The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-10-24
A DANGEROUS ELEMENT.

The snake has crawlea into A..
|aen OF Eden of the Okanogan val,ar
A runner for and a pronogana.. dey
spreading the destructive doctr;no ..
the l. W. w. which means destrmo.,o,' y.
10 constituted government. the dom;nn
ion OF brute force, the wrectinm :,
"es' IS IN our midst. Who he is Is
not known. He works in the dark ara
uhoer cover. spreading his venom ~
ihopes or creating trouble In a oon,
muhlty where peace and conteptman.
mas long existed Tuesday morning =,
bundle OF tracts issued by and from
IT, W. w., headquarters, presumbablv
IN spokane. as the spineless autbor;-
ues Oh that otherwise fair city permits
these advocates of Bolsheviki ru,e 70
Iopehiy preach and practice their doc
ma OF hate and the overthrow Of gov
|ernment and law and order waro
round IN the rear of the Crescent Cafe
.They were in the nature of "striko
bulletins" and were scattered in tb.,
hope OF winning over converts 70 tbe
dangerous ism among the emplovees
OF that business house. The propogan-
dist has won no recruits here so far "a
can be learned. If we are not mistaken
In the intelligence and sturdy Amer
icanism OF this community it is a bar-
rem field for that class to work in.
The literature that they Distribute
the principles they preach, the doc
trines that they teach are repulsiye to
every honest, loyal, lawabiding citizen.
fhe |. w. w., has no respect for God
and are open and declared enemies of
society as represented by the family
and community. With all their sophis-
try they really advocate sabotage. the
destruction of property. the prevention
of production. for one of these very
lcirculars advises members to "go back
to the Job firmly resolved to do every
thing in our power to obstruct work"
Recently number of |. w. VS.,
were arrested under the espionage law
and were tried and acquitted in Spo-
kane. Their attorney, playing upon
the feelings of the jury, made up large
ly of women. by shedding crocodile
tears won their case. He advised
those men who were discharged to
show the public by their acts they
were worthy of the verdict of the jury.
Those same men Immediately attended
an |. w. w. meeting where the speak
ers advocated the most radical action,
and joined the crowd in cheering the
%ords OF the speaker to the echo.
These I. W. VS.. are at war with the
constituted authorities, they are sat
war with unionism. which they de-
nounce on all occasions, and would
|Russianize America ii it were in their
power. The American people are pa
|tient people. They have submitted long
and patiently to the trouble making
indulgent and lenient with this small
minority who preach and practice Sc
|dition and the overthrow Of govern
ment. But that element had better
pause before going too far. The ma
jority, the vast majority, of the peo-
they believe in Aemrica and the prin-
|ciples of this government, ana Wnen
they once begin to realize that the !.
W., W., and kindred anarchistic organi-
cations are bent upon throwing down
all government and inaugurating
reign of riot and ruin, they will arise
in their might and crush such an Or
ganization as they would a poisonous
reptile.