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PORTLAND, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1814.
- MEN OB MICE.
President Wilson, it is said, has
won Chairman Hay, of the House com
mittee on military affairs, over to his
programme of National preparedness.
It is no mean achievement, for Ha
Is instinctively a Little American, in
& chronic state of alarm over the
militarist bogy.
Secretary McAdoo. of the Treasury,
vho is here nominally on official
business, but actually to see how the
political land lies . for his august
father-in-law, does not hesitate to
support the Wilson propaganda for a
great navy and a greater army.
President Wilson wants an army of
a million trained men, regulars and
reserves. . .
President Wilson also Is committed
to a policy which will add to the Navy
in five years ten dreadnoughts, six
'battle cruisers, ten scout cruisers,
fifty destroyers, fifteen fleet subma
rines, eighty-five coast submarines
and various auxiliary vessels. It will
be a navy of which any American
may be proud and upon which the
country may safely rely for defense
against any foe.
Only Bryan is for the paralyzing
and enfeebling policy of non-resistance
only Bryan and his claque.
Do the Democratic newspapers and
the Democratic organizations of Ore
efon stand with Wilson or with Bryan?
Let them speak up. Are they men or
mice?
DOCTORING WITHOUT DIAGNOSIS.
The figures prepared by the Mer
chants' Exchange and published else
where in The Oregonian today are fit
food for the thought of. those who
may have profited by the first primer
lesson given on this page a few days
ago on the needs and requirements of
the Port of Portland.
In the tables mentioned Is found
the actual record For ten years the
Port of Portland haa held Its own
with the Puget Sound district in quan
tities of wheat and flour shipped by
water. The past year's figures even
exceed the general average. For ten
years Portland has shipped out an
average of 59.1 per cent of all the
wheat and an average of 29.8 per cent
of all the flour transported by water
a'rom the Northwest. In the last sea
son Portland water shipments went a
trifle above the average on wheat and
a. trifle below the average on flour.
But the figures are more impressive
In their bearing on commerce totals
relatively credited to Portland and
Puget Sound when stated another way.
On wheat and flour shipments com
bined Portland in the cereal year
ended July 1 held a record above the
average. Its percentage of wheat and
flour moving by water from the entire
Northwest was 4 8.8 per cent or almost
,' one-half. It was higher than the per
centage of seven other years of the
ten.
' For all practical comparisons Port
land is on an equal basis with Puget
-Sound in quantity of wheat and flour
shipped by water. Insofar as these
two commodities provide return car
goes a vessel has no materially greater
inducement to carry imports to Puget
Sound than to Portland. Tet there
'.are men, newspapers and organiza
tions which assert that what Portland
needs to build up miscellaneous com
merce is a change in railroad grain
rafes to the mouth of the river.
; There is no way to dispute the
actual figures. Their meaning is ob
vious. Something besides wheat and
;Tlour for export affects the gross ton
nage in and out of Portland as com
pared with the gross of Puget Sound.
Where Portland falls behind is in
transcontinental traffic, in movement
through the port of commodities other
."than wheat and flour. And as to
those commodities every port on the
Columbia is and long has been on an
equal basis with Portland.
As haa previously been pointed out,
Portland is on a parity with or has an
advantage over Puget Sound In acces
sibility, railway terminals, railway
rates and the various physical ele
ments that help build up a port. The
solution of our difficulties may there
fore be found by a process of elimi
nation. The need is co-operation and
energy in going after and creating the
business we now lack. Cure by oper
atig on the healthy tissues is a forlorn
hope. But that is exactly what some
of our port doctors are proposing,
while they neglect the real seat of the
trouble.
I-XDISCIPUNT-D AMERICANS.
It is a characteristic trait of Amer
icans that they are wholly undisci
plined. No one realizes this so fully as
the person who has the public to deal
with, whether as streetcar conductor,
traffic officer or ribbon-counter clerk.
The poor man is quite as arbitrary on
occasions as his more wealthy brother.
When some regulation is enforced he
is inclined to assert that his inalien
able rights as a great and free Amer
ican citizen are being infringed upon.
Often the man of means or influence
not only feels his rights as an Amer
ican citizen, but assigns to himself
special privileges because of his sta
tion. He has been pampered so much
that he does not admit that rules ap
plied to ordinary mortals affect him.
He bluffs his way over minor regula
tions established for the public. Em
ployes of the public service or of cor
porations fear his influence and are
coerced by his threats into making an
exception to the rules they are sup
posed to enforce.
Hence we must all glory in the
spunk and character of the employe
who refuses to change rules for any
one's benefit. Now and then such
incidents come to public notice. Now
and then, too, some employe loses his
job through such strict adherence to
his simple duty. But it is to be hoped
that no such fate will overtake Traffic
Officer Quinn, who held up the Presi
dent and his fiancee when they sought
to break the traffic regulations in
the town of Frederick.
Some surprise will attach itself to
the observation that President Wilson
was annoyed, at the halting of his ma
chine as it took to the wrong side of
the street in passing. Some surprise
is also occasioned by the steadfastness
with which Officer Quinn stood his
ground. When pressed by secret serv
ice men he insisted that the President
of the. United States obey the regrula
latons that are enforced on other in
dividuals. There are many officers,
we fear, who would have stepped
aside with doffed hat and let the dis
tinguished party, go by. Officer Quinn.
has adopted' an ideal of duty which
we all might follow with profit and
there Is reason for disappointment in
that the President did not applaud
ratner than display annoyance. It
would be interesting to know what
his fiancee really thought of the in
cident.
SCPJERFLUOCS JOBS,
Striking cartoon in Oreironian rmr-.
sents Old Man Portland swatting a swarm
of city inspectors. If The Oregonian would
turn its swatter on the swarm of superflu
ous state commission members, or upon
a reduction of tnir salaries, its field of use
fulness wouid be emended. There la an
army .of business, men with capital in large
sums invested who do not make net the
money paid annually to a trainload of mem
bers of commissions in Oregon. Xewberg
Graphic.
Undoubtedly there are superfluous
state employes; undoubtedly. The
Oregonian urged upon the recent Leg
islature, as it had upon previous Leg
islatures, the wisdom of consolidating
various state departments; and it has
for many years protested against the
multiplication of useless commissions.
But we should be highly gratified
if our Newberg neighbor would name
the state commission members against
whom it desires The Oregonian to di
rect its "swatter." The Oregonian
will cheerfully comply, if it shall ap
pear that Newberg has accurate infor
mation about the subject.
Yet it haa always seemed strange to
The Oregonian that the energies of
professional reformers, newspaper and
otherwise, should usually take the
form of savage criticism of state gov
ernments for their extravagance, while
so little is ' said or done about the
extraordinary taxes imposed upon a
long-suffering public by municipalities
and school districts. The average state
tax in Oregon for ten years has been
about three mills; and the recent Leg
islature appropriated actually less
money than its predecessor. Tet great
institutions like the Insane Asylum,
the Penitentiary, the reformatories,
the infirmaries and the like must be
supported. The total taxes of all kinds
for Multnomah County are usually
over twenty mills, so that the state tax
is about one-seventh.
We will wager a Yamhill walnut
the finest In the world that the num
ber of inspectors in the Portland
Health Department alone exceeds all
the inspectors in the state's employ.
WHERE THE PORK GOES.
The announcement that Representa
tive Swager, of Kentucky, will be
chairman of the House committee on
appropriations upon the expected re
tirement of Representative Fitzgerald,
of Brooklyn a candidate for a New
York judgeship makes peculiarly per
tinent the recent speech of a Texas
Congressman Mr. Garner upon the
fruitful topic of the pork-'barrel. To
be sure, public buildings was the nom
inal topic; but the Texas man was
taking his constituents into the bosom
of his confidence, and he said:
There are half a dozen places in my dis
trict where Federal buildings are being
erected or have boen recently constructed at
a cost to the Government far in excess of
the actual needs of the communities where
they are located. Take Uvalde, my home
town, for instanco. We are putting up a
postoffice down there at a cost of 960.OOO
when a $5000 building would be entirely
adequate for our needs.
The candid Garner did not stop with
disclosing the nature of Uncle Sam's
bad investments in public buildings for
Texas, for he added:
Now wsDemocrati are in oharge of the
House, and I'll tell you right now every
time ona of those Yankees gets a ham, I'm
going to do my best ;o got a, hog.
There are thirty-four important
committees in the House, and the
Southern brigadiers have thirty-two of
them, and will have thirty-three. The
showing is astounding, but the fact is
not to be controverted.
The South is in the saddle, under
the sign of the pork-barrel.
WIIXFUIi CHI I.OI.KS SSN' KS.S.
"There should be some way," says a
New York observer, "of proceeding
against those wives who are wilful in
their childlessness." Exactly so. But
to write laws upon the books would be
a waste of effort. If anything is
to be done to correct this menace to
the American birthrate, it must be
effected through a campaign of edu
cation. While it is true that educated
women are the worst offenders, in the
sense that educated women are those
who have diplomas from high schools
and colleges, enlightenment along this
particular line would serve to remove
the burden of selfishness which has
dwarfed the maternal instinct in their
nature.
Their perspective has become de
fective in that they see the burdens of
maternal cares today without a corre
sponding outlook as to future misery
certain to be their lot- Children are
a barrier to social life and freedom..
Motherhood means sacrifices which
they are not quite ready to make.
When the glamour of youth passes.
perhaps, but not now. Thus thev de
lude themselves, and very often when
the maternal instinct finally asserts
itself they have destroyed their ca
pacity for reproducton. The vacancy
of the glamour of life as seen through
the veil of selfishness creeps in unon
them and they seek for the true hap
piness or life, only to have it denied.
Surely retribution lays a heavy hand
upon those who are wilfully childless.
Desolation in old age is a bitter lot,
and how much more bitter must it
appear under the reflection that the
unhappy statg,is of one's own making.
w nere jsature alone' is to blame, con
science cannot add intensity to the
sting, but where Nature has been
cheated the penalty Is twofold. Nor
does retribution wait on old age. Mid
dle age tastes the first bitter pangs
when from the empty void of the child
less home the joys and fullness of life
are seen on every hand without being
shared.
The man and wife who go through
life without children have missed their
way. There is no joy such as that of
seeing the little lives unfold day by
day. There is no compensation such
as comes from guiding the little feet
over the first course in life. Intimately
sharing juvenile pleasures and sorrows,
carefully molding minims and souls for
tne great goal of maturity. The re
sponsibilities are many, but the re
wards are great. Those who shirk the
responsibilities in order to follow the
will-o'-the-wisps of transient pleasure
in the springtime of life will awaken
in the Autumn to find that not hav
ing sown, neither may they reap the
richest harvest of existence.
WHEN" a. Hamx WENT.
: Germany has pleader! that the exe
cution pf Miss Cavell was dictated byl
tne grim necessity of military law. It
was another operation of that stern
German policy which is entirely de
void of human feeling." It is not diffi
cult to imagine the ancient German
philosophers, chortling over this af
fair as a supreme triumph of unyield
ing efficiency over mere maudlin sen
timentality. Nietzsche would see in
the British stir over the event another
evidence of emotionalism and attend
ant incapacity. Just why a woman
should not be strung up or shot for
the offenses of a man in wartime is
not clear except to those who have
such Quixotic weaknesses as gallantry
and tenderness and inherent bigness
of nature.
But without going into the senti
mental aspects of the matter and view
ing the whole affair from the stand
point of German military necessity, it
is interesting to compare the execu
tion of Miss Cavell by Germany for
aiding prisoners to escape with an
incident of our own Revolutionary War
period. America had been invaded
from the north. The British had
turned loose the savage red beasts of
Northern forests to murder and pillage
the countryside. Envelopment of the
whole Valley of the Hudson was the
British objective and to this end three
armies were converging their march
en Albany.
One of these forces, mixed British
regulars and German mercenaries, had
fought its way past the northernmost
defences and was striking at Albany
itself. From every direction the Amer
ican minute men had assembled and
after terrifio fighting ha4 repulsed the
enemy under Burgoyne,. The defeat
was not conclusive, and the invaders.
making use of a protected position on
the river, were stubbornly awaiting re
inforcements from down the Hudson.
The camp was out of water and there
was intense suffering among the Brit
ish and German troops. One brave
party after another sallied forth to the
river, only to fall before a withering
fire from Vermont sharpshooters.
whose aim never failed. Not a single
man got hack to camp with water. It
was only when their suffering from
thirst had become desperate that the
wife of . a British officer volunteered
to go.
Bucket in hand, she went forth to
what seemed certain death. No sharp
shooter of the Kaiser's army on the
Meuse or Oise could send a bullet more
surely across the intervening space.
No German force could ever know a
greater necessity of firing upon a de
fenceless woman. She was doina far
more than aiding a few unarmed pris
oners to escape. She was intent on
carrying succor to the hostile garrison
an act which would permit them to
hold out hold out, perhaps, until re
inforcements could arrive.
She reached the river. Not a rifle
spoke. She filled the bucket and
started back to the hostile rendezvous.
American sharpshooters across the
Hudson were not all under the close
control of officers. Many of them
were stationed in trees. Their one
mission was to "snipe" water carriers.
Yet not a shot was fired. This woman
was aiding a cause that was designed
to crush their liberty, to dominate
their beloved scpuntry for which they
were willing to die. - But she was as
safe under their rifles as she would
be under American rifles today.
From such men the greatest Nation
of earth was born. They knew the
grim law of necessity better than it
has been known before or since, yet
no necessity was so great that they
might turn their rifles upon the
mothers of men.
HELP STARVING POIAND.
Every American, whether he has
been uplifted by Paderewski's music or
not, should be Inspired by the great
pianist's appeal for aid to save Poland
from starvation. Born in the country
which has beer) changed into a desert
by the ebb and flow of battle, Paderew
ski's great heart has been moved to
place himself at the head of a move
ment to bring America to the rescue.
For this cause he recently gave a re
cital at Boston and delivered an ad
dress which brought a crowded audi
ence to its feet with thunders' of ap
plause. But the cause itself, entirely inde
pendent of Paderewski's musical gen
ius and moving appeals, is such" as
should stir to action every person who
loves humanity. The young men of
Poland were drafted into the opposing
armies of alien nations and compelled
to kill each other in a quarrel which is
not their own. The old men, women
and children remained. As the Aus-tro-German
and Russian armies swept
to and fro across Galicla and Russian
Poland, the country was laid waste by
their trampling feet and the towns,
villages and farms were destroyed by
shell fire. The people were left with
out food, shelter, or clothing. When
the Russians finally retreated, they de
vastated the country as they marched
eastward. Many millions fled before
them for refuge in Russia, but many
other millions remained behind, seek
ing shelter among the ruins of their
homes, in the woods or in hollows.
Crops had been destroyed or carried
away and . the people subsist on bark,
roots and the decomposed bodies of
horses killed on the battlefields. Of a
population of 18,000.000 occupying an
area equal to New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Con
necticut combined, 11.000,000 human
beings have been driven into the open.
It is estimated that 3.500,000 are starv
ing, hundreds die daily and death will
claim many more as Winter sets in.
On the initiative of Paderewski the
National American committee of the
Polish Victims' Relief Fund has been
organized, but has raised so far only
103.646. A million dollars is needed
at once, but America must continue
to give of its abundant bounty if these
people, who have been crushed be
tween the millstones of war, are to be
saved. Ex-President Taft is president,
Madame Marcella Sembrich, vice
president, and Frank A. Vanderlip,
treasurer of the American committee,
and the officers are in the Aeolian
Building at New York City. Checks
should be made payable to "National
City Bank, for Polish Victims' Relief
Fund." Money is cabled to the gen
eral committee at Lausanne. Switzer
land. Henry Sienkiewicz being its
president, and food is purchased and
distributed by field, representatives
with headquarters at Cracow, Austria.
Oregon, having nobly done its part
to save Belgium, should not be back
ward about meeting this even greater
need. The occasion calls for a state
committee, promptly , organized, and
for continuous, not merely spasmodic,
generosity. The least which this land
of peace and plenty can do to show
its gratitude for escape from war is to
care for those who have become its
victims.
The plan to educate the people con
fined at Salem is the first proposal of
value that has been evolved in the
conduct of the Penitentiary. There
are many within the walls whose only
lack is - in moral education and they
need not be considered. ' There are
many more who need learning and
training and are in there because they
were not taught when young. They
are pot too old. to learn for that
matter, nobody is; they have latent
ability for something better than pick
ing jute or hammering junk, and un-.
der the plan proposed will graduate
into good citizens whose past will not
be a hindrance. Governor - Withy
combe apd Warden Minto can get all
the help they need by asking for it.
If the way were cleared for capital
to engage profitably in the shipping
business, abundant shins would be
come available for use by the Navy.
Congress need then only follow the
example of Great Britain by arrang
ing that certain ships should be built
with a view to their use as-auxiliaries
and transports and should be imme
diately placed at the disposal of the
Government- when demanded. For
this option a stipulated annual sum
should be, paid. That is the plan pur
sued for years by the British govern
ment, and we see how well it wOTks.
The woman who thought it a Joke
to turn in a fire alarm at 3:20 in the
morning found .appreciation in the
municipal judge, who imposed a fine
of 325 and suspended a jail sentence.
Nobody ever saw a fireman who didn't
jump at the clang of the gong, and he
should not be disturbed when he has
a chance to sleep.
It is useless for the Navy League to
open Its books to Mr. Bryan that he
may see that munition-makers are not
its financial backers. He would next
say that the books were "faked Is
not all virtue concentrated in Mr.
Bryan and those who share his opin
ions? If it is true, as reported, that Dura-
ba has boen made a nobleman by the
Austrian government, then America
has received another subtle slap .in the
face. However, under our present
plan "of diplomacy we should be used
to such affronts by this time;
Wherever girls are congregated, in
factories or similar establishments,
there should be a system of handling
them during a fire or other panic.
The catastrophe at Pittsburg may be.
duplicated anywhere.
Lieutenant Fay rivals Miss Cavell
by proudly saying: "I did it and I
am proud of it,'1 but the penalty in
the United States does not compare
in severity with that in Belgium.
According to one authority the allies
are beaten right now but do not real
ize the fact. Many a fighting man
has won because he didn't know when
he was whipped.
The Land Products Show is too big
to see in one visit. You should go
often, go early and stay late. Other
wise you will miss something really
worth while. - -
The doxology has been rendered
and now it is up to the fans to be
cheerful all Winter. Things will be
better next year, for they cannot be
A Frenchman predicts a series of
twenty-six hard Winters for Europe,
beginning now. Kitchener and the
Kaiser cannot hold out so long.
Crime is a great feature of the daily
news and one might think the world
growing worse but for the fact that
the good deeds are unheralded.
The Sultan's daughter has been
wedded to a Turkish prince, but we
doubt if they will spend their honey
moon in Paris or London.
Four British Generals have been
killed in action. Can't they learn that
their post Is many miles ia the rear
of the firing line?
is the sole obstacle to peace. Well,
tne .tsrjusn are inaeea mignty stuo
born as a people.
There are sounds at the Armory
like old Exposition days and Dan Mc
Allen, only louder and better with the
growth of time.
Germany may excuse the execution
of Miss Cavell to its own satisfaction,
out the orricial logic fails to reach our
understanding.
The Illinois wets are in hard straits
when they propose to link home rule
on the liquor question with public
utilities.
It is difficult to keep track of the
fighting now that the whole of Europe
has become the theater of operations.
John Minto will not stand for cor
poral punishment in his new school,'
but should be strong for military drill.
Italy also is borrowing in the United
States. The dollar will soon become
the world's unit of value.
As the Germans relv mora nn nntn-
toes for food they may develop an
affinity for the Irish.
w eat her likA vpslurrlav'a u-fll
lead the larks and the flowers that
bloom in the Spring.
net t-iLii iBngie is now ail set
tied except for unraveling the tangle.
-J" 1 I , ..
Sure sign of Winter when snow 1
falling on the top of Mount Hood.
The German "cruiser Prince Adel-
bert is now a submarine.
The Bulgars are getting their bap
tism of battle.
Who says we didn't make a to-do
over McAdoo?
On to the Armory"
How to Keep Well.
Pr Pr. W, A. Evans.
(Questions pertinent to hygiene, san
itation, and prevention of disease, if
matters of general interest, will be
answered in this column, Where space
will not permit or the subject is not
suitable, letters will be personally an
swered, subject to proper limitations
and where a stamped, addressed envel
ope is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not
make diagnoses or prescribe for indi
vidual diseases. Requests for such
service cannot be answered.)
(Copyright. 1916, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with Chi
cago TriDune.)
Grape Juice and Grapes.
The Department of Agriculture
thinks the "use of grape juice out of
grape season should be promoted. In
order to encourage every housewife to
put up grape juice they- have issued a
f armers' Bulletin (No. 644), in which
thy give methods of putting up this
ueverage.
Only sound grapes should be used.
All dirt should bo washed off. The
grapes are crushed in a cider mill, or,
lacking that, in the best vessel for the
purpose available. To eet a whita
grape juice the mash is strained before
it is heated. To pet a red Erane Juice
the mash is heated and then strained.
niaac wiiue juice, piace tne
mashed errapes in a clean cotton cloth.
u-iuse arm twist tne ends until tne juice
has been squeezed out. The juice is
then sterilized by heating it in a double
Jacketed boiler. The juice under no
circumstances is to be heated to a tem
perature of 200 or over. The best tem
peratures are between 165 and 176.
Poar into a clean glass or porcelain
vessel and allow to stand 24 hours.
Filter out the sediment by putting the
juice through a cloth filter and letting
it run into clean sterile bottles. Put
the bottles filled with juice on a board
placed in the bottom of the' double
jacketed boiler and raise the tempera
ture to something less than 200
around 180. Stop while hot with corks
that have been in hot water for three
minutes.
To make red juice the mashed grapes
are heated in a boiler to 185 degrees.
Then the pulp Is placed in cloth and
the julDe U dripped. The Juice is sedi
mented, filtered, bottled, and pasteur
ized as is the case with white juice
Grape juice is an excellent beverage.
It is non-alcoholic. It contains salts
that are very necessary to keep the
body in health in Winter. Some of the
surplus of grapes at this season of the
year should be put in colt storage and
held for tKe Winter and early Spring.
While most of the salts of 'grapes
needed for health are found in grape
Juice it will be . better if grapes are
eaten occasionally. Raisins do . not
wnolly fill the need of fresh grapes.
Grapes have a great deal of fuel value.
For fruit they are rather high in pro
teld and fat. Of protein, the tissue
builder, they have as high a percentage
as bananas, and Aigher than other
fruits. The proteins of grapes may not
be available to repair muscle waste,
but when eaten they spare muscle just
as gelatin spares it.
Grapes, compared with other fruits,
are ricn in fats. However, sugar is the
principal food substance in grapes.
Perhaps of equal value with sugar
from the physical welfare standpoint
during the Winter months are the
salts, the mineral matter, contained in
grapes. And probably from the same
standpoint the fresh fruic qualities of
grapes so difficult to analyse are of
still greater importance.
Brobably Is Frail.
Friend writes: "Will you please an
swer the following: 1. Is it not late
for a girl going on 15 to still have her
baby teeth in front? 2. What causes
children to sleep with their eyes only
half closed? I have heard these chil
dren will never live to be old. Is there
any truth in that? 3. Could an internal
goiter produce poison in your system
enough to cause death in a child?
hk ply.
... ,3. rruuauiy sne was SICK, Trail,
ijuLi,y miuriuncu, or witn low vitality whn
she was between 5 and 8 years of aire. By
hild we, n-Kmaiea lire mis
2. There is no truth In the statement to
which you refer. 4 .
3. It is possitle.
Coring Dandruff.
M. C. I. writes: "Will you kindlyad
vise me what to do for dandruff and
falling out nair? Will massaging the
scalp with salt water be beneficial?
Do not consider any drug-store hair
tonic worth using?"
REPLY.
Dandruff results from dirt and neglect.
The way to cure dandruff is to wash the
scalp often -enough and to brush the hair
thoroughly enough.
Massaginsr the scaln with .an . .a-,,..
tr hair tonics, resorcin mixtures, any and
w-j euuu. u is nut tne meaicme It is
the cleaning and rubbing. But thinking
about rubbing the scalp or rubbing it by
fits and starts will not cure dandruff. Any
person willing to give his scalp the neces
sary attention can cure himself of dandruff.
Gas and Electric Stoves.
D: J. A. writes: "We find it neces
sary to use supplementary heat and
would like your advice as to effect on
health of gas ana electric stove heat.
1. le such heat injurious? 2. Which is
least - injurious? 8. Will fit window
down at top reduce or eradicate in-jury?-'
REPLY.
. xt a. tog loaas gas. is Wltnout a hood,
or is allowed to burn for several hours it
2. Eleclrlc heat.
3. Yes, provided It Is down far enough.
Raisins as Food. "'
E. K. writes: "I eat one-half pound
of raises dtily. Is this all right?
What food value li.ss in raisins?"
REPLY.
A half pound of raisins a day Is a large
allo-vancc Too large, I think. Raisins have
great food value. They furnish energy and
heat especially. They are rich In certain
salts needed for the body upkeep.
Facts as to Jetties.
ASTORIA, Ost, 24. (To the Editor.)
1. When was the work started on
the Jetty at the mouth of the Co
lumbia? -V ,
2. How many tons of rock have been
put In place, and how much more is
estimated to be required?
S. What is the probable total cost
of both jetties?
4. How much water was there over
the bar when work was started?
' T. G. S.
(1) South jetty construction com
menced in April, 1885. North Jetty
construction commenced in February,
1914: preliminary work began in May,
1912.
(2) South Jetty' contains 5.783,
234 tons of stone; cost 13.595,150.84,
and was completed in August, 1913.
North Jetty estimated to contain 8.
000,000 tons of stone; of which 1.
426,000 tons had been placed by June
30, 1915.
(3) Estimated cost of north Jetty,
15,966,573.
(4) When work on the south Jet
ty began, the best channel across
the bar was 20 feet deep. In 1912 the
governing depth on the bar range was
26 feet-
An Ore (ton Molly pitcher.
NEWBERG. Or., Oct 24. (To the
V.iMjnr T mm - nH-. 1 j t,
" ' muj i. M y-CSLTS
old and a farmer's daughter. In read-
us cumaponaence in, your col
umn r,I,Brllno- nrav n...lVill,i '
- --a ' vvoaiuiuuCB It
occurred to me I would like to hear
11 uia iiie Aiuuy jritcners
If I were fortunate enough to have
a husband and unfortunate enough to
have him killed In battle nothing
would give me greater pleasure than
to take his place in the firing line
and demonstrate that the female of
the species is more deadly than the
male. MARGARET JC SMITH,
PRACTICE LIKE BAlX,OT-STrKFIG f
Filibustering" Defeats Will sf Majority,
, Ssys Writer on Cloture Rule.
PORTLAND, Oct. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) I was very much interested in
an editorial of a recent date on cloture
rule, often proposed but never Invoked
in the U. S. Senate.
You commended the wisdom of Presi
dent Wilson for abandoning his pro
posal to convoke the Senate in special
session for the special purpose of
revising its antiquated rules and pro
viding for the enactment of legisla
tion with reasonable dispatch.
While, being an ardent Republican,
and not at all an admirer of our Presi
dent, I would forgive him much of the
harm he has done had he the courage
of his convictions-, and brought the
Senate together, when there was po
other matter to be considered, and if
other means failed, treat it in a simi
lar manner "to that the Mayor of Chi
cago treated the officials and a com
mittee of the employes in the recent
streetcar strike locked them in a room,
threw the key away and kept them
there until they were willing to set
tle it
Such a course is, of course, impos
sible in a Government like ours, where
the legislative, executive and judicial
departments are co-ordinate; but the
time is coining when the Senate will
learn that they are an expensive body,
elected to legislate and not to fritter
away time in endless debate by the
minority, with the sole object in view
to block legislation.
Many problems of grave Importance
are confronting our country and de
manding a solution by Congress, and
in order to consider a reasonable num
ber of them it will be necessary for
the Senate to eliminate some of its
time-honored precedents, curtail some
of Its Senatorial courtesies and fulfill
its part in Government affairs accord
ing to modern methods.
In 1883 the House of Representa
tives caught the spirit of progress,
and, by the adoption of what is known
as "Reed rules," has been enabled to
solve its problems in a manner rea
sonably satisfactory to the people. But
the ordinary layman does not see the
necessity for the Senate, with less
than one-fourth of the membership of
the House, consuming five times as
much time in disposing of a measure
of a partisan nature.
In 1893 President Cleveland called
an extra session of Congress to repeal
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
silver law, made necessary during the
panic, to strengthen the credit of the
Government a measure which subse
quent events ' has justified. It was
passed by the House in a short time,
but was disposed of by the Senate
after three months' debate, where it
was acknowledged no votes were
changed, which finally degenerated into
a contest of physical endurance.
No loyal American wishes to see any
of the important measures which may
mark a crisis in our Ration's history
"Jammed through," but he realizes
there is not time for them to be
"talked to death."
A man who stuffs the ballot-box
and thereby prevents the will ofNthe
majority from being enacted into law,
is considered a criminal, and. upon
conviction, is severely punished; but
a Senator who. by persistent filibuster
ing, prevents the will of the majority
from being recorded, is considered a
shrewd statesman. In either case the
effect is the same.
W. L. WILLIAMS,
7049 Thirtieth Avenue S. E.
PROFIT TO BK MADE FROM PITCH
Mr. Cope Tells ef Emera-ency Business
Built Ip ia Hard Times.
PORTLAND, Oct. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) Referring to an inquiry by P. B.,
of Bend. Or., regarding pine pitch of
Central Oregon and your answer to
same, allow me to say that there is a
market for the stuff, and it is known
as Canada balsam to Eastern drug
houses, although here it is, or rather
has been, sold as Oregon pitch. Dur
ing the depressing times of 1893, the
writer, in connection with the late Dr.
J. L. Lamerson, of Lebanon, engaged
a number of people to gather about
100 barrels of the pitch. Fifty barrels
were sold to a New York chemical com
pany. The remainder we manufac
tured into turpentine, rosin and colo
phone for printers' ink. Our distillery
was a crude makeshift but neverthe
less proved, at least to our satisfac
tion, that commercially the proposition
was good.
Lebanon, as all oldtimers will re
member, used to be called Little Ten
nessee, hence the denizens of that good
borough had a knowledge of how to
extract the pitch.
There are many locations in the Cas
cade range where fair wages could be
made during the Fall and Winter
months in tapping the Douglass fir.
Trees growing on a southwest exposure
of a sidehill are the best. As much as
40 gallons has been taken from one
tree.
While making the experiments the
writer had several wagon-loads of wild
peppermint from the Santiam bottoms
run through the still. This also
proved highly satisfactory. Samples of
the oil were submitted to New York
people, who offered to purchase all
that could be produced at the highest
market price. I have still a fair sam
ple of this peppermint oil on hand,
which after 22 years has not deterior
ated, but has rather improved.
8EO. POPE.
1170 Woodstock ave. S. E.
THE GOOD OF I.IVIJTG.
When sadness and sorrow encumber the
mind.
And the world and its peoples seem
harsh and unkind;
When hope has departed and confidence
flown.
And the burdens of living have heaviest
grown;
When fear of disaster hangs black like
a cloud,
And dread of the future appears as a
shroud.
Then summon that courage the desper
ate show
Who grasp at a straw in, the swift
current s flow.
Walk forth to the garden, now heavy
with bloom.
Where the roses and lilies are sweet
with perfume.
See the green of the grasses, the shade
of the trees;-
Hear the songs of the birds and the
hum of the bees.
Stoop down to the brooklet which flows
a your feet
And touch the cool waters, so pure and
so sweet:
Look away to the mountains and for
ests and hills.
See the depths of sublimity Deity fills:
And after the sun has gone down in
the west.
When the calm of the evening puts
turmoil to rest.
Gaze upwards where worlds in their
majesty roll
And know that, though small, you're
a part or tne whole.
Go back to your palace, your mansion.
your cot.
Taking with you the lesson that nat
ure has taught.
And give to wayfarers, who struggle
alone.
That strength of omnipotence you have
been shown.
Bring flowers of love to the sad and
forlorn.
Let the verdure of sweetness your
being adorn:
Take waters of life to the feeble and
weak
And ever the good of humanity seek.
Remembering this, while at work or at
play.
That the soul is the richest that gives
most away.
J. S. KNACSS.
Portland, Or.
Tweity-five Years Ago I
From The Oregonian of Oct. 26, 1890.
Sydney, Oct. 25. Miners are resum
ing work. Many seamen are applying
and the strike is virtually ended.
New York, Oct. 25. Ex-Governor G.
B. Noble, of Wisconsin, who was
stricken-with paralysis some days ago,
at the home of relatives in Ross street,
Williamsburg, died today.
San Francisco, Oct. 25. At the
Olympic Club games today G. D. Vand
walked an exhibition one-half mile in
2 minutes and 54 4 seconds, beating
the world's record of 3 minutes 2 2-i
seconds.
At "The Crystal Slipper" matinee
yesterday afternoon, there were over
1800 ladies and children. Had the
Marquam Grand been twice as larire. it
could scarcely have accommodated iho
hundreds who sorrowfully turned from
the doors unable to secure seats.
A part of the machinery for the
Mount Tabor Light & Water Company
arrived Friday afternoon and was
taken across the Morrison street bridsre
on three large trucks, each drawn by
four horses. Work will be immediately
begun in putting the machinery in
place, arfd it is expected that the water
mains will be laid and ready to tap
within 60 days.
There will be some very interesting
exercises at the Exposition Building
this afternoon in connection with the
Liberatl farewell benefit. A number of
representative local organizations will
take this means of expressing their ad
miration of, the master of the cornet
and the great musical director.
The law office of ex-President An
drew Johnson. In Greenville, Tenn., is
still standing and is used as a storage
room by a patent medicine company.
The little shop in which he worked at
his trade is on another street and the
sipn is still on the door, "A, Johnson,
tailor."
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of Oct. 26, 1865.
The wife of Gov. Kossuth, the illus
trious Hungarian patriot, died on Sept,
1 at Turin at the ace of 55 years. On
account of her failing health, her hus
band several years ago repaired with
her to Italy, where she has since been
cared for by him with the most ex
emplary devotion.
The notices of property libeled for
confiscation occupy S2 columns in the
Richmond Republic, The list includes
about 200 estates.
We learn that A. Warner, of Oregon
City, has been nominated as the Union
candidate for the Legislature from
Clackamas County. The nomination is
a good one and Mr. Warner will be
elected. The special election will be
held on Monday, Nov. 20
The assessment roll of Linn County
shows that the value of property in
that county is nearly two and a half
millions.
The fair lately held by the ladies of
Fort Vancouver for the benefit of the
Catholio Orphar School, we are in
formed, was a complete success,
A gentleman from Crescent City,
which is situated on the coast near the
scene of the wreck of the Brother
Jonathan, informs us that portions of
that ill-fated steamer were strewn
along the beach for a distance of 40
miles. Our informant adds 'that 43
bodies have been buried at Crescent
City. Of these only one or two have
been recognized. None of the remain
der have been claimed. San Francisco
Bulletin.
The vote In California at the late
Judicial election was very light
throughout the entire state. In 25
counties from which partial returns
have come, the Union majority is be
tween 4000 and 5000.
MOUNT HOOD.
O slumbering mountain.
Hoary with snows untold.
Flashing like a diamond
Fresh from its prison mold,
Glim'ring in the sunlight.
Tow'ring- in the sunlight,
Into the frozen air.
O'er Oregon's fair land;
Lovely as a picture
Painted nn t Vi n -z ti -
Haunting as a vision.
-Thy beauty ne'er can die;
But once a mad demon.
In ages long ago.
Aye. a red. fiery hell.
Ere coming of the snow.
Ah! when first I saw thee,
'Twas in thn lnnv o n
My soul looked with wonder
At tne Deautiful snow;
How came that ice-glinted crest,
Whv the dnrlr wnnria K-1 .....
Whence thy gleaming glaciers.
Why that black crater's glow?
My heart was light and gay.
The world was to me new.
But I loved thy wild moods.
Thy smiles and anger, too;
Oft. In the stilly night.
In sweet dreams I did see
Thy lofty, snowy form.
jiae a ghost haunting me.
O mystical mountain.
How weirdly strange thou art.
Thy face so beautiful.
With neither soul nor heart.
But what thrilling pictures
Thy story doth unwind.
Filling one with wonder
At the All-wise design
How from depths abysmal
Red lava upward flowed.
And lo, a diamond peak
With sparkling crystals sowed;
But 'tis the soul that sees
Symmetry in thy form.
Colors thy flashing sreras.
Paints the wild, swirling storm.
Sable Night creeping o'er
The Cascade Mountains tall.
Embraced thy lovely form.
Hailing thee. "King of all"
Then blazed the star-lit dome!
Bright Luna smiling down
Glinted on thy frozen brow
A sparklinsr Jeweled crown.
Fair Venus from afar
Threw thee a kiss. O King!
Great Orion swung his sword
And made the welkin ring.
Fiery Mars fiercely blazed
And he then brightly smiled:
"Hail! King of the Cascades, .
Pelion on Ossa piled!'"
3. T. FORD.
Dallas, Or.
Daughter Has a Calling.
Baltimore American.
'Don't talk about my daughter's
working. She has a calling.M "What is
it?" "She's a telephone operator."
War and Fur Prices
War has upset fur prices and
made opportunities.
This is a good year to buy furs
and this is the ric;ht season to be
gin looking around.
The stores are showing complete
stocks. Styles have been de
termined. Once the trade gets back into
normal channels prices will ad
vance. As a preliminary to choosing it
is a good idea to study the adver
tising in The Oregonian.
The shoppers reinforced with
comparisons in advance are better
equipped.
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