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Newspaper Page TextMARCH 14 . 1<)¿5 THE ADVOCATE TH E ADVOCATE Published every Saturday at Suite 312413 Macleay Building. Phone Broadway 4807. E. D. CANNADY.............. Editor MRS. E. D. CANNADY. ..Manager ADVOCATE AGENTS Elks Sanitary Barber Shop 315 Flanders Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES Per Y e a r _____________________....$2.50 Si* M onths ____________________ 1.50 T hree M o n th s __________________1.00 P ayable in advance surance Company, long one of the pillars of pride of rare business, colored insurance companies are making astounding strides for ward. With the one exception mentioned, their progress has been most remarkable during the past decade. There is not a single back slider among the remainder, and the onward march of the North Carolina Mutual, The Liberty Life of Illinois and the Supreme Cas ualty of Ohio would be a hard one for any of the white companies to , equal in a proportionate way. < O — T h c w e a lth o f th e 1 'n ite d States E ntered at the Postoffice at Portland, « e s t i m a t e d a t 1 3 .2 0 0 p e r c a p ita . O regon, as second-class m atter. " e have the last two figures ttow — of our per capita. IM P O R T A N T ! __________ ____ _____ All communications for publica- tion or otherwise should be ad- dressed to The Advocate P u b lis h - ing Company, Suite 312-313 Mae- le a y Building. Portland. Oregon, ' * known Advertising rates made on application. "D o n 't ask for rights. Take them. An don’t let anny wan give them to ye. A right th at i* handed to ye f r naw thin' h at som ethin’ the m atter with it "—M r. Dooley. _______________ The sixtv-seveuth l \ S. congress is h is to r y a n d fro m p r e s e n t ittd ie a - tio n * th e s ix ty e ig h th m u s t c o n v e u e b e f o r e f u r t h e r c o n s id e r a tio n o f th e r a c e i n d u s tr i a l c o m m is sio n . ---------o--------- T h e c h ie f e n d o f m a n is to p a y ta x e s . Dr. D urkee on Nordic Superiority 'L e t a n o th e r w a r co m e a s th e “T hey have rights who dare m ain la s t a n d th e b e ll r in g s , th e c u r t a i n tain them .”—Jam es Russell Lowell. c o m e s d o w n a n d a ll is o v e r w ith Mr. Warren for that office. This turndown is an unprecedented ac tion in the history of the federal government. But Ihreeideut Cool- idge. being a man of broad mind, will submit to the rule of the tua jority. H O TEL NOTES LOCAL and FOREIGN NEWS BRIEFS M essrs. H ayes, Law rence and J o r dan arrived back in the city Thursday from Seattle » h ere they went M ond" Mr Have* »ana to a packed house in the M etropolitan theatre in Seattle Tuesday night They are at the home ° f fc-ditor and Mr*. Cannady in Ir- vmgton. — ——o---------- In Muncie, Ind., colored people have »rganired • K lau known as the Abra- ham Lincoln Auxiliary to the liide- pendent Klan. F. W H arrington, m anager ot The Portland, has bought a five passenger Lincoln sedan and i* proving to be an apt scholar in learning the art of driv inn Mr*. C. E Ivey has accepted a place ¡n t |,e c(,eck room at The Portland. Edw ard W atson, bellhop at T he Portland, has been elected president of the T aw aw a Tennis and Social Club N ational N egro H ealth week i* April Hi T urner, form er P ortland-M ultno 5 to 12, inclusive. The P. W . M B. C. maj, wajter> ,s ,,ot on 4 dining cai plans to observe one day with a fitting running between P ortland and O m aha, program . says O m aha has P o rtlan d tied to a - 11 O p o it » h e n it come* to busmes* a n d ' Freedom U rged for Garvey W ash- *p o rts. H i ought to know for he has '"« to n . M arch 9.— t elegram* from all tried , hem h ^ h parts of the U. S„ Canada and Mexico R um ors are afloat th at colored wait- were addressed to l*resident Cindulge, ers will soon have another big .ocal *>y disciples of Maicu* Garvey. result hotel dining room . of mass m eetings asking "clem ency Mrs C. W ilson, the good natured ,or " ur Marcus G arvey”, checker at The P ortland, is taking a Mrs. B ertha C S an d ers superintend- vacation and her place is being filled by M rs Thom as, dining room cashier, I •■f °f our schools in Phillips L ountv. » h o is rated as being the m ost stylish Ark . scene of the 1919 peonage riots, is appealing for assistance to help build dresser am ong the employes. ------------------------------------------ a county training school for our chil dren of Elaine. Ark Help herl A B IB L E T H O U G H T for Nordic civilization," says Dr. J. TODAY Stanley Durkee, president of How- D O IN G S O F T H E E L K S ard University, in a recent plea ------- Master, this woman was taken b-v b im ' o ra H Parker, °' T‘c°m* and chir’fr . , , tiamty. Dr. Durkee depicted 440.- Bill of Rose Citv Lod**. w rites that in adultery*. Moses commanded us Nordic peoples in the he i. rapidly recovering from the ef- that such should be stoned: but niidst of five times their ntimber feet of his recent paralytic stroke, what sayest thouT . . He said 0f darker peoples, overwhelmed. E R Chainey of Seattle, who is the unto them. H e that is without sin outnumbered a n d outfought, F R of Puget Sound Lodge of Elks among you, let him first cast a should such a dire calamity come and grand organizer for the state of stone at her.—John 8:4, 5, 7. to p a s s in world affairs. W ashington, was a welcome visitor at --------- o --------- N o o n e c a r e s to p ic t u r e th e sp e c - a m eeting of Rose City Lodge W ednes- T he New W orld Sym phony taele of su c h world disruption. da> night where he laid the founda T H E C E L E B R A T E D NEGRO TE N O R ROLAND HAYES C O M I N G ! AUDITORIUM. MARCH 17 $2.75 — $2.20 — $l.o5 — $1.10 (Including Tax) No Mail Orders T ickets Now Setting at S H E R M A N - C LA Y S Management: Klwyn Concert Bureau C O M I N G ! AUDITORIUM, MARCH 20TH 50c — $!.I0 — $1.65 — $2.20 ( Including Tax) Mail Orders Now Main 5991 W hite prom oters of property segre Salesm en W anted. -21 jewel watch, Pullm an P o rte rs’ Q u a rte rs’ gation, at W ashington. D. C., have o r good tim ekeeper Special price $15 00 ganized, and arc publishing a daily Salesmen w anted Konehack. 19 W At J22-J22VÍ W illiam s Ave . through paper. C ranberry, W est H axelton, l ’a.—Adv. the untiring effort* ol J W . B otts, N. W Pullm an instructor, accom moda T he G overnor of W est V irginia re Mrs. L. E. Johnson, 101 E 78th St tion» have been n u d e in the Pullm an cently refused to grant extradition papers to A tlanta officers who w ant N orth, is specializing in French and Q uarters for the foreign porters dorm ed to take M urray Bonner to Georgia English at tue High School of C om itory room s, upstairs; lounging or rest room s, pool table and cafe, dow nstairs. merce night course on a charge of murder. ---------- O---------- tion for the form ation of a joint state Fish and chicken dinner by Mes Law and O rder and a Defense for The musical soul of our own the most bitter blaek mail, cleav- association of the order in W ashing- dames A shford and Bowers. M arch 24. the Race is the name of a book w ritten Harry Burleigh surged back and ing to some sort of a life reward, ton and Oregon, by Rev. E C. Branch, 2J2 W 124th at 1st A. M. E. church, 417 W illiam s forth over the strings of Fritz either here or hereafter, could pos- Street. New York City, in which the Ave. Benefit of rally. Price 50c.— Kreisler’s magic violin, when that sibly yearn for settlement of a author describes the "T exas City O u t Adv. eminent artist played the ” Negro world supremacy which could , - o ---------- rage" when in 1915 the whole colored Spiritual Melody” from Anton spell the displeasure of God in the H istorical Leaflets Free population was jailed for five days and (B y G eorge!) Dvorak’s New World Symphony, world to come. nights, w ithout a charge or crim e; tw o It W as M issing The white press says, of Kreisler, Yet, Nordics would do well to _____ _______ Boston. M ass , M arch 2.—The S' a deaths followed, > which ______ doctors ____ con- greatest violinist since the days of consider the colossal tounage of H e tried to cross the railroad track tributed to the outrage The book sells tional Equal Rights League affers to Betöre the rushing train. Paganini, in his rendition of the blaek human flesh at large in the interested race folks free its historical for 20 cents. New World Symphony: “ Thear- world, each time they would in- They put the pieces in a sack leaflet on C rispin A ttucks, colored But could not (ind the brain. tist was very expressive.” Of voke the attitude of superiority. • a a P rescott Sunday, who was killed re- A m erican, first m artyr to American in Harry Burleigh, who soulfullv la- A practical Christianity, such as 1 cently in Tacom a. W ash., was the dependence, killed m Ihe B oston m as C rabby Diner — “W ell, if this is bored for months and months with Dr. Durkee has just pleaded for father of Prescott Sunday. Jr , w ho is sacre. M arch 5, 1770. Dvorak, the Russian, in perfecting would look first to God and last chicken, I’m an old fool.” the New World Symphony, the to man for any equation which Sweet Young W aitress—“ Q uite right, parented by Mr and Mrs G. W. The leaflet also has a section sketch Smith, 121 N. T w elfth street. ing the part taken by the race in every white press says nothing, leaving would separate God’s peoples ac- sir. It's chicken.” --------- o--------- war of the U. S A from colonial days the w»»« id to presume that the ar- cording to color. * T he Sixteenth Annual Conference of All this inform ation the race should tistry which produced such an out- A practical Christianity would Something to Attain standing work of musical endeav- realize that, beyond the grave, "bat is your highest a m the N ational Association for the A d have, especially the younger folks and vancem ent of Colored People will be preserve A two-cent stam p sent to or was of purest white, serene. where our destinies go far beyond bition- W m Munroe T ro tter, 10J Court St., The unmusical laymen of Amer- the control of either Nordic or Bones— "T o be as good as the man held in Denver, Colo , in June, 1925. o ■ will secure tw o copies sent to your ica. particularly the whites, do not black hands or minds, there can m -v » i,e saXs she could have m arried W hat it m eans to be Black in P o rt address. seriously consider the Negro in the be no color line nor earthly scale ,f ihe hadn't m arried me land, O regon, was the subject of a talk art world. They recognize the where men are measured accord- * * * white vehicle which frequently ing to their flesh, bones and akin. J — W hen should you stand by vour delivered by Mrs. E D. C annady be Pays Incom e Tax H e re .—W illiam fore the "C om m ittee for a B etter So Lawrence. Roland H ayes' accom pan conveys Negro art to the hungry- How much better a preparation com er grocerym an. M.—W hen he's w eighing your sugar cial O rd er” at the noon day luncheon ist. paid his income tax at the Portland public. When John McCormick, would it be if practical Christian- at the Y. M C A. Annex Saturday office while here this week the great Irish tenor, took off the ity were here to teach the waiv- ---------- O---------- roof of the New York Hippo- ing of skin tints and the admix- W illiam s Ave. Y. W . C. A. the 7«h. About 25 persons were pres ent. J. J H andsaker presided At the Dr. W . J. L oanng Clark is conduct drome, singing Burleigh's “ Little ture of soul blends. For in con- Mother of Mine”, the audience quest here, it would be, as Dr. The H igh School Club welcomes as close of Mrs. C annady's address there ing special preaching mission March 12 thought of McCormick, but not of Durkee indicates—Farewell Nor- Girl Reserves, E ngliss H edspeth. Le- was hardly a dry eye in the audience, to 22 in the Episcopal churches of our own Burleigh. But the soul dies—and in the conquest beyond nora H enderson and Rosalee Bird, and im mediate action was taken to be Portland, at the invitation of Bishop of Burleigh was helping to make the cold, cold ground, it will be, volunteers w ho were formally initiated gin the correction of some of the in W alter T. Sumner. McCormick more famous, and the ‘‘Oh, Come All Ye Faithful” — on Friday evening, March 6. T he in justices practiced against colored peo ---------- O — soul of Burleigh is helping to and the letters ‘‘Nordic” by no formal initiation and party was held ple locally of which the speaker told Roland H ayes A ttends In the group were noted Misses Dan- make the bow of Fritz Kreisler means spell “ Faithful” any more T hursday, M arch 12. D ohnanyi’s C oncert an instrument of wizardry. than those of any other “ outside” O ne of the popular events of the year ley and Shaw and W illiam Lawrence, It is good that musical souls are combination. It takes substance, is the annual p arty of the Loyal Com Roland H ayes' accom panist. N oted in the audience at D ohnanyi's ---------- O---------- rades. T he party this year was given resonant without the abiding for- not form, to make faith. concert at the Municipal Auditorium M r and Mrs. C. H. Binford, 1492 T hursday evening, M arch 5, and was ces of color. There must be soul -------- o-------- last Saturday night, was the distin ^ inona street, are am ong the first kinship in real, true art. Kreisler Ur. frank Crane wrote of a attended by over 50 of the younger cir- subscribers guished tenor singer, Roland Hayes to The Advocate. T hey must feel the thrill of Burleigh s North Dakota man, “ He was a cle. The club colors were used in deco Mr H ayes was the guest of E ditor and soul when he plays the New AN orld g0Oj fighter all his life and died ratin g the room. T he hosts were dis- came *° P ortland in 1901 and pur- Mrs. E. D. Cannady. O thers in the Symphony, all of which proves holding his wife's hand.” Evi- tinguished by the Loyal C om rade Fez chased ,he,r ,irs' subscription to The party were M essrs. W illiam Lawrence. and fortunate indeed w ere the girls Advocate tw o years later when it was that the color line is merely a de- «Jentlv she was a fighter also. Mr H ayes' accom panist; H ow ard Jo r w ho were perm itted to wear one for born. T he Binfords have been co n lusion which foolish folk have ele- * _____ 0_____ dan, Mr H ayes’ social secretary, and tinuous subscribers ever since and it is awhile during the everting. vated to a barriership. Bishop M artin The branch secretary spent part of said Mrs. Binford has a com plete file George E dw ard Cannady. The New World could learn T uesday in V ancouver, W ash., to a t of the paper, from its first issue up in x. soul Guy W. H art, once a prom ising and . much . . . from t * the , Old - , World . The members of First A. M. E. tend the form al initiation for V an to the present one. kinship. Burleigh, of the New Zjon church aml the le of highly respected young man here, was ■ -------- O--------- couver Girl Reserves and conference w OF m ,*n d , Dvo! \ k °,f. the 01d Portland in general were delight- T o entertain the delegates to the held in federal court last Saturday to World found soul kinship m pro- ed with the J resence of Bishop j. with four of the N ational Y. W . C. A. great Christian Endeavor m eeting here he one of the most viscious Mann act duemg the symphony; and Kreia- w Martin *for a ffcW davs ^his secretaries on branch program . next July, m am m oth plans are being violaters in the record of the courts, The branch secretary attended the ler of the Old World, delight* «n week The bigh was J route and in the class of men for whom the audience of the , New World , X with 0 f after , business luncheon m eeting at T he P ortland on laid. T here will be a large colored white slave act was intended H art . . . ., A1, T to Seattle to look an admixture of the Old and New in ■ connection ___ .• with ... , his church. . _ . The Friday for Dr. Miriam Van W aters delegation, it is thought, and rolored Worlds, produced b y a n artist l,u,J " , l “ x “ c of of Los Los Angeles. Angeles. Because Because she she was was in- in peop'e are listing their hom es with the was sentenced on three separate counts from a n imag.nery sphere. Yet ^ h ° P 18 a? ? ,n,8,t e r - a d e * P directly associated with Dr. Van W at com m ittee on housing, for use of dele- 4 years and $ 2 » on «h« ‘,r.« count _4 years each on the second and tnird and a leader of rare abil ers and her brother is now directly as Kates duririK the convention. the same audience which, in Wash thinker counts. Sentence will run concurrently. ity. His presence in any commun ington last week applauded the ity is helpful. Come again, bishop. sociated with Dr. Van W aters in the H art, according to the prosecuting a t work in Los A ngeles, she was seated trio of artists would quibble over --------- o— —— torney, lived solely off the earning of a» the speaker's table. O th ers noted a seat in the same theatre beside fallen women. He is charged with hav If you are not one of those fel- at other tables were Mrs. Rose Nichols, Burleigh, the Negro. What a de- low„ who u d to 8e(d your ing transported his wife from Portland T o Individual M easure lusion is the body as compared people in business progress, you Mrs. E. D. Cannady, Miss F reita Shaw see to Chicago, where he deserted her, and and Mr. W illiam Lawrence. with the soul. Please tell us, which will show it by patronizing those transporting a woman of the u n d er is the greater! world from Spokane to Portland. who are in business, when possible. ---------- o---------- HAVE BETTER HAIR ---------- o---------- --------- N e ith e r th e m o st b i t t e r N o rd ic n o r A LAUGH FOR YOU QUALITY SHIRTS and CAPS EVElirBOOY LIKES TO LOOK THEIR BEST Missing link’s skull has been W E L L Q RO O M ED O ur Leaders found in Java and another in HAIR A D D S A G REA T D E A L TO P E R S O N A L South Africa. We’re all brothers m. APPEARANCE BY under the skin. The congregation hen our group .ike other U S I N O P O R D S H A I R POMADEAN DFORD S will please rise and sing the In- ifroups choose thetr leaders among H A I R S T R A I G H T E N - teinational an,I professional men I N O A N D S H A M P O O ‘ _____ ; and women, they will be accorded C H O A M R S B H S . . S S T N U A B R B L O Y R N ft . PANTAQES MANAGER greater respect and larger consid- U C N O R M U E L S Y H S A O I R F T E B R E . ____ eration by the nation. For it is S T R A I G H T F 5- M O R E P L IA B L E . A N D EA SIER TO D R ES S A N D Some local colored people think an undisputed fact that a people P W U I T L L U P P E I N R M A I T N Y S T E Y L X E C E T L H L E E N L T E N G F T O H R they see in the attack made on 18 Jui^ge<l by 'I8 leaders. ALLAYIN O DANDRUFF AND LOCAL S C A LP TRO UBLES. «Jack Johnson, manager of the - . *7 ~° ‘ , , for Stic By O ru u itti & Dialers In Toilet Article* Pantages theatre, bv a holdup a Talkl,)^ about un,ty an,J broad' N Mr« fM |«t tbe zteuiu Ford’* MM«fMtwr«E Mly by iew days ago. the unseen hand nesV H one thing practicing it is T H E O Z O N IZ E D O X M A R R O W CO W ARSAW ILLIN O IS that, having hit, moves on. John- anotber tb,n8- * ortland has a Send f*r i M l t«ir«| M t« ut# car« «f tM to* •ad ooppi«iion. il 1 « fr«r. son may not have dealt a physical nuni. * ,e former, and you blow to a single colored person ln" ’ ’ leln every day. but he just as surely dealt and I 7 0 does deal the entire colored group * Massing of M rs. Pierce a blow when he flatfootedly re- fuse« them admission to his the-1 If Governor Pierce ever had any atre in any part except the gallery. great sorrow, the death of his be- O btained. Send m odel o r sketch Some day, Mr. Johnson, who lov<,d wife wa8 without doubt his and we will p ro m p tly send you a rep o rt. O ur book on P a te n ts and knows but what there may not be In her passing, the T ra d e -m a rk s w ill be se n t to you a ‘‘fleet-of-foot negro janitor” to governor has the sincere sympathy on req u est. of the people of this great state. run for your life! ---------o -------- -o- The United States senate failed Race Insurance Companies -------P A T E N T L A W Y E R S — to confirm C. B. Warren of Mich 305 Seventh SI.. Washington, D. C- Despite the spectacle of the ra igan for the office of attorney O v r 54 Y s t r i ' E s p s r itn c s cial loss of the Standard Life In- general, regardless of the fact that President Coolidge had named 1 PATENTS D. SWIFT & CO. Soprano Elw yn C oncert Bureau, 1007 B roadw ay Building BAKED HAM Every day W ith Potato Salad Saturdays and Sundays PORTER L. C. ADKINS RICHARDSON’S CAFE SM T IR II K TS 8 T R K K T Broadway and Everett Streets Phone Sellwood 3708 S A T IS F A C T IO N GUARANTEED Shirts $1.25 up; Caps $2.85 E a st 3948 _ H ours; 9 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5; 7 to 9 p. m. DR. HUGH A. BELL 162 E ast Broadw ay D E N T IS T 673 Union Ave. N. BROADWAY FRUIT MARKET and GROCERY P ortland, O re. •4 b Between L arrabee and C rosby Sts. C U T R A T E P R IC E S W e deliver any place w ithin the city lim its any reasonable order W e desire your patronage Phone E ast 6660 q Mrs. Lillian Sm ith, 161 N 12th St., is much im proved after several weeks indisposition. o --------- T eacher in Sacram ento Passes. Mrs S M Jones, 78 years old. a teacher in the Sacram ento city schools for forty years, died tw o weeks ago. leaving an estate of $47,000 Most of the estate went to relatives, while $500 went to the C ongregational church and $500 to First A M E. Zion church Rev E J M agruilrr, form er pastor of local Zion church, is the pastor of the latter 0 A novelty concert will be given F ri- day evening, M arch 20, 8:15. at tha F irst A. M E. Zion church in behalf of the T rustee's Finance Board. Come and enjoy some of P o rtlan d 's hidden talent. Adm ission 25 cents.— Adv. Get A cquainted Club N otes (B y Genevieve M ullen) Final arrangem ents are under way for one of the largest entertainm ent* ever given at Mt Olivet B aptist church under the auspices of the Get Acquaint ed Club. The m em bers are asking the co-operation of the public and friends to help make the affair a grand success. T he rluh met with Miss Beatrice T ucker Tuesday, March 10. T he h o st ess served delirious refreshm ents, as sited by M rsdatncs Daisy Moore and Della Jackson. T he visitors were: Mr Valet W ilson. Miss W ilson, Mrs. G en evieve Chism, Mr and Mrs. Eckford of El Paso, and Mr. J. l.epsley. On Roland H ayes Portland, O re . March 12, |V2S T here have been many com plim en tary things said about our distinguished artist. Roland Hayes, by our A m erican critics and presa. W e a t a people are very proud of the artist, realising what '« mean* for a black A m erican to struggle through such condition* which exist and reach the »uminil of world recognition. But the thought which itttprecsr* tne most it when will our w hitr brother grow large enough in wisdom and understanding to be able to hand down its own n tizen a to E urope and let E urope say hurrah, even though those citizen« be black, (iod said. 11 1 am (or you. the world So light on. cannot lie against you black man. you will reap if you faint not Y ours lor the uplift of hum anity, P M W ---------o ---- — Mr. and Mra. W. L. Reese and Mrs J H Ryan. Mrs Reese's m other, went to Tacom a Tuesday to spend a short tim r Mr*, and Mrs Reese will return to P ortland in the near future. Mrs. Ryan, w ho was in P ortland for her health, was g rratly im proved upon her departure. Mra. K athennc Gray was hostess T uesday, 11 JO A M , at her residence. 4X27 JJrd avenue S. E , honoring Bishop J W M artin of L>s Angeles, California. Additional guests included Rev H l.r o Johnston Places were laid for eight o ■ , St. Philips Mission will hold its a n nual C onfirm ation celebration Sunday at 8 P. M The P ortland W om en's M utual B en efit Club will hold it* regular Hirelings the first and third M onday nights in each m onth in room "E ”, public li brary, 10th and Yamhill streets, at 7 JO o'clock Mr* Ada Brown, president; Miss Gwendolen H ooker, secretary. ---------- o---------- T hom as A lbert W hite, the colored vett ran of the U. S. arm y, gassed in Roland H ayes Cover Design France, who was denied hospital a c The cover design of March num ber com m odation because of hi* color, has been placed in the National Sanatorium of "Survey G raphic" magazine is of at D ayton, O , following an investiga the noted tenor, R o l a n d llay es, tion by the N. A. A. C. P. from New »kctchcd by Reiss. T he entire inside is given over to a rtirlrs by our race York headquarters leaders including D ullois, Alain Locke. Stay off E aster M onday night. Adv. Jam es Meldon Johnson, W alter F. W hile, ( laude Makay and others. The num ber is called "T he H arlem N um ber". PLAY CHECKERS I Move a Checker for FO R S A L E IS Cents For Fair Play and Clean Competition— Hail a 5 room house and lot, 65x135, N. E. corner 6Jrd Street and 65th Avenue. All kinds of fruit Free and clear. Price $2000: $150 will handle Phone A T w ater 1456. C H E C K E R for lowest T axi rates in P ortland Buys New C ar— Fired Checker T axi rate* save you 10c per trip for one passenger, 30c per trip Los Angeles, Cal , March 10— Jam es for tw o passengers, 50c per trip for three passengers, 70c per trip for four Smith and his wife have been w orking passetiKcrs, no m atter how short your at millionaire’s home in Hollywood for trip may be. over five year*. On their "off days” No charges for extra passengers they were allowed to use one of their employer s four cars. All repairs and T h at's playing fair with the public. gas bills were charged to him. W e are prospering and see no need for The other day they decided they higher rates. wanted their “ow n" car and invested And who are the C hecker Cab Co.? W e are not a great corporation of un the major part of their savings in a limited wealth. W e can’t afford to "brand new" 1925 Buick touring. pay for a lot of expensive newspaper 1hlnking they were "one of the fam advertising and still keep cab rates low We m ust he economical. So rem em ily,” after show ing it off to their ber th is: N ext time you w ant a cab, friends, they parked in the spacious hail or call a Checker. W e answ er garage of their employer. call* quickly. P referring C heckers is Unite naturally next m orning he a good habit. W e’ll certainly appreci ate your steady patronage. H elp us wanted to know which one of his keep cab rates dow n; help us make Kucsts owned the handsom e boat. them even lower. W e got tired of using your car and thought we'd get one of our ow n." B urn T h is Phone N um ber In to Jam es informed him with unconcealed Y our G ood M em ory: pride. BRoadway 8660 C H E C K E R CAB COMPANY O h, is that so l” he replied. I hat was T hursday. Saturday evening when Jam es and his wife received their salaries, they were told their services were no longer needed. I' ts said that a white couple has tnc job now.