5 . ' THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 22, 1911. .
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Y. M. C. A. WILL ENLIST SEVERAL
HUNDRED BOYS IN SOIL CONTEST
Rules Are Announced for Competition in Gardening, Planned to Interest Lads in Outdoor Pursuits Valuable
Prizes Are Offered for Best Early and Late Vegetables.
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PORTLAND H1 hv il flrt gar
denlng contest- this Summer, al
though such event have been pop
ular In var.'oua Eastern cities for soma
time. The contest In this city Is to be
conducted by the Touns; Men's Chris
tian Association, assisted by the Ore
gon Agricultural College, and is open
to all boya between the ajcs or 12 and
It years.
Although It Is expected that most of
tha boys will cultivate their gardens at
V-!tr homes, those who have no avail
able ground will be loaned a small plot
t the T. M. C. A. The association has
made arrangements to use several lots
In Sellwood for this purpose and It It
expected that a number of boys who
have no ground at home they can use
will take advantage of the astoclutlon's
offer.
The contest has been divided Into
two part, one for early vegetables and
one for late vegetables. Any boy. how
ever, can enter In both division of the
contest. Professor A. O. Bouquet, of
Oregon Agricultural College, yesterday
announced the vegetables that will be
Talsed. which are as follows: Early
contest Lettuce, radishes, peas and
plnach: late contest Winter squash,
tomatoes, cucumbers and celery. The
short-term contest will also Include the
raising of one row of sweet peas.
Each boy will cultivate the same slse
lot of ground and must raise exactly
the same kinds of vegetables. If he Is
to be considered In awarding the prises.
Ten prises have been offered in each
division of the contest. The winners
In each division will have their choice
of the ten prises, winner of second
place, -will take second choice, and so
on. The prises will be as follows:
arly contest Camera trip to Y. M. C.
A. boys camp, year's membership In T.
M. C A., wltil gymnasium suit and
locker provided: one year's membership
in Y. M. C A.. I2-callber rifle, roller
skatea. suit of clothes, baseball outfit
and watch. Late contest Suit of
clothes, year's membership In Y. M. C
A., with suit and locker; year's mem
bership In Y. M. C. V. six months'
membership In Y. il. C. A., football
outfit, camera, watch, raincoat, sweater
and shoes.
Professor Bouquet will deliver a lec
ture at the Y. M. C A. on February 3
on the subject, "t'se of Hotbeds and
fold Frames." This lecture will be
open both to adults and to boys. Reg
istration for the contest will atari at
that time and will close February 11.
Professor Bouquet giving his second
lecture on February 10. The early con.
test will end on June 24 and the late
contest on September 30. At the close
of each contest the boya will exhibit
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their vegetablea at tha Y. M. C. A.
The markings, however, will not be
made solely on the showings at thee
exhibitions. Professor Bouquet will
visit each of the gardens several times
and wlli grade each one. The boys will
also send In two reports a month to
tha Y. M. C. A., telling how they are
getting along.
"We have started thla contest because
we 'believe all boys ought to be. Inter
ested In outdoor work and know how
to raise vegetables." said J. C. Clark.
boys' secretary of the T. M. C. A., yes
terday. "It will benefit their health
and make them better boys to spend
part of their time In the open air. cul
tivating their gardon. The system of
markings that will be used will en
courage thorn to be neat, prompt and
careful In their work. We hope to have
several hundred boys take up the work.
They are not required to join the Y. M.
C. A. and there will be no cost, outside
of actual expenses, which will be kept
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GOVERNMENT LAND SANS
METHOD IN ADVERTISING
Officials Unable to Give Comprehensive Answers to Intending Settlers.
Seattle Telephone Users Say Excessive Bates Are Charged.
I lell whether rates are fair and reason
able, or grossly excessive; and even at
that the telephone companies could
! prolong the controversy, as has the
i Puget Sound Electric Company, through
j the simple device of appeal.
Seattle's commercial organizations
are insisting on needed legislation for
Alaska, particularly that the coal mines
or me territory oe no lunger iuvmb dj
theorists on conservation. The officers
of the Chamber of Commerce have tele
graphed United States Senator Plies,
urging that he secure concerted action
by the Congressional delegations from
Washington, Oregon and California. The
message to Senator Plies argues the case
for him. The appeal. It says, cannot be
made too strong, and it points out that
repeated requests are being received from
Alaskan communities near enormous de
posits of coal urging .that they be al
lowed to use their own fuel instead of
being compelled to pay an excessive
price for the foreign product of British
Columbia. The telegram says in part:
"Aside from local commercial neces
sity, and from the fact that the progress
of Alaska Is strangled, the attitude of
the Government In shipping coal from
the Atlantic Coast in foreign vessels
around Cape Horn to the Pacitic for
use by the United States navy is inex
plicable. The Navy Department has de
clared that coal in Alaska fields meets
the required standard and can be used
whenever mined. Hut the Government
Is preventing, through a private acquisi
tion or a public lease system, any de
velopment of Alaska coal for pioneers
who have gone Into that country to de
velop It: or for the use of the industries
of the people of the Pacitic Coast states;
and. above, all. for the use of the Govern
ment's own vessels, at a cost far less
than must now be paid for the purchase
and delivery of Eastern fuel."
In the midst of talk of possible war
between America and tho Orient, a note
of harmony has been sounded by Baron
Elchi Shibusawa and 14 other Japanese
commissioners who recently visited Se
attle and other cities of the United
States. They have written a letter to
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce ex
pressing an acknowledgment of court
esies and hospitalities extended to them
during their tour. In addition they have
conveyed the assurance that their Jour
ney through the United States was not
merely a tour of Inspection, but "a mis
sion for cementing a feeling of friend
ship and establishing better trade re
lations between tho two countries."
If the people of the Rainier Valley
could adjust the differences between the
Seattle, Renton & Southern and the resi
dents along that road, they would pro
vide that the city go Into the streetcar
business on its own account. A recent
meeting at Lakeside Hall, Ehinlap, was
attended by 1500 people, who expressed
themselves as overwhelmingly in favor
of a bond issue to take over the Craw
ford lines. Speeches were made by Tom
as L. Qulgley, Eugene Way. A. B. Black,
B. J. Brandt and Rev. Oscar H. Hll.
Both of Seattle's mayoralty candidates,
Hiram C. GUI and George W. Dllling,
have indorsed the plan looking to munici
pal ownership.
VACCINATION AGAINST
TYPHOID IS SUCCESSFUL
Tests Made at Vancouver Barracks Prove That Inoculation Make's Subjects
Immune to Dread Fever Army May Make Treatment Compulsory.
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SEATTLE. Wish, Jan. 21. Speclal.
Need of a publicity bureau In con
nection with the United States land
department la emphasised every day by
the experiences of FVank A. Twlrhell
and J. Henry Aiitih. receiver and regis
ter of the Seattle office. They are be
set continually with Inquiries about land.
and just a often are compelled to turn
Intending settlers away without ha
given them the Information to whlc
they were entitled.
Mr. Smith relates that during the re
cent Vint of a woman, who evidently
came from down E I. ehe demanded a
complete set of maps relating to land
In Washington. Including circulars about
crops and climate, and other Information
for immigrants) intending to locate In the
state. In particular, she wanted to know
where there was land in King County
on whl-h she and three of her frlendf
could file. The regleter was obliged to
say that the Government had not made
any provision for advertlMns;; that there
mens eight land districts in the rtate.
and that he had no official knowledge
of land outside of the Seattle dUtiirt:
and ail that he could say was that there
was little land remaining on which an
Intending settler could tile, and that lit
tle was hardly worth while for agriculture.
Inquiry About Oregon Made.
Inquiries come to the Seattle
about lands In Orrgon as well a
state. There are usually about a
personal applications dally, and
ably twice as many by mall. "We have
no official knowledge of Oregon, says
Mr. Smith; "and we are compelled to
: dmppolnt all Intending settlers by say
ing that in Western Washington there
Is no Government land worth taking
up. . If either the Federal or the State
Government would provide literature
about logged-off lands on the West Side,
and the arid lands which still may be
.' purchased cheaply on the East Side, that
poller would make settlers of person
who become discouraged when we tell
' them that the Government land Is all
gone. The same thing applies to Ore
gon. If literature were provided, we
could enclose It with our replies. It
would do a great deal of good for the
state, and would relieve this office of
. the tardea of writing a letter to each
Individual applicant for Information."
Seattle telephone companies, which
have been advancing rates, have their
patrons In a position similar to that
occupied by residents along the line of
the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban. Ac
cording to Harry Kairchlld. chairman of
the State Railroad . Commission, the
same principle is Involved In all the
cases. The commission takes the
ground that a railroad or a telephone
company may Increase rates at will.
, t without power of Interference on tne
T ,"t ' part of the commission, except when
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an appeal is iiki-h uii me bivuiiu
the rates are excessive and unreason
able. The controversy In Seattle has
been brought to this stage by resolu
tion of the City Council, prepared by
A. L. Valentine, superintendent of pub
lic utilities, and directed to Corporation
Counsel Scott Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun
was Instructed to get an order from the
railroad commission compelling the tel
ephone companies to maintain the old
rates until a schedule can be Issued by
the commisrlon.
' Exorbitant Rates Charged.
It Is charged that the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph Company has been
demanding as high as 17. SO a month for
service, although an ordinance fixea
the maximum at $S for business houses
and 12 for residences: likewise that the
Independent company haa exceeded tha
rate of 14.60 also fixed by ordinance.
Among other Irregularities. Superintend
dent Valentine showed that the Inde
pendent Company had been charging
profen.ilonal men the business rate for
residence telephones, whenever the pat
ron did not subscribe for a telephone
at his office.
The Interurban case has been pend
ing more than a year. Residents along
that line have won, their case before
the railroad commission and also be
fore the Superior Court of Thurston
County: but they continue, to pay the
rates fixed by the I'uget Sound Electric
Company. They bave discovered that
winning the 'fight does not lower the
fare. Evidently the people of Seattle
are facing the same thing with tha
telephone companies.
They are likely to protest Indefinite
ly, all the while paying the Increased
rates. Inasmuch as Chairman Falrchlld
has said that until the railroad com
mission has formally determined the
value- of the telephone property upon
which the companies are entitled to
collect revenue, It will be Impossible to
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NCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash-
Jan. 21. (Special.) vaccination
for the prevention of typhoid
fever and immunity from that disease,
the same as vaccination for smallpox,
has been as thoroughly established as
anything In medicine, says Captain A.
Reaaoner, of the Hospital Corps. of this
post, who has made a specialty of the
study of the new treatment for the pre
vention of typhoid. Captain Reasoner
was one of the first to vaccinate him
self with the vaccine, when It was dis
covered, to prove its efficiency to other
officers and soidlera of the garrison.
Since then, more than a year ago,
400 officers, their wives and' soldiers
have volunteered to be inoculated, all
with splendid results. Women are af
flicted least by the vaccine, some mind
ing It not at all. It leaves no scar or
marks, causes no sore, and disappears
In 14 hours. A slight swelling pro
duced leaves In a day. Its effect on
men ranges from lassitude for 10 or 12
hours to slight nausea and pains In the
body, but this is unusual.
Major Jere B. Clayton, post surgeon,
has received a quantity of the vaccine,
and a call for volunteers has been
made. " It Is expected that all In the
post. Including the wives and children
of the men In the service, will be made
Immune to typhoid fever this Winter
and Spring.
Vaccine Value Proved.
'The administration of anti-typhoid
vaccine, as now practiced, is harmless,"
said Major-General Leonard Wood,
"Tne protective value of this meas
ure has been fully demonstrated, as
shown by statistics of the Medi
cal Department, and that the army
may, as far fis possible, have the bene
fit of the protection thus afforded and
enjoy immunity from a dread disease,
commanding officers throughout the
service are enjoined to use their best
endeavors to bring about the voluntary
acceptance of this prophylactic treat
ment of all officers and enlisted men
and by all civilians resident at military
posts, except those over 35 s-ears of age
and those known to have had -the dis
ease. In case of an outbreak of typhoid
fever the commanding officer of the post
will make Immediate telegraphic report
of the facts to the department command
er, who will issue necessary orders re
quiring compulsory administration of the
anti-typhoid vaccine to the entire popu
lation of the post, including the families
of officers, enlisted men, and civilian
residents at the post, in the tvent that
the- department commander is of the
opinion that the situation makes such
action necessary."
'The whole foundation ' of the treat
ment hy vaccines and serums has as its
basts the fact of the wonderful power of
tho body to adapt itself to various con
ditions and Influences, inimical and
otherwise." said Captain Reasoner.
"Modern science has only learned in the
last few years that It is by means of
the blood and substances developed there
in that we gain Immunity to certain
diseases. Were it not for the process
of immunity we would never recover
from any disease, for it Is ty means of
this that the body is enabled to manu
facture the substances which kill the
germs and -bring us back to health.
Action or Culture Told.
"Immunity to disease Is classed as
active and passive. Active Immunity Is
that following the disease, as smallpox,
measles, typhoid, scarlet fever, etc. Pas-
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Robert Keane.and his wife, assisted by William Elliott, are on the
Sullivan & Consldine circuit with a playlet by Mrs. Keane, which
within the year will go Into the catalogue of vaudeville classics. Its
title Is "What Money Couldn't Buy." It Is a delightful bit of rich com
edy of high caliber. It tells a story of the son of a millionaire who
made good. Unbeknown to hie father he applied himself and gradu
ated in medicine and also married his sweetheart of boyhood days.
While waiting for Robert to become Independent, his br;de went
on the stage, where she succeeded in making a name for herself as one
of the country's foremost artists. The father learned of the girl's stage
career and cast them off.
The situations are laughable and the good humor is infectious.
These artists will be an early attraction at the Grand Theater.
sive immunity is that which Is Induced
In the person without his having had
the actual disease. Passive Immunity
Is Induced by means of serums in diph
theria, tetanus, hydrophobia, mening
itis, cholera, plague and others, and by
means of vaccines in smallpox, typhoid,
pus Infections and other troubles.
"A serum does not contain bacteria,
dead or alive, but only antl-toxlns or
amboceptors, and is" obtained from the
blood of another animal which has been
made Immune to the particular disease
for which It is given, and . the sub
stances, termed amboceptors, which
kill theso particular disease germs, are
in the serums, and are thus added tn
the patient's blood directly. The im
munity thus obtained comes into direct
effect and Is not very permanent. A
vaccine, on the other hand. Is a killed
culture of the germs of the particular
disease and of a known strength. It
Is by the action of the leucocytes
(white blood corpuscles) and the blood
plasma upon these Injected germs that
the amboceptors are found and a more
permanent Immunity produced.
"At the beginning of thi Boer War,
tho Medical Corps of the English Army
vaccinated some 5000 soldiers under the
direction of Wright, the noted English
scientist, and the first man to make a
practical test of this method. The
Widal laboratory test for typhoid Is
only an exemplification of the immu
nity theory. As soon as the patient is
attacked with the disease, the blood be
gins to elaborate the antitoxin or am
boceptor which is to rid the body of
the invader. So, when a person is
thought to have-typhoid, a drop of his
blood is mixed with a drop of a virulent
culture of typhoid germs, which in their
normal state are in active motion, and
then placed under the microscope. If
the amboceptor or antitoxin Is present,
as It will be In the presence of the dis
ease, the germs are killed within half
an hour and run together like molasses
candy in the Summer time. If not
present the blood has no action on the
germs. This identical action takes
place in the body as soon as the am
boceptors have developed . sufficient
strength to accomplish their task, and
thus a cure is produced.
"Among the 5000. English sol
diers . vaccinated, there was only
one-seventh the amount of ty
phoid to be , found among any other
500, and no deaths, and a high percent
age ' of death among the others. At
this time the method was not so well
understood as at presen'.. so H Is be
lieved that these results can be consid
erably Improved upon.
"At the Joint encampment at Gettys
burg last July, an ambulance corps
marched up from Fort Myer. On the
return trip all of the m;n, 162 In num
ber, drank from a spring which was
found afterward to be contaminated
with tvphoid. The men were segre
gated on their return to ort Myr and
watched. Of this number 136 had been
previously vaccinated against typhoid,
and none of them developed the disease.
Among the remaining 24. who had not
been vaccinated, there were six cases,
or 25 per cent. Had the same percent
age kept up among those who were
vaccinated, there would have been 34
Ca"It is not said that It is Impossible
for the disease to develop among those
vaccinated, but it Is known that It is a
most rare occurrence for it to appear,
and then only in the mildest form.
"In the last report of the surgeon
general of the army It is said that
there were at the time 74.450 men In
the army not vaccinated against ty
phoid, and among this number there
were 306 cases of typhoid and 18
deaths. There were 11.338 officers and
soldiers vaccinated against typhoid,
and among this number there was one
case that was known to have been in
fected before the vaccination, and two
other cases of probable typhoid, but of
so mild a nature as to make the diag
nosis dubitable. There were no deaths.
Of this number nearly 500 are at Van
couver Barracks, who were vaccinated
by Major Alexander N. Stark and Cap
tain Keasoner last Spring in prepara
tion for the Summer's hikes and man
euvers.. There were no cases of ty
phoid among those vaccinated and four
among- the others. This vaccination
was all voluntary, no one being com
pelled to accept it who did not wish to.
This includes all of the officers and
a number of their families.
Germs 1 6 Years Old.
"The germs used in the Injection
were obtained from the spleen of a
man who died about 16 years ago, and
have been kept growing since that
time in test tubes of gelatin and beef
broth. To make the vaccine fresh. 24
hour growths are obtained on agar, a
medium used much In the bacteriolo
gical laboratory. The growth of ty
phoid is then scraped off and thorough
ly mixed In sterile water, which is
then heated above the killing point
and held there for one hour to kill the
g-rms beyond all peradventure of
doubt.
"The strength of the solution is then
obtained that Is how many germs are
contained in a cubic centimeter and
then diluted to the standard number of
50.000.000 to a cubic centimeter, all the
while with the greatest aseptic precau
tions and then placed in small glass
tubes which are sealed until used.
"The vaccination is given in three
doses, 10 days apart. A portion of the
skin is sterilized either upon the arm
or on the buttocks, and the injection
made with hypodermic, which. In skill
ed hands, gives absolutely no pain. - It
is ordinarily given in the afternoons
so as to have the night In which to
get over it. In 62 per cent there is
no reaction: in 34 per cent there is mild
reaction lasting about six or eight
hours and somewhat like a very mild
attack of grippe and in four per cent
there is what is termed a moderate re
action. That is. the temperature goes
above 102 degrees and may last JO to
12 hours. Occasionally a typhoid car
rier gives a severe reaction, the tem
perature going up to 103 degrees with
severe headache and pains over the
body, .lasting from 12 to 18 hours. Ko
To Tell the Truth Is One
Thing; to Make Folks Be
lieve You're Truthful
That's Another.
the Word
VALUE
isleadins?
We have heard much lately among
advertisers of the so-called misuse of
the word VALUE. Some seem to infer
through the medium of their daily ad
vertisements that the firm using the
word VALUE in connection with its
advertising does so with the idea of
hoodwinking the public.
It seems that this little word de
scribed by Webster as meaning "The
amount for which a thing is sold the
rate of worth set upon an article," etc.,
has suddenly taken on a dangerous
aspect.
Some advertisers seem to believe
that users of the word VALUE are
misleading the public that they are
dangerous and should be shunned by
the prospective purchaser.
The sole object of users of the word
VALUE according to the latest edict
of the all-wise is to dispose of poor mer
chandise at fabulous prices. The user
of thisword, so they seem to think,
places it in his advertisements solely
for the purpose of getting good prices
for merchandise he represents as hav
ing a certain VALUE when in reality it
is not as valuable as he says it is.
Looking backward through the ad
vertising pages of our daily papers we
find the word VALUE used innumer
able times by the same advertisers who
now strive to belittle it.
The word VALUE has been used in
. the advertising of Woodard, Clarke &
Co. since the firm first started to ad
vertise and that was something over
FORTY-FIVE YEARS ago. VALUE
has been given by this firm whenever
VALUE was offered and we are will
ing to place ourselves on record with
this statement that this discussion of
the word VALUE is only a new trick
of the clever ad. man to attract atten
tion to his store and endeavor to make
the buying public bite, until wise to the
bait he has thrown out.
Woodard, Clarke & Co. will continue
to offer real VALUES as they have for
over FORTY-FIVE YEARS and will
bac,: up the VALUES offered with the
same old castiron guarantee "MONEY
BACK IF NOT AS VALUABLE AS
CLAIMED."
Hundreds of real VALUES are now
offered during the closing days of our
FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL JANU
ARY CLEARANCE SALE and the old
price tag will be found on every article
offered. You can figure your own sav
ings from regular prices.
Ours are real VALUES.
Woodard-Clarke
Fourth & Washing ton St 8.
Over Forty-Five Years in Portland
record Is known of any harm having
been done by this procedure.
"It has been found that about five
per cent of all persons having had ty
phoid fever become what are termed
typhoid carriers." They go around pro
ducing and disseminating these germs
through their body excretions from one
to 20 vears or longer as servants,
cooks, nurses and dairymen and are a
menace to all with whom they are
brought in contact. While typhoid In
water can be guarded against, one can
not guard against food that passes
through the hands of "typhoid car
riers." It is by such means as this
that typhoid epidemics are frequently
started and then kept up by means of
water or food supply, files, or any
other of the various common methods.
"If it were possible to vaccinate the
entire country and maintain it, typhoid
would become a matter of history with
us as has smallpox in Germany."
Orders were issued last year to dis
charge from the servfee those found to
be "typhoid carriers." One was found
In this post and after long treatment,
was sent to the army hospital in San
Francisco, for observation and care.
He was finally discharged from the
army. The soldiers are becoming edu
cated to the advantage of vaccination
for typhoid and few so far have re
fused to take the necessary treatment
to make themselves Immune. It is
tnougnt by army officers that vac
cination for typhoid will become com
pulsory, as it is for smallpox.
Joint Board of Regents Planned .
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 21.
(Special.) Kepresentative I,lbby has
introduced a bill providing for a board
of regents to act jointly for tho Stata
University. State Agricultural College
and the Monmouth State Normal School.
The propsed board will replace the
existing board of regents, which wa
created for these institutions as well
as the various normal schools which
were then in existence. The new boarc
will take office In June, 1911. The new
board is to consist of five members.
Tho government railway lins In Victoria,
which have been relald during the year
1!U8-1010 with American rails, represent a
total mileage of 141'.-'1 miles of SO pound
nrl ft.Tfl miles of KHl-pouml mils.
We furuish the finest American-made
lenses at a price below what you paj
for the cheap imported eye-destroying
kind, that you sometimes see ad
vertised as bargains. Absolute satis
faction at reasonable prices is our
motto. Established here since 189C.
DALLAS OPTICAL PARLORS
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