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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1918)
mi. Scott fierald l*ubli»b«-4 Kvery Thursday at kni», Oregon bj K H. HARRIS. Manager Kiitere 1 a* second eta" mail matter Febru >rjr 14, 1114, at the post otttee at l.entx, Or< non under act of Congress. March 3 Hubacription prhs 1 a tear. tn advance This paper has enlisted with the government in the cause of America for the period ot the war........... .. CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL FITNESS The child health organization of New York is endeavoring to attract the attention of the country to the nation's duty of preserving the lieultb of the children. Attention has been turned to this subject by the draft in spections, which show that 25 or 30 per cent of the young men are disqual ified for service on account of phys ical debility. Much of this unfitness comes from malnutrition, in this con nection the board furnishes tables showing what the height and weight of children should be at certain ages. For Instance, a boy of ten should be 58 Inches high and weigh 77 pounds. A girl of the same age should be 54 Inches high and weigh 70 pounds Sim ilar figures are given for children of all ages from five to eighteen. Tho Idea of these figures is to Inform the parents, by obtninlng the height and weight of their children, whether they have been sufficiently aud Intelligently fed O’- not. This is reducing the nu trition of children to a scientific scale, but it is to be doubted If many par ents are patient and intelligent enough to ascertain these facts, says Ohio State Journal. Too many go upon the Idea that feeding a boy all he will eat la increasing his strength, amj, of course, they want their children Strong, never thinking for a moment that overfeeding is quite as disastrous as underfeeding. Like most men of culture. Sir IL B. Finlay. British lord high chancellor, knows his Bible and can quote It apt ly. Referring to the recent extraordi nary manifestations of German rage In the bombing of hospitals, he said they reminded him of a certain person con cerning whom It was written that his “wrath is great because Ids time Is short.” The cable dispatch does not do the fitness of the quotation Justice, however, says Chicago Evening Post. We looked it up and found it so ad mirably suited to recent happenings that we give It in full, as you may read it In Revelation, 2. 12: “Woe for ths earth and for the sea, because the devil has gone down unto you. having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.’ That explains more than the hospital bombings—it ex- plains the frenzied drives on the west front and the raid on our Atlantic coast Figures made public by the marine corps show that since otir entrance Into the war the corps lias enlisted 13,- 828 recruits under 21 years of ago, rep resenting 30 per cent of the enlist ments during the period. The policy of the marine corps in admitting boys of eighteen years and over Into the rank Is more than Justified, officers claim, by the heroic fighting by the marines at Chateau-Thlerry and Bel- lean wood, the showing they have made in their sector of the Marne line since that time, and the youthfulness of many of the marines who have been decorated and cited tn France, While It was known that many boys tinder twenty-one were serving with the sea soldiers, the statement that they aggregated nearly one-third of the enlistments was a surprise even to the marine officers themselves. STORING SUNBEAMS. Among al I the dreams of achievement, perhaps noue offers such possIbiUtlaa j of reward ns that of artificially stor ing sunbeams for use as needed for heat and |s>wer. Thus far man has been dependent upon nature’s storage, and until a few decades ago was con» tent with tho contemporaneous suit- ply furnished by tho wood of tho for ests. With the tapping of energy de posits of coal iu the nineteenth cen tury begun u drawing upon the accu mulations of past ages thnt has contin ued with ever Increasing reeklesstiess snd extravagance. In the United States, now the largest producer of coal, furnishing 38 per cent of the world’s total In UH4. the aggregate quantity mined up to 1915 was 10,- 8S9.304.901 tons, as shown by the ge ological survey words, but of this only 15,000 tons hnd been produced 'ip to 1820. An output of lO.lXM'.OOO tons a year hnd not been reached un til 1853. while in 1801, nt the begin ning of the Civil war, the production was only 10.488,012 tons. The an nual yield passed IOO.O i MI.OOO tons In j 1882. reached 21X1,000.000 in 1907. rose > to 5OO.OtXI.O0O in 1912. and was 531.019,- [ 487 in 1915. At this into, the coming of the fuelless age cannot be post poned many generations. I’eat is a low-grade fuel existing in large quan- ties, and already used to some extent j in Europe, but its Importance seems to have been greatly exaggerated. Even the enormous energy of the wa- terpowers cannot Indefinitely avert dis aster. unless the accelerating demand slackens, or some new w.-iy of utiliz ing energy aids the fuel supply. Shipbuilding data Just nt hand add another nail to the kaiser’s coffin, driv en home and clinched. For the first six months of this'year the sinkings of allied and neutral shipping by Ger man submarines equaled 2.089.293 tons. The ship pr-alnctlon for the same period was 2,111,501 tons. This definitely puts the submarine out of the war as a decisive factor. More over, the nefarious work of the sub marine Is steadily declining, owing to Improved convoying, while the produc tion of ships Is increasing. The Au gust production of American yards, say shipping board officials, was a world record, being *>! ships, nggreg-.it- Ing 340.145 deadweight tons. The previous monthly record, held by Great Britain for June, was 295,911 deadweight tons. The Berlin press tolls the public that the Germans are seeking to weaken the enemy by retiring to the rear. The people are also assured that the Ger man command Is master of the sit uation since, after heavy battles, un- cl-served withdrawal has been possi ble. The Germans are adopting the tactics of the man who boasted of holding the enemy by firmly Insert ing his nose between the latter’s teeth. The plan to free th«- schools from al! alien enemy influences Is one which will meet the full approbation of the public. The schools constitute the most dangerous ground for nllen propaganda, for it Is there that the seeds of mischief full upon the most fertile soil. It is In the schools that patriotism must be firmly planted, for it Is In the growing generation that the safety of the nation depends. Gentian prisoners nre enjoying n rare compensation in u chance which war has brought them for revenge. They arc indulging in Insolence to their officers captured with them, knowing that the latter nre us powerless to re- sent or punish these Insults as the ■ men themselves were powerless to pro-, tcct themselves from their former su-! periors’ abuse. German war correspondents must bo veil disciplined, too, when they can keep their faces straight uhile Hinden burg and Ludendorff loftily explain that the second defeat at the Marne was nothing but what they hnd an ticipatisi and fully prepared for—after losing almost 500,OtX) men to reach the river. Spain la stirred Into nervous but Im pressive awe by the stories of n Span ish war correspondent describing the size of the American army In France. In 1917 only 1.014 persons emigrated Alfonso may not be high In the brow, from Denmark to foreign countries; of but he knows enough not to slip on these 1,58» came to the United States. the same banana skin twice. This Is the smallest number of emi grants from Denmark In seventy years. Borrowing cheap dollars that must Heretofore flv six’ll» of tie emigrants have been farmers, workmen and be paid hack In dear dollars Is what the profiteers have forced upon this house servants, but during 1917 only country, but If the profiteers escape one-sixth belonged to these classes, a the Job of paying we are no Judge of larger percentage than usual being mincemeat. Watch the revenue bill. tradesmen nnd commercial men of va rious kinds. Tt is now estimated that the gov ernment will have to Issue $20,iXX).000(- Maybe you will not regret so much the mileage you didn't nciiitnulate on 000 more In Liberty bonds before the recent Sundays when yon l<.nrn that thing Is over. That will give every your self-denial helped to .nd 500,000 body a chance for a fine investment. barrels of much-needed gasoline to A “noiseless” typewriting machine Is thi- front. on the market. We take It from this The Germans seem more afraid of that it has no shelf for the chewing the British tanka thnn of any other gum. ♦♦♦♦ FRENCH BOY IS REAL WAR HERO FETTY’S TRANSFER Bears Excruciating Pain Without When You Want to Move First-Class Sheet Metal Work and Repairing Call Tabor 7707 lliitnlinl Waah boitera ... 3JSO to 33 00 (Itlnnlifil (larbage tana. Wooden l ega 3.00 to 4 00 Store Repairing and h'ellnlng and Eipress Auto Truck Word of Complaint. A. S. Pi: ARCI:, The Tinsmith RESIDENCE 9436 Foster Rd. Lents, Ore. J LEG BONE IS SNAPPED OFF laMaMMMMMMMMMMUMMMMMaaMaia Eleven-Year-Old Youth Is Hit by Dis patch Rider on Motorcycle—Not a Cry Out of Him as Automobile Dashes Over Rough Roads to Take Him to Hospital—Example of Hun Savagery In Bombing of Commercy. He Is only eleven years old but the entire battlefields of Europe have fall- ! i-d to produce a bigger hero. I came across him the other day while on my way to Saint Mlbiel, dur ing which I noticed a crowd In the road near Pagny stir Meuse. A dough- boy stepped from the crowd and stopped our car, saying thnt an American motorcycle dispatch rider hnd struck a child aud broken his leg. He nlso explained that the rider hud sustained a dislocated shoulder. There were no hospitals or doctors tn the town, so we stopped and I told him the D. R. I. would take him back to Tout to the hospital. He asked the If I would deliver his dispatches and when I told him 1 could not. lie re fused to go to the hospital. J. H. Bradbury WAR MOTHERS ORGANIZE Take That Title for National 8oelety of Relatives of Fighters. "War Mothers of America” Is the name officially chosen by the first na tional convention of the organization nt Evansville, Ind., after a spirited contest. The constitution provides thnt Evansville shall be the nntlonal headquarters of the organization. Only the mother or wife of a sol dier or xnllor "who has been or Is In active military service of th<- United States of America In the prosecution of tho great war,” uro entitled to mem bership. Thlr!y-ono states are repre sented In the convention, which Is ex pected to complete Its work tonight. WOMEN TAKE MEN’S JOBS Relieve Men of Military Age In Lon don Business Houses. One of the wholesale dry goods bouses of the city of London affords an interesting example of the extent to w hlch the substitutions of women work ers for men of military age can be car ried out. Over fifty merphers of the staff of this firm have Joined the force« and In practically every cnse women have taken their places for the dura tion of the war. The wives of the commercial travelers who have been called up, are taking their husbands' places—on the road—and In addition to the all-woman clerical staff, women means of warfare. In these huge Mount Vesuvius Is in eruption again, 1 porters and women packers are being moving fortresses they are outclassed but the old fellow can hardly get an employed with highly satisfactory re In their own favorite weapon of fright audience for his act these days. sults. fulness. THE PORTLAND BUSINESS MAN who is aiiccvaahil surrounds hliuaelf will, ■■very availahi« iiusl. ru .U- sim - tor Mviug his time and lummy. ITs* ImsiiM-w mau who lall» !>• use su AUTOMA ill' TEI. Fl’lltiN E »imply close» hisi-atablialiuirai to lliousauds of |»M*llilr ilistom. rx Hr may never know llir mal r.-awm fur Ills failure In Imsim s» THINK ITOVER. s E R V I C E CORD WOOD AND COUNTRY SLAB Yard on Foster Road in front of Lenta Library Phone Tabor 7821 k The Herald Does All Kinds of Printing.... Ixing; Dititanee Everywhere CALL A 4221 Come .Telephone and Telegraph Company of Portland, Oregon ■ n - . ài ------ Hold Your Liberty Bonds Gives First Aid. So the chauffeur, the doughboy and i ayself got hold of him, wedged him I against the. car and pulled on his left arm until we snapped It back In the socket. I got him some cognac from a Frenchwoman. He took a drink, finally got on his motorcycle and rode on slowly. Then I looked at the boy, a French kid about eleven years old. His right leg bone was snapped off clean as a whistle Just below the thigh, so that It wabbled around. His poor old father was standing there helpless, and beg ged that I wouldn’t leave the child there helpless “comme unchlen,’ like n dog In the road. So we put the Ind In the car and rushed him to the Toul hospital. It must have caused hltn excruciating pain as we dashed over the road but never a word of complaint, although In the front sent I could hear him sucking In his breath sharply from the torture of the broken ends of the bone rubbing against one another. He was as white as marble./ We put him In the hospital nt Toni. I then went on to Saint Mlhlel. and as ( was passing through the buckle of the Meuse river southwest of the town where it is low and tint and wax formerly “no man’s land.” covered with barbed wire, an American avia tor. Lieut. Palmer Gaillard of Mobile, «•ho knows my grandfather, stepped out nnd asked me where he was. Knew It Was All Right. He hnd been forced to land through engine trouble nnd wax not sure whether he was tn the allied or Ger man lines, but when he saw n car marked “U. 8.," ho knew It was all right. He was a long way from an Inhabited town, ns the nearest ones, a couple of kilometers away, hnd been shelled to pieces, and he couldn’t talk French, ao was In a hnd position. I picked him up and we went to Saint Mlhlel. It wns Just getting dark, arid the Boche bombed us there, at Commercy, going back, at Void, at Pagny, and at Toul again, where I dropped him and I ran Into a raid get ting back to Nancy. Six raids in one night Is a record, I guess. We stopped outside Commercy while they were bombing It. then running through we could smelt powder wher ever a bomb Btruck. They were taking a dead child out of one house and dragging a wounded woman out of the cellar of another. looter *<*/. <>PP I*. O. l abor .MM ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Next to the imperative duty of American citizens to support the Liberty Ixtan is their duty to hold their Liberty Bonds. It is not full service to the country to purchase Liberty Bonds and throw them up on the matket, thus putting upon others the real burden of financing the war. Unless the necessity for disposing of them is very great, every owner of a Liberty Bond SHOULD MOLI» FAST TO IT . . MULNOMAH STATE BANK Lents Station - Portland, Oregon J