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PORTLAND. FRIDAY, JUNE 2. 1816.
GARRANZA'S INSOLENT DEMAND.
General Carranza's demand for the
withdrawal of American troops from
Mexico is the logical sequel to his
former attitude toward the United
States. From, the beginning of his
revolution against Huerta, his attitude
has been consistently insolent and de
fiant. This was to have been, expected
from one of his pompous, bombastic
character, but it was also dictated by
motives of policy. Had he shown a
conciliatory disposition toward this
country, he would not only have failed
to increase his following; he iwould
have lost nearly all the following he
already had. The surest way to the
confidence of the Mexican, people is
defiance of the United States.
The course of President Wilson has
given. Carranza every reason to believe
that he could safely defy this country.
Disregarding Carranza's threat to
make common cause with Huerta, his
contemptuous treatment of the ABC
conference and his later refusal to
go into conference with the other rev
olutionary leaders, Mr. Wilson recog
nized him as de facto ruler of Mex
ico, and permitted him to send troops
through Texas to Agua Prieta. This
last favor enabled Carranza to defeat
Villa and was the direct provocation
for the latter's raid on Columbus. The
only return which Carranza has made
for all these favors is to follow -up his
former insolence with obstruction of
our efforts to run down and punish
Villa, His pretense that he never con.
eented to the advance of the punitive
expedition into Mexico, but merely
consented to begin negotiations, is a
transparent prevarication. He knew
that prompt pursuit was necessary to
success, yet he pretends that our Gov
ernment was to have carried through
long-drawn-out negotiations of the
typical Mexican man ana order before
our troops could move. His only war
rant for this assumption was the pol
icy of watchful waiting which Mr.
Wilson had previously pursued. In
view of his present action, it is proba
ble that, when he sent General Obre
gon to negotiate with General Scott
regarding co-operation in the pursuit
of Villa, he had no intention of co
operation. His aim was more likely
to prevent the sending of more troops,
to delay General Pershing's operations
by a show of friendly negotiation with
us and thus to avoid loss of his hold
on the Mexican people. -
Ko self-respecting nation can yield
to such a demand made under such
circumstances, even though the Mex
ican braggart carry out h)s threat of
war. The United States has had
abundant cause for intervention since
the President's ill-advised recognition
of Carranza. The Santa Tsabel mas-
sacre of American citizens who mere
traveling under safe conduct from a
Carranza official would alone have
sufficed. The Columbus raid and the
Glenn Springs episode would have
justified far more extended opera
tions than the mere pursuit of Villa's
bands. They were conclusive proof
that the so-called de facto government
is no government at all. but merely
the most formidable of. many bands
of brigands which despoil Mexico. The
attack xn Major Tompkins' detach
ment at Parral was an act of treachery
for which Carranza could fairly have
been held responsible. When a sim
ilar but more successful attack was
- made by Afghans at Cabul in 1879 on
Sir Louis Cavagnari's mission, it was
avenged by Roberts' expedition, which
ended in the famous march to Canda
har. The Parral affair was an open
outbreak of that hostility which, has
been covert in all of Carranza's actions
since the Columbus raid.
The President could do no less than
to reply to Carranza's insolent demand
" with the statement that American
troops will remain in Mexico until the
de facto government demonstrates its
ability to protect the border. At the
same time, he does well to take pre-
cautions against actual hostilities by
the Mexican chief. Though we in this
country know that our resources, once
they are brought into play, are ample
to conquer Mexico, Carranza is so in
flated with pride of success over his
rivals that he might attack our troops
in the hope of victory and of thus ral
lying the whole Mexican nation to him
as a national hero. Movement of his
troops northward so as to Intervene
between Pershing and the border may
nave a hostile intent. It may be de
signed to cut off Pershing from his
base, Burround him and capture or
exterminate his forces while Mexican
forces raid the "border states.
The most effective answer to Car
ranza would be to reinforce Pershing's
army and to strengthen his line of com
munication to the point where he
would be able to overpower any force
tv-hich might be used against him. The
precedent of Vera Cruz warrants the
anticipation that Mr. Wilson will soon
withdraw the troops, but impatience
with the halting policy has percept!
bly increased and he would scarcely
Invite further criticism on the eve of
the National conventions. The latest
outburst of Carranza brings Mr. Wil
son a long step nearer to intervention,
which he has at times unskillfully tried
to avoid, at other times adopted half
heartedly and with equal lack of judg
ment, only to withdraw. We have no
hope that he will cease shuffling and
shirking his plain, duty in Mexico so
long as he temalns President,
The Massachusetts Legislature has
rot been deterred by the enormous
expense and barren results attending
the constitutional convention In New
York. It has submitted a bill provid
ing for a constitutional convention. The
measure ,is a referendum, and if ap
proved by the people, the convention
will assemble in June, 1917. Numerous,
proposed amendments have conse
quently received adverse action from
the Legislature. They included ones
to provide for the initiative and refer
endum, recall of judges, appointment
of minor state officers, biennial elec
tions and otfetrs of lesser general in-
terest. Among other important meas
ures Adopted by the Legislature were
one restoring'' party enrollment with
intent to prevent members of one
party from "assisting" in the nomina
tion of other party candidates; an
authorization to spend $750,000- in
harbor and river improvements and
prohibition of the "shipment of intoxi
cants from wet districts into dry dis
tricts. .
quite so.
Senator Newlands represents the de.
sires of Nevada In the Senate. The
state of Nevada is largely arid. It is
peculiarly Interested In the rehabilita
tion of the reclamation fund. Senator
Newlands believes that no part of the
receipts from the Oregon & California
Railroad land grant should go to the
state of Oregon. He would put all re
ceipts into reclamation. ,
The Newlands attitude is not the
least bit singular.. It is but a natural
sequence to that policy which put the
receipts from the sales of public lands
into a common pot to be divided ac
cording to political pull regardless of
the visible rights of the states from
which, the money came.
It points out what we may expect
if .the Administration's water-power
policy Is carried to a conclusion. That
policy is to put a tax upon the users
of hydro-electric energy "for the bene
fit of the reclamation fund. Oregon
is entitled to the surplus from the
sale of the land grant. It is equally
entitled to the surplus from the sale
of. water power to its own . people.
Your so-called conservationist pro
poses that it shall have neither.
Strangely enough, we have In -Ore
gon those who cry out in dismay
against the taking for Government use
of that which is Oregon's by right In
the land-grant matter, yet would sur
render that which is Oregon's toy right
in water-power development.
MILLIONS FOB PEACE OF MIND.
There 13 a note of complaint in Sen
ator Chamberlain's statement that he
has often been accused of being asleep
at the switch when section 9 of the
reclamation law was repealed. Sec
tion 9, it is hardly necessary to state,
was that provision of the law which
Insured to each state the expenditure
within Its borders of the major por
tion of the public sale receipts accru
ing therein. The repeal lost to Oregon
several million dollars which would
otherwise have 'been spent for irriga
tion In Oregon.
This is the Senator's statement as
uttered in the debate on the land
grant bill:
That provision of the law has been re
pealed. I agreed to its repeal because as
long as a major portion of the money con
tributed by each state was required to be
expended in that state the Reclamation
Service was constantly harassed by Senators
and Representatives. I favored the repeal
of section 9. And yet I have had the
charge made In every campaign that I was
asleep at the switch when that provision
was repealed.
If this reason for the Senator's fail
ure to protest against the repeal of
section 9 has ever toefore been given
it has escaped our notice. Apparently
the Senator reserves his explanations
for his colleagues at Washington. To
his constituents he never explains. He
was frequently invited to do so during
his last campaign, and his reply was
the historic "Shoo, fly, don't bother
me." It was quite a natural assump
tion that the Senator was asleep at
the switch when" he let those millions
get away.
But it is comforting to learn that
something was gained from Oregon's
loss. The Reclamation Service is no
longer harassed by the importunities
of meddling Senators and Representa
tives. That is worth something, but
is it worth a few million dollars of
any state's money?
UNREADINESS OF DEMOCRACIES.
Criticism of British conduct of the
war by The Oregonlan has been, taken
up so far afield that it has called
forth a reply from the Eastern Chron
icle, Nova Scotia, It is but natural
that a country which has thrown Jts
energies Into the war with such whole
hearted loyalty as has Canada should
be a bit sensitive to foreign criticism,
yet the purpose of our comment was
not to carp at the shortcomings of
the British In particular; It was to
call attention to the handicaps nvhich
are Inseparable from a democratic
country which enters war unprepared.
Our purpose was to use the experience
of Great Britain as a warning to the
United States, which is far less pre
pared than was Britain two years ago.
Lack of foresight is one of the de
fects of the American people, as it
was of the British people. Their
statesmen are busy with those affairs
which promise quick political divi
dends and they are prone to keep the
people's minds off foreign and mili
tary affairs, which are of deeper Im
portance but of which developments
are slower and less obvious. If a far-
sighted expert Hke1 Lord Roberts in
Bngland or General Wood in the
United States .calls attention to im
pending danger- and to the need of
preparation to meet it, they pooh
pooh his "warnings, call him an alarm
ist or a militarist, and lull the people
to sleep again. When the predictions
of war are fulfilled and the emer
gency demands a new type of states
man, the peace politicians who are in
office hold ,onto their jobs, although
patriotism demands that they step
out.
This was eo during our Civil War,
it is so in Great Britain today
and It will be so again in this coun
try. The peace politician who is try
ing to conduct a war blunders and
delays, then denies or excuses his
blunders. Armies are commanded by
Generals who have won promotion, by
favor or seniority. The United States
tried for three years to win the Civil
War with second and third-rate Gen
erals, some of whom at least owed
their appointments to politics, before
It discovered the right man in Grant,
Britain has been at war for nearly
two years and has blundered at Ant
werp, Loos, Gallipoli and in Mesopo-
tania because It has not yet discov
ered Its Grant or has refused to put
him in command. He may be Robert
son, Haig or Monroe; that remains to
be proved.
The Chronicle says, referring to the
readiness of the British navy and to
the naval unpreparedness ' of St- the
United States: ,
The United States Is not doing even that
much to get ready; so any person In the
great republic cannot throw stones while his
own country lives in a glass house.
Worse, we are living In a huge
crystal palace, and it was to call at
tention to our, perilous position that
we pointed to our neighbor's glass
house. The ChroniclB speaks truly
when it accuses1 the American people
of indifference to the warnings of its
statesmen who are best Informed on
foreign affairs and when It saye: "It
is ever thus In democracies." We
freely grant that the British democ
racy has done wonders in equipping
Itself for war after war had begun
We have pointed to its blunders and
to the handicaps from which. Jffjhas
suffered through unpreparedness only
as. a warning to the American people
of what they will have to fa!ce in case
of war -unless they prepare. We have
done so in the hope that this Nation
may profit from Britain's example and
prove an exception to the rule that
democracies are always unready.
Britain's experience is a very ef
fective answer to those who object
that preparedness provokes war, for
it pretty conclusively proves that un
preparedness has that effect Study
of the negotiations which preceded
the outbreak of the present war and
of the events of the war itself leads
irresistibly to the conclusion that if
Great Britain had had in 1914 its,
present army of 6,000,000 men In ad
dition to Its two-power navy, Germany
and Austria would not have begun the
war. The action of those powers
shows that they reckoned on their
ability to crush France, then Russia
before Britain could possibly put In
the field an army sufficient to staj
their progress. Only a series of events
such as no nation can safely count
upon spoiled their plans. Britain's
unreadiness most of all tempted the
Teuton empires to strike. The greater
unreadiness of the United States
would be a still greater temptation to
an enemy to strike suddenly at this
practically unarmed Nation.
NOT A JITNEY PACIFIST.
The convictions of Justice Hughes
on some of the later National issues
are disturbing mightily those who do
not want Hughes at any price. He is
now accused of facing both ways on
preparedness. The basis for this ac
cusation is the following excerpts from
addresses delivered in 1907 and 190
On January 31, 1908, Governor
Hughes said in New York:
It Is our constant aim to live In friendship
with all nations and to realize the aims of
a free Government secure from the inter,
ruptlon of strife and the wastes of war.
It is entirely consistent with these aims and
It is our duty to make adequate provision
for our defense and to maintain the effi
ciency of our Army and Navy. And this 1
favor.
But in a speech In Carnegie Hall, at
a National peace and arbitration con
ference, .April 15, 1907, Governor
Hughes said:
The security of peace lies in the desire of
the people for peace 1 Protection against
war can best be found in the reiterated ex
pressions of that desire throughout the na
tions and by convening their representatives
in frequent assemblies. '
"Could Henry Ford." asks the New
York Times, in referring to the second
excerpt, "have said anything more
sublimely innocent, more remote from
human nature and the recorded ex
perience of mankind?"
,'Here we have. Mr. Hughes quoted
on both sides of one of the two great
questions upon which the coming
Presidential campaign will bo fought,"
comments the Chicago Evening Post.
How is he going to take one or the
other position without alienating one
or the other half of his present blind
devotees?"
Yet for our part, .we can readily
subscribe to both the doctrines enunci.
ated by Mr. Hughes. His Carnegie
Hall expression is not the idea that
Mr. Ford and Mr. Bryan are attempt
ing to force upon this country, though
both perhaps would subscribe to it.
It is almost axiomatic that reite
rated expressions of desire for peace
"throughout the nations" and the con
vening of "their" representatives In
frequent assemblies would be a pro
tection against war.
It is the Bryan and the Ford idea
that although most of the nations of
the world are arming and fighting and
devising new and more terrible instru.
ments of war, holding no arbitration
assemblies, reiterating no desire for
peace except upon terms of aggression
one against the other It is their idea
that In spite of all this, we can make
ourselves-safe against war by arming
only with resolutions of amity and
kind words of brotherly love.
A sincere world desire for peace,
accompanied by world disarmament,
is an ideal to which all can subscribe.
Mr. Hughes has done no more in the
quotation herein printed. -"Certainly
he has not said that America, Jjy In
dividual expression, by individual in
action, by precept or otherwise, can
comfort or reform a travailed world
and protect beyond all doubt its own
Interests from the aggression of for
eign militarists.
ART AND ENVIRONMENT.
Those who point to the growing
number of art galleries and museums
as evidence of advancing artistic cul
ture are deceived, according to the
American Federation of Arts, which
lately concluded its annual convention
at Washington.- Galleries and mu
seums are merely the refuge of those
who rebel against the encroachments
of lowered taste and loose artistic
Ideals, in the opinion of the federation
representatives. How can such scat
tered grains of leavening hope to make
a definite impression upon the moun
tainous array of inartistic things
which greet the eyeT on every hand?
What hope is there for the ordinary
individual who sees beautiful statuary
or paintings once a year and the re
mainder of the time is confronted by
hideous wallpaper, and by bulky, un
sightly buildings and utilities manu
factured and constructed with no other
thought than that of expediency and
utility.
It is a rare family that has no heir
looms. It need hardly be said that
those dating back Into the eighteenth
century are works of real value and
artistic- merit. They were carefully
wrought with Infinite pains and
artistic sense in every line. But how
about the heirlooms af the nineteenth
century, when machinery began to
replace the hand, and not only cameos,
statuettes and bric-a-brac but carvings
and paintings fell, from mute, un
thinking machines? Numbers in
creased, to be sure, but standards fell
Democracy gained and art lost. So it
is today.
If there is to be a real quickening
of the artistic sense In America the
impulse must come from our indus
trial and commercial life, the Ameri
can Federation of Arts asserts. Those
who make buildings must have a
thought to their artistic beauty, in.
terior and exterior. Those who make
cheap furniture, cheap prints and
even pots and pans must seek beauty
in their work if that rare quality Is to
be transmitted to the popular mind.
People can be no finer than their im
mediate environment.
However, It must not be expected
that the makers of wallpaper and fry
ing pans will take the initiative in
promoting an American renaissance.
They seek profit rather than artistic
fame. They will respond to the de
mands of art only when those de
mands are expressed in insistent tones
by the consumers. Perhaps when peo.
pie become thoroughly wearied of
flimsy and tawdry things this insist
ence will be sounded, and in the mean
time what influence is there other
than art galleries and museums to
advance the great cause?
How small a figure the Government
ships provided by the shipping hill
would cat In carrying American corn-
merce is shown by a statement of the
National Foreign Trade Council.
American ships now carry 14.3 per
cent of our commerce, and to increase
this proportion to 60 per cent" and
make us independent of foreign ships
ten to fifteen years hence would re
quire from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 tons
of steamships, costing $520,000,000 to
1,040,000,000. In order to be a sound
investment, these ships should pay a
dividend of 6 per cent. The proposed
Government expenditureNof J50.000,-
uuo would provide not more than 600..
000, or one-tenth of the minimum
amount, but It would discourage pri
vate investors from providing the
other nine-tenths.
Furious as the fighting has become"
in the Verdun districts, the great
French position is not about to fall.
No matter what gains ' the German
armies make, the fortress can hardly
fall at once, inasmuch as that would
be contrary to German general staff
plans, and surely the German army
would not Interfere with anything bo
sacred. If it falls at all, 'Verdun will
topple along In August, and one sus
pects, after reading the soldierly ob-'
servations of the editor of Father
land, that a German field marshal
who forced the issue ahead of sched
ule time would be subject to court-
martial. This is the Fatherland's ex
pert and duly authenticated state
ment of what's what and why At, Ver
dun:
The German general staff planned to take
Verdun in six months. Since that time the
German army has proceeded slowly, method
ically. Invincibly, against the French strong
hold. According to last reports from Ger
many, the Germans are at present three
weeks ahead of their schedule, in other
words, unless unforeseen circumstances arise,
Verdun will fall within five months and
one week after the siege was begun. The
present operations against Verdun began
about three months ago. Accordingly we
look for the fall of the great fortress by
August, 1910.
And there you are. One regrets
that the Fatherland does not furnish a
regular schedule of events. May 1
German force advances seventeen
yards, 14,000 yards to gain. May 2
German army pushed back 17 yards in
accordance with plans of general staff,
14,017 yards to gain. And so on down
to the eventful hour when the Crown
Prince dashes Into Verdun and es
tablishes field headquarters in the
leading hotel.- Of course, as the
Fatherland hints, unforeseen circum
stances may change the schedule. We
take this to mean that the general
staff may decide upon another "strat
egical retreat" for the purpose of lead,
ing Petain onto more favorable ter
rain nearer Metz.
One effect of the war has been, a
boom in silver. Withdrawal of gold
from circulation in Europe has caused
a demand for silver- coins, to satisfy
which the British and French mints
have increased their output eight
fold. India has bought much silver
in China to pay troops in Egypt and
Mesopotamia. Photography and mov
ing pictures have also increased de
mand. Production has at the same
time been diminished by the troubled
condition of Mexico and by difficulties
at the Australian mines.
The proposed Industrial develop
ment commission to provide part of
the capital for new industries is a
practical means of promoting new
manufactures. A city, which Is ready
to put up dollar for dollar will im
press manufacturers as a good loca
tion and will at the same time attract
only those who are ready to put up
dollar for dollar on their part.
If the United States had a rational
arbitration and conciliation law, we
should not have been on the verge of
a strike by longshoremen of the entire
Pacific Coast and by Columbia River
steamboatmen before the Labor De
partment offered mediation. The time
to mediate is when the dispute origi
nates, not when it is on the point of
culminating in a strike. '
After all the talk about the muni
tions trade. It has formed a compara
tively small proportion of our total
trade during the war. The total from
August 1, 1914, to April 30, 1916, was
only $388,000,000, while in the year
ending April 30 last our exports were
nearly $4,000,000,000.
Officially, May temperatures were 2
degrees colder than normal, and the
records do not go as far as the glacial
epoch. That's the way it works offi
cially. Everybody knows it is cooler
around the weather office during the
heated term and warmer during a
cold snap. '
Shackleton's bucking of the Ant
arctic ice is as stern a test of human
endurance as the French and Ger
mans' bucking of each other's line at
Verdun, and it yields better results
by increasing the sum of human
knowledge.
Colonel Roosevelt's reference to
"voluntary" as a "weasel word which
sucks the life out of the other" word
"compulsory" adds one more to the
epigramimatic phrases -which will al
ways be associated with his name.
Young Lebanon people who ate too
much at a picnic the other day as
cribe their sickness to ptomaine poi
soning in salmon and beans. Wouldn't
that create a laugh in a logging camp?
Bread cast upon the waters will re
turn after many days, but when Se
attle spills booze of the value of $3500
in a sewer, alas and alack! there is
no come-back.
Every brakeman on a freight and
every night operator have chances of
one day becoming president of a big
road. It is not all luck, either.
Roosevelt will not attend, nor will
Hughes; but the field of also rans.
with a possible dark horse, will be
within call.
The first rare day In June broke
loose yesterday afternoon with actual
sunshine and bits of blue sky.
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Everybody arrange to see the pa
rade tomorrow night, and be sure to
take the small boys.
No favorite son wifl be nominated
for Vice-President.' His wife will not
allow it.
The Dupont powder melon is large
enough to pay for a Presidential boom.
The best gamble will be for the con
solation purse on Vice-President.
Strikebreakers on the riverfront
must not go too near the edge.
The canary's opinion of the cat
would be interesting reading.
The Duponts have money to burn
as well aa powder.
How to Keep Well
Br Dr. W. A. Etbu.
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 tne
subject is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped, addressed en
velope Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for Individual dis
eases. Requests lor such service cannot be
answered.
(Copyright. 1918. by Dr. "W. A. 'Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
in d u ne. j
Hay Fever and WeHi.
THE usual name for hay fever which
occurs at this season of the year is
rose cold. The difference In names is
a matter of small consequence; the
disease is the same.
The theory Is that the poller, of cer
tain plants at some time or other have
irritated the membranes of the nose
enough to bring on an attack of cold.
During the course of that attack the
patient has been exquisitely sensitive
to the pollens of certain plants. Sci
entists Bay that he has anaphlaxls or
that he is sensitized. A man who. hav
ing once been poisoned by lobster.
thereafter is made sick when, he tastes
lobsters, is anaphylactic for that food.
A man who gets asthma whenever he
breathes air which smells of a horse
Is sensitized. For that matter so is a
person who, having been hurt in a
railroad accident. loses his self-control
when he sees a train.
The number of weeds and flowers
capable of producing hay fever is le
gion. The American Hay Fever Pre
vention Association says that all hay
fever producing plants have four char
acteristics: 1. They are' wind-pollinated.
2. Very numerous.
3. The flowers are inconspicuous,
without bright color or pleasant scent.
4. The pollen is found in great
quantities.
Among the plants which cause hay
fever, according to Dr. Scheppengrell.
are yellow dock, cocklebur, careless
weed and many varieties of grass.
To prevent the disease from develop
ing vaccines are used. Some of the
vaccines are used from the pollen of
the more Important plants. These vac
cines are used both to prevent and to
cure hay fever. If used to prevent
use should be begun several weeks be
fore the day attack Is due.
There is another method of prevent
ing hay fever. "It is the control of
weeds and grass. Mont cities, towns
and villages have, ordinances against
weeds. But weed ordinances are sel
dom enforced.' A man, will keep his
own garden clean of weeds and the
grass in his yard 'mowed short, and
then he will suiter from hay fever be
cause his neighbor lets his lot grow
rank. Or the lots may be properly
cared for, yet the disease may be caused
by weeds in the streets. Take yellow
dock and cockleburs, easily recognized
and widely known, they grow all round
us. There are plenty of cockleburs
on Sheridan drive on a lot next to
Iiprfl T ltvA
Weeds are unsightly. They lessen
the value of the real estate on which
they grow, for they make it unattract
lve in appearance. A weed-covered lot
Is liable to accumulate garbage, rub
blsh and dead cats. And this means
that flies breed on weedy lots. A
weedy lot is liable to breed mosquitoes.
Incipient Consumption.
P. R. B. writes: "Please answer the
following question through your col
uxnn:
"What Is Incipient consumption
symptoms, cause and cure?"
REPLY.
Incipient consumption Is consumption In
Its very early stage. The symptoms are
xatigue. on slight exertion, an afternoon
temperature of lu or a little over, a slight
loss or weight, a little cougn and that
about all. In some cases there Is a little
sputum and In rare cases there Is a his
tory of spitting of blood on some one oc
caslon. A tuberculin test will te positive.
A careful examination of the chest may
show a little dullness, a slight chanra In
the breath and voire todies ancj. a few rales
j ubl unuer one coiiaroone.
Lencorrhea.
P. E. T. writes: "Am very anxious
to know the following:
"1. Will leueorrhea cause any future
trouble? 2. What is the cause of this
trouble? Am 18 yearn old; have had
this trouble since 19, but worse now.
3. Does it cause sickness of the stom
ach and weakness in lower extremities
and back? Have been working steady
at office work. 4. Do you think local
treatment necessary, and will It cure?
Am unmarried and have lived a moral
life." y
KEPLY.
1. Possiblr.
2. Infection, anemia, chronlo fatigue are
among the more rrequent causes.
3. A feeling of weakness In the back fre
quently; weakness In the legs rarely; sick-
uts.B til ills .luiuscn i ri j iirviy.
4. Tou need medical attention. I would
advise you to see your physician. He will
probably advise yon to exercise more, to
be more In the open air. to take a general
tonic. In addition, you may need local
treatment.
Should Isolate Child.
A. M. writes: "I write to ask If It
is customary for a child after a sick
ness . of scarlet fever to have a. very
bad discharge of blood and mucus from
nose? Is it infectious, and should the
child be Isolated from the rest of the
children?"
REPLY.
A discharge of pus. blood, or mucus from
the throat, nose or ears Is not - infrequent
arter scarlet lever. t-fuch cases are re
garded as Infectious and calling for Isolation
so long as tne aiscnarge continues.
Uric Add.
P. G. B. writes: "Since your article
on old-time useless remedies I would
ask your advice of ridding uric acid
from the blood."
REPLY.
Est Irish potatoes and drink plenty of
water.
Colvllle Indian Reservation.
IOXE, Or., May 31. (To the Editor.)
Please give me some Information
about the Colville Reservation. Will it
be sold or is it for homesteaders?
C. M. DAVIS.
Write to the Register of the Land
Office at Spokane, Wash.
SugKestion to Autolats.
PORTLAND. June 1. (To the E-d
Itor.) I frequently see an account of
autos "slipping their brakes" and run
ing away downhill, as happened re
cently on Vista avenue. If autolsts
with gear cars would heed the follow
ing directions their cars would not get
away: If headed downhill, put In re
verse gear and shut off power. If head
ed uphill, put in low and shut off
power. Try it. J. M. P1TTENGER.
Amitrar Wireless Requirements.
ESTACADA. Or.. June 1. (To the Ed
Itor.) Will you please tell me the re
qulrements an amateur has to meet to
install a wireless outfit of both receiv
ing and sending apparatus?
R, B. EWALT.
Write to Benjamin E. Wolf." radio
Inspector,. Seventh District. Seattle,
Wash. For the next few days address
him at Custom-House, Portland.
No.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. May 31. (To
the Editor.) Can you inform me If the
United States was one of the parties to
the treaty guaranteeing the integrity
of Belgium, and if so. why was no pro
test made by the United States at that
timet U JAAlfc.isUJ,
noOI RIVER WATER SITUATION
, H. Marshall Disensses Power and
Irrigation Controversy.
DEE. Or, May 39. (To the Editor.)
UrfGer the caption "Hood River May
Face Big Suit." In The Sunday Orego
nlan. May 28. there is a story that
well Illustrates the situation in Hood
River Valley. Two men had fought
for years over a line fence. After the
exhaustion of one of them he had to
sell his farm. To the buyer he made
the condition that he, the purchaser,
was to continue the right to a settle
ment of the dispute, which was accept
ed. As soon as title had passed the
new owner went to the other party and
asked him what their differences were.
In "high horse" fashion he was told.
Well," said the new owner, "take it,"
"Now," said the other, "If that's the
way you feel about It. let each of us
take half of the difference that is be
tween us." and so It was settled.
One who has lived in Hood River
Valley as long as I have can under
stand how vital to the land interests.
at least, is the water proposition and
how unnecessary it is to have any lit
igation over it If only all interests
would view It from the other fellow's
side as well as their own. - For the
greater part of the year nearly all of
the water goes to waste in Hood River
excepting that used for power pur
poses, and this, of-, course, does Its
work and passes on. Hood River has
a fall of about 75 fe"et a mile and most
of the way is In canyons and power
can be developed anywhere along the
river, practically so. and multiplied
about as many times as there are
miles In river length. It isn't so with
the irrigation side of It. Th wt.p
for this purpose must be taken out at
one or a very few daces and ko dis
tributed over the land, and as the land
is the permanent basis of value, it
certainly has its rights to water.
Both parties have a ric-ht tn vi-nrer
but both can't have it as It is now
taken our. When it is boasteVI that
we have unlimited water nower" -nl
when in the low imrati nf vau. k
Oregon Lumber Company wouldn't
have more than enough If they took
it an to cevelop about 1000 horse tiow-
er at their plant, it shows that there
is a misunderstanding as to what "un
limited" means. Anyone who is fa
miliar with Hood River and knowing
its rapid flow, will readily understand
that no great lake of water can be
Impounded at any one place, but as the
canyon is narrow, several dams can
be so built that in he aggregate the
water impounded would furnish ample
supply for all parties concerned. Nat
urally this costs money. So does liti
gation, anor the effects of these differ.
ences cost a great deal more not onl-t
In Hood River Valley but all over the,
state.
Personally I have alwavs been mm
the state has made the contention that
they owned the water. The general
Government is a more disinterested
party, it the State Water RmH -inii
look the situation over and come to a
determination as to what was the best
and equitable thlnir to do and than n
order It and in some wav rnt hrhlnH
the project In financing It. so that the
immediate burden wouldn't fall on
people who simply can't pay any more
big bills at once that seemingly
would be all right. It really seems
aoRuro. ior tnis comparatively small
vaiiey. with "unlimited" water and the
source or it perpetual and thnnsandn
of feet above the valley to go without
water -ana in "unlimited" nuantitieK.
W. II. MARSHALL.
IS IT WEAK SOCIAL ECONOMY
indiscriminate Helping of Needy
irwrd as Having Vicious Side.
--OKTLATD, June 1. (To the Ed
itor.) Calling attention to the need
oy our city and state of "safptv fimr
in financial and social conditions may
be of little use. But the maintaining
or aid societies. "baby homes
reruge homes. orphanages" and
places for "abused" children and those
."abandoned" of their narents ehnuM
e carefully looked into. Nor has this
contribution any allusion whatever to
sectarian features,
It seems to be an act of benevolence
to round and maintain such institu
tions. But when their ultimate'opera
tion Is closely studied It will be found
mat they produce an enormous in
crease in the number to be cared for.
to be cared for.
omparatively safe1
ildren cannot beiV
lizlng influence InM
To facilitate the co
abandonment of chl
other than a demorall
society. So that which the state has
been wont to consider charitable and
merciful may. after an, belong to the
category of the vicious. The reason
is. any system that operates as a hot
house to multiply public charges Is
not only bad social economy, but hurt
ful to those It is supposed to help.
The state and our city are urged by
the teachers of morals and religion to
help the needy. Tet when the statis
tics of pauperism are collected ana
analyzed it is evident that indiscrimi
nate almsgiving is an evil rather than
a good. Its tendency is not only to
maintain but actually to produce more
Idle and dependent paupers. "Portland
Is a. good place to Winter" Is heard far
afield. V
In the State of Oregon a. large pro
portion of the public funds, including
widows' pensions, is spent in actually
diminishing industry, frugality and
self-reliance.
The sophistry lie in falling to look
beyond the immediate mitigation of
misery and overlooking the fundamen
tal fact that as fast as the provision
la increased for those who live with
out effort so fast is increased the num
ber who live without industrial endea
vor. All history proves that with an
Increasing of alms comes an ever-increasing
cry for more alms.
Herein also is the peril of our pub
lic educational and reformatory insti
tutions, along with divers schemes to
be achieved by administrative opera
tions. Every evil, moral and other
wise, with every necessity, "must be
cured," and that cure lies in a "law."
This, of course, always carries with It
more liberal appropriations and fre
quently a new set of officials, with
clerks, appurtenances and an ever-Increasing
burden of taxation, till the
taxpayer, already sway-backed with
his load, is given more and still more,
and for things . in some Instances ac
tually doing more harm than good.
C E. CL1XE.
WE'LL BE THERE.
There's a wave Just now a-floating on
the air, ,
And the watchword of this Nation is
prepare.
So. like the boy's that wore the blue.
To our colors we'll bo true.
I tell you. Uncle Samuel, we ll be there.
Like the boys of ninety-eight.
Wo will come from every state.
When you need us Uncle Samuel we'll
be there.
And tho girls will t-ke our place.
While we go to truard your gntes.
1 tell you. Uncle Samuel, we'll be there.
We'll be there.
No matter where.
Just when and where you want us. -We'll
be there.
s. JOHN J. M'NAMEE.
rassport ot A'reded.
PORTLAND, June 1. (To the Ed
itor.) (1). I would like to make a trip
to Vancouver, B. C. soon and would
like to know If I should have a. pass
port and. if so. where and how can I
obtain one? (2). Are there any falls
on the Snake River as large as Niacara
Falls? j. d.
(1). American-born citizens do not
need a passport to enter Vancouver.
B. C. Naturalized citizens should take
their naturalization papers with them.
The Oregonian would not recommend
that citizens of countries now enemies
of Great Britain euttr Vancouver.
12L. a. . -
In Other Days.
Half a Centnry Ago.
From The Oregonlan June S. 1968.
A report was In circulation last night
that a mixed independent ticket was
to be brought out today. It is proposed
to have a ticket which shall contain the
names of several bona fide Union men,
but mixed in among them will be "in- .
dependents." R. Mendenhall, we under
stand, is at the head of the movement.
Such a movement is making of itself
tool for the Democracy.
The dinlnir-room of the Umatilla
House at The Dalles is an inch under
water, the Columbia having risen 18
Inches in the last 24 hours; according
to the most recent message from that
place.
Looking forward with hope to a day
not far distant when we shall see a
line of railroad known as the Northern
Pacific stretching its iron arm out to
grasp the Columbia and unite it with
the Father of Waters, we see the means
that is to supply us with .a population
equal to our resources.
The Mary Moody) Captain Robert
Copely, starting Immediately, will leave
her landing at Haines Ferry on Pen
d'Orellle Lake for Cabinet Rapids, on
the Clark fork of the Columbia, daily
excepting Sunday, Inaugurating the full
service of the Oregon & Montana
Transportation Company. It Is 79
miles from Haines to the Cabinet Rap
Ids, after which there Is a portage of
seven miles. Another steamer will nav
igate to Thompson Falls, a distance, of
66 miles, when another portage of half
a mile will be made, and a third steam
er will then run to Jocko, the balance
of the travel to be made over good
roads. This will make us less than
eight days from the rich districts of
Montana.
G. W. Vaughn is publicly condemn
ing the' practice of some of his tenants
of paying him in greenbacks instead
of cash for his handsome store, which
he leased In 1S62.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan June 2,
It was a Waterloo. Consolidation
carried by an overwhelming majority
at the election yesterday. Bossism has
been routed and the people have as
serted their rights to govern their own
affairs. The result advances Portland
from the 61st to the 41st city in the
United States and assures its future
greatness. A big ratification meeting
will be held at the Tabernacle tonight.
The election combines Portland. East
Portland and Albina. In the three
cities the total vote for was 10. 126 to
1714 against, or a majority of 8412.
The Lotan men confidently expected
to defeat consolidation. In Portland
and Albina the vote was three to one;
in East Portland about six to one for
consolidation.
The famous Lew Dockstadter cap
tured the audience last night at the
performance of Thatcher's Minstrels at
the Marquam Grand. His song. "Try,
Try Again," in which he localized con
ditions, calling upon the consolidation
election, took immensely.
Walter H. Dodd was elected president
of the High School Alumni Associa
tion last night, Bessie Thompson was
elected vice-president, Mrs. T. G. Green
secretary, and Charles B. Chance treas
urer. C. W. Tracy, for the last 10 years
with the Minneapolis Elevator Com
pany, has come to Portland as secre
tary of the Pacific Coast Elevator Com
pany, of which he Is already a director.
The famous baccaret case has com
menced in London. It is the case of
Sir William Gordon Cummlng versus
Wilson and others. The Trinee of
Wales was in court on the opening
day. It seems the Pclnce acted as
banker at the card game. Cumminga'
testimony was most exciting for the
ultra-fashionable set In court, Cum
minga, who is a distinguished officer
tn the British army, was accused of
cheating at cards in the Wilson domi
cile. The Prince is his friend.
TROUSERS FOR WOMEN ADVOCATED
Mother of t;lrla and Boys Strong t or
PORTLAND, Juno 1. (To the EdJ
itor.) The clubwomen demand modest1
and practical clothing like the men.
Well, why not? Coat and trousers are
tho only garments yet devised - that
combine common sense and modesty.
The longer the tiklrt. the more insani
tary and heavy: tho wider the skirt,
tho more weight and waste and mate
rial: the narrower the skirt, tho more
danger and inconvenience; the shorter
the skirt, the more exposure and im
modesty. Trousers for women would reduce In
convenience, immodesty, waste mate
rial, exposure, weight, foolishness, ex
pense, and the danger In traveling
about with one's feet tied together.
Carrying a baby in one arm and a wet .
umbrella and bundles In the other and
trying to avoid stepping on one's skirt
while going upstairs is the direct rausu
of many a premature wrinkle, gray
hair and the worried expression so
prevalent among the women. Every .
one has noticed how much older women
look than men of the same age. An
swer: skirts.
Why must a man marry a woman
younger than himself or find himself
In middle life with an old wife? An
swer: skirts. Trousers are the foun
tain of youth and health and the badjre
of liberty. No other one thing would
do so much to advance the cause of
progress and happiness in the world as
trousers for women. Why is a skirt?
What useful purpose does it serve?
And how serious are its miserable ef
fects on morals health, beauty, use
fulness, safety, modesty and all the vir
tues. "Votes for women" slogan is now
obsolete in Oregon. Let us replace it
with "Trousers for women" and make
it practical.
MOTHER OF GIRLS AND BOYS.
THE SUV AND TIIE SOX.
I have seen the sun rise.
Off St. Augustine's shore.
From bslow the horizon's line.
When its first feeble ray.
Gave notice that day
Was begun by a spirit divine.
I have known a son born.
At the dawning of day.
When a long night of vigil was o'er.
And his first feeble wail.
Began a life of travail.
To end. when he was no more,
I have seen the sun mount
To its zenith at noon
And give out Its great heat and light.
Then I have seen it move west.
O'er the Rockies' high crest.
And slowly decline unto night.
I have seen the son rise
To his apex in life.
Mentally and physically strong.
Then slowly grow old
And return to earth's mold.
Be forgotten, as the years rolled along.
I have stood on the brink
Of Astoria's plateau.
And seen the sun set In the west.
When its fast fading lisht
Gave notice that nicht
Was approaching and we should seek
rest.
Thus the son. and the sun.
Both lived for a day.
Thn both, pass-d completely from
sight.
But the stin rose arain
And the son born of men
Wi.l return, to again prs toniuht.