Morning Oregonian., October 17, 1922, Page 17, Image 17

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HOSPITAL INQUIRY
. INVITED BYSISTERS
CEMETERY AMONG SKYSCRAPERS MOST VALUABLE IN WORLD.
Non-Catholic Inspection of
St. Vincent's Asked.
LOYALTY IS ASSERTED
Institution Declared to Have
Served Public Devotedly
- Xor Last 47 Vears.
THE MORNING OREGONIANY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1923
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Evidently designed In answer to
statements made by Sister Lucretia,
an ex-nun, in an address delivered
at the James John high school on
Sunday, the sisters of St. Vincent's
hoBpita! yesterday gave out the fol
lowing statement:
.'To the public: The Sisters of
Providence have been serving the
citizens of Portland and the north
west for more than 47 years. We
have always given the best that de
votedness, charity and science could
command. Our hospital is one of
the two standardized Institutions in
, Portland. It was the first in the
'etate of Oregon to be standardized in
1920, having not only met the re
quirements of the American College
of Surgeons, but for special excel
lence was placed in class "A."
"The sisters follow the same
course of studies as the nurses of
the training school, pass the same
examinations by the physicians of
the staff and the Oregon state
board. Each department of the hos
pital is In charge of a sister gradu
ate nurse. The hospital is inspected
yearly, not only by a surgeon from
the American college, but also by a
representative of the TJnitrt States
government. These facts of them
eelves should sufficiently refute the
charge of laxity, unsanitary con
ditions, inefficiency that has been
publicly preferred against us.
Loyalty Is Defended.
"Our attitude toward non-Catholics
as being one of charity and
not hatred, should be evidenced by
the thousands of charity patients
that we have nursed and sheltered
during our 47 years of service, a
very large percentage of whom
were Protestants, Jews, non-Catholics
of every kind. We have not
pleased every prospective or actual
patient, but all acknowledge that
there are limits to even the best
efforts that human Ingenuity can
expand.
"Coming In contact with the great
etreams of humanity as we do, the
personal purity and Integrity of our
sisters must necessarily be safe
guarded, not, however, at the cost
of efficiency, as the hundreds of
physicians, the thousands of nurBes,
and our 140,000 former patients can
testify. The mortality among our
sisters Is not greater than among
other classes, except during epi
demics like the Influenza, at which
time six sisters of the northwest
province succumbed. Our mortuary
records at Vancouver, where all
Bisters of this province are Interred,
show that of about 600 members of
our order, there have been 28 deaths
In addition to the above six during
the past six or seven years. Their
ages wera as follows: 67, 55, 72, 45,
71, 67, -55, 49, 46, 33, 67. 58, 73, 53,
38, 37, 53, 50, 73, 79, 39, 58, 53, 55.
50, 37, 69, 52. The number of years
which these passed in our Blster
hood is as follows: 49, 23, 43, 22,
49, 49, 26, 25, 17. 12, 35. 38, 51, 14,
14, 17, 34. 31, 49, 61, 20, 36, 33, 34,
30, 18, 54, 37.
"Our loyalty to the government
3.s never before been questioned;
the present superior of the hospital,
at this moment confesses her ignor
ance as to what constitutes the
papal colors. We know onlv one
flag, that of the American republic.
Investigation Invited.
"Our standards of personal mor
als are the same as all Catholics
and the highest type of Protestants
profess. We know that the clergy,
like the laity and the sisters, may
have an occasional. unworthy mem
ber. We ourselves have sometimes
bad a renegade in the sisterhood.
But to depict our sisters as the
"ignorant dupes of a system" or in
dividuals is the height of injustice..
While we are subject to our church
in all purely spiritual matters, the
business side of our institutions is
entirely in our own hands. St. Vin
cent's hospital is a corporation
owned and conducted by the sis
ters, aided by a board of governors
chosen from the visiting staff.
"No statement of this kind would
now be made if only the ordinary
methods of attack had been used.
We have been assailed before, but
bave been content to allow our open
lives and work to speak for them
selves. In the present instance, how
ever, the attack has a quasi-official
sanction. The use of public build
ings, the very public schools them
selves, which as an integral part of
America's educational system we
have ever held as sacred, these have
heen used to vilify us.
"In view of this quasi-official
sanction' and the co-operation by
public authority in Portland, we
earnestly request that the honorable
mayor, or some other personage of
authority in our city, appoint a com
mittee of representative non-Catholic
ladies or men, or both, to make
a public investigation of our insti
tution. The rules of our religious
society, the methods and conduct of
our hospital are always open to ex
amination. May we not, therefore,
depend upon the fairqess of those
-whom we have served as faithfully
as human power can do, during these
many years, to do us justice in this
instance?
"THE SISTERS OF ST. VINCENT'S
HOSPITAL,.
"By Sister Gaudentia Superior."
BEAR CHASED BY AUTO
Bruin Darts Off Road, Climbs
Tree and Is Killed.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Oct. i6. (Spe
cial.) While driving home on the
south side road, A. Byron Crawford
came upon a bear in the middle of
the road. He speeded up the car
and the roar of the exhaust sent
the bear speeding along the road.
After about 200 yards, however, the
bear dodced off the road and
climbed a tree nearby.
Mr. Crawford stopped his car and
killed the bear with an automatic
pistol, shooting it through the
throat. It was a 2-year-old, and
produced a fine hide as a trophy
of the unusual, involuntary hunt.
Trollers Get Silversides.
ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 16 (Special.)
. Several of the larger trolling
boats have returned from trips of
from four to five days down the
Oregon coast and brought in from
four to seven tons of silversides
each. In the vicfnity of the mouth
of the Columbia the catch continues
small and practically no fish are
entering the river.
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TRINITY CHURCH BCRI4X. GROUND, NEW YORK. .
This cemetery occupies the most valuable property in the world and is connected with Trinity church, at
right. Thousands of visitors to New York do not see this sacred spot and those that do are astounded at the
way the graveyard is. hedged in by tall buildings. Broadway is seen in the foreground. The white building
directly in front of the churchyard is the National Surety building. To the left, foreground. Is the Trinity
building, while across Broadway, left, is the Equitable building. The Bankers' Trust building towers above
the National Surety structure in the background. .
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PERIOD OF PREVENTION IS
WITHOUT BLIGHT.
Troop 40 Boy Scouts Get First
Prize for Best Showing In
Saturday's Parade.
Portland celebrated lire preven
tion week without a cent's fire
loss. Fire precautions began offi
cially at 8 o'clock Monday morning
and closed at 8 o'clock Saturday
night. .
On Sunday morning at 1:05 A. M.
the Grandesta apartments on the
east side burned with a heavy fire
loss. During the week the depart
ment had one false alarm and was
called out again when a street car
struck a milk truck, but there was
no fire loss until 9:09 P. M. Satur
day night when a call came as the
result of an incendiary fire in Lents.
Troop 40, Boy Scouts, was awarded
first prize for the best fire pre
vention showing in, the parade held
Saturday. The second award was
wpn by the Weed division of the
city for a float produced jointly
by the Weed division and the Ideal
Roofing company. Olds, Wortman
& King won third prize while the
special prize offered to the fire
company making the best showing
was won by Truck 3with its "Smok
ing in Bed" float. The judges were
William H. Barton, C. T. Burg and
Joseph Davidson.
TRUCK PROBLEM SOLVED
Question Relative to Use by Or
chardists Cleared Up.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 16. (Spe
cial. ) As the result of a visit here
of Public Service Commissioner
Kerrigan and members of his staff,
misunderstandings over operation of
motor trucks by orchardists have
been cleared.' The impression had
prevailed that growers operating
trucks would be required to furnish
surety bonds.
Commissioner Kerrigan explained
that . an orcha'rdlst truck owner
merely is required to make appli
cation to the commission .and fur
nish a good-will bond in a small
amount. As for the surety bond, it
was explained that neighbors for
whom hauling is done can furnish
this bond.
War on High Taxes Begun.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., Oct. 16.
(Special.) Steps are being taken in
South Bend to organize a Pacific
County Taxpayers' association. A
recent meeting in the South Bend
Commercial club auditorium was ad-drf-Bpr1
by taxpayers' associations
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OR DRAPERY WITH
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Buy "Diamond Dyes" and follow
the simple directions fn every pack
age. Don't wonder whether you can
dye or tint successfully, because
perfect home dyeing is guaranteed
with Diamond Dyes even if you have
never dyed before. Worn, . faded
dresses, skirts, waists, coats, sweat
ers, stockings, draperies, hangings,
everything, become like new again.
Just tell your druggist whether the
material you wish to dye is wool or
silk, or whether it Is linen, cotton,
or mixed goods. Diamond 1 Dyes
never streak., spot, fade or run.
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against higher taxes and to save
waste. The meeting was presided
over by Judge H. W. B. Hewen'of
the Pacific county superior court,
and the judge will appoint a com
mittee to nominate officers and re
port on organization matters.
Co-ed Has Eight-Inch Chest.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Oct. 16. (Special.)
Oregon Agricultural college has a
co-ed with a chest expansion of
eight inches. Marie Stenstrom, who
held the college record last year at
seven inches, has broken her own
record by one inch. "Mountain life
did it," says Miss Stenstrom. She has
participated in varsity swimming,
basketball, baseball, volleyball and
track.
Threshing to Be Finished.
IMBLER, Or., Oct. 16 (Special.)
The threshing crews in this vicin
ity plan to pull out their crews for
the final windup of the harvest sea
son, which will last a week or ten
days. Only a few fields remain un
threshed in Baker and Union coun
ties. The apple crop is unusually
heavy and the picking is going on at
full blast. Growers here are paying
5 cents a box and 40 cents an hour
in the packing house.
The Oregonian is the medium
through which many people supply
their wants by using its classified
col'imns. Telepnone Main 70'0.
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of the mouth.
"Pyro-form" positively stops Pyorrhea. Thou
sands of the most advanced cases have been
cured. This scientific preparation gives imme
diate relief and frees the gums from inflamma
tion and poisonous pus. Before taking expen
sive treatments for Pyorrhea, try "Pyro-form."
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EXCEED WEST'S.
Dr. A. K. Fisher Criticises Reck
less and Barbarous Disre
gard for Conservation.
The popular comparison of the
effete east and the abundant west
swarming with game doesn't hold
any more, according to Dr. A. K.
Fisher, who is in charge of the
economic investigation for the na
tional biologic survey. Dr. Fisher
is here from Washington on his
annual tour of inspection, and pro
fesses himself thoroughly disgusted
with the reckless and barbarous
disregard in the far west of the
most fundamental principles of
animal conservation. He pointed to
the fact that, solely because of this
lack of consideration and foresight.
there are now less deer in the entire
region west of the Mississippi than
in the state of New York alone.
"The west," he said, "is now
about to learn its bitter lesson as
the east has had to do and has
profited by it; the lesson that you
simply cannot conduct wholesale
massacre on your animals and have
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them still swarming again year
after year.",.
He supplies the further facts that
there are now more black bear in
Pennsylvania than west of the
Mississippi; that the same applies
tc moose in the state of Maine;
that Michigan and Wisconsin have
now more grouse than the whole
far west; that mink, marten and
beavers in Oregon and Washington
are the next thing to becoming ex
tinct on account of unrestrained
trapping.
To top the sad state of affairs,
he reported that another epidemic
of coyote rabies was showing signs
of breaking out in the northern
part of this state, similar to that
of a few years ago when rabid
coyotes infected Sogs and preda
tory animals to such an extent that
more than 2000 persons were bitten,
50 fatally and $1,500,000 worth of
domestic animals killed.
. The only condition that afforded
him encouragement in the west, Dr.
Fisher asserted, was the develop
ment of the Oregon black fox farm
ing industry, which has advanced
by leaps and bounds in the last
year. Original fox farms are ex
panding as well as new ones being
started. The silver fox re exceed
ingly valuable- for furs, a single
breeding pair being worth more
than $3000.
HOQUIAM BONDS VOTED
Athletic Field Provided ; ' War
rants to Be Redeemed.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Oct. 16. (Spe
cial.) Both school bonding pro
posals submitted to Hoquiam voters
Saturday at a special election car
ried, the first, for $10,000 to pro
vide funds for an athletic play field
by 14 more votes than the necessary
three-fifths majority and the second
to provide $25,000 for an outstand
ing warrant redemption fund by a
62-vote margin of safety. The vote
was very light all over the city, only
426 being cast on -the first proposal
and 417 on the second.
The play field, which the vote now
insures, will be made by bulkhead
ing the land between the Emerson
school at Emerson and Adams and
Eklund avenue, a distance of nearly
two blocks', where a fill will be
made and play field equipment in-
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automobile manufacturing institution in accordance with
the highest standards of manufacture known to the indus
try. Quality and character will persistently stand foremost.
It is the avowed purpose of the Ford Motor Company that each
Lincoln purchaser shall receive the finest and most satisfying motor
car which it is possible to produce. To that end the development of the
Lincoln, its manufacture, its distribution and its service will be carried
to the highest degree of perfection by placing behind it the vast
resources of the Ford Motor Company.
Any Authorized Portland Lincoln and Ford
stalled. It is expected the field will
be ready early in the spring. The
Grays Harbor port commission
dredge is expected to supply the
material for the fill.
OUSTER MOVE PLANNED
Mother's Congress May Have to
Give Vp Courthouse Space.
In quest of more room in which to
accommodate juries and court re
porters, the county commissioners
yesterday decided to conduct a hear
ing, at which the Oregon Congress
of. Mothers must defend its priv
ilege of occpying rooms 550, 551 and
552 in the courthouse rent free. This
action was taken following a report
of William A. Eatchel as superin
tendent of properties.
Superintendent Eatchel stated that
in order to obtain the needed room
it would be necessary to oust some
organization now holding quarters
In the courthouse. It was his opin
ion, he said, that the congress of
mothers has a less valid claim upon
The Genie of the
Aladdin summoned the genie of the lamp and
any wish was immediately gratified.
At your command there is the genie of the wires.
He will take your voice instantly without regard
to distance wherever you may desire to send it.
You are familiar with the conveniences of local
telephone service, but have you ever thought of
the pleasure or profit available in the use of the
long distance lines?
The genie of the lamp was the servant of a single
individual. The genie of the wires will respond to
the call of every telephone user.
Every Bell telephone is a Long Distance station.
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free quarters than any other body
so favored. Accepting this view the
commissioners agreed to call the
tearing within a short time.
Boy Enters Prize Ring.
IMBLER, Or., Oct. 16. (Special.)
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OVERCOATS and cravenetted
gabardines the new belters, are
here in good models sensible men like
and at prices they are pleased to pay.
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Dealer
the Imbler public school, has entered
one of his 250 pigs in 'the Pacific In
ternational Livestock exposition. He
recently won a free trip to the state
fair as a result of his high scoring
in the county tryout. This Is his
first year in club work, and he
promises to make a good showing
in the near future.
J, H. RANKIN CO.,
112 SIXTH STREET
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