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t » YOU CAN REGISTER AT THE LENTS PHARMACY. REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL CLOSE APRIL 18 Hit. ^rott IHrralù Phone us your news Items—they are al ways welcome This is a good time to re new your subscription to the Herald. ■ - — Subscription, $1.00 a Year Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, Aprii 6, 1916. Vol. 14. * - - No. 14. ■ SPECIAL SCIENCE ME HING SUCCESS PREPARED TO FEED ARMY IN MEXIGO GEISLER BROS., HAS NEAR EIRE HIS PATHWAY. TI m - first meeting (or men conducted What was prolxbly the narrowest escape from a destructive fire happened the Mt. Scott Drug Co., Tuewiay morn ing about 6:30. The day previous the upsetting of a can of paint provide«! the cause. Tlie oil was removed by a cloth which waa dropped in the back room. It took nntil six o’clock next morning to evolve enough chemical heat to start tbe cloth burning and th«- rmell aroused the McSioys on the floor above. The fire was soon stopped- Geisler Bros., will drop their oily rags into tbe stove liereafter, just as everyone should who wants to be on the safe side. Should the National Guard Bo Ordered I by tl»e social hygiene, eugenic friends of to tho Border Arrangements Have good morals was held at the Yeager Boon Made to Furnish Noceaaary Theatre last Monday evening The at Bupplioe—Enough on Hand at San tendance waa line ami the interest was Antonio to Loot Three Months. entirely satisfying The house was Tne pruuioui of pruvlaluulng fin army <»f any also that may bo a«*ut to tho Mexican liordor or luto Mexico haa nut caused any uncertainty in the quarter nia.ter'a department The organ lzu lion and euppllee are adequate for any emergency. Of the 129.000 tro«»i>e in the United Ktatc» army, according to military *'• titnatea, 30.000 ur 49,<x» are avallnble for Mexican service, the remainder be Ing either In colonial poaaenalona or um-eaaary for garrison duty within the country. There are about 12!».UUO men tn the uatlonal guard, of whom poxal bly KKt.UUO wight be available. As the men of the regular army who might go to Mexico are already I-ring fed through the quartermaster’« corpa. the problem In their caae would l>e one of tram» porting their supplies, which would mean no momentous difficulty Using the more extensive work of feeding a large enrollment of tbe hit Uonal guard as an Illustration of what would be done. Colonel A. I.. Smith. det«ot quartermaster In New York, ex plained the methods and machinery of bls department. lie said the work would be done thus: If the president called for a large force of national guardsmen they would be mobilized in each state at eome mobilisation point already deter mined. Until tbe guardsmen of auy state reached such mobilisation point they would be fed by the stnte author ities, but aa soou aa they were quarter ed at the mobilisation point they would come under the authority and care of the United Bistro government They would be fed through the quartermas ter's corps, the depot quartermaster In each district taking charge of all of thr men mobilised In bls district. Thia wuuld not |>reeent serious difficulties. Colonel Hrnldi said, because of the com paratlvely small numl>er of men who would be at any one yotnt ! well tlll<«l before the evening was over. Tin« speakers proved very entertain ing and instructive. it was a sort of moral dusting that did every man pn-eent good, and some of them got new ideas alsrut themselves that ought to be of lasting value. Plans are being arranged to have a meeting for women at some early date, probably about Monday the 17th and most likely in the aftermsm. If possible Dr. White and Dr. Foster will be secured to make the leading ad- drosses With Travel Rations. After mobilization was complete the men would be scut to the border, each supplied with travel ratloua consisting only of aufficieut food to last him until hla arrival at whatever concentration point nn the border he was assigned to. Aa soon aa the time of arrival of men at any concentration point was known the depot quartermaster In San Anto nio would Iw notified, and be would provide food for the men upon their arrival. After all of tin* enrolled soldiers were in the concentration ceutera at live bor der tbclr food would be supplied from Ft. Ixiula and Kaunas City, which are the auiiply |>olnta for the southern de partment. Tbe facilities for collecting food at tlicae points are ample. The government now tuia mouthly c«aitra«-ta permitting considerable increase for supplying tbe soldiers at present quar- < tered in the range of tbe supply de pots, and on these contracts sufficient food to provision a much larger force than is at present on tbe bonier could be obtained. Furthermore, the quar- termaster's organization of depots and purchasing agents la tn perfect condi tion, it was said, and no difficulty In ' quickly buying foodstuffs In the open ‘ market and in storing and transporting them la anticipated These'Months* Provisions on Hand. In tbe quartermaster's depots in El Paso, Columbus and Han Antonio, ac cordlug to tbe officials, there are at present three months’ provisions for 15,000 or 2<>,oo0 men, which means one month's supply for from 45,000 to 00,- 000 men. In addition to thia, 100,000 men could t>e supplied with food for three months’ use within twenty-four hours, the depot quartermaster said. Colonel Smith did not think that there would l>e any difficulty lu pur chasing food In the open ninrket He pointed out that, no matter how many men went to the border or to Mexico, their going would mean j’.l’t so many mouths the fewer to feed In the local ities which they left. Higher prices or a shortage of food would not result, therefore, according to expectations. It was said food would t>e purchased for the most part In large cities where the effect of tbe purchases on the mar ket wonld l>e almost negligible. Month’s Food For 25,000 Men. The amount of food necessary to feed 25,000 for thirty days, or 750.000 rations, was estimated In the depot quartermaster's office aa follows: Freeh l>eef, 850,000 pounds; bacon. 75,000 pounds; flour, 843,750 pounds: dried vegetables, 100,000 pounds; fresh vegetables, 750,000 pounds; evaporated fruit, 00,000 pounds; coffee, 52.500 pounds; sugar, 150,000 pounds; milk. 81.250 cans; vinegar. 3,750 gallons; pep per, 7,500 cane; spices, 2,625 cans; lard. 30,000 pounds; butter or oleo, 23,500 pounds; flavoring extracts, 1.400 hot- Uaa; sirup, 7.500 gallons. In addition, these supplies would Be neceaaary: laundry soap. 30,000 pounda; band soap. 180.000 cakes: can- ■ «lea, 40,000 pounds; matebaa, 38,000, Stereoptkan Views and Meeting. There will be a missionary meeting at tbe Friends Church at 7:45 Friday evening. An ¡interesting program baa been prepared, including a set of stere- optican views of “Women of tbe Orient,” showing oriental life in its dif ferent phases. This meeting will be of special interest and all are cordially in vited to attend. Kat/kys Have Record Sale Katzky Bros , held their annual aale on Tuesday and Weddesday of this week. It waa up to or even better than its predix-easors. A stream of customers filed in and out from early morning of Tuetslay until late Wednesday and they all went away with some article of home neceaaity. The sale run into the thous ands and eatabliahea tbe fact that hard times have not taken all lite cash in this part of the county. Lents School Notes Lents Grange Meets -Saturday The following program will be given at the afternoon marling of I-ents Grange which meets Saturday. Tbe thin! and fourth degrees will be given in the morning. Program: Oregon Resources, I. D. Graham of the Rural Spirit: Delinquencies of Minors from tire view point of District Attorney Evans; Duet, Dorothy Hells and Esther Mitchell; Club Drill, Miss Hunt’s Class; Recita tion, Mabel Hmith. The program logins at 2 o'clock and the public is invited to bear it. Whitney Commended —Taylor in Los Angelas Times. McStoy-Brlght Evening Star Monthly Program Miss Elsie M. Bright, daughter of Mrs. Theckla Bright, and Mr. Thomas McBloy were married at eleven o’clock Saturday morning, March 25, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Mcfiloy. The ring ceremony war performed in the presence of about 50 guests, by Rev. J. A. Goode. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served. Many beautiful gifts were re ceive«! by the young couple. The bride wore a dainty gown of white embroidered voile Her maid of honor was Miss Hazel Morrison. Mr. C. B. Travis attended the groom. Mr. and Mrs. McSloy left at 3 p. tn. on the steamer Beaver for Loe Angeles when* they will make their home, the groom having accepted a position in that city. The following was the program ren dered at Evening Star Grange on Satur day, April 1, to «"large audience: Duet, Miss Strobel and Mr. Mulford; Reading, Mr. Gywin H om ; Reading, Mias Miller; Mr. Hall, county agricul turalist, was present, and gave a very fine talk on the subject, “Farmers, and My Work Among Farmers.” He said there was much to be done and many to help; he wished to be of help and assistance to them. F. E. Coulter talked about the “Farmer's Greatest Burden” but did not tell how to help him or relieve him of hiB great v"’den. At the close Mr. Mulford sang a solo, and for an encore Miss Strobel and Mr. Multord responded. Mrs. Phoebe M. Brock was present again after a long absence, also Mr. C. H. Welch, who has been very sick. All were glad to greet them. Dear Friends and Readers of tbe Herald; I wish to cull your attention to the important fact that tiie Primary is May IV. That day we will nominate a County Superintendent ami we must choose the right one. There is one seeking tbe nomination who has tbe highest of ideals and the very beet of qualifications. This candidate is a col lege gradual«*, has done poet graduate work in the University of Washington, and he has the L. L. B. Degree from tbe University oi Oregon, which quali- tiea him better still for this position? Mr. E. H. Whitney, principal of the Oakley Green Schoo), has had many jears of successful work as a country school teacher aixl a city principal. 1 have known Mr. Whitney from child hood an<t later we were schoolmates at DOtS YOUR CHILD HAVE the McPherson Normal College in ENOUGH CALORIES IN HIS LUNCH? Nebraska. Therefore 1 deem it an The problem of a nourishing and honor and a duty to this worthy candi date to call the attention of n>y friends appetizing lunch for school children and the voters of Multnomah County to haa suggested to the Oregon Agricultur al college extension service, their bulle his support.—Maymie B. Hogue. tin on "'The School Luncheon.” This is a pamphlet for mothers, for Radium Never Seen In Nature teachers in rural schools, and such school Rndinm la a metal and is described as officers as wish to organize a system of having a white metallic luster. It has school lunches. From it can be learned ls*en isolated only once or twice and few how to select food for variety, how to people have seen it. Radium is ordi makt* sandsriches and how to pack the narily obtained from its ores in the form lunch box. For the teaclier, there is an of hydrous sulphate, chloride or bromide illustration of a rural school chest with and it is in the form of these salts that the coot of equipment and a few simple it ia usually sold and used. These are recipes, as well as a list of helpful books ail white or nearly white substance«, and government bulletins on thesubject. whose appearance is no more remark Under the topic ‘‘School lunch problems able than common salt or baking pow* of the city and town” a description of tier. Radium is found in nature in the school lunch system in Philadelphia such exceedingly small quantities that it is given with recipes for penny lunches is never visible even when the material : and the plan for school lunch service ia examined with a microscope. Ordi In Oregon, the experience o( both the narily radium ore carries only a small elementary and county high schools has fraction of a grain per ton of material l>een that this innovation is a success. and radium will never be found in large They report a higher standard of scholar quantity because it is formed by the de ship and an improvement in deportment cay of ursnium, a process which is during the noon hour, since the intro wonderfully slow, and radium itself de duction of the warm lunch.—C G. cays and changes to other elements so Sevan Wiae Men of Greece. t rapidly that it is im|HM«ible for it to ac Tbe seven wise men of Greece were cumulate naturally in visible masses. Thales of Miletus, Perlander of Cor Minerals that carry radium, however, inth. Cleobulna of l4yndus, Chilo of are fairly easy to determine. One of Lacedaemon. Solon of Athens. Ulas of them, pitchblende, aa generally found, Priene and Plttacua of Mltylene. is a black mineral about as heavy aa Some fishermen of Miletus soltl a draft ordinary iron, but much softer. The of flshes to a bystander. When the principal radium mineral, carnotite, has net was_4rawn In It contained a gold a bright canary-yellow color, and is en tripod, and the purchaser claimed It was his. while the fishermen con generally powdery. Tnere are other tended that they «old only the fish radium-bearing minerals of lees im that might he lu the net. The dispute portance. was referred to the oracle of the Del phi. who awards«! the tripod to the Rev. Levi Oox of Indiana, a strong wisest mon in Greece. Thereupon It evangelist and preacher, will preach at was taken to Thales, who declined It and suggested that It be given to Blas. tha Friends church Sunday at 11 a. m. He In turn refused to accept It, and thus It waa successively declined by Tbe Columbia Contract Co., ia de all tbe seven, and they were there livering 3000 tons of rook a day on tbe after kaewn as the seven wise men of «Heeea. Columbia jetty. BUMPED ON THE BEAN? USE FOUR-TAILED BANDAGE These bandages are very convenient for keeping poultices and other applica tions in place. To apply a four-tailed bandage to the head: Take a piece of muslin eight inches wide and long enough to go over the head and tie under the chin. Cut it in the middle from each extremity to within four or five inches of the cental. Pla«-e the b dy of the bandag«* on the top of tbe head aed tie the two back tails under the chin and the two front tails at the back of the neck. If it is desired to cover the back of the head, place the body of the bandage there and fasten the two back tails around th«» forehead and the two front tails tinder the jaw. When the forehead is to be covered place the body of the bandage there and fasten the two front tails at the back of tlie head and the two back tails under the chin.—A. B. How Jape Play Ken. In Ita most widely practiced form the basis of the Japanese game of ken Is that the fully outstretched hand signi fies paper, the fully closed hand a stone, and two fingers alone extended, tbe rest being closed, scissors. Each of tbe players, counting one. two, three, throws out his band at the moment of pronouncing three, and the one whose manual symbol Is sui>erior to that of tbe others, according to the theory of the game, wlna the triaL Superiority la determined on tbe hypothesis that whereas scissors cannot cut a stone they can cut paper and whereas paper la cut by scissors It can wrap up a stone—cimseqwenUy scissors are Infe rior to stone, but conquer paper; atone la Inferior to paper, but conquers scis sors. and paper ia Inferior to scissors, but conquers stone- There are tna-i- morable varietieo at the g>— Beginning next Monday the Hot Lunch tt the Lents School will issue a cordial invitation to the parents of pnpils in the first four rooms to come and eat a 5-cent lunch. All parents will be invited consecutively. Tuesday, the rooms 5, 6, 7, 8, Wednesday, 9, 10, 11, 12, Thursday, 13, 14, 15, 16, Friday, 17, 18, 19, 20. This is to enable the parents to judge for themselves and see whether it is worth while to patronize the Hot Lunch. The attendance just at present is not enough to keep up ex penses and if the parents wish the lunches to continue they must see that their chi^lren patronize it. Come and bring your nickel. The entertainment given in the assembly hall Wednesday evening netted the athletic fund a neat little ram of $31. A portion of this will be expended tor balls, bate, glove«, etc., for the various ball teams in the school. WAITE GASE GIVES LESSON ON GERMS Deadly Culture Tubes May Bo Handed Out Freely Without Proper Investi gation of Character and Intentions of tho Purchaser—Dontiet Unaucceaeful In Thia Effort. The crime of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, in endeavoring to Inoculate his millionaire parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Peck of''Grand Rapids, with deadly germ cultures of virulent diseases has'caused an inveatigation Into the ease with which such germs can be secured. While Waite wasn't successful in causing Mr. Peck's death in this manner, he later, according to his own confession, poisoned the aged financier by giving him arsenic. The disquieting fact has been re vealed that any one possessiug a meas ure of tbe cunning displayed by Dr. Waite could procure in New York city ‘Tor experimental purposes” almost any desired quantity of the deadliest dLsease germ» which medical science has identified Tbe strict laws gov erning the sale of poisons are not du plicated by any laws regulating tbe distribution of virulent bacilli. Though there ia a provision of the sanitary code forbidding the sale of disease bacteria without permissfon of the board of health, there are dosens of laboratories where tbe germs of ty phoid, diphtheria, tuberculosis, pneu monia, anthrax and other »coarges have been procured in tbe past by per sons whose responsibility has been in vestigated only in tbe most cursory manner. Dr. Waite is suspected of having planned to inoculate with deadly com binations of bacilli those persons who stood between him and tbe Peck mil lions. and it is even asserted that de velopments may show that he experi mented with the germs by Inoculating his friends with them to see what would happen. Tbe fact that be de cided on arsenic when the time ennie for action does not lessen tbe danger that some one else might be impelled to carry out to its conclusion a bacilli crime of the sort Dr. Waite is thought to have devised. Distribution Is Unregulated. As an aftermath of the disturbance caused by Dr. Friedman and bls “tur tle serum” cure for consumption the health department Inserted in its sani tary code a provision governing the sale of disease germs. This provision prohibits the sale of any preparation Four Miles From Good Roads containing living bacteria capable of That is tbe new slogan of the grange, causing disease without tbe permission and it means that permanent highways of tbe noard of health. Tbe code fur shall be built as much to favor farmers ther provides that the physician, in case a permit be granted, must enlighten the as city folks. Construction of highw- ys at great ex health de;»artment as to why be wants pense just to parallel tbe railroads seems the bacteria and Just how much he is to use as one dose. The sale of such to have been the policy of these in con bacteria without a permit is a misde trol of things. meanor and punishable by a heavy One At least half the money spent on state and a long term in prison. highways should be spent to enable the This provision, it will be noted, gov farmers to get to the railroads to market erns only the "sale” of disease breed ing bacilli and was devised to protect their crops. No one knows what is to become of the public from quack serums of doubt the railroads that have their ma>n lines ful efficacy. It in no wa.v restricts parallelled with hard surface state high ■ the laboratories in tbe hospitals and in tbe Independent research institutes ways at great cost. To look at their from providing deadly germs for any empty train« and see tbe hundreds of one who can convince them that be de motor vehicle» carrying passengers and sires tbe cultures for medical experi freight leaves but one conclusion. Un ments. lees highways are built to bring traffic Laws Stops Transmission by Mail. to the railroads as well as take it away Dr. J. S. Ferguson, secretary of Cor from them, many will go into bank nell Medical college, where Dr. Waite ruptcy. procured some of the bacilli with If highways were built out to the which he experimented, states that so farms more, the wide use of motor far as be knows there is no specific vehicles would advance the value of law or ordinance governing the distri- farm products. The man ten or twenty * button of deadly germs. "I suppose tbe general criminal laws miles out would be brought to a daily would cover the improper use of dan market and every farmer within four gerous bacilli." said Dr. Ferguson, “but miles of a good road leading to the rail I know of no law to regulate their dis road station wonld build up the country tribution. There is a federal statute and not ruin the railroads. which forbids the shipment of such germs through the mail, but that is the only law of the sort that I can re Blstssd Ignorance. Grubb»— Do you think that Binks call. “Naturally, no himpttal or independ knows what he is talking about? Stubbs—I suppose so. but I'd like to ent laboratory would give deadly germ bet sometbiug that after he concludes cultures to a perspn who did not have one of his harangues be doesn't know credentials of some sort, but it wonld what bls listeners are talking about— be largely a matter of Judgment on the part of the jierson in the laltoratory to Richmond Timee-Dispatcb. whom the application was made. It is doubtful whether the person asking for U»»d to Lathor. “Your meringues,” says the mistress, the cultures would be asked to produce "are so delightfully frothy and light. a medical diploma or other proof of How In the world do you get them his right to handle tbe germs of viru lent diseases. that way?” “Almost every hospital in New York “It’s the new butler, mum.” explain ed the cook. “He used to be a bar 'aas a laboratory In which cultures of disease germs are prepared. There are ber.”—Buffalo News. also a great many inde|>en«lent Institu tions where research work of the same Has To. “How Is this. Jones? They tell me sort is carrie«l on.' Dr. Ferguson agreed that the use of your son Is <n the big cities hitting all deadly bacilli opened up practical!' t the high places.” “So be is. He's a steeplejack.”— new field In crim«; Baltimore American. Premonitory. Daily Mans Junior—So you didn't propose to ber. Mails at the Lents poetoAce arrive after all? Weed—Na And I'm not and depart daily, except Sunday, as fol going ta When I got to her house I found ber chasing a mouse with a lows: broom.—Puck. Arrive Depart 6:00 A. M. 7:30 A. M. It la Impossible t* bo just if swa la 12:60 P. M. UM r. M. æt generous.—Baux. 3:30 P. M. »HF. M.