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PORTLAND, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1916.
of Ohio, and other Senators from the
Middle West, from Representative
Frear, of Wisconsin, and from the
Northern minority of the House rivers
and harbors committee. It was Henry
L. Stimson, of New Tork, who de
nounced the porkbarrel Army posts
and General von L. Meyer, of Massa-
f'S? I chusetts, who proposed to close useless
- - " f Tn, i i 4.1. . . 1 1 .
v.ll luo UUier tl&IlU, LI1 (J
pending: Navy bill carries an appropri
ation of $1,000,000 for a drydock at
Charleston, S. C, though a channel
must be dredgred for a battleship to
reach it, and dredging must continue
yearly.
A DEMOCRAT'S DISTTNCTIOJf.
The veterinarian vote ought. to go
to Hughes in November not 'that he
is bidding for it, but that a prominent
member of -the Administration has
gone out of his way to express his
contempt for "horse doctors."
In his speech at Detroit, Mr. Hughes
condemned the President for over
riding the Civil Service law, and mak
ing appointments for purely political
reasons, and among other things con
demned his appointment of a veteri
nary surgeon for a highly scientific of
fice where a veterinarian's training is
qualification whatsoever. There
i THIS SECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
' When called upon to answer state- no
tnents that the South donimates the was no reflection on veterinarians In
Democratic party and that hence the tno charge. Mr. Hughes, it may be
present is a sectional Administration,
Senator Walsh is quoted as having
raid
I do rot pause to Inquire now far the repre
sentatives from the South make the policy
assumed, would Just as quickly, did
occasion arise, condemn appointment
as veterinarian of one whose sole
training was in geodesy.
But that charge aroused Assist
ot the Democratic party, wrtte ita platforms. I ant Secretary of Commerce Sweet, the
nominate Its candidates. Initiate and frame assistant to Secretary Redfleld. and he
Its legislation, direct the work of the de
partments.
He does well not to pause. From the
head downward, the Administration is
cectlonally Southern. President Wilson,
though elected from New Jersey, is a
native of "Virginia, and is Southern in
Instinct and prejudice. The Vice
President of the Senate is fronv Arkan
sas, and the Speaker of the House
wrote a thousand-word telegram to
Mr. Hughes, calling him down. But In
the telegram he said: '
"He (Mr. Jones) never was a veterl
die, but a star which indicated mem
bership in a fake detective agency.
Colonel Bill Hanley says that "buck-
aroo is a corruption of vaquero.
the Spanish-American name for cow
herd. Colonel Hanley ought to know
for he grew up with the stock country
of Central Oregon, acquired the Spanish-like
haciendas which Pete French
constructed in early days, and in
herited some of Pete's Mexican va
quero who were brought up from the
South in days when California stock
men were grabbing- northern water-holes.
From "vaquero," with Its accent on
the second syllable to "buckaroo,"
with its accent on the last. Is no more
devious passage than from La Creole
to Rickreall. But the case is cited only
to show what the English-trained
tongue can do with a foreign word. As
for ourselves we prefer the original
higher figures of 1915, the increases
may hereafter be smaller, but this
anticipation may be falsified by the I
large increase In high-class merchan
dise traffic which Is now apparent and
which on one Eastern road was 30
per cent in the last fiscal year.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Bvsuma.
If liquid fire Is -to become an ac
cepted weapon of war, the United
States will be in a position to sur
pass all other nations in the dead
Ilness of that which It can use. This
has been proved by tests at the I Published by arrangement with the Chicago
T.w d. . -.. Tribune.)
tlon of Julius Dolges, a Philadelphia
chemist. It can be turned' on the
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
erai interest, win be answered In this col
umn. Where space win not permit or tho
subject Is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamoed addressed enveloD
Is Inclosed. lr. Evans wilt not make diagnosis
or presence lor Individual diseases. Ke-
tjursis for such servlco cannot be enswered.
topyrignt. mio. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
IXDIAX STUMPED BY LETTER R-
Inability to Frosiiin it la Cited 1st
RlestreaU Dlaewaalam.
PORTLAND. Aug. 1 (To the Edi
tor.) I do not Intend to become partisan
In the good-natured controversy as
to the origin or significance of the
name of that sparkling little stieam In
Polk County, variously called "Rick
reall and "La Creole." 'Rickreall"
does sot sound to me like an Indian
word. The Indian always shys" at
the letter "r" and substitutes the let
ter "1." If he tried to lay "Rickreall"
it would come out "Lick-le-all;" -carbine"
is "col-a-plne." I do not recall
one word in which the Indian will give
"r" a full round sound.
For Instance, on one occasion when
asked If he "liked crickets" as a food.
an Indian said, "kllcket, wake close
muc-a-muc nlka tlckey rabbit, mean
Causes eg Pel la arm.
enemy in the form of liquid fire that tha ?","ZTJrV'.
cannot be extinguished and will con- tlnuous use of a diet too rich in atarct.
tinue to burn for days; it can be em- and sugar and too poor in protein. Or.
ployed as a cloud of heavy, dense I to put it another war. seriom devel-
smoke that affects the lunes and I oped pellagra because they ate too
rAllflM thrtAA wn Inhola It a .nolrh or I little milk. tEEl and lean meat- ana I Inr crickets nn a-ood to eat. I tvrefer
Indian names for our streams, moun-1 it con be combiner, with rhlnrlna or secondarily, because they ate too much rabbit," He dodged his "r" and In-
talns and land marks. Whether Rick- rvonirin i f--iv,i Mt meat, middling, sow belly, too much aerted his "1" all right, as usual.
astatlon tr, at, .nnw wMl. ;malnlns. P.0'''" n1 Kravy arl too much corn During territorial days in Oregon
safe to the men handling it. It can be Goldberger. experimenting at the
mlxedand combined with poison and Mississippi Penitentiary, produced pel
kept in airtight containers ready for lagra by a prolonged diet of sow belly,
use. It can be shot through hose corn pone and molasses. Under his
under air pressure and can be con- guidance several Institutions badly ln-
In Other Days.
reall be Slwash or bad French it has
a musical, liquid sound that suits a
tumbling mountain stream mighty
well.
WHERE FINCUOTIIXS EBB,
before Hood River had acquired Its
present name. I tried to learn from an
Indian the original (or, shall I say.
aboriginal" name?) of that stream-
He told me that the name was "Dog
Liver.". The whites had In earlier
A fundamental error of those who trolled so as to ignite after a given pe- 'IVt''J"1. .'i.u ud' ftme " tDo R,'er-
j v. . . riod. It will hum r.n th. tr And ea Dv changing the diet lists uaeo learned from that Slwash w
XT r." tanks have bnrn.7. Tr, It n the quantities of DB"- droltne.. In substituting "l"
power by corporations is that power I tanks have been made to carry It on
can anywhere be generated more I ""rau- it can do aroppea on war
cheaply bv water than bv steam. This ships with disastrous effect, for It
is hv no monrm im Whi-A fnol i. meita metai. it can do maae ror zo
abundant and chean. where there is a cents a gallon and a representative of opinion of Goldberger. They fouml
i .i . the British government ! aairl to hsv two additional factors in the In-
UiAlACl lUt LUC WlOl UUlLSUb V. I
a plant and where hydroelectric pow- onerea ouu,uuo ror the invention.
er must be transmitted a lone distance.
steam nower is cheaner. In the West- . ror Instance, there la the "spoil m.n'
, , . - . I law, passed by the lata Oregon Leglslatu:
where coal Is dear and water power sundry gentlemen, who win be on the pn
abundant, the balance turns the other I form with Mr. Hushes, helned nan it- The
way. especially If water power Is de- uJv'rn?r w,12nie,a ' onian P- mace oy grinoing corn ana wheat oe- no. ,TeP inoe. But of tho .keptlo
veloped in larere units, is transmitted ' ."CT" "v""c"i rKral s" who ellng. to the here.y of "Rick
short distances and has a market for And 22,800 voters more the voted , ik.nl"T. reall" ever having been given to the
for any other legislative candidate '"V1 C".. ',--,. r.!:, J... .Z"T stream as a name, l asK, wny oia not
peas, lean meat, milk and eggs.
recently, Voegtlin. Sullivan and My
ers, also of the public health service.
have made a discovery supporting tho
crease of pellagra were the increaseo
use of finely-milled flour and meal
and the custom of making bread ano
oooking vegetables with unneutrallzeo
baking aoua.
Prior to 18S0 all meal and flour were
All I
his
for "r.
It seems to me that Dr. McLaugh
lin came mighty near settling the dis
pute as to why some Insisted on call
ing it "La Creole" when the doctor
said an old Frenchman had been
drowned In that stream. Imagine the
next following member of that trapping
party suddenly discovering the water
logged remains, and explaining with
appropriate shrugs and gestures "La
Creole!" Thus giving the name which
has stuck with more or less adheslve-
From The Oregonlan. August 14,
Washington President Harrison has
offered the Chinese mission to Watson
C. Squire. United States Senator from
Washington. Minister Denby. the Dem
ocratic holdover, who continues to act
because the Chinese government re
fuses to receive Henry W. Blair, has
signified his desire to be relieved.
Minneapolis Loren Fletcher, one of
the Republican leaders of the state
and leading candidate for the nomina
tion for Congress In this district, has
returned from Maine, where he had a
long talk with Blaine. He says Blaine
win live to serve his country many
years yet, and that he will run for the
Presidency If asked with sufficient
unanimity.
Judge J. W. Whalley has returned
from a fishing trip up Nasel River. He
ended 42 trout.
John Hays Hammond, of Ban Fran
cisco, president of the Bunker Hill A
Sullivan Mining Company, is at the
Portland.
License Officer Abe Tlohenor has
figured out there are SJ4 saloons in
Portland proper. 33 In East Portland.
25 In Alblna and IS where beer only is
sold.
There are two clans tor opening the
Columbia River to navigation now up
before the Chamber of Commerce. One
of these has been presented by The
Dalles & Deschutes Portage Railway &
Navigation Company, for which George
A- Lie be, E. B. Dufur, T. H. Johnston
and R. H. Norton were the spokesmen.
President Osbom likes the portage
plan better than that of the Columbia
Railway & Navigation Company.
nary surgeon. He is a geiSlenian of Practically its full volume. ndo'dUrtT.'t: mako r-WktnV bread." but tbe S-'andUa. lnd arnt thai the", ouTd
educatlon and refinement." The case was succinct y stated by a nerdmtahJ au,r, dflclent ,n vltamlnes protein. pnu?c. without having to cut out
committee of the American Institute cent primary. It is really shocking and other necessary chemicals. jwo -y,,.. and tneert two "l's" and even
OCB OTO PEOPLE ALWAYS WRONG.
This passage in the Advocate of
from Missouri, the latter being more Peace, organ of the American Peace
owuuuai Liiii.ii nia state, xne perma- i o-4 , . . . . ... . ,
v,n ,.ni,.m t- nt Society, Is typical of the pacifists'
tlonal Convention was Senator James, of -Americans whom enterprise
of Kentucky. Only five of the ten carries into roreign lands.
members of the Cabinet, It Is true, are
Southerners, but they include those
We should cease maklna- our fla follow
the lawless and incompetent persons to the
Injury of International friendships. The law.
iui, competent, and the gentlemanly need
no flag to support thoxn In any foreign land
whatsoever. It Is our duty to examine Into
the whole question of concessions In Mexico,
Involving as they dd the problem of the
juonroe uoctnne.
.What reason la there for believing
of Electrical Engineers to the National the lack of attention the public gives Voegtlin. Sullivan and Myers think then navo to call It Lick-li-allT
Waterways Commission in. 1911. The to Journalistic barnstorming. that to get rid of pellagra the people Tho introduction of extracts
committee stated that water nower n.ua.. i mure uran ana more wnui
can live only In competition with
The Spectator and The
from
Oregonlan.
All except two of the Senators who r.6.' .v.floUr- . . The" investigator. prlnted Iong. mfter th, controversy was
steam power "at a substantially lower voted against the child labor bill came k. i. ... . -. '..!- waging, which print the word as
, - ucs.naaifewutaiUTat.auv w uatc t tl v I v am.
was nothing lawless or Incompetent
about McCann's defense of his home
at Mexico City, but he was slain by
Zapata's gentlemanly bandits. We
have no evidence that the nuns of
Mexico had acted in an unladylike
manner, but they were dishonored and
turned loose on the world by the gen
tlemanly troops of varlouB factions.
Pacifism has led its advocates to start
with the theory that Americans who
become Involved In foreign trouble
are always wrong, that the foreigners
who molest them are always right, and
that, if our citizens abroad were but
lawful, competent and gentlemanly,
there would be no trouble. The theory
extends to the point where, when
trouble comes, the educated, civilized
American must always yield to the un
educated, half-barbarous Mexican or
having greatest power over the purse
and patronage the heads of Treas
ury, Postoffice, Navy, Agriculture and
Justice Departments. In the Senate
Southerners are at the head of nearly
all the committees which exercise any
VA.il Mnn.A A.,. 1 1.1. II J 1
tures and mtrr.nS.. namolv fierlrnl I the American oil men at Tamplco
ture. annrooriatlons. hanking r-lalm. wero lawless and Incompetent? Tet
. ' they were driven out by an ungentle
education and labor, finance, foreign mn,y mob- The American mining men
relations, immigration, judiciary, man- who waylaid at Santa Ysabel
ufactures. Navy, National banks. wero, lawful, competent and gentle-
Tinatiffi. n,.hii manly, for all we know to the con-
rules. The only important com- tra,T Tet t?,y T massacred In a
mlttees headed by Northern Democrats most "hf entlemanly manner. There
are: Fisheries, forest reservations, In
teroceanlc canals. Interstate commerce,
Pacific Islands, pensions, Philippines,
privileges and elections, public lands,
woman suffrage army.
In the House Southern Democrats
are chairmen of committees on ways
and means. Judiciary, banking, inter.
state and foreign commerce, rivers and
harbors, merchant marine, agriculture,
foreign affairs, Army, Navy, post-
office, public lands, Indian affairs, in
Bular affairs, railways and canals, pub
llo buildings, education, labor, claims,
district of Columbia, civil service, elec
tlon of President, irrigation. Immigra
tion, rules, census, roads.
These are the committees which
originate and carry through Congress
nearly all the important legislation
influential in giving a Southern tinge otner backward race.
to bills, in dealing tenderly with South
ern interests and prejudices, and In 1 1TEW CROP OF Ml.MliOXS OBDEBs
setting at naugnt tne interests or the The combined allied offensive
North. The President's Southern ori- against the central powers has brought
gin makes him equally considerate of a new crop of war orders to the
tho South In arranging the terms of United States. Only a few of the
bills beforehand with the leaders and largest orders for shells total over
In approving them after they are $80,000,000, and all are for large
passea. it iNortnern Democrats pro- shells, from six to nine inches. This
test against anything injurious to their marks a change In the methods of
section the demagogic cry of Wall the allies. Early In the war they
street, trusts and corporations usually bought small shrapnel, but these
suffices to silence them. were found useless to destroy barbed
Effects of this Southern control of wire and stronelv fortified trenches.
Congress and the principal depart- Then resort was had to high explosive
merits may oe seen an tnrougn legis- shells, but these were mostly three-
mtion ana administration unaer air. inch and were found powerless to de
W ilson. Secretaries McAdoo and Hous- stroy massive structures of steel and
ton had the controlling voice in locat- concrete. Hence the resort to still
lng t ederai reserve banks. The former larger explosive shells.
gratified his prejudice against New Complete demolition of the enemy's
Tork City by limiting its district to lntrenchments by artillery fire is
jnsw YorK btate. giving Connecticut on a most effective means of re.dun.
one side to Boston and New Jersey on hng an attacking army's losses, for it
tne otner siae to -nnaaeipnia. tho also kills manv of the rlefonpm
stalwart Republican city of Pittsburg buries many more in the dug-outs and
was punished by being included in the lowers the morale of the rest of the
district of Cleveland, which Is debat- point where there ia little resistance.
..11.1 1 . . .3 . 11 XTTtl ...
uriiuwu Biuuuu. v,umluuer xne allies are therefore consuming
Hams caused his home city, Richmond, heavy shell even beyond their own
to be preferred to Baltimore, while Mr. vastly increased production and Amer-
Houston took care of Missouri's second lean manufacturers must adjust their
city, Kansas City, at the expense of plants to make the larger sizes, but
Omaha or Denver. Mr. Houston also they can do so far more ranirllv thnn
remembered his native state, Georgia, they originally built machinery to
by giving Atlanta a bank; the all-per- make smaller sizes. Large orders for
vadlng Influence of Texas appeared in machinery to be Installed In the allied
tne selection or Dallas, ana New ur- countries 'or making large shell ma;
, iro.no Hug i nu i cu, ijeriiaija ifecausa ixie also be expected
Louisiana senators voted against the a result of these orders will be that
unaerwooa tanir. xnus tne ooutn iook the United States will be well pre
care or us own. pared Industrially to supply the needs
.mo oamo euro tor tne ooum b bbc- of Its own defense. If, when the
tlonal Interests Is apparent In the tariff European war ends, the Government
laws. It was at first proposed to put arranges that shell and gun-making
mohair, of which Texas Is the chief machinery be kept on hand, the fac
producer, on the free list with wool, torles may be converted to peaceful
but Texas rebelled, and a reduced duty use but can be readily applied again
was Imposed. The Underwood law deals to production of munitions. It wonlrl
very gently with cotton manufacturers, be folly to permit the scrapping of
iuoj ti.ro u.u iiiipunaui frouuci oi machinery which will be needed when.
tne soutn. toeing ciose to .eastern ana ever an emergency arises.
iuiaaie western maritets, tne southern
lumber Industry can meet Canadian
competition, while the Pacific states
must face that of British Columbia.
Hence lumber went on the free list
with mild protest, from the Southern
yellow pine belt, and Pacific Coast
protests were not heeded. The South is
not an important producer of grain
and dairy products, so duties on these
commodities were repealed or reduced
without regard to the effect on Oregon
and other states.
The sectionalism, even parochialism,
of the South was never more clearly
demonstrated than in the military re
organization controversy. Chairman
Hay, of the House committee, takes
the typical Southern viewpoint and on
his demand Congress continued tc rely
on the forty-eight little armies of the
states for a second line of National
defense. Secretary Daniels no sooner
got his hands on the Navy than he put
new life Into every little porkbarrel
Navy-yard In the South, though "his
predecessor had proposed that all sta
tlons. both North and South, which
could not meet requirements should be
closed
Rivers and harbors bills are full of
appropriations for Southern rivers
and creeks condemned by Army
engineers. Public buildings are voted
to villages of less than 1000 people
south of Mason and Dixon's line. In
these cases Northern states are ap
peased with a share of the pork, but rt
is most significant that the only pro
tests against these abuses have come
from the North from Senator Burton,
cost, it has to contend witn nsK trom me manufacturing states oi tne mines wero nrnt if tho hakina
of floods, lightning, failure of ex- South. The two exceptions were the soda is fully neutralized by sour milk,
pected markets to develop and uncer- reactionary Republicans, Penrose and or cream of tartar the vltamlnes are
taintles growing out of new discoveries Oliver of Pennsylvania, where facto- not destroyed, but In making soda bls-
in the electrical art which mav render rles employ much child labor. cit some excess of soda la often left
o nion. Ak.ni&f. t I In the dough.
from two to four times 'a. much cap- A special punishment should be cZl"Z ' not'nf reuVnt." put
ltal to build a water-power plant as provided for the man who deludes SOda In the vegetables. This also 1.
to buna a steam-power plant, ana tnis into pretended marriage a young 1 a cause of pellagra.
fact gives steam the preference unless I woman of foreign extraction unfa- The meaning of these discoveries I.
Rickreall." are not a. good author
ity as 1. the testimony of the settlers,
then In the neighborhood, and are con
clusive of nothlngl ED. C ROSS.
HI GILES FILLS COl'NTBVS SEED
Speeches Impress Mr. Myers ltn
Wort of Republicans Candidate.
PORTLAND. Aug. 13. (To the Edl
there Is a decided difference In favor 1 miliar with the laws. There Is enough that person, who eat plenty of lean I tor.) I hope all the readers of The
meat, eggs ana mug ana wno ao not i uregonian are enjoying Air. nucan
eat finely-milled flour and meal or I great speeches as fully as I am. They
a D""a or, ao ol.P"' ar certainly grand. In that they pro
iag.ra poae to put Into practice what the peo-
A n fln.llv -1-ll Ti nf til nun- 1 Die Ot tnia country navo oecu. uicw..o
llo ha.ith .fir. ..v that hraw. rs I of and wanting for many years. He
of water. I misery of native nature as It la.
There has been a great reduction in
recent years In the cost of steam What a passenger shall do when a
power. t. ju. tooper, ouiraer ot tne crowded trolley-car gets beyond con.
Keokuk dam, stated to the senate trol is a problem. To Jump means
committee In December, 1914, that injury, while to remain may mean
since he went into business the cap- death; but there is a chance In the
ltal cost per norsepower or a steam i latter course, slim, to be sure.
plant has decreased from sizo to su
per-horsepower, ana that coal con- Net increaso of population bv lm-
says
yeast will both prevent and cure bcri
berl. and therefore he think. It will
both prevent and cure pellagra.
Brewers yeast is rich In vltamlnes.
When he fed It to pigeon paralysed
will prevent, as far as he can. private
benefit at publlo expense. He Is in
favor of publicity In expo.ure ot waste
and extravagance in publlo expendl
ture. He will not prostitute the ap
Sells Bros.'
land today.
Shows exhibit In Port-
it . . , at i ' J i w n
sumption per noneepower is uiau migration in the fiscal year 11 was from eating a polished rice diet, the pointlve offices of the United States a.
half what it was fifteen or twenty oniy 169.061. the smallest In eighteen pigeons were better in one hour ana political rewards to incompetent per-
su- ii. Miuuici vears. For several VMrii hAfors th 1 thev were eomnletelv cured, of their I son.. He will ai. courage monopoly,
electrical engineer, said that the com-I war the annual total exceeded 1 000 - I paralysis in one day. I but will encourage honest business and
000.
pany owning the largest steam plant
in New Tork City rejected a water
power proposition because It could
generate power cheaper with steam.
He said that Niagara Falls power was
and taking a daily dose of Brewers
yeast. Possibly persons who cannot
fford enough lean meat, milk ana
The need of more state troops at
the border exists In minds official.
even If not lrlMfblA ano rirecon'a lnrlr
probably cheaper than steam Pyer must be filled. Where the additional egg. may keep themselves In healtn
at Buffalo only on account of the fi00 can be ralaed a probiem. . by the dally use of a .mall quantity
of brewers yeast. Brewer." yeast
Dr. John B. Murphy's devotion, to
If Seidell's suggestion proves to be I American enterprise. As to foreign af
well founded, cases of pellagra can be 1 fairs he says: "We do not want any
cured by changing tne diet somewhat thing from anybody that we are not en-
comparatlvely short distance for trans
mission.'
The theory of Gifford Plnchot that
the consumers' price of water power
will be regulated by the cost of steam
power and that water power Is much
cheaper seems, in his estimation, to
Justify a rental about equal to the dif
ference la cost of generation. Such a
rental would be equivalent to a pro
tectlve tariff against the West, where
water power abounds and coal is dear.
and in favor of the East, where water
power is scarce and coal is cheap. It
would deprive the West of the benefit
of its natural advantages, while giving
the East the full benefit of its cheap
the war on disease did not even end
with his death. Having given his life
with all his talents to the cause, he
finally gave his body.
should be cheap.
now.
It Is thrown away
Tuberculosis Treatment.
F. F. P. wrltee: "(1) Is a flat-chested
person an easier prey to con.umption
than a hlch-chested Der.onT (2) Is a
To get relief from the neat a Tork lung that is underdeveloped a sign ot
State man plunged Into a pond In a
clay pit and died from cramps. The
result is uncertain and the plan is not
recommended.
tuberculosis? (3) Will sleeping out.td.
help develop the lung, of a person
that works inside for eight hour.T (4j
In your article I read some time ago
titled to. but when we say a thing the
whole world should know that we mean
It and that we are able to enforce it."
But the best of all 1. this:
In .peaking of the last river and
harbor bill a. a spectacle of shocking
waste, he .ays:
And It will continue (that Is. the practice)
until some American executive Is willing to
take his political life In his hands and come
before the Amercan people and say "Here 1
atand for business-like methods of govern
ment, come what will." Until that time
comes we will have to ret alenfr In a hap.
hazard way. For tho lPth century that way
misht have done, but It won't do for the
UOih century.
Prom The Oreconian. August 14. lgee.
The rebel-Democratlo ticket has suc
ceeded In Kentucky by 10.000 to 40,000
majority.
The Richmond. Va Times, desires
President Johnson to recall John C
Breckenrldge from exile for the alleged
reason that "there is no one whose in
fluence for good would be greater than
hi. in the.e troubled time.."
The Oregon Stage Company, of which
H. W. Corbett Is proprietor, advertises
It Is now prepared to carry pa. .angers
between Portland. Salem, Albany, Cor
valll. and Eugene City at greatly re
duced fares. Stage. leave Portland
every morning at , o'clock.
Madame Josephine D'Ormy. who a.
an operatic artl.t electrlclf led all large
cltle. In Europe and America. 1. In
Portland and Is stopping at Arragonl'a.
N. Hendeys. Arch Rader. Jacob Wlgel.
William Ber.ham and others, of Linn
County, are making preparations to ex
plore the Deschutes Valley a. far
south a. Goose Lake.
Washington The political world wa.
good deal .hocked In July bv the re
ported death of Senator Lane, of
Kansas. He left Washington some time
go In a singular frame of mind, soma
people saying he was going mad and
other, that he wa. only troubled. His
os cf the friendship of many of the
eaders of Kansas was a blow to him.
That 1.
elect him
splendid, and It ought to
if he never .ays another
To the man from the East, when ho
has burned coal all his life, settling in I their lungs that could be diagnosed It
Oree-on. the charm in fir wood seems thev went to a doctor, or would
the h-ast tne run Denent ot its cneap " - " . - l.u", -.. k h. to h di-nosedt
i mv- i .lt.v,i. ..i if great; but he recovers In a few sea- slight case be him to oe aiagno.eai
fuel. The only equitable policy, ir (5) Can these lesions be found even
any cnarge is to do maue, woum oo after the person is wellT (.) if a aoc
to impose a uniform tax on all power, I tor tells a person that he has a slight
steam or water, whether developed on I The boy who kills a bumblebee does case of tuberculosis and doe. not aa
nriv,t. n. mihiin iiinii or on navleable harm to tomatoes, according to an I visa him to take a rest from work,
streams. expert, wno says apparent piignt is
Such a tax. in fact any charge on non-pollenlzation of the blossoms.
power development, wouia militate
against the great need to which the I New note is going to Austria on the
about consumption you .ay 89 per cent word Wh,n a mn ,t4nd. on principle
In their live.. Have they lesions on
and right and forgets himself and
else as he stand, there he Is worth
vast deal more than gold to the world.
A man Is not worth much to the pub
lic until he does reach that point. When
I read that this morning In The Ore
gonlan I said, with a thrill in my
heart "Hurrah for Hughes!" It is glori
ous to know that there are men In the
Nation has awakened development of subject of the Petrollte. But one can
the electro-chemical Industry. Any hardly Imagine a flutter in Vienna
plants in that industry which may be over the news that it is coming.
erected in the united States would
face competition with plants In Europe The 10-cent loaf Is coming and
which have cheap power. Henry J. soon the five-cent loaf will be un
Plerce, of Seattle, said at the Portland known. Then the slicing machines will
Water-Power Conference that very be set to cut a little thinner.
cheap power Is necessary to the nitro
gen Industry. The plant at RJukan, The woman doctor did not get the
Norway, pays only $9 per horsepower Democratic Congressional nomination
only to rest a. mucn a. ne can " :.,, ,"" , . " " " "
l..n aVnul nlnn or 1Q hours OVer I .iuipo iiciwiiii
. . . I nlT, . ft,., .. T ? 1 tm ili. T" I
gn Is a turning point In
rs, as was that of 1860
and that we have the right man as
candidate for President now, as we
had then. LEVI W. MTERS.
night and eat good -food and breathe consequences. I
good air. will he get better by doing oentlal campalgi
so without a long rest?" T"? """J'
BBPLT.
I. Flat-chested persons are not liable to
contract consumption. xsarrow-cnesiea per
sons are.
2. An undeveloped chest is prone to Infec.
tlon bv tuberculosis. Not every narrow-
chested person, however, becomes tubercu
lous.
a. Ves.
4. Then mild ease, are usually not dlag-
noable even by the n.ost skillful pnysictani
In Kansas after all.
her.
A clergyman beat
Harney "Valley Is the wealth spot of I
Oregon If the report be true that I
every rancher has at least one car.
yearly for Its 300,000 horsepower and
$12 Is the highest price that can be
paid In this country. The nitrogen in
dustry does not exist In the United
States. but has been developed
throughout Europe, and in China, Ja
pan and Australia. The united states
is now dependent on Chile for nitrate.
and in 1913 paid that country 21,000.
000 for that commodity, J12.600.000
of the sum being export duty. In
seven years the richest nitrate beds of
Chile will be practically exnaustea,
and we must then either produce our
own supply or import from Europe.
It Is essential for the development of
agriculture that we use more nitrates
as fertilizer, for we now use an aver
age of only twenty-seven pounds per
- nnmnaAi4 witn 9An Ttoiinrln In
Germany. France and Belgium. The These are the days of slab-wood and
, , v,ortr.tion r.r s. cori-wood, cut wood and box-wood
of the Principal crops is from 50 to to worry the householder.
1 aa j mi t- trroatpr In F.nrnnA than
in th United States. As nitrates are A. bit of Siamese royalty la moving
5. No.
0. Will deDend on tha case. Some eases of
consumption get well with no greater ehanae
In hablta than Is indicated in your question.
LAW DEFENDED AS WHOLESOME
Physician Saya Some Wfce Evade Mar.
rlaare Liw Live to Regret.
PORTLAND, Aug. IS. (To the Edl
tor.) There appeared in The Oregonlan
recently a criticism, a. I take it. of the
Oregon law which requires a health
certificate from the male applicant
for a marriage license. These articles
speak of the money lost to Oregon
through the going from Portland to
Vancouver. Wash., or elsewhere of
those who would evade It. and the cost
to the applicant of the physician's and
notary's fee.
I am sure that these losses, both to
the county and to the Individual, are
trifling by comparison with the loss
incurred, in many Instances, as a result
A cow that makes a butter record Jr., ,',t vegetables, fruit, milk, olive of evasion of the law. From my point
always Deiongs to a man wno Knows I 0n; take plenty of exerefcse. would not view- mot oi a pnysician engagea
how to keep that kind of cow. I bre'athlnsr deenlv affect my weight?" In the treatment of disease, to pre-
P. liTPTjT I ii m Bira ox wnicn tne law is
Pa and ma. with children and t. a Pot on more flesh. (h They aro '"lJ"a,7.u w- ,."". .?"a. ."I
, j i i fn. ih. nnt ion. el Ton have been n i n i "i i'"
luucuuuica tiuu uocncia wvio wuy m I ' , - " I lmnortanre
... mi-lnrormed. . . importance.
Increasing In Weight.
V. S. writes: "1. How can L increase
the size of my breasts? (b) Are thi
medicine. advertised for this any
good? (c) I have been told that the
enormous buets seen sometimes are
That seaman who "sank" the I caused by them: that the bust starts to
rioiii..hionii in wnitlnir bin tnlent Ho I develop and cannot be stoppea. 2.
should be on a yellow Journal. would i .e io "'?"'
am O ICCl XV 1 1 1 1. 1 1 T n ion aim .
pounds, age 81. Have good appetite.
evidence yesterday morning.
2. Do not worry or fret. Get plenty of
sleep In a well-ventilated room, taat ail
that you now eat and In addition eat a bowl
of mlilc crumbled, lull ot cracaers twico
day.
BBPLT.
R1C KjREALL AXD BUCKAROO
The Oregonlan does not intend here.
In to be understood as casting its vote
one way or the other in the Interesting
discussion as to the origin of the name
of Mr. J. T. Ford's favorite stream. The
understanding which many have that
Rickreall Is a corruption of "La
Creole" and not an original Indian
name merely serves to remind us that
the origin of the name "Oregon" is
clouded with doubt, and that we have
other peculiar outgrowths of what
were strange words In the ears of
early settlers.
One of the most striking examples
Is "buckaroo," a term which the stock
ranchers of Washington and Oregon
in the past almost exclusively applied
to the cowboy. The term is yet-more
often heard than the "cowboy" of
Montana and Wyoming, although it
strangely has escaped the notice of
those writers of ranch fiction who are
supposed to acquaint Eastern readers
with the Western idioms and give
them a highly romantic idea of cow-
punching.
The writer of this article has en
countered buckaroos from Northern
Washington to Southern Oregon but
never a cowboy. One of them over In
the Moses Lake country, when asked
the difference, explained that a buck
aroo is more of a daredevil than a
cowboy, but this informant was a sort
of " simple-minded ' individual whose
most cherished possession was not a
".intt Zlt, Washington and John Barrett "0ra r.h"
"-- "f ----' will nther hlffi In. leathers is nung to or,,
it is essential to our imiuuiioi -icicimo . ..
w TirnflnpA our own buddIv. A I
charge on water power would be a I What may happen In war-time has
tax on this Important new industry, occurred In the Canal. The first vessel
It would also check irrigation, for " agrouna.
whli-h nower is needed to pump water
to land above the level of gravity sup- I If forcing the Dardanelles will re-
I auce me price oi wneat, tne grain will
Were the cost or aeveioping water up
nower as great In the West as the cost
of steam power, the policy of conser-1 Wilson Is planning to put
I have in the course of my practice
had occasion to treat more than one
young couple shortly after their mar.
rlage and from them I have obtained
first-hand Information as to their at
tltude toward this law. They in
the law was
evaded and realize that. If It bad not
been, much anguish would have been
spared them, to say nothing of serlou
inconvenience and much incidental ex
pen.e. The child of one couple of
tit u.ui.iu -"""---"-ibeen spared the sight of one eye. which
wa. lost. And another child would have
Wt FVatnera.
Q. A. L. writes: "Is it dangerous to """"7 "B ""V
bag or wet
Rock
Wilson Is planning to put Mr.
vation would be promoted by Its use In I Hughes on the defensive, but "it can't
preference to steam power. Water I be done.
Suitable for Portlaad Postoffice
Abundant and Accessible.
ROSEBTJRO. Or.. Aug. 12. (To the
Editor.) An article In The Oregonlan
announcing the letting of contract for
the erection of the Government postof
escaped an intractable disease of th
bladder. Can we not consider the law
as at least a step In the right direction
1L WELLAND HOWARD. M. D.
The Oregonlan doe. not que.tlon th
power perpetually renews Itself, while
coal and oil, once burned, cannot be
replaced. Even now, fears are ex
pressed that the available supply of
oil will be exhausted In a generation.
Wise policy dictates fujlest use of
water power, that exhaustible sources
of power may be conserved until our
available water powes becomes insuf
ficient for our prowlng needs.
' A preliminary report of the Inter
state Commerce Commission for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1916. gives
gross earnings of 80 per cent of rail
road mileage as $3,407,200,000, com
pared with $3,250,000,000 in 1913.
which was the previous high record.
In the calendar year 1914 there was
a decrease, of $130,000,000 and in the
first four months of 1915 a further
decrease of $46,000,000, but the turn
came In May last year and each month
showed a larger Increase until for
December It was $62,000,000 and for
the whole year, denlte the early
losses. It was $152,000,000. As corn-
six-shooter nor a silver-mounted sad- j parlson will be hereafter with the
Deer are reported to be plentiful
and "handy for opening day tomor
row.
flee building at Portland, and the wholesome intent of the law. It crltl
statement therein that Ea.tern stone I else, the law because the law's Intent
would probably be used, suggested theli. wholly evaded because It la a dea
thought that possibly bunders ana letter except In the particular that
Have you written to your friend
in the Oregon troops at the border?
Oregon stone for Oregon buildings!
Tell It to Lane and Chamberlain.
A man does not get drowsy in the
chair of a "lady" barber.
contractors were not aware or the
large deposits of sandstone and lime
stone In Douglas County accessible to
the railroad and partially developed.
The sandstone may be seen In the
Methodist Church, at Sunnyslde. Port
land, a beautiful dark gray stone, and
the limestone Is being shipped in large
quantities to the cement works at Os
wego. Would It not be advisable ror
your Chamber or commerce to re
quest the Oregon Representatives In
Congress to make an effort to nave the
drives away publlo revenues.
How Long Ia Ideal lerme.1
Boston Herald.
"What I. the Ideal length for a .er
mon?" Is a question now discussed 1
London. The question might be put
"What Is the length of an Ideal ser
mon?"
The late Doctor Parker said a serroo
should never be more than half
hour. "After so minutes or inrmnn
privilege of substituting Oregon stone ----insr deen sleen falleth unon man"
- The rare days due In June have Just 1 for foreign rock of the same durability I In the chapel of the Savoy I. a pulpit
TRIED LEADER FOCAD WATIG,
Violated Plcdses and Dutlea of Adnsla-
l.tratloa Reviewed.
PORTLAND. Aug. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Without being told whence it
came It would be the safest bet In the
world to wager that the following para
graph 1. taken rrom a Democratic pa
per. which it Is:
A tried leader Is a surer dependence, a
safer reliance, a more trustworthy toroo of
progress than Is any political party.
The body of the editorial advisee
voters to eliminate all consideration of
party lines In the pending campaign
and. rising to a patriotic rlane. "vote
for the man." tne man being Wood
row Wllaon. the Democratic candidate.
No "nonpartisan" who recommends
and insists upon tht. highly disinter
ested course on the pert of the sover
eign voter ever found quite what he
wanted Inside the Republican party.
Ever notice It?
But aside from that, the mere circum
stance that a leader ha. been tried
mean, nothing. The thing that Is of
concern to the public ia the result of
that trial In tha e of Xfr Wllmn
he assured the American people through1
his platform promises that he was op
posed to any man serving a second
term a. President nnd now see what
he 1. "trying" to do.
He promised free tolls to coastwise
American vessels through the big
canal and see what the law Is on that
question, enacted through his vigorous
Insistence.
He promised to lighten the cost of
living to the common people through
tariff reduction, but after depleting
full treasury through the operation
of his "trial" law a war tax was en- .
acted Increasing the burdens of the
people. Though "he kept us out of
war. said war tax Is still with us.
He promised a more economically
administered government and here we
are with a national appropriation ex
ceeding any previous record by more
tbsn 1150.000.000.
He promised that the full power cf
the United States should be employed
to protect the lives and property of
American citizens in ail countries of
the world and yet he recently officially
notified Carranxa that during the past
three years hundreds of American citl-'
sens have been murdered In Mexico and
in the United States and their property
destroyed a most flagrant esse of
iolemn promise on the one hand and
prolonged and distressing verbal can
nonading on the other. He ha. warned
Americans in Mexico to come home If
they want to save their live. It mar
reasonably be concluded from all this
that the platform assurances of protec
tion of life and property In any and
all foreign countries were made, like
molasses, "to catch flies with."
He sent the American army into
Mexico to catch Villa, but was afraid
to use the Mexican railroads or to go
Into the towns. He called It a "puni
tive expedition," though It was more
puny than punitive. Ho lost Villa, quit,
and though Villa is again pursuing a
murderous course, the Mexican raes.
Is now In that stage where a commls
sfon Is to decide where we are at. any
way, and. It we can come home, and
when and how.
There Is no doubt that we need a
"tried leader" all right, but It should
be one who ha. been tried and found
not wanting Hughes, for Instance.
T. T. GEER.
arrived.
in any contract let for construction, KjaM presented by Queen Victoria to
ana at an equal price; ueuvercu uu ui tne chapel when It was restored In
Klnsr As Customer.
London Standard.
An English milkman had Just fin
lshed his morning's round, and was re
turning home as he was addressed by
an enlisting sergeant. Well, my man.'
said the sergeant, "would you like to
serve the King? It would be the mak
ing of you." "That Hi would," said the
lob?
Your article. Intimates no attempt
had been made to secure the use of
our native rock and that the Govern
ment was willing to entertain a motion
to this effect. J. M. MOORE.
1S67. The glass is timed for 18 mln
utes. The Queen did not like long ser.
mon.. nor did Edward VII. The late
Rev. Henry White, who was chaplain
at the Savoy Chapel, also tor a time
chaplain of the Hou.e of Commons, de
clared that the "nlneteenthly" preacher
wa. a puduo nuisance. to him the
ideal eermon wa. an affair of 16
Her Plaaace at Home.
Detroit Free Press.
Doe. your husband do foolish things I minutes, and when he exceeded for any
ml Ik nun. very excited. "Ow much doe. with his money?" "Well. I wouldn't say I reason, or through forgetf ulneas. that
a a 4wr I that- He gives It all to me. I limit, ne wouia fine nimseii a shining.
Am Orator's Waterloo.
Everybody's Magazine.
A member of Congress from one of
the rural districts of Wisconsin wa.
ambitious to distinguish himself by hi.
oratory, and watched for a favorable
opportunity. A motion was made In
the Hou.e for enforcing the execution
of some statute, whereupon the would
be orator rose and. after solemnly
ga.Ing upon the House In silence for
a moment or so addressed It as fol
lows: Mr. Speaker, have we laws, or have
we not laws? If we have not laws, and
they are not observed, to what end are
those law. made?"
So saying, he sat down, his chest In
flated with conscious consequence. In
stantly Jim Mann, of Illinois, rose and
delivered this thought in these words:
"Mr. Speaker: Did the honorable
gentleman who last spoke speak to the
purpose, or did he not speak to the
purpose? If he did not speak to the
purpose. to what purpose did he
speak"