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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1924
NO. 4
JOHN 1«. LYNCH SUPPORTS PRES. COOLIDGE
LEAVES HALF MILLION TO THREE SERVANTS
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Annual Meeting of the As FORMER MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATOR CONGRESS
WOMAN, HER SON AND STABLEMAN NAMED Oregon Boy or Girl Has a Some People You Hear
MAN AND AUDITOR U. S. NAVY DEPART
sociation for the Study of
AS HEIRS — NEAREST RELATIVES BRING
Chance to Win $15,000
About but Seldom Meet
MENT LAUDS CALVIN COOLIDGE AND FLAYS
Negro Life and History.
SUIT TO BREAK WILL — UNUSUAL STORY
Electrical Home.
C. O. Coffey
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DAVIS —SAYS DAVIS’ATTITUDE ON KLAN
OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMAN WHO PRE
To Be Held in Richmond, Virginia,
Oreat Nation-wide Essay Contest On
ISSUE A GENEROUS ONE.
FERRED HORSES AND COLORED FOLK TO Good Lighting Open to School Chil C. O. Coffey, who resides with his
September 29 and 30, 1924.
at
189
West
Farragut
Street,
wife
WHITE FOLK.
dren Over 10 Year«, of Age.
was born in Shasta County, California, I Historians and social welfare stu- Says Record of Coolidge Characteristic of Constructive
in a family of eight children. A. A.
Policies Wrought in Ideals of Abraham Lincoln —
Looked Upon as Eligible Bachelor—Many a Young Maid One of the greatest educational un Coffey, his father, drove an ox-team | dents of both races will meet in an
nual session to disseminate information
dertakings ever launched by any in
Major Lynch’i Opinion Highly Prized by Party
from Pike County. Mo, in ’49 during |" p’7taH7eThe trnth "stout 'ihe
Sought Him Out—Owned Vast Estate With Big House
dustry in America will be inaugurated
Leaders.
—Had Few Close Friends and Gave Impression He on October 1st, and will have the at | the great California Gold Rush and Negro The aim of the meetjng wj„
,o
out (J|e good and
Had No Relatives.
tention of millions of school children settled in-Shasta County. The Coffey.
make public their plan of attack.
He made hi* friend* welcome to hi*
home and never mentioned his rela-
lives. Indeed, he gave the impression
he was alone in the world. Of the
Negroes on the place he spoke affec-
tionately. a* if they were the only
creatures beside* his herses about Lex-
ington that he esteemed.
Those who sought to question Ellen
Davis and Alex Rankin found that
their master's taciturnity had sealed
i were among the first colored people to in all branches of the human family, i Chicago, III., Sept. 17.—One of the
in the United States and Canada,
many recent visitor* at the National
There are about 100,000 boy* and claim California as their native state. and especially to present the long
Republican headquarter* in the Wrig
girls.in the state of Oregqp who will! Mr. Coffey’s father, was a member of overlooked virtues of the Negro. Race
ley building wa* Major John R.
be eligible to compete for the magnif-■ the Pioneer Association of California, prejudice must become impossible by
¡cent serie* of prixes that have been ■ being the only colored man in the as- better acquainting one race with the Lynch, where CoL Roscoe Simmon*
and Attorney W. C. Matthews are
offered.
In Portland, alone, about sociation. Mr. Coffey came to Port-¡other. The whole effort of the asso-
35.000 children will have a chance to j land in 1900 and operated a grocery , ci,«ion is based on the truth that you directing the destinies of the G. O. P.
take part,
“Calvin Coolidge is the only genuine
store on Seventh and Davis Streets I cannot hate one whom you know.
The great enterprise is a gigantic (Seventh is now Broadway), and sold I
Many distinguished persons will ap- Republican that the nation has had
essay contest, fostered by the iight out following the death of his wife. . pear on tbe program.
since the days of Theodore Roosevelt,”
and power industry with the fullest I He then opened a restaurant on Glisan j
0
was the assertion of this grand old
co-operation with the educational Street, between
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man. Major Lynch pictured the for
Ninth
and
Tenth
24th Infantrymen paroled
force* of the country. The subject of I which he successfully operated from ,
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. mer presidents—Taft and Harding—
member of the state legislature of
Mississippi, elected to Congress in 1873,
and later appointed auditor of the U.
S. navy department on a motion by
Henry Cabot Lodge and seconded by
Theodore Roosevelt. Hi* remarkable
career as a Republican place* him in
a most unique position, and hi* knowl
edge and counsel is looked upon with
no little confidence.
The record of Calvin Coolidge is
characteristic of the high traditions,
cardinal principles, heroic deeds, and
constructive policies so triumphantly
wrought in the ideals of Abraham
Lincoln.
Major Lynch describes the anti-Klan
episodes of John W. Davis as a gen
erous and pleasing attitude on the part
of the Democratic nominee.
(From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) .
Lexington, Ky.. Sept. 3.—They are ;
saying around Lexington that old ;
Colonel Hughes wa* no gentleman af
ter all. The colonel's lack of gentility '
is interred by hi* neighbors from the j
will he left when he died a short while
back, perhaps a harsh way to judge
a man, but then hi* will is so very
conclusive. It is not a gentlemanly
testament under the Kentucky code.
It outrage* those decencies which are
traditions in the South. It fling* con their lip*. Too bewildered and fright- the essay* will be “Better Lighting in :jqpg unli| 1911. At>. present Mr. Cof- n .A.A C P Thought to Have Helped as mere demagogues, and to Ameri
tempt in the face* of friends and ened to discus* their legacies they are the Home."
ca’s regret they made absolute failures
fcy j, employed at the Swift Company
Considerable
living with relatives in Lc-xiugiOu until
Back of this elaborate movement it; in tbe |ancy meat department. He '
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enemies alike.
in their administrations, the Negro
Leavenworth, Kans, Sept. 17—Rub- having succumbed to the greatest suf
The colonel left his half million dol the court decide* the fate of Elkton, the fact that scientific investigation married Mrl. jennig Harper of Green-
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Henry
Hughes
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while the w general
adoption
wife> in 1908. en Baxter, Washington; Douglas T. fering.
lar estate to three Negroes, cutting | As for "Robert
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off „ his relatives with - paltry
sum*.
enigma, arid
add. of electnc
electric lighting ha.
has greatly bene-
bene-1 jn
- Sacramtnto
SacraBlcnto . Cal
C,j. . When .,
asked
Missouri
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.
I third principal is still an emgma,
ked to I Bolden. Iowa; Gerald Dixon, M.ssouri,
The distinguished major served as
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qu.te tL«»
that fwawM«.
from ! M naturally
en.gma. do not »»*«»•
g.ve inter- l.laj
hted k humanity
m rehevmg eye-straw tdJ
aboa, himselt Mr Co
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an<| ,
williams of
.. John T. Hughes, although --
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, compared unth former condition.
jniis(fd th>t
nQthing to n
iormer
of
Col.
while
view*,
there are »till about
per cent of all ' „
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.
he lived, there were those who did
DOINGS OF THE ELKS
the children of school age in the '_ J.J
!“ ’"‘T *h® *!”
not find in him the nicer virtues which !
I to be,’ a plain iabcfriiig man now. and : |jfc ¡n the penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
. United State* who are suffering from
stamp a Kentuckian.
E. R. Chainey of Seattle, E. R. of
1 rather stay in the background.’ Mr. worth, were paroled today upon older
I Puget Sound Lodge of Elies and P. G.
defective
eye-sight.
Hence,
the
funda
Now, reading his will everyone.
Coffey is an interesting man and those , from the War Department at Wash-
mental object to be achieved by the
seem* to be convinced. The colonel ,
L. K. of the Grand Lodge, passed
wbo knew him iir^earlier days say he ' mgton.
contest
is
to
assist
in
the
wide-spread
showed all too fflainly hi* disregard
through Portland last Thursday en
restoration of normal vision by im was handsome to look upon. The; They were convicted and sentenced
of the fitness of things, and the fitness ’
route home from the Grand Lodge
writer thinks those days have not gone j to life with 67 other colored soldiers of
proving lighting facilities in the home.
of things has always been one of the ■
held recently in Pittsburgh.
SPECIALIST
i the 24th for disobedience in time of
Thousand* of cities and town* are forever.
rare* of gentlemen.
Rose City Lodge has four members
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| war and for assault with intent to kill
already laying their plans to take part
The colonel’s neighbors have none I
who are deserving of much praise for
in
during the Houston. Texas, riot Thir-
in the contest, the first announcement
Ku Klux Klan Exposed
the manly showing of civic pride and
but the kindest feeling* (or 65-year-1
' teen others were hanged and 49 remain
of which appeared in the Saturday j
patriotism, and giving to the lodge
old Aunt Ellen Davis, who served him
, Evening Post of September IJth.
Have you read a copy of “Ku Klux in prison. Four have died and others
representation in the huge Defense
faithfully many years. But they do |
DOES NOT OPERATE
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Discloses attitude j have tieen paroled.
The first prixe will be a 115,000 _ Klan __
Exposed"?
parade, Sept. 12th, out of a member
r.ot want to see her installed a* mis
model electrical home, which will be I toward Catholics. Jswi. Negroes and j
Had perfect Record
ship-of more than two hundred. The
tress of F.tkton, th* fine Hughe»' es- 1
WU1 be at
erected in the city or town where the foreign born. Other revelations. Order | The five released today had perfect
men whose names graced the honor roll
tate in the Maysville Pike. Yet/ if,
writer of the first prixe-winning essay
your copy now. Sent postpaid in plain j records during their nearly seven years
are: Al Striplen, J. D. Hunter, E. W.
its master's will is upheld in court.
Aunt Ellen and her progeny will own I Wednesday, Thursday and lives, or any place where he or she , wrapper, price fifty cents (coin, check | of confinement. They were counted
Agee and Edgar Williams. These four
desires. Ten valuable university schol-1 or money order). Bates & Co., 103 loyal to the prison^uthorities and on
received the glad hand all along the
Friday
Elkton, with the fine Georgian colonial
I
arships worth thousand* of dollar* are East 125th Street. New York City.
several occasions rendered valuable as-
route.
home, the stable* and stock, the 275 j
October 8,9 and 10
the other prixes.
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' sistance in emergencies. •
It is said that the handsomest as
rolling acre*.
The colonel left hi* ' Office Hours; 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
The director in charge of the contest
The new “Negro Year Book," by '
During the fire several years ago
well as the best dressed member of
home place outright to Aunt Ellen. ;
John McCourt, Justice of the Su Rose City Lodge of Elks is the dapper
in Oregon is A. C. McMicken, Portland prof. Monroe N. Work, for 1923 and that destroyed the west cell wing of the
Left her his trophies and hi* antique i
Three Days Only
preme Court of the State of Oregon, secretary. Attorney E. J. Minor.
Electric
Power
Company.
Portland,
1924.
price
75c.
The
Earth
is
Flat.
furniture, his family portrait* and rare
prison, in two I. W. W. mutinies and
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Oregon, from whom additional infor- and many other articles on a variety in other disturbances, the paroled men who passed away Friday, September
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Monday
and
heirlooms, all that surrounded him
No Charge for Consultation
mation may be secured.
j of special subjects shall be in the 1925 risked their lives in aiding officials to 12, at his home in Salem, Oe«on-i Tuesday nights, at the Stag Club, you
during his 38 year* in Kentucky.
Justice McCourt was a good citixen, I can buy anything from a shoe string
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Now those who have estate* on
restore order.
r *. 5 en in ** * regu at gta ua c at,d ,owni jn oregOn have made plans -money order and send immediately to
an excellent lawyer and a just judge, to an elephant, it is said, with real
either side of Elkton bear no ill will in medicine
It is thought that the National Asso
and surgery
surirerv and is licensed , . . ■
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toward Alex Rankin, described by the by the state of Oregon. He does not for taking part. Many attractive prixes ' The Financée of Jesus Christ . . . ciation for the Advancement of Colored and his passing is mourned by the en-' “Elk money.”
Every member who has an interest
colonel in his last testament as “the operate for chronic appendicitis, gall will be awarded to the winners in this Imperial Evangelistic Church, Station People had much to do with the parol tire state.
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i in Rose City Lodge should also have
old faithful colored man who ha* been stones, ulcers of stomach, tonsil* or district, in addition to the grand na- D. P. O. Box 3841. Philadelphia, Penn- ing of these men, for it was that or
tional prixes.
sylvania. V. S. A.
in my employ for 40 years.” But they
adenoid*.
ganization which first created sentiment Colored Photographer Sells enough interest ,o investigate what
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All boys and girls, 10 years old or j
do not think it fitting t(i*t Alex should
He has to hi* credit wonderful re
in favor of such steps and which drew
j Therefore, we. the trustee board and
Mr. and Mrs. I. Z. Triplett received
inherit the 100-acre tract on the Haley, sult* in disease* of the stomach, liver, over, attending public, private or
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the public’s attention to the undue
building committee, invite every Elk,
Clintonville and Lexington pikes to bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kid parochial schools are eligible to take a telegram from their daughter. Miss
J. S. Bell, photographer, has sold out
heavy penalties.
Lucile Triplett, saying she arrived at
Dt. Elk and friends to meet with us
I part,
hold for the rest of hi* life.
ney, bladder, bed wetting, catarrh,
his studio, 608 Goodnough Building.
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Wilberforce College safely.
at 315 Williams Ave., Saturday eve
Should the colonel's will stand be weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg part.—The Open Window.
Just what Mr. Bell's future plans are
ning. 8 o’clock, to inspect the lodge's
fore the contest suit brought promptly
Coolidge
for
President
ulcer* and rectal ailments.
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, is is not
not Known,
known. ine
The going
going oi of air.
Mr. oeu
Bell
(Signed) Trustee Board and
by his white heirs, Aunt Ellen and Alex
Headquarters Opened leaves PortIand without a colored | property.
Below are the names <
Building Committee.
will be landed folk and neighbors to .many satisfied patient* in Oregon:
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photographer.
,
Dt. Fanny Bond is ill and is now
the Green Hills mansion of James B. 4 Mr*. D. W. Womack, Haines, gall
A branch of the State Central Com
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at the residence of her daughter, Dt.
Haggin, the handsome estate of the * stones and stomach trouble.
mittee has been opened at 314 Macleay
Irene Moore, in Rose City.
Noted Bahaist Speaks at
Philadelphia Widener*; the farm of
Building, with Miss Helen Ruth Logan
Erick Eastberg, Pdrtland, catarrh
Wanted— Men or women to take
Dt. Lottie Payne is convalescing
Pennsylvania Jeffords, August Bel-1
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Bethel
in charge. Although opened only a;
and ulcers of stomach.
orders for genuine guaranteed
mont’s farm; Samuel Riddle's place; ‘
few days many have called, joined'the
Howard McNutt, of New York City, nicely.
Mrs. Alice Williams, Malheur, heart
hosiery for men, women, and chil-
the Lexington Country Club and John
Dt. Ethel Turner is back at her post,
Coolidge Club and received valuable in- ■ author and lecturer of note, delivered
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., dren. Eliminate darning. Salary ;
E. Madden's Hamburg place. Such in
a wonderful speech at Bethel A. M. E. having returned from her summer en
formation
and
literature
about
the
Hednck Wilson, Gold Beach, gall ,75 a week fnll time. |1.50 an hour
congruities would be resented in the stone*.
campaign. Each day both men and Church last Sunday night. The full gagement as musician at Golden Trail
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.. . . | . spare time. Beautiful Spring line.
North and this is Kentucky!
John Luciana, Echo, htgh blood international
women voters have spent some time text of his speech has been sent in for lodge.
STOCKING I
But Col. Hughes did not stop »lere pressure.
Dts. Anna Brown, Marion McClear,
at headquarters assisting Miss Logan. publication 400 late for this issue.
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in his affront* to the people of Lex
Helen Morton, Lena O'Riley, ail of
C. G. Coalwell, Baker, heart trouble
Anyone who has a few hours to spare W’atch next week’s Advocate for it.
MR.
MITCHELL
WRITES
ington. He bequeathed 160 acre* on ¡and ulcer* of the stomach.
whom have been sick-listed at different
a 1
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during the day is asked to call Miss
a road near hi* home place to Robert
A CARD OF THANKS
times, were out to the last meeting
George Wachtman, Hubbard, ade
Logan
and
let
her
know
so
that
she
Portland, Ore., Sept. 16, 1924
Henry Hughes, described in the will noid*.
may book you for service at headquar- j We wish to extend our heartfelt' Tuesday night,
To
Whom
It
May
Concern:
a* “the son of Ellen Davis." Whether
Dt. Mattie McArthur is reported
Mr*. Geo. A. Gilman, Coquille, gall
ters sometime during the campaign. thanks to all who in any way admin-
by this phrase Col. Huifhes acknowl-1
I wish very sincerely to thank all |
Coolidge headquarters can be reached i
d°"’g ?icely’,
atone*.
who aided in every way to help Mrs.
edged paternity of Robert will be
Dt. Anna White reports having had
our beloved daughter and sister,
Remember above date, that consulta
by calling Broadway 5807 until the i
tested in court. Public opinion has tion on this trip will be free and that I N. J. Mitchell to restore her health, |
Mrs. C. I. Mitchell during her long a pleasant trip to Seattle.
phone
has
been
installed
there.
which
for
more
than
3
years
has
>
already reached a conclusion.
’ illness and subsequent death.
Dt. Mary Neely, who is at present
hi* treatment is different.
failed her. But God who does all
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,
One hundred and sixty acre* of as
Mr*. J. C. Allen.
| at Bull Run, sends greetings to the
Married women must be accompa
things know* best, and is truly able to
good land a* there is in the Blue nied by their husbands.
Visitors Buy Property
Mrs. Micco. Harjo and family.
daughters.
Frank A. Rice, the people's candi
take care of everything, for a friend
grass' country to Aunt Ellen’s boy,
Address, -u
211 "Bradbury
Los
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i nuurc*»,
orauuury Bldg.,
oiug.. *-o*
when you are in need is a friend in date foe City Commissioner. Mr. Rice
while but $10,000 to Robert McCreary Angl|M> Ca|iforni..
Mr. and Mrs. J. Washington, of St.
deed. I again thank you very, very it being backed by the people of the .Louis, Mo.', while in the city for a few
of Chicago, son of the late Gov. James
much.
Peninsula and suburban districts
B. McCreagy of Kentucky. Two hun-
_
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days last week, purchased some real
dred and seventy-five acre, ci $1000 ,** .?"* ~£"rul‘h«<1 ,">n‘ ro°m'.
May God add much to your success. who are doing all they can to put over
estate here as an investment.
an acre land to Aunt Ellen and $250
morn,nB,s \
their candidate.
Yours very truly,
to John Bayless, one of the colonel’s ,Or' ® oc^k '"d
«“«r •
C. I. MITCHELL.
two living cousins, hi. nearest rela-
. ,Mr*’ Ya,° How‘rd
AT
FOR If OUR LIBRARY
63IS 84 Court.
live*. One hundred acre* to Alex Ran-,
’’
Piano Instructor
Scott's Official History of The
kin Ind nothing to Mrs. Ella Fennell,
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GOES TO WASHINGTON
American Negro in the World
Beginners
hi* other first cousin.
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John Jamison left Thursday the War. by Emmett J. Scott, A. M.,
Bayless and Mrs. Fennell brought!
,V°id ,n,”,n,,
>Ot» for Washington, D. C, to resume
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 8 P. M.
COMING TO
PORTLAND
DR. MELLENTHIN
Benson Hotel
a
LOCAL and FOREIGN
NEWS BRIEFS
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BETHEL AUXILIARY BOARD
Presents
LENA LOUISE JOHNSON
Mexzo Soprano
IN RECITAL
O theida N ichols , Accompanist
the suit to break the will, alleging that
day courw “ Howard University,
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“this document is not the last will and
For Rent—Furnished housekeeping
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testament of John T. Hughes.”
If, room*. Convenient to car line. Mod- _ r*1* C arnival—the Elks’ Carnival—
another document I* in existence they era conveniences. Sellwood 102!. 1695 Stpt. 22-23, at the Stag Club,
LL. D., special assistant to the sec
retary of war. can be purchased at
The Advocate office, 312-313 Mac
leay Building, Broadway 5807.—
adv.
have not produced it, nor will they I East 7th St.—Adv.
RICHARDSON’S CONFECTIONERY
PEARL MITCHELL
Instructor of Music
F. RICHARDSON, Prop.
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Fall Term Begin* September 8th
REGISTRATION SEPTEMBER 3RD*
Phone Sunset 6609, R. 1, or Garfield 3133
r
At Bethel A. M. E. Church
Pupil of Pearl Mitchell
Admission 50 Cents
Studio 567 E. 35th St. S.
Sellwood 1678
NOTICE
in th*
HOTEL GOLDEN WEST
All Kinda of Confections, Candies, Cigars, Cigarettes, Etc.
and Magaxines—Courteous Treatment
MRS. WALDO BOGLE
Newspapers
NEW SHIPMENT of PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
•
EVERY WEEK
Regular meetings of the Port- (
land Branch of the National As- '
sociation for the advancement of
Colored People held every second
Monday evening at Bethel A. M. j
E. church, Larrabee and McMillan
streets.
J. A. EWING, Pres.
LEE ANDERSON, Sec y.