tICHT PACES
INDEPENDENCE tHTtr nitt, INDEPENDENCE, CRtCON. DECEMBER 8, 1810.
PACK TMRtE
GLIMPSES OF
UNDERWORLD
W. (1. MrUrin, 8mrlnl'iiJiMil of
It... Portland CollilimnK n
Woim-n'l IUut Work,' who In
Independence rocttinly, delivered tho
following addr.ns at the Olvary
1'reiibylwrlHu church. IU iiilmtlon
here wu mir. particularly to lr
cnt the work of Hie Portland Com-
im.:.s in tln-lr effort In behalf of til"
churned mid paroled prlmT:
Gllmpsca from lh underworld X
lmiliih 42:22. Hut thin U P""
ribbed and upoll-'d; they are nil
of them snared In hohm. and they
r.. i.id in nrlnoii houses: th'y re
for a urcy. ami none dellvwrtli;
Npull. mid none mtlih. Restore "
Wo are living In an una of Indiff' r
euro to rlKlit'oimnK. mid how to
iimki. Dtu Indifferent lirr-riit Im the
Kit-iit problem.
Ih( for. 1 : 1H. "Fop thu preaching
of the Crohn It to them Unit perish
fiMllHhiiH; but unto im which ar
sviid, 1t In tho power of (iod."
Delinquency tn tho home, uie
church, city, county and mute offi
cial in alarming and appalling- !'
.oii..mi v vcrv hand. Tho whole
race seems to have gone mad. Tho
frMiiil.wl .iilrlt faces uh on every
hand.
A vounr man appointed aa a dlt
Itato to his flub convention In one of
our lnrge cities kissed hi tweet wire
of a few month good bye; and while
way a compank of men bent on a
good time vUlted tho scarlet district
in that eiiMtern city. This young, man,
on hl return to his homo town with
a broken heart nald: "My Ood, my
Clod, I would Kve my rlKht arm If
I could look Into the face of my good,
pur. wife with an free a coiiHileiice
as I, did before J left home."
A young couple, eighteen month
married, with a sweet faced baby,
bright prospects, happy surroundings,
never dreamed that sorrow was near.
Their first born was stricken with
convulsions. They waited patiently on
the lll'le one, did everything that
they could; the family doctor called,
he shook his head and the little one
passed away. The mother stood by
the mien grave the room wunom
windows Jind as the little casket was
lowered to the ground to its resting
place, she gave a sigh and murmured:
"Mv nod. whv was God so cruel as
...ba in tl darling away?" The
H, i.nw "
-husband stood and gritted his .teeth
snoke not a word, but the say
in ran in. his ears: "The way
of the transgressor Is hard; and what
yo sow that also shall ye reap" and
musing on the nights o'f revelry, the
voice of conviction said unto him:
" Thou art the man. " Tho family
doctor knew but he kept, hts secret.
They went to school together, they
visited each other's homes; he was
well respected "and well thought of.
l!t. mixed in the best of society.
tint, there were vacation seasons whon
he visited a society that was differ
ent.
Thin aite of prosperity has over
powered goodness and caused men to
lose sight of Ood. A continued per
formance of burlesque, the clink of
the glass, the music and .song, gaiety
and frivolity, My God, my God; how
long will these last?
We have an army of immoral, im
naBBioned inhuman ' practitioners
against the hw of human nature.Talk
of the white plague.- It Is not to be
" Jofio IKi, you r ccutd of per
m'ltlng rat to purr aatni a batch
of brrad In your bake room. Guilty
or not guilty. Guilty. Flnd t'i'
The miumlujt part of the itory U the
rat did not beloug to tha tiakrr, but
the baker bvliU ut-f-rtunat y bro
tj pan of la In bl bU chop,
lb ct to -k the pnilitv mid liberty
of crvepliig In. It e"in to rldlculou
of tht tn1 '"' l,""J ood not"y t0 I"'
VttilKifo such ri wuen in our
arK cities hundred 0( Mother' girl
aro being coiitmninated and told I: to
slavery nliiliihr. An army of mo;
i In all walk of Hf'i aro rub' I ig tife
bow In contact wbllo dabblltw l lht
reHspo)l of I' e vilest n .tniulnailon.
, 178 glrln. not on of them over JO
years t.f n. were cured fur at the
Lo Isn Hjine;5 baU h born and Home
of ilietu contain niitid the result of
our scarh't district. Many tombing
sltirien coulil b told here regarding
k. - ...r..rl i..ltli u I tt'Ill
f llirw f"l,
" uuote oiie A aweel faced seventeen
'yea old girl was lured away from her
h urn to one of our mail house' resorts
a n rescued after her ruin, was accom
(Jlimpsea of tbo underworld XX
and hysterical mother suffered untold
aotiy. This probably could have been
avoided If we looked after human be-
lings rather than after Jem important
things catle and hogs.
I From one lodging house, five girls
I were rescued, two of them contamlnut
ed, and one of them In an unfortun
ate condition. Not one of these glrU
was over eighteen years of ae, and
all camo from the suburbs of Port
land. The saloon and the icarlet district
are a disgrace to civilised America.
"Man's Inhumanity to man makes
countless thousands mourn." Men
are moral cowards; men are selling
their honor; wBat la needed is a clenn
weep! This Is a battle purity and
morals against silver and gold! This
may seem a strong assertion, but
nevertheless it is tru. The causo
of the whole business is rotten poli
tics and the saloon. The great cause
of the social crime is drink.The great
cause of poverty Is drink. When we
hear of a family broken up, ask for
the cauBe drink. If you go with a
man to the gallows, as me uraui
the cause drink. Then. I demand
every man of you to study the cause,
and you will be compelled to say,
rotten politics and the saloon.
Then the chfletans of the blotched
face the army of rum sellers will
try to tell us there Is no sin In It,
no hell hereafter; and they are rush
ing them In to hell by the regiment
every day.
Have you ever visited St. August
ine, Florida, that historic city, famed
all over tho world for its beauty,
stately cocoanut trees and1 waving
palms, flowers and beautiful esplan
ades, bands, of music and other
things, the old historic market place
where the black woman' was sold at
auction? We 'can hear the crack of
the whin and the barking of -the dogs;
we can hoar the wailings of the col
ored mother and the screech Ings of
a young woman about to be sold into
slavery. We hear the auctioneers
voice shouting,."! am bid once, I am
i.i,i turir-a r ntrThid three Hnie8," ana
the last time she is sold to ,her mas
twr We can see him take her by
the hand and Pull her roughly to 'his
side Monev was spent and blood
was shed to free the black, but we
have in our land of liberty today a
greater slave trade, a more heart
rending slave' trade, the wickedest
slave trade the selling of our young
womanhood.
In that same historic city a few
blocks from the market place there
stand a lot of little houses wnere
compared with the white slave trade. ! jajr moricani young womanhood are
Go with me to the Portland scarlet.1 belng B0id 'f0r .silver dollars. These
district. Let us cut out our false conuiions exist in Oregon all over
modesty. Let -us look this awful trar- 0regon VVe are compelled to say
fic squarely in the face, ana mtn th(ft m(jn jn office and out of office
God fearing people will be compelled whQ toierate such conditions to ex
to cry out: "My God, my God; how )s. are moral cowards.
awful." In the scarlet district we have
Only a few months ago in' the north rnnmtn hnuseees that are accomrao-
end of Portland ran a cigar and con-dation houaes. grnis ana restaurants
fectlonery store. He advertised in our rogj8tratlon l)00thsl of vice; skating
public papers: "Wanted, good look- rinka and dance halls the initiating
narlors for the scarlet Hie. Kouen
Bisb
LOp S
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i auorea
Ready
Clothes
Do your Christmas shopping at this store. We have
many useful as well as desirable gifts to select from.
F" fitf f-k SUITS, OVERCOATS, HATS, UMBR
VJ X IX J XX ELLAS, SMOKING JACKETS, BATH
ROBES, FANCY SHIRTS, NECKWEAR AND ALL ARTICLES OF MEN'S
WEARING APPAREL.
For Women;;;
JMeRELLAS, MUFFLERS, BATH
LROBES, INDIAN BLANKETS AND
ROBES, SWEATER COATS. WE HAVE A NEW AND FULL ASSORT
MENT OF MEN'S TOILET SETS, MILITARY BRUSHES, TIE RINGS
AND COLLAR BOXES. THESE ARE ARTICLES THAT EVERY MAN
1 AND BOY LIKES.
Salem Woolen Mill Store
AL5M, ORIttOM
Xm
Landers, nurof & Glark's
resents
Carvers, Roasters, Etc.
COMMUNITY
SILVERWARE
The
Best
Manufac
tured
Call and See Our Line
Prices Right, Quality Paramount
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II
VI
W. E. Craven? Manager, Independence, Ore.
family Bible, anything and every-, of the weak unfortunates. An ounce
ANOTHER ENTERPRISE
of prevention is worth a pound or-
- Independence Men Have Established
cure: guide them . in the paths of.
7. j ..m -.., j , n.i .inn1 . Automobile Route to crossing,
pelled to cry, "My God, my God, stop rljlteougness. Let us erect mission; 3
. . . , j iu..,.1a'rt P fine pntppnpiso in Tnnenenrlpncft
thine to satisfy the demoniac crav
inir nf the wild inebriate. I am com-
. . . .....Ill L 11
lng, Drignr., lnieiugeui, ruib nuiu x-
to 20. Good salary, light work.' ( This
mam was suspected and after invest!
gation found that he ' owned three
houses, of nrostitution. He was con
victed and and found guilty.
How to make the indifferent spir
it toward this awful condition differ
ent is tha problem. We, as a people,
seem to care more for stock than we
do for human beings. We have mar
ket inspectors, hog inspectors, cattle
Inspectors, but no lodging house, ten
ement and scarlet district Inspectors.
Scene irv Municipal Court
John Doe, you are accused of hav
ing sold strawberries packed in a
strawberry box that already had been
used for that purpose; guilty or not
guilty? Guilty. Fined $10.00.
on the left of us, rotten on the right
of us, rotten behind us and in front
of us! Do the police know? Do they
see? If not we ought to send them
to the blind school.
Again, did you ever think of the
product the saloon puts out? Have
you ever traveled along the by-lanes
of the scarlet district and looked in
the .windows to see the accursed
goods for sale? Next door you see
three brass balls, the sign of distress
and sorrow. You will find in the
window baby , shoes, sold for the
price of an , inhuman father's drink.
A fur cloak, probably; a marriage
present; marriage rings snatched
from the wife's fingers to satisfy the
appetite of an alcoholic maniac; a
thn blotched faced army of inhuman , ,. j ,.,KnMi
- - ctarinno ncanin uutiia ttiiu n. wi'
robbers They will steal mothers ' . , , that is deserving of much credit is
girl; they will steal your husband, of refuge, with well trained, clean, established in
, b ; U .,,,1, A. P the iwlv j
your son, and your nome, iarm or uou-ieuiuis thjs c,ty by the enterprising firm ot
factory." - ' Nazarene, mat win go uuo "e "ou Long & Campbell. This establish-
In the penitentiary today, we have ways and' by-ways, toe uarK pmi e men(. jg wglI equipped and Js perhap3
425. Ask them why they are there and prisons ana onng me olullu,i- the best in the valjey outside of Port
and eighty per cent will tell you, "Be- ates home. lan(J Thls week they pUrchas,ed the
hold I played the fool. I drank till In concluding, let me remind you gtock of Central Garage and con.
I was mad, I committed a crime, and that if you will take a retrospeehve s0datedi making their st0ck near
I am paying the penalty." view of your own past life, if you doubled and the equipment much
We have lo20 in our state insane win permit me A-ry ui uuu o uc.
asylum. It is needless to ask them enly search-light" to get into your
why they are there. Crimes against soul, you will be compelled like Da-
the laws of human nature has driven fid, Saul and others to cry aloud, be-.servlug of the unanimous support of
v, ,o vnn rnn tram it nnrt In- hold, t have nlayed the fool and erred ... . . . tu
lllU. ii . . -
Vestigate and you will come to this .exceedingly; for all have sinned and
same conclusion, "They have played come snort ot tne giory oi wu. lei.
the fool and erred exceedingly." us all read the thirteenth chapter of
We have 100 in our state .reform 1st Corinthians, and practice the fun
school,' and if you ask the question, damental teaching of Christ's pre-
broken homes, divorce and drink. De- cepts Love. ; j City & Western railroad, making it
linquency, delinquency, caused by " ! possible for people to make close
drink, and immoral surroundings. . oann. u, '"". , connections with east side railroad
We have rescue homes, detention
ly doul
better.
This manifestation of industry on
the part of these gentlemen is de-
the citizens, and we believe they are
going to have it.
In addition to their garage and ma
chine shop they have established an
automobile route between here and
i McNary crossing on the Salem, Falls
A.;
points. They drove a car over Wed
nesday and the trip can be made suc-
. 1. ! .,.nt. on citv Ldie rillS unill, niiica
nouies. .luA-ynco, tuuuij .....
jails. If we look into the faces of Shingeck, 647 Elm St., Buffalo, IV Y . cessfuy consequently it will be a
this vast army, we 'are compelled -'iney curea me oi permanent thing unless the roads
again to cry aloud, "My God, how, uon wnen an uu.cis '"'; "" should become too bad during the
long will this traffic in the, ruination, equaled Sor Biliousness i. jauuuii. lattep part of the Beason as ls s0lne.
of flesn ana oiooa oe pt'immcu w -- . . .
. una ucoiiuy. &uc ai u uu6t,to.
t iraiurtnK rnnriKPl- ' George Kennedy of Salem was
XJt. I Ua awun'i. -
lors, care takers for the weary feet (he city Monday.
, times the case.
in 1 pendence National Bank. Boll phon
121; Independent. 4410. U