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I'ORTr.A.D, MON'DAT, FEB. 26, 1917.
ROAD DOUBTS ANSWERED.
The following letter probably ex
presses doubts and questions that have
come to the minds of others and It
therefore deserves an answer In con
siderable detail:
TOLEDO. Or.. Feb. IS. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonlan you have said that un
der tho $6,000,000 bond issue every county
except Curry would Bhare In the proposed
road. Z have read the proposed routes
carefully and fall to find any improvement
for Lincoln County.
I was very much surprised to learn that
m 1 1 ui inc.. miin wi uiitvrvui i unu n uau
been surveyed, cross-sectioned and estimat
ed, so that the Legislature knew exactly to
the Inch (as the bill proposes) how much
road the $6,000,000 will complete.
Now Is It not a fact that all these routes
named In the bill were simply smeared
around over the state to catch the neces
sary votes to carry the bond Issue, and ab
solutely without any knowledge or real data
as to the actual cost of construction?
Is it not also a fact that the three com
missioners have absolute authority to select
and build such roads as they please, where
not duplicating; money appropriated by the
Government?
Believing the whole thins; a guess, allow
Ine to make one. based on past observation
of road construction under state supervision!
That the money builds one-third less miles
than is proposed. Assuming my guess cor
rect, tell your readers what roads are to
be built. JAY W. DUNN.
If one will read the law closely, as
published In full In The Sunday Ore
Ionian, and examine the map that ac
companied It, he will learn that the
$6,000,000, to be provided by a pro
spective Issuance of state bonds, is to
be devoted almost wholly to hard
surfacing: roads on which the grading;
draining: and other work preliminary
to paving: have been or will be under
taken by the counties. Specific excep
tions are made in behalf of two or
three counties, which, in attempting
to build trunk highways, have already
exceeded the limit of their bonded in
debtedness. 1
It Is not impossible to strike a fairly
accurate general average of the cost
of paving roads already prepared for
hard surface. Wldth. of pavement
would, of course, enter Into the calcu
lation, but It is estimated that If the
type adopted largely in California, and
there found satisfactory, be accepted,
the $6,000,000 will pave about 600
miles of road. This type Is a nine
or ten-foot pavement, with crushed
rock raised to the level of each side
for turnouts.
The post roads and forest roads are
not to be paved in general. Their
construction from the beginning, when
necessary. Is contemplated. These
roads are to be paid for out of moneys
provided In another bill and out of
Government allotments under the
Bhackleford law. In the next five
'years the Government will spend In
co-operation with Oregon $1,180,810
for post roads and $638,970 for forest
roads. The state will spend an equal
amount in addition to the proposed
$6,000,000. '
."; : The total available, therefore, for
state paved roads and co-operative
post roads and forest roads in the next
five years, if the bond Issue be ap
proved, will be $9,738,560.
The money heretofore mentioned as
required to meet Government allot
ments is to be provided for by a state
bond issue, not involved with the
$6,000,000 proposal and not referred
to me people. dui interest, aiiu prin
cipal of the two bond issues, it is
fiemontrated by accurate computations,
can be paid off and maintenance as
sured by applying automobile licenses
and the existing quarter-mill highway
levy to those purposes. In other words,
no increase In taxation is proposed.
- The State Highway Commission, in
the bonding bill, is given certain dis
cretionary powers. It need not con
struct the highways in the order
named in the bill; it may change
routes In local particulars, but must
follow the general designations. It
Is permitted, however, to co-operate
with the Government in construction
f post or forest roads not named
Jn the bill. That not all prospective
state income for road purposes is taken
Is apparent. The amortization and
maintenance are assured on the basis
of the present tax valuation and the
present number of automobiles. If
either or both Increase, and no one
doubts that they will, there will be
rhore money for roads. Curry and Lin
coln counties, therefore, have expecta
tion of getting state and Government
aid for roads, provided they can con
vince the Federal authorities and the
State Highway Commission that such
roads should be built.
. The highways were designated clear
ly with the idea of providing an ade
quate system of trunk lines touching
as many Important places as possible.
Of course, it would have been po
litically Inexpedient to designate a
spider web system of roads confined
solely to the Lower Willamette Valley,
for example. Moreover, it would have
been unfair. It is not a sound argu
ment against the bill that the people
je invited to vote for it because it
makes a Just designation of routes. If
!t were, the state would be deadlocked
on th road nroblem. An unfair al
lotment of funds or an unfair designa
tion of roads would naturally be called
"hogging." If a fair allotment and
designation are to be condemned as
"smearing," there Is nothing to be
done. We shall stay stuck In the mud
In answer to the correspondent's
hypothetical question as to what roads
will be constructed if the money avail-
. able is not sufficient to build all the
roads designated. The Oregonlan can
-only say that it believes the people are
wUHnsr to trust the Governor to select
, a Highway Commission that will deal
Justly with all interests.
If the North and South Highway
which Is provided In the Idaho road
.'.programme should be built during the
next two years, it will do much to
end agitation for division of the state
While Southern Idaho is given more
,'to agriculture and horticulture than
"is the north, mining is an Important
' Industry In both sections, and com
munity of Interest should grow from
tbat oommot Industry, The greatest
cause of lack of sympathy between
north and south has been the great
network of mountains in the heart of
the state which divides the sections
and which has prevented the building '
of a railroad, such as penetrate neigh- i
boring states from north to south. A
highway passable for automobiles will
serve the purpose until it has devel- (
oped Central Idaho sufficiently to
make traffic for a railroad.
HE'LL SURVIVE.
We observe, without the least feel
ing of alarm for the victim, that Rep
resentative Forbes has Incurred the
bitter displeasure of the Portland
Journal. It seems to be that news
paper's notion that the way to build
up journalistic influence is to visit epi
leptic wrath upon those who decline to
do its bidding. It has done so In the
past, yet the marks of its displeasure
among former members of the Legisla
ture have continued to shine. . Quite
generally they have been-elevated in
politics or public esteem.
C. N. McArthur, who was held up
while Speaker, as a scoundrel for what
he did and a rascal' for what he did
not, has been sent to Congress. Gus
Moser, who received all kinds of apo
plectic advertising as author of a
"spoilsman's bill" and as chief instiga
tor of a "midnight resolution," led a
large field of 'candidates In the last
election, and was chosen President of
the Senate.
So why should Forbes worry T To
gether with Stanfield and Bean, who
are also traduced by the Journal, he
is recognized by the public as a leader
in. legislation intelligent, forceful,
honest, unafraid
Mr. Forbes has a vision that extends
beyond his district. He accomplished
at Salem much for the good of all
Oregon, and much in behalf of that
portion of the state which he directly
represents. He devoted his attention
to constructive measures, while the
Journal ignored them and egged on its
own piffling policies. Mr. Forbes'
crime consists in the fact that he
worked hard for his constituents and
the whole state and not at all to en
hance the influence of the Portland
Journal.
Mr. Forbes will survive.
THE ALLEGED BUTTER TRUST.
The Indictment by the Federal grand
Jury at Boise of creamery companies
and their officials should dispose of
the charges of unlawful combination
in the butter trade which have been
flying about for years. There have
been many Informal charges that a
combination existed to drive indepen
dent creameries out of business and
to maintain excessive prices for butter
by keeping large quantities in cold
storage and by buying up imports from
New Zealand, that they might Jiot
break the prices. In these times of
high prices and scarcity of some food
commodities, there is much excited
talk of such combinations as the cause,
and it would be well to have a show
down. If the combination exists and has
done unlawful acts, it should be
broken up and the responsible men
should be punished. If no such com
bination exists and no unlawful acts
have been committed, the truth should
be ascertained and given to the pub
lic. It is Just as Intolerable to have
honest, law-abiding citizens -under a
cloud of popular suspicion as it Is to
have conspirators against the law pos
ing as reputable business men. But
it should be remembered that an in
dictment is not a conviction, and the
public should suspend judgment until
the trial Is ended.
MORE AND BETTER PORT FACILITIES.
In deciding on Improvement of the
harbor, dock and railroad connections
of their port, the people of Portland
will find necessary the consideration
of the great Improvements being made
by other Pacific Coast ports In order
to capture the ocean traffic of the Pa
cific. The latest plan of port devel
opment has been submitted to Van
couver, B. C. It contemplates the fill
ing of False Creek, a deep navigable
channel through its center, the provi
sion of a new warehouse center with
ample railroad connections, and the
construction of a belt railroad on
which switching charges would be re
duced to a minimum. The belt road
would be "electrified, doing away with
the smoke nuisance, many railroad
crossings would be abolished, and
much railroad traffic would be re
moved from the heart c. the city. City
Engineer Fellowes shows that Van
couver's port charges are the lowest
in the world, making a comparison
with fifteen other ports, and he pro
poses a material reduction in terminal
charges by the municipal belt rail
way. He calls attention to plans of
the Dominion Board of Trade to na
tionalize Vancouver, with a number
of Eastern porta, which may Involve
tariff concessions to the selected ports.
Portland needs to be up and doing.
if It is merely to hold its own among
the great ports of the Pacific With
the certainty of a 40-foot channel
across the Columbia River bar and of
a 30-foot channel up the river to
Portland, obstructions In the way of
reaching the port are practically re
moved. It remains to bring up to date
the facilities of the port Itself and to
bring port charges down to a level
with those of other ports. A good
start Is being made In opening and
deepening the west channel of Swan
Island, but much more in the same di
rection remains to be done. There Is
need of more room In the lower har
bor for ships to anchor and turn.
This may be proviSed by removing at
least a part of Swan Island and using
the rest for docks, the excavated ma
terial being used to fill adjoining low
land. Oregon and Columbia sloughs
may be converted into navigable chan
nels, giving ships access to the penin
sula industrial district.
The most urgent need, however. Is
more and better means of handling
railroad freight and cargo at minimum
cost. The Dock Commission has made
a good start with two modern docks,
but we have room for only nine ocean
going ships -as compared with 4 3 at
Seattle, and we have no publio grain
elevator, while Seattle has one of 1,
000,000 bushels capacity and Is about
to add another of the same size. We
also need bunkers to coal ships. If
the railroads within the city were un
der central control and were properly
linked together, terminal charges
might be much reduced and movement
of freight greatly expedited.
The most urgent need Is publio grain
elevators. Bulk handling has been
proved to be most economical, and it
is the practice everywhere except in
the Pacifio Northwest. Even if this
were not so, the fact remains that the
grain-growers of this section are turn
ing from sacks to bulk shipment, and
the port must equip Itself to handle
grain in the shape in which they ship
it. If Portland w.ants their business.
They object to having their grain
handled at the seaboard by private ele
vators, owned by the buyers, and insist
that the public, as a disinterested party
between buyer and seller, store, grade
and generally handle It in transit be
tween car and ship. Other ports are
performing that business. The pres
ent ship famine lias diverted ship
ment east by rail, thus giving time
for preparation, but in two years, at
the most ships are likely to be be
available. If at the end of that time,
Portland has elevators they will come
here; If not, they will go elsewhere
and the port will lose the lead in wheat
exports which it has long held.
TOO 3IANT QUINS.
Opponents of universal military
training are put to such desperate
shifts for arguments that they ascribe
the basest motives to advocates of that
necessity to National safety and pre
dict dire consequences which, if they
always followed, would have already
reduced to slavery all the free nations
of Europe and several of those of
America.
One member of the ruling Bourbon
majority in the House is Representa
tive Quin, of Mississippi. In discuss
ing the Army bill he quoted a state
ment from an unnamed source which
had been injected by his colleague,
Representative Callaway, into debate,
to the effect that "the J. P. Morgan
Interests" selected 179 newspapers,
then purchased control of 25 of the
greatest among them, and used them
for a preparedness propaganda which
would swing all the others into line.
He swallowed that monstrous slander
whole and made It the basis of a ti
rade against preparedness. He went
on to denounce the Chamberlain mil
itary training bill, saying:
My friends, this measure has In It all of
the provisions and Instrumentalities of
tyranny. It has in It more than that. It
has In It the teeth of a dragon to bite into
frazzles the liberties of the people. (Ap
plause.) It Is honeycombed with deceptive
snares. It Is artfully touched with dem
agogy. It Is a monstrosity in times of
peace. It Js worthy of the Dark Ages.
Gentlemen, will you stand for It? "Will you
stand for that kind of a measure, that would
put all the powers of a despot in the hands
of tho President?
Does any sane man or woman be
lieve that the newspapers of the United
States have been bought or can be
bought to support a measure which
would destroy American liberty? The
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States has voted by an enormous ma
jority in favor of the Chamberlain
plan? - Docs any sane man or woman
believe that the hundreds of thou
sands of business men who compose
that body have been bought or gulled
to support the preparedness policy, or
that they are so corrupt and unpa
triotic as to desire the overthrow of
the republic? Are purity and patriot
ism to be found only among the pacif
ists'? If so the American republic is
so rotten that it cannot and should not
survive.
Has universal military service
proved to be an instrumentality of
tyranny in France, our greatest sister
republic? Or In Switzerland, the oasis
of peace In Europe? Or In Sweden, or
Norway, or Argentina, or Australia,
or New Zealand, where the people rule
as truly as they do in the United
States?
If our policy is to be dictated by
and our safety to be committed to the
care of the Quins, we would better
paint our ships with barbers' stripes
without more ado and comply meekly
with all the rules which the Kaiser
makes for the government of the sea.
The most ominous fact about the pres
ent crisis is that, when we most need
broad, cool, courageous statesmen.
Congress Includes among Its members
so many Quins.
A POILU IX LITERATURE.
Fear that the war would be the
death of literature In the countries
of the belligerents seems to have been
measurably quieted by the achieve
ment of a French soldier In the
trenches, whose latest novel, "La Feu,"
according to the copious accounts
of it received in this country,
is being acclaimed extravagantly by
the critics in France. It Is perhaps
not an adequate test that the book
is already the "best seller" In France.
We know what best sellers commonly
are in our own country, and that the
sale is not always, or even often, the
mark of immortality. But prestige
is added to the name of the author
by award of the prize of the Goncourt
Academy, an Institution that in the
past has been little moved In its Judg
ments by considerations of popular
appeal. This fact, together with the
enthusiastic acceptance of "La Feu"
by the public of every walk in life,
would seem to Crown this latest
achievement In literature.
The author is Henri Barbusse, him
self by no means a novice at writing,
as he confesses himself to be at sol
diering. He was inconspicuous before
the war, however, as novelist, poet
and Journalist, It Is worth noting that
while in his earlier life he had been
an anti-militarist and had boasted of
his "internationalism," all this was
overwhelmed by a more practical, and
certainly more efficient, patriotism
when the war broke out. His age
caused him to be classed with the re
serves, but he volunteered for real
service and asked to be sent to the
front. He has won the Cross of War
and has been cited several times for
distinguished bravery. The interna
tionalist has become the man of ac
tion, and in one of the' pauses between
periods of sacrifice, when on con
valescent leave, he has written a book
perhaps "the book" of the war.
Tho book Is a story of war, of pollus
in action, of hardship and suffering
and deprivation of every kind. It does
not extenuate the monotony or the
horror or the dread of war; it is dis
tinctly vivid, and 'yet It does not owe
Its success to mere fine writing. If
it were only grewsome and grew
some'it Is, but It Is more than that, as
well its popularity would not be ac
counted for. But It does describe the
ordinary man, the man who is not car
ried away by the military spirit, even
as a result of the universal training
system of France, the man converted
by outside forces Into a hero who is
doing his duty as he sees it and for a
cause that he has been convinced is
Just; the man of the sort who sur
rounded the author in his everyday
life at the front. One gets a glimpse
of the life of the country in peace as
in war from the chapters quoted here
and there.
His own description of these men
tells the whole story. "They are not
soldiers; they are men." It was dif
ferent In the wars in which only pro
fessional soldiers took part, one is led
to infer. "They are not adventurers
warriors meet for massacre butchers
or driven cattle. They are ploughmen
and laborers, easily recognizable as
such under their uniforms. They are
uprooted civilians. They are ready.
They are waiting for the signal of
death and of -slaughter; but In con
templating their faces between( the
vertical lines of bayonets you perceive
that they are simply men." Thus the
author draws the contrast between
this war and other wars of .history.
He finds the soldier of today neither
reckless of his life, like a bandit, nor
blind with wrath, like a savage.
"They are superior to every sort of
transport- They are not drunk, either
literally or figuratively. They have
come together, in full consciousness,
as in full force and full health, to
play once more the role, imposed upon
them. . . . They are not the sort
of heroes they are popularly supposed
to be, but their sacrifice is nobler than
those who have not seen them will
ever be able to divine."
The novel is clearly, for all its
graphic description of war, not to be
construed as an argument for the fu
tile "Internationalism" which is so
commonly nowadays made an excuse
for shirking one's plain duty to his
country, and which is more often the
refuge of cowards than the sincere
manifestation of a love of all human
ity. If it teaches anything, this would
seem to be that duty most often lies
straight ahead.
This is the book of the year In
France. It is still a question whether
its English translation will have equal
vogue. For with the passion for in
finite detail that marks so many
French authors In their effort to be
"true to life" he has reproduced even
the conversations in the trenches with
phonographic exactness. And some of
them are not very nice. The nuna is
true of his descriptions, only parts of
which are vouchsafed us In the ac
counts that have reached America,
Barbusse had his choice between mak
ing his portraits unnatural and mak
ing some parts of them almost un
printable in English. He has chosen
to depict war as he saw it, and all
that goes with war, and it Is a further
noteworthy fact that the picture has
stimulated patriotism, and not so
called Internationalism, In the hearts
and minds of his own countrymen.
.
In an article published In The Ore
gonlan of February II the Northwest
em General Trading Company, offi
cers of which have "been convicted of
fraud, wa,s inaccurately mentioned as
the Northwest Trading Company. This
mistake has prompted the Northwest
Trading Company, Limited, of Seattle
to fear lest It be confused with the
other company of unsavory reputation.
There should be no danger of such
confusion, for the trial of the officers
of the fraudulent company was fully
reported. Its name being correctly
given, and It was engaged In different
business from the Seattle concern. Evi
dently the Northwest Trading Com
pany, of Seattle, is engaged in thor
oughly reputable business, and The
Oregonlan asks its readers to dis
tinguish carefully between it and the
Northwestern General Trading Com
pany. With tho price of -canned goods
soaring along with that of fresh vege
tables, there should be a boom In the
cultivation of the back garden. The
man who has a 60-foot lot should
be able to grow a patch of potatoes
and early vegetables, while he who has
a quarter block or can rent an adjoin
ing vacant lot should be able to grow
his entire supply and perhaps have
a surplus for his wife to can. If all
the vacant land within the city llmltt
of Portland were thus brought under
cultivation, the product would go far
toward feeding the population. Tht
indoor man would find his health Im
proved by the exercise and could cut
down his doctor and drug bills. A
large part of the remedy for the high
cost of living is in our own hands.
The extent of the trade field which
Alaska offers to the Pacific ports is
apparent from the fact that its mer
chandise imports In 1916 reached a
total of over $32,000,000. The terri
tory exported products to the value of
$84,622,450. and Its total exports since
its. acquisition by the United States
have been $668,794,401, or nearly one
hundred times the price paid for it to
Russia. Exports of copper ore last
year were $35,634,000, or more than
double those of 1915. and there was a
like increase In lead, while tungsten
figures in the exports for the first
time. But, with the building of the
Government railroad, development has
only begun.
Approach of H. H. Northrup's
seventy-eighth birthday reminds us
that the time is near when all the vet
erans of the Civil War will have passed
their eightieth year. The fact that so
many of them reach their mature age
testifies to the health-giving effect of
the privations they endured, the strug
gle they made and the open-air life
they lived. They were the pick of the
Nation in their youth, and they are
its backbone In their old age, for from
them radiates the patriotic spirit which
always answers the Nation's call.
John T. Bell has sold the Newberg
Enterprise and will reside In Seattle.
Oregon thus loses the energy of a
real newspaperman. Mr. Bell had been
in active work for more than a gener
ation on dally papers, and when he
acquired the Enterprise, more than
five years ago, he put his personality
into it. making it one of the readable
weekly papers of the State.
The California proposal to bar
whisky, gin and other ardent liquors.
but allow wines and beers of unlimited
alcoholic content will put the saloons
out of business but gives little help
to the cause of temperance and none
at all to prohibition, of course. Cali
fornia, that always wants the real
thing and gets It, very likely will re
ject the plan.
Anything from Hornbrook to Ash
land is suspected. A load of junk
revealed spirits and 'caused fines. An
aeroplane might work, and so might
a pipeline, but nothing between can.
Another "little gill next door" has
disappeared In New York, and one of
the clews leads to a taxi. These cases
continue despite a multitude of warn
ings. Intense partisans will note that Re
publican votes did not offer to tie the
President's hands. Tho Republican al
ways is a patriot.
Arrest of a man for Bale of a pheas
ant that had been mounted twenty
years ago tends to make the law ap
pear foolish.
Soutti wind and rain are the lazy
man's aids In clearing his walks. It's
a knowing man who waits.
Interest In baseball never wanes
while the home nine wins.
Mr. Warren does not appear to fear
the alphabetical hoodoo.
Better the stormy Sunday now than
following Easter.
Some comfort to learn that goldfish
are cheaper.
Washouts are due.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Evans.
Questions pertinent to.njglene, sanitation
and prevention of disease. If matters of gen
eral Int. rest, will be answered In this col
umn. Whers space will not permit or the
subject Is not suitable letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limited
tlotis and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for Individual diseases. H
qusts for such services cannot be answered.
Coprlght. 1018. by Dr. W. A, Evans.
Published bj arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
STRAIGHTENING SPINES.
L. V. writes: "I am a man of 22 years
and have a little spinal curvature,
(1) Do you think some kind of exercise
would be 'beneficial? (2) How would It
be to hang onto something with both
hands to stralshten out the spine? 1 am
also weak and nervous, caused from
sickness."
REPLY.
1. I do.
2. All right. Better still, get a pole and
parallel bars and practice all forma of band
over shoulders exercise.
CURED BT OPERATION.
Miss E. M. writes: "My father Buf
fered for 20 years from ulcers of the
stomach. He tried everything, doctor
ing with the best Chicago doctors and
elsewhere. "Last April a man suggested
that he be operated on. Two ulcerg
were found, and it proved to be a com
Dleto cure. He now weighs 182 pounds
and can eat anything, do anything and
has never had an ache or pain since.
And when he went to the hospital he
wasn't expected to live and couldn't
keep a thing on hla stomach."
REPLY.
Your father acted wisely. Symptoms of
ulcer of the stomach should not be allowed
to continue. Cancer la liable to result.
INFECTION OF NOSE.
Miss E. 8. writes: "I am a young lady
18 years old and for tho last two or
three months I have been bothered with
what eeems to be a cold in ray head. I
have to blow my nose almost continu
ally, which Is accompanied by a green
ish-yellow discharge and has a very
disagreeable odor. I also have a dull,
cloudy feeling over my eyVs, and when
I sit down and rise up suddenly I am
bothered with a heaviness or dizziness
in my head which laats for only an
instant. Do you think this la a bad cane
of catarrh? If mo. what remedy would
you suggest? I sleep with my window
wide open every night. Do you think
this is beneficial?"
REPLY.
You have an Infection of your nose or
some sinus discharging into that organ. You
should have treatment from some one ex
perienced In such conditions. The remedy
for the dizziness complained of Is to take
more exercise In the 'open air. It Is bene
ficial to sleep In a room with open windows.
VICTIM OF HERNIA.
Dally Subscriber writes: "What la the
best thing to do for men between the
ages of 50 and 60 when they have her
nia or double hernia and no other or
ganic trouble? A local physician rec
ommends operations. Where is the best
hospital in Chicago? What time of year
la best for an operation?
REPLY.
The answer depends on circumstances. How
much does your hernia Interfere with your
work and your comfort? Does It Interfere
enough to warrant an operation? If so, have
the operation done. This season is as good
as any.
SHUN HEAVY FOODS,
L. Ji, writes: "I am getting stout and
am always hungry. I eat only two
meals a day, but always leave the
table hungry. Is there anything I can
do to overcome that appetite? (2) I am
38 years old. My face is always rough
even in the Summer. I lies the best of
cold cream; my akin remain red. What
shall I dor
REPLY.
J. Fill up on watery vegetables and
watery fruit. Eat rather freely of lean meat.
Eat no desserts, sweets, sugar, potatoes or
bread. You should do nothing to spoil your
appetite. If you are without self-control
there la nothing for you to do but to fat
ten up.
2. Continue to use cold cream. Get out
Into the weather, especially on days of rain
and snow. When you go on a lighter diet
you may expect your complexion to improve.
FIXIl OTHER WORK.
J. H. writes: "I am 17 years old, 5
feet 8 Inches tall and weigh 127 pounds.
A year ago I had lung trouble, but am
feeling well now. I am working for a
dyeing and cleaning firm and work
with gasoline. Is this Injurious?"
REPLY.
Working in a dyeing establishment Is not
good for you. Try to find other employment.
PUOIIABLY NEED OPERATION.
A. M. S. writes: "I was operated on
a few months ago for inward goiter.
The arterlea were llgated at this time.
It being Impossible to remove the goiter
because of a bad pulse. This operation
has worked a remarkable cure In me,
though my pulse still runa about 120.
What are the effects of such a pulse?
I am interested to know. If thia con
tinues to be the only Indication of goi
ter, if another operation for Its remo
val would be advisable?"
REPLY.
A pulse of ISO kept up for a long time
wears the heart unduly. I think you prob
ably need another operation. Doubtless you
could stand It now.
PROLONG TREATMENT.
M. L. C. writes: "I am worried. Can
a person be cured of syphilis in one
year? I contracted the disease in De
cember, 1916. I have taken two of the
606 treatments and have been taking
mercury tablets. Is that the right treat
ment? How long must I continue it?
Is there any danger of me giving the
disease to anyone? I have not had any
trouble since taking the first 606 treat
ment." REPLY.
If you keep up your treatment for a year
you will be reasonably safe, though you
cannot be certain of a cure until treatment
has been further prolonged. Your treatment
Is proper.
PROBABLY CHILBLAINS.
M. L. P. writes: "What would cause
the skin on one's heel and along the
outside of the foot to crack, look dark
and become scaly? Could it be a germ
or would It be caused from having been
frosted? My feet have not been frosted
at any time that I know of. Would you
kindly euggeBt a remedy?"
REPLY.
The probability is that you are suffering
from chilblains In a mild form, wear warm
stockings and shoes. Keep your feet dry.
Soak them at night for a few minutes In ice
water. Dry carefully. Rub vigorously.
W. C. writes: "Will you please advise
me what I can do to overcome that
tired feeling in the morning? No mat
ter what time I retire, I feel tired when
called in the morning, no matter if I
have slept ten hours. I am 30 years of
age."
REPLY.
You are sleeping too much. Limit yourself
to seven or eight hours of sleep In a well
ventilated room. Get out of bed. take a cold
shower and a rub, and walk to work. This Is
the best medicine for that tired In the morn
lng feeling.
Wife Takes Husband's 8 fata a.
BAR VIEW, Or., Feb. 22. (To tho
Edltor.O (1) A man and his wife come
to this country and he becomes nat
uralized. Does she have to take out
papers to become naturalized?
(2) An alien (male) comes to this
country and marries a natural born
citizen. Does she automatically be
come an alien? CLAY P. MOODY.
(1) No.
(2) Yes.
LAND GRANT WORK IS RESIGNED.
Ex-Governor West Throws Up Task
and Says Beam Bill Is Asinine.
PORTLAND, Feb. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) You ask editorially this morn
ing: "Does Oswald West, . . . say to
the counties that they will not get their
due unless the Stats Legislature en
acts legislation, or defeats legislation,
to please him or his employer? . . . Has
Mr. West any Instructions or authority
from Washington to bulldoze the stats
to keep its hands off of the same old
game of aequestratlon and reservation
of public lands that has been going on
for years?"
These questions would give the im
pression that I hart been before the
Legislature In an effort to defeat the
Bean Bill. For your information let
me say that I never raised my hand to
defeat the measure. 1 neither spoke
nor wrote a word to a single member
of the Legislature in reference to It
While I 'was not invited to appear be
fore the legislative commltteesj to
which it was referred. Mr. Bean was
there and. It appears from newspaper
reports, put words In my mouth which
were aimed to save hla cause and which
no doubt prompt you to ask the ques
tions embodied in your editorial.
When the question of placing these
lands upon the tax roll was being con
sidered by the County officials last
Fall I advised them that It would be a
better policy to leave them off. at least
for tha present, and for the following
reasons:
1. That If tha Chamberlaln-Ferrls
Act of June (.1916. waa constitutional
(and ws had no right to assume other
wise until the courts had held to the
contrary. Its title to the lands had
passed to the government and accord
ing to the opinlona of tha Attorney
General and the State Tax Commission
er wera no longer subject to taxation.
2. That It would ba better for tha
counties to accept this ruling at least
for tha present and thereby not raise
any new questions which would In any
way delay the taxes then due and pay
able, 3. That- If tha landa were placed
upon the rolls for 1916 and a claim
presented to the government It would
unquestionably result in the payment
of the claims for taxes for all years
being held ud until after the right
of tha counties to assess the landa for
1916 had been adjudicated.
4. That the leaving of the lands off
of tax rolls for 1916 would make for
a mora apeedy settlement of the claim)
for 1913. 1914, 1915 and would in no
manner effect their rights, if any such
right existed, to assess the lands at
any time through tha medium of tha
sheriff who has-full power under the
law to do so.
aiy sole purpose in accepting from
the government the appointment to pay
these taxes waa because I waa anxious
to see tha counties not only get their
money at the earliest posclble date, but
get every penny that was due them.
To thta end I have combated the conten
tion of the railroad company that none
of the taxes should be paid, or If paid,
on not a greater valuation than $2.60
per acre, and have insisted that the
full amount as claimed by the counties
Including all penalties. Interest and
costs down to data of settlement should
be paid. In view, however, of tha ob
stacles which are being thrown in the
way of an early adjustment of the
counties claims, and the likelihood
of the matter being held up until the
courts pans upon the question of the
right of the state to tax the lands. I
have no further time to devote to it
and am forwarding my resignation to
the Secretary of the Interior.
I can find no justification for your
charge that" these lands are to ba
thrown into a reserve. It is well
known that the law provided that prac
tically all the lands shall be thrown
open to entry and sale, and both tha
Secretary of the Interior and the Com
missioner of the General Land office
are putting forth every effort to ac
complish this end at the earliest possi
ble date.
In retiring from this land grant work
and in closing this statement I wish to
say that time will prove the Bean Bill
to be one of the most asinine pieces of
legislation ever passed by a Legisla
ture of this or any other state.
OSWALD WEST.
POTATO'S FOOD VALID IS LOW.
Solids, at Present Prleem, Coat Con
sumers 91 Per Pound.
UNION', Or., Feb. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) Several days ago I saw a brief
editorial In The Oregonlan calling at
tention to the alleged boycott on po
totaes and intimating that it would
be hard to get along -without that nu
nutritious food. Why are potatoes
considered nutritious food? The best
estimate of tha food value of potatoes,
according to complete analysis. Is five
per cent solid matter, i5 per cent
water. Soma analyses put it as low
as two per cent solid, the rest water.
Taking the highest five per cent solid
at five cents per pound for the en
tire potato, retail, then we pay a dol
lar a pound for tha solid food, with
the Juice squeezed out.
We may like the taste, but are po
tatoes necessary? Is It not true that
many other fooda can ba served that
are fully nutrltioua and at much less
cost? The mere matter of taste can
be set aside with a sufficient exer
cise of will power. At least so the
persons who have acquired the drink
habit have been told. Curb the taste
by will power.
Would it not be a good thing for
your paper to print a list of foods
and the relative quantity of nutri
ment that each contains If potatoes
are without tha reach of working peo
ple as food then aome other substance
might be used until the price is regu
lated In proportion to its actual value.
Is It a good move, or reasonable econ
omy, for any persons to use potatoes
for food at five oents per pound, re
tall? W. A. MAXWELL.
Plrrmea Begin la Roundhouse.
MOLALLA, Or., Feb. 23. (To tha
Editor.) Please give me Information
on locomotive firing. What ara tha
requirementa? W. P.
Practically all railroads require their
men to take a courae in the round
house, either as wiper or helper, be
fore they are entrusted with the firing
of a locomotive. In this way they be
come familiar with tha operations of
an engine. The length of time a man
Is kept in the roundhouse depends
greatly on his adaptability and tha en
thusiasm which he displays In the
work. From alx months to a year is
estimated as the average time required
to prepare a man for the position of
fireman. No man is entrusted with a
locomotive as fireman until he is of
age.
PORTLAND AS A PORT.
MONROE, Or., Feb. 24. (To the Ed
itor.) Kindly, inform me of the
amount of Portland's trade by water
for the years 1918 and 1915.
JOHN C. NIMMS.
Foreign Imports during 1915 were
valued at (2.681,242 and In 1916 they
were valued at 12.434,679. Exports In
1915 were valued at $18,212,603 and
in 1916 tha value was 34.019.260. Val
uations on domestlo shipments are not
recorded by Customs House authori
ties. Medical Examination Stands.
PORTLAND, Feb. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) Can you tell tire if it is now nec
essary to have a medical examination
in this state before being married?
A READER.
It is necessary for the mala A bill
to repeal the medical examination law
failed to pass the Legislature,
In Other Days
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of February 28. 183X
N. P. Bentgan, with one of the city
wagons, was hauling around vesterdav
a man who was taking down tho tin
street signs on the old iron lamp posts.
The signs will be repainted and put up
again.
P. B. Studebaker. president of tha
Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Com
pany, maker of wagons, is in Portland
and is considering a proposal for tha
establishment of a branch factory here.
Marlon Joseph has issued a state
ment of thanks to Messrs. D. Goldsmith,
L. L. Hawkins. L. It. Knapp, I.
Klelachner, J. McCracken. Henry Acker
man, Kenneth MacKenzle, C. M. Forbes.
Cleveland Rockwell, C. A Macrum, Sig
Sichel, H. A Shorey, Frederick V. Hol
man. and Jt. W. Mitchell expressing her
thanks and appreciation for the flatter
ing testimonial proffered her at the
Marquara Grand Theater March 5th.
and thereby accepts.
A Chinaman who signs himself John
Chinaman has written a letter to The
Oregonian warning the public to keep
off Second street, as a highbinder not
is probable,
Mrs. A, M. Hurley and Miss Blanche
Ground are guests of Judge Hurley
of this city. Mlsa S. L. Brooks and
Miss Iva Brooks, of Tha Dalles, are
visiting at the horn of Mrs. Frank
Dekum.
Mrs. S. A. Smith, wife of S. A. Smith,
formerly a well-known photographer
of Salem, received Injuries from a fall
last Wednesday which nearly proved
fatal.
Half a Cestsry Ago.
From The Oregonlan of February 28. 18T.
William M. Hand, late a lieutenant
in the Oregon Cavalry, goes up the
Columbia this morning to as.iumt con
trol of The Dalles Mountaineer. Wil
liam is an old Hand at the business,
having been always a "print" and at
one time a newspaper proprietor.
F. Shoemaker, formerly a farmer in
Polk County, had In this city yesterday
a half dozen full-blooded Berkshire
breeding pigs which he ships this
morning for his ranch in Grand Ronda
valley.
Captain Kellogg informs us that tha
P. T. Co.'s steamer Yamhill is now
making regular trips on the Tualatin
river as far as lllllsboro. The navi
gation of this stream is attended with
a number of difficulties.
Messrs. Savler & Co.. of this city,
sent off by tha Montana 1000 barrels of
Imperial extra flour consigned to
Charles Dlmon. New Tork, via tha
Isthmus.
A wretch who has seen tha latest
style of hoop skirts and who has evi
dently studied their anatomy da
scribes them as "self-adjusting, double
back-action-bustle, Ktrucnn laca ex
pansion, spiral Plccolomlnl-attach-mant,
gossamer indestructible." An
other wretch who has seen them worn
falls to moralizing thus: "Fortune
tellers and tilting hoops operate differ
ently, tha former reveal what the lady
will be In the future, the latter reveal
what she Is at present."
The Wakening Thrill of War
, By James Harton Adnma.
The old boys of the G. A. R. anestr
llfe'a setting sun now feel again the
thrill of war they felt in sixty-one.
They vividly recall the days when
patriotic fire burst forth Into a lurid
blaze in souls of son and sire when
over the excited North from hla appeal
ing pen our Father Abraham sent forth
a call for fighting men. Again they
hear the thrilling beat of drums that
spoke of atrlfc, the steady tramp of
marching feet, the shrill notes of the
fife. Again they hear the ringing
cheers, see hats flung In the air, and
gaze with sadness on the tears of loved
onea standing them as from the sta
tion sped away the hero-laden train 1
and left behind the dear ones they might
never see again. Agrain recall the
weary march, the bivouac at night,
their roofing but the heavenly arch
with twinkling stars alight. Again
comes to their aged ears the roar of
battle hell, their ringing patrlotlo
cheers, the answering "rebel yell." As
cloud of war from o'er the sea comes
drifting hltherward and Uncle Sam
again may be compelled to draw the
sword, the same war spirit that in
spired the lioye now old and gray with
patriotic glow has fired the souls of
men today,, and should the storms of
battle rage again which God forbid
old vets will crumble at their age
just as their granddads did.
MEANING OF "COPPERHEAD.
PORTLAND. Feb. 25. (To the Edl
tor.) Kindly tally one to Comrade
Henry E. Dosch. of Hillsdale, on the
definition of "Copperhead." during the
Civil War. His statement is correct,
regardless of the definition given by
the International Encyclopedia.
"Democrat" and "Copperhead" were
not used as synonymous terms In any
part of the country. Copperhead la
correctly defined by Mr. Dosch. Thou
sands upon thousands of Democrats en
listed In the Union Armies and wera
there at the finish In 1S65. Copper
heads, discouraged enlistments, called
our soldiers. "Lincoln hirelings." "nig
ger lovers." encouraged desertion of
Union soldiers, destroyed culverts and
bridges on lines leaving South to tha
Union Armies, called General Grant a
butcher, magnified Confederate vic
tories and their leaders in all battles
as superb, while tha Union Armies wera
nothing but mobs, officered mostly by
scalawags and incompetents.
Democrats were not guilty of such
traitorous acts. I speak from person
al knowledge, and knew what one
meant In those days when "Copper
head" waa used,
S. E. GILBERT.
Such words have broader application
in one locality than another. The def
inition of "Copperhead." found in the
International Encyclopedia is also
given In the "Encyclopedia Brltan
nlca," "Tha Americano"," "Nelson's En
cyclopedia" and In "Rhodes History."
Wko Spilled tke Beans?
An old fellow from Boston town said.
With a wink and a Jerk of his head.
"If I wanted to speak
I could tell of a leak
That would really startle tha dead.
But a roan from Missouri, named Stone,
Declared that he"d have to ba shown
That he'd riddle the yap
Of tha Bostonese chap.
Though ha stood in tha Senate alone.
So they had the old fellow come down
From his home In the N'ew England
town.
But he stood by his tale
With never a quail,
fnd in spit of the Senator's frown.
And ha took the nam out of his Jeans
Of the high-brow who had spilled all
the beans.
Bo they had to decide
That he likely had lied
To suppress any unpleasant scenes.
And the matter Is now up" In the air.
For each side feared the other one's
dare.
And since both sides have flopped
The affair haa been dropped.
While tha country looks on in despair.
X. T. Geer.