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BidwelL " 8.00 T.80 1.P5 .65 AccrsATiox rs japan and ki.se- In at least three particulars the writer of the letter printed in an ether column on this page, who op noses vaccination against smallpox. furnishes evidence of the methods of those who seek to bolster np pre conceived prejudices wim inuii citations, by outdated statistics or by allusions to conditions which may have once prevailed but wnicn oo bo no longer. In his opening para graph, for example, the writer quotes the sentence, "One vaccination prac tically insures . against death from smallpox and two vaccinations con fer immunity," but omits the sen tence following, in which It is stated that "this conclusion as to duration of immunity . . . has not been fullv confirmed by later observa tions." There is also a lengthy quo- tion from writings of "J. W. Hodge, M D. " a rabid antl-vaccinationist. regarding the results of vaccination In Japan, but no citation from a more authentic summing up oi tne Japanese health situation, with par ticular reference to smallpox and vaccination, written in reply to Dr. Hodfre a few years ago by an emi nent Japanese physician on the very cround. The writer of the letter also cites Professor Charles Creigh ton. M. D.. A. M.. "in his classical ar ticle in the Encyclopedia Britannica,' but does not say that this article is tint to be found in the eleventh an nual edition of the Britannica, hav ing been omitted by the editors, no doubt In view of the progress of human knowledge since 1892, the date of publication of the ninth ecu tion, in which we have been able to And the "classical article" m question. It would be, of course, an titter waste of time to try to convince an already confirmed antl-vaccinationist by citations from the works or com nptent scientists or from official rec ords, but for the benefit of those who are open-mindedly interested in public health, misstatements and half-statements that tend to create a mistaken impression deserve oc- rnsionallv to be corrected. Dr. S. Kitasato, director of the Institute for Research tn Infectious Diseases at Tokio, wrote in 1911 an article which was printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in re ply to an article by Dr. Hodge wnicn had appeared previously in the Twentieth Century Magazine, and which was typical of Dr. Hodge's arguments. Dr. Kitasato pointed out the reasons why Japan, peculiarly exposed as it was to contagion from China, Korea and Siberia, was beset with difficulties in its efforts to stamp out the plague. Analyzing tne sta tistics which the anti-vacclnatlonists delight to quote, and which indicate that at the time of writing there were many imperfections in the sys tem of compulsory vaccination which the Japanese authorities were then endeavoring to. enforce, he says: The general tatistlc do not give the minute fact Jn detail, and therefor the deduction i imperfect. Had not the critic excluded these cas-a from the total re vaccinated one, they could not com to the conclusion which Dr. Hodge reached. For instance, during the latest epidemic in .l-n.n which broke out in 107-S. 6"8 patient were admitted to the Hlghashl yama hospital In Kobe: 2T of the number were non-varcinated. th past history of thirty-eight wa uncertain as to the vac cination, twenty-five had contracted the disease within three weeks after vaccina tion, four had had smallpox previously, nineteen contracted the disease within five year. nd 225 over five years after the last vaccination. Dr. Kitasato had previously by hospital statistics and other figures shown that immunity conferred by a vaccination diminishes with the lapse of years. It is not seriously contended in the light of recent re search that revacclnalon is not a requisite of protection, and Japan now makes provision for this in her national health programme. But Dr. Kitasato also shows that "in pro portion as the system of vaccination has been perfected, the period of each epidemic and the number of deaths are diminished." The first of the epidemics to which allusion is made occurred in 1885-7 and the last in 1907-8. Dr. Kitasato says: The first and second epidemics each lasted fullv three year. nd the third two t-ars. while the third broke out in Decem ber. 1!H7. and ceased completely tn August of the following year, covering a period of less thn a yer. Th number of cases again show a gradual decrease. While the first epidemic had over 100,000 cases, the second had PO.OoO and the third 50,000, ta- fourth had less than 20.000. The marvelous effect of vaccination on th epidemics of smallpox is manifested tn tho tab; which shows th sudden fall In new case faring th epidemic, which otherwise would have Increased. The table doe not show th long list of the vaccin ated persons, but from th beginning of th epidemic down to th close a special Vaccination was enforced on all persons who wen brought under control of th hygienic police power. , Statistics of military vaccination are always illuminating, because in modern armies vaccination is com plete as to the number of individuals treated, though its wholesale char acter and the speed with which it is accomplished are apt to admit care less technic. Dr. Kitasato finds from the records that in the two great wars in which Japan has engaged, and in which her armies were em ployed in districts where smallpox was epidemic (Korea and Manchu ria,), all the conditions would have been favorable to smallpox spread. However Th Japanese authorltle took car to nave very soldier who went to th seat of war vaccinated, and th happy result was that in aa army consisting of not Jess ; : ' : r number of cases appeared: Chlno-Japanese war, 155 cases, 34 deaths: Russo-Japanese war, S63 cases. 35 deaths. The results are equal to, if not better than, those of the Prussian army during the war .of 1S70, '-. It is also Interesting to observe, as is shown, by records in-the pos session of the Public Health Service of the United States,- that there were 125,000 cases of smallpox In the French army, which Had not adopt ed the thorough Prussian method, in the Franco-Prussian war. while in the recent war there were only fifty-six cases. In -the world war France vaccinated . all recruits and revaccinated all regulars. , Since April, 1917, there have been nearly 4,500,000 vaccinations tn the United States army, according to the same authority, and there were only 801 cases of smallpox in the entire army In that period, with eight deaths and one death from vaccinia (a form of cowpox of ex treme rarity in humans). - "Japan," says the authentic Japa nese scientist quoted, "is therefore never tired of preaching the gospel of vaccination, not only in her own territory, but as far as the sphere of her influence permits. . Every civilized Individual of Japan knows the benefit of the marvelous discovery of Jenner, because he sees for himself from time to time how he and his neighbors are protected from horrible epidemics." Dr. Kita sato believes the presence of anti vaccinationists like Dr. Hodge to be itself evidence that the people of America are already protected by not having had the sad experience of an epidemic for a long time. He concludes: Th anti-vacelnatlonists are- like those who would deny th benefit of sunshine. It gives them every kind of joy and hap piness, and yet they are so familiar with it that they are not aware of Its good. They would 'corns to know the vast pro tective power of vaccination, had they once experienced the terrible outbreaks of smallpox in their communities, in which thousands on thousands fall victims, while the vaccinated ones go freely through the epidemic with the least danger of conta gion. i The experience of the Japanese, it would . seem, will give small com fort to the antir vaccinationists. :' on the east. If the blanket should better understanding of the duties ,-ljrr him kux independent. As The Oregonlan says, the proposal kt to elect Hoover because he Is Hoover, not be cause he belong to on party or the other, not because he has made this speech or that, but because he ia Hoover.. Such an attitude may be a fallacy from the party standpoint. It 1 not a fallacy from the standpoint of the country or Its people. Medford Mall Tribune. - Beloriglng'to no party," the clear and honest course for Mr: Hoover is to submit his candidacy to the peo ple of the United States on an inde pendent platform of his own mak ing. The theory of the Hoover prop aganda is that he is superior to party: that party is controlled by the politicians; and that the mass of the people are tired of partisan ship and want a new deal and will get it through Hoover. Why, then,-submit his candidacy to either party? If it is correct that party is for the politicians, and not for the people, neither the republi can nor the democratic convention will nominate Hoover, but one of their own kind. That sordid and humiliating prospect Is proved by the fact that party conventions have nominated every president from Jackson to Lincoln and from Lincoln to Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. One 6T their kind, to be sure, in every instance. Has not Mr. Wilson more than once re ferred to himself, in his own modest but definite phrase, as the "captain of the democratic team"? But the Hooverites would have everybody abandon party, or, failing that, would have party abandon the practice of naming one of its mem bers, and take Hoover, who in turn will define the principles on which he stands a duty to itself which party will also abdicate. It is an assignment of a function to party which is abject and absurd. be spread over the consuming end of the roads, why not also over the producing end ? It is spread over the producing end of the lumber in dustry on the coast; why not over the producing end of the wheat in dustry? If ft were thus spread, we should hear loud cries from the railroads against being compelled to haul 100 or 200 additional miles without additional compensation, and the grain shippers of Pendleton and Walla Walla would protest against paying the same rate as those of more distant Moscow and Lewiston. Also if the Inland Empire were to ask that it be covered with a rate blanket for distances so short, as those to the Pacific coast, it could not con sistently maintain the claim to rates based on distance for the far greater mileage from Chicago and the Mis souri river a claim in which it has persisted for many years. If the people of tho Inland Em pire are awake to their own inte'resl they will not be misled by appeals to state loyalty, made in behalf of self -s local interests,, into opposition to just principles of rate-making which will give them the solid advantage of their location on the shortest, water-grade- route to the coast. No offer Is made froth any quartet to mats any sacrifice for their benefit No sophistry should lead them to sacrifice to others the advantages which they can derive from a final decision in the Columbia river case of Americans toward their fellow- Americans, and we need pot go back 800,000 years to lay a foundation for this. It would be ideal if every body knew all about everything, but the world being what it is, and chil dren being what they are, the pro gramme of history teaching best cal culated to make good neighbors and good citizens Is most likely to be suited to our needs. in accordance with the examiner's findings. THE ISLAND EMPIRE VIEWPOINT. It is natural that the people of southeastern Washington should be predisposed, all other things being equal, to direct their traffic to ports in their own state, to which they pay taxes and which has located public institutions among them. But the state of Washington as a whole can hardly profit if the grain growers pay a higher rate, based on the mountain haul, in order to do busi ness with the sound than they would pay if the rate by the water grade were based on distance and grade and if they shipped to Columbia river ports. Nor can the Washington commission consistently maintain that it serves the whole state faith fully and without discrimination if it calls upon only the people of the interior to make this sacrifice but does so in the interest of the sound ports as against Vancouver, which is also in Washington, but Is on the water grade. The grain growers of the interior might ship by the water grade at water-grade rates to Van couver and still keep their business within their state, but the state com mission, inspired by Seattle and Ta coma, intervenes in the Columbia river rate case. It insists' that the producers must not take advantage of their own and Vancouver's posi tion on the water grade. It acts as though the state? of Washington were bounded on the east by the Cascade mountains and on the south by the Newaukum divide. Examiner Thurrb.ll holds that' rates to Puget sound should be 10 per cent higher than to Portland and Van couver, but that present rates to the latter points are reasonable. There is small chance that the 10 per cent differential will be made finally by reducing the rate on the Columbia river roads. In view of the strong probability that a general advance in rates will quickly follow return of the roads to their owners. Then the best prospect of continuing to pay the present rate lies in confir mation of the examiner's findings in principle and in carrying that prin ciple much farther, both as to the size of the differential and as to the interior territory to which It extends. In that way alone can the producers of the interior obtain the advantage of their location on the shortest route and on the water grade to deep water. That means to them so man; more cents per bushel on wheat on the basis of the Liverpool price less cost of freight and handling. Failing to prove equality of dis tance and cost of service' between the interior and the Puget sound and Columbia river ports, defenders of the present adjustment fall back on the wisdom and benefits of blanket rates to cover all North Pa cific ports. Their arguments would apply w'ith equal force ' to blanket rates to cover the entire Inland Em pire wheat territory from Lind, Ken- newick- and Pendleton on the west BELGIUM'S EXAMPLE. . . Belgium sets a fine example of in dividual self-denial and of sound patriotism by peace-time" achieve ments less spectacular but not les- deserving of praise than those of war. The estimate, for illustration. that coal production already has reached 80 per cent ot normal, supar refining 100 per cent, wool and cot ton show production 'more than 70 per cent, and other industriel in pro portion, is an inspiring commentary on. Belgian capacity for overcoming 'Freedom from" -general strikes and a national determination to-jre- store normal exports, on which the country depends," in' the view of H.; H: Windsor, a recent writer on the subject, are the factors which are hastening return to prosperity. Bui even more instructive is the fol lowing, from Mr. Windsor's article in Popular Mechanics: Instead of the spirit of extravagance which prevails . in some other countries, the Belgians preserve that same national thrift which for so many years made it famous for affording the .best, living for the least money of any country maintain ing modern conditions. Another year or two will almost restore pre-war produc tion In most lines. - - - It would be a singular outcome if the nation which was hardest hit, in proportion to resources and popula tion, of the principal belligerents should be- first to complete its ma terial restoration. The Belgians in 1914 with their backs to the wall were not mope admirable, from every point of view, than they now are in their determination to work, to save, to pay the bill without whimpering, and to get into a position of eco nomic independence with a minimum of outside help and with no avoidable delay. THE IDEAL AND THE PRACTICAL. It is an ideal programme that H. G. Wells outlines for history teachers, but those who have been more recently in -intimate contact with pupils than Mr. Wells has been are likely to question its practica bility. It is the novelist's idea that we should not begin with the his tory of our own country, thus giving the pupir the idea that all history is summed up in that of a single nation, which happens to be his own. He would begin with an "account of the world's probable origin," treat of the long gap between that time and the beginning of life, deal with the reptilian and mammalian cycles, tell of the stone age and prehistoric man, unfold successively the ancient eras of development, come on down through the. Crusades, the Reforma tion, and so on down to the agitation over the league of nations and the reasons for the cost of high living, as the late James J. Hill would say. It would be a pleasant diversion to observe Mr. Wells in a struggle to interest an average class of Amer ican youngsters in, say, the Jurassic period, or the time when Mount Shasta was a hole la the ground, or in an effort to give them an under standing at all worth while of the development -of the Chaldean civili zation, the underlying purpose of the Crusades (which the honest teacher will confess she does not herself fully comprehend), or ot the vast mental upheaval implied by the Reformation. Possibly it can be done with plenty of time and the right teacher but there are peda gogues who will shake their heads over it. Undoubtedly history is not always taught as Uluminatingly as it might be, but there are sound reasons why we have been .beginning in the mid dle and working both ways. They are connected with the demand for realism by the young. The small boy can put himself in the place of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree, and en this account we are less inclined to condemn the legend of Parson Weems than we otherwise would be, but we have our doubts that the average youngster could be made to extract much real history from all we are able td tell him of the creation, the stone age and so on. We begin with events in history that we can discuss in their relationship to things that can be visualized for reasons that appertain to the development of the mental processes of human beings. Ability to discover the-logic of cause and effect - in history is not among the earliest developed of our faculties. There is, indeed, a question whether in some individuals it is tver devel oped at all. ' How easy it would be to work out a system -of education if we were dealing always with adult minds, avid only for facts! But the modern teacher is not a Gradgrind; there is a good deal of psychology in peda gogics nowadays; and we suspect that the idea of substituting geology for Israel Putnam's ride and paleon tology for the battle of Bunker Hill and stone-age stuff for Francis Mar ion the swamp fox, while, it may give a better idea of the complexity of human relationships, will hardly make history any more popular than it now is in the schools. -t. We do net deprecate the value of sound and thorough teaching of the philosophy of history. But Just now it were desirable to accomplish such THE MESSAGE FBOM TILLAMOOK. In The Sunday Oregonian there was an article from Tillamook coun ty that should be read and re-read by every adult citizen of Oregon, for it teaches a lesson that cannot be learned from any other county in the west. ' To get the full benefit of it one should 'know something about Tillamook county, should consider its size and population, and above all its area of cleared land. In 1890 Tillamook was the seventh county from the bottom In popula tion, only Curry, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Malheur and Sherman having a fewer number of citizens. Tilla mook's count was then 2932.' In 1910 Tillamook had 6266 people, having jumped from the seventh to the tenth from the bottom of the list. In 1890 Tillamook had a popula tion of 2.6 to the square mile; in 1910 the number was 5.5, which was but 1.5 per cent below the average for the state as a whole. So, with out the figures for the 1920 census, it will be seen that Tillamook is a county that Is growing in more than a normal way, but in a mighty healthy way. For a moment let us look at the output of the Tillamook dairy prod ucts for last year, as published in the article mentioned. In round num bers the output was 2,000,000 from the twenty-five creameries in the county, or, in other words, from the cheese manufactories. That was the reward from 13,280 dairy cows, on 682 dairy farms, or $113.30 from each cow. Each of the 682 dairies yield ed an average of $2941 a county per capita income of $320. There is a ( personal reason why Tillamook excels as a dairy commu nity, and that reason-Is Carl Haber- lach, the man who sells -practically all of the, dairy products produced in that county. Mr. Haberlach has the confidence of the citizens of Til lamook, and especially of dairymen. Nobody ever interferes with him; nobody ever disputes his orders. If he were to tell the dairytuen tomor row to close up shop until July 1, they would close - without quibble, for the simple reason that he has never deceived or.disappointed them. Of course, there is a great deal due to the loyal and intelligent dairy men of Tillamook. Mr. Haberlach could never have made the reputa tion he has otherwise. So it is, after all, a case of brains and teamwork, as well as one of favorable climate, soil and location;' a case of honest products, one of confidence between man and man. SATETH TBS OREGON NEWSPAPER It Was Cold la Eastern Oregwa at the Bottom of the Well. Echo News. On the Bleakney ranch a well which Is about 16 feet deep froze over sol idly during the cold snap. Those Who Come and Go. There never has been a passenger bus in Wheeler county, but ocrge Angell has ordered one. Mr. Angell. who is in the city, is president of the The ice i Fossil & Condon Transportation com- was so thick it could not be hroken. wnicn nanaie. .rmi i. rauroaa to r oosu aiiu uuoiiur yu"ue Some of the delegates going from the convention of retail merchants at Astoria are quoted as saying the high cost of living Is due to activi ties of farmers . rather than to profiteering by dealers. It should 'please the downtrodden and horny- handed son of toil to learn he Is rec ognized as a factor even if he does not know a way to do what he is charged with doing. A shortage of fuel on this ranch ne cessitated the burning -of the back porch of the residence, and Mr. Bleak ney says they would have used the front porch, too, if the cold weather had held out much longer. Mobs Reactionary, Not Progressive. Albany Democrat. Wrongs are righted permanently ofily by processes of thought, by the rising of mankind to ever higher levels of intelligence and justice. The -mob is always an unthinking brute which lowers every man who joins it. It is a reactionary force, never a progressive one. . , rials Fact the Panacea. . North Powder News. ' The plain facts about new enter prises, more dinner pails and wide spread employment of labor will beat bolshevism and keep the people from turning to radical exploiters of farm ers and working men. The Baurdea of Modern "Pilgrim Drewsey Sun. - The railroads are to be returned to their owners March 1 next. How about returning the rest of the war paraphernalia? Isn't it about time to dump that off the backs of a patriotic people, or must It be kept there to cause them to become unpatriotic? . When Lanta Came to Town. Silver Lake Leader. - Lanta Griffith left Monday for Portland and says if he doesn't find things there to his liking he may go to either Seattle or San Francisco. Send Home the Chair Warmer. Baker Herald. Aside from the needless cost to the government, there are too many peo ple living in Washington for the good of the capital, and the men who are not required there could be used to advantage elsewhere. Nobody Foola the Farmer. Molalla Pioneer. The common mistake was evident in the convention of forgetting that the farmer Is a modern business man and as such will study the question brought before him. He is more often an employer than not. We doubt that the new party will attract any large number of farmers. Smokers Doom Impend. Lebanon Express. Smoking on all occasions and every where should be curbed, in justice to those to whom the odor of smoke is offensive, and there are many of this class. Smokers themselves will grad ually force drastic restrictive, if not prohibitive laws, If they do not keep within reasonable bounds. Thev should remember1 that the greed and lawlessness or the liquor interests were responsible for prohibition. Certainly They "Dose" It. Bend Bulletin. Our old friend, the Harney County News, Is definitely opposed to Her bert Hoover for the presidency, saying- that he did not save fopd for the country. "The women of the country done the deed, it was only Hoover's suggestion," says the News. If this ever gets to Hoover he will feel did for. on the John Day highway. The $0 passenger bus which Mr. Angell has ordered will do well In summer, but unless the seven-mile stretch between Mayvllle and Thirty Mile Is improved this sumrneg the bus will have to be equipped with a paddle wheel and rudder or else fixed up like a tank if Mr. Angell expects, to operate It In the rainy season. All of which shows that the seven miles are sadly In need of attention, for rain will put the bus on the bum. Mr. Angell bandies the parcel post and says the average busi ness Is 100,000 pounds a month. In January Mr. Angell'a .company han died parcel post matter amounting to 126,000 pounds. When the highway is completed this business will greatly increase, although It is now highly thriving. "We're going to have 125,000 acres of land under irrigation just as soon as the project can be oushed forward, declares Burt C. Jones, secretary of the Burns commercial club, who is in the city on business. "Most people In Oregon do not realize that Harney county is an empire in itself. It is a great stock country, har a large amount of timber and the irrigation movement, which is starting, will be a wonderful development. Some work is being done on the central Oregon highway and there has been about two miles graded mat of Burns to ward Lawen. What I am working on chiefly just now is the establishment of a dally mail route between Bend and Burns. We should have such mall service and the community is in great need of It." , In the matter of civil service ex amination for postmaster of Port land, it's a mighty smart democrat that can stand up to the questions, and the same kind of republican, as well. Personal appearance must be considered, as well, and that ought to bar half of the applicants. Police Captain McDowell of the Los Angeles force blames women for the majority of automobile acci dents down there. Perhaps the cap tain Is grouchy because Eve didn't hand Adam a Sunkist orange, in place of an apple, thereby advertis ing the southern California brand. It's an ungallant chief of the Los Angeles bureau who says women drivers are not equal to emergency'. The fact that women drivers are sober at the wheel balances all objection. Tammany hall was held up the other day by eight masked gunmen. But Tammany has engineered so many hold-ups of its own that sym pathy would hardly be in order. Wilson might do much worse than' call Hugh Wallace to the cabinet To be sure, he has little experience in statecraft, but that is a qualifica tion with this administration. . In that Michigan county where they are defying federal prohibition agents there should be beaucoup votes for Governor Edwards of New Jersey for president. - Harsh Words for Hoover. Polk County Observer. It will be a reproach on American manhood if we have to seek a presi dent in foreign lands. Mr.. Hoover might as well aspire to the premier ship of Australia,, the presidency of China, the lord mayoralty of London or the maharajahship of Burma, with capital at Mandalay, as to force his ambitions for the presidency of the United States. The American people want no internationalist of mongrel citizenship at the head of their exec utive department. W. E. Nearkins, mining man of Granite, is registered at the Imperial. Granite is an old-time mining camp whose name endures. It Is chiefly a quarts proposition, but there has been placer work, too. A number of years ago a man came Into Granite and de cided that the simplest way of getting out the gold would be to dig it out with a steam shovel. He tried it, but without much success. Granite still has a store or two, a blacksmith shop. and a few people, but any one of the residents will say without hesitation that a big strike may come in the Granite country almost any time. The gold is there it is just a question oi locating it and then taking it out. Owner and manager of the electric power plant at Condon IS A. B. Bowers, who is in the city for a few days. Mr. Bowers is convinced that Condon is developing rapidly front the number of applications he Is re ceiving for motors, as various con cerns decide to use electric energy for power. There is no water avail able for a hydro-electric plant in Con don, but Mr. Bowers says that some day someone will put in a plant on the Deschutes and supply Moro, Wasco, 'Grass Valley and other com munities with juice ground out of the waters of this stream, which is one of the greatest rivers in Amer ica for undeveloped power. It being a nice day, and Monday besides, which means many shippers in town, M. J. Anderson came to Portland from Vancouver Wash., yesterday, where he is working in a shipyard. Mr. Anderson used to be a republican politician In Wasco county when Malcolm Moody had more to say about politics there than he has at present. Before that, Mr. Anderson was an Anteloper In the days- when J. N. Burgess, Max Luddamann, Dr. King and others used to attend the open house kept by Flnlay Macbeth, This group formed the Lime Kiln club of Antelope. . The boy who appeared in false whiskers that were obvious before a pawnbroker had a bit of original fun and his line of humor should be developed. The ex-kaiser is reported to be worried by visions. One of them, no doubt, of himself receiving a re jection slip front St . Peter at the gate. What should be the safest usually is he least so. Note the deaths by burning of four aged people yester day in a home in an eastern town. , It is but natural that a "house wives' " council is interested in pro posed increase, in ' carfare. Woman considers the pennies every time. The ex-kaiser suffers from "un controllable rage," does he? Well, that's fashionable with present and former toppers. Present-day philosophy or wisdom oe whatever it is called seems to be little more than picking woman to pieces. We have a suspicion that inmates of the penitentiary would declare unanimously for the open shop. Have you noticed the new Boon, which is what an aboriginal would call "heap dry"? In a small way Mr. Gompers re sembles Mr. Wilson. - They must keep oft his toes. That Iron county rebellion is little 7 maSlMmmt"i mZ to Spokane. Moscow and Lewiston practical results, for instance, as a more than a dispute over, authority.. Lyinar and Isying. Koseburgr News. A man will lie to save a friend and glory in it. even if he is caught, but he'll whale his youn; son for doing the same thing. Autocracy of Labor. Salem Capital-Journal. Organized labor is riding to a fall when it attempts to run the nation for its own benefit. America will not tolerate an autocracy of labor any more than it will an autocracy of capital, for it spells the downfall of democracy. In no sense can it be con strued as a square deal for the peo ple the Ideal of the republic An Impartial Noose. Blue Mountain Eagle. If we are going to legislate the hangman's noose as a part of the in stitutions of Christian civilization, let's fix it so it will apply to rich and poor alike. .... Funereal Thought Tillamook Headlight Let's see, who was it that kept us out of war, kept us out of sugar and kept us out of peace? Maybe this would be a good slogan for the demo-, cratic party to adopt. I Like Casablanca. Lebanon Criterion. Tt Is somethintr of a Question anion? hisfriends in Linn county as to just where Hon. M. a. Miller stands in the controversy between the two most brilliant stars on the horizon of the -democratic sky. Tax on Bachelors. Pendleton Tribune. The public treasury Is in need of money. If men insist on a life of single blessedness or uinglecussed ness, suppose they pay for their avoidance of duty. One hundred dol lars a year each from 7,000,000 men would assist materially in the pay ment of Interest on the public debt, and such tsx would be eminently equitable. s Widow With Warm Feet. Attend. Scio Tribune. Elmer Griffin Is looking out for a widow with warm feet, as he has been sleeping with a hot iron. He's been having good luck trapping; he has li mice but no owl yet. The old man is running opposition trapping for jack rabbits, as he's out of meat and it's a groundhog case. Oh, how happy we will be over in the promised land! Short Skirts and Low Necks. Baker Herald. The dress reformers will have to find some other platform th.va ill health upon which to stage their at tach on modern feminine attire. The! world is full of fine, strong, healthy i girls in short skirts and low necks. If the morals of the world can't stand the low necks and th short skirts, it is the morals of the world which are unhealthy; the girls are all to the good. - -iii - One Wfty te Market Cam. Dayton Tribune. L. P. Paxton of - the Grand Island country was tn town a morning or so ago and among other things told by him was that he knew that it paid to raise corn, for he has Just sold a 9-months-old pig that had only had some corn to eat that dressed 260 In about a month Frank Wilkinson of Ontario .will bring eight cars of steers to Portland. He decided that the market wasn't right just now. so he contented himself with a ship ment of cows, delaying the big ship ment until later. Mr. Wilkinson used to be a stockman In Wheeler county, but being single and of draft age, he sold out when it looked like he would have a chance to go to war. When the war was over he selected Malheur county as his new range. He buys hay on a large scale, for alfalfa is cheaper In Malheur than it is in Wheeler. Silver Lake must be as dry of population as it ts of water, this 'being tie third year of no water. Nearly a score of people from Silver Lake arrived in Portland yesterday for one reason or another, which puts a terrible crimp in that dis trict. However, the loyal S'lver Lakers remained at home until after the census enumerator had made his official visit. Among the crowd is A. B. Schrider, stock man, and stock is about the main thing there until the irrigation project becomes a reality. "I paid $28,000 for this property," observed S. Morton Cohn, theatrical magnate, as he signed the Benspn register. "I sold it to John Yeon and made $100,000 on it. Yeon sold it to 8. Benson, and made about $140 000. Benson sold part of It to the tele phone company so that the part the hotel stands on cost him about $100, 000. I Just want to show how things keep moving." Mr. Cohn has been traveling around for the past two months since disposing of his inter ests in the Strand theater. It will cost about $100,000 to put in a water supply at Reedsport, Or., according to W. P. Reed, who was at the Imperial yesterday. The city has already sold the bonds. The water Is to come from Clear lake, which is About six miles from the town and contains about 400 acres. The lake averages 200 feet in depth and is 230 feet above sea level. A tunnel 2000 feet in length will be driven to lay some oi the, water pipe. At Narrows, so named because of the narrow channel which connects Malheur and Harney lakes, in Harney county, Joe Morris is the moat promi nent citizen. He has served as post master and he is also manager of the mercantile company there. Narrows, with its population of 60 or 80 people, is an important trading center. The two is 26 miles south of Burns, the county seat Mr. Morris has arrived at the Imperial. Sheriff Goodman of Harney county passed through Portland yesterday on ills way to Hillsboro to arrest a fugi tive from Harney county justice. Sheriff Goodman has to maintain peace In a county larger than some states, and be is conceded to be a good man at it Court Hall, an orchardist of Med ford, arrived at the Hotel Oregon yesterday. Mr. Hall's visits are al ways looked, forward to by the help, for he invariably brings a box of apples along with him for distribu tion. , y Industrial commissioner for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, R. H. Mat ti son, registered at the Multnomah yesterday while on his way tt) the Puget sound metropolis. ',. . T. C. DeVamey, who owns a large ranch near Eugene, ts at ths Mult nomah while on a business trip to Portland. Robert Mills, connected with the STATISTICS AS TO VACCINATION Writer Contends Experience eff Japan Has Nat Been Favors hie. ROSEBURO, Or., Feb. 21 (To tH Editor.) Permit me to call attenttoo to an editorial In The Oregonian Feb ruary 2, regard tig "One Oregon Epi demic, In which the article favors vaccination as a preventive for small pox. In summing np the situation of the epidemic of 20 years ago, the ar ticle gives a section of the report of the board of health bulletin then goes on to say: "One vaccination prac tically insures against death from smallpox and two vaccinations confer Immunity." In reply to this .article I would like to quote from an article published in the June (1912) Fra, entitled. "The Failure of Vaccination." by J. W. Hodge, M. D. The article in part fol lows: K Japan la one of the moat completely vaccinated and revaccinated nations In the world. In the year 1872 a law ai passed making vaccination in that country com pulaory. Notwithstanding the rtstd en forcement of that law, Japan subsequently suffered annually thousands of deaths from smallpox, following "succei sfnT vaccination. Pro-vaccinista, far from be ing dismayed at this deathroll. Insisted that it might have been avoided if every Individual. Instead of having been but once vaccinated, had been ra-vaccinated. Tha legislative chamber in the year 1885 passed another and mora stringent law whereby re-vacclnatlon, repeated every five to seven years, waa made com pulsory, in pursuance of this law, 25. 474.370 vaccinations, re-vaccinations and ' re-re-vaeclnatiojis were officially recorded as having been performed in Japan be- J tween the years ISM, and 1802. which means that two-thirds of the entire pop- 1 Ulatlon already well vaccinated under the previous law of 1872. were re-vaccina ted within the period above stated. - It does not seem possible that the roost ardent pro-vacinist could desire more than this. What waa the result of this enormous amount of re-vaccinal ton? The official government records show that during the seven years which Intervened between the years 1&S6 and 1833, Japan suffered 38.1179 deaths from post-vaccinal smallpox, while l.t6,175 cases of vaccinated smallpox were officially notified. 1 This was a ease-fatality of nearly 25 per cent which greatly exceeds the small pox death rate of the pre-vacclnatton epch when nooony was vaccinated. By the pro visions of the compulsory Uw every child born in the empire of Japan must vaccinated within the first year after Its birth. ... In anfte of these stringent requirements In respect to re-vacciniilon ana re-re-vaccination or the entire japan sse population, what has been the result? Let the official government statistics bear testimony: During the sextennial period 189J-1H07) Japanese had raiei of post-v&cclnal smallpox notified, Stt.iS of which cases proved fatal. In a single year (1M 41, pun cases or smaiijox were of ficially notified, 1852 ox. which cases proved fatal. By another act of parliament In 1!WV re-vacclnation at the end of every five- year periods were made compulsory upon every Japanese subject, whatever Tils or her station in lire. This act, iiKe its pre- deoessors. was rtrlrilv enforced under severe penalty. - What was the result? Nearly 42.000 casts of smallpox in the empire were notified during the very next succeeding year. In the single year 1807, the Japanese nation had 41.9G4 cases of smallpox of' facially, notified, of which 12.276 term I nated fatally. This was a case fatality of about 32 per cent, or nearly double the ratait ty rate ror smallpox in the pre Jennerlan era. when nobodv wan vaccin ated, and at a time when people lived In filth and ignorance or the laws or health Does this showing Indicate that vac cination or re-vacclnatlon had any effect either In preventing or In mitigating small DOX? . . . Even If vaccination were capable of protecting Its subjects from smallpox In fection, the vaccinators, by exchanging I limited smallpox practice for the per petual privilege of performing an endless series of dliease-tmpartlng re-vacclnatlons upon the entire healthy populatlnn. would only be relinquishing a very small portion of their proper and legitimate field ths field of disease for the boundless field which would be opened to them should we acknowledge their right to make per petual patients of the entire community by Inoculating Into the blood of all healthy people at frequently repeated Intervals, the contagion of disease. In addition to the ordinary Illness, intentionally raused by vaccination, there Is to be considered the extraordinary unintentional and un avoidable sickness, suffering and death which inevitably result from this disease transmitting practice. Along with the In fective animal poison, falsely called "calf lymph," the contains of a number of vir ulent and fatal diseases have admittedly been transmitted to the confiding victims of this barbaric rite. Although fo- a long time strenuouely denied by the vaeclnitn. It Is now fully admitted by them that under the system of arm-to-arm vaccina tion generally . practiced for nearly 100 years, with the full sanction and ardent support of orthodox old-school medical , authority, syphilis, leprosy and other hnr hlhle and loathsome maladies were com municated to healthy human beings In numberless instances. II More Truth Than Pcx-trr. I 1 1 i 1 I - It .1 a. . I ' THE Ol'IJA BOARD. Whn madam took th oulja board at my rquu and mad An effort to communicate with Hr- brt Spi'ncer's snaa. And Herbert prtBrntly oama forth ui pell.d a note, which said.- "My ton, I ain't had no recrota at all sine I been dead. If you'eet Unfit a llttl while and watch the madam'a hand, I'll learn you all there I to know atwiut the spirit land." I thouKht, although at the unknown I do not like to scoff. That Herbert must have changed a bit since he has shuffled o(t. When Cyclop, also by request, obliged by cotnliift throuKh And set the oulja board at work, as all good spirits do, I own that I was quite surprised when he ald. "Never fear. There ain't no cauee to worry, lad. your Uncle Cy Is here. I seen your grandad yesterday, he's looking fine and well. I hope you'll call me every night, there's such a lot to tell." I could not help reflecting, as he wan dered out of range. That some things tn the spirit world are marvelously Strang. "Can you call up George Eliot?" "Why, sure," the madam said. This oulja board will send you word from any one that's dead' She placed her fingers. on the board. and lol the thing was done; She wrote, slow spelling out each word: "I'm old man Kllot'a son. I know a lot of friends of yours; we . have the self-same Joya, But not the sorrows and trials we did when we was boys." I sighed and o'er my beaded brow I passed my handkerchief. "These spirit miracles," aaid t, "are almost past belief." ... Warraated Hartal. An. American poet, Robert Under wood Johnson, will be sent as am bassador to Home, probably with a view to teaching the Homans, who are accustomed to 0'Annunslo, that some poets can be perfectly tame. Vet They Never Ptrlke. We commend the attention of school teachers and other to the fact that the cardinals of Home get just fU' per year. None of Kaa I'aderftald, It takes nine tailors to make a man, and when you pay for your last suit, you'll find that all nine of 'em were prety fairly compensated. tOopyrlsht. lfl'-'O. the lull Hvnrilrats. tne. Hope Eternal. Hy Grace K. 1111. 1 O wonderful gleam In this world of care Te will o' the wisp with a promi fair! With a torch do you lead through ths wasted days And always we trust to your vagrant ways; For robbed of your promise and steady glow, There would be no light on the trails below. And once disappointment had touched the soul. We would make no strides towarda another goal. Nil man shall fall 'til he says 'lis true. But many a time have you urged him through. When the nights were dark and the days were sad. And yours was the only gleam he had: I've wondered oft who renews the fire By the sacred shrine of the heart's desire! Who puts new seal In the brain of man. When failure cancels his every plan? Professor Charles Crelphton, M. D A. M. in his classical article In the Encyclopedia Britannica, has pre sented a list of about twenty epidem ics of syphilitic Infection which fol lowed closely on vaccination In dif ferent countries. The fact that syph ilization has been one of the not in frequent results of vaccination Is no longer seriously denied. Smallpox originates In the lymph. It particularly attacks children who are fed with diluted cow's milk, be cause thin lymph stagnates and then putrefies easily. Smallpox plstules first appear In places characterized by an abundance ot lymphatic glands; and makes slow progress In the body on account of the slow circulation of the lymph, and Is due to the deficiency of oxygen tn the blood, and to Insuf ficient electricity. Inadequate food and foul air are the principal causes of smallpox, such patients being most ly pale and ill-nourished. Children may be effectively protected from the disease by . giving them salted milk; while In the case of adults. Iron tonic, cider, cream of tartar, lemonade act both heallmgly and preventively against smallpox; while Inoculation with smallpox lymph, In my opinion, reminds us only of the days of witch craft, and I feel sure that if a prose cuting attorney were to enter the sick chamber with each and every disciple Koch, Pasteur and Jenner, and were to draw up a report In reference to Inoculation and its results, the friends of inoculation would be dissipated like mist by the sun. It Is only their freedom front responsibility and com mon sense and the criminal law that causes the tnoculators to lmmaglne that they are tn the right and ought to be brought back from- this grave mistake by an accompanying Justice of the peace. COL. W. H. TAYLOR. The foregoing artlole Is discussed editorially In another column on this poge. O tha anlrlt force la ths malc art Of something higher than mortal part. We grasp at Intangible unknown things, But they slip from our hold on their mystic wings; We only may know that they come to aid The soul of each man when he's sore afraid. We'd scarce have the courage to face the day Were the gleam of this hope-light to fade awayl In Othr Day. t Twenty-five Years Ago. From Th Oreg-nnlan, February 24, lWft. Salem On the 6th ballot of the joint session and the 23d of the even ing. George Washington McBride was elected United States senator to suc ceed Joseph N. Dnlph. Washington Senator Woloott to day Introduced a resolution for the creation of a commission to represent the United States In an International monetary conference. At a special election to be held March 11 taxpayers will vote on the proposition of making vehicles pay a small toll for crossing the fres bridges. ' The new schoolhouse at Bandon has been completed and turned over to the district t pounds and brought him iii. That's mining business at Cornucopia, Or., good .enough. Next? . .. i registered At jM Hotel Portland. WHT RUBBISH STANDS IX YARD Sasae City Districts Not Served by Regular Garbage Collector. PORTLAND, Feb. 23 (To the Kdl tor.) Generally people who have goats, chickens, rabbits in a back yard and fail to keep the yard clead are poor people. It costs so much In Woodstock or Holgate district to have trash carted away that the man who haa a family to raise on St. 25 a day cannot pay prices asked to have tin cans and garbage removed every month. Why cannot these districts have a regular weekly wagon (Waverly has) to remove trash at 50 cents A month. like Denver, Colo., or Oakland, Cal.. no matter what amount? I had four sacks of trash to be taken away. I called up two garbage companies. Neither wanted the trip and asked si ana i3.bo. Later a small delivery wagon charged me 11.76 to dray It, when he had already made the trip to my block and was return ing empty. A SUBSCRIBER.. Notice of Reat Iacrease. PORTLAND. Feb. 2J. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly Inform me how many days' notice a tenant is entitled to In case of a raise in house rent, accord ing to Oregon law. Thanking you, SUBSCRIBER. Twenty days- Fifty Trans Ago. From The Oregonian, February 24, 170. Eugene The steamer Albany came up the first of the week and took down a full load of freight. Loading enough for several trips Is in readi ness. Salem Total value of taxable prop erty In the state for 18s was 1:6. 74K. 854.25, and for 1889 2.S1 3.791.76. The bark James brought out a num ber of omnibus-looking wagons, SMld to be the New York style of milk The steamer Tenlno will resume her trips on the upper Columbia 'next week. Passengers leaving on Mon day and Thursday will make the trip through to Umatilla without stoppage. Important Dlejvery If True. PORTLAND, Feb. 23. (To the Ed itor.) Since the false report of com munity of women of Soviet Russia has been exploded and It ia further known that women of all Kussia are retired from work with a pension and given a rest period during maternity, has the brief editorial writer of Th Oregonian turned communist on the property and marriage question? In his editorial of this date, as a prescription for married: lire -tn neac. comfort and urir narmoor he recommends that "they do not have a mint of money" and that "both shall work a the Lord hath or dained.". , Hallelujah! v. w. bahhh. Srretary-wrar.f I-rasae. VlYRTLE POINT. Or.. Feb. 22. To the Editor.) i, as one oi in pupn of the eighth grade, would like te know who the attorney-general of thl league of nations la and what na tionality he la. IRA H. CARTER. Sir Eric Drummond, an English man, is tne secretary-general, wnic )-u probably mean Instead of attor ney-general. A A