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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY FEBRUARY
1920
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DOCTORS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
President Wilson has been confined
ry Illness to the white House for
f early five months. Until now the
public has not had convincing: nor
Satisfactory nor even truthful reports
.f his condition from the attending
hysicians; but it has, on the contrary,
been permitted to indulge In the
ravest doubts and most disturbing
ears, so that it has been profoundly
k pprebensive of, if it has not actually
helie-ed. the 'worst. The worst, it
ppears, has come perilously near
eing the truth.
At the beginning-, following the
presidential collapse at Pueblo, the
I tatement was given out that Presl
:ient Wilson was suffering from
physical exhaustion" induced by
I be stress of his long speaking tour.
kni complicated by the after-effects
f a previous attack of influenza. He
Ivould need a period of rest. Then
be phrase was changed to "nervous
xhaustion," and an indefinite time
In bed was prescribed for the public
onsumption. At one time, the phy
sicians lost their reassuring pose, and
! dniitted that the president was
I'gravely ill." The specialists were
pummoned. It was solemnly an
otinced that his eyes were tested
Imd the gratifying discovery was
nade that they were sound. Then
followed a time when it was admit
led that there was some "digestive
isturbance," and later prostatic
ompllcations developed. It is obvi-
bus now that these troubles were but
tymptomatic of the president's real
onditlon, for he was suffering from
brain lesion, which the doctors with
ompous scientific mystery call cere
bral thrombosis, and from partial
paralysis affecting his left arm and
left leg.
The country will not fail to recall
I hat rumors which found their way
nto the papers that the president
I. ad had a cerebral hemorrhage and
vas unable to control the use of his
limbs met with indignant denial
from the faithful Tumulty and with
lofty refusal by the physicians to
( dmit anything not contained in their
ill but meaningless bulletins. It may
liave been politically expedient for
fumulty to resort to the more than
questionable arts of equivocal diplo
macy to conceal the truth; and it
bay have been ethical for the doctors
lo hide the vital facts In deceptive
official messages; but It was not de
fensible from the standpoint of truth
br the public's right to know the
ruth.
Nothing has beeni gained by the
policy of suppression and ambiguity
racticed by the president's advisers
I- nd consultants. Something has been
lost in confidence in medical Integ
rity and in what remains of trust in
politicians surrounding the White
louse. It is hard to say why the
eil of secrecy has at last been lifted,
l.nless it is because the secret was
lound to be worthless and no longer
Iceepable.
It is clear that the publics mind
vould have been far better composed
If the exact ailment of the distin-
ruished patient had been revealed at
I he outset. It is conceivable, too, that
he waves of sympathy radiating from
the anxious minds and hearts of a
liundred million people, being based
:i knowledge, would have been the
luore helpful. There would have
een hope and belief that he would
recover; but instead there was a pre-
iominant feeling of fear that he
vould not. The world is afraid
nostly of the unknown; it can ac
commodate its thoughts and deeds
hi ways to the known. I
Above all, the president Is not a
rivate person but a public personage
.nd possession. His welfare, phy
sical and otherwise, is the people's
oncern, for it involves vitally their
l.velfare. It is. a mistake it is worse
-to keep the truth about him from
I hem.
exports in 1919 increased more than I in another an added syllable to make
$1,500,000,000 over those of 1918, and I it more agreeable to the ear or easier
the number of unemployed decreased I for the tongue, and in every case it
from more than a million in May to I appears that the word formalists
about 94,000 in January. Doles to I prevail only when their notions hap'
the unemployed have now been I pen to coincide with the happier in
stopped. I tuitions of the people who make our
The traveling exhibit has evidently I language the potent medium it is for
become an accepted device of sales-1 the expression of our thoughts.
manship, and Oregon manufacturers
will have to resort to it as a means of
making their products known, if they
wish to keep up with their rivals.
LET TIIKM ANSWER.
Mainly to emphasize the fact that
the farmers have Ideas of their own
and are not to be made the tailto
the political kite of the labor party,
HOW TO FIGHT BOLSHEVISM.
Prescriptions of the best poison to
kill bolshevism abound, and many of
them deprecate criminal prosecution
and imprisonment We are told that
education Is the sovereign cure. The 1 primitive impulses of man." A world
men -who onrms ieiral nenalties are made soberer by access to better wa-
to advertise the purity of the water
from- which they made their prod
uct,, but people presently came to
realize that water need not be brewed
to make an excellent beverage. So
that Dr. Mayo may -be right in
crediting potable water with bring
ing about prohibition, without hav
ing given as much credit as is their
due to other forces. Growth of com
munity sense of responsibility for the
health of all the people has gone
hairH in hand with banishment of
alcohol, which has done so much to
loosen the "inhibitory control which
civilization has imposed over the
usually those who have a secret lean
er any other party, and are not to be ln J ?n revolutionary rnove
i o i.tm.. ment and who refuse 4o discriminate
scheme of the brotherhoods to tie between lawful agitation for change
ol taws oy constitutional means ana
those who advocate and use physical
force to that end.
Different means must be used to
up the railroads of the country, we
reproduce two paragraphs from a
memorial to congress submitted the
other day by representatives of the
National Grange, the American Farm
Bureau Federation, the Cotton States
combat the disease of bolshevism at
its various stages. The great ma-
Ronrri an th a ssooiaHon of state Jorlty of Its victims are ignorant
Farmers' Union Presidents: dUDe! of "en who ,teacn. falsehood.
Tc-k.t ,,. k ,., - ' A systematic campaign or education
pie If the farmers of the United States WM Cure most of them by proving
should suddenly decide to go on a strike I their teachers to be liars, as Thomas
S th..; , a . in . , t VZ - Edison says. They have been told
ot those who are not In a position to pro- I .... . .
duce food and clothing for themselves T I that labor produces all wealth and
They would be condemned from one end J that capital extorts exorbitant profits
oi me country o me omer, ana tne iaci i ik v,..Ae,...A i.t...
would be pointed out that they, as owners I ' .
and tillers of the land, had no right, either I seize the means of production. The
moral or legal, to bring about such a c- I logger who showed his striking
workmen all his expenses of doing
business and just what profit he
made gave the effective answer and
broke the strike. The way is open
to every man to make the same kind
l&mity.
If the farmers who own and occuny the
tana nave not such moral or legal right,
then why should it be conceded by anyone
that those who handle the farmers' prod
ucts have a right to block the transpor
tation or industrial facilities of the country
and thus Jeopardize the food and clothing of an answer to all the lies of the
uppiy oi uio nation r n me tanners nave 1
ter is likely to give more serious
thought to other problems of health.
Introduction of "potable water" has
a chain of far-reaching consequences,
all desirable ones.
The water problem has been. In-
deed, the key to the whole system of
modern public hygiene. With growth
of population, it has been the one
achievement that could not be left
to individual initiative. Getting to
gether to obtain good water to drink,
people have become practiced in the
fundamentals of community en
deavor. As Dr. Mayo points out, "of
all co-operative enterprises, public
health is the most important and
gives the greatest returns." He seems
to believe that the movement that
has been started will eventuate in
even greater things. Americans who
now almost universally insist on the
purity of their water supply are
likely to realize before long that they
have a right to health, and to work
as a unit to that end.
no such rights those who handle their
products nave no such rights.
Will the gentlemen who purpose
to paralyze the transportation system
or the country please answer?
botshevists.
No haphazard campaign of educa-
SIAKING GOOD CIDER.
Apple growers who have neglected
tion will suffice. The false teaching I their orchards in the belief that there
has extended into every factory, will be a big demand for cider as the
mine, camp and labor union and result of prohibition and that cider
should be pursued thither with the is essentially a waste product for the
truth. The foreign-born who cannot making of which any kind of inferior
read English have read the doctrines fruit is fit will do well to consider
of bolshevism in papers printed in the warning of the state rood com-
BACK TO PACIFISM.
Their vote against universal mili
tary training proves that democratic their own language. These can bejmissioner of New York, who points
rhembers of the house of representa- reached only'by pamphlets or speak-I out that to make good cider requires
uvea are as mcuraDiy BourDon as I ers In that language, and should be consideraoly more care than Is com
they ever were.- They were pacifists lonnmnpfl hv men nf their own ranplmonlv taken with the oroduct in the
and opposed preparedness before the and class. Ry this means the red rural districts. It is not so well
united States intervened In the war. Hinn- vn ha iienriv nf hin fni. known as it oueht to be that excel
though each day's events made our I lowing, lacking which he would soon I lent cider is the product not only of
mioi vcuuuu more certain. THeV I ri,m i jicot,ci l a nrnress hut of intelligent selection
awakened when war actually came But this plan of attack is effective of raw material. By no means all
and the majority of them voted for ony with the rank and file of revo- apples desirable for eating out of
the draft bill, but a considerable lutionists, who have not attempted to hand are suitable for making cider
number held out even then. The translate thoueht into action. It will that will stand competition. The
war no sooner ended than they for- not serve for the leaders, organizers Knglish and the French have long
got all its lessons, and they are will- Bnri agitators of revolution, for known this to be true. In their
Ing that the nation shall relapse their treasonable schemes should be countries whole orchards of espe
into its old perilous habit of trusting stopped promptly before they have daily selected varieties are main
to luck. ,, h itioir arc inn ta.infid for cider Droduction exclu
Republican COIfgressmen are un- confirmed in their errors to afford sively.
derstood to be- generally in favor of hODe of conversion. Prison is the There is no doubt that there will
universal training, though several of oniv remedy for them. Then the be an enormous increase of consump
the leaders oppose that policy. No followers will be deprived of their tion of fruit juices in the country
doubt exists that the progressive re- leaders, while the work of education within a few years. Both the logan
publican sentiment of the country is m progress. Education is no sub- berry, which reaches the pinnacle of
holds to the convictions of the late stitute for anti-sedition laws, but perfection in Oregon, and the grape,
Theodore Koosevelt in favor of pre- should accompany them and finally which can also be profitably grown
paredness, and the emphatic declara- make them seldom used weapons of here, will be active competitors in
tion of the American Legion in the the law the race for popularity. Ordinary
same direction truly expresses the I "farm cider," often spoiled by intru
sentiment of the ex-soldiers and their I sion of decayed and wormy apples
families. There is not a subject on r.unu,,.,. mt(J ltg composltioni win stand no
which the renubllcans could with "be introduction of potable wa- -hanee when we become a nation of
more advantage place themselves in ter- Dr- William J. Mayo, In connoisseurs. The elder orchard will
opposition to the declared sentiment tn course oi an article on require spraying and cultivation and
of the democrats. Physical develop- Bni to neaixa m me nonn Amer- attention to detail of production al
ment of the young men and their lcan Review, "made prohibition pos- most as much as the present com
nmaltramatlnn into one hodv for sibe. The explanation may go a merrial orchard. It will be false
national defense are features of that ,onS way toward solving what to economy to neglect these. If any
Americanism which should nrove many observers has heretofore been savinr is effected, it will be in har
the distinguishing mark of the re- a mystery, umy a iew years ago, u vesting and preparation for market.
publican uarty this year. " seems, tne aavocates or a cry na- Even this can be carried to extremes.
Patriotism has reached its lowest llon werB lew ,n numuers. Recent experiments in New ork
ebb among the democrats, and the wecs were no1 on'y numerous, out state showed that windfalls made
warning of their leader about the were strongly Intrenched. Dr. Mayo s second-grade cider. Experts easily
disturbed conditions of the world theory is at least an interesting con- detected the presence of immature,
falls on deaf ears. But such belated tribution to the symposium of overripe, wormy and fungus-infected
wnminn rnnnot undo the. teachim? tnougnt on tne . suDjeci. , iut it ts i fruit in the finished beverage,
which he has practiced consistently more "a11 that- 11 holds out hope xil calculations for the future are
with regard to Mexico and which he tnat when the importance of good based on so-called "sweet" cider, not
was forced to abandon bv a sudden water is fully recognized other sub- the "hard" kind. The latter is not
chor-k in 1917. "His lessons cannot I swnuai reiorms win rouow. Appre- so easy to make as some persons sup-
soon be unlearned. ciation of the value of good water is pose, and is still harder to keep. Na-
njceiy to ieaa to oetter unaerstana-1 ture's way of transforming alconoi
incr of the importance of Dure food inin aotin oniH is iikelv to defeat the
-BULSMe.4ia.ll- un -BUWHHVUUS1L- and srientifio diet and of imnroved j..i. .f k.n.f,,l "-oreta " -Vet there
I ' r- UCSIKIIO Ul Jivwt-l. w '-' "
The purist will protest in vain, we hygiene generally. i, merit in fruit juice, properly pre
think, against the new work "bolshe- . Dr. Mayo mentions the fact that in pared, and conscientious apple grow
vism" on the ground that its struc- Vienna the per capita consumption ers have it within their power greatly
ture Is etymologically unsound. The of spirituous and fermented liquors to stimulate the demand for it It
TRAVELING TRADE EXHIBITS.
So keen is the desire for foreign
trade that the nations are no longer
; ontent to organize great expositions
xt some fixed place and to invite
Deople from the whole world to visit
ihem. Expeditions are put on wheels
tr on board ship and are- sent tour
ing the world.
The first floating exposition of Pa-
rlfic coast products will leave In May
ror a tour of eight months to all
he porta of Central and South Amer
ica, the orient and Australia, and
fill carry representatives of each
exhibitor. .
This Is the latest development of
fisplays strictly for business. Lyons,
'.'ranee, was one of the first to adapt
the idea of the famous Leipsig fair,
molding a sample exposition In the
lidst of the war. Britain is now to
iold a British industries fair at the
ICrystal palace and has sent invita-
Lions printed in seven languages to
Lhousands of buyers In foreign coun
ties, and will hold local fairs de
moted to special trade at Birming
ham and Glasgow. It Is organizing
series of traveling exhibitions, one
tour the British dominions, an
other the United States, a third South
America and a fourth India, China
and the far east A series of perma
nent continental show rooms is to
be established in the capitals of
rSurope.
-John Bull Is evidently picking up
I the broken threads of foreign trade,
although he has been disturbed by
strikes at home and by disturbances
in Ireland, Egypt and IoAU. His
General Wrangel, It is .reported,
will succeed General Denikine in
command of the anti-bolshevik
forces. What they seem to need
more than a new general Is a few
fighting buck privates.
City Commissioner Mann suggests
a bull fight as a means of obtaining
money for extension work by the
I Oregon Humane society. May we
suggest the city council chamber as
la fit place for the arena?
In refusing demands for extradl
tion it may be Germany is hoping
for moral and other aid from this
country, but she is banking hope
lessly on possibilities in "the German
I vote" in November.
Gambling pays too well at Mexi
call to be stopped for long, so re
building the joint burned four days
ago has begun. The gambler may
miss his meals but never misses a
process of word-coinage 18 not always I was reduced 40 per cent following I contains practically all the mineral
logical, in tne sense tnat it iohows the introduction of a pure water sup- constituents and health-giving "vita-
unoenaing rules, it is interesting, ply from the mountains. "The fail- mines" of the fruit itself, and our
nevertheless, to consider the analysis ure of Italy and France to supply dietary will be greatly improved by
of the word made by an editor who potable water necessitates the con- its inclusion. But the ancient "worm
has a Ph. D. after his name and tlnuance of wine drinking, just as in juice" with which we were familiar
wno tnus explains tne aeveiopment Germany the use of beer will, con- when we were boys will stand littl
(philological) of bolshevism in the tinue." If, he adds, one cares to chance with the growing number ol
National News Bulletin, published at 1 trace the temperance movement drink epicures that the times are cer
tne national capital. I through the states of the union, he tain to develop,
iiolsnevik, he proceeds to eiucl- will find that it was not the appeal
date, comes from the Russian "bol- to the self-control of man which was
shol," meaning many. Bolshevik it behind this great movement "but the
the superlative. Just as we say advent of potable water." This is a
"great" "great-est" so the Russians reminder that "potable" is a relative
say "bolshoi," "bolshevik." The final term as applied to water. One who
"1" in bolshevikl is simply the plural has lived in Oregon and has enjoyed
ending. The root "bol" in bolshe- the Incomparable blessing of pure
viki corresponds with the Latin water flowing from its mountain
"mul" in "multus," the "bol" and glaciers will be prepared to believe
"mul" having the same meaning, that only the hopelessly vitiated
namely, "many." Bolshevikl, there- taste could persistently cling to beer,
fore, means "the greatest number." or any other intoxicant for thirst-
But it will not be conceded that quenching purposes, while there was
in forming a noun from the word the an unfailing supply of Bull Run (or
American people "ignorantly" made other equally good water) available;
the word "bolshevism" when it but a resident of Oregon, for ex
should have been "bolshevikism." ample, will be apt to wonder how
The contention that the latter word prohibition had previously made the
and it alone is suitable to our re- progress that It did in Kansas, or in
quiremfhts is based on the erroneous Iowa, or other states of the great
notion that we do not have the right Mississippi valley. To an Oregonian,
to make our own rules or to amend the water that Kansans drink is
already existing rules, for a good likely to seem positively non-potable,
reason or no reason, in minting The answer , is that perhaps,
new words. . The rule that "nouns water of various degrees of palata
formed from foreign comparatives bility may all be "potable." "Pure"
if eiinerlntivA.e eliminate the final n-n f n- i0 huubhcIIv i,Tiamlnnn
syllable and add the English pure," in the sense that distilled chance tophiy.
binding on no one. "Optimus-opti- is pure. Some persons insist that tPl"bUPf m,lnlf,t,!r! pl,an t0 " UP
mism," "major majority," "minor their drinking water shall have a churches to facilitate love-making
minority." the examples cited, create flavor. Those who have been reared Good plan elsewhere Church steps
no compulsory precedents; the Eng. on the limestone formations of the used be,fod B?U Untl1 aIf 11eMs
lish words survived because they middle west have been known to were mamueu u
n-oe xnnvenlent To hold that "hoi. m.,lol. -,.
hvim" instead of "bolshevikism" WahiT,-tor, that th drlnHno- wof.J Scientists declare that plenty of
is the etymological equivalent of the lacks "body," or something like that &ood drinking water Is the real se
substitution of "pessism" for "pessi- They do not see why Oregonians cret of Prohibition. This makes 1
mism" is to contend that the people, should regard the water of their mora than ever a mystery how Lal1'
who are the sovereign judges or their mountain streams as the finest in the lurul evcj.jij.
own lane-nacre, do not have the rifirht I world Tt In A c-ood deal Hire rain I
to rhoosA between a handy and a water to them: hut thev admit that The ex-crown prince is taking box
clumsy medium. There is a reason it is cold at all seasons and if they inS lessons. Just possible he has
why we do not say "majoty" instead stay long enough they grow to like it heard some gossip about the size of
of "majority," while we abbreviate There is small doubt that by making I lnal uempwy-wiitnuer puiap,
"bolshevikism" to "bolshevism." All good water more available the peo
other things being equal, the word pie of Oregon did much to swell the
will survive that rolls most smoothly voting strength of the "drys."
on the tongue and is easiest to re- But pure water, in the hygienic
member. Those who are the final rather than the chemical, sense, has
court of appeal in matters of this done more than encourage prohibi
klnd are governed by sound princi- tionlsts. It has eliminated typhoid,
pies, and have been all the while that m association with community meas
language has been in the making, ures for sanitation, and for that
though those principles sometimes alone it has been worth all it has
seem to conflict with the ultra- cost Kansas made its water sup
purists' interpretation of them. ply more potable not only by tapping
There was an illustration of this its deep reserves, but. by organized
early in the war. It was then point- social action. There was a time in
ed out by the professors that only communities whose sources of. sup
"paclficlst" could be regarded as piy were all that they needed to be
"sound etymology." But we have when people avoided water drinking
made It "pacifist" nevertheless, and for sound reasons, having permitted
so it will remain. In one instance the streams to be contaminated. Cer
an elision to make the word shorter, tain brewers found it Worth while
Promise is made of reduction In
the national debt Just so.. Some
body will liquidate the figures that
follow the decimal point
The ex-crown prince is typical
Prussian in thinking he is as good
value as all the wanted Germans.
Will somebody please swing the
wind pointer to southwesterly and
produce that needed rain?
A constable naturally expects -to
be sheriff some time. Occasionally
It works.
BY-PRODUCTS OP THE TIMES
Captain Dollar's Career to Success
Harked by Honest Dealing.
Robert Dollar, who climbed from a
cook's 6hanty to the ownership ot
steamship lines and a vast timber
business, has been honored by elec
tion to the presidency of both the
chamber of commerce and the mer
chants exchange of San Francisco, by
selection as a director of the foreign
trade council, by appointment as a
director of the J50.000.000 American
international corporation, by decora
tion from "Peking and by receiving
the freedom of the borough and the
keys of his Scottish birthplace.
While theT Dollar steamship com
pany trades with India, Japan and thr
Philippines, its largest business is
with China, where Captain Dollar has
come to be revered to a degree not
easily understood by the untraveled
American.
"Never try to cheat a Chinaman,"
Captain Dollar impresses upon every
one who would do business with ths
Chinese. "Confucius taught them that
honesty is the best policy, and the
Chinese live strictly up to this ax
iom." In addressing a meeting of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
he said:. "In all our years of trading
with the Chinese, Involving many mil
lions of dollars, we have never lost a
single cent never bad one bad debt.
I wish we could say the same of othef
countries, including our own."
Time and again Captain Dollar, on
going aboard one of his ships on the
Pacific to inspect the outgoing cargo,
has ordered thousands upon thou
sands of boards dumped back on the
pier because they were not in every
particular exactly what the Chinese
buyers had ordered. Sometimes the
mills had sent better grades, but the
Chinaman wanted just what he bar
gained for and would feel aggrieved
were the contract not lived up to
scrupulously.
There are no national holidays. The
making of legal holidays is a matter
which rests with the different states.
There is nothing in the constitution
clearly giving the federal government
power over such matters. All powers
not delegated to the United Ftates by
the constitution nor prohibited by it
to the states, are reserved to the
state respectively, or to the people.
It Is true that July 4 and December 25
are legal holidays in all the states,
tut they were made holidays by sepa
rate enactment in and by each state.
The president of the United States
does proclaim the last Thursday In
November to be a day of thanksgiv
ing. It is not his proclamation, how
ever, which makes the day a legal
holiday, but that of the governor in
each state. This is only one of many
nays in which the powers of a state
government are superior to those ot
the national government. The powers
of the latter are strictly limited bj
the constitution, the 10th amendment
of which expressly reserves all other
powers to the states.
Long after the last cellar has gone
dry and the last drop of whisky has
been consumed there will remain a
bottle of liquor that according to tra
dition is entombed in the cornerstone-
of the Universalist church at Mont
gomery, O.
William Swaim, 72, village histo
rian, ai.d former schoolmaster of
Montgomery, is authority for the tra
dition that a quart of liquor is con
cealed within the cornerstone of ths
church, which was built in 1837.
"In those days liquor was as re
spectable as water," says Swaim.
"Preachers . drank it just as other
folks did. It was customary to place
liquor in a cornerstone for the same
reason that folks drank each other's
health in liquor."
Across the road from the church is
a tavern that was a stopover for the
farmers hauling their produce to the
city. Whisky sold there for S cents
a drink, Swaim recalls.
Those Who Come and Go.
When you see Wedgwood Ben, Brit
ish "M. P.," you are not surprised that
he should suggest the nickname of
"Buttons." Though about 40 years
old, he looks just the height size and
age of the boy Buttons of the Eng
lish household. Ha Is scarcely 5 feet
blgh. His body is as slender as a
boy's. His cheek is peach blossom
and the expression of the face, with
rather comic eyes, is exactly the look
of the typical street gamin of Lon
don, with its shrewdness, its Imper
turbable good humor, and its readi
ness to take on any little job. Wedg
wood Ben might act the part of Petei
Pan on the stage, or perhaps ths
apter analogy la to Charlie Chaplin of
the films. San Francisco Argonaut.
The habits, mannerisms and meth
ods of the great are always interest
ing. Sir Joshua Reynolds used a
spade-shaped palette, with a handle
and without a hole. His brushes had
handles 19 Inches long and he always
stood while painting. His studio was
an octagonal room 20x16 feet, ilium
inated by a single square window of
modern size, the sill about nine and
one-half feet from the floor. He was
a steady and consistent worker and
frequently complained of idle visitors
who did not seem to realize the value
of his time. He ranks as the great
est English painter of that time. He
died in February, 1792, of an affec
tion of the liver and was buried in
St Paul's cathedral.
For 35 years Joe Cunha has lived
at Echo and he has prospered. At
one time' he and another resident Just
about owned the town between them.
It was on Butter creek, near Echo,
that the first alfalfa was successfully
grown in Oregon, according to the
wiseacres and stockmen drove their
cattle miles and miles to feed on the
alfalfa. It Is a common thing now,
declares Mr. Cunha, for stock to be
driven from Harney county ranges to
Butter creek for feed. Besides being
a stockman himself, Mr. Cunha owns
the flour mill at Echo, with 150 Bar
rels a day capacity, and yesterday
his son, who manages the mill, sold
2500 barrels to the governemnt. This
mill was huilt In 1885 and was a tan
ure for Its successive owners until
Mr. Cunha took it over nine years ago,
One of the bis: Portland stores leie
phoned to the Imperial yesterday to
ascertain whether Mr. Cunha's credit
was mad. "His credit" repnea tne
hotel manager "is good for your
whole store."
Immensely pleased in Dr. C. H. Gil
bert over the experiment wun som
v naimnn at the Herman creek feed
ing ponds of the Bonneville hatchery,
Dr. Gilbert is recognizee: as mo u
ino- aiithoritv on Pacific .coast sal
mons, which he has been studying
for the past 35 years. xnere are
about 2,000,000 sockeyes, 16 months
nirt. tlA five inches long, in tne ieeu
Ing ponds, whereas authorities have
contended that the socKeye cannoi
be held and fed successfully In ponds
up to the second year. Tne uregon
hatcherv is the only one in the United
whinh has been able to accom
plish this feat and when ur. ouuen
saw the demonstration yesterday he
was delighted and enthusiastic Dr.
Gilbert, who is with the United States
fisheries bureau, is on his way south
Seattle, where he has been at
tending a meeting which is preparing
new fishing regulations for Alaska.
All next summer the fisn expert wi
spend in Alaskan waters.
After hearing the bleat of sheep
for years, W. S. Farr now wants to
hear the bleat of the ukulele In its
n. wild, and is at the Hotel
wo.h;no-tnn on his way to Honolulu
hv his wife. Mr. Farr
has-been in the meat and grocery
. . -, . n In antn.
business ana aaouims oumo
nHii.a at Condon, and he recently
sold out his business. He will devote
part of the proceeds to a trip to tne
islands.
whoVen. N. J.." mused George
mi oioric at the Perkins
he read the registration of J. 1
Mount. ' "Years ago when I was a
N-Tawker, they resurrected a lot oi
old blue laws. You couldn t drive a
carriage there were no automobiles
then except to get a doctor, and you
m.- n i-Me tti a carriage to
uuuiuii . . .,
church. New York Decame awiui c-
i e those wno waniea i
in a carriage or say 'here's how," want
to Hoboken. Ho-num;
Scouring out the bad men from the
. i ..imtrv ana III ft in ii.
for eheenmen is a stunt that McHenry
. . - T.l-Un nnprnrnipil a
Hand oi vv eiser, awo-wv, v
number of years ago.
Mr. Hand, who
i. in PAi-Mmil conferring with R. N.
Stanfield about wool and sheep and
politics, doesn't looK line a p"""
tious individual, but his record shows
that he was a material iaciur m
clearing out the chaps who tried to
prevent sheep from getting on the
range.
The American people are speeding
nn rtn their reaainK. w
rie-mond Fitzgerald, who arrived at
the Benson yesterday. Mr. Fitzger
ald, who represents a New York pub
lishlng house, says that he did more
business in the Iirst z aays oi
n.rv this vear than he did in the first
four months of 1919. The books which
are dealt in by Mr. Fitzgerald are
both high-brow stuff and fiction.
Anvona who thinks that Klamath
county isn't well provided with tim
ber and has a hazy- notion that it is
all Bagebrush, should listen to W. R.
Renner for five minutes. Mr. rtenner,
who is registered at the Imperial, is
lumber man with such strong re-
nubllcan leanings that he came to
Portland to boost for the republican
league of clubs.
C. K. Brandenburg, who used to be
postmaster at Klamath Jails, ana
who mav soon announce himself as a
candidate for delegate to the repub
lican national convention, arrived in
Portland yesterday to attend the state
league of republican duos ana tne
Lincoln day dinner. He is at the Im
perial.
John Hut who has been one of the
desk force in the stte senate for a
decade, is registered at the Hotel
Oregon. He came to town from Wood
CARE OF TIBKRCt'LOSIS CASES
Reason for Residence Rrqulrrmrnt
and Remedy In Kmergency.
SOUTH BEND. Wash., Feb. 10. (To
the Editor.) Is It not proper to ap
peal to the Red Cross tor aid for one
who Is suffering from tuberculosis
and la alone and unable to work and
care for himself?
We did. and were refused, on the
ground thai the young man in the
case had not resided in the state ot
Washington for "six months.
This strikes me as very unjust. The
people give money and buy Red Cross
seals under the impression that the
proceeds will be ufced tccare for Just
such cases. What difference does It
make what state they happen to be
in? Everyone knows that these peo
ple go from place to piace li; search
of a climate that will benefit them.
Millions of dollars are sent abroad
to aid foreigners, but when we ask
for a few dollars to keep an American
citizen in a sanitarium we are turned
down.
So we are forced to take up a sub
scription among the mlUwokers, who
have already donated to the Red
Cross.
How can tuberculosis be stamped
out by a campaign of education? We
find it prevalent in the best homes in
the land. Anyone in a rundown con
dition from other diseases is apt to
contract it.
Among the well-to-do education is
unnecessary and among the poorer
classes it is useless, as the members
of these classes are unable to better
their living conditions if they would.
How can this plague be wiped out,
when those who have it mingle with
the well?
Use the money to take care of the
afflicted and restore tnem to health,
if possible. " JULIA HOFLER.
The American Red Cross does not
administer the fund raised by the sale
of Christmas seals; it merely aids th
enterprise, which is actually under
the direction of the national tubercu
losis association. If the patient, how
ever, is a veteran of the world war,
the Red Cross chapter In the town
should assist him. as It directs the
rehabilitation of ex-service men. Oth
erwise the patient should appeal to
the local or county antl-tuberrulosla
les.gue, which. Portland officials of
the organization say, probably will
care for the patient In his home until
residence can be ectablished and he
can be admitted to a sanitarium.
Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, of the Port
land branch, explains that there is n I
reason for the residence reqnlrement
Oregon, for Instance, had the first
state tuberculosis hospital in the
northwest and if a limitation had no
been plactd on It the institutio
would have been overcrowded wit
DStients from the five states In thi
section. Every community would hav
sent its migratory patients to Orego;
for care and thus a burden would
have been created which would hav
swamped it
One of the purposes of the snti
tuberculosis league, branches of whicli
exist all over the country. Is to pro
vide for those ill with the disease and
unable to secure care. This is wher
a portion of the mcney from the Red
Cross seals is spent.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jamrl J. Mantngtie.
IF
If I had a mine that was rich beyond
measure,
Like the mine that a broker has
offered to me
A virgin deposit of mineral treasure
With plenty of water and ore mill
ing free,
A mine that was certain to fill up
my coffers
With a staggering superabundance
of pelf,
I wouldn't go round making other
folks offers
To sell at a bargain Id keep It
myself.
If I had an oil well which flowed llh
a geyser.
Like the well whose prospectus has
just come to hand.
From the pen of a noted financial ad
visor Whose expert opinions are much la
demand
A well yielding millions of barrels a
minute
Of hlKh-grada petroleum, ready to
ship
I never would part with the stock I
had in It
Unless I went suddenly off of mj
dip!
If I had the knowledge a broker pos
sesses Of Just what the trend of the mar
ket will be.
If all of my various hazards and
guesses
Were sure to bring In a fat profit
for me,
If all of my tips were confirmed by
the tlckrr,
I would kei-p them all carefully un
der my hat;
I know of no method of getting rich
quicker
Thun to play them myself you con
gamble on that!
The Cirand Opnorlnntf y.
When drueglsta chnrge no cenla
for two cents worth of baking soda.
what can you expect when they are
asked to fill a whisky prescription?
Method In Ills Patriotism.
Now we read that D'Annunslo has
got hold of the 1100,000 In the Klume
treasury we begin to suspect that he
Is not such an Impractical poet as we
fancied.
e
A Tonsjh Problem.
Charles Warren Fairbanks has
passed on and the ). O. ', Is going to
have a lot of trouble finding a candi
date for the vice-presidency.
(Copyright, 100, hjr the Bell Syndicate,
Inc.)
TREE DAMAGE EXAGGERATED,
Favorable Weather la Enabling Bad
to Recover, Soys Writer.
THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. 11. (To th
Editor.) "Trees dead as a door nail,
was the report that brought me to
the ranch. So far I have not found
trees that are dead, but blossom buds
and twigs of peaches, apricots, al
monds, nectarines and fewer cherries,
are partly killed back. Some overbear
any way and a fair crop might ye
mature.
Thinning of fruit, however, will no
be burdensome this year.
Last year's dry weather has weak
ened all buds. Young figs are killed
to the ground. However, apples, wal
nuts, prunes, plums and some pears
are uninjured, lloth European and
American grapes are all right. I am
old that one rancher on the low lands
has dug out 100 peach trees. They all
certainly are now dead. Cloudy
weather and cool nights are holding
back the overflow of say and enable
many buds to recover.
Stratification of tips In water in a
warm room show moat or mlscel
aneous twigs growing. Fruit growers
must patiently and hopefully wait
The higher the elevations, the less
the injury. M. C. QEOHGE.
Information on Land Openings.
p a wnvirrr T r. tph a fTn
burn to see what the republicans wer e j tf)e Edtor.)where could I'apply for
Census year Is one time when
everybody counts for something.
When the workmen own th workshops;
And the railroad men the rails;
And the grocery clerks the groceries;
Ana tne mall cieriu own tne malls
When the preachers own the pulpits;
And the pressmen own tne snops;
And the drillers own the oil wells:
And the jails are owned by cops
When conductors own the street ears;
Ana eacn driver owns nis Dug;
Will you tell us common people
w Hat men becomes oi uir
Judge.
The army camps were full of men
who muttered and threatened dire
things against their commanding
officers the day civilian clothes re
placed uniforms. So Irving Berlin,
composer of popular songs, wrote:
Johnny Jones was a first-class private
the army last year;
Now he's back to business In hi father's
place.
Saturday night t saw him with a smlllni
tace;
When 1 asked him why he felt so happy
Jnhnnv chuckled with R!ee.
He winked his eye, and made this reply:
Something wonderful has happened to me.
Tve got ths guy who used to be my
captain
WorVlne for me.
He wanted to work se I made him a clerk
In my father's factory;
And by and by I'm going to hare him
wrapped in
Work lip to his brow:
When I come Into the office be gets tip on
his feet
Stands at attention and gives me hie seat
Who was it said revenue is sweet?
I've got my captain working for me now."
Irving Berlin, In common with
thousands who did shift of K. P. and
tour of guard duty, says he is glad
he was in the army. He wasn't a
captain Just a sergeant
doing and to attend the Lincoln day
dinner.
A Kentuckyian and a Henry Wat-
terson democrat is W. M. Duncan, dis
trict attorney for Klamatn, wno is at
the Imperial. Mr. Duncan did not
make the trip to attend the republic
an meeting, like City Attorney W. E.
Wiley, also of Klamath Falls. .
With her four little girls, Mrs. J. S.
Thomas of Seattle was at the Im
perial yesterday on her way to Long
Beach, CaL, for a visit. Mrs. xnomas
is the wife of Dr. Thomas, who
studied medicine with Dr. Ben I
Nordon and others.
P. S. Keys, sheepman from the Fos
sil country. Is back In town again,
and is registered, as usual, at the
Perkins. Mr. Keys wears a resplen
dant beard that is known to every
man, woman and child In Fossil.
E. D. Cusick, banker of Albany, and
formerly a member of the state sen
ate, is at the Hotel Oregon. The Lin
coln day celebration in Portland is
the. mas-net that brought him to
Portland.
W. B. Broughel of Seattle, who la
registered at the Hotel Washington
Is attending the bedside of his broth
er, who has undergone a serious oper
ation at St Vincent's hospital.
Lynn Howard Hough, president of
tha Northwestern university, at tna
cago. is at tne jtsenson, ttccuui.pa.nieu
hv his mother. Eunice tiougn.
President Hough is making a leisurely
tour of the west.
J S. Orth, banker of Medford, son
of John Orth, a pioneer of Jackson
county, arrived at the Imperial yes
terday. The visitor was formerly a
clerk of the county.
T. T.. Paa-et. cashier of a Seaside
honk, and one of the principal stock
holders in the new hotel being erected
there for the summer traae, is at tne
Multnomah.
We are experiencing dellghtfu?
weather at Newport," says Mrs. L M.
Baker of that Oregon seaport who is
registered at the Hotel Washington.
Will P. Fisher, who has a flouring
mill at Seattle, on Elliott bay. Wash.,
is In Portland looking after business
interests, and Is booked at the Mult
nomah. One of the prominent sheepmen of
Montana is W. W. Stables of Great
Falls, who is registered at tbe Mult
nomah. Engineer for the port of Astoria Is
r, R. Bartlett who arrived yesterday
at the Hotel Portland.
Information regarding lands In the
North Platte and Shoshone projects,
which are to be thrown open to ex
servica men in March, according to
Tbe Oregonian, February S? Also Just
what are the homestead requirements
of ex-service men?
, EX-SERVICE MAN.
For the North Platte project write
to the project manager. United States
reclamation service, Mitchell, Neb.
and for the Shoshone to the project
manager, United States reclamation
service, Powell, Wyo. Congress has
made provision for service men In
opening up. these lends,, but the local
government land office has no copy
of the text. The project managers
will undoubtedly be able to supply you
with the Information you seek.
Jury Fixes Death Penalty.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. (To the Edi
tor.l I claim that under the law per.
taining to capital punishment now ob
taining; in the state of Washington,
a Jury sitting in a firBt degree murder
case must recommend tnat tne pris
oner on trial be hanged in order to
bring about that end. I do not believe
the trial judge is empowered to Inflict
jl more severe punishment than life
imprisonment unless such a recom
mendation is made by the jury.
I would very much appreciate an
elucidation upon this question.
W. O. SMITH.
' The Jury alone has power to rec
ommend capital punishment
Commnnder of S8th Division.
JEFFERSON, Or., Feb. 10. (To the
Editor.) I wish to call your atten
tion to an error appearing in The
Oregonian February 8.
In answer to an inquiry from Banks,
Or., you give Major-General Frank L
Winn credit for Deing in commana
of the 89th division in France.
I wish to state that Major-uenerai
Wright was in command during all
the major operations in wnicn mil
division participated. General Winn
took command after the battle of ths
Argonne. bli-lWi.ll.
Adequate Help Their Due,
MALIN, Or., Feb. 10. (To the Ed
itor.) We are grateful for the edito.
rial In The Oregonian February 5,
entitled "For the Work of Rebuild
ing." This nation would belie Its true
character were It to decline to render
adequate help to bur European allies
in the great war or to do this purely
in a mercenary spirit We have writ
ten to our senators and congressman
commending the editorial and ex
pressing the hope that congress will
act hi the matter very soon.
AN APPRECIATIVE READER.
Doorways.
Ry Grace 1', Hall.
Processions pass before my eyes
When doorways 1 behold,
Nome folks therein are very young
And some are very old;
The youni- fare forth the world to
meet.
The old limp in to rest.
And nurse the grate-fire's cheery heat
When sunset paints the west.
O'er me each doorway casts a spell.
And starts a train of thought;
Each has its trace. lies to tell.
Though we suspect It not;
Each pathway leading to a door
Is vital with the life
Of those who trod Its length before
With memories each Is rife.
Old forma pass out ths silent way.
And now ones take their place;
The doors are closed on scenes each
day
That time cannot rase;
Not Just a panel made of wood
That opens to our touch
I would not think that If I could.
For doorwnya mean so much!
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Tears Ago.
From Ths Oresonlan February 11, tans.
Salem. The absence of 12 senators
was the only notable feature when
the legislature took Its 17th ballot
for senator. Dolph received St voles.
Lowell 10, Hare 10 and the remain!
were scattered.
A throng that completely packed
the Marqtiam Grand from gallery to
pit last nicht gave a royal welcome
to Messrs. Helllg and I.esster, ths new
managers, and evidenced the popu
larity of the Calhoun opera company
In "Amorlta."
Mayor Frank, who had ben sick
for a week, was able to get down to
his office yesterday.
Samuel D. Smith, a well-known pio
neer resident of Portland, died at his
residence, Yamhill and Fourteenth
street from a stroke of paralysis.
Bishop Daniel (loodsell of San T'ran-
elaco, resident Methodist blshnn of
the coast, spoke at the Orace Meth
odist church last night.
pnornEcr.
The singers of songs will eome,
The dreamer of dreams appear;
The chant in the Idol's house shall
cease.
And the hearer with ears shall hear;
The glowing of breast shall keep ths
quest,
And stroking their lutes draw near.
The builder of ships will weave
A sail with a golden thread
To go to the pomander isles of love
Over the hateful dead;
Over the hateful, hateful things
The hate of the hateful aald.
Cloth of the camel's hair and sweat
Heads with their ashes gray;
Makers of manners martinet.
Tempering steel to alay,
All forgot In the Great Forget
Gone like a dateless day,
Lost In the song which the singers
sing.
And the things which the dreamers
say.
GUT FITCH PHELPS.
Foundation for Writers.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 10 (To
the Editor.) (1) Can you tell me
where I can procure Information on
he "MacDowell foundation for writ-
rs? (2) Is there an authority on
coins of the Roman periods? Where
can I reach this person?
LOREN SPARKS.
(1) Perhaps you allude to the Peter-
boro colony Peterboro, N. H, en
dowed by Mrs. Edward MacDowell as
place where writers, artists, etc..
can find a naven at a moaerate
charge. Address the MacDowell Col
ony, Peterboro, N. H.
(J) Hill's "Handbook of Greek and
Roman Coins-' (MacMillan, 1S9S) Is
n authority on the subject Consult
also Dye's "Coin Encyclopedia."
Ton Mile Costa.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12 (To the F.d
Itor.) Please solve the ftaloWlng
problem and give rule for obtaining
answer.
If it costs 1294 to haul 222 tons 44.
miles, what Is tbe coat per ton mile?
It D. a.
The cost per "ton mile" Is the eost
of hauling one ton one mile. In the
foregoing example the coat of hauling
232 tons 446 miles is equivalent to
the cost of hauling one ton 102.472
miles. Dividing the sum 1294 by the
mileage gives t 002K5, or 2 14 mills per
ton mile.