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BREAK DB1U
For the second time since Miller & West
began to fird an artesian wH for the O.
R. & N . hit I'.r esmg brorten. leaving
the diners p a trying predicament. Tht
first btok Ccsstd the chocsirg cf a nt
' location, ut now the well hes reicheJ
depth r ' 25 f e: and the diggertare It'
to btgiir ng of again. Accordingly, u
find iktpii' o the C Sicult an eif M
inch en ' ( w I r.e lowed ichin the u-
inch csib whici has for:..erly been us-.
The break it o-:y two Uet below the si.'
face. About : wo feet below this again,
the casing wiii oe cut off to allow sinking
of the inner eating. Yesterday morning
the drill worked incessantly for two hours
on boulder and lowe-ed itself but two
inches. Suddenly the casing broke, caus
ing the material delay.
The well is nearly full of water. Bjt
seven feet more ana the well would be a
flowing one. Several times, testt have
been made to ascertain the quantity of the
water, and after bucketing for several
hours, the water was lowered a distance
of forty feet. There it stopped. The
supply is a large one but not of a sufficient
nnniy to make a flowing well.
It will require a piece of engineering
skill to lower the 325 feet of inner casing.
Each joint must be lowered separately
and held while another fifteen foot joint
is screwed on, When the last joint will
have been attached and lowered, the de
vice which controls tht lowering, will be
holding over nine tons of iron.
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TROUBLES Of OSMflBM
Hint IM tue fiottindm Bill Has fallen Among Wot s
Portland. Jan. 28 (To the Editor)
In The Oregonian of last Friday 1 note
with surprise that Senator Nottingham's
bill for the regulation of osteopathy was
referred to the committee on medicine
and pharmacy. And that, too, at the so
licitation of three of the said committee,
and despite the protests of the Senator
who introduced the bill.
Upon what grounds such action was
taken is not stated. Nar is it conceivabl
by one familiar with the spirit of antago
nism manifested by the older schools of
practice toward any system not in ac
cord with their own.
The spectacle of medical doctors im
portuning our aug st body of lawmakers
for the opportunity and privilege of sa
ting in judgment on the merits of a sys
tem of practice which they and their
brothers have bitterly slandered and vili
fied and fought is so unspeakably ludic
rous that one it moved to wonder if tht
dawn of the millennium it not already
bursting that the lamb should be suffer
ed to lie down tranquilly within reach of,
the lion's paw. i S .
Pray, what portion of the bone-doctors'
request falls within tne ipecial ' jurisdic
tion of these erudite Aesculapiant? It it
possible they feaf that tht . health .of tht
State's precious oitizens would fail by
reason of tht unrestraintdapplicatiori of
system that depreciate tht use of
drugs? Be not alarmed gentlemen. Have
not some of tht childreji of mtntljus far
escaped that amicus and painful" moment
Tjeh the order for poisonous pttlpowdtr
or potion it inscribed in; mort painful
Latin tignt and tymool,' and yet .-arrived
at the full term of rhif shotted timt?
Moreover, be assured that tht doctors of
Multnomah county, at tet.ar not panic-
stricken at prospect of legalized drugless
treatment of it citizens. 'For hat not itt
city and county met) eel association! by
unanimous vote, put itself" on ' rtcord to
tht effect that drugs art not necessary in
the efficient treatment of disease? Else,
1 charge you. thty art dtrelict to tht btst
interests of our, xk and afflicted. Out of
the depths of their tender compassion and
infinite affection for tne:r dearly beloved
brother, the osteopath they issued such a
paragon of startl. ng magnanimity thai the
osteopaths mut have swooned in sheer
hreatnifessntss, town:, 'Resolved, that the
present law be amended so as to read
that osteopaths will not have to piss ex
amination upon materia medica."
But the fact is tha'. bill was not justly
or properly referrable to a medical com
mittee, but. by virtue of the fact that it is
a new law tnat it provides for the ap
pointment of a board of examiners under
state control, with authority to issue
licenses to qualified osteopaths and to ad
minister oaths and contains penalty
clauses for the violat on of its provisions
it clearly f lis w.tmn the jur.sdiction of
the judiciary committee. In support of
such opinion I cte as precedent the refer
ence of the osteopatnic bill two years ago
to the judiciary committee of the House.
Anrl furfh.r I umilri Amnhaina tkm far.t
liia. His Sopii.T.B C:urt5 if !! of nar
states have held that osteopathy is not
the practice of medicine within the mean
ng of existing medical statutes.
This effort of our medical worthies to
entertain the osteopathic bill it certainly
unique and suggestive. Will it not come
toinis tn it trie Ripjjlican party wil
suomit itt next National platform to its
dear friends, the Democrats, for modifi
cation and correction, or that one Pre
byttnan Central Assembly will turnover
the Confession of Faith to the Unitarians
lor. revision and . sugget ions? Perhaps
Dot. But surely of tms there 'tin" bk no
doubt that in future tht "-inedlcaPSfieir
'out of consideration of love and reciproj-
city, w :! graciously submit tieir possible
legislative billt to tht osteopaths, for al
teration ant correction?' ''
-These osteopaths may be a blajjk as,
tht mtdicial men paint them, but it looks
mighty ttrangt that where thyare btst
known thty art best protested. And no
evidence hat ytt reached tht statistician
of any increase in tht death rat by reason
of tht ministrations of ovtr 4000 of them
in our country. It it alto ttrangt that tht
Legislatures of BO odd itaWrhaw seen fit
to protect heir practice from fraud and
quackery, and thatth United States Sen
ate June 29, last, passed a bill for their
protection in tne District of Columbia,
requiring high educational qualifications.
And it it worthy of note that tne Oregon
bill differs in no important particle from
he one ub-nitte- to Congress. ' .
K. R. GlLTNER.
Tne .above appeared in the Portland
Oregonian of Jan 29.
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