The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-02
The Story Of Washington
Dental Conspiracy
Dentists Who Use Ny Name
to Catch Ny Patients

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tefs hnt locations are nos sn rast r.
aoruufiss There wes a tinss ~ssn you
eeaid not kifs Deasiss In seattle "a
gatehfnH psttrats This was shea a..
psnsai Combine started its var ~ a.
termination 10 itet And the sheriff was
ftenins d9~a tive ard three times AZ
that There ~ss q nee warrant 70,
Nfo~u. eni fQT me 20 tuns % bal
bod Thess usFs strenuous days Abe
ffsfr peuflsa IN seattle vas sisa thai
fiA nAnas WAs not nrrwn
% nnt Ann~ ne @sisia % my eau
usnts haFs nos had time to isos u up
tsf sappss4e that 'wsF hafk som. y hsss
n M rfefiars ~ CORNERS ~ history sosns
- bf@en @hd seat wrapped in efatnins
90 hs had any, nf treen - n4aYhap b.
Just foiuted his hias and waa called ths
bios "a r1an. 81 a. 10 Distinguish him from
ths fssleN sift the isfgv white finx In
Nis rosa, bat this dgssn't utast~ft nry
sane = nfeNn. asa fssh~g save me this
sane snd that wAs ~ he haa 10 sitc
me except adNlee. whieh vas afwats
sped He tei1 me g. spsni haif az uty
tfqAs aftendtrG 70 ny eva husfusss afsd
the other hsif isstins ether prories basi.
Hsss aieas and woaid never have Ans
treaeisf hetasss my time ~esid All hs
~rrErisd IA. fust iDek wise bat b.
silent and ths fsilers who sak magf
wfh ecs4s q yeH fnr Adviee" maN shat
father told RE aud " heid true uniu 1
fanie e. Wsahinstan ard ran against tbs
Dental Combine. and I safwy aid wake
W ihen. becausr sof The fissi time Ia my
.ifs ass dsnted the fishi 10 attsud 70
my ora BUSINESS
The Dental Combine sslfs "nrs.n.
yes tannpt have a license 20 pfarfifs
Dentistry lr this state untsas ws run
yer business FIRST. fou nsss not i'd
'estss ~ neEsp4pefsi second. yeu must
not guarantees Ypur cork. this 10 unssh.
teal. third. ~hsn this comblae makes |.
schedule ~ prices IL 10 dtshoaatahie ror
yea 10 do Dental work for a lees price =
! said Here have ali the auaiffica-
lions prescfihed ~ iAw and mere. I am
licensed IN missouri TssAs, califefnlA
ard orssaa.' and she Combine answered
Yes. bot ve are the law here, beeaus.
10. the Combine. examine bentisss IN
what ws please. and 20 What extent ~s
please We make our own psnfai evan
nation. and the records are our private
property. and cannot b. used ss evidence
In our courts. because fhsT are sacred
records 90 the msmory OF our ethics. cor
rnpiion and graft" and the courts Of this
state sustained the Combine at every
point. and then u vas that vent 20 the
hishsss court the uorId ever knsw--ths
peoples ceuri, This People teid
M story 20 the people. and I soon had
the largest Private Dentsi practice 80
the weird risht here In ssattl. fThanhs
10 the Combine
SOMETHING IN A NAME
when other Dentists found thu, tho
people we're with me Ia this fight they
began 20 try and initiate my articles and
Advertisements, and finally 10 use my
name on sisns IN front 81 their offices
on FIRST az TO catch my patients. and
many people who are locking Tor my
offices get caught by soins into these
Dental dumps. when they think they are
In my Offices
One old lady who sorks hard for her
money. cooking In a iossins camp. rot
into one Of these ethical Dental pirate
Joints and asked for pr brown, and a
fat sleek rudy. smiling face, with an
earnest cosIutsnnncc. said II am the
only Or Brown In Seattle" Are you
the man the Dental Combine will not
give license TOT" she asked ''yes.
madam. ! am the man" and he took
two dollars from tho woman and fnads
an appointment. but she learned ~ her
mistake and came 10 my offices and had
her work done An old soldier was look-
Ing Tor my offices and got into one OF
these Dens. and asked rs this tho Dr
Brown who run for mayor on the Social
LIST ticketr' Yes. sir, this IL the Browu' -
tho fake said. and the old soldier said
70 me- II came nearer losing mr. iife
getting few loose teeth pulled than I
ever did In my four years in the wer 81
1881" One lady and her uncle SOW n
sign, THE HfOHT DIR BROWN. on the
Perrin Hotel. At the corner Of Firsf aN
and Marion st. and thinking II was my
offices. she vent In and asked. 'fls this
the DR. Brown that ran for mayor on
the Socialist ticket7" Yea this 10 his
office and I am his assistant but the
Doctor il IN court today trying a law case
for some one" she was told and tho
lady was relieved OF five dollars on ac-
count. not by DR. Brown, but By Just a
Dental pichpocket who happens 90 be
out Of jail the while and operating under
the name Of Df. Brown. How many
Dental offices have you In Seattle. Or
Brown" said an English lady to me one
First av.," I said. We'll. I went into
a Or Browns Dental office and asked
for you and they said you we're not In.
but that they were your assistants. ana
that the offices were all one concern and
the same thing. 80 I went 20 another one
and they said tho same thing. but /
thought something was wrong. and de.
oldod 20 find you. ana ! asked a police
man and he kindly showed mo your
place. and I am. aatonished that such
people ARE allowed 10 practice Dentistry, +"
said the indignant woman, but | assured
her that the Dental Combine was In full
sympathy, ~ not financially Interested
IN the places she had called at
The amusing feature of these offices
using the name Of Brown TO catch my
patients Ia that some Of them are ethical
Dentists who would not be 80 undiFni.
fled as 10 associate with an advertising
Dentist. and these places nro OF oonsid-
cradle value to me In educating peopIe
whore my offices are
EDWIN ,. BROWN.
1i3 First Av., Union Bieck.