had at least one immigrant parent. Nearly 37% of people in the Klan in La Grande worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. Ninety per-cent of the KKK members fell into upper working-class or lower middle-class categories. The KKK viewed foreigners and people of color with suspicion. They would call them "japs", "coons", "wops", and "chinks". However, 1920 census records listed only 15 African Americans in La Grande and 46 people of Chinese ancestry in all of the county. The larger Roman Catholic population was of far more interest to La Grande Klansmen. J.L. McPherson, a local dentist, lectured Klansmen on trading only with the "right" businesses. A member of the Klan made of list of "100% American" merchants and read it a
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