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PORTLAND. FRIDAV, MAT 26, " 1916.
VICTIMS OF THKIK OWN SCHEMES.
Let us see what Oregon -will get
from a benevolent Government out
of the O. Si. C. land, grant, if the bill
passed by the House 'at 'Washington
becomes law.
The lands. In the heart of Oregon,
nearly 2,500,000 acres, once granted
to a railroad company for the benefit
of Oregon and Its actual settlers, are
taken back for the benefit chiefly of
the Federal Government.
The railroad company is first to be
paid $2.50 per acre. Bade taxes must
also be paid, so that title may be
cleared; otherwise we fancy the coun
ties and state of Oregon would be re
quired to pocket their tax losses.
After J 6,0 00,000, or more. Is thus
realized from sale of land and timber,
then, and not till then, the counties
are to get 30 per cent and the school
fund 20 per cent of the proceeds, and
40 per cent will go to the Federal
reclamation fund. '
Why anything to the Federal rec
lamation fund? "Why anything from
these Oregon lands to any Government
fund?
Because the "'conservationists'
from states which. Ions ago dissipated
their lands now propose to capitalize
Oregon lands for their profit. Be
cause the Federal bureaucracy, en
trenched in its policy of reservation by
the widespread sentiment to withhold
from the states the public lands and
the water powers, is In control.
The Oregon delegation in Congress
has been up against a well-nigh in
vincible purpose by the conservation
ists to take advantage of an unex
pected opportunity to exploit Oregon
in the interest of centralized- Federal
control. To be sure, two bones are
to be thrown Oregon one labeled "30
per cent for the counties" and the
other "20 per cent for the school
fund" .bones to be gnawed some
time in the future when $6,000,000 or
more has been accumulated for oth
ers. Even the bones are shadowy.
So far as its public lands and water
powers are concerned, Oregon Is a vas
sal state a province of the Federal
Government. But conservation is king,
crowned by hands which have sought
to throttle state control; yet now those
same hands in Oregon are reaching for
the phantom bones to be -tossed to the
state some day. The conservation
boosters are hoist by their own petard.
For its $3,000,000 or so the Govern
ment contributes nothing except a loan
of tax money and administrative ex
penses. It makes no large appropria
tion. The land is to be purchased by
settlers and. timbennen. The Govern
ment acts as a sort . of banker or
""agent. All that Oregon has lost in the
past by non-settlement of the grant
is no greater claim in the eyes of the
Government than Its services as real
estate agent.
POUT1CAL NAVAL PROGRAMME.
The naval expansion programme
submitted to the House will be the
subject of a contest between those
members who accept the judgment of
politicians and a compromise be
tween two opposing groups of politi
cians at that as to how many cap
ital ships shall be built and . those
members who would accept the Judg
ment of experts who have been trained
to decide such questions. The com
mittee's programme was adopted by
the votes of the thirteen Democratic
members and is a political compromise
between the big Navy and little Navy
advocates. These politicians rejected
the five-year programme submitted by
that other politician. Secretary Dan
iels, and substituted a one-year pro
gramme of their own. The eight Re
publican members accepted the judg
ment of the naval experts composing
the General Board of the Navy as
against that of the compromising poli
ticians who compose the majority and
that of the politician who misrules the
Navy.
The General Board was guided by
experience and study of the uses and
performance of various types of ships.
In the light of events In the present
war it admitted that "a Navy of the
size recommended by this Board in
previous years can no longer be- con
sidered as adequate to the defensive
needs of the United States." It gave
full weight to the performances of
battle cruisers and submarines, but it
was not stampeded by the spectacular
into minimizing the importance of
other types of ships. It remembered
that the very inaction of the opposing
battle fleets was indisputable proof of
the superiority of the allied navies.
It recognized the value of battle
cruisers, but that of scout cruisers and
destroyers also. It neither under
valued nor overvalued the usefulness
of submarines. It recommended a
programme the execution of which
should accomplish the purpose which
it thus stated as the one which the
Nation should pursue:
The Navy of the United States should
ultimately be equal to the most powerful
maintain. -d by any other nation ol the
Tniid. It should be gradually increased to
this point by such a rate of development
irar by vear as may be permitted by the
facilities of the country, but the limit
above defined should be attained not later
than 1025.
' With this purpose in view, the Gen
eral Board recommended a construc
tion programme, of which the part
for 1917 is compared with that of Sec
retary Daniels and with that of the
House committee in the following
table:
1 n o o n
I ?3 si M
I ships. 5 3' I- 1
w --- re
' Di eadnoupht - .. 4 2 2
Hat lie cruisers 3 2 5
S.-outs 4 3 4 7
Mi-strovers 10 15 10 7
Submarines 22 SO 20 SO
. The principal point as to which the
rnmmittee's programme differs from
that of the General Board Is the sub-
stitution of five battle cruisers for the
latter's four dreadnoughts uid three
battle cruisers. The minority of the
committee is content to build a Navy
second to that of Britain, but to build
faster than the General Board pro
poses. It would provide this year two
of the four dreadnoughts which the
latter proposes and would begin now
all six of the battle cruisers which the
Board would distribute over the next
four years. Thus it is Influenced to
a large degree by that body's advice,
which 'the majority utterly rejects as
to capital ships though following it
closely as to other types.
The majority report is regarded- as
a victory for the little Navy men both
by their opponents and themselves.
That arch-pacifist, Representative
Kitchin, hails it as "a victory against
useless expenditure." The pacifists
had so large a part in framing the
report that they injected Into it the
irrelevant proposal for a universal
court of arbitration a proposal which
everybody approves but which has no
place in a Navy bill. They claim a
victory for economy because they have
saved some money from the first es
sential, defense, to be wasted on river
and harbor pork and. other doles to
their own districts.
Rejection of the Daniels continuing
programme and adoption of a one-
year programme may be a source of
gratification, but not as a measure of
economy. The General Board is con
vinced of the great advantages of a
continuing programme, "both mili
tary and economic," but not such a
programme as Mr. Daniels recom
mended after causing the Board to cut
down its own continuing plan. A sat
isfactory plan is not to be expected
from this Congress; all that we can
hope for Is a makeshift. For a well-worked-out
continuing plan we must
look to the next Administration and
Congress.
NOT DESERVED.
Vv'ill umfl of the many thousands of Re
publicans who voted for William Grant
Webster, of Illinois, kindly explain who he
is and -what he has done to make him their
choice for Vice-President of the United
States?
. This sneer is from a Democratic
newspaper of Oregon. It is not de
served. It does not come with pro
priety from any journal which has
held up the direct primary to the
world as the perfect vehicle of ex
pression for the popular will. Now
we are told that it Is not, for citizens
by the thousands have voted for a
man they do not want to be their can
didate for Vice-President.
This man Webster, whoever he is,
forced his name on the ballot for pur
poses of notoriety and self-seeking, no
doubt. On the other hand, it was
only through the act of a group of
citizens in placing the name of Hughes
on the ballot, against his expressed
will, that the Republicans of Oregon
were able to say whom they want for
President. Except for a somewhat ar
bitrary arid surprising ruling by the
Supreme Court, the Oregon delegation
at Chicago would have found its hands
tied and its mouth gagged by an. in
struction for an also-ran for Presi
dent, as It Is for an also-ran for Vice
President. NEUTRAIXTS".
OREGON CITT. Or., May 25. (To the
Editor.) Would you kindly state, through
The Morning Oregonlan, for the benefit of
many of your readers, if The Oregonlan
is neutral in this European war. or if you
take one side. 1 am unable to Judge, as 1
am Just returned from Alaska.
T, M. GRAHAM.
The Oregonlan has striven to view
impartially the Issues between the bel
ligerent nations; and It has particu
larly sought to give the news as it is
and should be and not as the sym
pathizers of one side or the other
want It to be. That our Oregon City
friend has been unable to see any
leaning or bias in the columns of this
paper is excellent testimony -that Its
self-assumed - position of neutrality is
fairly well sustained.
The Oregonlan has heard many
times from one side or- the other that
it is pro-British or pro-German. It
is neither, for it is all the time pro
American, and nothing else. If Am
erica had been able to go through the
troubles of the war without any kind
of collision or disagreement with the
central powers, our German-American
friends would doubtless have been less
critical. If America would permit
Great Britain to hold up our mails,
seize our cargoes and destroy our
ships, your pro-ally would be well
satisfied. But American interests and
American duties have been Inextrica
bly Involved in the war,, and America
has had no alternative but to declare
its rights and prepare to protect its
own on the high seas and even on
belligerent soil. It is no wonder that
tender sensibilities have been offended,
and that America has been accused of
shaping Its course to benefit one or
the other group of warring powers
But the truth is that America has a.
profound desire to keep out of the
war, and to let the belligerents fight
it out; and in that sentiment The Ore
gonlan shares. But it would prepare
for any eventuality.
T1IB AMATEUR OPERA,
One way of making Shakespeare In
teresting and inviting to younger, un
educated minds is the amateur pro
ductions of some of his plays. .How
ever tiresome these productions may
be to older heads, it cannot be denied
many high-school and college stu
dents have had awakened in them a
love for the immortal one by an ama
teur production in which he or 8he
took part. Once the appetite is sharp
ened in this way voluntary reading
and conscientious study of the plays
follow. Perhaps this explains why
school authorities have encouraged
amateur productions and why Little
Theater movements progress. Not only
are the productions Shakespeare's,
but they are of other playwrights. The
result is all good.. The youths" are
taught in this entertaining and some
times novel way of the .drama, the
stage, literature and of periods in his
tory; and the result is in a large meas
ure what cramming of books will not
produce.
The community production of the
comic grand opera, "Fra Diavolo,"
last night at the Baker Theater by the
Portland Opera Association, is an
equally good sign. It is evidence of
community growth; of an interest in
the better things in life, of art, music
and of attainment. The performers
are amateurs, to be sure, but their
work is creditable and their zeal prom
ising. They were rewarded by good
attendance and will be again at the
matinee Saturday, no doubt.
Besides giving the participants an
Insight into the mysteries of the stage,
such community amateur productions
serve to uncover genius. Often ability
to write or construct plays or opera
grows, from the tiny seed of interest
planted at one of these performances.
Often unusually good actors or sing
ers are discovered. Not less impor
tant is it that frequently misguided
genius finds itself. "Stage-struck"
girls and boys learn a little of the
labors and hard work that go with a
stage career and they are started off
into pursuits for which they are better
suited. Only those with unyielding de.
termination or iron will, or, as some
one else has said, "inordinate vanity,"
persist.
Portland possesses among its young
and old musicians many who, under
proper direction, are well qualified
to stage an entertaining story of the
Italian bandit, Michele Pizza, in Au
ber's opera, and it is reassuring that
they have, willingly and without
recompense, struggled and worked to
put on "Fra Diavolo." The leaders
in such things should be encouraged.
JC8T GIVE IT A TELU.
One of the greatest boasts of Secre
tary Daniels is that he has forced a
reduction in the price which the Gov
ernment pays for armor plate. One of
his fondest ambitions Is to have armor
plate and other war material made
in Government plants. He harbors
the morbid suspicion, common to most
Democrats, that the movement for
preparedness was inspired by men wlio
hope to make a profit by selling war
material to the Government. He also
shares the opinion peculiar to Demo
crats that there is something criminal
about making profit on anything. In
his annual report he said:
In the light of past experience there
seems to be no hope for better prices for the
Government except by the erection of a
plant of its own. Under these conditions
there is little probability of securing armor
plate at a reasonable price from private com
panies unless the Government itself erects
a plant.
The Bethlehem Steel Company has
grown weary of being charged with
gouging the country, acknowledges
that its policy of silence was mistaken
and has taken up the cudgels with
Mr. Daniels. The latter having de
nounced as exorbitant the price of
$425 a. ton now paid by the United
States, the Bethlehem Company, over
the names of its president and vice
president, states that "under condi
tions prevailing Just before the Euro
pean war" this price was lower than
that paid by any other first-class
power and states the prices paid by
other nations to have been: Great
Britain $503, France $460, Germany
$490, Japan $490:' It also offers to
"manufacture armor at any price
which the Government Itself shall
name as fair."
Mr. Daniels estimates that the Gov
ernment can manufacture armor in a
10,000-ton plant at $262.79 a ton. The
Bethlehem Company says this esti
mate covers "mere shop work" and
makes no provision, for administration
and general expense; insurance, taxes
and depreciation of plant; interest on
investment and working capital. The
estimate assumes that the plant would,
be run at full capacity. Under that
condition. It says, a private plant could
make as great economies. The Beth
lehem Company says it "can and will
manufacture armor at a price cheaper
than the Government can possibly do
It" and offers to "produce armor at
the Government's own price."
The Oregonlan has no means of
verifying the conflicting statements of
Mr. Daniels and the Bethlehem Com
pany, but it considers that the con
troversy calls for a showdown. The
company says:
We offer to place all the cards on the
table to open our hooks to the Federal
Trade Commission and to put our experience,
our facilities and our economies at the serv
ice of the Nation upon such terms at the
government itself snail name a lair.
Mr. Daniels may think Bethlehem is
bluffing. He can easily find out. Let
him call its bluff. Before investing
$11,000,000 of the people's money in
a plant which may prove useless, let
him give Bethlehem a trial. In these
days of deficits and emergency taxes
the American people have not $11,-
000,000 to squander on what may
prove, in Mark Twain's words, "a
darned experiment."
A
MILLION'S IX CRAWS.
Seven million dollars' worth of grit.
gravel and decayed food was pur
chased last year by fastidious New
York shoppers who thought they were
buying choice poultry for special din
ners. Wise New Yorkers have been
told the worst by the State Commis
sioner of Foods and Markets and,
while they may not mourn the loss of
the money they are certain to resent
the reflection upon metropolitan in
telligence. No verdant Westerner
was ever duped with more auda
cious lack of cunning than these same
New Yorkers when taken in by the
poultry trust.
It appears that two chicken com
bines bid for New York's favors. The
independents were forced out of busi
ness slowly but surely. They could
not meet the poultry prices of their
organized competitors. And It was
small wonder, since the chicken trust
resorted to the foul trick of stuffing
their fowls with grit and sand. Twenty
per cent was added to the weight of a
fowl merely by stuffing its -craw.
Naturally the trust was able to re
duce prices accordingly.
It is now revealed that of the 140,
000,000 pounds of poultry sold, prob
ably 30,000,000 pounds were gravel,
grit or decayed food. Chemists have
found that the quality of the chickens
was injured by the stuffing of de
cayed foods Into the craws, and doubt
less many cases of ptomaine poison
ing resulted from this cause. New
York's chicken bill was $35,000,000,, at
least $7,000,000 of which went as the
penalty for lacH of vigilance in chick
en market inspections. Now that the
fraud has been detected prosecutions
will follow and the whole country will
be watching the craws of chickens
when they order a fat hen from butch
er or- poultryman. The incident is
merely another reminder of the fact
that rogues scheme while honest men
slumber.
HELPING THE NATIONAL GUARD.
During recent discussions and argu
ments over the Army bill much has
been said for and against the National
Guard of the country. Extremists on
one hand have contended that the
service is all it should be, while those
on the other side have urged that the
Guard ought to be abandoned as hope
less. Congress finally came to the
conclusion that what the Guard needed
was helpful co-operation and support
from the Government in order that
it might grow Into full military effi
ciency, and this is the purport of the
militia section of the Chamberlain
Army bill now in the hands of the
President. -
The case of the National Guard Is
intelligently handled by Rupert
Hughes, in the current Collier's. Mr.
Jiugnes, wno used to command a
Guard company before he developed a
writing practice and could not give
the necessary time any longer, makes
no effort to prove that the National
Guard Is wholly efficient. But if it
is not, . he' wisely concludes that the
blame does not attach itself to those
who are in. the service. They are giv
ing time, energy and patriotic atten
tion to military work under conditions
that are highly discouraging. Not only
does the officer receive ho compensa
tion at present, but the service is an
expensive luxury in its demands upon
his energies. The Guardsman goes to
drill once a week. Some of them go
twice and three times a week. Hun
dreds of officers and non-commissioned
officers devote every minute of
their leisure time to the service, for
which they receive neither thanks nor
other reward. Too often employes lose
their positions in going to camp; and
the few dollars they receive in camp
pay Is more than offset by carfare to
and from armory. drills.
- All of this is to be changed July 1
of the present year, it Is understood.
Compensation for attendance at drills
will be given to all in the service who
apply themselves. More than the
money will be the moral backing that
Federal recognition and pay will give
the Guardsmen. For moral backing
is certain to be stimulated in commu
nities which will see a new glitter in
an organization backed by a substan
tial payroll. Mr. Hughes suggests that
if JLhe National Guard of the past has
been only 50 per-cent efficient the
principal critics have been of a minus
efficiency. While the National Guards
men have been doing the best they
could under rare difficulties, the
volunteer critics have been content to
mobilize on street corners or in ban
quet halls and tell what should be
done to prepare the country against
war. It is fortunate that Congress has
decided to encourage the men who
have been drilling while others have
been talking. As Mr. Hughes sum
marizes the situation, "If you throw
your National Guard regiments over
board you Jettison your lifeboats in
order to pray for flying machines."
Oregon City citizens will be engaged
in a fine work tomorrow, when their
annual Booster day is celebrated. The
object is to bring country and town
people into closer association than is
convenient under ordinary circum
stances; a. harmony celebration. Ore
gon City business men are to spend
something like $1500 in the day's fes
tivities. For the first time, Portland
has arranged to co-operate. The Ad
Club'will send a uniformed delegation
and the Royal Rosarians will attend
with their band. This is as It should
be, this year and in other years. Ev
eryone who can should take hold and
make these get-together affairs be
tween the urban and rural peoples
genuine successes.
Oregon can not only build ships
but can supply timbers for those to
be built elsewhere on the Pacific
Coast. Yet why pay freight on the
timbers when they can as well be
framed here into. a ship which will
earn . freight as soon as it is com
pleted?
iTapan is making fast progress in
dividing the lion's share of American
ocean-carrying trade with Great Brit
ain, pending Germany's return to the
field. They are ably assisted In ac
quiring the monopoly by President
Wilson's shipping policy.
The heavier the fines paid by boot
leggers, the poorer the quality of
whisky they sell. They must com
pensate themselves at the drinker's
expense. Prohibition certainly deteri
orates whatever firewater Is sold.
The dog pound Is not wanted near
Lents, nor is it desired anywhere. It
may have to go to the crematory
neighborhood, after all, where it would
have the advantage of the short haul
of the dead animal.
The epidemic of matrimony which
has spread through the White House
has reached the President's physician.
When the Wilson Administration re
tires, it will at least be well equipped
with wives.
This is Visiting day in the public
schools and parents should make' an
effort to observe it. The small boy
is filled iwith pride when he sees his
mother on the platform with Teacher.
That Montana woman who with an
ax chopped off her husband's head
when he took to drink is too radical
In her views to be a good wife; but
the man was worse as a husband.
Dr. Stelner is a good manager to
turn back part of the Asylum appro
priation. Most managers of public In.
stitutions run the concerns as close to
a deficit as they know how.
People who cannot march in, - the
preparedness parade can show their
enthusiasm by letting the porchllghts
shine at the tlrffte. The glow on the
clouds will be a beacon.
The allies were much pleased with
the last notes President Wilson sent to
Germany much more so than they
are likely to. be with the one addressed
to themselves.
In the eyes of the East, South and
Middle West, Oregon is a rich source
of Federal revenue, to be bled as the
remote provinces were bled by Roman
proconsuls.
Whafs the matter with that hand
picked. Democratic candidate for Con
gressman from the Third District, who
is hesitating about and between
drinks? '
There is no suggestion of peace in
the proceedings around Verdun. The
only persons who do not talk of peace
are those who do no fighting.
Senator Smoot put to sleep the pro
posal of a Junket to see the Columbia
Highway opened by frosting the ap
propriation for expenses.
A man was given two years in a
Federal prison for impersonating a
Congressman, and he was not crazy,
either.
It Is about time a policeman re
sented being called a "minion of the
law." Many an officer is a nonpareil.
It is noticeable that i'Palnless"
Parker did not address the large body
of graduates of the dental college.
Favorite sons are opening head
quarters at Chicago and the Indlanians
soon will be along with the Ice.
A building restriction does not ap
ply to a tent, which is a tenvnprary
affair at best.
Chicago permits racing and forbids
bookmaking, but the initiated will find
a way.
There are two bodies and two mur
ders. Now find the motive.
Sardines are rising, while suckers
are at the old quotations.
The Wolf of Wall Street is to be
caged.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. Kvan.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral interest, will be answered in this col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject la not suitable, letter will bo per
sonally answered, aubject to proper limita
tlona and where stamped, addressed en
velope Is inclosed. Dr. Evana will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual dis
eases. Requests for such service cannot be
answered.
tCopyright, 1916, by Dr. TV. A. Evana.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
Pink Eye.
ABOUT this season of the) year many
people suffer from an acute in
flammation of the outside of the eye
ball and inside of the eyelids, called
pink eye. These structures are lined
or covered, as the case may be, by a
Bklnlike membrane called the conjunc
tiva. Inflammation of this membrane
Is called conjunctivitis. Inflammation
which causes pus is called suppurative
conjunctivitis.
In many states and cities there are
laws which require that every case of
rodococcus infection of the eyes shall
be reported to the health department
at once. In some places the authorities
furnish a 1 per cent solution of nitrate
of silver to be dropped Into the eyes to
cure or to prevent this disease. In some
places the law requires that this silver
solution shall be dropped into the eyes
of every newly born babe as a means
of preventing the disease.
Gonoccucua Infection of the eye
causes a violent inflammation which
produces permanent blindness within a
day unless some form of silver lnjee
tion is used. In this form of infection
the drops- must be put into the eyes at
once. A man an a policy will not save
the eyes. A decision tomorrow will
mean blindness.
There is a rule, and it Is a good one.
that whenever there is pus in the eyes
bacteriologic examination should be
made. If the Infection is with the
gonococcus, some silver in a fairly
strong (1 or 2 per cent) solution must
be dropped in the eye at once, and the
application must be repeated according
to directions.
If the suppuration is due to pneu
mococcus, the coccus of pneumonia, a
solution of quinine must be used. A
salt of quinine now in great favor for
this purpose is ethyl hydrocuprine hy
drochloride. A 1 per cent solution of
this quinine chemical will stop a pneu-
mococcus suppuration of the eyes in a
day or two.
If the suppuration is due to the Mor
al Axenfeld bacillus, sulphate of zinc
Is as much of a specific as quinine is
for chills and fever. If the Koch
Weeks .bacillus Is the cause, a weak
solution of nitrate of silver (4 per
cent) is the proper solution to use. .
If there Is no pus In the secretions &
saturated solution of boracic acid is as
good a wash as there is.
- Medical schools have been teaching
bacteriology for 25 years. The exam
ination of a smear under the microscope
is a. simple matter. Practically every
town now holds at least one physician
or can reach a physician capable of ex
amination. In these days of good roads
and automobiles it Is safe to say that
anybody can reach a physician capable
of examining a smear in not more than
half an hour's ride. The physician end
of the proposition, then, is not pro
hibitive.
The treatment for one of these In
fections is not the treatment for an
other. I know of a man who was
treated for weeks with silver solution.
Then his physician examined a smear.
found Morax-Axenfeld bacilli, gave him
a solution of zinc, and he was well in
a day.
Whenever the eyes discharge pus the
pus must be examined bacterlologically.
Anemia.
A. T. writes: "1. Will you kindly
tell me if beer would be of any benefit
to a young lady of 22 who Is pale, thin
and has anemia, but seems to be well
otherwise? 2. If she took it regularly
as a tonlo would It increase her weight
and give her a more healthful color?
3. Would it have a tendency to weaken
such a person's heart by being too
stimulating?"
Reply.
1-2-3 No.
Have the youwr lady eat more cream,
milk, bread, rice and candy, as a means for
increasing her flesh. To overcome her
anaemia have her take more open-air exer
cise and eat more spinach, lettuce, salads,
greens, meat and eggs.
Walks Before Meals.
E. C. T. writes: . "I have been in the
habit every evening after work of walk
ing home and sitting down to my din
ner. Now several people have said this
was wrong, that I should not walk be
fore eating. Would you kindly advise
me If it would be better to walk before
my evening meal Instead of before? The
distance I have been walking is about
60 blocks."
Reply.
Stick to your walk.
Eatsj Raw Potatoes.
Mrs. M. V. D. writes: "la It harmful
to eat raw vegetables, especially- pota
toes, and fn what way is it harmful?
Some time ago, while in poor health, I
craved something cool, and contracted
the habit of eating raw potatoes, as one
might an apple, and have since found
it difficult to break myself of the habit,
even though some have said they are
not good for one to eat. I eat as much
as two or three small ones daily."
Reply.
There ere two possible Objections to eat
ing raw potatoes. First, there la a little
dancer of typhoid. If the potatoes are first
washed in pure -water this danger will not
exist. Second, some people cannot digest
as much raw starch as la contained in a
raw potato.
ITS ALTAR AGLOW 10IMJ YEARS
St. Michel's, In Nantna, One of the Old
eat Churches In France.
Albert Bigelow Paine In Harper's
' Magazine.
Before dinner we walked for a little
In the gray evening and came to an old
church one of the oldest in France, it
is said, built in the ninth century and
called St. Michel's. (At Nantua, in the
French Jura) It is more than 1000
years old. and looks it. It has not been
much rebuilt, I think, for Invasion and
revolution appear sejdom to have sur
mounted the natural ramparts of Nan
tua, and only the storm beat and .the
erosion of the centuries have written
the story of decay. The hand of restor
ation has troubled it little.
We slipped in through the gathering
dusk, and tiptoed about, for there were
a few lights flickering before the altar,
and we saw the outlines of bowed
heads. Presently a priest wan silhou
etted against the altar lights as he
crossed and passed out by a side door,
lie was one of a long line that stretched
back through more than half of the
Christian era and through most of the
history of France. When the first
priest passed In front of that altar
France was still under the Carlovigian
dynasty under Charles the Fat. per
haps, and ' William of Normandy was
not to conquer England until 200 years
later. Then nearly 400 years more
would creep by dim, medieval years
before Joan of Arc should unfurl her
banner of victory and martyrdom.
You see how far back into the mists
we are stepping here. And all those
evenincs the altar lights have been lit
and the ministration of priests has not
failed.
Voter's Residence Qualification.
PORTLAND. May 24. (To the Edi
tor.) What is the law in Oregon in
regard to voting? How long do you
have to be in the state or the county?
C. M. E.
Six months in the state. There Is
no time requirement on the residence
in the county.
MYSTERY SOLVTION NOT OFFERED
J. Harold I'awUliK to Believe It Em
anates From Unnatural Source.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 23. (To
the Editor.) In The Oregonian, May 20,
appeared a letter by J. R. Kendall al
luding to one presented by me through
The Oregonian, May 14. He writes, "I
may hot understand exactly what Mr.
Harold means by these words (plan or
scheme), but to me they mean a way
of doing things or accomplishing re
sults." In all sincerity I had no desire
to convey such thought as your corre
spondent apprehends; had it been my
intention to convey such thought It is
more than possible that I would have
chosen such words aa method and sys
tem rather than plan or scheme.
I may have been unhappy in my
choice of words, but I -sought to use
these words in their precursory aenae.
To me a plan is precedent to Its ac
complishment, as a scheme is precedent
to its consummation. Thus to one who
holds nature as eternal, sans commence
ment, sans fin et. sans raison d'etre, no
precedent, plan, scheme or cause, can
be conceivable.
It is quite true that I offered no so
lution to the mystery of natural in
stinct, nor have I any to offer. I know
of none, yet I cannot bring- myself to
believe that It emanates from some
unnatural source.
Recently I watched boys at play
throwing pebbles upward, in the air.
These pebbles fell back to earth.
Years ago in Delhi. India (which is
practically our antipode), I remember
seeing boys engaged in this same play
and the Delhi pebble fell back to earth
as did the Vancouver pebble. Is not
this Instance of mineral Instinct fully
as mysterious as are the habits of the
squirrel and the wasp? But we only
trespass on your space by presenting
mysteries which are evident to all, and
solving none. '
My sole hope through this lengthy
controversy is to establish the head
quarters of the power which guides
nature. "Whence is it?" Is It a "force
from without?" or Is it "a force from
within?" J. HAROLD.
HOMER DAVENPORT MOXt'MEST
It Is Recalled Erection of Memorial la
Left to People vof Oreros,
LOS ANGELES. CaU May 22. (To
the Editor.) It was the expressed wish
of my brother, the late Homer Daven
port, that he be burled by the side of
our father in the little cemetery at
Silverton and It was through the kind
offices of William Randolph Hearst,
who knew of this desire,- that Homer
was brought back to his old home to
rest. Addison Bennett says: "Of all the
graves in that cemetery now, that of
Homer Davenport Is the one most his
toric In the years to come many peo
ple will come from afar to visit his
tomb. They will come generally ex
pectlng and having a right to expect
to find a grave marked by something
more than a bit of wood.
Perhaps Mr. Bennett does not know
that only a few days after the inter
ment of all that remained of Homer, I
was visited by some of the prominent
citizens of Silverton. who were in cor
respondence with some of the then
state officials, relative to a fund of
ample amount to erect at Homer's
grave, a monument of considerable size
and beauty, and asked for our perraia
sion to do this. When I consented on
behalf of the family, of course,
we left the matter of the monument
and the time and the selection, to the
pleasure of the good people of Oregon.
feeling that it was a very sweet tribute
to the memory of one. who, as Mr.
Bennett truthfully says, "Never forgot
Silverton. never forgot the Silverton
people, never forgot the Waldo Hills
of Oregon."
ADDA DAVENPORT-MARTIN.
THE WIXULESS OX.
As he leaned on the fence.
The poet, from thence.
Saw fields and things starting to
sprout there.
With a man near to hoe em:
"I will now make a poem."
Said the poet. "My aubject that
lout tnere,,"
"What gulfs between him
And the bright seraphim!
Those heavenly, winged aviators.
How dlff'rent his station
This ox's relation
. He spends his life hoeing pertaters,
"Oh, the shame and the sin!
He never could win
A sweepstakes for heavenly flying;
For he has no wings
Only legs, feet and things
That help not, but hinder his trying.
"Oh. the wrong If it all! ' v
The ox In his stall
The seraph in cloudland. unheeding.
I'd change all such things
The ox should have wings.
Injustice! It sets my heart bleeding,
"If I had my way.
He'd be flying all day
And seraphs should have nothing on
him."
Then the man with the hoe ,
Felt better. I know.
For the good that the poet had done
htm.
F. P. WILLIAMS.
DOLORES.
Scatter thy poppies, fate.
For love hath proved a lie:
And laughter fled with her fickle mate.
Nor paused to say "good bye.
Scatter thy popples, fate.
For happiness hath flown:
And star-eyed hope will not await.
When all the rest are gone.
Scatter thy popples, fate.
For memory wakes too long;
The music she makes Is desolate.
And I tire of the same sad song.
For what Is left to ono bereft.
Of all that made life dear;
But the bitter draught for one who
laughed,
When the skies of life were clear?
Then welcome fate! If not too late.
Perchance from the funeral pyre.
My spirit may rise through azure skies
To the land of heart s dcwlre.
J. K. PEARCT.
115 Willamette Bo-jlward,
I'se of Exquisite.
CATHLAMET, Wash.. May 23. (To
the Editor.) A is a man wh is very
particular abont his work; everything
has to be Just so, ana J makes the
following remark: "A Is very exquisite
about his work." C says the use of the
word exquisite ts not proper In this
sentence. ill you decide with mig
gestions? A READER.
-,
The use of exquisite in the sentence
may be defended for its grammar, as
exquisite may be either an adjective,
a noun or a noun substantive, but The
Oregonian would not recommend it as
good usage for the meaning intended
Does. B mean that A Is an exquisite
workman or that merely in manner or
method he is fastidious, painstaking or
particular? There is an obsolete usage
of exquisite which allows or allowed
it to mean careful. The Oregonlan be
lleves B has sacrificed good usage for
variety or expression, which is not a
good thing to do.
For Asaay Information.
' CORBKTT, Or, May 22. (To the Ed
jtor.) Will you kindly inform me
where I can find a suitable and com
petent assayer for chrome steel or
iron ore and for aluminum clay?
F. P.
Write to H. M. Farks. director of
Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology,
Corvallls, Or.
In Other Days.
Half m Century Aco.
Prom The Oregonlan of May 2. IS68.
Yesterday the scholars of the public
schools devoted a portion of the day
to recreation by taking baskets well
filled and having a picnic a. short dis
tance west of the city.
Mount Hood was belching forth black
smoke in large volumes at different
intervals of yesterday afternoon.
Hon. David Logan will address the
citizens of Portland tonight at the
Willamette Theater. Everybody ought
to go, and a big crowd will go, to hear
him.
Virginia City. Mont, May 25 Flour,
we think, has reached its lowest fig
ures. We have heard of sales made at
$12.50 per sack, which is the lowest fig
ure that flour has ever been sold at in
this market.
The Dallea and Canyon City Stage
Company are preparing to extend their
line through to Boise City. This will
shorten the travel two days between
The Dalles and Boise.
s
Twenty-five Vein Aico.
From The Oregonlan of May 16. 1SR1.
New York. May 25. It was rnmored
this morning that J. Plerpont Morgan,
of Drexel. Morgan & Co.. now in Lon
don, was to become chairman of a com
mittee of b an kern to untangle the af
fairs and reorganize the Argentine Re
public, an undertaking that means
much to English capitalists.
The committee appointed by the
citizens of Portland Heights to recom
mend a plan for furnishing the Heights
with water will report tomorrow even
ing at 8 o'clock at the cable road
powerhouse.
The artesian well for supplying water
for the Marquam block was completed
by the contractor. Mr. Corbett. yester
day. It Is 160 feet deep and furnishes
a copious supply of fine water.
If the owner of a stolen garden hose
will call at the city jail he can recover
his property. Detective Joe Day last
night found the hose and two arm
chairs in a second-hand store on Jeffer
son street and he knew at once that
they were stolen property.
A rousing consolidation meeting was
held at Armory Hall last evening.
About 400 people were in the room and
many of them had to stand up. But
they were patient and remained until
the close, and applauded and cheered
every sentiment that indorsed consoli
dation. Family Aime of Enicliah, Royalty.
KELSO. Wash, May 24. (To the
Editor.) Will you please inform me
of the family name of the King of
England? MISS IONE MEDLOCK.
The prevailing idea is that the sur
name of the royal family is Guelph,
but the late Clarenceux. King of Arms,
dismisses the idea as absurd. Guelph
constituted the Christian name of a
medieval Duke of Bavaria, whose sister
in 1040 married the Marquis of
d'Eete. It is from that couple that the
Hanoverian line is descended. Hence
D'Hfete, which the Duke of Sussex
adopted for his children, comes nearer
to being the correct name than Guelph.
Some authorities maintain that Guelph
d'Este ts correct. But neither of these
names can hold good any later than
the marriage of Queen Victoria to
Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
and descended from the ancient Count
of Wettin. This event changed the
present line of royalty to that of
Saxony or Saxe-Coburg and made Wet
tin its surname if it possesses one at
all. The words Wettin and D'Este in
reality, too, are local titles.
- Bits of Knowledge.
Of the 23.332 miles of railways in the
United Kingdom, 10,306 miles are single
lines.
Wireless waves have been utilized to
light and extinguish gas lamps in Ger
many. At the present time the United States
produces more than half of the total
copper output of the world.
Unable to open his safe for eight
years, despite the aid of experts. Gus
tav Engel, of Stamford, Conn., finally
permitted the safemakers to cut the
combination away because he needed
important papers that were inside the
safe.
Professor J. C. McGregor, of Wash
ington and Jefferson College, Wash
ington, Pa., asked one of his classes
questions about men and current
events, and among other answers was
tcld that Percy Haughton was presi
dent of Harvard.
Fifty-seven ocean "deeps" of more
than 18,000 feet, based on 500 sound
ings, are now known 32 in the Pacific,
18 In the Atlantic, five in the Indian
Ocean. The total area covered by these
deeps altogether is only about 7 per
cent of the ocean floor.
Seisins; Dsg for License.
BROWNSVILLE. Or.. May 22. (To
the Editor.) If I keep my dog chained
up in my own yard and it is not
allowed to run the streets can a city
marshal lawfully come and take said
dog off my premises and kill it for
non-payment of dog tax?
SUBSCRIBER.
It would depend upon the ordinance
at Brownsville. In Portland the ordi
nance makes subject to license any
and every dog regardless of whether it
roams the street or is kept tied in the
yard or is confined within the house.
The dog catcher would be within the
law if he forcibly took the dog. but
city authorities usually swear out a
warrant for a recalcitrant dog-owner.
Confer with the license Inspector of
your community or your City Treasurer.
Secret Service.
FOREST GROVE. May 23. (To the
Editor.) Kindly print in The Orego
nian information as to where to apply
for direct information regarding the
United States Secret Service. Do the.v
employ women and what are the
qualifications required to receive nn
engagement? W. F. D.
Write to William J. Flynn. chief of
the United States Secret Service at
Washington. D. C
Conarreg-ational.
PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you state In The Oregonian
if the K. B. MacNaughton out for
school director is a Catholic, if not
what church does he attend or belong
to? INQUIRER.
Nothing Takes Its
Place!
Merchants and manufacturers can
read this message with equal advan
tage. When you advertise you want to
re.Trh the public
What do they, the people, read
every dsyf What do you yourself
read every day f
Any way you look at this question
the answer is always the same
THE NEWSPAPERS.
The modern dally newspaper with
its definite, concentrated circulation.
Is the best medium in the world to
day for getting news of goods or
service- before the buying public.
Nothing takes its place as many
have already proved for themselves.