Œh Gilberton journal 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 g 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 Entered at the pò* tortict* at Silverton, Oregon, ENJOYED BY ALL CHILDREN AND GROWN FOLKS ardly boycott ? at second-c lass ratee. Suppose that we all demand of the banker a certain yellow tint Subscription. SIAM) per year, in advance. Single Instructive and Educative. copies, 5 cents. of gold from his bank or withdraw our patronage. We might say Advertising rates made known upon applica­ that "we do not care to patronize” an institution that puts out the tion. color of gold that we do not want, and we have a perfect right io ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 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. < > 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. o • • in, John, his mother, Mary, and those of Jesus’ friends and ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 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, Contractor and Builder Phone Black 1341 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.” RATES: Single Meal 25 cents Phone Main 209 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- t realization of the beauty of righteousness in the new heaven Claudii, and at Veii and Capua. Also mouthed wonder by their dupes. The * 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 THE GEM THEATRE, mo ^ ur E3 Never Gets Old R. H. ROBINSON • HENDERSON FOUR CYLINDER MOTORCYCLE R A BEN HOFSTETTER 11 URI IERT ROE ► L 0 J J f COTTAGE HOTEL J SILVERTON’S PROGRESSIVE PLUMBER Í* aristocracies opened to 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