(O f Gilberton ^Journal
Published every Friday morning at Silverton, Oregon, by
J. E. HOSMER, Editor.
Entered at the poatoffic-o at Silverton, Oregon,
at second-c la »a rates.
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copies, 5 cents.
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ThU paper «tan da for freedom ■«' thought. free­
dom of the pre*», freedom of speech, equality f
opportunity and the religion of righteouaneaa. It
ia radically opposed to every form of superstition
and tyranny, or licensing or permitting any form
of evil.
THE METAL IN THE I’OT.
The pot was full of metal and ready for the melt:
The workman lit the fire, and watched the rising blaze;
He thought of life’s great problem and full of fancy felt—
Instead of pot, the world loomed up in smoky, dreamy haze.
The lines were men of metal in earth’s great melting pot!
The heat had reached the bottom and agitation came;
A blank line ’rose ami said, “these kickers make me hot,”
And talked i.i ghtened earnestness and tried to fix the blame.
A howl arose from thousands; said long, sleek thirty Em:
“To spoil my solid comfort is just a beastly crime,”
But still the neat kept rising, and thirteens covered them—
“O Lord, we’re falling, falling, into the ‘common’ slime!"
The silvery metal melted, the skum was thrown aside;
The worker poured the molds, the regular regime.
And sent the shinning pigs, all bright and purified,
To take their place with honor in the up-to-date machine.
Then all, as men of metal, the metal did its part,
And on a pure, white page, a tale of higher good
Was stanqied for aye, and freedom, flowed red in every heart
That beat as one, in unison—a holy brotherhood.
is not blinded by commercialism, by strong drink, or natural
stupidity. One of the expressions of an aroused public conies
Solid as a Rock.
W. M. Ladd, President.
trom Missouri in the following form:
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
HENRY SCHROEDER
Article XVI.
SILVERTON, OREGON
1.
No person shall hold any office under the United States
Is the Agent of Columbia Life anil Trust Company, this
or any State, City or Town of its Territories and Possessions who
is the Oldest Life Insurance Co. on the Pacific < oast.
owes allegience to any foreign king, county or individual, regard­
less of his being a natural or naturalized citizen of the United
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2. Each State, Territory and Possession shall maintain Free
Public Schools and shall not employ in, or apiannt or elect as
supervisors over them any person who owes allegiance to any
foreign king, country or individual.
3. The American Flag shall l»e raised each day with prescrib­
ed ceremony over every National, State and Municipal building, al­
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so every church and it shall l»e raised and lowered each day with
patriotic ceremony accompanied by singing of the"Star Spangled
Banner” over every school and college within the boundaries of the
United States its territories and possessions.
ENJOYED BY ALL CHILDREN AND GROWN FOLKS
1. In order to preserve our liberties and those of future gener­
ations, all Jesuits shall be expelled from the boundaries of the
Instructive and Educative.
I nited States its territories and possessions. Also that all con­
vents and nunneries l>e alaflished and the inmates given their free­
dom and released from their vows.
5. In order to protect and safeguard certain of our people,
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Catholic < hurch and allowed to hear confessions shall either marry 1•
or submit to castration, this to include the United States, its
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Some of this proposed amendment may seem unnecessary, •
overdone or too radical, but it at least shows "the spirit of the !
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times” which certainly bodes no good to the enemies of our ;
American principles and the great basic truths of liberty and <
It will not cost you ■<> much an yo>- may think, if you employ
justice on which our government was founded.
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old sense of the word, they say, that nearly every one of the
stories, songs, prophecies and parables contained in thesixty
six pamphlets or books, in the new as well as in the old testa­
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ments, can be traced to other more ancient religions, some of them : ►
having existed thousands of years before the Christian era.
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THE LESSON OF THE CELEBRATION.
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T ONE TIME there was a great controversy in the city spired by the most holy inspiration of love for humanity. He or < < » ►
of Silverton regarding the saloon. One faction held that she who writes an article for publication or gives a book or paper
the saloon should be abolished and the other that it should that some one else has written, for the purpose of doing what he or
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not. The prohibitionsists gave moral reasons first for she believes to be good, is really and truly inspired in the highest
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their contention claiming that one young man lost through con­ and best sense. Therefore there are at least parts of the bible
make
it
worth
your while to see me alx>ut your
tracting the drink habit was mort to the city than the loss of all which are inspired, and inspiration in other books even up to the
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the revenue received from the license. But they claimed also, preseat moment are helping lead the children of righteousness
that from a money standpoint, Silvertiyi would be much the into the promised land of liberty and happiness.
gainer by voting out the evil schools which cost more in dollars
J. H." DAVENPORT
But what about the Catholic literature? Can you point to a
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and cents than all they brought in. The saloon people argued that single doctrine of the church that is based on an unselfish idea << JOBING A SPECIALTY.
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saloon, that it wasn’t fair to rob a man of his business, that it slaving the masses seems to be the sole aim and doctrine of this
would practically confiscate thousands of dollars worth of saloon selfish, hell-in-spired, political, grafting church. Has the Knights
fixtures, that the grass would soon grow in our streets, that the of Columbus’ oath any inspiration excepting that of tyrannical
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saloon buildings would be empty and so would many others and power and hate? Has their catechisms any inspiration excepting
that Silverton would be a dead town. But the prohibitionists that of stultification and servitude? Where is their inspired works
WE MUST GROW OR DIE!
won, and the writer is proud to say that he held a hand in the of modern scientific truth to guide our people to health, wealth and
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game that was hard to beat. After the first victory blind ' ars wisdom? Point to their great teachers, biologists, astronomers,
growing or it will surely die. We need your help, but we
defied the law and sold almost openly, but this only lasted a short geologists or socialogists. Was Franklin a catholic? Was Wash­
want to give even more than value received.
time for a few dared to fight even tigers, and in addition to boy­ ington? Was Darwin? Was Spencer? Haeckle? Lincoln? Where
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cott and slander and threats and blackmail we had to sustain and are their great men, their men who were inspired with a holy love
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pay for costly law suits.
for all mankind? Read the history, private and public of their
• he next election the people were so pleased that again the city pojies and know that from start to finish they are full of intrigue
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went dry in spite of the hardest kind of a fight on the part of the and a narrow, selfish struggle for political power. Read the his­ « ►
weakened forces of the rummies. And again, two years later, tory of their priests and know that every dastardly crime known to
the votes showed that Silverton is dry to stay dry forever for man is a very common thing. Read the history of their people
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the women vote here now—unless the catholics over run our city and find them a sudbued, stultfied, superstitutious set of slaves—
and get control, which is a possibility, but we are telling you ruined wherever their masters are strong enough to have com­
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about it in time to get ready. The celebration here last Saturday plete control. Read the history of their enemies and you will find
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was the best ever held. We doubt if a city of our size ever had a their skulls scattered all over the world from the time of long be­
happier one. We were on the streets the best part of the day fore the Inquistion to the assassination of our best president and
EDITOR OF SILVERTON JOURNAL,
and late in the evening and never saw a drunken man. Some the
persecutions of escaped nuns. They have killed the true pro­
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liquor might have been brought in from Mt. Angel and we noticed phets and are killing them as fast as they can today. All the
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one poor catholic citizen who had enough to show in his eyes and great cities of America are dominated by these social, religious
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in his conversation. But, bless you, there was a big crowd and and political brigands; and, out of the mouths of babes and
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everybody says that our parades, and music, and games and, en­ sucklings must again be ordained strength or the enemies of all
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tertainments and everything was the very best ever. And this goodness will make the most holy of inspirations—the inspiration
was managed by Silverton women. Women in Oregon vote. Do1 of love for our fellow men, turn to gall and wormwood, and his­
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you see the point? The city has improved wonderfully since it tory again repeat itself in another age of darkpess with America
went dry, in material as well as in moral growth. Our streets are a land of barbarous serfdom.
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beautifully paved, our new water and sewer works are just fine,
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many new and most beautiful residences and business properties
have been built, our peerless park has been secured for the city,
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THE RATTLESNAKE’S EGG.
the new steel bridge has been built and the old one made use of in
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another place across our Silver river, a fine large fire proof High
O THOSE WHO NEVER SAW A SNAKE’S OVA, a regular
School building has been built and another one will be erected at
rattler’s egg would probably arouse no more fear than one
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once to accommodate our growing population; the big Silverton
laid
by
a
humming
bird.
But
after
it
has
been
hatched
for
Lumber Company’s mill is slashing away at the monster logs and
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a short time, then look out. If the principles of the Catho­
the great wealthy Silver Falls Timber Company has proven that a lic Church
are
against
our
public
schools,
if
they
are
usually
on
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dry town doesn’t scare away capital. O, my, what a victory we the side of the saloon and other evils, if tkeir priests are danger­
“drys” have won when you think of it. Say, people, if the whole j ous enemies of virtue, and they are, if their schools are
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United States would go dry and prosper as has Silverton in the breeding places of unAmerican ideas, if their Knights take solemn
last eight years, wouldn’t it be worth working for? And while oaths to exterminate heritics (you and I), if they are secretly »♦»»»♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦>♦•»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
there is a deeper evil cause even than the liquor traffic which is planning to rule America in the interests of the pope, then the
holding our beloved country back, yet if this cess pool of corrup­ new Silverton Catholic church is a rattlesnake’s egg, which, if
Till: GREATEST system OF
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tion, the saloon system, can be gotten rid of there is no doubt but allowed
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we can then better and quicker handle the greater political and laid in this
of freedom as you can. We want to
beautiful
nest
of
liberty-loving
institutions
whose
off
economic questions. The beauty of the thing is that next Novem­ spring are learning to fly. A few votes at a school meeting often send them sample copies and sub.
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