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THE MOIiXrNG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27, 1917.
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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1817.
THE BLESSEDNESS OF GIVING.
The whole people profit by an ex
perience such as that through which
the Nation has passed in the Red
Cross week just ended with a tri
umphant oversubscription of the
mercy fund asked for to aid our
wounded In the war. They are raised
to new heights of self-denial and sac
rifice, and are inspired by new enthu
siasms that can have no other effect
than to make them permanently bet
ter men and women than they were
before. They have learned anew that
It is more blessed to give than to re
ceive. The great lesson of the "drive" is
pelf-sacrifice, and the dominant note
1b sacrifice, and the outstanding fea
ture of the statistics is again sacri
fice. It is true that many large sub
scribers have given generously, but
It is also conspicuously true, as Chair
man Ayer, of the Portland personal
canvass division, has pointed out, that
"really it Is the small subscribers who
have given the inspiration, and to
whom the victory is due," and also
as Chairman Strong, of the Portland
general committee, said, that success
lies not wholly in the money raised
"but in the spirit in which it was
given." No man. Indeed, "can scan
the list of givers without realizing that
the great majority of the gifts repre
sents sacrifice." It has been a com
munity movement throughout. Rich
and poor, men and women, boys and
girls, have seen their duty, and, better
yet, have performed it. That is the
inspiring thought. The country is
awake at last.
The heart of a whole democracy is
In the war there is now no doubt of
It, What has been done for the Red
Cross almost before we have fired a
shot, and certainly before we have
had a long casualty list to spur us to
special action, is an -earnest of greater
deeds and more far-reaching sacri
fices to come. We do not propose to
leave the issue to our fighting men
alone, but we are going to stand be
hind them. Those who stay at home
will be the great reserved behind the
line, active and persistent and im
bued with the spirit of determination:
not drones, but workers; soldiers
whose fortune it Is to be assigned to
duty at home but whose spirit is on
the battlefield.
It is good for us that thus early
we are forming the habit of giving.
Some there are who already have that
habit, and It is good to know, too,
that in this great "drive" just ended
the people have not been content to
leave the task to those already con
firmed in the faith that the gift glori
fies the giver according to the denial
It entails. "Humanity dollars" roll
in. "Everybody give!" is the watch
word. Not excessive generosity on
the part of a few, but insistent giving
by all prevails.
Analysis of the figures shows that
Oregon has justified the pride that its
people feel in their own state. It
thus far has answered every call. We
did not wait for the Red Cross cam
paign to show our patriotism we had
exceeded our quotas for the regular
Army, in the National Guard and in,
the Navy, and our record for regis
tration under the selective draft ia
practically 100 per cent of those eligi
ble. We have no slackers. We live
in a fine American state, the founda
tion of which was laid by American
pioneers, who braved the perils of the
wilderness to set tip the banner of a
sturdy democracy. Service was a les
son taught early by these men and
women. Now it is bearing fruit
One practical consideration that
ought to be emphasized in connection
with the work now for the present
practically finished is that the money
subscribed will all be devoted to the
purpose for which the givers Intended
it. No part of it is being absorbed
by incidental expenses and so-called
"overhead." These legitimate and in
evitable costs have been taken care
of by patriotic citizens, who also have
contributed liberally to the general
fund. The sum of more than $1,
000,000 subscribed by the people of
Oregon, and the total of nearly $3,
225,000 furnished by the three states
of the Northwest, will all go to alle
viate the suffering of our men at the
front.
This is another hopeful Improve
ment over the methods of other days.
It does not cost a dollar to put a dol
lar Into action, as once It did. This
is a further stimulus to generous giv
ing; it has entailed truly enormous
gifts of energy and time on the part
of many persons, whose offerings
thus made to the cause also show the
stuff of which Americans are made.
PORTLAND-BUILT, PORTLAND-OWNED
(.HU'S.
More than usual interest, from a
strictly local viewpoint, attaches to
the acquisition of the McEachern
shipyard by Mr. Houser and his asso
ciates, for the new head of the com
pany has interested himself more than
any other citizen in the operation of
steamship lines owned by Portland
people from Portland.
For the present the plant will prop
erly be occupied in building ships for
the Government, but when the emer
gency of war is past it will turn out
vessels which will make Portland
their home port and will carry Oregon
products abroad and bring foreign
goods for manufacture or consump
tion in Oregon. Economy will dictate
that the Government ships also carry
a first cargo from Portland, either
to Europe or to the Atlantic Coast.
Thus the revival of shipbuilding in
the Columbia River district is to have
Its logical sequence in the revival of
Portland commerce and of Portland
ship-owning. By the time Mr. Houser
is free to turn hi3 plant to this use,
Portland will have a grain elevator
and docks capable of accommodating
his vessels.
The channel of the Columbia River
lis already deep and wide enough for
I vessels of the deepest draft now afloat.
V, . . , .1,- 1 1Q18 i- -ortll Ka
deeper and wider through the influ
ence of the north Jetty and through
dredging:. It is already equal with the
channels leading to the world's great
est ports, and it will be kept on an
equality with them.
In commercial development the
Spinster City will yet show her rivals
a swift pace. Watch the old lady
renew her youth.
WHOSE WART
The great fuss over the proposal,
or the many proposals, made in Con
gress to penalize the newspapers of
the Nation for unnamed offenses
is apparently not to end with the lat
est Senate plan to increase the second
class postal rates and to levy a tax
on their net receipts. The newspa
pers of America ought to pay, and will
pay without protest, their just share
of the cost of government at home
and of war abroad, but they will not
be silent under grossly discriminatory
imposts, or prohibitive increases of
postage, such as have been demanded
by sundry Congressmen.
A key to the motives of these hos
tile Congressmen may perhaps be
found in a remark by Senator Gore,
of Oklahoma, an ln-and-outer who
blows hot and cold on the war and
its issues and who has more than once
made mischief for the President by
indiscreet utterances and obstreperous.
if not disloyal, action.
"Don't you wan, to help- pay for
your war?" Inquired Senator Gore,
sneeringly, of the protesting publish
ers before the Senate finance com
mittee. A newspaper war? Not the Lusi-
tania, nor the wanton sinking of
American ships and destruction of
American lives, nor the long series of
criminal aggressions on American
rights, nor the grand Prussian as
sault on democracy and civilization.
provoked the war. If Gore is right;
but the newspapers brought it on.
The newspapers, of course, will not
deny their responsibility for reporting
the facts, and warning the American
people, and demanding that they pre
serve their rights and perform their
duties. They were the real voice of
America: and not its Gores.
Thin is the same Senator Gore who
arose in Congress on March 2, 1916,
and told an astounding tale about
President Wilson at a White House
conference. The President, averred
Gore, on information and belief, said
we should break off with Germany,
and there would be war, and war
would not necessarily be an evil. This
was an atrocious and treasonable fab
rication, and none but a Gore could
have conceived or repeated it.
If there Is anthing about Gore of
which Oklahoma or the Democratic
party Is proud. It would be pleasing
to have an odious record balanced by
something In his favor.
AFTER FIFTY YEARS.
One can only wish that Seattle
shall receive all the benefits of which
It has talked and dreamed from the
enterprise which is to be formally
dedicated July 4. On that day the
Lake Washington Canal will be for
mally opened after something like
half a century of effort expended on
the project.
Seattle is located on Puget Sound,
and Puget Sound, as described by lit
erature Issued in behalf of Its ad
vancement, is itself a great land
locked harbor capable of floating all
the navies of the world ia comfort
and safety. But that is not, has not
been, enough for Seattle. Puget
Sound sprawls over a good deal of
territory and is port and harbor for
numerous other important cities. Se
attle had to have something better,
something more extensive than other
Puget Sound cities.
So, with aid of Government and
state and county. It has converted
Lake Washington Into an inner,
fresh-water harbor, access to which
is gained by a canal eight miles long
and through locks that lift vessels
about nine feet above tidewater. About
ninety miles is added to the city's
harbor frontage. Now the resident
on the crowning heights need no
longer go to the front door to look
at ships. He may see them out of the
back door, too, which is doubtless
gratifying to one who yearns to look
at ships.
It is said that General George B.
McClellan, In the year 1856, when
Seattle was wherever the Indian chief
of that' name happened to leave his
hat if he had one recommended
the construction of the waterway.
From that day until this it. was a
Seattle ambition, and it figured from
time to time prominently in local and
state polities and in real estate rival
ries. In one year the Republican
party, in state convention assembled.
declared for the Lake Washington
Canal and the Democratic party op
posed it. The well-known political
term, "Vital issue," was thereupon ap
plied to the project. The Governor
was elected on the Issue, though the
main purpose was to secure a Con
gressional delegation which would In
duce Congress to make an appropria
tion. That was In 1892, but it appears
that Congress did not give much, ex
cept for surveys, until 1910, when it
appropriated $2,275,000 for the locks.
Citizens acquired and presented the
right of way and state, county and
city contributed the remainder of the
total cost of $5,000,000.
But for several years before Con
gress provided an appropriation the
canal as now completed had a com
petitor in another proposed canal.
For a time it was pretty much of a
real estate rivalry as to which would
be put through. The newer south
canal project called for excavation
through the hills, which were to be
sluiced down and used to fill the tide
flats at the south end of the city.
That was where the profit lay for the
promoters. The other canal, the one
now completed, had as its chief back
ers the owners of real estate that pre
sumably would be benefited by Its
construction.
The rival factions had a war before
the original State Tideland Board,
which platted the tidelands, each try
ing to get a plat adopted that would
shut the other out. A fierce election
occurred over a proposed water and
light scheme which Involved supply
ing water for sluicing purposes to the
south canal project. But it was large
ly physical difficulties that finally
subdued the south canal rivalry.
Sluicing operations ran into blue clay,
which would not sluice.
Since about 1910 the wholehearted
effort of the city has been directed
toward completion of the one project,
The $5,000,000 expended on the canal
proper was by no means the cost.
Drawbridges were required by the
Government In place of trestles, sewer
changes aad new street grades were
entailed, and property elevations were
altered all at the expense of the com
munity. At last Seattle has Its fresh-water
harbor. The benefits that will actual
ly accrue to shipping are yet to be
demonstrated, but it is assumed that
the lake will become a basin for Gov
ernment and other vessels because of
the cleansing properties of fresh wa
ter. But other returns have already
been realized. Lowering of the level
of the lake added to the value of shore
lands, and these increased values,
though then potential, were utilized
in financing the Alaska-Tukon-Pacific
Exposition. Additional shipbuilding
sites have been made available and
some of them are already being put to
use. The lowering of the lake also
ended disastrous floods that occurred
almost yearly In the Renton, Sam
mamish and Duwamish districts.
Probably its cost has already been
returned to the community. '
This persistent and finally success
ful effort of Seattle to obtain a fresh
water harbor at a distance from tide
water offers a theme for study by
those in Portland who seem to believe
that Portland's best opportunity is to
abandon its own fresh-water harbor
for one much farther away, where
Mbe salty tide flows in and out.
FOR THE GENERAL UPLIFT,
Over In Malheur County, where it
might be thought the public would be
enthusiastically contemplating the
coming pleasures of a Wild West
Round-TJp, or a race meet for all com
ers, they are showing the world that
the frontier Is not what It once was.
The annual Chautauqua season has
Just been brought to a triumphant
conclusion, and the satisfaction of the
people is so marked that they sure
arranging to have a newer and better
organization to take in Brogan, Nyssa,
Ontario, Vale, and many other places.
The Malheur Enterprise devotes a
great deal of space to the project. It
tells the people what a Chautauqua
is and what It has done for Vale, tt
tones up tho Intellectual atmosphere.
It encourages moral stamina, develops
civic pride and stimulates and sus
tains patriotism. Continues the Enter
prise:
The programme has been all that veas
claimed for it. We have all enjoyed such
premier entertainers as S. Piatt Jons, with
his stories; the Comus players with their
dramatic art; Marlon Ballou Bisk, with her
crayon pictures; such capable musicians ss
the girls of the Treble Clef Club ami Ruth
Yen MacDrttiald: suoh strong and timely
messages from big men like John Lewtas
and Captain Hlndley, and the children Jiave
learned to love Miss Helen Morrow, who Is
playing with them this week; yet as much
more Is still to come.
We are aware that we have thus
given a mighty advertisement to the
players and entertainers who have
been enjoying the favor of Malhetir
audiences. But let it go at that.
There are hundreds and thousands of
other artists and performers just as
good, and we use these stars merely
for illustration. They are typical
Chautauqua platform Itinerants, and
they give pleasure and instruction to
millions.
Let us hope that the Malheur plan
of taking the Chautauqua to every
body within its borders will succeed;
and let us hope that other commu
nities, too, will awaken to Its bene
fits. Not all Chautauquas may have
William Jennings Bryan, nor his ac
companying yodelers and bellrlngers;
but there Is something in every Chau
tauqua that leaves a permanent bene
fit behind its every performance.
APPLES.
The statement of Mr. S. B. Moomaw
at Hood River recently that Great
Britain will resume purchases of
American apples as soon as shipping
facilities are obtainable Is good news
not only for American growers but
for British consumers as well. It
would be a mistake for the English
to stop eating apples, and doubtless
their own orchards have suffered from
neglect, while new plantings have
been discontinued because of more
pressing needs.
The adage, "An apple a day keeps
the doctor away," is founded on the
facts of experience and the discoveries
of scientific men. It is trne that the
protein and fat content of the apple,
only 0.3 per cent of each, is negligible,
and that the carbohydrate content of
10.8 per cent is surpassed by such
vegetables as the potato, but these
figures do not tell the whole story.
The apple contains certain mineral
elements, more subtle and less under
stood, but not the less peculiarly
adapted to the requirements of good
health, which are not so available In
any other foodstuffs.
Some of them baffle analysis, but
we who eat apples can testify to their
beneficent effect. It would be a mis
take for any nation to exclude the
apple from Its diet, war or no war.
" IMMIGRATION OR EMIGRATION
Our problem of the future will be
to find labor enough to do the work
we have to do. If the prediction made
by Commissioner of Immigration
Howe comes true. He, believes that
we will be turned from a Nation of
Immigrants Into a Nation of emi
grants; not that Americans of the old
stock will seek other fields, but that
conditions in Europe will be so
changed that many of the aliens now
In the United States will want to go
back home.
For such Europeans as desire to
leave their countries, as, for example,
those of the Balkans, Bohemia, and
some parts of Hungary, other coun
tries will bold out inducements. Can
ada, will want a share. Mexico, If it
were pacified, would offer a fruitful
field. Africa, after the map has been
remade, will be a different place from
the viewpoint of the homeseeker.
With a new land policy, Russia would
attract to her vast areas not only her
own population which heretofore has
emigrated but the people of neigh
boring countries as well.
So the lessons we are now learning
in the conservation of labor, by the
fuller employment of machinery and
removal of restrictions upon produc
tion, are quite likely to stand us In
good stead. We still will have our.
own people to feed, and. If we are to
prosper, our share of the business of
the world to look out for. We do not
want to lag behind in the procession
If we can help it; for we know that,
with the Nation as with the individ
ual, to cease to advance Is to retro
grade. There will be more than ever
a demand for brains in Industry, for
Invention and good management, and,
above all. for co-operation In speeding
up production all along the line.
If there is to be a permanent short -age-f
laboi- as measured by present
standards in the United States, there
Is only one remedy, and that Is to
Improve the efficiency of the labor
we have, wherever possible. At any
rate, it looks as if there would not
be any considerable amount of un
employment for years to come, and
therefore no necessity for handi
capping Individual capacity, in the
mistaken notion that this "makes
more work for more men."
TWO QUESTIONS.
PORTLAND. Or June 2a (To the Ed
itor.) Now' that tne Nation, in Its latest
agony of virtue. Is going to stop the man
ufacture of liquor for the period of the
war. I would like to ask two questions: It
liquor. is to go Into the discard, why not
tobacco, baseball and the movie f And -)
how tlong will the war last?
NOT AN EX-TANK.
Let us suppose that our friend has
only an academic, or sympathetic, in
terest in the question of National pro
hibition. Or perhaps it Is purely
scientific We cannot think that
there can be any motives of personal
comfort or satisfaction that could In
spire anyone In Oregon to propound
such queries as the first. As to the
second, we can only say that tho war
will last till the end.
We shall answer our sarcastic In
terrogator as your most ardent enemy
of ardent spirits would desire. To
bacco demoralizes no army, debauches
no soldiers, devastates no homes, pau
perizes no families, starves no chil
dren, fills no jails, but it comforts
many lonesome patriots. In v the
trenches and outside.
The moving picture was found to
be the enemy of the barroom, even
before tho latter was abolished In
many states. If It should now be
done away with because war Is a sol
emn and tragic business, and there
are to bo no diversions, a great -educative
force will be sent to tho rear.
No single Influence except the news
papers has done more to stimulate
patriotism, encourage enlistments and
raise money than the so-called movies.
As to baseball, we are not especially
enthusiastic about it. But it will be
noted that a great stock of baseball
supplies masks, pads, balls, gloves,
bats, and the like Is to be sent to the
front that the boys may spend part
of their leisure In tho great National
sport. Baseball goes with the flag.
If it is all right for the soldiers. It Is
surely not to be put under tho ban
for tho home guard.
The supremo business of the Nation
Is now war. Tho high duty of the citi
zen is to fight the public enemy, or
aid In that vital design. But the Na
tional occupations should as nearly
as possible go on as usual. It would
bo folly to interne tho entire American
public for the war. Indeed, It would
bo impossible. To deny any people
wholesome pastimes is Insanity; to
permit unwholesome indulgence is
dangerous and may be disastrous.
Finally, it Is not proposed by Con
gress to stop the sale of liquor In the
wet states; only the manufacture. We
are Informed upon Interested author
ity that the stock of liquor on hand
not in private cellars is great enough
to last a year or two, even under the
assault of panicky appetites.
Tho njjws reports from tho British
front have produced another new
word, or, rather, a revival of an ex
ceedingly old one. They tell of tho
capture of a "fosse" on tho German
lino. A fosse is simply a trench or
moat, but the word heretofore has
been employed almost exclusively by
fortification engineers and archaeol
ogists. A couple of thousand years
ago tho battlefields were dotted with
them.
It's rather misleading to state not
one penny la missing in the largest
hoard of gold In the world, the $7 65,
000,000 In the New York Assay Office,
just counted. As the penny is not
made of gold. It could not be missing.
The fact illustrates one of the Idiosyn
crasies of American "as she is spoke."
In no gathering these days Is there
shown a warmer bond of fraternity
than In the Grand Army encampment.
Time has mellowed memories and
each has a story to tell, occasionally
electrified by the unexpected testi
mony of one who. was there, right on
tho field.
Oregon hop dealers fear the food
control bill will ruin them, which was
the line of talk of the brewers a few
years ago, but most of them have
found something just as good. The
hop dealers might try the potato line
this year.
Spring may be lato coming, but it
is making up for lost time In the glory
of the gardens everywhere. There
never was such a riot of bloom, and
the potato blossom never looked as
beautiful as It does today.
Next Sunday is "Food-Saving day,"
and as most people sleep late and eat
but two meals, the real conservation
will He In keeping "the old man" out
of the pantry in the evening.
The Senators seem to want food
control but. The country wants ac
tion, and would like to see the Senate
settle the question and go ahead with
something else.
Minister Voplcka, who Is going back
to Roumanla by way of Siberia, real
izes the force of the adage that the
longest way around is the shortest
way home.
Wo wouldn't give muoh for tho
prospects of the man who rests his
hope of evading service on the ground
that the draft law Is unconstitutional.
Mr. Cardray says "this Is picnic
weather," and Portland, which likes
to be told and shown, will take his
word for it.
Government is warning the coalmen
against boosting prices; nevertheless
this is the time to fill tho bin for the
Winter.
It took two years to convict the
Chief of Police and others at Indian
apolis of election frauds, but It was
done.
Somebody havo pity and adopt that
poor orphan, the goddess of liberty
that enlightened the recent Rose Festival-
Has anybody observed how much
better many men look since Oregon
has been "dry" for many months?
Roumanla has just been assessed a
quarter of a billion francs as a pen
alty for being conquered.
Bend will ba a sure-enough railroad
town with tho first switch engine In
Central Oregon.
Hash is prime breakfast food and
most of the Ingredients are commonly
at -hand.
The Oregon haymaker Is getting his
weather this yean,
How to Keep Well
Br Dr. W. A. Evasuk
Questions pertinent to fcrglene. sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral interest, will be answered in this col
umn. Where space wlil not permit or tha
subject Is not suitable letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addreesed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
Quests for aucll services cannot be answered
tCopyrlght. 1910. by Dr. W. A. Eva net
Published by anaaitrntnt with tho Chicago
Tribune.)
WORK AS CURB FOR 1XSANTS.
Dr. Bowers, medical superintendent
of
In&
of
tne Indiana state Hospital for the
sane Criminals, says that 75 per cent
tne patients in that hnsnitai r-nn k
employed 75 per cent of the time with
some profit to the institution and with
great advantage to the patients.
Imagine an Insane criminal sitting
during the long hours of the day, idle
with his thoujrhts and mAmnrin an
then going to bed physically untlred, to
"""" ana dream until getting up time
comes again. Bad enough with the or
dinary insane, it La worse when to in
trospection is added the memories and
remorses of crimes and trials.
Dr. Bowers Itvi tha natlanta nnw lmlr
upon the opportunity of working in the
hops as a much-coveted privilege. The
chance to work to rjroriimA unm-tr,!..
&
has cured more than one case held to be
incurably affected.
The workrooms are larra alrv
generally attractive. The tasks are not
fatiguing. One result is that the' men
get physical exorcise. They no to their
meals with annetltaa and ihv b-a (a
their beds to sleep rather than to toss
ana aream and lie awalre and worry.
Their minds are ocoudM. The fnt
the misery of their mental states ; they
are less introspective; their obsessions
and delusions do not grow from being
dwelt on. As they are relieved of their
mental vagaries they begin to develop
gain on the positive side. They become
happier, more auiet- and nencefui Th,n
some of them at least begin to acquire
a pleasure In tho accomplishment of
work. Some d eve 1 on nreatlvn ranaiiv
Some work at gardening Is more helpful
man snop work.
Among; conditions that n v- .--n
treated successfully bv tha wnrlc nir.
are neurasthenia, consumption, rheuma
tism. Heart disease, dementia precox.
Insanity, mental reta.rcla.tlnn. Infnnilln
paralysis, and locomotor ataxia.
ine object sought In prescribing work
s psychological. In some limtanrAi in
other Instances It Is to develop the mus
cles; in still others, to develop control
of nervous muscles and joints.
The makinxr of monev In crcniiHiiiv -
secondary consideration. Some patients
mane enougn to pay all their expenses;
others enough to eonrttbuta nitaH,n.
- - j
toward the cost of care; but the aver
age patient does not ma-.e enough to
help out to any great extent.
Foes of m (teat I on.
B. M B. writes: "Will you please de
scribe symptoms of dyspepsia and dia
betes?" REPLY.
Dyspepsia nteans difficult digestion. It
may cause belching, acid stomach, heaviness
after meats, fullness of the stomach, pain,
fitful appetite. So-called dyspepsia may be
the result of constipation, nervousness, gall
stones, infected gall bladder, ulcer of the
stomach or duodenum, cancer of the stom
ach. In every case of dyspepsia It is Im
portant that one find out whether, some one
of the conditions enumerated above is the
causa.
Diabetes causes sugar in the urine. In
creased quantity of urine, frequent urina
tion, thirst, unnatural hunger, bolls, eczema,
acidosis, beadaohea. mental heaviness, albu
minuria. Night Sweats.
W. A. Z. writes: T am a male, 23
years of age, and for the last three
nights have been bothered with 'night
sweating.' The temperature of the
room Is about 45 degrees Fahrenheit,
When I rise in the morning my night
clothes are wet from sweating, and as
a result I have a nice cold. -1 have
never been bothered with them until
this week. Are they harmful, and what
causes them?"
REPLY.
Night sweating Is a symptom. It is not
weakening. However, it is not natural for
a person to sweat when quiet In an atmos
phere with a temperature of 45 day or
night. In many Jnstances night sweats mean
Infection. The Infection is often tuberculo
sis. Ordinary pus infection may be the
cause. A cold may be responsible. It is pos
sible that yon have tuberculosis and that is
responsible tor both your night sweats and
your "cold."
Let Army Doctor Decide.
A. II. writes: "A few days ago I ap
plied for a position at one of the large
factories in Chicago. In taking the eye
test tha doctor told me that If I was to
try to get into the Army I would be re
jected. So now I would like to know
if there is any way or euro so that I
could get to read the letters In such a
test. As I will be of age next month I
am very anxious to pass."
REPLY.
There, la not. Let the Army doctor exam
ine yon. A certain amount of trouble with
the sight does not disqualify.
nemo-Tin? a Wart
Mrs. J. B. writes: "1. I would like
to have your advice as to how I can re
move a small wart from the cheek of
my little daughter, 10 years of age. I
am afraid to use remedies advised by
friends for fear they may disfigure her.
She is perfectly well otherwise. 2. Since
the last few years, every few weeks or
so I get the most severe heart beatings,
about 180 a minute; am not troubled
with indigestion; I am 39 years of age
and enjoy perfect health otherwise.
What may be the cause V
REPLY.
1. ,Hsat a needle to a red beat while hold
ing tt with pincers. Pass the hot needle
through the wart.
2. My first guess Is that the trouble Is
with your thyroid. It may be with your
digestion In spite of your freedom from
symptoms of Indigestion. If yon were a
smoker. I would suggest smoking as a
cause. At any rata, you should have a phy
sician Investigate. A pulse of 180 Is not to
ba disregarded.
Tovgh oa the Lions,
London Tit Bits.
Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon's keen wit
was always based on sterling common
sense. One day he remarked to one of
his sons:
"Can you tell me the reason why the
lions didn't eat Jjanlel?"
"No, sir. Why was It?"
"Because the most of him was back'
bone and the rest was grit,"
Savlsjsr the Y on n aster.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Oh. hubby, such an Instructive lec
ture. Tho gentleman told us that what
you eat you become.
"Hub.7"
"What you eat you become."
"Take that all-day sucker away from
Tommy. .
HARDLY SAFE TO EAT ANYTHING
Sprays, Prrserrst'ltts and Processes
Ruts Dally Food. Avera Writer.
PORTLAND. June IS. (To the Edi
tor.) Please allow me apace to tell
your readers the result of soma of my
experiments.
I have no gulneaplgs or Jaekrabblts;
I make the experiments on myself,
and I have learned a few things most
people are too Dusy or too careless
to think about. I, do not know how the
dog feels when he is lashed to the
dissecting table for the benefit of
science, but I have a good idea of
how the mouse feels when it is caged
and fed on bread made from patent
Hour ana otner tmngs nature did not
Intend for food, until he Is half dead
from starvation. I have learned that
a large per cent of our fruit, berries
and vegetables are spoiled with com
mercial fertilizers and spray and we
have only commenced to use them.
Some time age you advised your
readers not to let the fertilizer touch
the radishes or other things that are
to be eaten without cooking. Cooking
does not restore anything to He nat
ural state. If the cabbairee are
sprayed until they are dead, sprayed
until the leaves fade, wilt and drop
from the stalk, no amount of cooking
will bring them back.
There ia not enough Dolson in the
fertilizer to kill us on the spot, but
enough to lower our efficiency and
shorten our lives, the same as whisky
and tobacco. If soil will not prod ttte
fine apples without spraying. It should
be put to some other use. It might
pasture a herd of proats that would
produce something useful.
We are told that waterglaes dnts
not penetrate the eggshell. I could
not use glassed eggs. -1 could not do
my work. I could not live a great
while If I should use them. Ega-a that
sre not fertile ar not worth much for
food. If there la a fowl In the flock
that earns its food, it Is the rooster.
Like bottled cornmnal and patent flour.
the germ Is not there.
We are told of the great food value
of rice, and In tha same article we are
told that It Is washed with glucose
and that the glucose cornea off when
the rice Is washed, whether It comes
off or not, there Is rloe in market that
Is not fit for food.
Early shipments of apricots were
gathered half-grown and ripened In
hothouses not ripened, but wetted
and half baked. Home half-grown
plums, too. should have gone to the
garbage cans. Candymakers are mak
ing: more honey than the bees, but our
food Inspectors and food commission
ers don't seem to know It.
EDWARD MORTON.
717 Clinton street.
AMKIUCA LENIENT WITH RF.I1F.LS
Writer Doubts It Would Have) Acted
aa Severely as Has) Britain.
PORTLAND, June 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Mr. Mulr, "an alien friend from
Scotland." in a letter In The Orego
ntan criticising Mrs. Hannah Sheehy
ekefftngton, attempts to draw a par
allel or make a comparison betwnsn
the red Indians and negroes of Amer
ica and tho Sinn Feiners of Ireland.
Our filend from Scotland Is a mere
childish ivasoner or an unconscious
humorist, jr both.
Now, as everybody knows exoept
Mr. Mulr, tho Stnn Fnlners are all
educated and civilised people, and
their leaders men and women of let
ters and refinement. Mrs. Sheehy
Bkefffngton Is a woman of education
and accomplishments.
Mr. Mulr"" believes that America
would have acted with the same sever
ity in putting down an uprising. The
history of the country does not justify
this belief. America has always been
magnanimous In the treatment of
prisoners, whether rebels from within
or foes from without. Why did Con
gress pass a resolution asking clem
ency for Sir Roger Casement? Why
did The Oregonian say, "That's enough,
now," when the executions In Ireland
seemed to be going ahead In a sort of
Paris Commune fashion? But the kill
ing went on. Later The Oregonian
briefly but caustically criticised As
qulth, who was then Prime Minister of
England. All this shows that the
American Government would have act
ed differently with the prisoners who
surrendered themselves at discretion.
The American Indians and negroes
have no grievance against this Gov
ernment, for they have been treated
with kindness. The country was taken
away from the Indians, but it was a
clear case of backing up right, for
the white man bad passed the savage
stage long ago and was now climbing
the foothills of civilisation: In short,
economlo conditions favored the right.
If a race, of barbarians, owing to
superior numbers or some accidental
advantage, ever conquered) a small civ
ilized country, it would be plainly a
case of might without right, and that
small nation would be justified in try
ing to overthrow the yoke of the bar
barian at every opportunity.
Mrs. Sheehy-Skef fington is not out
to "harrow -the feelings of a few
impressionable people," but to en
lighten the many by giving a first
hand and truthful ' account of a sad
drama, and thereby help prevent Its
re-enactment in the future. Her audi
ences are composed of American citi
zens and It is safe to say that they
will not be guided in matters concern
ing free speech law or government by
an alien friend from Scotland, who Is
here on business.
PATRICK O'HALLORAN.
Aliens and CosuterlprloM.
WHEELER, Or, June 24. (To the
Editor.) What status has an alien who
has applied for second papers? Is he
eligible to draft In the English army
if this country allows them to draft
here, and does the Government keep a
record of aliens entering tlris country
back to 1305? A friend wants to know
so he can find out what date he came,
THOMAS MORGAN.
The War Census Bureau states that
there Is no statute covering the draft
ing of ao alien who has not received
his final papers, but It is thought that
the War Department will soon make a
ruling on this question. It is further
stated that an alien who has applied
for his second papers in this country
is not subject to draft in the English
army. Tho Government has a record of
the date of entry of all aliens to this
country. The Information may be
gained by writing the Immigration
Office, Customs-house, Portland, Or.
Battle Cry tor Americana.
PORTLAND, June 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Referring to your editorial Sun
day. June 24, "Wanted: War Slogan."
An appropriate battle cry for our
soldiers at this time, and one which, it
seems, would be suitable for all phases
of the cause for which we are fighting
would be "Down With Tyranny, Up
With Democracy."
This wauld signify dethroning des
potic, cruel government and establish
ing liberty and free government by the
people; this being the tnougnt inner
most in the people's mind, it also being
the sentiment of the President as ex
pressed In his war message. It would
be suitable not only for our own cause,
but for the cause of the people of the
world. T. J. WHELA.N.
CoIleirTion of Jndffmest.
PORTLAND, June 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Can a judgment be collected by
garnishment when it was got by a
damage suit over an accident, the de
fendant having no property to attach?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Tea. except that wages to the amount
of $75 a month are exempt from gar
nishment when a showing is made to
the satisfaction of the court that such
asiount Is neoeasary for the support of
the family dependent upon the debtor.
In Other Days.
Half a Century Ago.
v Prom The Oregonian of June ST, 1S67.
Charleston The grand jury, after rl
celvlng special Instructions, Indicted a!
persons concerned In the recent fad
duel, for murder. Their trial is exped
ed to come off next week.
Hearts Content The repaired oatf
continues to work perfectly and mi
now be considered as reliable as thou j
no damage had occurred.
London Advices from the continri
say that the feeling now prevalent
Farls and Berlin Is that the relati(
existing between the Emperor X
poleon and the King of Pruseiia are n
cordial.
We are In receipt of a box of stra-
berries from C laDue. Esq., of Co1
llts County. W. T. They were gror
below the Cowllts on the ColumiJ
River and exceed anything of the kid
we ever witnessed, being large, fir
and luscious fruit
New York The Order of tho CJarq
will be conferred upon the Emperol
of Russia and Austria and mlssiot
will be sent from England for this puj
pose. The same honor will be cot
ferred upon the Sultan, who comes j
London to receive it in person,
Twraty-Ovo Tears Ago.
rfmi The Oregonian of June 27. l"??'j.
Though a number of tho horses ha
shaken the dust of Cltv View frnl
their feet for the stately stretches
Kent's kite track, there are still pnouij
en to maKo the morning a busy o
for the trainers and a very plcasai
one for thoso who ait up In the gran
stand's shade and hold watches on t
workouts.
A moonlight excursion, advertised rl
Saturday night, did not excurt. Tfl
publlo did not Beom anxious to enjd
tho silvery rays of pale Luna and d
not turn out In sufficient numbers i
give promise of the excursion bnlngj
success Ira any way, especially a final
clal way. So the silver moon sail
on and guided tha traveler on his ws;
In regulation style, but there were n4
so many travelers on tho way as wr
hoped for.
Yesterday was tho hottest day of t"
season and many people patronized if
river steamers and the suburban str4
railway lines to esoapn the dust an
heat of the city. The Oovprnmr
thermometer registered 92 degrees.
Sportsmen are already looking foj
ward to good sport when the pheasnri
season opens on September 1, for it w
be tho first opportunity given to Or)
gontans to shoot the Chinese phrasan
He has been protected up to now b
after September 1 he will have the pre,
tectlng arm of the law withdrawn an)
must look out for himself as best D
l iUI.
Guess Again, Wilfyum.
By James Barton Adams.
The shears of justice now are cllj
ping- the wings of treason day by daj
the eagle's pointed claws are grlppln)
the traitors' throats in painful way. 1
stream of golden coin is flowing inj
our Uncle Sammy's hands and crorf
abundantly are growing all over od
productive lands. We're loaning casj
In golden billions to nations as stnea
of war and Yankee Doodlrites by mil
lions the patriotic country o'er unfl
the colors will come scooting wifl
loyalty 'twill never wane, brave wai
rlora eager to be shooting great hold
In autocratlo reign. All o'er the lanl
shipyards are springing to active. g
there, busy life and soon their produfl
will be winging toward the scenes 4
Bangulne strife, and airplanes In sui
prising number will circle "round si
birds of prey and swat the divers ths)
encumber the waters in inhuman waj
yet Kaiser Billy tells his nation i
manner superciliously that we are,
his estimation, a negligible quantltj
but he will learn his low appralsemeo
when- we get In the battle stress an)
learn to his wide-eyed amazements
that he has got another guess. Thouej
he's a long way from Missouri as sii,
he on his crumbling throne, he'll gr
his ivories In fury when by the Yanli
he has been shown.
LAND CLEARIXO IS GREAT 1TEEJ
It Ia the One Way to Build TJp Stat
and City, Says Writer.
SHERWOOD, Or., June 25. (To th)
Editor.) I saw In The Oregonian re)
cently an article by F. E. Taylor 11
regard to the convention of the In
terstate Realty Bo-ajd. Mr. Taylor saja
that the Board was organizes! for th
purpose of building up the entld
Northwest.
That Is a big Job. The Northwes:
must be cleared up before tt can b)
built up. Many thousands of acres a
our best land Is co jred with stumpi
Why do not the business men of Port
land put their land In cultivation an)
then sell It to settlers? Simply be.
cause the clearfng of land is not 4
business proposition, but Is left fd
tho would-be settler. More people all
needed In Oregon, and the way to g
them Is to make It possible for theij
to stay here when they come. Wha
Is It that makes the price of citj
property? It is the number of peopt
that pass it. What makes the prla
of a farm? It is the number of acre
In cultivation.
It Is time to stop, look and lister
Why Is It that rents are low in Port
land? It Is a lack of people. Then
is too much 'money spent in advertla
ing the country and no effort madi
to hold settlers when they come. Yol
say that there should be more fao
torles located In Portland so as a
Increase the payrolls. That is verj
good, but men who are looking fo(
factory sites are business men and aq
more Interested In a market for tt1
product of their factories than thej
are in banquets and scenery.
Who Is it that pays the heaviest ta
the most unjust tax? It is the maa
that clears land and Is compelled t
buy Btump powder. This powder shouk
be manufactured and sold by the Got
ernment at actual cost. This doesnl
mean a bond Issue or an Increase ol
taxes. It means common sense.
R. H. WALK.
Psstearked 31111c Law.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or, June 25.-.
(To the Editor.) In answering a cost
respondent writing you from Eherwooi
under date of June 21 you state thai
butter if offered for sale must bt
made from pasteurized milk, unie
the cows have passed the tubercultj
test. Will you kindly state whethel
this law Is now In effect, or whethel
September 1 Is the date set for la
becoming operative?
COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL.
The law goes Into effect Scptens
ber 1. 1917.
Another War Sloftaau
PORTLAND, June 26. (To tho S
tor.) I notice that a war slogan 1)
needed. 1 wish to submit the follow
ing. It Isn't original in Its raaanin!
ing free speech, law or government bj
and wording, but the application to thli
our war, is:
To "em and at "am
And at 'em and to 'am.
And to 'em and at 'em again.
If we don't do 'em when we get to 'tin
Let's u and at em again.
STANLEY CHARETTE,