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K)KTLA.U, WEDKESDAI, JAX. 17, 1817.
A USSON FROM HISTORY.
President Buchanan, a Democrat, in
18 S 9 recommended armed interven
tion In Mexldo, where civil war pre
vailed and where many Europeans
had been robbed and murdered. Con
gress refused.
At that time JJTance, Austria and
Italy were at war, but in 1861, soon
after the war ended, France, Britain
and Spain intervened in Mexico by
armed force. The two latter powers
soon withdrew, but France continued
to occupy the republic.
When the Civil War in the United
States ended in 1865, this country de
manded that France withdraw, and
moved an army to the border. Not
until then did France withdraw its
forces.
Civil war again prevails in Mex
ico. The armed force which the
United States sent into that country is
about to be withdrawn, and the Mex
ican factions are to be left to fight it
out. Again many Europeans have
been robbed and murdered. Again, as
In 1868, Europe la preoccupied with
a war of its own.
Is there no lesson In the historical
facts which we have cited for our
Instruction as to the probable out
come of the present chaotic condition
In Mexico?
BELGIUM'S STARYrN'O CHILDREN.
Those complacent Americans who
think the people of the United States
are doing a wonderful work in Bel
gium are due for a rude awakening
when they read that since the novelty
of the thing has worn off we have
abated our enthusiasm to such an ex
tent that 1.250,000 children are being
kept just inside the line of starvation;
that it is necessary to deny actually
hungry "children In order that the
meager ration now available may save
all. from death. An illuminating
statement has been made by George
Barr Baker, member of the Relief
Commission, who tells of a recent visit
Mr. Hoover, managing head of the
commission, made to a district near
Brussels, where he saw 1200 little ones
waiting in line to be served with their
dole of food. All had their meal tick
ets In their hands. Suddenly, Mr.
Baker relates, Mr. Hoover saw one of
the Belgian women who are working
with the commission step to the line
and drag a struggling child out of it.
The Incident was repeated several
times, and amazed even Mr. Hoover,
who believed he was fairly familiar
with conditions in the country.
Explanation was forthcoming. It
.was that the children who were being
dragged from the line were of normal
weight."--They would not be permitted
to eat that. day. The food was to be
saved for those who had begun to
show their hunger In the wasting of
their little bo.dles. This might not be
for two or three days more. Mean
while, until they became emaciated,
they must go without food. . The rule
was Inexorable. There was so little
food that pnly those who needed it
to keep them from dying could share
In its distribution.
It appears, when the figures are set
down In plain black and white, that
we have not done very much for Bel
Slum, after all. Mr. Baker asserts
that although we have profited, not
only by the trade in, war goods but
by the trade In supplies for the Relief
Commission itself, we have not even
returned In donations as much as we
have made as profit on supplies. What
we have actually given Belgium has
been $9,000,000. We have meanwhile
sold food supplies of the amount of
$125,000,000, on which it is estimated
that there has been a profit of $15,
.000,000 a sum largely in excess of
our charities. In other words, while
some Americans have plumed them
selves on their benevolence, they have
as a matter of fact made- money out
of Belgium's misery.
The plain statistics are not lovely.
Mr. Baker shows that while America
, Is prosperous and is keeping out of
the war, her contributions to the cause
have been Insignificant by comparison
with the efforts of nations of Europe
that are straining every resource to
win the war. England is giving $5,000,
000 a month and France $4,000,000 a
month, making $9,000,000 in all, and In
addition the people of Great Britain
and her colonies are subscribing $600,
000 a month out of their private re
sources. Practically every cent of the
money so subscribed is spent In the
United States for food and clothing.
It Is estimated that there are about
10,000,000 people in Belgium and
Northern France who are dependent
on the work of the commission for
relief, and that there are 3,000.000
who at present are receiving only a
hunk of bread and a bowl of broth a
day. - .
Mr. Baker makes use of some plain
language In his statement. He says
that America has been regarded by
the world as the savior of Belgium,
dux mat tnis was Decause we were
so crazy to have the world know, that
Americans could make sacrifices and
were not 6imply money-grubbers, as
the people of Europe believed us to
be." But our pretense that we would
take care of the Belgians is no longer
being kept up.
One of the needs of the pitiful chil
dren of the war area is a supple
mentary meal consisting for each
child of only a single biscuit made
with lard or fat. This would not
constitute a satisfying ration, but
would supply a need. It would pre
vent the actual physical degeneration
of the children and help them to ward
off cold and disease.
The question, so far as we and the
suffering little ones of Belgium are
concerned, is whether we are to let
our well-doing languish, to our ever
lasting shame. Mr. Baker has dona.
well to state the case plainly, as ..he
has done. The truth will be better for
all concerned, in the long run. But
it is tip to Americans to start the ball
rolling again. ,
THAT T.KAK. - ,
"Every word I have uttered here,
averred Thomas W. Lawson, "is the ,
truth, so help me God, without varia
tion." "I say to you," declared Chairman
Henry, "that I never mentioned to
him (Lawson) the name of a banker,
nor a Senator, nor a Government
official."
An impasse in veracity would ap
pear to have been reached between
Lawson and Henry. The country will
have to believe whatever it believes.
The individual Judgment will be "af
fected by one's opinion of Lawson and
his conduct in this and previous mat
ters, and of Henry and his obvious,
though mysterious, anxiety to head
off ah investigation.
But whatever may be believed as to
Lawson and Henry and their contro
versies, there will be a widespread
opinion that a son-in-law in the Cab
inet is not in keeping with the pro-
prieties and a brother-in-law in the
stock business,' with a private wire to
Wall Street, Is a Presidential misfor
tune. SUBSTANCE. KOT SHADOW.
A reader of The Oregonian In
Grays Harbor has sent In a little com
pendium of Hoquiam's greatness,
printed over the signature of the sec
retary of the Commercial Club, Mr.
Slade, in the Daily Washingtonian.
We acknowledge its receipt with grati
tude. It Is the right kind of adver
tising for any town and its method
should be followed by every other
which has a real story to tell lis Ho
qulam has. The days of real-estate
imaginings and booster fancies, are
over on Grays. Harbor; if they are
not altogether over and a person or
a community which has not hopes and
ideals for the future Is unfortunate
the dream has to a great extent mate
rialized. "Do you know," asks the town his
torian, "that in 1916 the lumber cut
of Hoqulam mills alone amounted to
438,794,526 feet?" Perhaps we had
heard about it; but It did not Impress
us much. .Yet when comparison Is
made with the Portland district, where
in 1916 fifteen mills cut 627,643,543
feet, the comparison is brought home
and will be remembered. The shingle
output in 1916 amounted to 555,640,
000, leading ail others, and the head
quarters of the largest logging con
cern in the world is there. Then lis
ten to this:
Did you know that we have a lumber
mill In this city that is known In all lum
bering circles of .this country? Did you
know that the Grays Harbor Lumber Com
pany accepted and filled an order for 4.000,
000 feet of clear lumber and delivered the
same In Baltimore (from coast to coast) in
less than 30 days after the order was
placed? That this order had been offered
to all the leading mills in the country south
and west. and this mill was the only one
that could fill and deliver the order on
time? Did you? i -
Hoqulam should be better known,
and it will be if it saws wood, or,
rather, lumber, as It did in 1916. A
city which lives by its works, and not
alone by faith, is like the other city
builded on a hill it cannot be hid.
LAND GRANT COBWEBS.
The other day a Portland evening
newspaper published an astonishing
article concerning a subject very near
and important to the people of Ore
gon astonishing because, of the mis
information it contained.
The article inaccurately stated that
the Congress had passed a law for
feiting to the Government the Oregon
& California Railroad land grant. But
"Inaccuracy" is not the word for the
further statement that if the forfeit
ure law is upheld by th Supreme
Court the effect will be to compel
the company to dispose of the grant
to actual settlers at $2.50 per acre.
Whoever heard of a forfeiture that
did not forfeit?
Based on this astounding premise,
the following statement is made:
The Southern Pailfie Railroad will fight
to the last ditch to retain possession of the
3.000.000 acres of the Oregon California
land grant. There will be no compromise
with the Government. In case the consti
tutionality of the 'erris-Chambcrlain bill,
declaring the land forfeited to the Govern
ment, is upheld by the United States Su
preme Court, the company will "squat" on
the grant and "hold It by refusing to sell to
any but ''actual settlers," as provided for In
the amended grant act -ot 1869. It means
that the lands may be withheld from set
tlement for years to come.
And now comes an excitable con
temporary another evening newspa
per and passionately warns the rail
road company to the effect that if
the grant forfeiture is upheld by the
highest court the people will not
tolerate a policy on the railroad's part
of withholding the lands from sale
and settlement. Again, it may be in
quired, how the railroad company
could have anything to say about for
feited land.
There is danger that the people will
become as befuddled, as our contem
poraries, so it is perhaps timely again
to review the status of the railroad
land grant.
Congress has not passed an act de
claring forfeiture of the grant. It has
passed a law revesting title in the
Government but providing for pay
ment to the railroad company of $2.50
an acre tnereror. ir this law is up
held, the Government, tiot the rail
road, will administer the sales of land.
It will sell only agricultural lands
to actual settlers, but will dispose of
the timber on land classified as tim
ber land, and after removal of the
timber will throw the logged-off land
open to homestead entry or its equlva-
lent-
If the act of Congress is not upheld
by the United States Supreme Court,
the railroad company will be power
less to do anything but that which
Mr. Dunne is quoted as saying it would
do, unless a previous decision of the
court be so modified as to grant, to
the company the right to sell timber
separate from the land at the market
value.
The original Supreme . Court de-
clslon held that the rallroad company
could sell only to actual settlers, in
tracts not exceeding 160 acres, at a
price not in excess of $2.50 per acre.
It will not be a case of refusal to sell
to other than actual settlers but
legal impediment to do otherwise.
It is a statement of fact, that If
such outcome of the litigation is ac
cepted as final, the lands "may be
withheld from a settlement for years
to come, 'provided the common un
derstanding of "settler" is adopted.
Most of the land is heavily timbered
Any number of men would like to ac
quire quarter sections for the purpose
of holding the timber for speculative
sale, but few would undertake to go
on the land, slash and burn the tim
ber, remove the stumps and create a
farm.
The Congressional act, now In issue,
provides a practicable method for con
verting .the land to industrial use, al
though in distribution of proceeds it
is unfair to Oregon. If the law la
upset, and there "is no new ruling con
cerning timber, the railroad will get
nothing out of the land, and the peo
ple will get nothing, unless Congress
later passes a law that will stand.
That Congress will undoubtedly at
tempt to do, if it is nothing more
than ratification of a definite agree
ment for sale of the land to the Gov
ernment, But it may take years to
settle the issue. We make the guess
that if, it comes to decision between
holding the land indefinitely, with
ever-recurring tax assessments, and
compromising with the. Government,
the railroad company will compro
mise, regardless of' what Mr. Dunne
may say at this time when the right
to profit from timber of immense
value is the stake for whlch the rail
road is playing.
CRIME AXD PUNISHMENT. .
There is no doubt that society is
becoming more merciful in its atti
tude toward the offender against its
laws. Some critics of the present
tendency believe we are going too far,
and that we are not doing complete
justice by the law-abiding citizen In
our efforts 'to avoid all semblance of
harshness In dealing with the indi
vidual who breaks the law, or defies
it, as the case may be. One thing is
certain, though, and that Is that the
idea of vengeance is about gone. vVe
aim to treat the criminal as a man to
be restrained if actually dangerous and
irresponsible; to be reformed if he
has the seeds of reformation in him.
made into a useful citizen and sent
on his way.
The question arises whether, now
that society is so changing its atti
tude, it is not due that the offender
should make a substantial concession,
too. The old idea was that the prose
cutor was out to get a conviction, by
every possible means. The deftndant
accepted the challenge, employed as
expensive counsel as he was able to
pay for, and by every method at his
command sought to defeat the ends of
the state quite often they were the
ends of Justice, too. It was a game
of wits an'd resources and was gen
erally accepted as such.
The ) state having modified its atti
tude, as we have pointed out, and hav
ing become an agency ror reform, and
the machinery of our courts and
prisons having been converted to the
benign purpose of turning out good
men where there were only bad, or
potentially bad, men before, it would
seem that the prisoner at the bar
ought to be willing to meet it part
way. It would be too much to expect,
perhaps, that - an appeal directed to
any individual facing the penalty of
a misdeed would be fruitful, but it
is not impracticable to expect, for ex
ample, a changing sentiment on the
part of the members of the bar.
For many years the lawyer has been
a traditional officer of - the court.
but his business nevertheless has been
to "get his client off,"' and not pri
marily to see that the ends of justice
were served. If in the time to come
he shall become the candid adviser
of the court as how best to serve at
the same time the interests of his
client and of society, the change will
not be much more revolutionary than
that through which we have passed
as to the matter of crime and punish
ment in general. In our present age
of suspended sentences and paroles
and kind and gentle treatment for of
fenders, it does seem that the of
fender, too, ought to manifest his ap
preciation in some practical way. The
day is far In the future, but it may
como-
A WASTEFUL MILITARY SYSTEM.
Against the offhana opinion of some
persons that, if the pajr of soldiers
were raised, enough troops could be
raised by the voluntary system to de
fend the country, may be set the con
clusions of a committee appointed by
Mayor Mitchel, of New York, to re
port on the lessons of National Guard
mobilization. We have learned by ex
perience that the regular Army can
not be materially enlarged by volun
tary enlistment at the present rates
of pay. Our army, though admitted
by opponents of compulsory service to
be too small, is already the most ex
pensive per man m the world. Some
witnesses before the Senate military
committee proposed that it be en
larged by "raising the pay rather than
that we should turn to compulsory
service. Thus they would still further
add to the excessive cost, relying for
a second line of defense on the Na
tional Guard.
The New Tork committee's report
shows by our experience with the
militia that it is utterly unfit as an
organization for the service which
would be required of it. It would not
furnish enough men, they would be
Insufficiently trained, and the country
would suffer a serious economic loss
through their sudden withdrawal from
their occupations and through the ex
pense of caring for their families.
These are the conclusions drawn
from answers which the committee re
ceived to questions addressed to mem
bers of the militia. and to employers,
as well as from information obtained
from the War Department. On Aug
ust 31 only enough recruits had been
obtained to bring the Guard up to 65
per cent of war strength, it was only
1000 officers and men above minimum
peace strength, and 63 per cent of
the men were untrained, having had
less than a dozen armory drills. Re
plies from 2401 Guardsmen show that
the average earnings of a Guardsman
are -not less than $75 a month, the
average for one company running as
high as $218.25. The lower figure
Indicates a loss in wages during a year
for the 138,500 mobilized Guardsmen
of $124,650,000, while the loss in pro
duction would be much heavier. To
this must be added the expense of re
lief for families, for which Congress
appropriated $2,000,000. besides dis
charging 6323 men who had-depend
ent families: also the damage done by
disorganization of business of either
Guardsmen or their employers. The
voluntary system does not recruit
enough men, and those men whom it
does secure are too costly because
drawn from the wrong class.
The last statement is supported by
quotations from the census reports.
There ate in the United States 5,756,
674 unmarried men between the ages
of 18 and 24 and 4.271,011 unmarried
men between 25 and 44. The average
earnings of youths of 19 are $275 a
year. If compulsory training were
given during the nineteenth or twen
tieth year and were confined to the
unmarried, there would be an eco
nomic saving equal to the difference
between $2 75 and $900 per man per
year, and there would be no expense
for dependents. In case of war, the
unmarried men oyer 24 could be
drawn upon to make good deficiencies
through unfitness of some among
those in the younger class. Not until
the needs of war exceeded the fit
men in these two classes would any
draft be made on the 12.625.550 mar
ried men of military age.
It is impossible under the volun
tary system to organize an army of
the young," unmarried men. much less
to enroll the entire manhood of a
nation, as is necessary in modern war.
The nearest approach to success was
made by Great Britain. By extraordi
nary effort and under the stimulus of
the. greatest war ever known, about
half the available men were enlisted,
but this half included many men of
family and many skilled men who
were needed at home to make muni
tions, while hundreds of thousands of
young, unmarried men who could well
be spared hang back. The nation
which has been most violently opposed
to compulsion was driven to that sys
tem in order to bring into service the
men who should be the first to fight.
In adopting that policy it provided
that the married should not be called
until the unmarried were all In service.
Guardsmen do not protest against
either military training or compul
sory service. They protest against be
ing called upon for a form of service
which was not contemplated at the
time of their enlistment, which is the
duty of the regular Army and for
which their organization is not
adapted. They protest particularly
against the inequality of treatment
which Is involved In requiring them
to make a sacrifice that Is equally the
duty of all, while those who have
shown no disposition to serve are per
mitted ' to escape. - Whenever com
pulsory service is suggested, the cry
"Conscription" is raised,' but he Na
tional Guard, which had given evidence
of. patriotism, was conscripted, while
those who showed no patriotism re
mained at home, leaving them to do
the work which is the equal duty
of all.
' As In the Napoleonic war, Britain
supplied funds to put the armies of
the continental powers in the field,
so Is It now acting as banker for the
nations allied with it against the cen
tral powers. It provides funds par
ticularly for Russia and the lesser
states of the entente, while Italy has
drawn upon it, and It has made large
advances to its colonies. Its financial
endurance arises chiefly from its abil
ity to keep alive its foreign trade.
How successfully this source of finan
cial strength Is being husbanded by
government control of Industry is In
dicated by the Increase of 33 per cent
in exports for the eleven months end
ing November, 1916, over those for
the same period of 1915. Although
imports are still nearly double ex
ports, much progress was made last
year toward balancing accounts. For
the eleveir months imports Increased
about $450,000,000. but exports" and
re-exports increased $630,000,000, an
advance of $180,000,000 being made
toward a balance. But this gain was
not sustained in November, for in
that month imports increased 24.1 per
cent, while exports increased only 19.2
per cent and re-exports decreased 14.1
per tent.
A Krntpnrfl In. an. editorial article
yesterday, on the Mann, act decision.
should have read: "The Supreme Court
of the United States upholds the Mann
white slave act with a sweeping dec
lination to condone the amorous trans
gressions of adventurous travelers be
tween states who seek to combine
pleasure with business.". Through
jerror 'condemn was substituted for
condone, making an exact reversal
of the intended meaning. ' A combina
tion of poor harfdwriting. poor typog
raphy and poor proofreading may lead
to queer results.
There was method tn Thaw's mad
ness when he chose New York as the
scene of his latest escapade. He knows
the law Is easy to beat in that state.
and he has learned the ropes. The
trick is to be insane until acquitted
and then to prove one's sanity. Ex
perts are always to be hired for either
contingency.
Every parent knows that a 7-year-
old boy Is little -more than a baby and
every mother feels a grip at the heart
when she reads of the whipping of
the lad that has featured the local
news. Life Is altogether different to
the little chap without a mother.
The bill of Mueller of Columbia. If
It becomes- law, will keep "Veritas
Vlnclt," "Vox Popull" and other writ
ers to the press who do not realize the
value of their names as signatures
from further attempt to regulate the
universe.
When it comes to smuggling a Gen
eral through the enemy's lines the
underground railroad of our Civil War
would not compare with the undersea
boat. General von Falkenhayn can
tell of its merits.
Birds of a feather do not always
Lfleck together and a man is not al
ways known by the company he keeps;
but occasionally, in time of stress, the
conjunction Is so happy as to be
noticeable.
From now on, henceforward, Ger
many is going to fight and the allies
may be depended upon to do some
thing In that line. The quiet of Lloyd
George Is ominous.
There would have been very few
self-made men in this Nation if pater
nal state governments had insisted on
providing them with free textbooks.
Natives and acclimated people con
sider the present weather as cold, but
the Easterner here temporarily is glad
he is away from home.
Bryan called on Wilson yesterday
and reported progress. Despite fre
quent reports to the contrary, the two
seem to be in cahoots.
The Appam prize case may be final
ly decided about the time the peace
conference adjourns, if not later.
The Kingdom of Poland will not be
recognized officially until after the
war, when it may be something else.
"Buffalo Bill" bids fair to become
the patron saint of the Boy Scouts,
for he was the original old scout.
Parents who so. desire and can af
ford the cost will send their' children
to private kindergartens.
Mr. Cordray is not cutting much
ice at his amusement park, although
this Is the weather. P
Looked at from another angle, Tom
McCusker seems to be picketing the
unions.
The isles of Greece, of which Byron
sang, are lost to the King of Greece.
How is the sunny South this morn,
ing? Smiling through its Icicles?
' Pink hosiery may not be as warm
as it looks in this weather.
m Hov to Keep Well
By Dr. W. Am Etsss.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral interrttt. will be answered In this col
umn. Where space wi:l--rlot permit or the
subject Is not suitable letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limit- j
tlons and where stamped addressed envelope
la Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make dlasnoets
or prescribe for Individual diseases. He
quests for such services cannot be answered.
iCopyrlghl. lfl. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
SHAKESPEARE AXD MEDICINE.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE lived in
the 16th century. Ha has been
termed the myriad minded. Books
have been written of Shakespeare as
lawyer, and other books of him as a
scientist. A volume la devoted to the
niad folks of Shakespeare. There Is at
least one work dealing; with Shake
speare as a physician. But the last
word In Shakespeare comes from a
group of authors who try to demon
strate that Shakespeare had some sort
of knowledge bf the Freudian theory.
Some of The quotations from "Lady
Macbeth" upon which this theory Is
founded are as follows:
The doctor and the gentlewoman, as
they observe the sleep-walking Lady
Macbeth, atay:
Doctor You see. her eyes are open.
Gentlewoman Aye, but their sense
Is shut.
This, as Corlat says. Is a description
of a typical attack of somnambulism.
Somnambulism Is the result of emo
tionalism repressed. Lady Macbeth
was a childless hysteric The sugges
tion of murder having- been made to
Macbeth, and by him communicated to
Lady Macbeth, she becomes the victim
of conflicting emotions. These day
dreams. Corlat says, were partly those
of ambition and partly sexual. Both
were imaginary ' wish fulfillments, to
be, queen and to have a eon as a com
pensation for her childlessness, and
thus have some one Inherit the throne.
since the witches hailed Macbeth as
father to a line of kings.
The vagaries of Lady Macbeth were
the result of conflicting impulses de
sire, hope, ambition, cowardice, brav
ery, and hysteria. "He haa no children."
Her cowardice at, heart Is shown in
"That which hath, made them drunk
hath made them bold. What hath
quenched them hath given me fire."
That she wonld goad Macbeth on to
deeds of violence Is shown by this quo
tation: "I have given suck and know
how tender 'tis to love the babe that
milks me. I would, while It was smil
ing In my face, have plucked vmy
nipple from Its boneless gums and
daehed the brains out had I so sworn
as you have done to this." Words of a
coward, and yet one whose desires
would make her urge her husband to
kllL
Corlat says that when Shakespeare
had Malcolm say to Macduff, after the
latter had been informed ot the mur
der of his children, "Give sorrow
words; the grief that does not speak
whispers the o'erfraught heart and
bids It break," he showed that he un
derstood the danger In repression of
the emotions.
The mental state into which they
were coming is shown by: "Ere we will
eat our meal In fear, and sleep In the
affliction of these terrible dreams that
shake us nightly, better be with the
dead, whom we, to gain our peace, have
sent to peace. That on the torture of
the mind to- lie in restless ecstasy."
Apples Wholesome.
X. T. Z. WTites: "Can you give me
some Information In regard to apples?
have always heard they were bene
ficial for one's health, and I have al
ways eaten many. But they make me.
and also a healthy 16-year-old brother
of mine, constipated and gassy.
"I try to masticate them carefully,
(1) Has that anything to do' with their
digestion? (2) If they produce this con
dition should one continue to eat them?
(3) Are they less likely to be consti
pating II bakedT I eat them DaKed
but I don't see much. If any, difference,
and I have to eat bran daily to avoid
constipation, although I exercise daily,
eat nourishing food and sleep with
open windows."
REPLY.
Apples are wholesome. They have some
capacity to cure constipation. I am sure eat
Ing apples Is not a cause ot constipation.
Your second observation Is better founded.
Eating apples freely aometimes causes intes
tinal inflammation and gas.' Well baked
applea are better than raw ones from this
standpoint. Do not eat so freely of applea.
especially of raw applea Drink more water,
Goiter.
C. N. S. writes: (1) Is there any dlf
ference , between goiter and enlarged
gland In the neck? (2) Also, do they
not have a tendency to become heredi
tary when the mother Is the one having
the enlarged glands, or goiter?"
REPLT,
1. The term --siolter Is applied to an en
larged thyroid gland. The term enlarged
thyroid glands la usually applied to enlarged
lymph glands located higher up and more to
one side than the thyroid. However, It Is
possible that a goiter would be referred to as
enlarged gland In the neck.
2. Goiter has a alight, though not a
marked, tendency to "run tn families."
Headaches Will Cease.
W. J. C writes: I am so easily sus
ceptible to headaches. Have been
troubled for 20 years. Am 63 years old.
Have been operated on for appendi
citis and adhesions. Got some relief
from It. I chew my food well. Have
studied my case very closely. It don't
matter much whether I drink or don't
drink, but I 'surely get trouble if 1
drink whisky. When my headache
starts I feel as If I had a chunk of Ice
In my stomach, and I have found by ex
perience that I must not eat until I get
relief, which Is about 48 houra Castor
oil, cathartics and Injections don't re
lieve me. It seems I have to go about
48 hours, no matter what I do. I can't
vomit, either. My conclusions are that
I am troubled with catarrh of the
stomach." '
' REPLT.
Tou have elek headache or mlgraln. As
you get older the attacks will become fewer.
In a few years they will cease coming. The
best yon can do Is to eat lightly, drink
plenty of water, bat no alcohol, and keep
your bowels regular.
Smallpox Vaccination.
Mrs. W. C M. writes: "I was vacci
nated (against smallpox) when I was
a child, probably 35 years ago. I now
have two well-marked pits, or scars,
on my arm showing the vaccination.
The- doctor made two applications at
one time and both took.' Should I be
vaccinated again?"
REPLT.
Tea. In some cases vaccination protects
for a lifetime. In most cases vaccination
does not protect for 85 years. In fact, five
to seven years Is as long as protection can
be depended on. The only way to tell wheth
er yon are still Immune Is to be vaccinated
XOTHIXG WRONG WITH PORTLAND
Writer lie Vision of Great Patsrt for
C ity Cfcoaea aa Heme.
PORTLAND, Jan. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) 1 live In Portland because I be
lieve It Is the best town. In the best
county. In the best etate. in the best
government this side of the New Jeru
salem. If I thoueht there was a better
place to live In than Portland I would
be In that place.
After carefully Inspecting several ol
the leading Western towns, I found
Portland had the best schools, churches,
parks, climate, scenery, homes and
other advantages "to be found In the
entire Northwest, and was an Ideal
home town and a place to bring up a
family under the most favorable con
ditions. After a residence here of two
years I am more than pleased with my
choice.
I see for the future of Portland a new
and a better day. The rising sun ot
prosperity Is peeping over the eastern
horizon and soon Us r&dfant beams
will dissipate the last vestige of the
gloom clouds that have been hovering
over us. I can hear the wheels of In
dustry begin to rumble as never before.
can see factories multiplying with
smokestacks dotting the horizon from
hundred new domes. 1 can see mills
doubling their capacity, shipyards
sDrinKinK up as by maitic. our whole
sale and retail business houses expand
ing; and establishing branch houses, our
railroad and water-fronts teeming with
mills, factories and men. Homes will
spring up on the thousands of vacant
lots and promontories within our bor
ders. Gardens, orchards and waving
field-of grass and grain will supplant
the brush and untilled treasure spots
hereabouts, and the much-talked, and
dreamed-of Greater Portland will then
be realized.
It Is the Job of every one of us to
make these dreams come trne. What
can we do?
There are thousands of sermons we all
can preach.
There are numberless songs we all
can sing;
There are lessons In thrift we all may
teach.
And make of our city a beautiful
thing.
We have rivers that flow to the rolling
sea
Bearing our commerce to lands afar.
Our rlbbons'of steel stretch longingly,
Inviting the world where these treas
ures are.
We have winding paths and beautiful
drives
That lead to the end of the perfect
war;
Where orchards and gardens and for
ests thrive.
And golden treasures In storehouse
lay.
Where opportunity opens the door;
Where life Is a round of joy com'
plete;
Where wealth and happiness He In
store.
With water and climate that can't
be beat.
So here's to the city we call our home,
The city of roses, all that s best.
We've- room and welcome to all who
come
To Portland, the Queen of the Golden
West.
O. V. BADLET.
621 Teon Building.
CIRCLE ENCOUNTERS OBSTACLES
Ladd Parent-Teacher Association Finds
Competitor in Movies.
PORTLAND, Jan. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) As a teac'ier In Ladd School and
an officer of the Ladd Parent-Teacher
Association I wish to correct an ac
count of the meeting held last Thurs
day evening. .
The account closes with this state
ment: "Several hundred parents at
tended and great Interest was shown
In the growth and progress of the work
In- the Ladd dtetrict,"
The facts are that about 40 people
were present. Including our City Super
intendent, the principal of the school,
18 teachers and the Janitor. Besides
these were toe officers of the assoc-ia
tion. a few persons who kindly assisted
with the programme and about 15 par
ents.
And this was the sttendance, not
withstanding it had been announced
through the school that Mr. Alderman
would deliver his illustrated lecture on
"What the Portland Schools Are Do
Ing" and that pupils were asked to urge
their parents to be present.
At Ladd School we have great dlftl
culty In maintaining an organization
This district ts largely built up with
hotels, rooming-houses and apart
ments, thus a great many of the pa
trons are transient- The proximity of
moving-picture shows and other places
of amusement and (interest render it
difficult to secure an audience unless
a programme by the children Is pro
vided. The giving of frequent enter
tainments disrupts the work of 'the
school, and the teachers object to do
Ing this monthly. .
I am offering this correction so that
other circles may not be led to believe
that we have a flourishing organiza
tion which should be doing a great
work in tne community.
JOELLA T. JOHNSON,
Vice-President Ladd Parent-Teacher
Association.
NO PROFIT IX RAINBOW CHASING
Correspondent Cautions Against Nurs
ing; of Rovlngr Spirit.
PORTLAND, Jan. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) Allow me to give a suggestion
to tne one who thinks he Is disco -a
agea ana is tninxtng or moving to
some other place In search of "good
times." If he has planned to send the
second-hand man" up to take away
the household (roods, which leave
about enoua-h cash to take himself and
family somewhere to hunt for a Job, he
Is making a terrible mistake. Do not
chase the rainbow for the Dot of
gold."
There is work right In Portland fo
the stay-with-it" man or woman who
is wining to "make good." I could
give numerous Instances where house
noid goods were sacrificed or homes
given up Just to get away; go some
where In search of "good time." They
generally get back to "old Portland"
again, much wiser and better prepared
to accept tnings as they are.
There Is no district but what ha
something wrong with It, If you are
nunting ror the dark side.
Settle right down, get in love with
your work, your surroundings, and you
win soon notice a change. You ca
get some good out of everything If yo
try. - uAi im ts. koss.
104 East Seventy-sixth Street.
Gold n Deeded Land.
TORT CA.NBT, Wash, Jan. 15. (To
the Editor.) I am the owner of a piece
of land to which I have clear title. If
a stranger, in crossing my land, should
rind a ledge of gold or mineral de
posit, could he In any way force m
to sell my title through law or stake
out a claim without my permission? Is
there any law which would force rr
to divide the find with htm or alio
him to mine the same- without my ner
mission? Could he be prosecuted If be
undertook to do thls7
Q. BOEHMER.
He could not stake out a claim on
your property, nor force you to sell
through any process of law. If he
trespassed, he could be prosecuted.
Plea of a Crafty Lover.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
She looked at him doubtfully after
the proposal.
"The man I marry." she said, "must be
both brave and brainy."
"Well." he declared. "I think I can
lay just claim to being both.
"I admit you are brave," she respond
ed. 'for you saved my life when ou
boat upset the other day; but that
wasn't brainy, was it?"
. "It certainly was," he retorted. "I
upset the boat on purpose."
In Other Days
- T Treaty-Five Years Abo.
From The Oregonian of January 17. 18M.
The Portland baseball club has se
lected Its grounds for next season. They
re located on the Grover tract on the
able line extension about 200 feet from
the south entrance of the City Park-
Washington, Jan". IS. The popular
movement or the election of United
States Senators by vote of the people Is
likely to be one of the most Important
ubjects discussed by the present Con
gress.
Berlin, Jan. 16. The foreign office
xperts a crisis shortly that will prob-
biy lead to war between Servla and
Bulgaria, but no fear Is entertained- of
active Russian intervention with Bul
garia. Blaine. Wash.. Jan. 16. The second
night of the Murphy meeting was a
grand success. Una hundred and eight
teen signed the pledge.
The occupation of the new clubhouse
at the corner of West Park and Alder
treets, on last Monday week by the
Arlington Club, was a red-letter day In
ts history and as such -will doubtless
long be remembered by the members.
Half a Centnry Arc
Prom The Oregonian of January IT. 1S6T.
New Tork, Jan. IS. Since last Thurs
day, the United States revenue authorl-
les have seized nine distilleries In
working order, with all the apparatus
and over 800 barrels of whisky.
Madrid. Jan. 12. The proffered me
diation of the United States in differ
ences between Spain and Chile is re
garded as almost a certain forerunner
of an Important and permanent peace.
New Tork. Jan. S Surprise is felt
that the French Emperor and his ad
visers should let pass unnoticed the last
dispatch of Mr. Seward, which is re
garded as deliberately offensive. It
proves to the French people that, sol
content with subjecting them to the
humiliation of decamping from Mexico,
the United States wishes to Insult them.
We understand that the people living
along and near the Willamette, above
Oregon City, are about to petition to
have a mail- service given tnem oy a
steamer from Oregon City at least once
and if possible twice a week.
VIEW FROM BRIDGE WORTH TRIP
Portland Girl Discovers new Seenla
Delights on Interstate Span
PORTLAND, Jan. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) Sunday, January 14, was a per
fect Winter day and all who could
go were out enjoying the sunshine and
the crisp, bracing air.
There are many Interesting car rides-
and walks one may take on such a
day. The view from the City Park.
Portland Heights, Kings lieignts.
Willamette Heights or Council Crest
is beautiful and Inspiring. Most of the
Portland people know ot these places
and flock to them.
Sunday, with a party or friends, i
found a new scenic boulevard. It Is
the new Interstate bridge between
Oregon and Vancouver, Wash., with
its interesting approach from Colum
bia boulevard to the beginning or the
bridge on the Oregon side.
We took the Vancouver car on wasn-
tngton street and went to the Columbia
River (fare 10 cents). Here we came
upon the bridge. We had the pleas
ure of walking almost across tne
Columbia on this big, modern bridge.
The last section on the Washington
side is not open yet. The prosperous
City of Vancouver lay before us. To
the east the graceful winding of the
Columbia River and the two snow
mantled peaks. Mount St. Helens and
Mount Hood. To the west the busy
ferry in the foreground, the massive
railroad bridge and the rushing waters
of the Columbia, ocean bound
When we returned to the car we de
cided to walk back to the Columbia
boulevard by way of the new boulevard
approach to the bridge.
We found It worth our while. Tne
interesting roadway has been built up
and filled in, reinforced on the sides
and paved. It Is broad and roomy. As
we walked along the winding road
Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens
were always In view. The changing
lights snd shadows cast upon them by
the setting sun were too beautiful to
describe. It must be seen. I recom
mend the walk. And I wonld add
take a kodak. PORTLAND GIRL.
BUFFALO BILL. ADIEU.
Tou have hit the trail for the other
land.
And your passing makes us weep;
We pray the kindly angels. Bill.
Will guard you while you sleep.
Tou were the last of the brave old clan.
The plainsmen of the West;
The last of the brave and noble boys.
The one we loved the best.
Tou blazed the trail to the Golden
Weft.
In the days now long gone by;
When the only music that was heard
Was the redman's piercing cry.
No more we'll hear the silvery voice
Or the old-time song he sung.
The words of cheer so loud and clear.
Which over the prairie rung.
He has hit the trail for the golden
shore.
With lus never-ending day;
No doubt he blazed the trail for us
As he went along the way.
And when we cross the great divide
To the range with beauties rare.
Again we'll meet this, brave old scout.
Awaiting us over there.
So gently blow, you Winter winds.
And lightly fall, ye snows.
May flowers wave o'er the prairie
-grave
Where he sleeps In calm repose.
E. L. 6HARPE.
PAPER TAKES rp PEOPLE'S FIGHT
Effort to Get Truth In Great Horse
Hair Controversy Is Commended.
Union Scout.
It has come to a pretty pass that a
great newspaper In Oregon cannot treat
seriously the question as to whether or
not a horse hair will turn Into a snake
or worm. There Is already sufficient
evidence from those who have actually
seen this phenomenon to establish the
fact that such a thing has occurred.
It is all well enough for soma
people calling; themselves scientists
to say that such a thing Is Impossible,
but when people see the actual occur
rence with their eyes wide open what
Is the use of these men of simple the
ory to combat the proposition?
-The writer has no doubt that In an
hour's time he could secure the
affidavits of dozens of men who will
testify that horse hairs have turned
Into snakes or worms. When a thing
ts established by competent evidence,
that settles the question.
Nature Loved a Little.
Browning's Magazine.
" "I Just adore nature. Don't you?"
Tes, In moderation, but one can't
help feeling that nature was Intended
for the lower classes."
Circulation of a Story.
Puck.
Kathryn Of course, this story about
Kate Is Just between us two,
Kittye Sure! And between 'ns two
It ought to get a putty wide circulation.