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THE ADVOCATE
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Publiaheil every Saturday at take-of-Oml -but I have board
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JANUARY 24. 1025
LOCAL
and
FOREIGN
Arkansas Woman and N. Y. Look!
v n ifo n m r r o
ott Mine.
NEWS HKIErS Branch
Walker Awards to N. A.
C. P.
Curvy
A Card of Thanks
\Ye wish to take this method of
thanking the following ladies who so
beautifully and generously contributed
the refreshments for the meeting of
the local branch o f the N A A t P .:
Mesdames C. B Alexander, \V. P.
t.omax, J R Rraggs. ,1. A. Ewing.
Win. Cain. Jerome Harris, t iara Rcll,
Si* Months
................................ J.50 rt]|
But .is .t is, the w h ite man
Three Months
gets the money; while the colored and Mesdames l.ena Bowers. N’ora
Payable in advance
brother struggles on and eoni- Anderson and Mary Ashford for their
contributions and serving; and Dr J
Entered at the Postoffice at Portland. plains about his hard lot.
Oregon, as second-class matter
W Anderson.
J. A Ewing, President,
Williams Avenue Y.W .C.A.
Mrs. K. D Cannadv,
Gurric L. Sheppctson. Secretary of the
All communications for publica
Chairman Refreshment Committee
Little Rin k. Arkansas Brain It. Through
The
Grade
School
Reserves
will
tion or otherwise should be ad
for this entertainment.
her efforts the branch ha» revived and
dressed to The Advocate Publish skate at "The Oaks" on Saturday at
made an advance of about 12 per rent
2
p
m.
All
girls
are
asked
to
meet
at
ing Company, Suite 312-313 Mac
m membership ever the previous year
Race
Literature
Selected
leay Building. Portland. Oregon. the First and Alder streets station at
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and about 600 per cent in rash donated
Advertising rates made known 1 P m
Miss Margie Danley, executive secre to tb. National work
on application.
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rbe B,bl* class con,inue* *° hold tary of the Williams Avenue branch
One scholarship is given for thr |
the interest of the women
recently visited Salem and among greatest advance in cash, based on a
"D on't ask for rights. Take them
The High School Reserves will meet
An’ don't let anny wan give them to Thursday at 4 JO p m
other things she discovered that the contribution of at least $200 to the
ye. A right that is handed to ye fr
professor o f psychology and economics National office in the previous war
The
Mothers
Club
is
especially
nawthin’ has somethin' the matter with
it."— Mr. Dooley._____________________ fortunate in securing Mrs. Alta L. at Willamette University is making a |),is scholarship lor $100 is awarded
y ,„T City, which gave $I,6W
Stevens to deliver a series of lectures collection of Race literature and books, to
"They have rights who dare main
aIld $5,130 45 in 1024, making
1 to all women interested in Social H y on the Race problem, etc., for the Uni- m
tain them."— James Russell Lowell.
versity l.ihraiv. And the good news an advance of 302 1 per cent Close
giene.
H. Maxwell
of competitors were Philadelphia, which
The Progressive Dinner promises to that Mrs. Charles
Women Governors
Salem, of whom all Portland
is proud,
be very, successful.
advanced from $1.805.J5 in I l,2.l to
The women interested in forming a will in the near future, give a recital, i $5,000.18 in 1924, or 17o,0 per cent;
Mrs. Miriam Ferguson is now Study Club are asked to meet at the the proceeds oi which will go towards Detroit, which advanced 117.1 per cent
governor of the state of Texas Y. W. Monday at 2 p. m.
a fund for the professor's collection.
and Kansas City. Missouri, which ad
ami Mrs. Nellie Ross is governor
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The Membership Party on Friday,
valued 116.3 pet cent.
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IMPORTANT!
Jln
2M
proved a drawing card ,or a„
T o Graduate
•
persons interested in learning of the
work of the Y W C A .
The Old Rose Club is holding it-
regular hi-monthlv meeting at the Y W
on Friday afternoon.
The Executive Committee. State
Federation. Colored W om en's Clubs
meet at the Y W on Wednesday, Jan.
the 21st. at J p. m.
The secretary was invited to speak
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Among the graduates this fall term
our attention has been called to the
following; From Jefferson High. I.eon
Wharton. Cyrus Lewis; from W ash
ington High. Nellie Franklin and from
Benson. Morris Matthews in plumb
ing. From the grade schools: Homer
It looks like Senator Bob Stan
Crawford. Leonora Henderson. Otto
field will have to put up a mirrhty
Rutherford and Stanley Franklin All
stiff fight to hold on to his jo b - lie|.ore ,he Racf ReIatlons Sludv 0asi these graduates are among our best
as there are so many after it. i at Salem. Ore., on Monday. Jan. the young people and Portland citizens are
Nevertheless
the , Senator
is doing , 19th. This group is one of the manv most certainly proud of their achieve
,
.
some
som e go
g o o ,! w o rk fo r the state o f | cIasset lhat Dr Hinman has charge of. ment.
Oregon.
A course of six lectures being given.
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A similar course is being given at the Spingam Medal Nomina-
That Arkansas Case
First Congregational Church of Port
tions Asked by N. A. A. C.
land. each Thursday evening and any
P. for 1924 Award.
The long fought legal battle of one interested is urged to attend the
the N. A. A. C. P. resulted not only iectures.
in the saving of the lives of twelve ________________________________
innocent men and the release of n n T X ir c ,
67 others from prison but in the DOINGS O F TH E ELKS
opening up and placing before the
Grand Exalted Ruler. J. Finley W il
people of the I’ nited States the
whole nefarious practice of peon son's paper, the Eagle of Washington,
age in the South *■ in the exposing D c , honored The Advocate recently
of the conspiracy which had been b>' • reproducing
’'Producing ‘ the
b' 'Doings o f the
Elks" local.
formed to justify the massacre of
more than two hundred and fifty ! Prince Paries and Edgar Williams,
colored men and women, and | brother Elks, are still on the sick list.
The second scholarship for $75 is
given to the branch making the great
est advance in memberships. Such
branch must have contributed at least
I $100 to the National work in the pre
ceding year. Tins scholarship goes to
New Orleans, whose membership ad
vanccd from LU in 1923 to 349 in
1 1924, or I&24 per cent. Other com
petitors were Baltimore, advancing
113.7 per cent, and Philadelphia, whose
membership advanced 45 5 per cent
Houston, Texa. advanced its member
ship 25.6 per cent. The Committee of
Awards are; James Weldon Johnson.
I chairman; William Pickens, secretary;
Robert W. Bagnall, Madam A'Lelia
Walker and Mr F'. B. Ransom.
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For rent— One and two-room apart
New York, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1925.— ments and housekeeping rooms in a
Nominations for persons eligible to re
nice brick structure; e'erything clean
ceive the Spingarn Medal, are asked
by the National Association for the and newly furnished. T H E S O U T H
Advancement of Colored People. Such ERN A P A R T M E N T S , 647!* First
nominations should state the most Street, Main 0725.— Adv.
outstanding meritorious achievement
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during
the
year 1924. . by an American
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Dies In Vancouver
of African descent, for which the award \
is recommended, the full name and ad- | Henry Donald-on. a resident for the
dress of the person nominated, and ! past four years of Vancouver. Wash.,
/ h e minu,is of ,he last Grand LodS ' should give a brief biography of the : died in that city Saturday the I7th. at
of Elks heId ,n P'«sburgh. arc out. nominee.
4:15 a. m , of a utc Brights disease.
I (-°P ,es ° ‘ ‘ he same have been received
Nominations should be sent as early | Fu„eral services were held for the de
b>‘ Rose c ,t >' Lodge. A deal of ¡in as possible to Bishop John Hurst, ceased Tuesday at Knapp's Chapel,
>,or,am '"form ation for the Antlered Chairman, Springarn Medal Award Vancouver. Wash., by Rev. G. G.
Committee, care N. A. A. C. P 69 Gardner of Portland. Oregon.
!,erd is to be ,ound ‘ herein,
Mr.
lh e ne* , sick-committee, recently Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Donaldson was 51 years old and it is
^PP°|n’ ed- is A. A Jones, R. D
said had no known relatives.
w h ich w o u ld h ave been u sed a fte r-
w a rd s as an ex cu se fo r sim ilar
c r im e s ; an d in the w in n in g in the
S u p rem e C ou rt o f th e U n ited
s t a t e s a d e c isio n w h ich stan d s as
a p ro te c tio n fo r w h ite m en as w ell
as fo r b la ck m en w h o m a y th ere-
a fte r b< tried u n d er the c o n d itio n s
w h ich su rrou n d ed the b la c k peon s
ers are certainly a going bunch. The
o f A rk an sa s.
sick brother Elks are never wanting
for a visit.
If the booze hunters would
Dt. Pauline \ oung. recently elected
search every private residence or
Dt. Ruler of Dahlia Temple, is wield
hotel room in Portland, it is said
ing a "wicked" gavel, they say.
they would find a very few places
___ i Dt. Fanny Bond and Dt. Bertie
that d id n ot h a v e a little liq u o r n
, ,
,
, , ■». Davison are still ill.
tu c k e d a w a y som ew h ere. A n d l i ___
a rrests w ere m ade f o r all these
H O T E L NOTES
o ffe n d e r s , th ere w o u ld be an arm y
o f rich p o o r fo lk s c o rr a lle d .
John O'Brien for many years a clerk
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at The Portland, well liked and highly-
Pickens Says:
respected, has resigned. His resigna
The Millionaire Cub
tion will take effect on or before Feb.
fii st.
We h ear that once upon a time
H. Dilly who has held forth as a
a chap who was heir to millions of captain in the main dining room for
dollars married a “ colored girl,’ ’ several months at The Portland, is out
as they call them in America when
they have even a little Negro
blood in their veins. But if they
have Indian blood, as a late mist
ress of the White House boasted
that she had, they are still
“ white" to all intents and pur
poses.
Well, this millionaire chap mar
ried this girl in secret, which in
dicates that he expected his dad
to object to the “ color.’ He pro-
fessed to be “ “ in
her,
în love with
" ’ ,,b h“
r ”
acknowledged his knowledge of
the “ c o lo r" ; starred and posed
for a day or tw o; and then, al
though he is a full-grown man in
both law atul nature, he let him
self be quietly “ kidnapped” by
his family, and in a Tew hours we
hear of his suing for divorce from
this girl whom he was living so
"h a p p ily " with only yesterday.
He had no eharge against this
woman whatsoever; she is his
w ife; she is evidently of good
character or his dear daddy’s
money would have muckraked her
long b.'fore this.
And so this chap is now in the
hands of his fellow-conspirators
again, while his young wife is
forced to fight alone against the
whole hellish lot of them without
his sympathy or support. He
sneaked like a contemptible cow
ard from duty and manhood,
abandoning the best chance he
will ever have to make Somebody
out of himself and to be something
more than an insipid "h eir to mil
lions." But the stuff for which
noble women crave, was evidently
not in him.
If I were an American girl of
any color whatsoever. I would not
accept him o ff of a Christmas tree
with a million dollars wrapped up
with him. For such a creature is
not a man: he is just a million-
NOTICE
Regular meetings of the Port
land Branch of the National As-
sociation for the advancement of
Colored People held every second
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Reading Club Meets
The Reading Club, newly organized,
met at the Williams Avenue branch
Y Monday, and while only a few at
tended. it is thought the club will meet
with popular favor and grow to be
amongst the largest in the city. The
new meeting will be on the 26th of
‘ he month at the same place and those
the Ta<*omSaCOh lt!lh<l
w*'*?d
s ' intere*“ 'd
" “ Proving ‘ heir minds are
the Tacoma hotel, later at The \\ ash- urged t0 come out
ington in Seattle, was a caller at The
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Portland this week.
Judge A. C. Hough of Grants Pass,
who was a guest at The Portland this
week. paid a year's subscription to The
Advocate.
Stay off Easter Monday night. The
Ladies of St. Philips Guild have chart
ered that date.— Adv.
“ Our Gang”
Monday evening at Zion A. M. E.
church, 417 Williams Ave.
J. A. EWING, Pres.
LEE ANDERSON, Sec y.
PO SSESS F O R SUCCESS image
o{ G A N E SH A . Hindoo god of lucky
auspices. Supplied with authentic le-
gend absolutely FR E E , but if you like
send flve cen(g for postage. Karma
Ver News of the Churches
Buy one or more Fur Rabbits, price
$.10 00 N o 'T o n ile Schem e" Legiti
Mrs. Sheppenon Gets Gold Medal, mate industry. Can't tail. W e breed,
raise, sell and send profit annually,
New York Btanclt Gets $100
guaranteeing 100 per cent
Contract
Scholarship
sent on receipt of money. Money bask
Limited opportunity.
New Orleans Wins Second Scholar if not satisfied
Send money today; tomorrow may be
ship for $75.
too late Buy from this advertisement
T U L S A FUR FARM .
The Gold Medal, costing $50 or
Tulsa. Okla
more, given hv tbr Madam C. J
Walker Manufacturing Company, of
T o those who have ordered printing,
Indianapolis, for lhe biggest service
rendered to colored Americans and let us say it is ready. Call for it at
their country thiough the N. A. A. C l he Advocate oflice as early as pus
P. in 1*124. has been awarded to Mrs sihle.
E. D. CANNADT............ Editor
,f our k’n,"P ««uM °»'.v P'1' t0
MR8. E.D.CANNADY. Manager Pe,h,’r
OP*"'"» UP b» smww
ADVOCATE AGENTS
enterprises as it dot's on orgmia*
Elki Sanitary Barber Shop
">R churches, clubs ami other in-
315 Flanders Street
atitutiona of which wo already
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
something that would redown to
Per Year......... ............ ... .
$2 50 the material credit ami honor of
of Wyoming. This is the first time
that women have been so honored
in this country. The fact women
have held offices of Congressmen
ami United States Senators, the
next thing we know some woman
will be president of the United
States. Then what ?
One Hundred
Cent Profit
(B y G eorge!)
Every boy in the "gang" was ex
cited because the end of the term had
come.
E v e r y b o d y passed except
"Spike". He failed in tw o subjects:
arithmetic and geography. But after
the excitement had blown over and
j the gang ,iad reccjTed , hrir praises a id
, punishment respectively for good and
,,ad cardi mis,rhief came into their
minds. They were going to have the
"sissified" boy fight.
They decided
that " Re<r was to ,)C thc flghtcr on
their side.
Daily Fashion Hint
and a bloody nose. Archibald was not
hurt in the least. The boys were quite
bewildered because Red was thc best
fighter in the gang.
FEET WET?
T im eJ n T a k e
CASCAIH^OVININE
AndPivvent a Cbld
AfTEB txpotur»—wlwn your («t ut
v tt or ytm bWr cUk4—tfct n a r i
•f prrrvati»" ir Hifl'i C ik w i B tmu 4«
Q uùt
Tfcry fwtify i n iisiml
CoU, and La Grippa.
Hariat HiB'i Hindi and aaiai il pranpi
li «abili tbaaaanda ai ann aad voaira.
f-vaaad la thr rlraarala dadi, la Ha fra«
linai Caldi, H radar Hat and La Grippa
tWaafboat tbr «lira vialar uaaaa.
HdTl ia tara—tbr aakbcal ictiaf, aMat
dipanila bla maadr lar calda.
Spike, who was the larger, lost no
time in asking Archibald into the gang,
and he consented, so the gang had a
new member that had shown himself
worthy of being one.
For
The gang never said that Archibald
Dirk was a “ sissified" boy again.
(Another story next week)
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1 to 5; 7 to 9 p. m.
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D E N T IS T
Al All Drvuitls—30 Centi
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ST
PHILLIPS MI88I0N
Rodney at Knott St.
Carter, who today saw thr premier,
ia proceeding to l.uaor shortly to re
open thè tornii, which it is likely will
again be tbr great attraction of the
Egyptian season.
Morning service, II a. tit.; Sun
ilny School, 12 in, Archilcucon
Black in charge; Mr. II. Cole», lay
rentier. A cordial welcome await» jf()na Gale, Novelist,
you at St. Phillifi*.
Praises
Pickens’ “Bursting Bonds’
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Mt. Olivet Baptiat Church
Rev. E. 0. Dyer, Puator
o
New York, N. Y , Jan 9. 1925 —
/.m a Gale, the novelist, author ot
"Mis* I. ii I ii lieti, "Faint Perfume" and
other hook*. ha> written an apprecia
tion of William Pickens' "Bursting
Bonds," an enlargement of his "The
llrit of S lav e»'" In her review Miss
Gale call* thr hook *'a valuable rreord,
an important contribution to the xtory
of contemporary time», for the future
In wonder at and for thè present to
weigh."
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Stof>! Look! Raul!
SHIRTS - CAPS
W HY PA Y
MORE?”
L. C. ADKINS, Jr.
AND SAVE MONEY
Satisfaction Guaranteed
No Cold
CASCARA^QLININE
Cot Rod bom
with ponnit
PLAY CHECKERS!
Move a Checker for
IS Cents
Smith’s Cafe Re-Opens
LL. I).. special assistant to the sec- 'h*1 •
‘ ’ l,ike and ^cd wtrF ‘lu,,c 5ur‘
retary of war, can be purchased a t ; l>riscd-
The fight was a funny spectacle but
The Advocate office, 312-313 Mac
it ended in the way that nobody ex
leay Building, Broadway 5807.
adv.
pected. Red finished with a black eye
Sabbat li School, 10 A. M. Bible
Study, Il A. M. Y. I*. M. V. ho i he tomb I'lte details remain unknown
iety, 2 I*. M. Mr*. K. O. Johnson, hut it ri believed that the work will be
independent of Carnarvon's trustera
Lender. Yiaitora weleotne.
B E T H E L A. M E C H U RCH
I arrabec and Mr Milieu Streets
Rev. K. X. Runyon, Pastor.
E. L. Jameson, Assistant
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S H IL O H B A P T IS T C H U R C H
76th and E. Everett Sts.
1‘rractiuig II a. m and 8 p in.
Sunday School 10 a m.
B Y. P U. 6 JO p in
Rev ti ti Gardner preached an able
sermon last Sunday at It a m Preach
Branches Raise H i F u n d
ing next Sunday at 11 a in No preach4
mg at 8 p m Sunday school was well
The branche» of the N A A C* t*
attended
raised during 19J4 the sum of $42.000
tor the annual National budget Thu
Please pay your subscription to is reported to have been thc best year
Tile Advocate and avoid missing an tor the association m thu reaped Dili
issue of tbr paper.
iuk the year 1*14 branches fully reached
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FOR R E N T — Kumithed 3-rm. apart their apportionment, as compared with
mrnt. 652 E. Morrison St. East 41 in |02J and .17 m t‘^22 Some 0.1
branches exceeded their aptxutiou-
K.4-»»
\ Iv l
mrnt. those in New York and I'lnla
Colored widower, J children, Vashon, delphu turumu tu more than $.*»000
Wash., wants a housekeeper. Address each
In makiuM this A n n o u n c e m e n t . Rob*
Box 3432. Portland, O reg on — Adv.
erf W llaxiiall. Director ol Hi am lies,
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sm A.» r r\ 11 evident
said :
"The N A A l I* gained substan
t this
Chldless Marriages Ex
straight! ne frnt
rvidint that
tially during the year m contributions
plained
little in the way of description is re
from lar»;r number» of colored people.
quired kasha cloth or seine iif its
hy-pruducts would be suitable for
Every married woman should write Support has been much more wide
developing the mulcl French flannel,
i
for
Free Book written by I)r Itur- spread, and the most rm ouraxmtf pio
charmccii and la-limcrc dr sole are
roughs, a graduate physician Dr Hur uress ha» heel» made m the South, New
equally murt. Seven yards of nar
row fur liandiug arc required for the
touglm has «pent 40 year» treating Orleans for example, raton# almost
trimming.
If developed in crepe
women for disease«* peculiar to their $7.000 in itn tttfhi against residential
satin, thc fur could be omitted and
fKattoti.“
sex and in lii% l>«»nk tell* why <o many
a long narrow vest of lace atkhd at
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thc front. Medium size requires 4;-5
married women have hern denied the
yards Jo-inch material
N O T A R Y PUBLIC
hlcit.Hintt
of
children
why
they
arr
Pictorial Review Dress No. 2338
a d v o c a t e : o e f ic b
broken down physically in early hie.
Sizes. 34 to 40 III. lies host and 16 to
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20 years. Price, JS cents.
Thi% hook is written m (dam Ian-
All kind» of plumbing work and
tfuaur and tells how pain and tuffer
trouble »hooting- Call S Ell wood 1021.
inn, so common with women, may he
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overcome, and the hlrsom; of becom
Tacoma Notes
ing a mother he Krantrd by thr use of
a simple home treatment. Dr. Bur*
rouKhs wants every married woman
Tacoma, Wash , Jan 22 -The Beth
to have a copy of hi* hook, so if you lehem Baptist church is conducting
will send your name and address it a revival meeting which began the first
will he mailed to you m a plain wrap of the year amt will eontimie tluough
per abolutcly free, with postage paid all of this week Rev Dyer of Portland
Made to Your Measure
Every woman owes it to herself and is assisting Rrv A I. Bird, lhe pastor
family to have Kood health, and tin* in charge
hook may he the ¿guide to »how you
I hr Allan A M K church held
u
how.
regular service. Sunday
Rev I) A
Write today for your c o p y - it'» free tirahain is giving a series of sermon«
and places you under no obligations.
on the subject The Heavenly Railway
K 1* B O Y E R .
which are creating much interest.
‘>44 Kemper BI i I k . Kansas i ity, Mo
lh e F.xeculivc Board of the State
Federation of Women's I lull* held its
midwinter meeting last Thursday at
See or Call
the K P hall Delegates from Scat
tie, Everett atul Tacoma composed thc
Fover headache or grippe >* boily Mrs J B Samuels of Fvrrrtl.
the president, roniliicted lhe meeting
Cold, hr cell in a day for the million, who
Resolution fawning tbr Child Labor
u* Hill s Headache and (ever atop La
Gnppe ia checked. AH in a way an reliable Amendment were unanimously adopted
that drugguta guarantee rraulta. Colda are
and thr chairman of tbr Legislative
too important to treat in leaaer ways
Sellwood 3708
committer was instructed to forward
All drunUta
IMc. 30c
copies of the same to the state legis
lature now in session at Olympia
Archibald Dirk was thc "sissified"
boy's name. But names and looks don't
always indicate what's in a boy. A r
chibald wore glasses, a pretty bow tie,
a belt suit with a white blouse and
patent leather shoes.
------------------ Products Co., 79 Taj Bldg., Hornby
The fight was to take place in the
Road, Bombay, India.
Postage to
back of old man Miller's barn. Spike
Under the management of Pitts & I " d'* ■> five cents.
and Red watched for their chance to
Moseiyi Smith’s Cafe at K>8 N 9th
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challenge him. Archibald came walk
street is now open for business. The
FOR YOUR LIBRARY
management will be glad to sec all the
Scott's Official History of The
down ,l,e s,rve‘ ' SP,kf rm* h,m
old as well as new patrons of the Cafe American Negro in the World and askcd ,Hm if ,,c wouM fiKht A r-
War. by Emmett J. Scott, A. M., rhi,,aId answercd. “ Sure," so qu.ckly
SArN
Carter Again For Tut
C A R T E R SIGNS P A C T FO R RK
O P E N IN G
TUTS
T O M B -
FIRST A M E ZION CHURCH
A G R E E M E N T W IT H
EGYPT
417 Williams A ve. H Leo Johnston,
IAN G O V E R N M E N T S A ID T O
minister. Walnut W»7J.
IG N O R E C A R N A R V O N
The Stranger's Sabbath Home
Cairo, Jan 1.1 Howard Carlrr, dia-
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENT18T coverei of I'm Aukli Amen, baa aigurd
an agreement with the Kg>ptian gov
62nd St. and 39th Ave. 8 E
eminent for resumption of work on
WINTER
CALIFORNIA
IN s u n s w e p t
Enjoy this winti-r thc warmth
and the healthful ou tdoor
recreation o f the California
playgrounds.
<1*7^ 7% w inter t o u r is t
fare to Los Ange
les; on sale daily up to and
including April 30; return
limit May 31st.
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Travel in secure,cozy comfort
via the comfortable, conven
ient trains o f the Shasta route.
You’ll like Southern Pacific
dining car service — highest
quality food deliciously pre
pared and served at your ac
customed meal-time.
Full stopover privileges en
route.
Southern
Pacific
For fu ll in form a tion , ask
Phone MAin 8800
Ticket office 4th St. at Stark
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The Knights of Pythiaa held their
installation last Thursday evening.
I lie t ourt of ( alanthr* r o operated in
serving a big banquet. A Ing delega
tion from Seattle ratne over.
Mr»,
t yntbi.i Met ahe rendered a »ong
A
delightful evening was »pent
The city Federation of Clubs held
it» regular monthly meeting at thc
home of Mrs Georgia Billings, last
Monday. All the cluhs were repre-
•ented Committers were appointed to
entertain the state convention which
will meet in Tacoma in June. The
following chairman were appointed
with committees: W ays and Means -
j Mrs. Hillings; provision and menu*—
Mr* McBeth; housing Mrs. K. M.
■ Hollowell; publicity Mrs
Ashrrry';
■ automobile transportation Mrs. W are;
Lydia
Spencer;
i courtesy alt the club presidents.
decoration — Mia*
The Grants Uplift Club will meet
j next Thursday evening with the presi
dent, Mrs. Spriirer, for an evening
I social A good program s being pry
pareti for members and visitors
TI“ ' Rhododendron Study Club met
last Thursday at the home of Mrs. N.
J Ashrrry
The following persons
were elected to office for the ensuing
year: Mrs. C has. Graves, president;
Mrs. Marguerite Rucker, vice-presi
dent; Mrs I'.thel Jackson, secretary,
and Mrs. F. Weir, treasurer. Thc host
ess served refreshments to all after
the business session.
l he Century Social Club was hos
pitably entertained Monday evening by
Mrs. Jefferson Harrison, 1715 South
L street. Whist was played at four
tables. Score is being kept hv the sec
retary, Mrs. John Bryant, for one
month after which time prizes are
awarded
A delirious supper was
served by the hostess at the conclusion
of thc Katnc*.
The Needle Craft Club was enter-
lamed hv Mrs. J. Harrison last Thurs
day at a business meeting The twelve
ladies are preparing to entertain their
husbands at a dinner soon at M s. W il
liam Masons.