Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 18, 1916, Page 8, Image 8

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PORTLAND. MONDAY, DEC. 18. 1916.
BE REASONABLE.
After exhaustive examination
of
laws and court decisions pertaining
to Importation of Intoxicants, ex-Governor
West expresses the opinion that
the bone-dry amendment can .be
made operative by amending the ex
isting legislative enactment so as to
provide:
First That the receipt, possession and
see, as well as the manufacture and sale
of Intoxicating liquor within this state for
beverage purposes shall be unlawful; or
Second That the receipts, as well as the
manufacture and sale, of Intoxicating liquor
within this state shall be unlawful and that
the place of delivery within the state shall
he considered the place of sale.
Mr. West expresses no strong pref
erence for one amendment above the
other. As for ourselves we could form
a more definite opinion if Mr. West
had elaborated the first suggestion.
Receipt, possession "and" use, may
mea'n something different from receipt,
possession "or" use. Inhibition
Against ; possession of liquors unlaw-
t fully recelyed is not so debatable as
inhibition of possession of liquors law-
i Suljy received.
V Employment of, the conjunction
"and," it may be assumed, would
cause receipt, possession and use to
be construed together and make pos
session and use unlawful only of
liquors that had been Imported sub
sequent to adoption of the statute.
Employment of "or," on the other
hand, would inhibit possession or use
of private stocks of liquor which had
been lawfully received.
It Is more than doubtful If the lat
ter provision would be constitutional.
Certainly It would lead to no end of
trouble if attempts were made to en
force it. A man may submit grum
blingly to deprivation of things called
for by appetite or v desire, but It is
quite another thing when that which
he has lawfully paid out good money
for Is confiscated or he Is punished for
using It.
If it Is possible to secure total pro
hibition the second suggestion will
accomplish It Just as surely as the
first and cause less resentment, as
suming that the more drastic con
struction be put upon the first sug
gestion. Habit Is not easily conquered. It Is
true that "tapering off" has not been
signally successful when voluntarily
applied. But its enforced applica-
tion is In favor in curing the drug
. habit and It possibly would be suc
cessful In overcoming the liquor habit.
The prohibition brethren are en
thusiastic as result of recent triumphs.
Some would banish liquor forthwith.
But to enact and print a law does not
always cause the reform Intended.
Public sentiment Is more powerful
than statutes. A sweet reasonable
ness would be becoming and probably
would further the cause of prohibition.
UQTJOR MEN ARE STILL BLTXD.
Cries of alarm over the spread of
prohibition are going up from the
Journals of the brewers' and liquor
dealers' Interests. Frantic appeals
are made to "the trade" for what the
Brewers' Journal calls a "campaign of
education, enlightenment and organi
sation." A programme of law-observance
and reform from within is
offered by Colonel Gustav Pafost.
The liquor men's repentance comes
too late and their talk of organization
to defend the trade shows that they
have not yet learned the lesson con
veyed by their many defeats. When a
contest Is between advocates of a
moral reform and a trade which is
marked by its lawlessness and greedy
feeding on .vice, it can end only In
defeat for the trade. A way might
have been found for defeating prohibi
tion namely, the presentation of an
alternative policy for attaining the
same end by men entirely disassociated
from the trade. -Such men, openly
denouncing the misdeeds of the liquor
men, demanding their punishment and
proposing a policy which would have
purged the trade of its evils and would
have promoted real temperance as
distinguished from prohibition, might
have prevented many a state from
"going dry."
But the liquor men blindly per
sisted In treating the controversy as
one only between the prohibitionists
and their own sordid Interests. They
clung to their lawlessness, to their en
courage'ment of drunkenness and to
their association with vice, closlpg
their eyes to the growing public dis
gust with them. Men who opposed
such restriction of personal liberty,
who favored real temperance and
rigid regulation of the traffic were
restrained from openly opposing
prohibition lest they be confounded
n the public mind with the liquor
men's defenders and be suspected of
championing the vile- things whtab,
they abhorred as deeply as do the
prohibitionists. They dared not take
the risk. They left the liquor men to
make the open fight and silently voted
against dry proposals until many of
them, despairing of reformation by
any other means, voted to abolish the
liquor traffic entirely and turned the
scale against It. .
The greatest promoters of prohibi
tion have not been its open advo
cates, but the liquor men themselves.
tovery time one or tnem served a
drunken man, harbored thieves who
put knockout drops In a man's
orinK, amea nis Business witn a
gambling-house or a brothel, or
violated a law fixing the hour of clos
ing, he made votes for prohibition.
There is nothing In common between
such a man and the one who believes
that a man should be free to take a
glass of beer or wine with his dinner
and to take a nightcap at bed-time.
Carroll Livingston Riker, who pro
posed to divert the Gulf Stream, has
offered to the Government an inven
tion of a super-submarine which .he
iays can "sink every battleship and
very other fighting thing that floats
upon the open seas." It Is to have a
cruising radius of 21,000 miles and
Is to carry supplies for a year, and, if
fitted with his own brand of torpedo,
can sink "everything floating within a
radius of eight miles." Here's a
chance for Secretary Daniels to escape
building more battleships. .
1-"FAIR KLECTIOV LAWS.
A correspondent today-tells of a man
who became a citizen through natur
alization of the father during the
son's minority. He had voted for
forty years. His wife was American
born. But this year, because the nat
uralization papers of the father could
not be produced, he and his wife were
denied the right to vote. Had the man
been untruthful he could have sworn
he was' born In this country and nla
oath would in all probability have been
accepted without question.
The requirement that the citizen
who came to this country as a minor
must preserve through life the natur
alization papers of his father In order
always to be prepared to prove his vot
ing qualifications, while the native-
born citizen is not required to present
any sort of a birth certificate, does not
seem equitable. Yet denials of fran
chise because of loss of naturalization
papers were doubtless many..
In Portland a man who had been
honored- at the San Francisco exposi
tion as Oregon's foremost citizen and
who had voted for many years, found
that because of the destruction of rec
ords by lire he could not produce proof
that his father had been naturalized.
So to preserve his citizenship he found
it necessary to be naturalized.
There Is another inequitable provi
sion which deprlx.ee an American-born
woman of the right to vote if she be
comes the wife of an alien. Estab
lishment of voting qualifications is
purely a state function. Oregon makes
citizenship of the United States a
requisite of voters. Federal law pro
vides that a woman upon marriage ac
quires the citizenship of her husband.
A few words added to section 2, arti
cle 2, of the Constitution would pre
serve the right to vote of an American-born
woman regardless of the citi
zenship of the husband. If she re
mained a resident of the state. It
would be a proper addition to the sec
tion.
IS liOTTVTY LAW FAn.niE?
One of the penalties inflicted upon
Oregon by the existence within the
boundaries of the state of reserves of
various kinds and large areas of semi
arid Government lands is a tax for the
extermination of predacious animals.
State and counties spend a great sum
annually for that purpose and the
number of animals killed is incredible.
Tet the attempted extermination does
not exterminate. From "various
sources come reports" of an Increasing
number of coyotes and other animals
that prey upon flocks and herds.
The state biennial appropriation for
wild animal bounties is $90,000. In
the twenty-four months ending Sep
tember 30 of this year more than $64,
;000 had been-expended by the state
for the purpose, while under the terms
of the law-an equal amount had been
expended by the various counties, or
a total of more than $128,000. The
bounties are on coyotes, wolves, bob
cats, lynx, mountain lions and seals.
Lwith the pups of the various animals'
included.
Records of the number of various
kinds of scalps on which bounties have
been paid are 'available only at the
various county seats, but presumably
those of coyotes greatly predominate.
Of the total expended by state and
counties In two years, more than
$118,000 went for animals killed In the
counties of Eastern Oregon. Proba
bly the sum fairly represents the total
paid as coyote bounties, as numerous
coyotes are killed in Southwestern
Oregon. If the proportion Is a fair
one. It means that the number of
scalps of this one animal aggregated
probably more than 50,000. Likewise
It means that since the bounty law was
enacted. In 1909, nearly 200,000
coyotes have been killed in Oregon.
If coyotes still exist In menacing
numbers, it can only be assumed that
the bounty law Is a partial failure, and
that some other system ought to be
devised to exterminate these animals.
We make the guess, though It may be
a wild one, that $100,000 spent for
hunters' equipment and salaries of a
force of men to do nothing but hunt
coyotes would pretty nearly cause
their extermination In two years and
thereby end what is in effect a con
tinuing appropriation of that sum.
crrrxiziNG the indiaks. -
One of the strongest indictments of
lilt? W 111 LO IIlcLIl a LI callUcUl 111. Lilt? 11
dian is that he has in ef fet forced
the Indian to cease living like a red
man but has neglected to teach him
how to live like a white man or to
protect himself against white man's
diseases or to guard against white
man's vices. When the Indian was
tempted to abandon the breezy tepee,
where he got fresh air though it was
mixed with smoke, and live In a house,
the one thing that struck him was
freedom from drafts. He was not
taught the necessity of ventilation, so
he stopped up every crack where air
could enter. In consequence he con
tracted tuberculosis. Association with
white men gave him smallpox and
other deadly diseases, but the white
man long neglected to teach him how
to ward off the disease or to provide
means of curing it. The white man
took away his hunting ground, but
was slcTw about teaching him to farm
and raise livestock. Idleness while
dependent on rations led the Indian
to vice, and disease made such rav.
ages that the red men's ranks were
decimated and they came to be re
garded with some reason as a van
ishing race.
For a generation past the Govern
ment has been laboring to atone for
this neglect. It began by providing
the Indian with farm implements and
seed and teaching him to farm. It
taught him to raise livestock, and
provided him with the beginnings of
a nera. it taught mm to build a
house and to repair his tools. It edu
cated him and thus opened to him
all the lore of the white man. It did
its utmost to keep alcohol away from
him and rescue him from drunken
ness.
The present Indian Commissioner,
Cato Sells, has followed up this work
by making a vigorous campaign for
preservation of the Indian's health, at
tention to which had been made sec
ondary to the many other efforts on
his behalf. More physicians have
been employed,, hospitals have been
provided and a campaign has been
conducted to spread . knowledge of
health and Sanitation, especially in the
care of babies. The result has been
that the excessive rate of infant mor
tality has been reduced and 'the gen
eral death rate among the red men
has been lowered seven per 1000
There is a net excess of -births over
deaths, and the Indian population Is
at last on the increase.
It is fast becoming a population of
self-supporting, industrious citizens.
The number of Indians drawing free
rations from the Government de
creased from 6650 to 3807 in the last
fiscal year, and the annual individual
Income of Indians under Federal su
pervision increased from $15,308,662
to $16. 069, 515, the number of Indian
farmers increasing 3702. During the
last three years land patents In fee
have been given to 3600 Indians, who
thus ceased to be wards of the Gov
ernment and became citizens manag
ing their own affairs. Such progress
In this respect has been made among
the Cherokees that their tribal gov
ernment has been practically dis
solved. . .
For a time It was held that the In
dians could not survive as civilized
people; that as fast as they put on
civilized ways they would die. This
theory has been proved false. The
Indians live and multiply when taught
fully how to live as white men. Their
first attempts failed because they
learned one-half of the, lesson first,
and that was the wrong half.
TOO FTJ3TXT TO WORK.
Whatever its popularity among the
hoi pollol, the pun gives only offense
in intellectual centers. "One may there
fore imagine the Indignation of the
Boston Transcript upon discovery of
the following wit. persiflage and repar
tee in the Congressional Record. The
dialogue concerns an appropriation of
$4 39.09 to pay a man for work done
for the Federal Government:
Mr. Bennett There was a building.
Mr. Moore There was a bell.
Mr. Bennett Of course, there was a bell.
Mr. Moore What became of the bell and
the building?
Mr. Bennett I -win tell tne gentleman.
Mr. Moure The gentleman ought to read
the whole report.
Mr. Bennett It says: "The bell was after
wards placed upon the main building in
a more advantageous position." 1 should
thJnlc 'anv nosltlon .would be more advan
tageous than on top of a. tower which la
in the scran heaD.
Mr. Moore That Is what -we are asked to
pay $109 for?
iir. .Bennett surely.
Mr. Smith Did It look like a part of the
belfry or part of the building In the scrap
heap?
Mr. Bennett No, tt was a tower. The
gentleman. If he reads his Bible, will find
out what a tower is.
Mr. Smith Was the tower built from the
ground up or from the top of a building?
Mr. King Was it a belfry or a bell tower?
Mr. Bennett It was not a belfry or a
bell hop. but a bell tower, and all that is
left of It is In the scrap.
air. iiing will the gentleman explain
whether the tower is a part of the build
ing or the building a part of the tower?
Mr. Bennett When the gentleman has
been ire long enough, he will not think
Mr. Madden Does the gentleman think
tne gentleman from California (Mr. Baker)
Is the bellwether?
Mr. Bennett No: there was not anvthlnr
about It except scrap, and this is the most
recent scrap in connection with it. (Laugh
ter. ) I will answer the gentleman on my
rieht. who asked me If I did not think this
was a belfry. I remember when I came
nere to congress I heard this House dla
cuss tor two days the question as to
whether a brass field nun was fortifica
tions or not. and I rlilnv th,u rinoiiv
determined that a "Trass field gun on wheels
was a fort. Now, if .the gentleman thinks,
after that determination of this House, I
am going to pass on the question offhand
as to whether this particular construction
a oenry or not. he is mistaKen.
And so it went on all day. remarks
the Transcript. We were at the 'time
menaced by foreign war: rights of
American citizens were being violated
tne world over; the Nation was in an
appalling state of unpreparedness.
vital matters of Importance were bend
ing and time was valuable; highly im
portant matters were even later
passed with little deliberation and in
an unfinished state. Yjet the House
punned all day long.
Oh, well, if we are too proud to fight
what are we to do? What., better
concomitant than to be too funny to
work? Give us lots of pride and a
strong sense of humor. Then what
ever comes may come and be hanged
to it.
congress should be encouraged
rather than chided. If merriment is
inculcated in the masses by such pre
cept, we-shall learn to observe Villa's
rough jokes with smiles as well as In
difference, and to view invasion of
American rights with loud guffaws.
tsoston should get in touch with times
and inevitable conditions. To be fat
is to be lazy and good-natured.
ALLini) STRATEGY IX TI1K BALKAN'S
One of the first decisions to be
reached by the Lloyd George Cabinet,
in conjunction with Britain's allies,
will relate to the Balkan peninsula
It now appears that the blunder-
ing and procrastination which ' have
brought disaster upon the allies in
the Balkans have been due to divided
counsels as well as to Mr. Asquith's
calm deliberation. The ex-Premier
favored treating that field of op
erations as of secondary importance;
the new Premier agreed with Premier
Briand, of France, that the campaign
in that quarter should be a main
feature of allied strategy. A sort of
compromise was made, by which the
Gallipoli' expedition was muddled into
failure, Bulgaria was alienated, Serbia,
Montenegro and Albania were lost
Then the Lloyd George policy was
adopted so far that an army was sent
to Salonikl, but no decisive step was
taken to bring Greece into line and
nearly a year was lost during which
the army, might have been fighting its
way to the Danube for a junction with
Roumanla. find finnllv with "Russia
ftn consequence Roumanla has been
overrun, the Teuton line has been ex
tended to - the Black Sea and the
southern frontier of Russia Is threa
tened. Divided counsels have con
signed 750,000 men to inaction or to
very limited action 'while a vast terri
tory has been lost. A gap has been
left In the blockade and much of- the
navy's work has thus been wasted.
It is conceivable that, had the Lloyd
George policy been adopted at the
outset, either an army would have
been sent to the Dardanelles with the
fleet in February. 1915, with a good
ehance of seizing the straits, or that
army would have been sent to Serbia
to enable that country .to hold back
the Teuton Invader. This plan would
have been dictated by a desire to pre
vent communication between the cen
tral empires and Bulgaria and Turkey
by completing the ring around the
Teutons. Had it succeeded, it might
harve drawn Bulgaria and Greece Into
the allied camp; It might have drawn
Roumanla in much sooner, and It
would in those events have linked up
the armies of .Britain and France In
Serbia with those of the other Balkan
states and, through them, with that
of Russia. Supplies could then have
been sent to Russia by way of Salonikl
and the wheat of Russia could have
been exported. The corridor between
Berlin and Constantinople would have
been closed and Turkey would have
been shut off from German guns and
ammunition, while the central powers
would have got no food from Bui
garia or Roumanla and no troops
from Turkey.
Consideration of these might-have
beens conveys some idea of the great
advantage derived by the central
powers from their enemies' errors and
from their own wiser and more
vigorous strategy. It brings out the
contrast between the situation as It
existed in the Spring of 1915 and the
situation today. The allies are now
called upon to decide whether they
shall undertake to do now, under
these far more adverse conditions,
that which, they probably admit to
themselves, they should have done
then. In view of the much greater
magnitude of the task, the probably
at least covert hostility of Greece in
their rear and because of the long and
dangerous line of sea communication,
should they abandon it as no longer
feasible or should they adapt and in
crease their means " to the changed
circumstances ?
In favor of persisting, it may be
contended that an army undertaking
to reconquer Serbia and to conquer
Bulgaria would afford valuable aid to
Russia and Roumania by forcing the
Teutons to divide the forces available
for this field of operations; that this
aid is due to the eastern allies; that
abandonment of the enterprise would
be construed as desertion of Serbia
and would throw Greece openly into
the arms of Germany, making every
Greek island and Inlet a refuge for
submarines, which would prey on com
merce bound to and from the Orient
through the Suez Canal. Against this
policy may be urged the old argu
ments that the troops and ships needed
in the Balkan campaign could be used
to better advantage on the western
front; tha the waste of ships by sub
marine attack would be greatly les
sened; that the war Is to be decided
on the west: and that France and
Britain would render Just as effec
tive aid to their eastern allies by
fighting the Germans there as by
sending troops and supplies on the
long and perilous voyage to the
Aegean Sea.
Continuance of pressure on Greece
implies that the allies intend to
prosecute the Balkan adventure with
renewed vigor. Should they do so,
some of the fiercest fighting of the
war may be expetted to result from
the effort to close the Jaws of a huge
trap, one in' Macedonia, the other in
Moldavia and the Dobrudja, designed
to cut off the Teutons from Bulgaria
and Turkey.
The railroad brotherhoods have con
ferred an unintended boon on the un
organized employes. Their eight-hour
demand forced the companies to use
as campaign material the wide dis
crepancy between the wages of the
organized and unorganized employes
and stirred the latter into action. They
can quote the railroads own state
ments against them in a plea for more.
and the roads see no alternative to
granting it.
The preparedness agitation gave the
South Its opportunity. It was an
open secret at the last session that
Mussel Shoals on the Tennessee River
was to get the nitrate plant, and the
choice of a location for the armor
plant Is narrowing down to some place
away down South. But if any dispar
aging remarks should be made, the
gentlemen from the South would ask:
What are we here for?"
No matter how small the crops.
nothing can stop the farmer from
making money. The short crops of
this year are worth $1,750,000 more
than the big crops of last year. The
rural credit system may yet be
changed into a system for the farmer
to lend ' his surplus capital to the
dwellers In cities.
It Is a cold day when Missouri is
not bucking some trust. It has gone
up against the oil men, the insurance
men, and now it has brought the meat
packers to time. Missouri is slow to
change its habits. It keeps on trust-
busting long after other states have
turned to other sports.
When Townshend's army surren
dered at Kut last Spring, the relieving
army was about eleven miles distant.
It has now reached within three-quarters
of a mile. Old John Bull is slow,
but he Is deathly sure. He takes so
long to fight his wars as to destroy
human Interest In them.
Discovery of suspected robbers at
Halfway, Or through their attempt to
sell plunder through the mails adds
to the difficulties of the burglary busi
ness. Use of the mails to dispose of
loot is almost equivalent to a confes
sion, for It makes a clear trail.
Italian girls who cannot by royal
decree have any candy for two weeks
will gaze toward America, where con
fectionery Is a great feature of the
holiday season.
Success of the plan in Multnomah
leads Hood River County to declare
tor a roadmaster with vested author
ity. Hood River people are progres
sive.
Possibly those -Germans whom the
French took prisoner at Verdun were
more easily caught because they were
leg-weary with chasing the Roumani
ans.
The son of the late John R.. McLean,
who disputed the terms of "the will,
must get along on more than $700,000
a year, which certainly Is hard luck.
Tacoma women are indignant at the
proposal to limit phone talks to four
a day, although that number will
cover everything but gossip.
How would "Thou shalt not drink!"
suit the Nebraska Legislature, which Is
seeking a "dry" law that shall be abso
lute. ,
'This is the one time of year when
the young man wishes he had money
in the bank and wonders why he has
not; t
In emergency Commissioner Baker
Is an' expert in cleaning up snow, but
he cannot clear the streets of fog.
This "Is the season of snow and
storms on the Atlantic Coast, but they
seem never to be reconciled to if.
It was a wise wife who kept the
porch light aglow to guide home the
head of the house last night.
If today were Christmas instead of
the lSth, old Santa Claus might have
missed the city in the fog.
Once more Greece has accepted an
ultimatum and promised to be good
Now watch for the next.
. Dark "old Lunnon" has nothing on
Portland In the matter of fog at times.
'Rah for Portland! Her
"skinned", the Tacoma bunch.
cats
The most effective holiday hints are
found in the purse,
How to Keep Well.
BV DR. W. A. EVANS.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease. If matter of gen
eral interest, will' be answered In this col
nmn. Where space will not permit or tne
suhje-t Is not suitable letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Err. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot be answered.
tCopyrlght, 1016. by Dr. W. A. Kvans.
Published b arrangement .with the Chicago
Tribune.)
DOCTOR'S ORDERS.
J. A. B. writes: "I am a. young fel
low 22 years old. I weigh 183 pounds
and am six feet two Inches. Is this
weight all "right or what ahould I
weigh?
"Have tuberculosis and took a doc
tor's advice and got plenty to eat, sleep,
and outdoors mostly all day, and sleep
outdoors." I have gained 23 pounds
since I took the rest cure.
"I weighed 165 pounds, then took
gastrio fever and went down to 145
pounds in five days on milk to keep my
fever down, then went to a seashore
and gained 13 pounds In three weeks.
then carried mall tor one week and i
then went to a doctor.
"I am very thankful for this gain,
as I wat very thin. Now I aril fat 145
pounds to 183 pounds in three months
Just by taking a doctor's orders and
keeping to it."
REPLY.
An average weight for. man of your age
and height la 17. Keep the extra five
pounds.
Food Advlee.
X. Y. asks: "1. Is caacara Injurious
when taken In small doaes through a
long period of time? If so, how is It in
jurious? (Does it injure the digestive
organs, the brain, the heart, or what
organ?
"2. Are not bran products too irri
tating for some constitutions and con
ditions? "3. Are wheat cereals. rice, v and
sweet potatoes among the foods which
should be lessened where starch is
objectionable?
"4. Will you give one or two sam
ple menus for a light supper for one
who needs nourishment, but cannot di
gest starches satisfactorily V
REPLY.
1. Cursrs. made from California buck
thorn. Is somewhat similar to rhubarb In Its
action. It acts as a purge or laxative by
mildly stimulating the muscles and the
glands of the Intestinal wall. It la prob
ably the most harmless drug used as a lax
ative, harming no orgafi except tnose oi
the digestive system. It Is not to be taken
regularly because it does harm habitually
to stimulate artificially the intestines with
any drug.
2. Yes. though probably the number Is
small. Where bran Is not suited, agar often
proves beneficial. Whatever is used, water
must be consumed freely.
- 8. Yes.
4. Cottage cheese, clabber milk, one slice
of thoroughly toasted -bread or swelback.
and one uesviery fruit should constitute the
backbone or a light evening meal. Among
menus recommended by Allen are:
1. Egg (1). turnips (2 heaping table
spoonfuls), spinach 12 heaping tablespoon
fuls). tea.
2. Egg (1). cauliflower (5 heaping table-
spoonfuls), spinach (2 heaping tablespoon-
xuisj. tea.
3. Err (1). boiled onlona (2 heaping ta
blespoonfuls). bread (1 thin slice), milk (8
taoiespooniuis). toutter. cream, tea
's. Chicken 1 small serving), turnips (2
heaping table-spoonfuls), celery (6 stalks).
Not Good IInt.lt.
M. f. S. II. writes: "Several years ago
I suffered badly from sore throat and
cough. An old lady told me my stom
ach was upset and if I. took a little
bicarbonate of aoda after each meal It
would sweeten my stomach and stop
my cough. It did so and I have never
bad a eore throat since and rarely
cough. Does the soda do any harm? I
am 52 years old and lately there ha.
appeared a lump on the Joint of my lit
tie finger, which pains me at times.
It eeems-to be a deposit of some kind.
Can you suggest a remedy?"
REPLY.
It Is not good Judgment to habitually
take any mineral salt such as soda. When
one eats too much acid ash food and
therefore seems to need soda, let him eat
less meat and more vegetables, especially
potatoes, botta disturbs the digestion bv un
duly stimulating the production of acid by
the stomach, it also has some tendency to
accumulate In the a j stem. Perhaps the
mass on your ringer is a gouty deposit.
Probably you had better have a physician
utsciue.
Sterilization.
- 11. . a. w. writes: "Would you
kindly Inform me of the method of op
eration for sterilization?-
REPLY.
The operation In the male consists In sev
ering the small duct called the spermatic
cord. An incision an Inch long Is made
through the skin. The incision Is half an
Inch deep. The cord Is lifted, tied in two
places and cut between the ligatures. After
this the skin Incision Is closed. The' opera
tion Is very simple, easily made and with
out danger.
The operaton on ,the female consists In
opening Into the abdomen, picking up the
two Fallopian tubes, tying each of them
with two ligatures and severing the tubes
between the ligatures. After this the ab
dominal wound Is closed. The operation
on the female Is more dangerous and less
easily done than on the male.
Sterilization, as the term suggests, causes
sterility. It does not bring about change of
life, or otherwise radically change the in
dividual. Hair Falls Out.
H. H. O. writes: "1. What can be
done to prevent hair from comlnsr out?
12. When are cold showers injurious?
j. ine SKin on tne soles of my feet and
around the toes becomes hard and
cracks. What Is the probable cause
and a remedy? I bathe daily."
REPLY.
1. Wash your hair and scalp twice a
week, spend considerable time each day
brushing your hair.
2. When one is unable to set no a clow
following the shower.
3. Alassage with some grease.
No Artificial Habit.
E. O. L. writes: "I am a young man
21 years old. enjoying the best of
health. I have read a great deal about
those 'internal baths' and cleaning out
the large Intestine. I i never suffer
with constipation, but have become in
terested in the idea of these 'Internal
baths.' Do you think they are of any
real value?"
REPLY.
Keen away from internal baths. vt-
seems to be taking care of you. Why a caul re
an artificial.
unnatural habit?
May eed Glasses,
W. F. S. writes: "will you kindly
give me the cause and treatment for
what is commonly called 'sore eyes'?
Have tried various remedies following
the advice of physicians, but have
found nothing as yet very effective."
REPLY.
First, you must find out what your trou
ble is. Perhaps you need glasses. Have
you trachoma? Or granular lids? Any
of these can cause sore eyes.
Palpitation,
C. E. B. wishes to know; "what
causes palpitation of the heart, andi if
it Is dangerous? Is the heart apt to
become dlseasedby It?"
REPLY.
Possibly using tobacco la the cause In
your case. It may be due to Indigestion,
constipation or Introspection. By all means
nave your heart examined. Continued pal
pitation may be the result of organlo heart
disease. It may cause the heart muscle to
degenerate.
An Address.
Mrs. A. B. writes: "Please give me
the address where Galbralth's "Four
Epochs of a Woman's Life" can be se
cured." REPLY.
It Is published by TV. B. Saunders tz Co.,
of FhlUdeliihia, Pa. Price (LOO.
ELECTION LAW DISCRIMINATORY
American Born Woman Loses Right to
Vote Upon Wedding Allen.
UNION, Or., Dec 15. (To the Edi
tor.) A day or two ago I read with
Interest your reply to the query ques
tioning the Jeopardizing of Montana's
lady Representative In Congress. I
see no cause to differ with you that
Mlsa Rankin might marry without
violating her pledge to the people of
that state or losing her place in Con
gress. Like yourself. I am also at sea
as to what the courts might say, pro
vided, that her husband should be a
citizen of another nation. Probably
the lady from Montana has also taken
that matter under consideration and
will look after the details herself, no
doubt being somewhat familiar with
the laws.
Another question puzzles me. A
woman who had been born in the
Untted'States Missouri had married a
man of Canadian birth, whose father
had been naturalized a good many
years ago. The man himself had lived
In this country since childhood, having
exercised hla right of franchise for
over 40 years. The wife became a
voter when Oregon conferred that
right to women. This season In re
registering, the original papers of the
father could not be found, and the man
and woman were disfranchised. Both
are American citizens; one by birth.
the other by regular process of law.
The work of naturalization will have
to be done over again. Probably that
is regular and Just.
Another case was where a woman.
native born, and a voter for several
years, married a British subject. The
man Lad taken steps to secure the
rights and privileges of Americanism
and yet this woman, a former voter,
was disfranchised by her marrlajre.
Here at least is a case of a citizen and
voter losing a vested right. " Having
been made a voter and availed herself
of the right she was then disfran
chised. Can they do it? If so. It will
be well for women to understand that
when they were given greater privi
leges they were also burdened with
greater responsibilities and that to
neglect the latter may deprive them
of the former. W. A. MAXWELL
NEWSPAPERS I.N HOLIDAY DRESS
Northwest Jon run la Creditably Observe
Spirit of Season.
Holiday editions of Oregon and
Washington papers 'are beginning to
arrive.
The "Chrtetmas Edition" of the Wal
la Walla Bulletin appeared Thursday
In 36 pages. While much of the text
Is of the nature of an annual review of
the progress of the city, there Is a lot
of the holiday spirit. The large space
given to advertising shows business
men appreciate the Bullletin as a me
dium. The Newberg Graphic of December
14. in illuminated cover and extra
pages, is evidence that Newberg busi
ness men are "a live bunch." Most of
the paper Is devoted to advertising, but
it is "good reading" at that.
The ilverton Appeal of Friday is an
other testimonial to refute the peurile
cry of "hard times." The Oregonian
had occasion recently to apeak of the
acumen shown by Sllverton men In
patronizing the columns of the Appeal.
In the Christmas edition they go the
limit.
In Its seventh annual holiday num
ber, the Goldendale Sentinel eschews
color, but has all the other character
Istics of the season in text and lllus
tration in Its 24 paces.
The Vancouver Daily Columbian of
Friday was an "Annual Industrial and
Agricultural Edition." In which prune-
growlng, dairying and nuts were ex
ploited, as well as the "prosperity and
automobiles" of the farmers of Clarke
County. Technically speaking, the is
sue is an everyday classic.
The Oregon City Courier presents i
"XmB Shopping Number," with 10
pages of Interest. They are good to
look upon.
The Polk County Observer, of Dallas
has its customary holiday appearance
In a cover of color, with Santa Claus
the feature.
MY BARBER TOLD ME SO.
The country's loping to the dogs at
an alarming pace, its doom is written
by the hand of fate; 'twill not survive
the terrors 'twill be called upon to
face If legislation does not bar the
gate. When roar of battle ceases In
the lands across the sea a tide of im
migration here will flow 'twill cheapen
honest labor to a ruinous degree. My
barber as he shaved me told me so.
.Bread lines will be established over
all the stricken land to feed the unem
ployed with scanty food, and soon the
smouldering fires of revolution will be
fanned, the earth be fertilized with
crimson blood The kings of predatory
wealth will grovel in the duet and beg
for mercy from a maddened foe and
vengeful hands will clutch the throats
of heads of every trust. In tearful
tones my barber told me so.
The cost of living will go up and
mingle with the stars, will be In only
telescopic view, and millionaires alone
will nurse the butt ends of cigars, while
workmen must the soothing weed
eschew. In Winter when the grass is
dead we'll munch alfalfa hay and bran
mash in our stomachs we will stow, and
thousands will with acute Indigestion
pass away. My future-scanning barber
told me so.
When he had brushed the talcum
from my smooth, hand-polished face
and helped me don my last year s over
coat, weighed down with dire forebod
ings I meandered from his place, my
fears "bout aril the burden I could tote.
To obviate recurrences of this alarming
dope and .shield from care my timid
shrinking soul I bought a safety razor
and a cake of quick-shave soap and
shy at sight of his red striped pole.
JAME3 BARTON ADAMS.,
Winner ef Wager.
PORTLAND, Dec. 16. (To the Ed
ltor.) A bets that he can shoot ducks
out of a boat on the Columbia River.
B bets that If he shoots ducks out of
a boat he will be liable to arrest.
The law says you must not shoot
ducks out of a power boat, sneak boat
or eink boat.' The Game Commission
says you can shoot ducks out of a row
boat. Who wins?
BERT ANDERSON.
A wins the bet technically, unless
power boats, sneak boats or sink boats
were specified at the time wager was
made.
Treatment of Catarrh.
CAMAS. Wash.. Dec. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) Please tell me what is the best
remedy to cure chronic catarrh. Is
Sam Kata oxygen treatment, which is
advertised in many newspapers, good
to cure chronic catarrh, and can ca
tarrh' be cured'ln this climate?
ONE OF YOUR READERS.
Catarrh la a condition, not a dis
ease. The only way to cure It Is to
find out what Is causing, the condition
and treat that. Go to a noso special
ist Instead of spending your money on
patent medicines. '
Another Moon Rainbow Seen.
AURORA. Or., Dec. 15. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Sunday Oregonian De
cember 10. I saW that a rainbow was
seen at Eugene, that was caused by
the moon. I wish to 6ay that on Fri
day morning. December 8. I saw a rain
bow at about 6 o'clock.
It looked Just like the one described
at Eugene. One end was near a large
avood and was much brighter where
the trees formed a background. The
rainbow was seen near Scott Station,
on the Canby-Molalla Railroad.
EDWARD W, SCOTT.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years A so.
From The Oregonian. December 18, lSlj
Washington Information available
here Indicates that neither Flmon nor
Hill will get the clroult Judgeship.
Judge lllram Knowles, of Montana,
seems favored.
New Tork Arrangementa are being
made for a match race between the
sensational Electioneer filly Sunol and
Nancy Hanks, the best filly that ap
peared In the East last year. Nancy,
Hanks Is trottlng-bred to a high de
gree and Sunol has more the blood of
a thoroughbred.
William Hume Js making rapid prog
ress in codifying the city ordinances.
Dr. J. B. Mahanna. the single rati
system Investor, has' gone back to
Union. Meanwhile the construction of
the Tortland company's plant awaits.
H. H. Wendllng was elected presi
dent of the East Side Democrats' Club
Wednesday night. John Barrett was
one of the speakers.
Senator Stephen B. Elklns has been
appointed Secretary of War.
As Mrs. Holmes, a sister of Mrs. R.
Everding, was passing in the vicinity
of Morrison and Eighth street, about
6 P. M. Thursday, a man grabbed a
purse she was carrying, but Mrs.
Holmes fought him off.
Louis Dammasch. well-known tenor
singer, will celebrate his crystal wed
ding tonight.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonian. December 19, 1869.
A. W. Flournoy has been elected
Speaker .of the House of the Idaho
Legislature.
Among the recent marriages was
that of William Myers and Miss Cor
nelia L. Richardson, which occurred at
Orodell. Union County. November 13,
and of Ileman J. Geer and Miss Eliza
A. Duncan at Cove, Union County, Oc
tober 1.
Professor H. G. Grob will form
classes In vocal and instrumental musio
on and after January 2 next year.
A young lady In the country we
would fain believe her a very young
lady, though it is more probable she Is
one of those, gushing creatures whose,
age has beer for many years, uncer
tain sends us some plaintive verses
about the "Melancholy Days." which
she discovers have come. The verses
have added & new gloom to the already
"dark aa Winter" atmosphere.
Captain Kelly and his company of
Eighth United States Cavalry arrived
on the Alert and took rassage on the
Fanny Traup for Fort Vancouver.
rLAIST OF TILE NATIONAL GUARDS
MAN.
Six months ago I donned O. D., m
A fighter bold I was to be.
My country needr.l men, 'twas said.
The Articles of War were read;
I told my folks and friends good bye.
And came down south ail tlxed to die.
My first day In the sun, I thought "
Our country's honor dearly bought.
Cut moved Into a nice brown tent.
As yet 1 haven't paid the rent.
Except in sweat which oozes out
Like water pouring from a spout.
The natives call the weather "nice"
I'm sittln' on a cake of Ice.
It's Winter now and Summer's o'er.
The temperature Is ninety-four.
An "order home" I want real bad.
At Army lire I'm peeved and mad.
I'm tired of playing at Boy Scout,
I went a chance to go about
'Without a sergeant at my heels.
And bugles calling me to meals.
I want to sleep Inside a bed.
A downy pillow- 'neath my head,
A gentle voice to ssy "Arise,
The sun Is flaming In the eklea.
I'm tired of grooming Army mules.
And drilling by a set of rules.
My patriotism's on the wane,
X wonder if er "someone's" sane.
Keeping us here to "watch and wait.
I v.lsh. they'd open up the gate
And let us clean up "Mexlcal"
Perhaps I'd cop a Spanish, gal.
But I'd prefer to go back home
Wild thoughts are flying through ra-f
dome.
I want some molsture-eweetened air:
This arid climate makes me swear.
I dream of certain eyes of blue.
And hair of brown that's light as dewj
I wonder If "she'll" love me when
In years to come I'm home again.
I'll need a book on etiquette.
The latest written I can get,
I won't know how to act, you see:
This life has made a bum of me.
My arms are brown with tan and dust.
A mirror fills me with disgust,
I haven't shaved for seven days. -
The salary the Army pays
Will not permit of barber's care;
1 even have to cut my balr!
The grub they feed would kill a cow;
Twas O. K. once, but awful now.
I dream of stt-aks and chops of veal.
And then awake to eat oauneal.
The coffee's mostly sawdust blend.
My own O. I3 I have to mend.
Anil Few on buttons by the score;
My needle finger's lame and sore.
I wash my clothes la water cold.
The sun will heat it, so I'm told.
I use a ilollle's washboard frail.
And for a tub I use a pall.
They say I'm serving Uncle Pam,
For glory I don't care a excuse rue
Back home is where I want to be,
A-drawlng down my salary.
And salting some tor future years.
Ah me, alas, forgive these tears.
This poetry Is growing worse,
I think I'd better call the hearse.
Oh, Bluey, Bluey, there's the horn,
I've got to feed my horse some corn.
We don't feed corn, we fted them oats;
They're always hungry, darn the goats!
Oh. gentle reader, pause awhile.
And If this "holler" makes you smile.
Ju&t lay your business "on the shelf
And try the Border Guard youreelf.
REX r. MILES.
Field Co. A. Washington Signal Corpa.
Hawaii.
Thomas B. Tbarra, In the N'enr York Times.
(As it M. if the Idea given of It In the
countless Hawaiian sons' of tho day is cor
rect.) On the beach of Wlkkrywikky,
Twenty thousand dusky maids
Were parked together like sardines
Cxpertir.g serenades.
On waves they s'.vam. on boughs they swung.
On straps attached to palms they hung.
And waited patiently.
Till twenty thoncand Yankees rude
Came Jostling through the multU'jde
Ar.d sanr this melody:
"Oh. my Hawaiian fay, t
I'll serenade you dally.
Having learned to play
I'pon the ukulele;
It ccrtair.ly is more than queer
That I should Journey over here
To advertise my iJsion,
And be Irrevocably bent
On twBni;lnc thts frak lrstrnm-'it;
But. maiden, it's the fashion'.'
The twenty thousand ladles
With Cupid's arrows shot.
Annexed those twenty thousand men
And wed them on the spot.
They Journeyed o'er the Southern
Ami-! stentorian melodies.
While void of maids and men.
And of tne ukuleles glut.
Was lovely Wikkyvviltky But
It soon filled up again!
At This Season.
Life.
His Wife Charles. dear, you aro
growing handsomer every day.
I m forry, Iacbel, but I'm ra'.her hard
up at present.