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rOKTLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916.
CAUSBS OF PROSPERITY.
" The following letter la typical not
only of other letters which, reach The
Oregonian from time to time but of
many political discussions which oc
cur and are likely to occur. Therefore
they are answered once for all:
Myrtle Creek, Or., July 4. (To the
!Editor. ) In conversation, a Democratic
neighbor made the assertion, that the pros
perity in the East is due to the present
Administration and that the output of our
manufacturing plants for war supplies
would not exceed 5 per cent. Also that no
lumber has been shipped from the United
States to European countries for war pur
poses. A READER.
If the Democratic Administration
had caused the present prosperity, it
would have 'been apparent before the
war began. There had not been, such
industrial depression in this country
Since the panic of 1893 as there was
in the fiscal year ending' June 30,
1914, during- the last nine months of
"Which the Underwood tariff was in
operation. During- that year our ex
ports were more than $101,000,000
less and our imports over $80,000,000
more than tn the preceding- year, and
the excess of exports over imports,
called the favorable balance of trade,
was less by $181,000,000 than during
the previous year, less in fact than
any year since 1910. This is proved
by official statistics of the Govern
ment. As to the proportion of our manu
facturing output which consists of war
supplies, that depends on what we call
war supplies. If the term be limited
to arms and ammunition, 5 per cent
may be an over-estimate. But there
are vast quantities of other commodi
ties supplied to the armies clothing,
shoes, saddles, harness, horses, mules,
automobiles, beef, many other articles
of food, machinery, gasoline and so
forth. We have also supplied to neu
tral countries many commodities which
they formerly bought from belliger
ents, but which they cannot now ob
tain there. Commerce Department re.
ports show a vast increase in our ex
ports to every continent, those wJiich
are outside the main field of hostil
ities as well as Europe. This great
foreign demand for our products is
certainly due to the war, and not at
all to Democratic legislation.
This foreign trade has spread such
prosperity at home that it has greatly
increased home demand for our prod
ucts also an indirect result of the
war. We also buy at home many
commodities which were imported
from Europe in peace times another
result of the war. The measure of
this war prosperity is indicated by the
increase in our balance of trade from
$503,269,936 in the year ending May,
1914, to $2,025,934,437 in the year
ending May, 1916, an increase of more
than $1,500,000,000 in one year.
The only Democratic legislation
which can have appreciably contrib
uted to our prosperity is the Federal
reserve law. The main structure of
that law was the work of the National
Monetary Commission, composed of
both Republicans and Democrats, who
unanimously recommended it. The
Democrats changed the machinery for
operating the plan, the Republicans
participated in perfecting the Demo
cratic bill and with few exceptions
voted for its passage. The Democrats
can fairly take credit for having com
pleted a work begun under a Repub
lican Administration by a non-partisan
body; but it is the joint work of both
parties. That law has eased the mon
ey market and removed danger of
panic, thereby contributing to pros
perity. The Federal reserve law extended
temporarily the Aldrich - Vreeland
emergency currency law, enacted in
1908 to relieve financial stringency.
When that law was before Congress,
the Democrats fought it bitterly, but
when war broke out they had recourse
to it for relief from the first shock.
They may take credit for that action,
but must give the Republicans credit
for providing the remedy against their
opposition.
Another cause of prosperity Is the
two consecutive bumper wheat crops
of 1914 and 1915, both of which were
sold at high prices. These were the
Joint product of good weather and
farmers' ind.UBtry, not of Democratic
of shipping and high ocean
freights have almost stopped. Pacific
Coast lumber shipments to Europe.
Oregon has shipped about 10,000,000
feet of spruce to Europe for use in
aeroplanes and. a few cargoes of ties
have been sent to Europe and to
Vladivostok.
DOCTOR'S PROMISE MAJXE GOOD.
On the list of young women who
have volunteered for service as nurses
in event the United States becomes
involve In war appears a name that
aroused country-wid-e interest a rela
tively few years ago In a far different
manner. It is that of Lollta Armour,
daughter of J. Ogden Armour, rich
Chicagoan. It does not seem long
since Miss Armour, then a child, be
came the center of attraction because
of her father's efforts to obtain the
services of a surgeon capable of re
moving the serious disability caused
by a congenital bone deformityl
Little Lolita Armour, it was said
then, had little chance to be other
than a hopeless cripple. Then there
appeared a famous Austrian surgeon.
Dr. Adolf Lorenz, of Vienna, who, by
a mecnoa not even then wholly new,
but highly developed by his own skill.
gave to the little girl a promise of
happy, normal life and made her
sound and well. It was hailed as a
remarkable achievement in "bloodless
surgery," and it was noteworthy be
cause at the same time it opened the
door of ' hope to thousands of little
cripples all over the land.
Little Lolita' s ordeal was tedious
and painful. She contributed not a
little to its success by .her own un
complaining fortitude, and by char
acteristica that those who accept the
doctrine of heredity will say were
transmitted from a parent who had
made it a rule of his life to sweep ob
stacles aside. At any rate, the cure
was accomplished, and how successful
the efforts of the good doctor were
will be attested by. the records of Miss
Armour's application, now on file in
Washington, to be sent to the front at
the first opportunity as a Red Cross
nurse.
The sequel shows that the girl has
a sense of Justice that is practical as
well as sentimental. She is 19 now,
an age when a good many girls are
thinking most of the pleasures of life.
She is rosy and hearty and strong, a
fact made possible by the outdoor life
she has lived and that would have
been denied to her if tfce- great sur
geon had not been found in the nick
of time. A few years ago she was
among the entrants at the Horse Show
at Chicago, and since then she has
won laurels in amateur open-air
sports. It is vastly to her credit that
she is dominated by ambition to pay
with her own efforts for the blessing
that has come to her. She proposes
by kindness to others to show her
thankfulness for having escaped a life
of misery. In an ideal world one would
accept her action as a matter of
course, perhaps, but she deserves
praise for having by her own initiative
set a high example.
BACK WIEENCB THEY CAME.
In deserting the Progressive for the
Democratic party Francis J. Heney
has simply gone home, as have those
Progressives who were formerly Re
publicans. The third party men are
going back whence they came. So
are the Republicans who from diverse
motives voted for Wilson in 1912. They
were probably at least as numerous as
the Democrats who flopped- to Roose
velt. Hence, if the vote of 1912 is
to be taken as a criterion, the com
bined Taft and Roosevelt votes form
the basis of Hughes", strength. In or
der to win, Wilson must play upon the
new issues with sufficient. skill to win
over about 1,500,000 Republicans.
This will require greater skill than
is shown in his telegram to Mr. Heney.
He begins with an explanation of his
party's failure to enact a Federal
Presidential primary law, which, serves
only to direct attention to the com
plete control of the solid South over
the Democracy. He thus emphasizes
the reactionary character of his party
and repels any who might have been
deluded by its professions of progres
slvism. In view of the manner in which
Hughes was nominated and of the
contrast with the manner of his own
nomination which it presents, .the
President's allusion to "those who
have tried physically to conduct and
control our choices of Presidents and
of policies" is particularly unfortu
nate. The only disgruntled men in
the Republican party today are those
who tried, but whom the convention
did not permit, to control its cholce.-
The one man who bossed a convention
and dictated a platform this year is
Mr. Wilson himself. By saying- that
the bosses controlled the Republican
convention he attracts attention to
this contrast.
SENSE READ LXTO THE IAW.
The text of the Washington Su
preme Court decision on the prohibi
tion statute of that state is not yet at
hand, but apparently the law is con
strued so that it is identical in one
important respect with the Oregon
dry statute. In Oregon, possession in
the home of more than the quantity a
person or head of family may import
within a stated period is not unlaw
ful. In Washington, it has been as
sumed to he in violation of the statute.
One section of the Washington law
reads as follows: ;
Section 22. It shall te unlawful for any
person to have in his possession more than
one-half gallon or two quarts of Intoxicat
ing liquor other than beer, or more than
twelve quarts or twenty-four pints of beer.
Provided, however, that this section shall
not apply to registered pharmacists or to
persons keeping- alcohol to be used for me
chanical purposes only.
Considered alone, this section seems
definitely to prohibit mere possession
of a greater quantity of intoxicants
than the law elsewhere permits to be
imported within a twenty-day period.
But the next succeeding section gives
at least color of ambiguity when the
two are read together. It follows:
Section 23. In any prosecution for the
violation of any provisions of this act it
shall be com-petent to prove that any person
had in his possession more than two quarts
of intoxicating liquor other than beer, or
more than twelve quarts tff beer, and such
possession and proof thereof shall be prima
facie evidence that said liquor was so held
and kept for the purposes of unlawful sale
or disposition.
Strictly construed, the section last
quoted creates a- legal fiction. Pos
session toy a person in his own home
of twelve quarts of beer and one quart
of whisky is not in fact evidence that
he keeps it there to sell. Yet the
law said it was. The law either at
tempted to establish an absurdity or
its intent was not to reach the man
who had legally imported two twenty
day allotments and had failed to drink
it all.
The state of Washington has had
much more difficulty in enforcing
prohibition than has Oregon, particu
larly in Seattle. It may toe that the
greater nurwber of violations was due
in large part to . stronger local senti
ment against prohibition there than in
Portland. But an unreasonably dras
tic prohibition law is usually provo
cative of violations.
If reports are true, the number of
Seattle persons-who violated the law
as it was commonly construed num
bered thousands. The citizen had his
cache in a hole in the back yard, in
a secret closet or in a dark attic. 'It
is hardly conducive to good morals
to provoke breaches of the law among
ordinarily law-abiding citizens. Nor
does Oregon's experience with pro
hibition indicate that drunkenness
and bootlegging are encouraged by
lack of legal inhibition against posses
sion in the home.
ASHI-AND'S NEW SPA.
The people of Ashland, who are just
concluding a three-day celebration in
which their neighbors have Joined
with enthusiasm - that gives much
promise for the future, are among the
first to give practical expression to
their appreciation of the possibilities
of Oregon as a tourist resort. Mu
nicipal action and co-operation of the
citizens of Ashland and vicinity, bld
fair to make possible a real departure
in the development of Oregon. We
who live here have known all along
that these wonders existed at our
doors. It is only recently that we have
begun to see the importance of de
veloping them, of making them known
and of rendering them accessible to
the people of a world outside.
The Pacific Northwest, with its
mountains and lakes, its rivers and
springs, its wonderful scenery and Its
ideal Summer weather, needs only the
completing touches to whi6h reference
is made to become a favorite resort
for travelers from all parts of the
land. California capitalized fewer
real natural advantages and made, of
Itself the tourist resort of America.
Oregon, with more material to work
with, is in a position to surpass the
efforts of Its southern neighbor, and
yet in no spirit of competition that
seeks to tear down the one to build
up the other. There is room for both.
The states of the Pacific Northwest
are situated on the natural route of
travel. "Seeing the West" until re
cently has meant to the Easterner a
trip to California; soon it will be real
ized that the trip is not complete un
til all tle i West has been included.
In the line of preparation for that
day, development of Ashland's spa
plays an important part. In the same
spirit the Columbia Highway was con
ceived and will be still further devel
oped until a loop trip is made pos
sible around Mount Hood; in the same
j uirecuon our new roaas mrougn uie
forest reserves will point. Our parks
will be made more attractive and
easier of access to all tourists. Our
snowclad mountains lend themselves
to the scheme as if made for the pur
pose. Nature smiles on the plan to
make the Northwest one of the chief
pleasure resorts of a world seeking
recreation and healing.
Queen Lithia and King Sulphur:
Hail to the new monarchs, appointed
to rule in a new epoch for Oregon and
the Northwest! Their reign, begins
auspiciously and the future under the
new dispensation is bright.
NEW RECIPE FOR LONGEVITY.
Deaths of centenarians, of which
we still read occasionally, serve to re
mind us that there are as many recipes
for long life as there are folk who live
to a good age. ' There is. for example,
the case of "Grandpa" Miller, of
Joplin, Mo., who was a little more
than 102 years old when he died the
other day, and who attributed both
his extreme age and his excellent
health in his later years to the fact
that he never let a day go by without
drinking copious drafts of sassafras
tea. Reasoning by the law of asso
ciation and exclusion, he was sure
he. had hit on the real reason. The
sassafras drinking habit was the only
one that distinguished him from his
neighbors who had died young; hence
his conclusion.
It would be & happy circumstance if
it proved that "Grandpa" Miller was
right, for there are few plants that
grow over a wider area in the United
States. From the New England states,
where it appears as a. small shrub, to
the south, where it becomes a tree
fifty feet high, and extending far into
the ' west, the sassafras lives and
thrives. It has lQng been recognized
for certain aromatic properties it pos
sesses, but has most commonly been
used rather as an adjuvant for other
medicines, which it renders more ac
ceptable to the stomach, than for any
merit it is believed to possess on Its
own. account. Both the pith and the
bark of the root contain some active
principles, and the chemistry of these
is quite complicated, including a nar
cotic that in sufficient doses may
cause death. Nevertheless, it has not
lately enjoyed to any considerable ex
tent the confidence of the medical
profession. '
Another explanation of the long life
of "Grandpa" Miller is more plausible.
The inf usiont of the bark prepared in
the ordinary way of culinary art prob
ably contained little except the aro
matic principle and little if any at all
of the more subtle chemical proper
ties. Agreeably warm drinks, in suit
able quantities, are excellent for the
health, physicians say, and in this
instance might have helped to pro
long life, but an even more reasonable
theory is found in the fact that
"Grandpa" Miller does not mention
having used any other drinks. Being
a devotee .of- Bassafras, he probably
eschewed coffee, tea and other stimu
lating beverages, which fact in itself
would add to the sum of the years of
a man 'blessed in the first place with a
good constitution and better than the
average expectation of life. The moral
Is plain, even without crediting sassa
fras with any therapeutic properties
at all.
HAY ARMY LAW PXJT TO THE TEST.
By mobilizing the National Guard
President Wilson has given the Hay
Army law the opportunity to come
into operation under the most favor
able conditions. . Upon becoming ef
fective, that law finds the Guard al
ready mustered into the Federal serv
ice and in process of being recruited
to war strength, but it finds the Guard
officered 'by the states and a lawsuit
in one state about appointment of an
officer. It gives the President power
to appoint new officers upon taking
the militia into Federal service, but
there Is such utter lack of new mate
rial for officers that he must make
the best of the state appointees until
he can sift out the incompetents and
undesirables and discover better men
as substitutes for them.
By providing that, upon being taken
Into the Federal service, the militia
should become subject to volunteer
army regulations,, be organized like
the regular Army and be officered by
the President, Congress betrayed its
lack of confidence in the National
Guard as an efficient military body.
That is the plain inference from its
provision that no sooner are the citi
zen soldiers called into service than
their existing organization shall be
abandoned.
That Congress Judged rightly is
shown by the opinion of the War Col
lege and by the experience of Canada.
The War College holds that 12 months'
intensive training is the minimum to
prepare troops for war service, but the
National Guard is to have only 4 8
drills a year and is to attend such
annual maneuvers as the President
directs. The Canadian militia, after
more thorough training and isfter sev
eral months drill at- Val Cartier,
underwent bIx months' intensive train
ing in England before being sent to
the front. In case of invasion, our
Guardsmen would be under fire long
before any such period had passed, if
they were the second line of defense.
Further evidence to the same effect
is afforded by the fact that the units
now assembling on the border are
composed half of only partially trained
men and the other half of raw re
cruits. If they should be needed for
a campaign in Mexico, they would be
needed very promptly to reinforce our
meager regular Army, but would not
be prepared for several months at
least. Meanwhile we should have to
rely solely on the regular Army, which
is inferior in numbers to that of Car-
ranza, though doubtless superior in
every other respect except experience
in actual warfare.
The Hay law seeks, to remove these
defects by prescribing the organization
and discipline of the militia and by
making Federal pay conditional upon
the state soldiers' meeting these re
quirements, but the states will appoint
the officers and will retain authority
over training. As Henry Brecken-
ridge, wno was Mr, Garrison's Assist
ant Secretary of War, .says:
I The President la lime of ce cannot
give one legitimate order to a member of
the state militia.
Thf reply may -be that, if the state
troops do not take the Federal medi
cine, the War Department will stop
their pay. But would it. and if it did.
would Congress sustain it? The Nation
al Guard has proyed powerful enough
to control the action of the House mili
tary committee and of the House itself,
and to bring the Senate to accept the
House terms. What reason have we
to believe that it would not also be
able to Induce Congress to override
any executive . officer who attempted
to penalize any state for not living up
to the terms laid down by Congress?
If experience under the Dick law is
any guide, we have small reason.
Under that law between $7,000,000 and
$8,000,000 a year, are disbursed among
the ViUItla. but in 1915 564 officers
and 19,382 men were absent from the
annual inspection, during 1914 an av
erage of 63,201 - men, or nearly half
the entire strength, was absent from
each weekly drill, and there is a short
age of $1,352,761 in property fur
nished by the Government to the
Guard.
Having provided a second line of
land defense which, from its nature.
cannot be ready for the field for sev
eral months at best. Congress should
have taken all the more pains to pro
vide a first line adequate to withstand
an invading army until the second line
could aid it. It has provided a regular
Army with a maximum paper strength
of 175.000 men, but, according to the
Adjutant-General, with a maximum
possible strength of 150,000 men un
der our present system of voluntary
enlistment. To this would be added a
reserve the strength of which would
be contingent on success in recruiting
the maximum with, the colors. The
total trained force available would
certainly fall short of the 500,000 men
which the War College considers
necessary to cope with the invading
force that could be landed in less than
a month. Only a naval victory assur
ing the United States control of the
sea could prevent this Invasion.
The Hay law also permits repetition
of the mistake which was made at
the outbreak of both the Mexican and
Civil wars competition for recruits
between the regular Army and the
militia. While the regulars are striv
ing to gather in the additional 20,000
men authorized by Congress, the Na
tional Guard seeks men to bring it to
war strength and volunteer organiza
tions enter the same market. Com
mon sense dictates that the first line
be filled up before the second line
calls for men and that new organiza
tions stay out of the field until all
the men needed for active service have
been obtained.
The Democratic party's sincerity in
the cause of preparedness Is disproved
by its acts. As with every other vital
need of the Nation, it is profuse with
promises but niggardly in performance.
Women have gained an Important
victory in Germany in obtaining ap
pointment to a nutrition committee,
the duties of which are to harmonize
the food resources of the nation with
the needs of its people. English writ,
ers on the subject, despite the tradi
tional attitude of the British public
as to woman's proper sphere, are dis
posed frankly to give credit to their
enemy for having, taken a wise step,
and there is an increasing demand
that England shall take similar ac
tion. Women do know the needs of
the home, and there is no better time
than when the men of the country are
engaged in the actual fighting for
them to devote their attention to so
lution of the important food problem.
Excessive prices in one locality for
commodities which are being wasted
in another only a few miles away are
of common occurrence. The long
training of women in domestic econ
omy and their natural ability to make
much of little when the family larder
Is concerned fit them especially for
the new task.
Massachusetts is just beginning to
realize the peril of permitting out
worn laws to remain on the statute
books. Efforts have been made re
cently to revive and put into effect
some of the so-called "blue laws"
which, were enacted so many years ago
that most of them had been forgotten.
Investigation has been made recently
and it has been discovered that among
other things it is Unlawful in the Bay
State to go to the postoffice on Sun.
day to get a business letter, to repair
or clean an automobile, to work in
the home garden, to get a shine, to
hire a horse at a livery stable or to
post up or audit a set of books. These
are only a few of the acts that would
subject a Massachusetts man to prose
cution if the law were enforced. Sprin
kling the lawn" is another illegal act.
So is the taking of a photograph, if
prints are subsequently sold from the
negative. The average citizen of ev
eryday probity and good' intentions
probably violates the Massachusetts
law a dozen times every Sunday.
In view of the announcement by
Francis J. Heney that he has shifted
his unfaltering support to President
Wilson, it -'will be remembered that
Francis J. was originally a Democrat,
without trimmings. It was in the
parlous days of 1912 that he became
one of the chief tongue-sluggers for
the Progressive party. His home
coming to the faith of his earlier days
is in line with the retrocession set
forth in Thanatopsls:
Earth that nourished thee shall claim
Thy growth to e resolved to Earth again.
That holiday for the police force is
a long time coming. Better make it
two days, for the men earned them,
and the city is now on its good be
havior. Prospects no sooner seem favorable
for settling all differences of opinion
between Wilson and Car ran za than
that pesky Villa bobs up again.
The Turks took Kermanshah, but
if they left the rugs undisturbed for
sale In this country they are welcome
to the rest.
There is a chance for possible war
brides to help fill the ranks of the
Third Oregon by a little persuasive en.
deavor.
Washington citizens, too, will have
opportunity to vote on the proposition
to make and sell "Just beer."
What will Southern Pacific track
men do with all the money? They
are getting $2 a day now.
"Social Insurance" may be a cure of
poverty, but the real remedy is a
Bteady Job and thrift.
It was hers to dispose of and Hetty
Green's will keeps the money in the
family. '
The length of the khaki skirt should
depend on. the age of $h wearer.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Evans.
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 is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed en
velope la inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for Individual dis
eases. Requests for such service cannot be
answered.
(Copyright. 1916. by Dr. W. A. Evmi
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
Migraine.
'A BOT of 15 complains of frequent
XX headaches. He wakes up in the
morning with a heavy, loggy feeling.
Before noon he had developed a head
ache. He goes to bed at night and
sleeps his headache off. Upon inquiry
we learn that he has been having head
aches since he was eight' years old
He has migraine. The headaches of
childhood are migrainous, practically
all of them.
A young woman has periodic head
aches. Upon inquiry it is found that
headaches run in her family. Her
mother had sick headaches until she
was 60 years of age. Her uncles and
aunts were subject to headaches. It
was in. the family of the grandparents.
This young woman's headaches are
probably due to migraine. Migraine
runs In the stock. It is a form, and
the only form, of inherited headaches.
A woman in the prime 'of life is sub
ject to sick headaches. About every
so often she must go to bed for a head
ache. The headache is likely to last
three days. Nausea and vomiting are
prominent In the sickness and in con
sequence she calls the spells sick head
ache. Perhaps, Instead -of nausea, she
has flashes of light which make her
think her headache comes from her
eyes. Perhaps the spells have some
relation to menstruation and she calls
her attack the menstrual headache. .
She has migraine. A few years ago
a correspondent grew quite excited
about migraine. The word migraine
meant that only half of the brain was
affected. In migraine he contended
the pain was limited to one sideof the
head, etc.
Patrick says: "The location of the
pain has nothing to do with the diag
nosis of migraine, although it has been
called hemicrania,"
Then on what is the diagnosis to be
based? Migraine runs in the family.
It starts in youth. It comes in spells
with some tendency to periodicity. It
is disabling. The "feelings" of no
other headache are similar to those of
migraine.
Can anything be done for It? Yes.
Shall headache mixtures be taken?
No.
Every person subject to migraine
soon learns that headache mixtures do
not get him anywhere. They Increase
the frequency of the attacks. A mi
graine subject learns after a few ex
periences that coal tar headache medi
cines d not even give relief. .
For the relief of the pain Kellogg
advises hot and cold to the back of
the neck and cold to the forehead or
top of the head. If the face is pale use
hot applications. If flushed, cold ones.
If the person subject to migraine
will lead a simple, out-of-doors life,
getting plenty of exercise and fresh
air; will eat lightly and simply and
keep his bowels in order, he will ma
terially lessen his trouble.
The best physicians are now using
thyroid extract, ovarian extract, or
other appropriate ductless gland medi
cation in these cases. But that is a
matter for the physician.
Stopped Grewlai. ,
E. A. W. writes: "1. What is the cor
rect weight and height of a 19-yar-old
boy? My height is 5 feet. 6 Inches
and weight 137 pounds, not stripped.
"2. At what age does growth cease?
"3. I haven't grown for the last three
years. Does that indicate I will not
grow any more?
"4. What can stimulate an Increase in
my height and weight, especially the
fornier, since on It would depend a cor
responding increase in weight?
"5. Is there a possibility of me grow
ing after a three-year standstill?
REPLf,
X. Tou are of a very rood height. Taking
all boys of your aire and grouping; them
in hundreds, 25 would be shorter than you
and 70 taller. In a similar weight grouping
40 would be lighter and SO would be heavier.
This on the authority of Dr. MacMlllan. ot
the Chicago Board of Education.
2. Usually until the 20th year. Some
boys grow slowly In height until they are 24.
3 and 4. It is very unusual for a boy to
stop growing at 16. If you were stunted
from Insufficient food. Improper food for
example, too much corn bread, too little
fresh milk or meat you may start growing
again. Otherwise you will not.
4. Plenty of milk, butter, eggs, meat,
wheat bread. -
X-IUy Treatment.
U. B. writes: 'Are repeated X-ray
pictures dangerous? I have had pic
tures taken of all'my teeth twice,
which shows them in very bad condi
tion, and It will be necessary to have
the teeth X-rayed again as they are
being treated."
REPLY.
Not if It is done properly.
Twins.
Anxious wife writes: "Is it true that
If twin boys both were married Just
one of them could have children, or is
it possible for both to have children?"
REPLY.
Both.
President Cannot Declare War.
BROOjKINGS. Or.. July 6. (To the
Editor.) (1) Can the President declare
war. except with the advice and con
sent of Congress? (2) Suppose Con
gress is not in session at the time of
a crisis, what then?
JOH.V F. CHRISTAL.
(1) Congress alone is empowered by
the Constitution to declare war. (2)
The President could call a special ses
sion. N
World's Population l.G2S,SIM),000.
PORTLAND. July 6. (To the Editor.)
(1 What Is the population of -the
world? (2) Who is considered the rich
est man in the United State?
JAMES N. RITCHIE. 1
The National Geographical Society
estimates the population of the world
as 1,628.890.000. (2) Probably John D.
Rockefeller.
Cat's Owner Wanted.
PORTLAND, July 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Please help me in finding the
owner of a large cat which came to
us. He Is somebody's pet and he is
lonesome. I advertised him in the pa
per. I cannot keep him. as I have one.
Please help me as you did a friend to
find his home. MRS. DAVEY.
144S Lenore Street.
Bayer Not Subject to Special Tax.
PORTLAND. July 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Is an individual who purchases
mortgages and notes for his own In
vestment and not for sale subject to
any special tax by the United States
Government? B. F. WALLING.
The individual would not be subject
to tax in his capacity as investor.
BUIle Burke's Addreaa.
WASHTUCNA. Wash.. July 4. (To
the Editor.) What is the address of
Billle Burke or her mother? W.
Care of George Kline, New York Life
building, Chicago, '
Sl'MMlfOF MOOT HOOD SOT GOAL
Auto Ascent Merely for Record Achieve
ment Sa-ya Mr. Dots.
PORTLAND. July 6. (To the Editor.)
Would Frank Branch Riley, president
of the Mazamas, have us infer from his
spirited communication published in
yesterday's Oregonian that the Maza
mas are jealous because sua automobile
has, with the aid of at few latticed
boards placed by eight men. climbed
more than three-fourths up the south
side of Mount Hood, under the power
of its own engine?
He complains that this record-break
ing accomplishment belittles Mount
Hood. Perhaps it does belittle the
boasted feats of the Mazamas, but how
does it belittle the mountain?
How many people are attracted to
Oregon because they understand Mount
Hood is hard to climb? Does the fact
that it is accessible detract from Its
beauty or injure its reputation as
scenery?
Do the people of Oregon advertise
the Columbia River Highway as inac
cessible and hard to climb? No; we
advertise "pavement and no grades to
exceed 4 per cent." Would Mr. Riley
preserve the crags along the Columbia
Kiver tor climbers and bar the auto
mobile?
At the instance of the public SDirited
citisens of Oregon and the state's Rep
resentatives In Congress the Federal
Qovernment is about to build a perma
nent road along the east shoulder of
Mount Hood thus making a loop trip
around the mountain possible. Are all
loyal Oregonlans rejoicing over this be
cause they feel that automobiles should
stay away from Mount Hood?
Mr. Riley frets lest Mounnt Hood
might be classed in the same division
with Pike's Peak, which he says it is
possible to ascend by trarocar. motor
or donkey. Can he deny that Pike's
Peak is perhaps better advertised than
any other mountain In the country and
tnat it has given Colorado favorable
and-wholesome publicity worth a tre
mendous sum of money?
Two moving-picture concerns of Na
tion-wide importance sent photograph
ers to catch the partial ascent of Mount
Hood by automobile and as a result
countless thousands of moving picture
fans throughout the country will learn
of Mount Hood for the first time. Un
doubtedly this representation of Ore
gon's mountain in the "movie" weeklies
will do Oregon and Mount Hood more
good than all the Mazama ascents past,
present and future. But why should
Mr. Riley rush into print and complain
about the matter? Let him save his
breath for other mountain climbs.
Mr. Riley contends that no automo
bile can climb to the top of Mount
Hood or to the moon, intending to drop
the Inference, no doubt, that Mafcamas
ascend to the moon quite often. We
never at any time presumed to reach
the pinnacle of Mount Hood by auto
mobile. We merely wanted to -ascend
farther than any automobile had
reached or probably will ever reach
and we succeeded. All the moving
pictures and articles describing the feat
illustrate that Mount Hood is a far
tougher nut to crack than Pike's Peak
and that the Mazamas are really en
titled to some credit after all for get
ting there on foot.
Which is nearer "childlike fancy"
to drive an automobile higher than any
other car has ascended on Mount Hood,
or to -climb there on foot by the aid
of "Ice axes, life ropes and profes
sional "guides"?
We drove our car on its own power,
to a point within 1300 feet elevation of
Crater Rock, which is miles farther
than Mr. Riley claims it is possible
to drive an automobile. The exact spot
is to be officially -marked by a bronze
tablet. W. B. DO AN.
President and treasurer, Paige Motor
Sales Company.
STOKIKS OK THE LOST ATLANTIS
Translation of Reputed Account of
Disaster iuoted by Writer.
ASI1LAXD, Or., July 5. (To the Ed
itor.) Your interesting editorial on
the lost Atlantis is entirely correct.
Some day such theories will be estab
lished history.
There is a submarine tableland ex
tending the entire distance from the
Gulf to the African shore and the
Azores. This is why the Gulf Stream
runs as it does. Following the
deeper channel, its spread is increased
because the ocean's depth obviates the
drag on the bottom, whereas if the
stream went' straight ahead It would
break itself up.
After the submergence of Atlantis
the land was an impassable bog for
centuries.
Here is one of the records of that
event, written apparently between the
time of Moses and that of Christ. There
certainly was no collusion with Egypt
or Greece:
In the year 6 Kan, on the 11th Muluc. In
the month Zac. there occurred terrible
earthquakes, which continued without inter
ruption until the 13th Chucn. The country
of the hills of mud, the land of Mu. was
sacrificed; being twice upheaved, it sud
denly disappeared during the night, the
basin being continually shaken by volcanic
forces. Being confined, these caused the land
to sink and to rise several times and in
various places. At last the surface gave
way, and ten countries were torn asunder
and scattered. Unable to withstand the forco
of the convulsions, they sank with their 64.
000.000 of inhabitants 8060 years before the
writing of this book.
I am not the author of this trans
lation. If you should happen to go to the
city of Xochicalco, about 65 miles
south of Mexico City, you will find a
pyramid built by survivors of that
lost continent, who were living on the
western edge at the time, and succeed
ed in making good their escape. On
one Bide of "this pyramid they carved
the statement that it was erected to
commemorate their escape, and the ad
dltional statement that It was a copy
of the great pyramid that stood in the
middle of Atlantis. It corresponds pre
cisely with Plato's description of the
latter.
When the continent submerged "six
fertile lands came up' in Cuba and
lour Islands in the Carlbbees.
"Atlantis" is not Greek, It is Na
hault. from Atl (between) and Tlan
tthe seas).
We must not let the Europeans twit
us about our country being young. It
is not- it is old, old. old.
R. D. RILEY.
- China's Cheap Nobility.
After the re-establishment of the
monarchy Chinese Emperors will re
ceive $12,000 gold as an annual allow
ance granted because of their rank.
This decision has Just been reached by
the government, and a mandate setting
it fortn is to De issued tn a few days.
Princes will each receive $8000 trold
annually. The allowance for a Duke
will be 14800. Marquises of the first,
second and third classes will receive
$4000. $3200. $2400. respectively. The
allowance to a first-class Earl will be
$2400. An Earl of the second class will
receive $1500 and one of the third will
be paid only $1200, and so on through
the lower ranks. The late Yuan Shi
Kal Issued a mandate addressing the
son of" the murdered Admiral Tseng
Ju-cheng as Marquis, and ordered the
young man to report to Pekln for serv
ice on the bodyguard.
When Guardsmen tin Hat.
M'MINNVILLE. Or., July 5. (To the
Editor.) The Oregon National Guard
boys who have taken their sec
ond oath think It is only to finish
the unexpired term as guardsmen. Are
they now bound for further service of
three more years? We have heard
this from several -sources and know
this oath was explained to the boys
as being only the portion of their un
expired term of service.
, LEAM SMITH.
They are held only for the unexpired
term of enlistment in the National
Guard.
In Other Days.
Tweitj.re Years Aao.
From The Oregonian July 7. 1S91.
The consolidation charter went into
effect yesterday at -noon, and the olH
clals of the consolidated city took of-
nce. Auditor Branch, received the Keys
and records from Mr. Matthews: W. S.
Chapman shook hands and turned the
street department over -to D. W. Taylor
ana Mr. Hurlburt was inducted Into
office as Surveyor. City Assessor
Flower displaced no one. At 12:43
Mayor Mason took his seat.
Galveston. Tex.. has Just gone
through the most disastrous storm
that has occurred there for years.
Sing Sing. Slocum Smller. Wood and
Jugiro were electrocuted at Sing Sing
between 4:4 2 and 6:06 the morning of
July 6.
The property ot the late William
Beck, ex-president of the Willamette
Bridge Company, was sold at auction
yesterday. The total amount realized
was more than $(8,000.
Miss. Charlotte Nichols, of Empire
City, killed a bear near there the other
day.
The second day of the First Regi
ment at Camp Gibbon was one of work
for everybody. Drill, began at 8:30
o'clock: under the command of Captain
Beebe.
German ladies, it Is understood, are
about to make a demand to be allowed
to wear the divided skirt-
Half a Century Age.
From The Oregonian July 1, 1866.
H. M. McNary and R- Deal have pub
lished some interesting and valuable
information concerning the condition of
the roads from White Bluff to Hang
man Creek and on into the Fend
d'Oreille country and into the Colville
country, in Washington. They report
the roads satisfactory for freighters
and other travelers.
The Stockton Independent says of the
Oregon election: "The Oregon election
inspires us with hope such as we have
not felt in months."
Work is progressing on the new
quarts mills at the Dardanelles.
William Squires started the Tilla
mook weekly mail July 2. The route
begins on this side at Lafayette.
The Hudson's Bay Company are at
work in the endeavor to substantiate
the claims which they have brought
against the United States for damages
alleged to have been sustained by them
In their business in Oregon through the
interference of our people with the.
rights that were guaranteed them by
the treaty of 1846. Their claims
amount to $3,000,000. '
The annual fire In the woods east of
the city began yesterday id black
clouds of smoke rolled over us all day.
Mr. Minto, of Marion County, this
year sheared a buck IS months old. ob
taining a fleece of 18 pounds. T. L. Da
vidson obtained a 17Vi-pound fleece.
PARTY HARMOXY COMES KIR ST
Republican Deprecates Raking Over
Old Coals ot 1913 Convention.
PORTLAND. July 6. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian there appears
a letter relative to the lone Oregon
Progreesaive v who is advertising his
Intention to support Wilson. As a Re
publican wishing to see party harmony
I desire respectfully to protest against
the spirit of the article. . In any event
It serves to magnify an incident that
is of no interest to the general public,
and to give desired notoriety to the ;
man who poses as being so much more
patriotic than his late associates.
No good can possibly result from
raking over the old coals of the 1912
convention, and the great army of Re
publicans who followed the standard
of President Taft and who are Just an
sincere champions of clean and pro
gressive politics as those who differed
with them bitterly resent the gratui
tous attacks that are made upon them.
The great mass of both wings of the
party want harmony. Both wings have
been charged with using the steam
roller and with being subservent to
the bosses. Isn't it about time to bury
these old animosities and tor one side
to stop ranting about "steam rollers"
and "standpatters." and for the other
to "let up" on "Teddy toadies" and
"hare-brained enthusiasts"? Epithets
are not arguments, and the people have
had a surfeit of them.
In St- Louis the bosses all supported
Wilson, who was himself the party
boss. The Chicago convention was a
people's convention, but even some of
the bosses were for Hughes, while.
Perkins and Lodge were for Roosevelt,
and even Penrose was keen to go to
his support. In Oregon Cummins was
the choice of friends of Colonel Roose
velt, but a great majority of the voters
accepted Hughes in preference to either
Cummins, Burton or Roosevelt. In
Chicago the people, speaking througli
the convention, were overwhelmingly
for Hughes over any other candidate.
Now that they have spoken and since
all of the great leaden of both Re
publican factions . from Roosevelt and
Taft down have lined up In support of
the ticket, what good does It do for
either faction to be continually re
minding the other that It has a monop
oly of all the patriotism and political
virtue of the country? If we are to
have harmony let us have It.
. REPUBLICAN.
AITOISTS SHOULD DIM LIGHTS
Objector Says California Has Law and.
Enforce It.
PORTLAND. July 5. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been greatly . surprised
since coming to Portland by noticing
In the dally papers accounts of acci
dents on the roads near Portland,
caused by drivers of automobiles not
using any sort of a device to kill the
glare of the headlights of their ma
chines. Is it possible that the state
has not made provision in the motorcar
regulations for mitigating the danger
of night driving from this source?
In California all machines are re
quired by law to have a shield or other
device to do away with the blinding
rays that ordinarily shine into the eyes
of a driver of a car coming from the
opposite direction. What is more im
portant is the fact that the law Is en
forced to the letter. Every motorcar
is equipped with some sort of device
to prevent the dangerous glare.
There are any number of contrivances
on the market which will eliminate
the danger of blinding the drivers of
meeting cars at night, and at the same
time do not hinder the effective light
ing of the roadway.
The writer believes that If some of
vour City Commissioners could be in
terested in subjects such as this, in
stead of such things as what consti
tutes "impure literature." the "mystery
of the missing wood" and other pa
thetic matters, that they would come
nearer to performing the duties of the
offices to which they were elected
than they are now doing.
T. HOWARD VARNEY-.
There is a Portland ordinance re
quiring the dimming of too brilliant
automobile headlights and efforts are
made to enforce It. Difficulty has been
experienced in obtaining a standard of
brilliancy beyond which the autoist
should not go. and this has hampered
officials in their work. .