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rOBXUXD, J-RIDAT. SEPT. 11. 1917.
AIM OF NEW BRITISH DRIVE.
By renewing: Jiis attack on the Ger
mans along; a wide front east of Ypres,
8ir Douglas llaig reveals a purpose to
drive ahead in the hope of occupying
the higher ground on the line from
Thourout to Courtrai before Winter
sets in, of outflanking the Germans at
Ostend and ,of forcing their, with
drawal from the Belgian coast. By
driving along the road from Ypres to
Menin, he shows a desire to push
down the Lys River from the latter
town to Courtrai, and to gain posses
sion of the hills south of the river.
-. The British General is probably at
tempting to forestall the German plan
to flood the entire area of 550 square
miles bounded by a line from Dix
mude to Tpres on the west and by an
other line from Thourout to Courtrai
on the east and to drown the British
out of their trenches. The Germans
would by so doing interpose a barrier
of water to the further advance of the
British, as they placed a barrier of
devastated land between themselves
and the enemy on the Somme last
Spring.
The area In question Is the lowest
In West Flanders, nine-tenths of it
having been reclaimed from the rivers
I.ys and Yser by means of canals and
dikes, the other tenth being mounds
on which villages have been built.
Thourout is only 72 feet, Roulers 60
feet and Courtrai 90 feet above sea
level, but the allied lines lie still lower,
Kleuport being 20, Diimude 25 and
1'pres 65 feet above sea level.
The German plan is believed to be
to dam the River Scheldt east of
Ghent and to block the ship canal
leading to Sas van Ghent on the Dutch
" frontier, and thus to turn the Lys,
which enters the Scheldt at Ghent,
back on its course and to turn the
waters of the Scheldt into it. The
dikes and canal embankments would
then be broken or overflowed, the en
tire area to the west would be flooded
and the allies would be drowned out
of their trenches.
- The British airmen may have ob
served the Germans and the Belgians
whom they have enslaved at work on
this operation. The intense activity of
the British airmen in raiding behind
the German lines may have been de
signed to obstruct its execution as
much as possible. The work is esti
mated to occupy six or seven months,
but the Germans may hope to hold
back the allies until Winter" enforces
a practical suspension of large scale
operations, and by pushing work dur
ing Winter to be able in the Spring to
block the way to further advance in
the low country. The attack would
then be diverted to the higher ground
farther south, which is more easily de
fended because of its more rugged
character.
Success of this plan might prevent
Ostend and Zeebrugge, and with them
the entire Belgian coast, from falling
Into the hands of the allies. If the1
latter should force their way to the
Thourout-Courtrai line. Ostend would
be in danger of attack from the south.
The next eastward push would bring
them to Bruges, the German subma
rine base, which is reached from the
eca by canal from Zeebrugge. In
flooding the country, the Germans
would contrive to keep a dry road
open north of Ghent to these two
cities. They are practically safe
against naval attack, for the, Belgian
coast is flanked by shoals extending
twelve to fifteen miles seaward, among
which the water is nowhere more than
eleven fathoms deep even in the nar
row channels, and ranges generally
from three to eight fathoms. There is
a. pass close to the coast from Is ieu
port to Ostend. but the depth there
ranges only from three and a half to
ix fathoms. If naval attack on coast
positions could possibly succeed, which
is doubtful in view of the failures at
the Dardanelles and Smyrna, It could
be made on the Belgian coast only by
light draft monitors and gunboats.
Thp British nnvv Im u i . 1 f it It ml nr-
'ItlllUI13 uy IMJ 111 1 J LI I 11 1 1 1 C 1 1 L Willi f u c xi
craft, but made no approach to suc
cess in driving the Germans out of
their coast defenses.
The battle is now a race between
the British and Winter for possession
of the higher ground on the Thourout
Courtrai line, while the Germans fight
to keep their enemies in the low
ground until they can flood it. To
truard against the possibility that Win
ter may overtake them before they
have reached that objective, the Brit
ish may be expected to push ahead so
long as weather permits. They may
also push southeast to and beyond
Menin to gain the higher ground south
of the Lys, where they would flank
the low ground and be secure against
being flooded out.
Some of the bitterest fighting of the
war may be expected before Novem
ber, and there need be no surprise if
the American troops take a hand in
the struggle, though their field of op
erations is still a deep secret.
The conscript Army of the United
Ftates goes into camp under far
more favorable circumstances than did
Kitchener's army in Britain during
the first fevered month of the war.
our men find complete cities ready
to recive them, with gocd buildings
and every essential of health and com
fort. This is a great contrast to the
miserable make-shifts with which the
British volunteers had to put up on
Salisbury Plain and at other hasty
cantonments. Our men also have
ample clothing and will soon be fully
armed, while many of the Britons
waited many months for their uni
forms and rifles. The men who are
now assembling will undergo severe
training, bat all their conditions of
life will conduce to robust health, and
they should take the field prepared to
make an end of the weary, hungry
German legions.
WHY CHILDREN?
It must be that the Department of
Labor has the labor situation else
where than on the Pacific Coast in
mind when it proposes a voluntary
labor enlistment of school children.
The proposal is that the youth of the
land be permitted to work and go to
school alternate weeks.
In the West we find time for
sympathetic strikes and strikes over
labor formalities in essential war
industries. Right in Portland a re
cent effort to eliminate a rule pro
hibiting1 employment of women as
clerks during; evening hours failed on
the purported showing that the men
who would thereby be relieved were
not needed in work that only men
can do.
The public, we fancy, will hardly
favor even intermittent employment
of children who ought to bein school
the full time, so long as some men
are not permitted by other men to
perform work that needs to be done
and women who want to work in per
fectly legitimate and healthful fields
of employment are not permitted by
legal fiat in do so.
MliaSING.
A British reader sei'.ds to The Ore
gonian a copy of the 'Shipping World,
a London publication, containing an
article on the arrival of American
troops on English soil and on their
brilliant reception in the capital. The
occasion calls for a fervid expression
of appreciation that the two great
nations, with their historic ties of
blood and a common interest, out
look, religion, literature and language,
have joined hands in the war of
right on might. There is indeed no
novelty about such compliments; but a
paragraph on British feeling about an
incidental subject is worth repeating:
It would have gladdened the hearts of
Londoner, had Colonel Koo.evelt been riding
past St. Paul's at the head of a division of
American soldiers. But all power to General
Pershing! We say this a. a nation; we .ay
this with no divided heart; and we do not
hesitate to assert that no man wishes it
more truly, more sincerely, and more abso
lutey than ex-President Roosevelt, - whose
sons are fighting for their own country and
for ours. v
Evidently Colonel Roosevelt's wish
to die on the field of battle fighting
for his country, expressed a few years
since, is not to be realized. Can it be
a tender and humane solicitude of his
personal safety that has led Washing
ton to turn a deaf ear to the country's
appeals to let him go to France?- It
must be so.
Well, P.oosevelt can ill be spared
just now. He has no commission
from the White House to fight the
open enemy abroad or the lurking and
dangerous foe at home; but he has as
a high private in the rear rank done
his bit just the same and a mighty
bit it Is. The patriotic sentiment of
the country would sadly miss one
fearless champion if Roosevelt were to
be laid low.
The Roosevelt commission as the
Nation's advocate is from the Ameri
can people.
FOB A HOME IN NIW YORK.
If any dweller in a Portland apart
ment is dissatisfied with the service
or the accommodations, or the loca
tion, or the surroundings, or with
anything but the rental price, there is
an opportunity now for him to remove
into quarters where all the petty annoy
ances of life in such quarters are re
duced to a minimum, not to say to
nothing at all. The current issues of
New York papers tell the whole story
of ease, elegance and comfort. All
anyone needs is the money and the
wish to go to the Nation's metropolis,
and stay there. .
The invitation is extended to all the
world in a page advertisement of Carl
ton Mansions, an establishment opened
up so the announcement says "in
the" very heart of the city's exclusive
social, hotel, and club activities." ' It
is the most "advanced type of home
development," for it "not only makes
possible the quiet dignity, luxury, and
comfort of a mansion, but it solves
what is without question the great
problem of city life servants."
Great news, indeed, at time when
housemaids are forming unions, de
manding eight hours a day and Sun
day off and otherwise showing a dis
concerting spirit of independence. If
there is no other reason why a house
wife should desire to go to New York
to live and there is none this happy
solution of the servant problem would
settle it.
These apartments, which are directly-
opposite a famous hotel name fur
nished on application will be ready
for occupancy in October. They are
from 10 to 17 rooms, have each from
four to six baths, and the rentals are
fixed at the exceedingly low figure of
$6000 to $20,000 per annum. You
may have your meals at the general
restaurant, which means 'personal
service of a notably high and perfect
character,'" but there is in each apart
ment full kitchen equipment, and all
facilities for conducting one's own do
mestic establishment. Moreover, "if
you want a servant, a maid, a butler,
a chef, or even an entire corps of serv
ants, you need only to phone, and an
organized effort will be made to sup
ply not merely servants, but servants
experienced in all the niceties of so
cial refinements.
Did we not say that the servant
problem was solved? The only draw
back to complete natural satisfaction
over this happy result is that one's
servants will thus be removed as a
subject of drawing-room conversation:
but still there's the weather. It has
no friends. We .don't see anything in
the specifications about a roof garden
or even a war garden: tout perhaps it
is as well. The one should never be
too near home, -if one is to feel per
fectly comfortable about it, and no
body in New York living in a $20,000
apartment worries much about the
conservation of food. He may have
to when the Kaiser comes to New
York. Vt FX VICTORY OX THE FARM.
rood Administrator Hoover's pre
diction that starvation will win the
war is in accord with the facts. On
no other theory than that they feel
the pinch of hunger and fear starva
tion can the demand of a large pro
portion of the German and Austrian
peoples for peace without annexation
and without Indemnities be explained.
Their armies occupy the territory of
their enemies on all sides, and only
on the Italian and Alsatian fronts do
their enemies occupy any of their
main territory. The allies in the west
have recovered only small areas by
comparison with the whole. As re
gards area only. irrpet-ttvc of.rr-'
ative value, the Germans have gained
much more than they have lost during
the last year.
According to the military situation,
the central empires couki annex all
that they hold or demand a great in
demnity for return of any part. But
while they have won military victory,
they have suffered economic defeat.
Their submarine war is aimed at the
starvation of Britain and. if it had suc
ceeded, that country would by now
have been starved into surrender. But
Britain and'her allies still control the
sea, they are getting the better of the
submarine, and therefore they are
able to gather troops, food and sup
plies from all quarters of the globe,
and to continue the war for recovery
of lost territory. On the other hand,
the central empires are steadily grow
ing weaker as their food resources
diminish, and famine has been made
imminent by the embargo which the
United States has placed on food ex
ports to neutral countries, through
which Germany has hitherto smug
gled much to add to domestic produc
tion. The central empires would confess
economic defeat by offering the terms
which an increasing number of their
people offer. They ore already ex
periencing that defeat and by con
tinuing to win economic victory the
allies are gaining power to inflict
military defeat also.
Increased production and decreased
consumption of food are the surest
means to win the war with the small
est loss of American and allied sol
diers and sailors. By winning battles
on the farm, in the kitchen and
dining-room and in the shipyard, we
avoid the necessity of winnin j battles
on the field in Europe at the cost of
many lives. This is a war of economic
endurance, and victory will finally rest
on the side which has a full pantry
while the other side's pantry is empty.
NOMINATING A MAN WHO
The Oregonian prints in another
column a letter which it assumes is
designed to supply an omission from a
political article the other day. The
oversight, however, was more appar
ent than real; yet we would not de
prive the world of the privilege of
readinga first-rate nominating speech;
and on that account, and on account
also of the high repute of the pro
posed nominee, it appears elsewhere.
But before the nomination i3 made
unanimous, it may be well enough to
say that Professor Straub, in his pre
liminary announcement of his grand
entry into politics, intimated that he
would go in only in case Governor
Withycombe stayed out. We hear
whisperings from various quarters that
the present Governor intends, if he
can, to break a record by being the
one Republican executive in the his
tory of the state to succeed himself.
There are some who will dissent from
that noble purpose; and in the bright
green days of Spring they will have
something to say. Altogether we maj
look for an interesting primary.
HEREDITARY TRAITS.
Interest in the influence of heredity
upon the destiny of individuals will be
heightened by the recent investiga
tions of Merton T. Goodrich, a writer
in the Journal of Heredity, who has
found the record of a family in which
officeholding appears to have been
governed by this law. He has traced
the careers of 302 mature male mem
bers of this family and has found 105
who have held some public office.
There were eleven town clerks, twen
ty-two selectmen, eight town treas
urers, nine school committeemen, slx-
tv-seven minor town officials and three
who filled state or National offices.
There were other peculiarities dis
closed by the records. For example.
it is shown that three generations of
holding the same office was not un
common, while in one instance it ran
into seven generations.
It also appears that among these
officeholders the mortality rate was
exceptionally low. This is capable of
explanation, aside from the fact that
officeholding is not commonly either
a hazardous or an exhausting occupa
tion. It is probable that those who
held office were men of more than
ordinary vigor and initiative, in the.
first instance, and also that their pub
lic careers did not begin until an age
which they would hardly have at
tained if they had been weaklings.
The man who depends upon his an
cestors for the faculties necessary for
success ought, as Galton has pointed
out, to inherit three faculties capa
city, zeal and vigor and at least two
of these combined are regarded as
absolute essentials. Capacity and zeal
might accomplish much, or enthusi
asm and great determination without
much capacity, but ability without
the will to exercise it or even zeal
alone would not be likely to spell suc
cess. The chance of inheriting all
three of the faculties which a man
ought to have if he is to cut a figure
in the world is naturally three times
as small as the chance of inheriting
any one of them. But there is in cer
tain families a peculiarly strong tend
ency to transmit certain dominant
traits. It is a kind of human pre
potency, which accounts for the seem
ing phenomenon that the great works
of the world are accomplished by
members of only one family in abouc
500.
Similarities In physique and fea
tures seem easier to account for than
the more subtle qualities manifested
by certain remarkable families of emi
nent men. The Lees of Virginia, the
Livingstons of New York, and the
Adamses and Lowells and Quincys of
New England are examples of fam
ilies that have given many eminent
men and women to the world. And
the classical example is still Jonathan
Edwards, among whose descendants
there have been found 14 00 "superior"
Americans, although Henry Adams,
who landed In New England in 1632.
is said to be the most distinguished
progenitor of males in America. But
the Edwards family was remarkable
for the fact that it was so true to
type in all the generations. It has
included thirteen college presidents,
sixty-five college professors, 100 law
yers, thirty judges, 100 authors, and
a great number of clergymen and
missionaries, as well as twenty-five
officers of the Army and Navy. Two
were members of the Continental
Congress, three were officers in the
Revolutionary Army and one was a
member of the Constitutional Con
vention of 178 7. The famous Dwight
family of Yale is numbered among
the descendants of the famous Pur
itan. Frederick Adams Wood, a lecturer
on eugenics, once took pains to ana
lyze the relationships of the Americans
chosen for places in the Hall of Fame,
and he found them strikingly asso
ciated with other "eminent" citizens.
About one person in every 500 in the
United States has a mathematical
chance of having an eminent relative,
but twenty-six of those in the Hall
i !; ..-.--. .-.-'. d fifty-seven such
relatives. Mathematically. It will ap
pear that they exceeded tb quota al
lowed them under the law of chance
by several hundred per cent.
The eugenists are peculiarly fortu
nate in being able to draw upon Amer
ican records. A very large number
of the men of Europe who have made
history have been related to one an
other, but the fact would not have
been so convincing in itself. It would
be easy to argue that this was ex
plained by relative lack of oppor
tunity. Eminence would be) more
likely to "run in families" in a land
bound down by tradition and chary
of admitting commoners into the cir
cles of the elect. But this is not the
case in America.' Ability has the
chance to assert itself here as no
where else in the world. Men like
Lincoln and Franklin, the eugenists
will explain, prove that the oppor
tunity for self-assertion does exist
w-ithout destroying the value of the
doctrine of heredity. They were ex
ceptions, due to exceedingly happy
combinations of circumstances, which
do not argne against tha fact that
it is the part of wisdom,, if a man
would increase his chances of being
great, for him to make a careful se
lection of ancestors.
One of the difficulties that have
beset the paths of those who seek to
improve the human race has been that
it is not yet possible to catalogue the
faculties that contribute to the emi
nence of their possessors. Galton'8
three qualities already referred to,
are too elusive to furnish a basis for
the breeding of a new race. "Capacity"
may mean a good many things, and
we do not know the laws which shape
the convolutions of the brain, or which
account for the moral qualities for
which some families are distinguished.
The office-holding family of Mr.
Goodrich is an interesting, and at the
same time a baffling, example. Mere
physical soundness, intelligence and
efficiency would not by themselves
explain the predominance of town
clerks and selectmen and school trus
tees in a single family group.. And
the . difficulty is only increased by
the fact that the office-holding family
In question was not particularly re
markable in any other way. Its mem
ters were not noted for mental ci
pcity, and no member distinguished
himself in other fields.
Perhaps there is a moral here. Per
haps officeholding is a gift apart.
If it is, the field of opportunity for
the eugenists is broadened by that
much. By improving the officehold
ing race, they will be able to do a
real service for mankind.
Argentina has reversed the situation
which existed in the United States
prior to our declaration of war. With
us the initiative, both for the sever
ance of relations and for the declara
tion of war, came from the President,
and Congress did not act for many
week. In Argentina the initiative for
breaking off relations comes from
Congress, and, unlike "our Senate, the
Senate of that republic has voted af
firmatively on the day when discus
sion began. The contrast is not com
plimentary to our Congress or to the
Argentine President.
The report of. the battle of Menin
road says "the Germans poured a
wicked stream of bullets into the ranks
of the advancing troops," yet the
British kept on going. That will yet
be the story of an advance of Ameri
cans and they, too, will keep ad
vancing and win.
A man upstate committed suicide
because, as he said in a note, wife and
family cared no more for him. That
was real melancholicky, governed by
conditions. A few years ago, this kind
of men drowned their sorrows; now
most of them duck under.
If buyers of fruit insist on being
supplied from that on display and re
fuse to take anything from behind or
under the counter, the tricky dealer
will come across. If he uses bad
language, he can be arrested.
Very likely corn will be the princi
pal poultry food this Winter. It will
be a little cheaper than wheat- The
Oregon hen does not take to corn, but
during war time she must do her bit
with the rest of her sex.
Just before we reach the impossible
condition of physical government, we
may have commissions to regulate
and fix prices on all things. There is
comfort in knowing most of us will be
dead.
To the trusties who keep their word
should be given the punishment of
the one who runs away when returned.
"Playing horse" with hint will effect
a cure and may be a great preventive.
The man who tried to conceal
whisky in a carload of melons is a
chump. Anybody can do that. The
real expert will put it inside the fruit
and collect his own price.
Many young men of the far counties
of Eastern Oregon enlisted in Idaho
and that may account for the large
number of drafted men in the quotas
of those counties.
Here's heavy weight and a painless
death to the prize pigs of Wasco
County. They will serve their coun
try by dying to feed its soldiers.
Nomination of a Democrat as Re
publican candidate for Mayor of New
York is an invasion of the East by
the Oregon non-partisan idea.
If just one solitary son of a rich
man is allowed to evade the draft, the
whole fabric of Government is in
danger.
The difference between glue and
gelatine is not very marked until the
former gets into the ice cream.
Oregon's ex-officio representatives
at the National Capital will have some
money to spend, anyway.
Rival undertakers may cut prices
as they will, but every patron has his
favored choice.
General White must abide a bit in
Oregon, but meantime can put an edge
on his sword.
Day and night are equal today in
theory. Much depends upon the prac
tice, however. .
Somebody must put salt on the tail
of that peace dove.
The day of sorrow will arrive when
the cooks strike.
Sugar will be 1 cent lower and every
dollar counts.
Why not put young men in a stvle
show?
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Evans.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of diseases, if matters of gen
eral interest, will be answered in this col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject i. not suitable, letter, will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
is inclosed. Zr. Evans will not mak. diag-
noaia or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests tor such services cannot be answered.
ICopyright, 1916. by Dr. TV. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.
CXEALWESS AND HEALTH.
BE. writes: "Why do our mer-
chants insist on handling1 candies
and other foods when it Is just as easy
to use scoops? They will handle a $5
bill with their filthy hands and then
with the same hands they will put
candy In a sack for the children to
eat. It seems to me we need a cam
paign on cleanliness.
"I refused! to, buy some candy here
of one of the merchants because he
handled It when there was a scoop
handy. Wow. It would have been just
as easy for him to have been courteous
enough to do as I asked him, but he
became angry and called me a crank.
I would not take the candy, and went
to another store where I could buy it
in R box.
I have seen women on the train buy
apples and give them to their children
without peeling or washing, and I have
seen the men who sell these apples
spit on them and wipe them with their
handkerchiefs or on their clothing to
polish them. We campaign against the
fly. Why Isn't it just as important to
campaign for clean dishes and clean
food?"
REPLY.
Health work generally begins by ef
forts to change just such practices as
you describe. The next step is directed
against what has been termed filthy
dirt or disease-bearing filth. As a rule,
health authorities rather belittle the
work of the first type. They say that
such filth causes little disease. It is
desirable, but, from the health stand
point, not necessary, that such work
be done. But scarcely are the health
authorities who thus criticise through
with their statements when they tare
criticised by health authorities who
are engaged in work of the third step
in evolution.
This last group says that disease is
spread by men, not things; that atten
tion should be centered on carriers and
convalescents; and that money spent on
sanitation is wasted.
As a matter of fact there is right in
everybody's position. You are right in
trying to modify the practices of which
you complain. Until such practices are
changed the next step will not be
taken. There is no uso talking about
soil pollution until the customs which
foster finger pollution have been modi
fied. In turn the second step must be
taken before the third one can be. Peo
ple will not be careful of carriers and
convalescents and contacts of diseases
spread by nose secretions until they
have modified their customs so as to
prevent pollution of soil, drinking wa
ter and milk.
Therefore, I say more power to your
elbow. May you be joined! by others
until you make up an army of cranks.
When the time comes that the people
who handle candy with their hands are
regarded as peculiar we will be ready
effectively to prevent the spread of
colds, pneumonia, meningitis, and con
sumption by contacts the third step in
the evolution.
COSSCMPTIVE I' DRAFT.
H. H. writes the following history:
In 1912 he fleveloped consumption with
hemorrhages. Dr. Sachs pronounced his
case advanced and almost hopeless con
sumption. His weight fell from 152 to
118. A year's treatment in sanitaria
brought his weight up to 156 pounds.
His cough stopped. Just as he was
ready to go home he had a hemorrhage.
Since that time he has been in good
condition several times, only to have a
hemorrhage and a relighting of his
trouble. He has been a bed case for as
much as three months at a time. In
April, 1916, he was discharged from the
hospital as an arrested case but was
told he must do nothing more than
light work for two years. This Sum
mer he was drafted. The examining
surgeons examined him carefully and
I in spite of his history pronounced him
O. K. and accepted him for service.
Should he serve, and if not,' what can
he do?
REPLY.
Too should not .erve. It t reasonably
certain that your disease will rekindle un
der the (train of Hf. in the trenches. When
you are called out bring the facts to the
attention of the medical officer of your com
mand. Gather all the Information available
as to your previous experiences in sanitaria.
The Government has arranged to have tu
berculosis 'expert, re-examine recruits, espe
cially where there Is a history of tuber
culosis. CLIMATE AND ASTHMA.
Mrs. A. M. writes: "I have been a
sufferer with asthma for 25 years. My
age is 57. Would the climate of St.
Petersburg, Fla., be beneficial?"
REPLY.
The climate of St. Petersburg is mild and
therefore beneficial to bronchitis and also to
asthma. It will not work any revolution,
a. climate i. of secondary Importance in the
cure of asthma.
CALORIES FOR EACH MEAL. -J.
J. J. writes: "What is the rela
tlve number of calories one should eat
in three meals?"
REPLY.
A division of a 2800-calorle diet for a
sedentary man made by Rose is:
Breakfast 700 to 900 calories.
Luncheon 600 to 800 calories.
Dinner 900 to 1300 calorie..
Most office workers eat a lighter break
fast than this. Most manual workers eat a
heavier breakfast. If a person la Inclined
to obesity It will be well to eat a heavy mid
day meal and a 400 to 500-caiori supper if
he can arrange It.
GCM BOILS AJfD CAiCKER SORES.
Mrs. E. H. G. writes: "What is the
cause and the cure for gum boils or
canker sores in the mouth? Is there
any way to prevent them coming?"
REPLY.
Gum boils are duo to infection, of the
gums. For this trouble the teeth and gum.
should be put in proper condition and then
periodically cleaned. Cankers are due to the
systematic eating of an improper diet. To
relieve a canker touch it with a probe dipped
In carbolic acid or dilute sulphuric acid,
afterward rinsing the mouth with water.
To" prevent canker, change the diet radi
cally. -
Criticism on Wooing.
Columbia Jester.
She "You're a waster! Very few
girls would marry you."
He "Well, very row would be
enougrh !"
ADMIRER NOMINATES MR. STRAUB
Gubernatorial Timber Found in Dean
at Vnlrersity ef Oregon.
PORTLAND, Sept. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) While the possibilities and
probabilities in the coming- gubernatorial-
campaign are being discussed
and the finger of prophecy points here
and there, let the name of one who
haa served his state faithfully and
well for 38 years be not omitted in
the mention.
John straub. 'at present dean of the
college of literature, science and the
arts at our State University, .came to
that institution when it was in its
infancy. Bravely championing its
cause and aiding; the struggle, through
the dark days of its history, sharing
its vicissitudes, he has played a lead
ing role in securing- to it a proper
recognition as an indispensable factor
in our commonwealth and civic life.
Dean John Straub is a profound
scholar, yet one withal who has not
lost sight of the practical in the realm
of theory and abstraction. As a citi
zen he is intensely and passionately
interested in civic and moral better
ment; as a man. his exemplary life
points to an unimpeachable character,
lofty principles and deep humanitarian
instincts.
His many active years with the Uni
versity of Oregon attest to an excep
tional executive ability and show him
to be possessed of a wide vision tem
pered with circumspection. In short,
he stands forth among: many as one
pre-eminently fitted to perform the
arduous and exacting duties of Gov
ernor of our state.
Not he that break, the. dam., but he .
That thro the channel of the Stale
Convoys the people's wish. Is great:
His name is pure; his fame is free.
-nVtw iaai 3S voar Tiean fttr&llb hS
served his state, and therein indubita
bly proved his metal. The voters of
Oregon, in honoring him 'with the
Governorship, would oo nonor to mem
selves. Let the electorate of Oregon
turn their faces away from the impor
tuning, practiced, politician anu. "
their candidate in such a citizen as
Dean John Straub. in so doing they
cannot be disappointed.
Thus let one wno in. iuo ) ......
been his student speak his mind and
heart.
CHARLES C. KEWCASTUE, Jn.,
600 Weidler street.
SOLDIER'S FATHER ASKS JUSTICE
Not Fair That His Boy Shonld Suffer
From Labor and Capital Quarrel.
PORTLAND. Or., Sept. 20. (To the
Editor.) Is it fair to our boys to be
drafted for the war at per day and
be compelled to enter the trenches,
where they ore subject to all kinds of
hardships, diseases and every llfe-de-strnvin.
device that a heartless Kaiser
can bring to his command, while many
of those left at home do all they can to
ake it harder for them, and destroy
their efficiency? The uovernment
commandeers our timber, our ships, our
shipbuilding plants, but does not com
mandeer labor, but allows it to tie up
these industries.
We believe labor should receive its
fair share of the profits, and the Gov
ernment should see to that- These
days of high prices for every necessity
of life, 3 for an eight-hour day seems
little enough for the man wno aoes an
honest day's work. But I see that
25,000 men quit work because they did
not like the "Boss." I suppose he was
red-headed. Our boys with their $1 a
day, are not asked whether they like
the boss or the worK, out are toia to
go out, and if they protest tney coot on
ir- the guardhouse. Should not the
man who has the privilege of staying
at home, enjoying all its comforts, be
willing to make some sacrifice?
This is not the time to say you must
belong to some union or you can't
work: or vou can't work because you
do belong to a union; but a time for
patriotism. The president snouia navo
the power lo say to us: "You work or
go to the front and take the place of
some boy who will work."
Many are tjetting ail the wages tney
could ask. A. calker told me a few
days ago he received $6.50 a day, 160
feet making a day's work. He said he
was working on a rush Job, so did 300
feet a day and received 13 for every
dav that week. Pretty good wages.
Let capital and labor both be square
and not try to srao everyining in
sight; but stand by our boys. I did not
want this war, but we are in it, and
in it to win. I am giving my only boy.
Thousands of them will never return,
mine may be among them. Any of
those who do return will perhaps be
maimed for life. Let us not make it
more dangerous for them by hampering
the industries the products of which
are necessary for shortening this ter
rible war. Let every man and woman
stand by our country and our boys, or
leave it and go to one tnat suits tnem
better. A FATHER.
INVESTIGATION IS NOT NEEDED
Eaton's Attendance at Disloyal Gather
ing Is Evidence Enough,
MARYHILL, Wash.. Sept. 19. (To
the Editor.) No doubt Governor
Withycombe has been misquoted in the
dispatch from Salem relating to the
Eaton case, for no loyal persons attend
ed the People s Council for Democracy
and Peace, which finally succeeded in
holding a short session in Chicago be
fore the -troops ordered by Governor
Lowden to enforce his mandate arrived.
Eaton is not entitled to a hearing.
Treason and disloyalty fatten on these
delays. His attendance and presence in
such an assembly is sufficient. It is a
matter of common knowledge that the
Governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Illinois had forbidden these disloal
persons to convene within the bounda
ries of such states. This is no time
for weaklings., and no doubt Governor
Withycombe will take the action which
we have a right to expect from a man
and a loyal executive.
Professor Schaper. political science
teacher in the University of Minnesota,
was given 24 hours' notice to appear
before the board of regents at its meet
ing September 14, and was then and
there dismissed for being pro-German.
Following this action Governor Burn-
quist said: "The State University ouijht
to be one of the biggest influences for
good in the state. It cannot be so with
disloyal men In the faculty."
CHARLES H. BABCOCK.
Petition for Po.tofflce.
THE DALLES. Or.. Sept. 19. (To the
Editor.) Kindly give number of sign
ers necessary to establish a Postoffice
in small village. . READER.
No specific number of names is re
quired. In fact, no matter how many
names were appended to a petition, the
Postoffice Department would not es
tablish a new Postoffice solely on the
petition. The Department requires a
presentation of the facts in the case,
and if they justify, will establish the
office. A petition might lend weight to
the facts as presented. -
Positions in Postoffice.
SOUTH BEND. Wash., Sept. 19. (To
the Editor.) (1) Do employes in first
class postoffices have to pass a civil
service examination? (2) Where can
one get information as to vacancies?
A READER.
(1) Yes.
(2) For information as to method of
filling vacancies, write to local secre
tary. United States Civil Service Com
mission, Portland, Or,
Differences in t'oftu.
The Lamb.
There are poets and .others just as
In Other Days.
Half a Century Age.
Fmm The Oregonian September 2t, 186T.
The Roseburg Knsigrn haa recently
printed an article pointing out tho
natural advantages of that section
which, through brief, is a comprehen
sive statement of that district's ad
vantages. Besides fine land and
climate, the country boasts of soma
promising quartz leads which the
Ensign did not overlook to mention.
It has been discovered that on the
night of August 23 an event only
twice recorded tn astronomical history
took place, namely Jupiter appeared
without satellites.
Lisle Lester (Mrs. Higby). who made,
a dramatic tour through the country in
1864. Is now giving dramatic readings
in Idaho.
Rev. John Sellwood, Jr., of Oregon
City, will officiate at Trinity Church
Sunday.
Mr. Witherell. captain of the Pioneer
team's first nine, has received a chal
lenge to play the Willamette club of
Salem Thursday, October 10, during the
State Fair.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian September 21, 1832.
A clash among the officials in chares
of the cholera scare in New York dis
trict seems imminent, ever since the
first fright from the disease, with tho
arriving ships, there has been lack of
harmony among the officers in charge
and it seems to be spreading to other
centers.
New York. Professor Mike Donovan.
of the New York Athletic Club, who
advised Corbett in bis fight with Ful-
ivan, has returned the check for $2o0
which Corbett sent him. It is evident
Donovan did not think it was enouarh
and Corbett has asked him how much
he thought his services were worth,
but the reply has not yet been mad
public.
This morning the City tc Suburban
Company commences the operation of
the Morrison-street line. Tho cars
will leave Twenty-second and Glisan
streets.
The East Side Railway Company has
11 miles of the track to Oregon City
laid.
C. T. Campbell, London, Ont., was
elected grand sire of the sovereign
grand lodge of Oddfellows yesterday.
Other officers elected are: J. W. Steb-
bins. i-ew York, deputy grand sire;
Theodore A. Ross, Newark, N. J., grand
secretary; I. A. Sheppard. New ork,
grand treasurer.
SLOW WORK INJURY "TO FARMERS
Closing of Main Highway for Three.
Months Arouses Donor to Fun.
SHERIDAN, Or., Sept. 19. (To the
Editor.) Having observed in The Ore
gonian September 9 that Mr. Ross, sec
retary of the State Highway Commis
sion, is credited with saying that a
letter recently written by W. O. Sims,
of Sheridan, to Herbert Nunn, State
Highway Engineer, protesting a&ainsc
the slow progress of the road work
here, did not state the truth about the
situation and that it was Mr. Sims'
opinion alone, 1 desire to refute that
statement.
My letter to Mr. Nunn stated a fact
and expressed the feeling of tho very
heaviest donors to the Sheiidan road
fund. Some of the very largest sub
scribers felt so in earnest aoout the
matter that they drove to Salem last
week to have a personal interview with
those handling this work, duC failed
to see them.
Wo have no criticism whatever to
make of the State Highway Commis-.
sion nor any member thereof, but we
do object to tho newspaper reports that
my letter was untrue and that the
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce had
resolved against the road work here,
when such is not the case and no one
here at Sheridan has ever sent out such
a report.
One of the main roads leading Into
Sheridan has been closed for three
months and today we have not more
than one-half mile of pavement laid.
Many unavoidable delays have occurred
for which no one is apparently respon
sible. We are getting a fine job, ap
parently, but the desire of the citizens
here for an early completion of this
road is growing keener every daj'.
If Mr. Nunn and Mr. Ross are really
seeking publicity and want something
for the newspapers relative to this job,
all they need to do is to come to Sheri
dan and ask the 30 or more farmers
who cannot, at this time, get Into Sheri
dan without a long haul out of the way
(about seven miles), and I think they
will get it with clearness of expres
sion as some of thein speak very plain.
English about this matter.
W. O. SIMS.
NOT RIGHT PLACE FOR REFORMING!
Stoppers of Other Men's Habits Should
Keep Ont of Trenches.
PRINEVILLE, Or., Sept. 18. (To th
Editor.) Mr. Absher, of Moro, very
likely from the tone of his letter in The
Oregonian September IS, does not use
tobacco, but coffee or tea instead, and
at home he wants these and at the front
he still would want them.
Pipe, cigarette and cigar differ in fla
vor, and that is the reason all do not
use the same. If a man uses one of
these at home, then let him use it at the
front, and try and fe- that he is at
home. Don't interfere with the 1
dier's liberty as a man under discipline
has enough to take care of without
having someone trying to make him
stop that which he has enjoyed for
years.
If you have a desire to exterminate
cigarettes start on the boys at home.
Life is made up of habits. You would
not think well of some cigarette user at
home if you were in France and he
were home, trying to have your coffee
cut off as it was destroying your
health. There are small boys at home
to experiment on. The boys at the
front have a man's size job.
Let the men feel natural If we can.
As to the boys they probably will learn
to smoke as quick as if they were at
home. When a man leaves all and goes
to the colors you should not take ad
vantage of him and try to control his
habits. Wait until he is home and a
civilian again.
I smoke tobacco in all forms.
P. R. S.
Gifts for Marines.
ALDERDALE, Wash., Sept. 19. (To
the Editor.) (1) Kindly inform me if
a member of U. S. Marine Corps is per
mitted to carry a kodak after leaving
training camp? (2) Will you suggest a
few useful articles that might be given
to a marine? (3) Where could one get
information concerning home canning
of fruit for American Army?
A SUBSCRIBER.
During the period of the war it la
not permissible for a sailor or marine
to have a camera aboard a warship"
or in a station or a fortified post
The most useful gift for a marine is
a housewife kit. All articles of cloth
ing needed are furnished marines by
the Government, but garters are not
included. So a pair of garters might
be appreciated. Tobacco and cigarettes
are always acceptable.
Write U. S. Quartermaster, Wor
cester building, Portland. Or., for in
formation relative to canning of fruif
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