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tttt "rnnvrvn OTIEGOXTAN. TTEDXESDAT. FEBRUARY S, 1916. a . . Zt (Dmtummt rort-n. mw tltt.rm.t el rrt IOnW) rrftu 4t.4-.: 1444 Bialle. .4a.ri(.i.... .t4 .:, . M . WaIL i t -4, . 4.1 . e inti 4ti : a I- ... . ..14. c . r-a ..t I : ..i.l4 In.-, .a4, 4-.e.. r--t. ,4... ..141 -(. n Y-f .... I . f . w i i44f, 4 ewat-- t f 9 -4.a I'ln.Ul. I 1 r it t44f. 1 ? at 1 i4J4r. Me Ve. .......... s 4.K -ila.r W 4 4 : . ID CU'WI rr. .inrfv r-..-i-,!-t. en . 4 T Buiala tnrl 1-1-0. S. l 9 W mfjrinm -' . -rtun fc t Sb 9W 414TT - -- .ntart .-!. .. -.fl eOaissa-a la f.4 :. lii..l4.'.4' .iiinlr r iui -1 1 - I ' V'a-a. - U. J4 " " . a..- . j : - e-nta. : a : a eaei. reu " 4-. ....ri. ta4 tn.ii.iM wrw lrr-e mv. ..u-4 ..a.. .. .r a r.. ,,K .... .II..4V '"" , " r-.l-ar f-r.4tl...a K J. lit. 4ll f l- I ttOKC WORM. Tft rreilr.t of lh Vtltr4 5tAtc ttr t4 nir Vc'.rt llm! phr P.t r dc:Un to rrr ut ar but th nomlr! cbti rstiaa. of f irllnunitl Irujt. ul t ! I4a f Itftwr 4'i'nt i;M4l n I' 1141 - nirnt -f Am. wa r tod ma 'if 4NL- wpi4 J' (4!- Y4'4 .St4t VV At m a. It cniit b poibt that th rrc fane mK to vri tn rs-?' rc litf) for ry e Af lot. for cr:i ra-Afflrt'n j. loir;c Coo TrM, m1 a deficit rr,,P'3,",l 'or n .Imcrlnn u"in to rr"r tb ttit l la lt t Western rpubttca. c - I-ridr.i now - rrr:y i.wrts. If rrt''.t i'-io to Intend to nrotinl th der.a ef eoo-lr.tr-rrn:. tr d! 1 b prti-rMt! :t lb (i:.-a enmc'.."tl'n 4 imt4rrj mst of 4rlr tbf yr br bu r- If b lnttlA dopl thm poUcr ' V rNB-AmrU.i union. hl- I h4i r-i4vrat tb oTr!rny f 't tft rnambcr atAtr. Sf b - b 4bn 4n.l .Mltfa-o to BUarr. dt.JUUon. murdr. C rbf4Arr S J. Itl. tb cttma f a T'lxu ef trrT In r!-o CJ'y. rTit'e( M4ro wa inut!fei and U4rv fcr h ruUvJ In t'u- in. Tfi f tt Uoramoi ttui Botr.ic .itpl tj mi-i; lof f4cti:r ao. .t 4t.iifu:r. It 1 r j.:r s. lu. rrMt Guit ttim Itrn. of IIitl. m4rtJr4 at I"Brt-4va-IT.ace u an Irsctlctsl ef a 4Trt ef rot itie bwt b4v t4uB l tRC couatrr btoo.i ar lo- tt kacta a rfu5:'-. T6 n nr tm trie l"Bit4 ltt crj'..r W'mV t-rt arrt4. Und4 miri" aaJ r- :r.l orU'f la th city. Wit ft IIJ Tr4i04 A t&irt Cutanea ba4t p4c fie.1 tfte country an4 rt:l ft B iTwit nt. Ta t'ait l t t 0rr nnnl ts "tuti a trty t4b Ii.fti04t a Amtik-M pro-torto or t."!4 rpab:itf. T4 tuteus'.if !!.'ru-o btn l two cM h t":t I a Urf cooetry. b- about ll.'l.a poopu aat Korm ef tbeaauaAcU ef meft nnJT rro4i an.l cout t bo p4wtn4 enir br an irn r la a war ceetlaatar pooaibiy two or tro year. wMlo Haiti U a matt counTr '.u a population ef about l.J') ba to cfrm-ti army 4 w pa. tn4 In a tnoath by tb jnoot.o of a fw r.ipr. In cthr r; tj to t-o ci ao cJty rr::ri. tf tt our duty o pa-i.'y llaTU. It b our dutr P'afl-'y M--k a. If bavo bo bulB4o to !nwr et in ft.-o. b-4 n bala to tstrr'Ro ta Ittltl. If mtcnr.ntion tn UiKo I talM t"t arou.o the omitr an.l url'-ia ef Lsvtia .mn a. Intrrvratioa In Itai'-I a ua. M for tbo tarn reatwa. Tbo lBpni'i era:-! In Latin Ameri.-a by ear action la IUIU aad our toa.-tloa In Stvilca U tbat w do tia aaur work ac t aMrk the arlaou luki; tSt wo aro Dot tno proud t- f M ltj.itun ni?ra. but tbil o rani In aw ef Mtkaa armlea. ThU rratr.t wt:t eat enhaero tho proatlco ft tb t:t.J jttAtca ta 5outn AraarKa. It wtlt prompt tft Urr rpubtl to MaiotJla a-rrr i-a, trial may b!rk tnr-r.tloa la tbalr affaJra. It t:t l-..e!.-a r-r aa4 bati-4 la tha smaller rTpubli-. mr. mw-UTt iwirrmt. tt to tilt'r. la tw of tbo Attorney fT-aa-raX r n d fr-- m n t, IJial tho harBS4rlain bill for diapoaiac Of tbo r-tn A Calif orttU flaiiroa4 Iani -i! furcih tho wcrk.lra' tJla fr tbo I'culation that o finally aaactod. A t ibo policy ef aomo of tu provlalona. tio latarmr Dopartraent will ft doubt t. rn.u:t.l, It may roeommend mnt-nnu tt tomo of tbo datalla, t'ut tbo bill baa tbo atamp of l-cl arprovai by tho CoTrscnot' cMf flr aa4 t.laroforo may ba) t j pactaj t iaJto pr-o4Bco or otbor buia oa too oama aubioct. At Tho Cracoolaa ba haroCoforo touta4 out. tao Chambortaia bi:t ta tno eria-iai firm oocbt ta bo qulto a.-carptablo to tbo raliroa4 company mr tha company awakaro from lit f ataar.io draaro of ft rifbt to Mnoit atrll tbo ttmbar. Tbo Cbambarlata bill rallarro tho rompavor ef tbo larvo axpoaso of ad rnlr.latratloa to whtcft tt woul4 bo pat If tt prrx-.id to ; tbo land ttn out furtbar t.UUoa ea tho au-bjort. Jl aUo proTtJa for payts- off tho nt!ro (-rant alaa evtat by tbo rail roa4 out ef tho r.rat procaaOa ef tim t r amlaa. Tb at wout4 tbo compter ct ta full ratursa from tbo aaio ef ti cract mccft ooooar tbaa If It mara.'y carr'.4 oat tbo cor-nanta cf tbo rrart. Tbo Cbambort&in bi:i aUo proridao far tho eompar.ya rocaiTtca' mora moeoy tor tho cract than tho rallroa4 coctt obtain tf tho ra!lroa4 adnilna 4ra4 tho Tha r-.i!ro4 tompB. t ft raaaeoibe-rad. may tabo only 12. St t-r avra for each quarter oacuoa. bo t-iattcr bow !-iabta tho quarter tien may bo. Hat tbaro la conaldrrabl Jj.c4 ia tbo rraat cot worth SI S par awra. Forna may ma bo saaairablo. Tot Sartator Cba-abartala propooaa tbat o rajr-oaj cetapasy bo pai4 S2 if fat for rorT wr now rornalaiSf -ant.l. So far tho roltr fmfr ctn'-rnc4 tho moat Important chanee a ica-nt-. br tbo Aitorroy-Oanoral ia tal tho tmiast tho ri!rr.t aball Tr rafro ahalt bo rnaJa ft rrattar ef J- f-'fi ixiq&rr la iriu ia-i io (aacs Icto coo-lleratlon racairt by the raiiro4v4 in ticaaa ef H it ea land tbo railroad baa ao(4 In violaiton o tho Urme ef lb cract. II hot-! tbAl tbo Gorartuneat may rcor thla ax crw an. -jcs-4f that tho Gorarn mar.t B'tTotiata with tha railroa.1 corn paBy tth tho viaw to rrllnra-iuhinf oeco cf tha Uooremtr.! damasda ton. cart I raj thla atraaa If tho railroad corapaay will acr-w cot to cor. teat tha validity of tha IrClftUiioa Cottr taacta. Although the Attorney - Grcarat aaamlcc'r hol.la the opinion that t'oo rra can lacallr forco tho railroad to a. I at tbo aataMlabed prtro of II tO par ftr-ro, whether it daairc to a:t or tot. tJie ajt;'ation cf a cornpromu wltbj tno railroa.1 company Indiratc a lurklna; aurl. lon that tho railroad may chooao It own time to aIV that tho railroad company may retain tho Und la a ain-1 of mortmain la fplto ef Coca-reaaiona! IrclaUtion to tbo con tr-vry. Tho Uttr tt a pUuaiblo. rot to y raaneabt. construction of the Ssprtmt Court' dacuion. Tho Ontoclis ha rcpoaladty point. ! out that prompt conrioa of tho Vs4 crant tJ Icduatrial ua I of Tttat importance to OrrfB. Tho proba bility tbat lrc'.-Utlon which loaiirta upon tho laal pound ef fl-jtt from tho railroad company will trad acala to pretrartcd liucaiion h been aa fro- qjratiy ritrratl. Tlio Or-Ioniaa hai lurcniri apa-tn.-ai.y that tha ra rnoccy aiutrr4 by tho rat!ro4 enmpaay by 4-llinc ft portion of tho land In violation of tho rrant trrma. an t which the Government baa rcoaon to b::o It may recover, offer a b-il for rccotlAtlotva which may ota the whot problem la a manner :iafa. tory to all conccrnad. It la tfc only prartirabto procedur that promi aply relief from a condi tion which la holding ft vaat arreac cf Orecon l-uid out ef ua and deprlv lac many counties ef badly needed lx moBcj. roft TtTK LTCIaUtTrilK. Two )eara Tho Cr-tfon:.n aided in the election to the Ixr:tnr of tcl cavadidatea for tha lower houo who wro pledced to publlo economy to aound and careful i-oltl-.n. a id to efficiency In public admiuUVation. iTImanty tho twelve were men of r prov4 character anl uperlenco In af fair. Tho public 'bad confidence In them, and thay wero elected. The Orecon Ian note now a ten dency on tho part of Important cltl er.a to pay greater attention to full- ab'.o repreMntatioa In tho LeVialura. It tt doubtleaa true that good men who would trjkkm uaeful I-etuUtor hv been deterred from bccomlr.j candl data by tho ronatant at ream ef de traction and eblorjuy poured on raat I-CKlAturr In Orecon; but It la obvl cl. tevartheleaa. tUat the quality of tho public aanrico performed by a laettiaiaturo ta meaaured larsefy. and van wbotty. by I'. peronnel. A flrt-rat eiamplo n act In 114 by tho mr a who ennacnted to tan4 a candidate It oucht to b follonred tM year by cliUen ef atandlrr. and every ether year. Tho OrcaTonlan baa beard of ere raj e-acellent rilUana who are ronaidcrlns tho matter cf runnlntt fr the Le ci a ture: and It waa pleaaod to note that at leaat one Mr. lterbe-rt Oordoo haa atreadr announced hi candidacy. It bop) and expect that ether men capable Cf efficient work will do tho am a. W by do o mur cllUan who misht do blcbly rvlceablo work for the tat prefer the Henat to tho House? All cannot ro to tha Senate. w mat Mtoiu nnmi DOi Tbo Orecoclaa ha received from a diUaeat otudent ef tho Conrreaaional Kecord a tetter of proteat acaiaat re cent mild crf-li-lam directed toward jieftator Jonea, nf WaahlntTton. be- cau.o he bad rj.tr.J that American cttiier. In view ef the Iisitanla and other bieh-ae tracedlea. ihouM re frain from etmc their rtsbi to freedom of travt on bo!Urrnt mer chant ahlpe. Tho explanation oTTered by oar correepondent a to tho tro Jonr attitude tt: a-a iter Jan ae-er e-c-d tfcl enr em- wm a K B4.g n r.4M 4.r lt-ra. li- 4i mm I lra-l .4 l&- feei'i-ral a.Hai efcie. c 14 a af4 lb Ciov mii la t4a tae r-! ea t&4i iber a ttal I itUI UJ area mmt lhal A n.a.1'44 cit.-t.a. ta the tater-et 4.t ia4e e4ntrv a-1 1-14 w-.fra ef eur r ta I fe 4 lb e-aiit.aa IbAl Trr- a k 4 4 la -l. le 'Jf taa lira - Ina ta- 4-i4 it iftt r-4M- .Mr-.r aa m ra e.'1-.-t la I&4I pu4ine J . 4ai4 l I ttm ea wfta. In-i4 II coa:iiaa 4va 4n(-r la r;iT44-if a-l nl4 eouetry. ta ot ail.line la valve l& r.M f I - 4 1 ata ca.nlrr. U X p-i -rl-." Ir T - rasa wea wu.4 r-faae " f 4 M fr rtla c..vnlrr ij. ir i4mMT. i fea Hf- lo proi-l II a r4rv 11 ae iU4m4 aa vara IfVjfk. Itaaf -4 ' b inn anpatnoti. ian. 4 . raaa k 14 wliim- la li4 mmtx f a ril r.erl- Hioiimt l l4a r-iceetir aad eenfn la er-r lit Ma eauniry mar ka Mte4 trm ati('.e aaeata aad atnr? Tho great qaeotlon t not the con venience or mbrraa.ment or the failed Slate Government through the acta of t cltiicna; but whether neu tral at a the national of neutral power hav any rlfht on the which aro worth maintain!-.,-. Sen ator Jonea ara. In effect, they are not worth It- W'lth equal lode be mlcht tna4t that a rttlxea should keep away from ft netthborbooj r.otorlou for lt lawlraaneaa or from ft high road In fested br criminal. bcau It tt troubleaom for tho tat to enforce the law. If tho clOien. even when he know hi dancer. Insist upon hi rilht. and Is aaaaulted or slain, will any on declare that tha stata tt ab solved front brlncioc tha malefactor to Justice? Of courso not The vital lue Is not whether In dividual do their duty, but whether the Nation perform It duly, it can not afford to refuaa. It will la effect refuse when tt aak It own cltixen lo abetaia from tho exercise of a right acknowledged by every clvllUed na tion. AX Mt-OHTA-rr ADVI5MIOT. By tho amendments which the Sen ate committee ha made to the t'crrls water-power bill It has made still fur ther concessions to tho critic of that measure and ha betrayed, cor.scloue e.) that tb. champion of Federal control occupy ft weak poaltioa under the Constitution, Tho bill, as amend ed by the Penate committee of tho last Cona-re, was far lees drastic In Ita aasertlon ef Federal authority and In it banding over power companies to tho discretion of Ih fecretary of til Interior, than was th bill a It paa. Ih House. Tho present Senate Mil In eftect adralu th validity vf th claim road by th stale. Tho moat Important particular in which th aw differ from tho old 5nt tl3 t tho entire omission of action t. Thla section vtst4 In th Secretary of the Interior, or uch to.) f as may bo authorised by KcOeral tatut.- authorttv to rrgulat rt. . aarvl'- and security Iwues lit a et.'tc whlrh baa not provided ft regul.it. ve todr. By til omission th Senate - . I I ODrtTPfTinY intrvT VREE feliUSl. committee In rrtnrlple concedes the basic point of th West con'entlon that In dealing with public lm-itne Government poascsse no right of overcicnty and has no more right than any other land owner, except such a wer conceded by th t.ite uron their admission to the tulon. Craimlrg no regrulative power In s'.atos whirn bav not provided for regula tion. Congress Will be barred from claiming such power In sla'es which have so provided. If it should omit this sectlou. We tarn Congressmen are weak In number, but they are strong In the constitutional and legal principle fur which they contend In resisting Fed eral usurpation and Federal landlord ism. Their caa ha been strength ened br the Supremo Court d-cialon arrtrmlng tho right of atate to per mit power companies lo condemn land. It la founded on ft long lino of Judicial decision. Though they may bo defeated, la Con grew, tho water power atate cannot be defeated la court. tti tiwooit-9 rr.txiG nr.r.s. In addition to providing tho Ut with th finest quality of cheeso and dairy products, Tillamook County, it I easy to foresee. I to become tho fu tura sourc of our copy reader and proofreaders. In due time, if tho serv ices are required of someone expert in orthography, application win d forwarded to Tillamook a ft matter of courso. The younger generations In Tillamook County are being put through a course of training calcu lated to Inure thrra to tho hardship of correct spelling, an ordeal which so few student seem Inclined to face la theso day of classroom aoftnos. Tillamook pupil will bo all agog over an announcement Just nmuo by tho County Superintendent, W. S. llucL evidently an Individual of originality. enterprise) and a thurouch understand. leg of Juvenile nature, lie has planned ft great spelling bee cnamptor.anip erle and planned It 0 w ell that every child In tha county is certain to bo IntereiteJ. Fupll Is pitted ag.ilnt ruDll. rlasa scilnt class, ilwtrlct acalr.st district und section scalr.nt section, until. In tho courso of events, th wheal will have been separated from tho chaff, and th survivors In this rrt.cresj.lv competition will be assembled for ft spelling marathon to determine who aro tha mauler of spelling In Tillamook County. Not only will tho ultimata winner be the recip. Icnts of ripe honors, but they will re ceive utlantf.il cash prlic to com pensate them for a specie of mental achievement which has been per mitted to grow exceedingly rare these day. fpon reading the entire plan which Mr. Hue! ho preer.ted through the medium of tho Tillamook Headlight. one 1 Impressed by tho thorough nrs of detail and breadth or the scheme. Preliminary contests will oc cupy th coming three month. In selecting th class representatives the competition will bo a written one; th wcr.ls will b selected at the Superin tendent's ctflc and the pupcr graded there. Class representative will then b pitted against class representatives from ether school In oral contest until th list of survlvlr.r gladiator tt ready for th final tilt. This notable vrnt will t held at Ti.lamooa in public. o that admiring parents and other partlsana may vitne me por lentous clash of tongue and minds. II I certain that this plan will go fsr toward saving orthography frm th lost artJ In Tillamook County Anything aavorlng f competition ex ert a strong Influence upon th Juve nile Interest. Words fixed In tho mind for the purpose of a spelling be are certain to endure; which Is not always th case when spelling I taught per functorily. Tho objection might be raie. that Interest centered In spoil ing beea would detract from attention given other studies, but this poesl- btltty Is foreseen by the Tillamook Superintendent, who cautions teacher that tho spelling bee must not over shadow other lesson. Th plan a ft wholo Is worthy of wide emulation ftmong the county school systems of the state, for. In ad dillon to teaching the young folk how to spell correctly. It Imparts a prac tlcat training In precision and ac curacy which la certain to be rerieitea In their other pursuit Inside and out Id th cUssroom. ltK.n covr or oLnir.it. Wb.il multitudinous -military ex perts are regaling ua with facts and figure purporting to show that we mu4 hav an army of mor than a million men they or ominously silent oa on vital phase of this Issue. How are we to have a large army and at the am tlm reduc th cost of It oper ation to reasonable limits? How are w to Inrreas th alio of our mili tary force to world-power propor tion without, at the same time, revis ing our pay tables downward? Th United State Army Is th best- paid army in th world. The American soldier get about ten times aa much a hi better-trained and mor effi cient European brother In arms. This is naturally so sine our Army has been on a voluntary basis, and the only lure for service ha been th "lure of pay and keep." if officer wer not paid as much a they would receive In civil vocation they would not remain In th service. 11 was found. If men were not offered an attractive wage they would not enter the service at all. So Congress baa raised th pay tabh- from tlm to tlm until they ar now the most alluring ever held out for military ervic. Hut with th transition of our Army from "police force" to real army pro portions readjustment of operation cost Is a paramount necessity. If tho coun try would escape a military bill of staggering magnitude. Universal serv ice, for example, would make it pos sible to cut th pay table to ft mere fraction of their present ixe. since the soli) lor would serv because it waa ft public duty for him to aene and r.ot merely because he needed the money. Under a compulsory system of mili tary aenrte th Army might be quad rupled In ! without ft penny of ad dition to th cost of operation and maintenance Imply by pruning the present high pay rate which wer established for ft condition of scrvlc now rapidly disappearing. It la doubt ful, however. If universal service will occur Immediately. Yet large increases In th Army may b effected at a min imum of surplus cost by reducing serv lea" pay. Since the flow of pro motion among oiTlccr would b more racld th nceity for "fogy" pay would disappear, and many thousands of dollar would b mad available for military purposes that now go into the 10 per cent "fogy" Increase given to o(Ti.ers every flvo jear of their atay In do Army., The American private receive from 1110 to 1100 ft year, according to the J;c?2e of fcl serric. Itasalft sett thJsspotft, same service for $1.7. Germany for 119. SO. France for 13.65 to I1S.25 and England for S8S.16. It costs the United States, under th present ex travagant avetem. 330 ft year for ft Captain, while tho great power pay approximately 11000 ft year for the same service. Pay ia th various other grades Is In proportion. VT pay more for th services of a Second Lieuten ant than any of th power pay for a regimental commander. While It is true that economic condition differ greatly between the United State and European countries, tho great excess ta pay for tho American fighting man Is du principally to tho varylmc term of service. It 1 plain that sine new condition ar compelling us to In crease th size of our armies we must look to some effective system of reduc ing th cost to reasonable bounds. Th contrast between th condition of th downtown street now and two week ago Is marked. Then a sharp now storm was followed by the em ployment of large number of men to clean up the busiest thoroughfare and cart aw-Hjr the debris. Th two fold object of making th BtrceU pass able and giving work to deserving men waa accomplished. Commissioner Baker was then on the Job, though street work is not In his department. Now tho streets are full of snow and water, making a comprehensive slush that is annoying to man and distress ing to beast. Tho crossings In the main part of Portland wer yesterday and last night in deplorable condition and there waa small sign when dark nes fell that conditions tvould be im proved today. Commissioner Daly la back and not on tho Job. It prove mora forelMy th necessity ef ohllglnr every ctilarn lo la a soldier. This 4 4 the caae Willi the Oreka and Roman and must bo that of every free stale. Whsre there la n oppr-slon ttiere will be so pau for Mretlccs We must train and closai'y the whol of our male clMaec and make military Inatrurnoa a re u lax part of col- IceiMt education. v. a caa notcr oe mii uuul Ibis ia doc. Thesa ar the words of a great pemocrat not, as may bo too readily supposed, of Andrew Jackson, but of Thomas Jefferson. They are found In a letter written from Montlcello June 19. 1819. to James Monroe. Possibly they give ft rluo to tho orlfrln of the conscription Idea with Senator Cham berlain. The reliability of Mexican news can b Judged from tho fact that on the am day different dl.spntches de scrtbo Villa as surrounded by Car ranxa force, dislodged from his hsrirts and sending a detachment to murder General Ornclas. Ho Is a most agilo and ubiquitous Villa. Caldwell. Idaho, became the great horse mart of th orthwe.t In lSlo During tho year 2T-.000 homes end mules were sold there. To feed those animals made ft market for alfalfa hay of the value of US. 000. More than 13.000.000 changed hands In the ale of the equine. The scope of tho war may b con ceived by glancing over tho map all the way from Eastern France to Persia. Throughout the Inten-cnlng territory men are either fighting or applying the fighter. Even the Ilo- man would be taggcred by uch a war. A few generation ago somebody wrote a poem on the months and one couplet read: rVbrnary brlrr th rala. Kraak the Winkure Icy chain. If he had lived her h could not hav hit It off better. Th ton of some of th British pa pers 1 remarkable In admitting that If Germany wins she will attack the United States. This country does not worry about "lfs." Tho German doctor w ho operated on th Sultan acnt him a bill for 130.000. which has been paid. It comes high to be a Sultan, but then, perhaps. It a worth it Colonel rtoo.scvelt thrives on re bukes such as that of Senator P.ecd. They only Incite him to what cautious Democrats would call -worse Indiscre tions. The time is past for th police to urge shiftless people to clear their walks. A few arrests In each nelRh- borhood will bo a wonderful stimu lant. When you read your paper at break fast this morning you will know It was left on the porch by a boy who has the grit that makes ft good citi zen. Delegates to National convention must back their real with their dol lar but they will consider the show orth tho price. Th man who remained in th city last night, rather than take a chance on getting back this morning, has a perfect alibt Even ft partisan must admit that a. crew that can bring a. prize clear across the Atlantic is as ablo as It Is daring. Th latest Jok from Texas tells of an American customs inspector being Indicted for killing a Mexican pris oner. The President sum up the case by saying our Navy Is good, what there is of it. but there 1s not enough or it- Turkey will be asked If she sank tho Persia and in a spasm of candor, knowing h 1 immune, will admit It. Wonder If George Hlmes remembers anything worse In th late '50 or early '60s. United States Steel is making big money and dividing some of it with employes. Where Is the man who owned rub ber boots and dug them tip for such days? Germany Is striving to vindicate the efficiency of the Zeppelin airship. Now watch for pussy willows as a sign of an early Spring. - I Thla 1 not ft hard Winter. The fact la lt' mighty oft. IJ low, Mr. Groundhog, ill come on time. Spring In a short tlm gotten. til thla will be for- rtrltonnl rules th sea, except in How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. EtSbs. Question pertinent to hyslen, sanitation ana prerennoo Ol aneaM. jl iu4uw. m , ral lnterrat, will bo nwered la thla col iimn. where apace will not permit or tn aulJ-et ia not aultaMe. letter will be per aonailv anaaered. subject to proper llmlta tatlon and where atamped. addressed en-vr-!op la inclosed, nr. Evans will not maki ill..nA.I. ..r.-H 1. f. Individual (ilB- r4.j. Kequeaia tor such service cannot be anawereu. (t-onvrlcht. lai. be Pr. W. A. Evarw. Published br arransemcat with Cnlcas Tribune.) Sick Dablea aad Fresh Air. There Is some difference of opinion as to whether babies with colds, coughs and pneumonia should be kept in the open air. A generation ago it was the rule when a baby got a bad cold to put hlra In a warm, close room and keep him there. There is no disagreernen now but that that is a bad policy, and no well-informed person follows it, whether the disease is an ordinary bad cold, a croup, a laryngitis, a bronchi tis, a broncho-pneumonia, or an ordin ary lobnr pneumonia. All authorities agree that the air should be clean, pure, cool and-fresh. But there Is a difference between cool, clean, frenh air In a well-ventilat ed room and tho cold air of the fresh air or outdoors treatment. Whether the sick baby Is to have tho open-air treat ment Is where the controversy arises. In this controversy Dr. Morse, of Har vard, contributes the results of his ex Derience. If a child has a cold In the nose in the very acute stage during a spell of cold weather he should ba kept In Dea in well-ventllated room, tho temperature of which Is 60. If the child Is out of bed tho temperature of tho room should be i. If the cold has passed beyond the acute stage the child will be better off If the temperature of the room is lower still. In fact, to play out of doors or even to keep in a near out-of-doors temperature wtll help during the later stages of a cold In the head. Children with acute laryngitis do best in well ventilated rooms, in which tho air Is kept moist and at a temperature of 70. Children in the early stages of acute bronchitis should bo kept in a well ventilated room the temperature of which Is between 60 and 70. The air should be kept moist. The usually employed pans or radia tors do not moisten the air sufficiently. In tho very violent cases of acute bron chltls. which cauBe those affected to struggle for breath. Dr. Morse holds that air should be clean, pure, fresh and cool, but It should not be cold. In tho later staces of bronchitis the tern nerature of the air should be colder. As the bronchi contain much moist ure anyway, nothing Is gained by hu mldifvinir tho air of the room. As I rule, children with broncho-pneumonia are better off in well-ventilated rooms at a temperature between 50 and 6U. The air must be fresh. There must be plenty of air currents or drafts In the rooms. On the one hand, very cold air is stimulant. On tho other, it Irritates the bronchial membrane. This means that somo cases will do better when treated at an open window, some in a warmer room. .The average case will do best in a room between 60 and CO. Children with lobar pneumonia should be treated out of doors, on the roof, or near an open window. In other words. iha air In their rooms should De irean, pure and cold. Just how the cold does good is not settled, but there is a gen eral agreement among men of expe rlence that people with lobar pneumo nia, whether in grown-ups or cnuaren, do well when the subjects are exposed to cold air. Cad f riacrra Crack. T T. P. writes: "Every year, about November 1. the ends of my thumbs and flncera begin to cracK, ana, ai though 1 use various lotions ana salves and am moderately carerui to wear rim-44 when out of doors. I am seiaom free from cracks until the end of March. My work la indoors most or mo time. In a room heated by steam. What can you suggest for reliefr REPLY. TCsah your -hand every nlsht thoroughly with aoap and hot water, remove every par ticle of dirt, wipe them carefully, and dry over a atove or other hent. Then dininfect th ihorourhlr with sraln alcohol. When drv anoint with cl.jn vaseline or other clean oi and wtne oir me aurpiua. .ur whoa In the cold air or doing dirty work. Depend oa Height. V. B. writes: "Am employed as ste nographer and walk a distance of three miles In the morning, one mile after dinner, three miles after work, and one mile after supper. I have done this for a year and have noticed a consid erable decrease In weight, as prior to thla exercise I have wclgnea 14a pounds, whereas at the present time I weigh 130 pounds. I am a young man 19 years old and apparently In good health. "1. Please advise If this exercise is too much for me, and "I. What should I weign.' REPLT. 1. No. I'nleas for special reaaona. i. it will ba necesaary to know your height as well as your age to determine what your weight anould oe. For Armpit Odor. J. G. S. writes: "Can you prescribe a remerlv for arnmlt odor? Bathing arm pits each morning does not seem to do ur irood. A. reply in xne now w iteen Well" column would be appreciated. REPLY. -rca.h the armnlta nlcht and morning In luke-warm water and caatile aoap; rinse well and dry. Then apply freely of the follow ing solution: Alcohol, one pint; aaucyiic acm, two drams. Curvature of Lee. F. II. S. writes: "Our baby, 14 months old. weighs 26 pounds. from very shortly after birth we thought we no ticed a slicht curvature or nis legs, fie was never permitted to be on his feet until he practically demanded it. He doea not walk alone, but walks about furniture, etc. His legs are somewhat bowed. 1. Will he outgrow this? 2. If not. what can we do? I might add that he is strong and well." REPLY. t. There I no way of knowing whether he will outgrow the condition of his bowed less or not. unleaa one knew the reason why bis leita are bowed. If the condition Is due to rirketa, and h la properly treated early nouKh he mlBht fully recover. If It 1 du to aomo disturbance In nutrition, by curing the same, be misfit recover, i ma eouia only b known by personal knowledge ot his con dition. 2. Only by an examination would one be Justified in attempting to express an opinion. DIseaaed Jackrabblts. FREMONT. Or., Jan. 31. (To the Editor.) I have noticed In the Weekly Oregonian several articles written by Portland people in regard to eating Jackrabblts, but not a single article from the bunch-grass country. I live where the Jackrabblts are nu merous, and as to people eating Jack rabbits, the majority of them are dis eased. I killed eight yesterday and out of the eight there was only one healthy rabbit. The majority of them have blisters and if they are dressed before they are sold a person that buys cannot tell they are diseased. There are more diseased rabbits this-Winter than common. While everyone Is glad to see the rabbits killed. I think there Is a big lot of diseased rabbits eaten. W. W. WELLS. B I Richt. WAItREN. Or.. Jan. 31. (To the Ed itor.) I'leaso state the correct count for the following crib hand: 9. 6, 7 and 3 and a 7 turned up. A say 12 and B cays t, SUBSCRIBES. Odd Case of Democratic Paper Which Threatens to Invoke State Law. PORTLAND. Feb. J. (To the Ed itor.) The Chinese egg is no longer a subject of hilarity in Democratic cir cles. It has become an object of so licitudo. Two years asro It was a Joke. Even two weeks ago the Journal told us that the home product has not been In the slightest influenced in price or in the demand of consumers. It was bought "only by families too poor to afford the Oregon egg, and tho fctate University authorities were advised to, exploit other llelds. When the univer sity authorities and President McClana- han, of the State Poultry Association, protested that the existing Demo cratic tariff would destroy the local Industry, they were given to under stand that in the Judgment of the Jour nal editorial sanctum they didn't know what they were talking about. But in an editorial appearing later warning is given that tho Journal is on the trail of "bakers and dealers who engage in the foolish business of im posing unsanitary eggs on their patrons." We are told that "publlo sen timent and 'the law' can keep the un desirable eggs out of this market." Ex actly. A Republican tariff law did keep them out and a Democratic tariff law let them in. The editorial continues: "Who is importing Chinese eggs for tho Port land market? The Journal wants to know. The people want to know." That is easy. Th Democratic Underwood tariff law is importing them. There Is an old saying that a Bour bon Democrat never forgets anything and never learns anything, and an ex cited brother around at the Jackson Club the ether night declared that a true Democrat never changed his mind. This Is slanderous. The Journal "for got" the other night when it ridiculed Senator Fall's resolution demanding protection of Americans on foreign soil that it was copied verbatfm from the Democratic National platform, and its last editorial on Chinese eggs indi cates that it is also "learning" some thing. Woodrow Wilson is also learning. He is now for preparedness and has quit ridiculing "excited people." He Is no longer "too proud to light" and now he wants a nonpartisan tariff commission, the continuation of which was de manded by both Republicans and Pro gresRsives in their National platforms in 1912. Having spit upon the Demo cratic single term plank and the Pan ama free tolls plank and the protection of American citizens on foreign soil plank and coming out now for pre paredness and a nonpartisan tariff com mission, he is fairly on his way to em braco Republicanism. Even a Democratic college professor, who never did any business as a pri vate citizen, will pick up a few practi cal business Ideas after three years of experience In trying to manage the business of 100,000,000 people. REPUBLICAN. ISRAEL'S CALL TO AMERICA. The call for help rings through the land To save the oldest martyred band. And snatch from death the loyal Jew From diff'rent lands, yet ever true To anv flag that he fights for The Jew, the Jew must live some morel Crushed down by reckless, boastful hosts; Starved out like wand'ring shadow ghosts; The babies speared, wives, girls out raged. And husbands, sons in wars engaged The race assailed by listless crew On, Christendom, rise, save the Jew! America will not forget The Jewish clans that we have met That stuck by Washington like glue, With Lincoln to the colors flew; Forget him not who all would give That our land and law may live! Forget him not. tho brother Jew Who in our councils useful grew. Who gave the ten commandments grand To all mankind with master hand; Who now needs help on Europe's shores Nine millions die with hunger, sores! Oh. give him bread and shelt'ring roof. Oh, give him love and hope and woof! Oh, give him what hate cannot give The right to pray, the right to live! Oh. give him land of liberty Fraternity, thy true hearts tree! Thy purses out, thy help rush quick To rescue where disease Is thick; Where hunger pains and eyes grow dim. And beauty dies and victims slim Are crying out with voices faint, America, oh, help, tnou saint: Louis Michel. Day Labor for Auditorium. PORTLAND. Or., Feb. 1. (To the Editor.) We are informed by the press that the work of constructing the Au ditorium is soon to be let. I am advised that a great many men with families, are now unemployed. Many of these are said to be very de serving. Unfortunately some of them have large families. Will it not be a good plan to no some of the work on the Auditorium by day labor, which would give the Commissioners a chance to employ these needy men. giving a preference to men with families and residents of our own city? The excavating, which would give work to a large number of men for several weeks, might well be done by the City Commissioners. Perhaps it might cost a little mora than by con tract, but as a taxpayer I would urge that that policy be pursued neverthe less. The difference would be so small that surely no taxpayer wouia raise anv objection. Possibly there Is otuer worK on tne building which might be done in tne same way by day labor. tt. i i. Condition of Highway. WHITES. Wash., Jan. 31. (To the Editor.) Could you tell me whether th Columbia River Highway is. open for teams and wagons from Portland to The Dalles, as I wish to go that way to Eastern Oregon in the Spring if possible? KObt KAl. At the present time, due to the tem porary handicap of heavy snow drifts. tho Columbia River Highway is open to comfortable travel for a distance only about 20 miles from Portland. As soon as the snow melts, however, the highway will be open for travel to the town of Stone, a point 41 miles east of Portland, where the permanent pave ment ends. In the Spring, when dirt roads in general are passsable, the highway will be open all the way to The Dalles. Then wagons and horse traffic rji well as automobiles will be allowed to traverse the highway with out interruption. Condition Not Foreseen. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 1 (To the Editor.) Is It not time to dis courage the quoting or misquoting of the Christ by our ready letter writers, be they for or against preparedness for National defense? Divine, though he may have been, ana seer, as he was, he did not foresee, in an undiscovered lana, not a Doay pon tic, but an unjellied mixture of alien races, in which tne maies wouia ne too proud to fight and the females too unselfish to bear children. J. B. Cooking for Ten. Kansas City Star. He Are you superstitious when thir teen person sit down to the table at the same time? She Well, not supersti tious, but I am sometimes worried, if I avo cooked, only, enough. lor J.eu In Other Days Half a Century Ago. From The Oresonlan of February 2. 1SG6. The Statesman learns that a new corw poration Is now forming at Eola lor the purpose of bringing the water of the Rickreall to Eola and there using it for milling purposes. It is in the hands of good men and we wish them success. In Recorder's Court yesterday George Dodds, the "Fakir de Bordeaux," was tried by Jury and found guilty of lar ceny by stealing etove wood with which to warm the Revolving Light saloon. Sentence was reserved until today. Superintendent Huntington has re ceived a dispatch from Washington City which limits the extent to which the reservation at Yaquina Bay is to be thrown open to settlement. The Radians are to bo protected in their rights and Government property is not to be dis turbed. We are informed that the bark Comet It to take the place of the Cambridge in the line between this city and Hono lulu soon. The steamer Cascade is making ir regular trips to tho Cascades, but The Dalles boat, is not able to connect from some cause probably on account of Ice above the Cascades from the upper river. Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Oregonian of February 1S91. A special dispatch to The Oregonian from Hot Springs, Ark., last evening announced the death of General Henry A Morrow, who was well and favorably known throughout this section of the country. When General Miles was in charge of the Department of the Co lumbia General Morrow was in com mand of the barracks at Vancouver. Towns along the lino of the Southern Pacific are overrun with tramps who. are an everlasting nuisance with their petty pilfering. They have camped Just outsido the city limits at iSali-m and Eugene so tho officials of theso cities are powerless to remove them. P. McCreary, superintendent of tha hatchery in Curry County, has about 300,000 young salmon, all strong and healthy and doing well. The match race at Witch Hazel Farm, between Tillio Mack and Vanquish, has been postponed from February 7 until the first iSaturlay in May. The stake has also been increased from J100 to $150 a side. Tonight the stot-k company at Cord ray's Theater, which has been mate rially strengthened by the addition of a new leading man, Willard Lee, win he seen for the first time in that strongest and most absorbing of mod ern plays, "The Silver King." The return of the feathered song sters from the South is a poetical indi cation of approaching Spring. But the return of seed onions to the show win dows of some of our grocerymen is a practical indication that answers the same purpose Just now in the advance of their arrival. THOVGHTFIL F.MBUELLA ME.VDER3 Two Itinerants in Travel Urge People to Feed Sons Birds. PORTLAND. Feb. 1. (To the Edi tor.) A few days ago in a small town in the Willamette Valley I saw two humble but industrious itinerant um brella artists. These old men were practical, if not official, missionaries of the Audubon Society. On their Jour ney from house to house they tact fully drew tho attention of each house wife to the sore plight of the birds so suddenly deprived of their usual for age fields. Of this condition few had taken thoght, so unusual was the emergency. The response to the appeal was general throughout the town; from homes, stores, hotels and restaurants food was set out to save the feathered friends. And the peripatetic "repair shops" moved on to other towns, there to ply their trade and probably to continue their kind-hearted ministrations. While this subject is so prominently before our attention let me inquire: How many of our school children, how many grown-ups know that our robin redbreast Is not a robin at all, but is a thrush. How many know that Mr. and Mrs. Robin provide 14 feet of earthworms, besides insects, each day for their young brood In the nest? How many know that Bob White and his wife generally raise three clutches (broods) in a season? Do they know that when Mr. Bob marshals his three or four dozen grown children at bed time they squat in a circle on the ground with tails toward tho center, heads pointed outward to detect an enemy from any direction, while Bob Sr., generally takes his station as a sentinel outside? All this and very much more con cerning SO to 90 varieties of birds Is related in a most interesting manner In a charming little volume entitled "Birds Every Child Should Know." Get it The adult will enjoy it equally with the child. Lest my intention be misconstrued, I'll add I am not Inter ested in any book business. DICKEY DOWNY. Table Cloth" for Birds. PORTLAND, Feb. X. (To the Editor.) Might I suggest something new for our starving songsters this severe nro.thor? Kind-hearted bird feeders throw crumbs to them and oftimes the food lands in tne snow. nouto the little fellows have a hard time get ting the choice morsels out of it. t tried Komethine: which is proving a success. I spread out a couple of sheets of newspaper on top oi uw threw their "eats" on top of it. This waa in one of our parks, and didn t the birds get after it? It was a new one on them, but they appreciated It, I give them Dreaa crumus ... nl ntAcen f 1 1 fat meat, boiled po tatoes too, which they are very fond of Let some of your little readers try- out the table cloth for the birds. Jnst Let It Rain. Tes. let it rain. The more the better; How hard it rains it does not matter. Tt .oems to us the year Is old. So long it has been bitter cold. Cheer up. cheer up, forget this spell. The pipes are "froze," but then O w p 1 1 When Spring does come and roses bloom We'll forget this horrid montn ot gloom. Woodland Wash. Turn the Key, Mr. Storekeeper When the manufacturer advertises his goods in the newspapers he is giving retailers a key to a gold reserve. It is up to them to turn the key and unlock the door. It'is their work to show the news paper advertised goods in their win dows and to add their push to tho pull of the newspaper advertising. Thus doing they attract to their own stores the customers created by the advertising. They make the sales, sharing the Immediate profits with the manufacturer.