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rOKTLANI). WEDXESTfAT. JTTJfiB 18. 1918.
I GOD BPEED OREGON'S BOYS.
' Oregon's best blood responds to the
call to arms and Is going' to the border
to uphold the honor of the flag tyid
country. The military spirit la ram
pant all over the land as It was In '61
and '98. There Is never a thouht of
what may happen It Is all of what
will be done. The youth of the land
la In arms and sire and grandsire
give but the single admonition, while
glory shines through the tears of
mother and sister and sweetheart
everywhere.
Portland speeds with good wishes
the departing Third Oregon, but re
calls the afternoon when Colonel Sum
mers led his regiment through its
streets, and it gives the same message
to these boys of a later day and has
the same high hopes of duty well
performed. Some may not return, for
truly It Is said, "the path of glory
leads but to the grave." Those who
fall, If any there be, on the battle
field will never be forgotten.
This commonwealth takes pride in
knowing its quota was well in front
to answer, "Ready!" when the call
came. So, too, it has pride in know
ing that In the line of battle the Ore
gon men will make the same response.
MORE DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
While Congress imposes emergency
taxes, accumulates a deficit and prob
ably will issue bonds to pay the cost
of a Mexican war which President
Wilson's blundering has made un
avoidable, its members are unwilling
to forego a single scrap of pork. The
House committee has prepared a bill
which follows the time-honored prac
tice of paying for votes for all build
ings with a building for each mem
ber whose vote is needed to make a
safe majority. The committee has got
down to the villages of less than 1000,
even of a few hundred, population in
Its task of spraying public money over
every district.
Below is a list of proposed public
building appropriations for places of
j fewer than 1600 people, with the popu.
I latlon and postoffice receipts of each
place:
Popu-
Towr laticm.
Grand Canyon. Aria. . . 2:0
Susanvllle. Cal 0:13
P. O.
"Rents.
t-.3i'J
7.05S
4.040
s.r,
2.S4S
B.02S
r.'jo
l.lKt
7.84S
2,n::7
4.:::
f..'Jll
B.0S4
2.302
2.0S0
Appro
priation. $ 23,000
60.000
50,000
100,0'IO
00.000
Mancos. Cil. 507
Jirooksville. Fla 1'7
Greenville. Ga. i01
Halley. litaho 1231
McKee, Kv. 140
Salyersvllls. Ky 810
Clayton, N. M f70
Pembina. X. D. ....... 717
Franklin, X. C S7!
Seneca, S. C 1313
Louisa, Va ;ils
Webster Springs, W.Va. fiOO
Sun Dance, Wyo 231
loo.ouo
73,000
75.000
. 125,000
75,000
75.000
100.0UO
50,000
150,000
75.000
This is the Democratic idea of that
"careful economy in all expenditures"
which is demanded by the Democratic
platform adopted at St. Louis. The
time is ripe for some of that Repub
lican "extravagance" which was de
nounced by the Baltimore platform.
PROFTTTN-Q FROM OBSCTENTTY.
Not all of the constitutional guar
anty of free speech and a free press
Is quoted by Mr. ITRen in his com
munication published today. That
guaranty in the Oregon constitution
reads as follows:
"No law shall be passed restraining
the free expression of opinion or re
stricting the right to speak, write or
Print freely on any subject whatever;
lint every person slinll be responsible
for the abuse of this right."
It was on the theory that this right
was abused that the Legislature of
Oregon passed laws prohibiting cir
culation of obscene literature and pic
.tures; use of profane and indecent
language in public places; adver
tising of remedies for venereal dis
eases. Following the adoption of a
dry amendment to the constitution, it
also prohibited the advertising of in
toxicants even by persons residing
outside the state, though purchase
from them is lawful. It prohibited
solicitation of lawful orders for in
toxicants. The Legislature has also passed a
law prohibiting solicitation of votes
on election day or advertising on that
day of the claims of candidates to
preferment.
If freedom of speech and the right
to print are unrestricted and unlimited-,
then all of these provisions fall
tinder the ban of the constitution.
The force of the-contention that dis
tribution of Mrs. Sanger's pamphlet
cannot be restrained depends wholly
upon whether it Is obscene or injurious
to the moral welfare. To our mind it
is nothing more than an attempted
evasion of laws prohibiting so-called
obscene advertising.
The pamphlet is obviously a com
mercial enterprise. It does not treat
of the doctrine of birth-control, but
exploits proprietary remedies and de
vices. It is designed not solely for
the benefit of the lawfully wedded
who feel they have a moral right to
limit offspring, but is intended as
well for sale to the prostitute and
the libertine, for it advertises a de
vice to prevent contraction of venereal
diseases.
We have a letter from an Oakland
physician purporting to quote from a
pamphlet distributed by Mrs. Sanger
In that city certain advice concerning
abortions. That portion is not in the
"revised" edition distributed in Port
land.
The pamphlet has been sold at an
xorbitant price. It, or one very sim
lar to it, has been offered for sale
in Portland for some time by persons
-ho have no visible means of support
ther than the Income from Its sale.
Yet in spite of all the moral tone
- riven to the birth-control question,
they have not dared to distribute It
through the United States malls.
It contains nothing that the pro
rietors of the nostrums, drug com
bounds and birth-control devices men
loned therein would not be glad, as
a money-making proposition, to col
laborate on and distribute free of
charge, if the law permitted them to
do sof
It is not published; for the benefit of
"dragged-out mothers of the poor" or
of the breeders of defectives and de
generates. Lack of foresight or of in
intelligence is their characteristic
in all matters and when fore
sight such as this work recom
mends requires a considerable out.
lay of money, it is bound to be neg
lected, even though the- book were in
every home of the ignorant poor and
the feeblemindedV It bears evidence
of being designed first to get for the
publishers of the pamphlet and next
for the manufacturers of preventives,
the money of the lapdog rich, the so
cial climbers, the adherents to "fatted
ease," the young just venturing into
sin and even of the harlot and the
rake. . .
We have small patience with those
reputable citizens who are so carried
away by the arguments presented in
behalf of a doctrine that they accept
as a pure offering any coarse, money
making scheme which bears that doc
trine's imprint on Its face. If this
book were genuinely what it purport
to be, it would recite that law of na
ture, known to every physician, that
uninterrupted practice of birth-prevention
over a period of years almost
inevitably produces barrenness.
OX READING OF PLATFORMS.
"We have waited patiently for opportunity
to read the Republican platform, but al
though nearly two weeks have elapsed since
its adoption, even The Oregonlan has failed
to print It In full. Dallas Itemlzer. June 22.
The Oregonian would not for the
world disappoint its Democratic con
temporary in any reasonable expecta
tion," nor fail for any reason to take
any opportunity to enlighten Its be
nighted mind on any topic of current
interest. It will agree t,hat two weeks
is too long a time for any reader to
wait for The Oregonian to print a lie
publican platform, or any other plat
form. But why has our Dallas friend
waited? The Oregonian printed In
full the Republican platform. In all
Its editions, June 9, 1916, the day after
adoption by the Chicago convention.
The Oregonian also promptly gave
the entire text of the elaborate Demo
cratic platform on June 16, 1916. It
is The Oregonian's way to print the
news, and all of it, when it occurs.
The Democratic platform was nearly
twice the length, breadth and thick
ness of the Republican platform. Tet
of course it was all there, in our col
umnsevery word of it. We hope
our Democratic readers feel that they
got their money's worth. For it is a
most resounding document, prepared
after the most approved model of
platform mechanics.
Platform making is not a difficult
art for a Democratic convention. But
platform observance is the hardest
thing in the world for the Democratic
party. After November, 1916, that
eloquent St. Louis pledge of the
party's wavering faith and monument
of the party's leading literary artisans
will doubtless take its place in the
scrapheap, along with the forgotten
and scorned platform of 1912.
HUGHES' TRUMPET -CAM.
Mr. Hughes' telegram to the Pro
gressive National Committee is itself
just such a trumpet call as he says
Colonel Roosevelt has sounded. It is
a summons to all 100 per cent Ameri
cans to "make common cause in the
Interest of National honor, of National
security, of National efficiency." It
is an earnest that, when President,
Mr. Hughes will substitute "prompt
and decisive action" for Mr. Wilson's
"weakness and Incertitude."
A stunning blow is dealt at apolo
gists for Mr.. Wilson's Mexican oolicy
in the- paragraph which quotes the
President's last note to Carranza as an
indictment of himself. AVhaf defense
can there be for a man who is com
pelled to admit that for three years
such crimes against Americans as he
describes have gone unpunished by
the United States? His own statement
is an admission of his own incom
petence. Mr. Hughes drives the sword
of truth through the words in which
Mr. Wilson envelops his weakness and
pierces the most vulnerable point in
hjs armor.
Mr. Hughes has climbed boldly on
the revised Progressive platform. He
declares his "deep sympathy" with its
programme of social justice and with
its purpose to lay "a stable foundation
for honorable enterprise." He is ac
claimed by the' Progressive leader as
a foe of that invisible government
which provoked the Progressive re
volt. Ho invites the aid of their lead
er In the campaign. These two re
doubtable champions, representing the
highest and noblest purpose of the re
united Republican part-, will fight
shoulder to shoulder to make the Na
tion strong against foes within and
foes without.
Whatever remains of the Progres
sive party" will be composed of those
who are no longer in sympathy with
its leader and who are at heart Demo.
crats or Socialists, rather than Repub
licans. They are so few that they will
have little influence on the result of
the election; indeed, they are likely
to -be more than offset by the return
of those Republicans who voted for
Mr. Wilson in 1912.
The firmness with which Mr.
Hughes grasps Colonel Roosevelt's
outstretched hand and the noble pur
pose in which they are united Insures
that this is a Republican year. The
restored Republican party must fight
and fight hard, but the .Democrats will
be on the defensive, occupying pos
tions which they cannot maintain
against a vigorous aggressive.
EFFICIENCY SYSTEM IN FACTORIES.
By Inserting in the fortification bill
a naer aDonsmng tne layior em-
ciency system In Government arsenals,
the Democratic majority in the House
has acted against the true interests
of labor and of American industry at
the dictation of those labor union of
ficials whose selfish interest is to keep
up constant friction between employer
and employe. The efficiency system
ensures. payment according to results
by providing bonuses for industry, ef
ficiency and quality. Opposition to
that system comes from the inefficient
and the shirks among the rank and
file of labor and from those labor
leaders who fear that their power will
be diminished when labor is contented
One of the essential features of in
dustrial efficiency which will be neces.
sary to successful American competi
tion in foreign trade after the war is
abandonment of labor union restric
tions on production. The maintenance
of the volume of British trade while
fullv half of the nation is employed
in direct connection with the war and
the vast increase in munition output
are largely the result of suspension of
such restrictions. If British unions
should be able to protect their mem
bers against reductions in wages pro
portionate to increase in output, these
restrictions may not be restored after
the war. In that case British com
petition would bo more severe than
any which our manufacturers have
heretofore experienced. It will be in
tensified by the enlarged use of labor
saving machinery which has been
caused by high war wages and .scar
city of labor.
The pretext for opposing the effi
ciency system is, the alleged disposi
tion of employers to reduce wages
when bonuses have induced workmen
No increase output. The interest of
employers would then be served by
adopting, piecework with a sliding
scale of wages based on rising and
falling prices. ICone would then have
any motive for opposing the efficiency
system except the drones and those
labor leaders who derive profit frorn
stirring up strife.
OKKOX'S HERO, HENRY R. All AIR,
AH Oregon should dp honor to the
memory of Lieutenant Henry It
Adair, the first citizen of the state
who has fallen in war with Mexico.
He died as a hero should die fight
ing until he fell mortally wounded and
then telling the sergeant who accom
panied him to "go on" with his errand
to fetch more ammunition for their
comrades. Pride in the undaunted
courage ho showed will mingle with
the sorrow which Oregon "will feel at
his tragic, untimely death, and will
temper the grief of his family.
Lieutenant Adair's name will be
added to that roll of American heroes
which serves as an inspiration to each
succeeding generation. His simple
last words, "Go on, sergeant," came
from a mind whose single thought
was duty. They will live in history
together with Lawrence's "Don't give
up the ship," while his valiant but
hopeless fight will be classed with
the daring but more successful deed
of William Barker Cushing in tor
pedoing the. Confederate ram Albe
marle while under a heavy fire from
the ship and the shore batteries.
The memory of Lieutenant Adair
must not be permitted to die. His
f Mlow-citizens should unite in a pub
he tribute to his hero c character and
a permanent memorial in his home
city should keep him ever before the
minds of the people.
LIFE GIVETf TO TITE BLIND.
A remarkable story of revolutionary
change in a man's way of life is told
by Richard Spillane in Commerce and
Finance. The man in question was
formerly a "high roller" In Wall
Street, and it Is said of him:
It was not In Wall street alone that he
was prominent. He played the horses in
big way now and then and, when the spirit
moved him, he went the limit at Canfleld s.
He seemed to love excitement and action.
His wealth was ample, for Tie was American
agent or one of the largest champagne com
panies of the world.
On his return from Europe last
January this man gave up his busi
ness and devoted his life to those
made blinl In the war. He and his
wife have opened offices in New York
and are organizing on a National basis
in the effort to raise enough money
to provide for every sightless soldier
of the allies. He places contribution
boxes in hotels, restaurants and many
other places. A man who asked what
led this man to devote his life to blind
soldiers" received this answer from a
sergeant-major who was blinded at
Gallipoli:
He was on the Dusltania, His life having
been spared, he Is devoting it to the most
sorely stricken of helpless humanity.
Here is one of the compensations
which war gives for its awful effects
A life which was being wasted In
selfish pleasure has been turned to
the service of those whom war has de
prived of their most valuable faculty.
It Is being given a.s a thank-offering
for escape from death, but the pleas
ure derived from devotion to others
surely transcends that which .was
found in speculation, racing and gam
bling. The submarine commander
who blew up the Lusitania did a good
deed unwittingly, both for the sol
diers and for this high roller.
TVOES OF THE NEUTRAL.
Americans have tasted some of the
bitterness of neutrality in a conflict In
which innocent bystanders have been
kept busy dodging the missiles of the
belligerents, but they are a long way
from having had a monopoly of It.
In the larger consequences all have
suffered alike, but rrvbre of the petty
annoyances have been felt by the
countries near to the nations at war.
These are of daily, almost hourly, oc
currence, and but for the fact that
they have about balanced each other
might have upset the adjustment long
ago.
For example, there are the "inter
national spies," as they like to call
themselves, and munitions salesmen
and dealers in contraband. They
haunt the hotels of Holland, Scandi
navia, fcwitzerland and fcpain. They
enter into the daily lives and business
of the people. Often they bear no
authorization of the governments they
seem to represent, but are mere ad
venturers, seeking opportunities to
advance their private ends. So far
as they themselves are concerned,
there is not much sympathy for them,
but no one knows when they are go
ing to involve innocents in their ac
tivities, in the capital of Holland, as
one instance, the ordinary citizen
never makes a new acquaintance with
out running the risk' of being sus
pected afterward of being in league
with him, if ha turns out to be en
gaged in a shady enterprise.
The secret police of the neutral
countries are threatened with nervous
prostration. So many of their clews
coma to naught. Yet they dare not
relax their vigilance, for fear the next
suspect may be a personage of conse
quence. The indignation of the really
innocent when they are detained for
crimes they did not commit only adds
to the strain. Case-hardened as they
must be by this time, there will be
none happier when the war is over
than the police of the neutral nations.
Americans are fortunate by com
parlson. Of intimate personal annoy
ances they have practically none.
Even war costs provoke them only to
mild agitation. They know nothing
of the day-and-night suspense that
goes with being a neutral almostr but
not quite In the actual zone of war.
GOVF.RNMF.NT MUNITION-MAKING.
The impending war with Mexico will
give the United States some experience
on which to found a policy regarding
the supply of munitions for the Army
and Navy. By comparison with a war
against some first-class power it will
be but a small war, but from the ef
fort which the Nation will be required
to put forth in supplying Its forces
with arms and munitions we shall be
able to judge what would be neces
sary In a war of the first magnitude.
In order to form a correct conception
of what such a war would require we
must multiply at least ten, perhaps
fifty, times the requirements of a war
with Mexico.
The Democratic proposal that the
Government make armorplate and
nitrogen has brought to the front the
policy of having all war material made
in Government factories. Tha-t policy
is favored by many persons through
fear that private manufacture of war
munitions would create a powerful
element having a selfish interest In
the making of war. It has won the
support of many Republicans, promi
nent among whom is Senator Cum
mins. He introduced in the Senate a
resolution providing for construction
of Government munition plants and
forbidding private- individuals or cor
porations to engage in that Industry.
Ih speaking on his resolution he said:
It oue-ht to be made Impossible, so far as
the power of Government can be exerted,
for any man or corporation to make money
out of war. It ought to be true that when
we invoke trial by battle no man shall be
the gainer, except as he may share with
all his fellow-countrymen In the ultimate
advantages of victory.
The difficulty with that poller Is
that it Is economically impossible. In
modern wars practically the entire
population Is engaged either in fight-
ng or in supplying the fighting men.
It is estimated that for every fighting
man five persons In the rear are em
ployed in supplying him, while all the
rest of the Nation is employed In pro
ducing wealth to pay the cost of the
war or to feed and clothe the rest. In
Great Britain more than 8500 factories
are producing war material, and they
are so immense that two entirely new
towns, each of about 50,000 popula
tion, have grown up around such in
dustries. To maintain such vast fac
tories In comparative idleness during
peace times, but in readiness for in
stant operation at full capacity during
war times, would be so costly as to
bankrupt any nation. Even the main
tenance of armies and navies on a
peace footing proved such a burden
that it influenced Europe to fight and
be done with it, in the hope of re
ducing this burden after the war. To
add the maintenance of munition fac
tories on the necessary scale would
make the burden unbearable.
The nations of Europe have found
that policy impracticable. They have
been able to arm themselves only by
encouraging manufacturers to main
tain plants for making war material
or adaptable to that purpose. They
mitigate the evil resulting from pri
vate interest in war by limiting profits
to a fair return on investment or by
taking excess profits in taxation. Japan
is the only first-class power which
makes armor in a government factory
Other nations organize private indus
try to support an army in case of war.
In no other way can they be assured
of enough material for their needs
when war comes.
The surest means of preventing the
Nation from being involved in war by
selfish Interests and at the same time
of putting it in a position to defend
itself is to train all Its citizens for
their part in the work and at the
same time to drill them so thoroughly
in the principles of democracy that
they will never think of using their
military training and equipment for
aggression or injustice. It is not to
be supposed that the American Nation,
thus schooled, would ever suffer a
selfish interest within it to lure it into
an unjust war. To entertain that be
lief is to deny the capacity of the
Nation to govern itself according to
the principles of freedom and Justice.
"When the National Guard arrives
on the border, the work of the off!
cers in command there will be to mold
each man Into a soldier and to weld
all the units Into an army. That
takes time. Taylor had been drilling
his volunteers for six months before
he fought the battle of Palo Alto. The
regulars must do the fighting until the
best of the Guardsmen are drilled; and
organized Into an army.
War has lost the heroic figure of
the General on horseback, directing
the movements of his troops from the
eminence on which the painter
catches him and puts him on canvas
for future generations. Modern ar
tillery fire, conducted under scientific
conditions, has disposed of him for
good.
Disputes between nations regarding
murder, robbery and invasion are not
justiciable, to use a word which was
much in vogue a few years ago, but
which has been forgotten since guns
took up the argument.
.The big drive may be under way.
but it is unlike the commanders-in-chief
of armies to announce their
plans In advance and only time will
tell whether It is the real thing or a
feint.
The fact is coming to light that the
negro troopers at Carrizal fought like
good Americans, which they are. The
negTo soldier Is prouder of his Job
than a porter in charge of his car.
The Torreon mob did not share
President Wilson's doubt that Mexico
is making war on the United States.
It wrecked our consulate.
By his own testimony, Orpet is one
of that class of young men who think
they can "put it over" and escape
the consequences.
Colonel Roosevelt's phrase, "fatted
implies that he suspects the
American people of fatty degeneration
of the heart.
Those 1600 South Dakota Bloux,
as a regiment of cavalry, would go
through Mexico like a 18-inch shell.
Tou will notice that Henry Ford Is
not helping David Starr Jordan "with
the peace project at the border.
"We may yet find out what has be
come of Villa and whether he Is alive
or dead.
When It really rains In Eastern Ore
gon the Idea is to make up the defi
ciency.
Physical examination of National
Guard recruits Is a boon to the den
tists.
The Seaside seals go to school
when the boys and girls take a vaca
tion.
If you want your teeth repaired and
are all right otherwise, join the militia.
Election In Panama has passed
quietly with only three killed.
The cracks In the Royal Annes spoil
the looks but not the flavor.
If It only would clear up for the
Fourth of July!
Any more war brides will have to
hurry.
How 13 the Fourth Oregon coming
along?
Who- said
right?
Roosevelt wasn't all
They're off!
How to Keep WelL
By Dr. VV. A. Evans.
Questions pertinent to byglen. sanitation
and prevention of disease. If matter of gen
eral Interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not permit or th
subject Is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject t proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed en
velop is Inclosed. Dr Evans will not make
diagnosis or preserlb for Individual dis
eases. Request for such service cannot be
answered.
(Copyright. 11S. by Dr. W. A. mm
Published br arrangement with th Chicago
Tribune.)
TYPHUS IJ MEXICO.
THIS story Is primarily for the bene
fit of the soldiers preparing for
Mexico. Much the most Important
health hazard for them In Mexico is
typhus fever.
Mexican typhus Is of the worst. That
which demolished a Serbian army Is no
worse than that which our soldiers may
have to contend against In Mexico.
The bacillus of typhus circulates In
the blood of persons infected with the
disease. It is almost universally ac
cepted now that the bacillus is spread
from man to man by the bite of the
ordinary body louse. While there Is a
vaccine against typhus. It Is not certain
that it Is effective. That means that
the measures for the control of typhus
which have proven most effective are
measures directed against lice.
When measures against lice were in
augurated In the British army at the
front It was found that 95 per cent of
the men were Infested. The average
number of lice per soldier was 10.
Body lice breed In the clothing;. The
preferred place Is the seam In the fork
of the trousers. In 80 minutes alter a
clean ehlrt or clean underwear have
been put on the Insects Infest them.
When lice abound they are likely to
infest buildings and trenches, furniture
and bedclothlng. This, however. Is ex
ceptional. They prefer to stick to
warm clothing In touch with the human
body. Therefore men. not houses,
trenches, tents, beds, nor bedding, are
the chief source of infestation.
Men should be given a certain time
In which to search for lice in their
clothes. Good opportunities for bath
lng must be provided. Clothes that
can be washed should be freed of ver
mtn by boiling. This kills both lice
and nits. Clothes other than wash
clothes should be sterilized by passing
through steam In a sterllUer at 215.
Clothes that can neither Be boiled nor
steamed can be freed of lice and nits
by ironing. A hot Iron kills lice and
eggs. Clothes should be Ironed once
or twice a week.
The best Insecticide Is N. C. I. pow
der, consisting of naphthalene, 81 per
cent; creosote, 2 per cent: Iodoform, 2
per cent. A cheaper, and the EngllBh
pay & better, powder, is naphthalene. 96
per cent; creosote. 2 per cent; magne
slum silicate, 2 per cent. This can ba
called the N. C. M. powder. This pow
der should be dusted on the body and
In the clothes twice a week. The pow
der Is a little Irritating to the skin be
tweenthe legs. On that part of the
body instead of applying the powder,
grease with crude oil ointment four
pounds; soft paraffin, two pounds, crude
tar oil.
To clean the hair of lice and nits
mop the hair with cotton wet with
tetrachlorthane.
An excellent emergency means of rid
ding clothes of lice and nits is to put
them in kerosene. There are certain
practical objections to its general use
on a large scale. The N. C. M. pow
der is also to be dusted in the bedding.
Other louse remedies having some
virtue, according to a late English re
port, are: Vermljelli; sulphur fumes
one and one-half solution cresol solu
tion; chloride of lime, 7 per cent solu
tion; fresh Dalmatian insect powder
mercury ointment; white mercury pow
der. Sulphur and various proprietary
preparations were found useless.
Should Ilavcl Examination.
M. C. C. writes: "t should appreciate
It very much If you would answer these
questions in your column of the Trib
une. During a pregnancy four years
ago some albumin and a great dealt of
sugar were present In the urine sped
mens tested. (1) Is there much likell
hood of a similar trouble In case
another pregnancy? (2) Is there any
particular danger In Its presence? (I
mean the sugar I know the danger of
albumin). (S) I have been told that the
presence of the sugar predisposed ou
boy to kidney trouble. Is that nossl
ble? (4) I have been advised against
another pregnancy. Would you think
tne above-named conditions sufficient
reason for such advice? We would like
so much to have another child, but my
husband thinKs It unwise because o
the doctor's warning three years ago.'
REPLY.
1. Thr 1 considerable likelihood that al
bumin will reappear. Th probability is thai
sugar will not.
2. Tea.
8. Diabetes shows some bnt net much dls
position to run In families.
4. Ton do not say. but I Infer you have
been in good health during th past three
years. If so, and being as well Informed an
thoughtful aa you are, I do not think th
risk would b great. But do not plac much
weight on this opinion. Have a careful ex
amination. Including testa of th urine, and
base your decision en th result.
Baewld Diet.
J. II. writes: "I am 27 years old.
have been examined by a doctor. He
stated that I have albumin In my urine.
Is this dangerous? He prescribed some
medicine and I used one bottle of it.
Can I change my diet in any way tha
It will cure my disease, because my
kidneys cause me pain?"
REPLY.
Albumin in th urine I a source of denser.
Persons with albumin la th urine should
llv carefully, and, absve all, they should
diet. They should not drink, eat to xeesa.
overwork, or expos themselves unduly
very eeld or very rainy weather. They shoo 1
be careful especially not to at too much
meat and eggs. Vegetables, bread, and fruit
should eeastitut th Bulk ef their diet.
Meat can ba eaten three time a week, or
sot over one a day at most.
Shonlder Braces.
S. T. writes: "Will you kindly let me
know through your very Instructive
department whether you Toeommend
the use of a shoulder brace for round
shoulders? I should also like to know
what harm there might be In Its use.
am a young man of 17."
REPLY.
No. You cannot develop year shoulders
except by developing th muscle of your
seek and trunk. De this by gymnasium
work and play. Bar work and cllmbln
hand ever hand art especially good. Braces
weaken th muscles.
Hovel Deeoratlea.
Sweet potatoes placed in cut glass or
other bowls filled with water send
forth a decorative yellewish-gree
vine, which has become very popular
among the women of Dallas, Tex., ac
cording to report, tne plants requlrm
no earth whatever, but consuming an
Inordinate amount ef water.
VIRTUE NOT MADE! BY ORDINANCE
Mr. I'Rrs Rape City Commission- (or
Stand a Circulation ( Boost.
PORTLAND. June 27. (To the Edi
tor.) The Portland City Commission
la surely the funniest bunch In Oregon.
at I refuse to believe that I am per
sonally to blame in any degree for the
holy haste with which they rushed
through an emergency ordinance to
protect female virtue in Portland from
Margaret Sanger and ber teachings. I
have thought heretofore that women
were able to guard their virtue and
rain their daughters without the aid
of a bunch of politicians In the City
Hall. Whether I am right or wrong In
this. It Is much to be hoped that the
good Intentions of these saintly men
will be fully appreciated by the women
who need such protection, because the
ordinance Itself Is waste paper. Courts
and juries, not legislative officers, have
the right to decide whether the circu
lation of any certain book may be law
fully prohibited and punished.
The part of this controversv that I
believe to be worthy of the serious at
tention of every man and woman Is
he contemptuous dlsreerard by the
Mayor and his private secretary for the
constitutional right of citizens to
speak, write or print freely on any
ubject whatever." If these men and
the City Council are permitted to pass
ordinances and use the police to sup
press one book or one class of teaching,
it win not be long before they are sup
pressing others, regardless of rights or
onstitutionai provisions. There are
many other forms of agitation that are
quite as distasteful to the Mayor and
other holy men as the limitation of
ramllles Is to the members of the Com
mission.
I. am not deeply Interested In Mar
garet banger's teaching. That every
woman has a natural right to limit the
number of her children, or even refuse
to be a mother at all, seems to me toe
clear for argument. The taxDavera
could well afford to furnish everv worn
an wnn tne Information contained In
Mrs. banger's book. Small families,
reared In the comfort, cleanliness and
motherly luve that Is rarely possibl-l
tor tne swarming brood, would soon
multiply the vacant rooms In our 1alls
and other places where we Dut the
vicious, dependent and defective classes.
W IUJAM S. U'REN.
SIOXCMEXTS TO IDTJSTItY SEEN
Beautiful Homes Hear Portland De
veloped From I'nclcarrd Land.
PORTLAND, June 27. (To the Edi
tor.) It was my privilege recently to
view a few of the beautiful homes
east or Portland toward Gresham. on
Johnson Creek.
What particularly Interested me wan
mat these lovely homes have been de
veloped from uncleared land within
the past 12 years.
One place of 80 acres has all been
ciearea and is In a high state of cu
tivatiora. Ihe work of clearing was
commenced about 11 years ago. and has
been accomplished by one man and
stump puller. He cut down the trees,
cut them Into wood and sold It. He
placed small blasts under the stumps.
which were thus splintered uo. easily
pulled out, plied and burned. On this
place Is a fine dairy of 18 cows, which
nets the owner 2150 each month. It
is mainly operated by himself. He
raises plenty of hay and has a nice
tame pasture for the stock.
This industrious farmer sold 21000
worm or potatoes he had raised, be
sides loads of other vegetables. He
nas good buildings and can afford to
be proud or his splendid home.
Near this dairy lust described is what
I shall call a rose farm of about 17
acres, which has been developed In the
last lour years from uncleared land.
Just think of 18 acres of lovelv roses
and another acre ready to be set out In
roses next Fall! The owner sold 60.
000 rose bushes, and you cannot miss
mem.
Among the beautiful roses given us
was the'Lady Hillingdon, a seedling
from Fapa Uontier and Madame Hoste.
Let me add that there are hundreds
or acres of just such land now un
cleared and unproductive close to
Portland, waiting for just such Indus
trious men to develop them into charm
ing and profitable homes.
MRS. MATTIE B. ROSS.
IMPROVEMENT PETITION ftlERIED
Mr. Beard Asks Who Wanted Wlllam
ette Boulevard Extension.
PORTLAND, June 27. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian I read with
much Interest a letter from Mr. DiecK
relative to the expenditures of the com
mission government.
Mr. Dieck states that no Improve
ments are started by the Commission
unless by petition of 40 per cent of the
property interested. In view of this
would like to ask In relation to the
so-called Greeley-street of Willamette
boulevard extension." Was the petition
starting this checked over, and did it
contain 40 per cent of the property in
terested? I have been informed that
parties living- outside of the assessment
district signed this petition. Have these
names, if any, been cut out? I have
also been told that this improvement
was started by a very small percentage
of the property interested. If so. why
was it started and why Is the Public
Works Department so Insistent on
forcing It through?
It certainly cannot be claimed as un
der the head of public necessity, as it is
more ornamental than useful, and It
seems to an ordinary person that under
the present financial conditions It is no
time to start these ornamental Improve
ments; and if the Council must have it
as an addition to the ornamental drive
ways of the city, let it be taken up as
a city matter, the same as other 1m
provements of this kind have been
done, and not expect a small portion o
the city to pay for public driveways
of this kind. C. H. BEARD,
HIGHWAY FLOWERS UNPROTECTED
watarea Gifts la Dabarer of Destraeflea
VaJesa Aetloa la Taken.
PORTLAND. June 27. (To the Edl
tor.) Please allow me space In you
columns for a few words In regard to
our Columbia River Highway. In the
first plaee, who has control over th
highway, the city of Portland, the
county through which It passes or th
state of Oregon? On a number of trips
over the highway I have noticed many
auto loads of the beautiful flowers and
shrubbery which are found along th
roadside and have seen people picking
the blooms, and at several places were
stubs ef bushes on which, I presume,
were previously beautiful flowers.
My Idea is this: Why not try to pro
tect the beauty along tnis grand mgn
wav. rather than destroy It. for In
few years It looks as If nature's gift
to us will have lost its beauties. Why
not have signs asking persons not to
pluck flowers within a certain distant.
of the highway, say 60 or 100 feet on
either side? It is true these sign
would not be ornamental, but the
are found In other parks and alon
drives, so why not have them alon
thin our most famous driveway? Sue
things seem to be a necessity, espe-
niallv where thousands or people visi
every Sunday and many other days
riitrlns the season.
I should like to hear the opinion of
others In regard to this, ror pernaps
mv ha a little, selfish. I am also
booster for the Portland Heights tun
nel. AN OKtUU.MAn,
Herodotus Ceta Palm.
There are many earlier records of
human affairs, but the first historian
now recne-nized as such was neroaotus,
th great Greek, who wrote In the fifth
eentury B. C. The Old Testament and
the Book of Kings are also, of course,
among the most ancient of historical
worka
In Other Day,
Tweaty-riv Tears Ag.
From Th Oregonian et Jvn za, 1M1.
A. C. Robbing, aa electrical ensrlnaer-
from New York, baa been appointed
superintendent of the Pacific Messen
ger Company.
Mayor-elect W. s. Mason called at
e City Auditor's office, v.at.ra
was sworn in. He will assume the
duties of his office July 1.
Mrs. Abigail Scott Duntwav. f th
city, has accepted an Invitation from
cuiaens or Atnraa to deliver th
Fourth of July oration at that place
this year.
vr rx n.un. ... . . . .
" ...... jBBivniKf f DJQ tO AJTt
Osman Royal one-half block in Garrt-
uuinuu i cignteentn and i
streets on the East Bide. Consldera-
f 1 n n - eeAAA
W. F. Cowden. of Tacoma, -will oe-
cu
vi uw puipic in in First Christian
Ch
lI" morning at 11 and at 7:4
thl
Police v . ...
w .... uv u.-i-ro in
Panama Canal Company In Paris yes-
icruay ana seized all the documents
relating in any way to the company's
affairs.
Half a Ceatary A so.
rrora Th Oregonian of June SS. IBS.
All tha 1 ...
ttoned at Fort Klamath, consisting of
a ana j. are on their way
to Fort Vancouver to h miiBt..4 .
H. W. fnrh.lt -hHII -.... . . i
etorshlp of the Oregon A California
oiase un ou juonaay next.
J. R. William, km. K- va u-lt.t..ii
was burled at Mount Crawford yester
day afternoon under the ceremonies
or tne independent Order of Oddfel
lows. This evening- -will i. - ri . .
lng of the new' board of City Council
Tien, at whlnh Hm. a n u.n..i. .
the First Ward: William Bennett and
M. O'Connor, from the Eecond Ward,
and T. J. Carter and J. C. Carson, from
the Third Ward, will take their seats.
The machinery for tha nrrM.nni
Quarts Minine- Comnanv. l.ri,.n
County, has arrived and the mill will
uo in operation Dy September 1.
General Ortero. who elalmaA to
Constitutional President of Mexico, has
maae overtures to the United States
locking for an alliance with thla Gov.
ernment.
QUESTION ASKED OF" ARISTOTLH
Did Ancient Greek Knew Hew 13 Cans)
to Be Considered TJnlaeky If amber?
ASHLAND. Or.. June 25 (To the
Editor.) A typographical error In my
communication of June 18 made me say
the Egyptians told Solon 800 years
B. C. that they had been entirely cut
off from the lands of the west for 200
years." The sentence should read 8000
years.
Probably my Dallas friend surmised
from the reading that I was referring
to the stargasers of Babylonia The
fact is I was entirely outside of any
part of Mesopotamia Noah' flood oc
curred only about 8000 or 4000 years
rt. (J. and I was going much deeDr than
that. Of course Aristotle and Galen are
entitled to the place our friend has
given them, as my article already as
sumed when I said the civilization of
Greece and Rome was higher than that
of Chaldea after the flood.
By the way, I wonder if Aristotle
could tell us the names of the 12 gods
on Mount Olympus or the 12 gods who
ruled the Egyptians before Menes, their
first terrestrial king, or the 12 Chi,
children of the Emperor of Heaven,
from whom the Chinese were descend
ed, or the 12 gods whom the Japanese
claimed as their ancestors? Seven of
them were heavenly and five were,
earthly; then came the Japanese them
selves. I also wonder If Aristotle knew that
each letter of the Greek alphabet was
a line In an epic poem describing the
worst calamity in the world's history.
which occurred 6000 years before the
flood, on the 13th Chuen of the month
Zac (corresponding to the 13th day of
our February?, a casualty so terrible
the people dared not go out of their
houses on recurring anniversaries and
which caused the number 12 to be con
sidered unlucky in Egypt and Rome
for many centuries. We have a faint
echo of it even in our day.
R. D. RILEY.
DR. JORDAS'S LOGIC CRITICISED
Proof That Spineless Policy la Disas
trous Found Near Home.
MARTHILL, Wash, June 28. (To "
the Editor.) I beg to call attention
to the articles by David tarr Jordan
that have been appearing In the Sun
set Magazine for some months past.
It Is- the duty of every American citi
zen to read these articles, not because
of any belief in the fundamental ver
sions of pacifism set forth by Dr. Jor
dan, but because they are samples of
a false logic that would spell ruin to
any nation so blind In its executive
department as to adopt any such meth
ods.
In Sunset for June Dr. Jordan un
fairly refers to Citizen Genet, the
French Ambassador, as the Roosevelt
of that time, fiuch a comparison Is
absolutely unfair to Mr. Roosevelt.
Genet was the Dumba type of diplomat.
while the Colonel stands for principles
that every man who says "America
first, last and always" stands for. To
quote our pacifist friend, "And those
who would prevent his re-election must
find some basis for their opposition
other than his policy in dealing with
Europe." (Alluding to a possible sec
ond term for Mr. Wilson.)
It isn't at all necessary te go aa far
from home aa Europe la to bring forth
conclusive proof that the spineless,
watchful waiting polley leads to In
evitable disaster both at home and
abroad. Our proof is right In the Mex
ican situation. A firm polley In all
dealings through diplomatic channels
would have avoided the present situa
tion. Our hopes are that this country
will be represented by a man with red
blood enough In his veins to blush for
shame after next March 4.
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
California Q sail Is Oregos.
MTLWATJKIE, Or., Nov. 27. (To the
Editor.) Would like to know the name
of a bird that made its first appear
ance here recently. It is a species of
a quail or partridge, about the aize
of the Oregon mountain quail or part
ridge, bluish In color, throat darker,
and light streaks on sldea It bas a
prominent topknot like a plume or
tassel and calls with a single chirp.
BIRD FANCIER.
The bird Is a California quail. A
considerable number of these - birds
have been trapped in Southern Ore
gon and Northern California, where
they are prevalent, and have been
turned loose In the vicinity of Reed
College and other places In the Wil
lamette Valley.
Weight at Blaekheniee.
CORVALLIS Or, June 18 (To the
Editor.) I will thank you for Infor
mation as to the number ef pounds of
blackberries In one gallon. Also the
number of cubic inches in said gallon.
The weight would vary according to
the slse. ripeness, etc-, et the borrfea
A standard gallon is 221 cublo laches.