In the Lot That Were $10, $12 JO and $15
Friday and Saturday
$7.00
Men's
That Were $12 to $16
Dress
Shoes
3)7
Friday and Saturday
Sale Positively
Closes Saturday
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