SATURDAY. NOVKMUKK S. 1‘LM THE ADVOCATE his colored eitileus which he failed to do. No man ot woman who News of the Churches Piiblizhed o r o r j S»turd«y at serves the public ean have every­ body for their friend. ,vet no matt /I R 8 T A. M. E. ZION OHUROH Suite 312-313 Macleay Building. ' or woman who serves the public «17 Williams A vr, Rev E J . I'hone Broadway 5807. __ ___ should pass up an opportunity to ---------- o---------- SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST make friends. It is never too late E. D. CANNADT Editor 62nd St. and 39th Ave. 8. E. MRS. K. D. CANNADY Manager to tlo good; it is never too late to Sabbath School, H) A. M. Bible make amends, and the mayor ean ADVOCATE AGENTS regain the confidence of the col­ Study, U A. M. Y. P. M. V. so Elba Sanitary Barber Shop ons! citiiens of the city, whteh cietv, 2 P. M. Mrs. K. O. Johnson, 315 Flanders Street once he cfcjoyed, hv showing to leader. Visitors welcome. ---------- o---------- them that he is the mayor of all SUBSCRIPTION RATES ST PH ILLIPS MISSION the j»?ople regardless of raee. color Pet Year ........... —............ $2 50 Morning service. 11 a. m. ; Sun­ Six Month« — -------------------------- 1 50 or whatnot. He has four years Three Month» ......... - --- ------------ 1.00 tthead of him. at least, in which day School. 12 jn. Archdeacon Payable in advance________ , to do this thing, anti we believe Black in charge; Mr. B. Coles, lay Entered at the Po*toftice at Portland. anti hope that he is going to do p. reader. A cordial welcome awaits Oregon, a« »econd-cU»» matter How ean he do it? He can at you at St. 1’hillt|»s. ---------o--------- least see to it that the colored IM PORTANT! Mt. Olivet Baptist Church j people have some representative All communications for publica­ repn-sentation in the city adminis Rev. E. C. Dyer. Pastor tion or otherwise should be ad­ t ration; he can see to it that dis­ — o -------- dressed to The Advocate Publish­ crimination . in public places of B E T H E L A. M E. CHURCH ing Company, Suite 312-313 Mac- amusement, resort and accommo­ l-arrabee and McMillen Streets leay Building. Portland. Oregon. dation is done away with, and Rev. F. X. Runyon. Pastor. Advertising rates made known divers other ways. Then1 is some­ E. L. Jameson. Assistant on application.__________________ thing th:i* Mayor Baker has in his Phone East ¿276 o *— robust and cheerful makeup which "Don't ask for right». Take them. An’ don't let anny wan give them to makes everybody who comes in T H E NEW B A P T IS T M ISSIO N 10th and Everett Sts. ye. A right that is handed to ye fr contact with him feel like l>eing nawthin' has somethin' the matter with Ins friend, and if the mayor wants ---------- 0---------- it."—Mr Dooley.________________ ‘ SH IL O H B A P T IS T CHURCH to regain the friendship of the col­ 76th and E. Everett Sta. "They have rights who dare main­ ored people he has only to show Preaching every Sunday afternoon at by words and deeds that ho is tain them."—James Russell Lowell. 2:30. Take MV car Everybody in­ their friend. Labour not to be rich : cease vited from thine own wisdom. For o ------ - If churches would carry people riches certainly make themselves to heaven this handful of colored Q U E E N O F S H E B Y Sterling silver wings; thev fly away.—Proverbs people in Portland are on their Pearl Ring, set with a gorgeous 23:4. 5. way, for they have Yight churches M A RIE A N T O IN E T T E Pearl, indes­ already and there is some talk of tructible and guaranteed for life. Has an Oriental sheen: can be worn at all Stop M y Paper starting another,. T H E ADVOCATE occasions; must be seen to be appreci­ ---------- o---------- A very siliy but funny thing Williams Avenue Y.W.C.A. ated. M ONEY BACK guarantee Price $3 (X). F , A. W alter* A Co.. about some colored folk when it G-1I3. It nr M8w( N J. comes to their own newspapers The housing committee served chili which say something about them, and pumpkin pie Tuesday evening at their lodges, their churches, clubs the Y. \\ . C. A. Those who attended or other institutions they have to heard the election returns. do with, they usually write or The High School and the Grade phone the editor to stop their School Reserves celebrated Hallow­ paper. But not so with the white, e'en with masquerade parties. man's papers, which call them The Bible class is progressing under ‘ ‘big burly niggers,“ ''coons.' the leadership of Mrs. Cannon. ‘ shines" and other i n s u l t i n g Anyone interested in making Christ­ terms, and refer to their women mas gilts is asl^ed to phone the “Y ". as “ negresses." “ wenches and A class will be formed at once if suf­ the like. Do these sensitive col­ ficient number are interested. ored brothers or sisters stop the The rehearsal for those in the white paper? Not much, but on Carnival of Nations will be Sundav at the other hand, if they are not 4 p. m. Miss F. Shaw is directing the subscribers they will chase some chorus. white newsboy to buy a paper that The Charm School will open Nov. has nothing in its columns that is the 14th; the first lecture is to be creditable to the race, except on given by Mrs. Lee Hatfield-B urwell. rare occasions. Colored people All women interested in Charm are should stop that sort of foolish­ invited to attend this group of lectures. \ ness. for it's a well known fact Other lectures are. The Charm of that no civilized person can get Health." "The Charm of Dress.” along and keep up with the times "Spiritual Charm," "The Charm of and with the activities of their Friendship.” “The Charm of Good l>eople and affairs of their coun­ Manners." "T he Charm of Being try without a newspaper; and in­ ^5 ell Groomed. The Blue Triangle stead of the colored people get­ Club is sponsoring these lectures and ting all heated up and quitting there is no fee charged. Q AU TV STO SS Of S 0 S T U U .0 r when their paper says something that they dislike, they should sub­ I O S S E S S FO R SU C C E SS image scribe and boost not only their paper but all legitimate enter­ of G A XESH A , Hindoo god of lucky prises fostered by their race. It auspices. Supplied with authentic le­ it only by such support and en­ gend absolutely F R E E , but if you like couragement of our own people send five cents for postage. Karma that the race can ever hope to Products Co.. 79 Taj Bldg., Hornby Keep strong. Be gain a commanding position and Road, Bombay, India. Postage to healthy and free from winter complaints. Hill's Cascara Bromide Quinine is tha the respect and consideration Of India is five cents. quickest acting, moat dependable cold other races. Until our race learns remedy What Hill's does for millions it will do for you. Get red box bearing Mr. to unite and combine its efforts! Hill's portrait. 30 cents. along the lines of uplift, and en­ courage all w o r t h y movements within the group, we shaU forever Beginners w. a. hux co. ocraort. men. remain on the tail end. ---------- o---------- MRS. WALDO BOGLE L a y in g Up treasures in heaven : is a mighty fine thing to do. But, Pupil of Pearl Mitchell ray dear brothers and sisters, you had better lay up some treasures down here. Studio 567 E. 35th St. S. For Reliable Goods 9 Piano Instructor ---------- o---------- The Election Results Many voters, no d >ubt, are sad­ ly disappointed over the outcome of the election. Nevertheless, all good citizens will bow in humble submission to the will of the ma­ jority, that being a fundamental principle of our government, ---------- o---------- N. A. A. C. P. Does Effect­ ive Work Sell wood 1678 PLA Y CHECKERS! M ove a C h e c k er for 15 Cents The local blanch of the N. A. ! A. C. P. is to be congratidated upon the interest it manifested in the recent election by endorsing a ticket which was widely dis­ tributed among colored v o t e r s whom, we are told, supported the ticket to a man. This is as it should be. In every city the size of Portland colored voters are for lowest Taxi rates in Portland, banded together in a political way checker Taxi rates save you 10c per that it can be ascertained in ad­ trip for one passenger, 30c per trip j for two passengers, 50c per trip for vance just how the colored vote is three passengers, 70c per trip for four going. It is to be hoped that this ; passengers, no matter how short vour organization, which represents the | trip may be. best for the race, will continue its good work, and the colored voters No charges for extra paaiengers should also be congratulated for That's playing fair with the public, standing by the organization in vyc arc prospering and sec no need for its efforts. And the faith in the nighe»- rates. who are the Checker Cab C o? organization is evidenced by the ¡And We are not a great corporation of un­ colored voters is well placed. limited wealth. We can’t afford to -o pay for a lot of expensive newspaper CHECKER The majority of colored voters did not vote for the re-election of Mayor Oeorge L. Baker. They had good reasons, no doubt, for the course they chose, which led in a different direction. Mayor Baker has his good points, and like all other public men, he has his bad points. There have been utter­ ances derogatory to his colored con8tituen i made by the mayor which mignt just as well been left unaaid; there have been times when he was called upon to ■ u CASCARA £ QUININE For Fair Play and Clean Competition— Hail a Mayor Baker tw s away This is PLAY- TI ME in Sun-swept CALIFORNIA GO T H E R E this season. Accept the invitation of the warm, sunny beaches, the h ealth fu l, o u td o o r recreation. Low round trip excursion fares are now in effect. Four fine trains daily over the scenic SHASTA route. For full information communicate with Southern Pacific advertising and still keep cab rates low. >v e must be economical. So remem­ ber this: Next time you want a cab, hail or call a Checker. W e answer calls quickly. Preferring Checkers is a good habit. W e’ll certainly appreci­ JO H N M. SC O T T ate your steady patronage Help us Assistant Passenger Traffic Manager Weep cab rates down; help u* make Portland, Oregon them even lower. Bum Thi* Phone Number Into Your Good Memory: B R oad w ay 8660 CHECKER CAB COMPANY f EUGENE J . MINOR Accident and Health— Fire and Auto Insurance «1M11 A bln (to n B I4 ( .. I«»1/. Third S t. PO RTLA N D , OREGON MARATHON FOLD LD TERRACE TEXAS To l he person worshipping site SU C C E SS has a 1 reach started tlu* huhhles ul joy to pcrcriitait«*« of ilie product» moil as an indication oi importance; to r gantic; to the person who finds trolcum hmriiiK rock» ami it» in pleasure in flirting with figures of trlligcnt application winch »linitrli» the higher magnitude, could indulge Oil field is synonymous of stored up wealth, litpiid tlie riMil to financial «ucccta. No in a riotous least juggling with the wealth in quantity staggering to the imagination. It is longer nerd the oil producer grope figures which silently, yet eloquent­ blindly in thr dark when rxplorinit ly portray the immensity of the the stellar attraction to the exclusion of all other oil ihe earth lor it» liquid lrr»«ure. lie American oil industry of t o d a y. producing regions in the world today, the magnet that can now brinit lo hi» aid the »t imer the investigation, without limiting is irresistibly drawing men and women from all walks of practical geology and srl quicker his vision to any one phase of the I of life to pay it homage. and fturrr rr»ult», reducing In »treat industry, would find himself in­ It is the land over which the magician’s wand has rxtrnl the ri»k formerly a*»ociatcd stantly transported into figures of with thr exploration and exploita waved, the land of gusher oil wells, and tremendous non the higher order, a string of fig­ of new di»lricl». The excel- It is performing the Irncr of the improved drilling, equip- ures sufficient to stun the brain, profit-making natural gas wells. Converting the ■unit toitrtlirr with a wider and figures that ran only be handled most wonderful miracles every day. with the greatest caution, and no doubter into a believer, the confirmed pessimist to the l li o r r dependable knowledge of limit ean with safety be set on the most optimistic, and the penny-tight old moneybags to thr»r advanced appliance» on thr probable future growth and expan­ part af the driller, insures the drill the most enthusiastic investor. sion of this wonderful business. mu and completion of deep well» ill It is possessed of the magic of transforming nickels all kind» of rock formation at a If the man of many years' con­ tinued experience in the develop­ and ditties into dollars, hundreds of dollars into thou­ minimum ru»t of money and time ment of the various oil fields of sands and thousands into millions. Master of legerde­ Whether it tickle» your optic this country, will go where he can main. this region of geyser oi I wells changes the pauper nerve or not, Mr Skeptic, tlii* paper brings lo you a mrs«a»ft from meditate undisturbed and with an overnight into a King of (»old. ihe heart of an old timr veteran unprejudiced mind review all the Stored-up wealth quickens tlu* pulse and moves the oil man. past years of oil development, he Foresighted people are look­ You can yet buy leave» alon»t thi» will wonder why he never regarded mind and body to action. »treat arch with all the aourancc the past as money-making years, ing to the Marathon Fold oil field and are sending in of l>i»t return one could expect vet during the years under review their treasure ships, lint you must have faith to in We predict that in a »hurt time the largest and most rapidly ac­ the coveted goal of success, whose glittering crown is Sheffield Terrace will be turning quired fortunes the world has ever Out oil inaitnrt« like a lien hatching known were a> cumulated from the I fortune. chicken*. We have in our di»trict When the history of this wonderful tnl field is fully profits of this marvelous business. From every angle and viewpoint, written it will relate the story of the most marvelous what 1 » conceived to he the riche»t poia«h field in the wliolr world the most conspicuous of which is I development of any age, clime or land has ever known. l'ota»h j|ivr» land really a greater the steadily mounting consumption It is not doing things by halves, what has been shalf he ' value than oil We have both m figures of petroleum and its re­ fined products which has not a par­ ¡again, as directly ahead of-the Marathon hold oil in­ j our district pota»h and oil. We 1 don't mean tliai we have companie* allel in the history of any commod­ dustry lies a development without a parallel in the past, ity, point unmistakably to the fu­ which will result iu a financial harvesp that defies the : seeking potatli and oil hul we At ■ 1 T A L L Y have pota»h and oil We ture as the first real money-making imagination to conceive. I have gotten what everyone se*k» years it. oil development in this or | lor an opportunity to make big foreign countries. j wealth quickly without taking a wild gamble We have I II AI ' op­ What oil lease* will be worth portunity a m i il 1 « now differed to along this area in the future it an you. important study. The mercury in T H E R E IS NO D ISC O U N T the oil producer's barometer rises lfiO acre Sheffield Terrace lease was originally pur­ ING THE FACT Ml M rf >DA1 and falls. States that were leaders in oil production a few years ago chased to r $ 1 .0 0 per acre IS months ago recently sold O I L I S T H E IN D U ST R IA L AND F I NANC I AL GI ANT O F are scarcely factors in oil produc­ for $120.000, thus a profit of $119,840. tion today. The present relations THE W O RI.D-*AN l) NO of the figures of production with O T H E R IN D U ST R Y IN T H E those of consumption of oil plainly W O RLD PAYS LARGER R E ­ suggest that such economy in the use of this constantly more needed 160 acres purchased a short time ago recently sold T U R N S U P O N AN IN V E S T ­ article of commerce is the great ME NT THAN O I L L E A S E S problem of the age. "In spite of our for $192,00O. This lease was offered for sale in June at I W H Y NOT B U Y O N E OK rapidly increasing production, petro­ $17:50 an acre. MORE ? leum must he recognized as a limit­ Our farilitie» for knowing and ed mineral resource in the world, and securing Ihe l>e»t oil acreage ill the responsibilities for properly con­ $3500 invested in 100 acre Sheffield lease one year I Sheffield Terrace are the best and serving the supply are evident from the considerations. Its multiplicity ago recently sold for $72,000 or a fraction over $514 an are equalled only by Ihe largc»t of uses hav£"more than kept pace acre. Phis tract happened to he located about 6 miles operator*. with its multiplicity of production Buy your leave where »ati»faeliou figures, until its preciousness it the away from any producing well. i» a certainty and service i» a pi««»- leading fact to lie noted of it. ure. I he he»t i> none loo good for our customer« Our holding» are Too many people regard the oil 320 acres Sheffield lease purchased last March for large our leave» are cheap — our business as a game of chance, a gamble, and engage in the business $12.800 sold 00 days ago for $132,000 or $412.50 an acre, term» arc liberal — our aim i» lo our policy it square deal­ with the same feeling. It is no a profit of $119,200. The writer happened to know that please ing We give p r o m p t service, longer to be regarded, even by the outside public, as a gamble, a hit this particular tract is every hit of 6Va miles away from w «ether filling an order, or answer­ ing all inquiry, and it is our con­ or miss business— it is a legitimate production. stant endeavor to >o capably and business worthy the attention and $1000 invested in 100 acre lease brings $30,000 or iticccstfully manage our buaine»» application of any citizen in the as to preclude the poaiihility of country. Geological progress and $300 an acre, making a profit of $29,000. having a dissatisfied customer. technical invention and skill have made petroleum a science rather All papers are properly and leg­ than an adventure. A gamble is drawn ami recorded. Every 100 acre Sheffield Terrace lease purchased before ibly where one man wins and another Irate is guaranteed, and our guar­ loses. In the oil business when a noon of one day for $12.50 an acre or $1250 for the tract antee i» worth one hundred rents man strikes it rich, no man is sold before noon of the next day f<># $65 an acre, total on the dollar. A complete title is poorer as the result of his good furnished The ownership is ab­ fortune, as the profits come from cost of $6500, a profit of $5250. solute. No one can take it aw'ay. nature's wonderful storehouse down Another 100 acre tract purchased before noon for It cannot lie juggled It includr» deep in the earth. Anyone embark­ right to whatever surface is needed ing in the producing end of the oil $7500 sold the same afternoon fof $150,000, thus realiz­ for proper development. There are business can make a game of chance ing a profit of $142,500. none of the speculative risks of of his efforts fo develop oil, by ac­ stork buying or oil operating. There cepting a d v i c e from hotel chair is no division of ownership, nor warmers who probably never saw division of the profits. an oil field and from persons whose It would take thousands of dol­ only interest is to profit by com­ lars invested in storks or bonds' mission from She sale of stock years of enormous dividends to Later these men dearly love to tell On or about July 19 of thi* year the writer predicted equal thr jirofits made over night how they came within an ace of through this paper that before snow falls this coming win on a $100 investment in Texas oil winning. ter acreage in our vicinity will be changing hands at any­ leases. The opportunities for largely in­ where from $1000 per acre upwards. We are happy to nay f am not asking you to sell the creased profits in the various phases that our statements have proven correct. We now predict, rights on your life ,or will your soul of the oil industry have multiplied that before spring of 1925 leases in this same field will he for the purpose of Inlying leases; in recent years. The marvelous hut I do say that you ran afford achievements of the p e t r o l e u m selling at piices ranging between $1500 to $10,000 per acre. lo strain your porketlionk in order chemist, enabling the refiner to Do you realize just what it would mean to you to own acre lo buy Sheffield Terrace leases, break down the various grades of age in this vicinity? There is only one verdict possible for and he a member in the next crop crude oil to all its component the Sheffield Terrace lease owners and that is SUCCESS. of millionaires. parts, recovering larger and larger TH E G REA T MARATHON »OLD HOT DOG! READ ON! $160 Investment 18 Months Ago Now $120,000 $1600 Investment in Sheffield Terrace ¡.ease Now $192,000 Makes $72,1 KM) From $3500 Investment $12,800 Investment Now $132,000 Big Profit in 24 I lours A TTA BOY! If all the above has created a desire in you to possess some of this acreage, and if that desire is an earnest one, employ your power of mind over matter and make that all important initial 6tep of securing first hand information as to the present purchasing prices. Let that strong dominant desire for financial independence possess you from the tips of your toes to the root of your hair— feel it surging through '■very part of your body—then don’t stop until you reach your goal. For further particulars as to this “opportunity” see— J. A. M ERCER 501-2-3 Panama Bldg. Portland, Ore.