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THE 3IORSISG OREGOMAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930
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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citations, by outdated statistics or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.
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