ADVOCATE ___ THE I • ___ An Independent Paper Devoted to the VOL XXI Inter««to •/ ■" '.J/T. JUbMSJk ‘ '* ■-’***15^ the People ^=r.37.7.-,-777-..--.-------- --------------------------------------- ----- — - . , NO. 4« PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY JULY 26, 1924 . ---------- re..—-------- 7. .. PRICE 6 CENTS HIGHEST COLORED MAN IN RAILWAY POSTALI e RVICE VISITS HERE HAS HOSPITAL I»1 CONTROL COLORED COLOREO DOCTOR AT LAST MAD E SUPERINTENDENT AT TUSKE GEE, ALABAMA—FIGHT OF CO LOREO RACE WON FOR RACE CONTROL WHERE RACE PE OP LB ARE SEGREGATED JOHN D. GAINEY OF WASHINGTON, D. C., ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERK IN U. S. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE ON COUNTRY-WIDE TOUR SPENDS SEVERAL DAYS VISITING CITY OF ROSES Nsl.cnsl Equsl Rights League and th e Natoinsl Association for vancement of Colored People Worked Together for This Right and Logical Result Highsst Position and Highest talaris d Colored Man in the Service Wins Place by Hard Work and E fflclency.—Represents 22,000 Employee,—Llk ss Bobbed Hair. Big Lake No. 10 Came in July 11 Making Local and For eign News Briefs 2760 Barrels Daily ths Ad («perlai ) Tuskegee, Ala.. July Alas, Dr. J. 11. Ward of Indianapolis. Ind , has bean appointed superintendent of the Veterans' Hospital. This makes Dr Ward official bead of the Institution, thus ending a long fought battle on th» part of the Colored people of the country to have this hospital manned by* 'olored from lop to bottom The chief contention In the past For Rent—Furnished tent; stove, has been that the white people at bed. dishes and everything; fishing, Tuskegee did not want a Colored swlmmlug and bathing Phone Mrs. man at the head of this Inatputlon. R F Morrison. Sunset 3941— adv. claiming that the job was too big for a Colored person, and especially so Stay off date August 26th—Picnic In as much as the government was Dsncs by Mt. Hood Club, Roechs's paying the bills Park.- adv. At. one time. about a year ago, when It seemed that deaplte their All kinds of artistic job printing protest a Colored personnel would be done on our own press by The Ad placed In charge, a band of Ku Klux vocate Printing Company, 312 Ma- Klan marched upon the Institution cloay Building. Broadway 6B07. -adv. with the hope of frightening Colored physicians, nurses and attendants, so Ths Golden Trail Mr. and Mra. as to put fear In their hearts to the Bert Turner are spendng the sum end that no race person would have mer at Warrenton. Uregon. where Ihs courage to accept the office as they are dispensing music for the superintendent against their will. guests at The Golden Trail Lodge, a This act on the part of the Klan. popular resort. It Is said, came very near bluffing Wanted Men or women to take the U. B. Government (Gen. Hlnea) and for s time It looked as though orders for genuine guaranteed ho siery fur men. women and children. the Klan had won Salary 375 a Hut. as has been said. “All la well Eliminating darning, that ends well," and now that the week full time. 1150 an hour spare last of the while attendants have time. Beautiful line, all colors. In- been succeeded by Colored, every ternational Stocking Mills. Norris- thing Is moving smoothly at Veter town. Pa. ans' Hospital No. 91, for the first time Bore to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Booker, during Its existence 1511 Cross street. Little Rock. Ark., a baby boy. May 2nd. christened ltot> NEEDING MEAL TICKET, LEASE ert Union Jones Booker. OWNER OFFERED 20 ACRES FOR TWENTY DOLLARS Could Not Sall; Lease Now Is Worth 6320.000 Here Is a little joke on the manag ers of tho Cltlsans' league Syndicate of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma They were offered a lease for 330 an acre, but declined to buy It because they did not want such a small amount of acreage that was remote from one of the fields of proved production in which they were operating, besides, It seems they were willing that some of their friends be offered the op portunity. While they were busily engaged with other Interests In oil fields of Texas. Il so happened that a young man who had been In the habit of visiting their office from time to time offered them a twenty acre lease for 330. Drilling was going on near this lease, and he was pa tiently waiting results, but owing to the tact that he needed the money I m was willing to turn his holdings tor the small sum oí a |N bill, hut BB one seemed Io relieve him of It Oa the morning of January 21st bs got a notice that precious fluid had been struck near hla property. A railway train would have carried him to his possessions In leas than four hous, but that was too slow— he took an airplane and covered the hundred miles more quickly. Arriv- Ing at his destination he was Imme- dlately offered and sold his lease for 328,000 and even this was too soon, as the lease has since become worth 3330,000. BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, NEWS (By Arthur D. LeBon) Mrs. Dora f^rrll of 1838 Calhoun street, Alameda, was hostess at a spaghetti dinner, hooorlng the Misses Flgsrou and Ryan of I.ake Charles, La., July 19th, at her beautifully ap- pointed homo. Covers were laid for twelve guesta who enjoyed the de- llcious repast Immensely. Mr. and Mra C. C. Winn, 2335 23rd : avenue, have as their guest 1 Mra. Francis of Brenham. Texas. Mr. and Mra. Solomon Terry had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. A. D. LeBon and baby Darrell tor a drive over the hills of Berkeley, Alameda and Neptune Beach In their new au tomobile. Presley S. Winfield la sporting a new sedan. He was also seen with a new girl. Always busy, Is Pres. TENTS, TENTS, TENTBI Far Rent—Completely furnished tents at Curry's Colony, Seaside, Ore gon. Write or phone J. W. Curry, 107 N. 14th St. Broadway 1541— adv. Please pay your subscription to The Advocate and avoid missing an Issue of the papar. STIMULATES BOOM ON GREAT MARATHON FOLD H 9 Each successive producer grows larger and confirms trend of production, III other words, the closer they come towards Block 88, the larger are the wells. Block 88 means J. A. Mercer. Good judgment is the only guide in making an oil investment. The writer has used judgment in the selection of this lease. This state ment has been sustained by the development of the past week. Thousands of people who owned leases have made money in the last few months by the bringing in of nearby wells. You could do the same in the next few months, if you only open your eyes and take a fling at fortune. Oil men from Texas, California, Wyoming and Washington are-now in the City of Portland. All ar»* here for the sole purpose of purchasing leases on Blocks 85, 86, 87 anil 88. which consist of 2560 acres and are owned by J. A. Mercer. It is out of this tract of ground that I am offering youlojises, and if 95 chances out of 100 in your favor to make a quick fortune from a small investment would interest you. you had better get in touch with me at once. You cannot hope for an inside proposition like this to remain open for an indef inite period. Substantial offers are being made for these holdings almost every day by men who are directly in touch with the situation surrounding this acreage. This tip can mean a fortune to you if you will only accept it. The Correct Use of said: “If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or the English Language build Emerson a better mouse trap than his neighbor, even though his house is in the woods, path to his door." the world will Edited by Mra. E. J. Magruder. 280 make a beaten Cook Ave.. Portland. Ore. We have practiced Emerson’s theory, and have always found it to work out suc Note— Send your questions to be cessfully. answered In thia column to the above Olir Lease business is proof of the fact that when you give people a “Square address, not later than Tuesday of Deal ” and furnish oil leases that are better than any others on the market, the public each week. i Manners will buy-these Leases in preference to others. Thia week I shall write a few Our leases have never been shown to a I .ease man who did not say they were thoughts on manners Next w«ek I better than any Lease he had ever seen. shall take up the subject: Concord All papers are properly and legibly drawn and recorded. Every Lease is guar of the Infinite With the Principal anteed. and our guarantee is worth one hundred cents on the dollar. Verb _ Good mnnners la the art of making A man dealing in Oil Leases can better afford to handle our Leases, because lie those people easy with »horn we con knows that if there should ever be a “come back” on any of them, we stand ready and verse, whoever makes tile the fewest willing to cheerfully make it good. persona uneasy Is the best bred man Our prices arc right, our terms art* liberal, our treatment of customers is all In company. Good manners are the settled me that could I m * desired, ami our readiness to serve our patrons with information is not dium of social, as specie la of com surpassed by any Lease dealer. mercial life; returns are equally ex With a large and comjietent office force, with a well established business, with a pected of both, and people will no reputation for fair and square dealing second to none, and with a large stock of'leases more advance their civility to a bear always on hand, we offer our services to tin* public, and invite correspondence with than their money to a bankrupt. Manners should bespeak the man. all those interested in buying oil lands in America. Canada and the whole of Mexico. Independent of tine clothing, The We sell leases in bulk from 1(MM) acres to lOO.iMX), and also furnish 10. 20. 40 and man or woman who has good man 80-acre tracts. ners. will certainly make an extra We give prompt service, whether filling an order, or answering an inquiry, and effort to speak correct English. and successfully manage our business as to Good manners are blossoms — of it is our constant endeavor to so capably . * i„ remem- good sense and good feeling. it the i preclude the possibility of having a dissatisfied customer. In other words, law of kindness be written In the Emerson’s prescription for SUCCCSS. i, we arc putting it to the test, and the world heart, it will lead to that disinterest-.. * • .. . . •• i is “making a • beaten path to our door. ” edness In both great and little thing« Our business is btMtming. and yet, we want more, and we invite the buying pub- —that dealre to oblige, and that , ------ ------------- tention to the gratification of others, j lie to get ill touch With US, i. Write us for prices and information about Crockett leases. which are the foundation of good manners. Emerson says. "Defect in manners Is usually the defect of fine percep- tlons. Elegance comes of no breed Ing but of birth. Our manners and customs ought to go for more In life than our qualities;” that la why I have dealt on good manners first, for If we are efficient in that. I ant sure we will acquire the habit of speaking correct English. CONVICT BECOMES OIL MILLIONAIRE Jefferson City, Mo.. May D. H. Haynes, Negro convict with a string of aliases, serving a three-year term for forgery In the state penitentiary here, was notified that he had be come a multi-millionaire. Attorneys from Oklahoma City In formed him that oil had been struck on a section of land In Mexico owned by him and advised him not to ac cept lees than *4,000,000 for the property. Haynes has served terms In the Oklahoma state penitentiary and ths federal penitentiary at Leav enworth, Kansas. NOTARY PUBLIC ADVOCATE OFFI'E You can get in touch with J. A. MERCER At— 421 Abington Big., or call BR 6213 OIL TAKES WIDOW POVERTY OUT OF Loe Angeles, Cal., June 17.—Mrs. Nina Smythe, Los Angeles, with sev eral children to support, thought she was out of luck when compelled to toll as a laundreea for a small week- ly wage By rigid economy ahe man- aged to aave aeveral hundred dol- lars with which ahe took a chance In an oil Investment, and now she en joys an Income of 32000 a week. For Sale—House and four lets; Call Broadway 5B07 for de torme, adv. tallo. TRIPLE TRIANGLE CLUB’S Third Annual Picnic and Dance ROSCHES PARK MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1924 Music by Tom’s Dixie Tavern Orchestra COME—GREAT TILT? COMMITTEE: P. Paries J. W. Simms A. A. Jones J. Brown W. M. Taylor L. E. Allen J. R. Kirkpartick W. M. TAYLOR, Floor Mgr. Admission, 50 Cts. Portland was honored this week with the presence of Hon. John D. Gainey, second assistant chief clerk at large U. S. Railway Mail Service. Mr Gainey's appointment la the first time In the history of the postoffics department that a colored man has held such a high position, He has offices in the Postmaster General's office at Washington, D. C. Mr. Gai- ney's special duty la to look after the welfare qf the colored employes, hear their grievances snd be their good friend in helping them to overcome their difficulties that are inevitable in such a big business. Mr. Gainey owes his appointment to the desire of the colored men in the service for such a position for one of their group, and to the falrtnindedness of Honorable Paul Henderson (son-in- law of Congressman Martin B. Mad den. whom Mr. Gainey believes to be the "best friend the Negro ever had in Congress"), who readily gave the race official recognition in Mr. Gai- ney receiving the position, Mr Gai- ney has been in the department in his present capacity for a little more than a year and during that time he has been so successful in bringing about a better undeatanding between the department and the employes that his work has attracted the attention of the Postmaster General and the First Assistant Postmaster General, and they have requested him to do similar work for all colored employea in the service. He is the Postmas ter General's personal representative to 22.000 colored employes in various departments of the service through out the United States. While Mr. Gainey made bis trip expressly on official business, -he took time to Inquire into the general welfare of our group everywhere he went, and It was particularly refresh ing to hear him say that colored peo ple In many of the Southern States were getting along finely. He noted that better relations existed between the two races, that colored people were prosperous generally, many owning beautiful, magnificent homes and businesses. He had particular words of praise for the people of the Lone Star State. Mr. Gainey is single and on the eli gible list, girls. He says, "let 'em bob their hair If they want to, smoke, too, if they wish.” He also thinks hiking trousers look good on the fe- male species and the appropriate garb for outing and the like. He is strictly modern tn his views concern ing the ladies. While in the city Mr. Gainey was extended special courtesies by W_ S. Reed, 350 Ivy street, railway postal clerk for IS years. For seven years Mr. Reed ran from Portland. Oregon, to Roosevelt, Washington. The lines are divided into classes, A and B be ing the highest class. There are four grades in the A and six grades In B. Mr. Reed has made all the grades ex cept one. and is aspiring to it. There is an interesting story con nected with his work and how he :ime to go into the railway mail surv ive. He did not intend to. He came to Portland after hearing and read ing of its being a great lumber cen ter. to do day work, making fancy embellishments for porches, stair ways and the like, but upon answer ing advertisements for men who were wanted to do that kind of work, his color barred him. and he finally de- cided to take the civil service exam- naton and out of a class of 110. all white but himself, SO passed and out of that 50 Reed stood 13th. Mr. Gatney is now working to du away with the photographic identifi cation of employes, because while it was not intended to be unfavorable towards the race, he believes it has been so. and feels that if he accom plishes this during his tenure In of fice, that he will have done one of the biggest jobs and most helpful Two Act Drama ever undertaken. Mr. Gainey not THE MAID AND THE GOLDEN only holds the highest office of any SLIPPER colored man in the service, but he 35—Beautiful Children—35 receives the highest salary of any Bethel A. M. E. Church colored man in the service, His ad- Larrabee and McMillen Streets vancement reads something like a Friday Evening, August 1st novel. He came from the lowest po- Admission 35 Cents Adv. sition in the service to his present exalted office by sheer hard work Mrs. Josie Boulware of Lewiston. and good luck. When a young man Idaho and Mrs. Lee of Los Angeles, hs mother wanted him to be a physi cian. so he studied at Flint Medical Cal, are stopping at the residence of College. New Orleans. La., his native Mr and Mrs. B. J. Fuller. 839 Tib betts streets. city, and after plodding through his studies for a couple of years, he final A card from Mrs. G. E. Westbrook ly decided that anatomy was too dry of Fort Worth. Texas, announces for him and so he just came into the their safe arrival back home after a mail service—he hardly knows how. very pleasant trip to the Pacific He took the civil service examination Northwest. for railway mail clerk in New Or leans and passed. He then went to Mrs. W. P. Morrison Is a recent Missoula. Montana, where he entered arrival in the city from Dallas, Texas, Into the active work as railway pos and Is stopping at the residence of tai clerk. He remained there for Mrs. Collins. 228 Schuyler street. seven years and them transferred to Mrs. Morrison is a graduate beauty Chicago, where he worked In the culturist and herself a founder of a the Railway Mail Terminal Postoffice system of beauty culture, She plana for twenty-two years. Mr. Gainey to open a beauty shop here if the out- says that there are many men in the look Is good. service who are capable of doing the Mra. Jerry H. Turner, 1201 East work as well as he. and attributes his appointment to the fact that Mr Grant street, has just returned from a trip to Los Angeles. Calif. where Henderson set eyes upon him first. Mr. Gainey left his offices at Wash she went to visit the sick bedside of ington on the 15th day of May and her sister. Mrs. Bargenner whom she has covered nearly every state in the reports as seriously ill. Union, coming In personal contact -/ with nearly every colored employe in the territory covered. This personal contact with the employes. Mr. Gainey believes, will help raise the morale of the men. He has the happy and almost rare faculty of knowing and re membering every man in the service, and invariably meets them with a happy "HeUo. John.t or Howdy*, Ben." He even knows the names of every member of some of the families and if there Is a divorce and a sec ond marriage, he also knows the name of the first as well as the second spouse He likes the fellowship of hts co-workers and is happy when in their midst As a result, every- where on his tour he has had all kinds of courtesies shown him. Mr. Gamey travels on a pass issued by the Postal Department and bear ing the official signature of Henry 3. New, Postmaster General. It says In part, referring to the bearer: "He will be obeyed and respected ac- cordingly by mail contractora, post- > masters and all others connected with the postal service.1 For Reliable Goods