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good ideas. We (all of us) may Lie mistaken in some ways which
we think exactly right. Why not give all a chance? We do not
agree in all things with any of our contributors. Why cut all out
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excepting those who agree with our patrons or with ourself, or
Published every Friday morning at Silverton. Oregon, by
those who say nothing of importance? Are then' not enough cow
J. E. HOSMER. Editor.
ardly newspaper* in the world? Can’t one free press yet exist?
Why not write an article and meet error with truth instead of cow
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This paper stands for freedom of thought, free
patronize whom we will. We can keep our money, if we ever get o
dom of the press, freedom of speech, equality of
any, in the postal savings bank and we might do a lot of things
opportunity and the religion of righteousness. It
is radically opposed to every form of superstition
just
because we are not exactly satisfied with the banking system
and tyranny, or licensing or permitting any form
Still Has the Agency of the
of this country, but there is one thing that we can’t do, and that is ’’
of evil.
to let Mr. Callister, or any other man, close the mouth of paralyze
the pen of a fellow-citizen, who may Lx» as good and have some
A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH.
ideas as true as the domineering cashier of any prosperous bank.
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or swim, survive or perish, The Silverton Journal, as long
OME, UNDER CONSTANTINE, captured and ruined real, M Sink
it axtotSt WU) remain a Free Press. Send in your literary contri
The 1914 Model is Hard to Beat
practical Christianity. Jesus, his brother, James, his cous butions.
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in, John, his mother, Mary, and those of Jesus’ friends and
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neighbors who caught the spirit of the revolt against Ro
man tyranny, did a work that the money-mad rulers on the Til>er
could not easily down, and so Constantine concluded to annex
Christianity as Rome had done to all the nations of the earth. The
A certain girl loved a boy, THAT’S HER BUSINESS
N ATTORNEY can be courteous and manly in court and out
result was the loss to the world of the speedy rule of equity and
A certain l»oy loved a girl, THAT’S HIS BUSINESS
of court. To l>e sure his profession prevents any mealy-
justice that the teachings of Jesus would have brought; and today
Finally they married, THAT’S THEIR BUSINESS
mouth practice on occasion, but although he can hammer
the struggle is still going on. Rome is in the saddle. The princi
down the truth that hurts and be earnest, forceful and
Then they wanted a house to live in .
ples of righteousness are still far from governing the nations. The even stubborn when necessary, yet dirty insinuations and taunts
THAT’S MY BUSINESS
equality of opportunity, the truth and love that Jesus advocated to prejudice the court ought not to have, and will not have, any
are still crowded out by the Romans’ idea of “government for rev place in the work of a real man in the court room. In the case here
If you want to Buy, Build, or Rent, See
enue only.” Our courts are Romanized: our press is subsidized; Tuesday in Judge Hoblitt’s court, John Carson, while trying to
our religion is galvanized and our people pauperized. Rome has force the court to accept a prejudiced and very undesirable, unfair
done this awful thing for the world, and is still playing the hypo witness, asked in an insinuating manner regarding Leon L. Myers,
critical game of posing as the vice-gerent of heaven and, as of old, the private prosecutor, “Myers is not the whole city of Silverton,
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raising particular hell with the working people here on earth.
is he?” This was an insult, and of course was said for the purpose
The great, money-mad capitalists of the first century, and the of prejudicing the jury. It should be rebuked severely, but we
rulers of all the nations, fell into the Roman trap as they have will only mildly ask another question or two, to show the big crowd
today, and again, as in the time of Jesus, and his bitter denuncia present that “it’s a poor game that won’t work both ways.” Here
tion of Romanism, and those who for political power and revenue, it is: "John Carson is not morally the whole county of Marion, is ► Are YOU intending to build in the FIRE LIMIT? 4
sold out their country, we are in a great struggle. Both sides to he, or very much part of it, unless it lie, spiritually speaking, part
this greatest of all wars are better equipped than in Constantine’s of Mt. Angel?” His own home town is dryer already yet than a
SEE
time, but the advantage now lies with the army of Truth and bone, in spite of such grunting mudders of little blind pigs, don’t
Right. Rome is powerful, but she has lost many a battle and her it?
hosts are deserting her in spite of her endeavor to keep them in
ignorance. Her “inner circle” will fight to the death with every
weapon handed down to them by the barbarous inquisitors; but
today the words of James applies exactly to them and their great
NE OF ROME’S BEST TRICKS is to put an agent priest into
millionaire, capitalist friends:
a Protestant community as a pastor of one of the churches,
the cost of cememt brick in comparison to
“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that
with
instructions
to
stir
up
strife.
In
this
way,
and
in
other
shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupt, and your garments
other method* of building.
ways, our people are divided. Be not deceived, the first great
are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of
them shall be a witness against you, and shaft eat your flesh as it question for us to solve is the great, threatening domination of
were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Koine. Let us drop every othei question, agree to disagree on
Behold the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your minor things if need be, and unite in subduing this monster which
has already produced enough hell on earth. The good Catholic
fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth.”
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The Roman power through the Roman Catholic church has con people themselves will thank us for freeing them and even the
Rixuns 50 eta and up
tinually endeavored all these years to get control of all the govern priests will be benefited, as we will not put them even in Limbo or
ments of the world. It has succeeded in some instances but, hav a purgatory, but will save them from a real hell of deception, temp
ing recently lost much ground in Europe, it has turned its atten tation, greed and lust.
tion to America. Here it will miserably fail, for a thousand heroes
from their own country, like Spartacus, are now organizing rebel
ROME AT HER OLD TRICKS.
I ots, as of old, we have waited too long
SALEM, ORE.
already. The time to arouse the peo
lious bands of slaves; and in many a modern Galilean-like town are
is all too short. We can do it if we
anointed kings of Liberty, Justice and Love, with many a Mary The Catholic church is nothing more ple
All gixxl outside rooms
get into united action, but will we? / American and European Plan
mother who hates Romanism, with Cousin Johns and Brother or less than the heir and offspring of Organize!
CENTRALLY LOCATED
Jameses galore.
the Roman power that years ago con
Nor can Romanism crush this revolt as it did in those early quered the whole world. Her method
MRS. MAE IVIE, Proprietor
THE PRIEST AND THE KING.
is her method now, and this
days. Thousands of revolutionists were then crucified, and the then
method is very n’cely told in that won
outspoken Carpenter‘was soon silenced, but the principles of po derful modern book by Bouck White, In a former issue we published an è
litical and economic freedom that he uttered still live, and, al “The Call of the Carpenter.’ He says: article showing how the priests are
though Abraham Lincoln lost his life and the sleeping millions are “She did not conquer the nations. advertised by the slave press of our
She annexed them, by means of a co country, how they become heroes at
hard to arouse, they will awake from this frightfully stupid night alition
IRL B. LYONS
the local capitalist group big lires and railroad wrecks and how
mare of Roman ignorance, superstition and greed and go back to in each. with
This manner of her procedure every little thing these divine! ?)
the simple, economic principles of the Nazarene, and forward to a is seen in her dealings with the Sabine jacks do is looked upon with open-
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realization of the beauty of righteousness in the new heaven Claudii, and at Veii and Capua. Also mouthed wonder by their dupes. The
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in
the
city
states
of
Etruria,
Campa
world
is
certainly
slow
en
getting
over
which is to be with men on this earth ; for the first idea of a selfish nia, and Magna Grecia. Wherever the
the
virus
of
priestcraft
and
kingcraft.
1 handle Mueller Brass Goods, Standard Enamelware
heaven and a slave earth are rapidly passing away.
strain between the local privileged It seems to still run in our fool blood
Hydraulic Rams, Pneumatic Water Systems. I can
class and its proletariat was intense, that these humans have divine rights
Rome found natural allies in the for and attributes that other people do not
make it worth your while to see me alxiut your
mer. In the march of the Roman con possess. Here is a little clipping from
TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
HOP DRYER PIPES
queror through Greece, the Hellenic the Oregon Messenger ‘.hat shows that
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aristocracies
opened
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him
their whatever the king dues is still wonder
ful:
VERY GOOD MAN and every good woman wants the boys gates. In Carthage the upper class de
the war and wished to make
and girls to have a happy, joyful, good time. Moving pic tested
peace with Rome. Caesar found in
tures, amateur theatricals, parties, skating, picnics and Gaul
a small plutocracy grown rich on
everything that makes for a jolly, good time in endless va the war, usury and the farming of the
riety, is the natural right of our young people to enjoy. The best public taxes; he used them as the nu
of his organization in annexing
men and women in the world are planning all the time and getting cleus
the provinces. In Palestine, much of
up schemes to make the children and youths of our land happy, the New Testament is the narrative of
healthy and fitted for their part of this good work. But there is the coalescence of the native princes
one thing that keeps preventing the boys and girls from having a with the Roman invader. Brain-sweat
has been copiously expended to discov
good time. Low, dirty principles and false ideals are being worked er
Rome succeeded in the business
in by other men and women who care nothing for anybody but of why
world-empire, where men like Alex
their own filthy selves.
ander had failed. Merivale gives up
The young people are not to blame in the least. They don’t in despair and calls Romes secret of
success, “one of the lost arts.” The
stop to think that wrong-doing is wrong-doing because it spoils clue
is found here in economics. Rome
happiness, and so they often go on and thoughtlessly ruin the very succeeded
because she sought to im
thing they were trying so hard to make, a good time.
pose no new patriotism on the peoples.
Moving pictures are grand and not only educational, but just Her motto was, “For revenue only;”
she found a kindred class in
“chuck full” of the happiest kind of entertainment. But we must therefore
each of the countries, and with that
be careful, for some of the pictures are not yet free I class
she formed an alliance. This is
from the evil taint of the bad, dirty principles that spoil every I why, once she had hit upon the meth-
thing. The young people must learn to reject the bad and their 1 od, her empire spread so rapidly over
earth. It took Rome five hundred
parents and teachers must help them in this important matter the
years
to conquer Italy. She conquer
urftil the time comes when the pictures are all properly censored.
ed the rest of the world in fifty-three
Amateur theatricals are one of the very best means of fun, years. It was economic interest that
and they train the young in thousands of joy-making ways, but held the empire together. The local
look out for the dirt that not only soils, but absolutely ruins. Learn oligarchies were bound by gold chains
about the feet of Rome. The palace
to have funny things, but not immoral things that lead to unhap of
the emperor on the Palatine became
piness and shame.
a university to which were sent the
Those who dance will understand that the dancing can easily sons of allied sovereigns for an educa
be made so that the best and happiest people would be driven away tion. Native oligarchies, living under
Rome’s protectorate, were moons de
with disgust. This would leave the vile and vulgar in control, so pending
upon their central sun for
our young people would soon find themselves of that stripe, most I light. Rome’s genius for conquest was
miserable, and many of them, being unable to rise from this condi great, but her genius for coalition was
I greater. With her these two were one.
tion, will sink lower and lower into a most unhappy social filth.
Rome coalesced with the exploiter
In all their work and play, whether it be at home, at school, or I class
in every country, for joint con
in public hall, our young people should learn to kill, as they would quest over the proletariat in every
a rattlesnake about to strike its deadly fangs into their flesh, this’ country.”
social poison and to challenge and help bring to their senses the I General Miles, the greatest soldier
this republic, and one who certainly
poor ninnyhammers who are everywhere sowing these moral tares of
knows what he is talking about, says
and thorns.
that the Roman Catholics today hold
IS IT IMPOSSIBLE?
S A “FREE PRESS” IMPOSSIBLE? Because we put in tem
perance articles, some will not patronize The Silverton Jour
nal. Because we are anti-Catholic, our Catholic subscribers
have dropped us. Because we allow the Christian preacher I
space, others will not give the paper space, and so on through the
whole field of thought.
But here comes the blow that takes us nearly off our feet—
because Fred Freyr, a poor working man, was allowed to express
his ideas in The Journal, the great firm of Coolidge & McClaine has
withdrawn its patronage. In other words, we must only print the
things that they believe, or, as far as they are concerned, we must
lie. The cashier himself notified us to cut out their ad. and gave
he reason as stated above.
I
People of a "free country,” can you afford to see us go to the I
“burning lake” of ruin or turn coward? Must we surely die or re
fuse to let all have a chance? This Fred Freyr might have some l
I
every strategic point in and around
Washington, our national capital, and
can call into immediate action 150,000
well-equipped and well-trained sol
diers. Rome will never fire a shot as
long as she can get control by other
means. She will use her old methods,
and the Woodrow Wilson affair, the
Taft and Roosevelt affair, and the Mt.
Angel affair show this to be the truth,
but as soon as she fails to have her
own way in this growth of power, she
will shoot to death every opponent.
She is preparing all the time. Indi
viduals who, like Abraham Lincoln,
dare cross her path, will die at the
hands of a Jesuit assassin, and when
the order comes from headquarters to
mobilize an army, another bloody re
ligious war will sweep over this conti-
nent that will give civilization another
inquisitorial toboggan slide toward an
other age of darkness and superstition.
Will those who love liberty unite be-
fore it is too late to conquer? Patri-
“Great Is the King.
"A news dispatch this week from
Europe tells what a brilliant man, and
how resourceful, King Alfonso, of
Spain is. It seems that the king was
out on a country road and darkness
came on and caught him without any
lights on his automobile. The rider of
a motorcy le came into view with a
powerful headlight on his machine.
Here is where the k’ng showed his
greatness, his right to the Spanish
throne. He asked the man on the mo
torcycle to stop and get into his auto
mobile. Then he asked him to set his
machine on the running-board of the
automobile where the lamp would light
up the road ahead, all of which the
motorcyclist did. Then the king mo
tored home without mishap. Brilliant
¡•lea! Nobody but a king ever would
have thought of such a thing. Long
live Alfonso.”
Away with kingcraft and priest
craft! These things have done enough
evil. Let the people reign, and select
their own teachers and preachers. Let
not the evil of the Dark Ages come
upon us again. To the front “on the
firing line!’’
LETTERS THAT TALK.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8, 1914.
Editor Silverton Journal:
I have seen your paper mentioned in
“The Liberator,” of Magnolia, Ark. I
take The Citizen, The Menace and The
Peril. I feel that all the patriotic pa
pers should be aided and encouraged.
A movement is in process for start
ing a [taper at Washington, D. C., to
be ca'led the "National Sentinel.” Gen
eral Miles was here last week in at
tendance on a G. A. R. banquet. He
made a ringing speech. The next day
he was interviewed by a friend in be
half of the “National Sentinel.” The
general gave him $15 and expressed
deep concern over the aggressiveness
of the Romish hierarchy and their
dam able spirit. Among other things
he said they occupies every strategic
point about Washington city and at
short notice could assemble 150,000
well-drilled an<l well-armed troops at
the capita' of the nation. Will the
sleepers ever awake?
Please send me a copy of your Jour
nal and I will remit mv subscription.
Very respectfully,
DANIEL RHODES.
New York, Feb. 7, 1914.
Dear Brother Hosmer:
The patriotic university is a “great”
idea. Hope you will push it. When
the fund starts, I shall be glad to con
tribute mv “mite” to it, even though
it be small. Keep the good work mov
ing. Yours fraternally,
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