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to THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 23, 1914. LIFE WORK AND PUBLIC SERVICE OF THOMAS M. HURLBURT REVIEWED Addison Bennett Points to Several Offices Held With Distinction to Himself and Benefit to People as Evidence of Qualifications for Position to Which He Has Been Nominated by Republicans. jF ' ,j . - V 05;. r iLc : .All ttfs'l i felVV- 'W"-'- ; J 'h V V 4 ; I a - : I :f f ;-;:.. BY ADDISON BENNETT. 'IVf HO is thls Tom Hurlburt who Vi is running on the Republican w ticket for Sheriff?" xnat question was fired at me a day or two ago by a voter. By the asking of the question he made a public announce ment of a tenderness on the soles of his feet, made a public acknowledgment that he and Portland had recently, quite recently, joined company so recently. Indeed, that the matter of his citizen ship might well be questioned. Thomaa M. Hurlburt has been a citl sen of Portland since 1870, a matter of 44 years. He was born in Iowa, in the little town of Albia, March 26, 1860. When he was but a few days old his father, John A. Hurlburt, shouldered his musket and enlisted, under Lincoln"s first call for troops, for three years. When his time expired the country still needed his services and he re-enlisted, which service continued until Lee sur rendered at Appomattox. Returning home, the elder Hurlburt served as lo cating engineer for the Burlington & Missouri Railway and laid out and as sisted in constructing the first railway across the State of Iowa. Receiving flattering offers from the Oregon & California road, now the Southern Pacific, Mr. Hurlburt came, with his little family, to Oregon in 1870. And from that time until his death in 1908 John A. Hurlburt was a worthy citizen of Oregon. Early Start Made. Thomas M.. the subject of this sketch, went to a district school a short time In Iowa and entered the public schools of this city upon the arrival of the family here. As soon as he was big enough to carry a compass he spent his Summer vacations in ir.e iieio. wnn his father. He was graduated from the Portland High School In 1878 and then took up his work regularly with his father and spent seven years under his tutelage. In 1884 he married Clara tiles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Files, of Portland. Three children were born to them, Raymond. Rodney and Ralph. Their ages are 29, 27 and 25. respective ly. They are all fine young men, worthy citizens of Portland, all are married and there is one grandchild, little Helen, the daughter of Raymond and his wife. Mrs. Hurlburt died in this city in 1913. Since then Mr. Hurlburt has made his home with his children, now living with his eldest son. where he can toe found at every spare moment in com pany with his little sweetheart, his granddaughter Helen, for he is a home loving man, a man whose chief de lights are found in the family circle. Family Trait Indication. It can usually be taken for granted that if a man can measure up to the standard as a family man he is a trustworthy citizen. Having established that much, which is done for the bene fit of those who. like the querist men tioned in the first paragraph, are new comers here, it is fitting that some of the achievements of Mr. Hurlburt be noted. These also will be mentioned lor the benefit of the late arrivals. Everv old citizen of Portland knows that for something like eight years "Tom" Hurlburt has been one of the toig figures in the upbuilding of Port land, as he was also for the years 1891 to 1896. when he served as the first City Engineer after the consolidation o the territories across the Willamette with Portland proper making what we were then pleased to term the Greater Portland. At the first election after consolidation. William S. Mason was elected Mayor and Mr. Hurlburt ran on the same ticket and was elected City Engineer. It fell to his lot to organize this department under the new regime, which he did with great success. Public PoMt lield In 1884. Even before that, away back in 1884. Mr. Hurlburt occupied his first official position, that of County Surveyor, hav ing been appointed by the late Judge Catlin. At about the same time he occupied another "official" place, that of pitcher on the old Portland baseball club. Portland had a good club in those days and young Hurlburt was of great assistance to them in many a severe struggle. He has never for xotten his baseball days or his baseball friends and is today about as much of a fan as he was when he was hurling the old Portland bunch to victory following them to defeat. At about the time his term of office expired as City Engineer under the 'Mason administration he took the civil service examination for a Government position. So high was his rating that he was appointed immediately inspector of Government surveys, representing the General Land Office. He held this office from 1897 until 1907. when he resigned. His superiors were loath to lose his services, so much so that his resignation was held up for nearly three years, during which time he was upon leave of absence. Marked Improvements Made. TTnder Mayor Rushlight Mr. Hurl- tiurt again took up his old duties as City Engineer and It fell to his lot to start and practically consummate our Kreat paving plans. In the two years of his term there was expended on our streets more than $11,000,000, and no man ever arose to say that it was not expended honestly. In one year, from the 1st of January. 1911. to the 1st of January. 1912. he superintended the laying of over 100 miles of street pav ing. Indeed practically all of the pav ing ever done In the city, up to a cou- it?' 4 - iff pie of years ago, was done under his direction either as City Engineer or assistant; for in addition to his own occupancy of the office he served sev-' eral years as assistant. One thing the voters should not for get there never has been even an in timation by one of Tom Hurlburt's bit terest partisan knockers that he ever made an unclean dollar. It has never been even suspected at any t time by anybody that a single dollar of the public money ever went into his pock ets beyond his salary. StrenKtll Shown In Primary. Mr. ;llurlburt is the Republican nomi nee for Sheriff of Multnomah. In the primary election last April he received almost half of all the votes cast by all parties for all candidates. lie received almost twice as many as his Demo cratic opponent. The Republican vote was practically three and one-fourth times as large as the Democratic vote. So on the face of the "returns" it looks as if he would have a walk-over No vember 3, as he deserves to have and as he will have if the voters of the county wish to return one of the best men tney have ever had the opportun ity to elect to that office. The readers mar inauire how It name about that Mr. Hurlburt is now asking me voters or tne county to cast their ballots for him. to elect him a., the County Sheriff. Some of the voters may be led to believe, that is some of the more recent arrivals In the state. that because he has held office at va rious times in the city, he is an office seeker. Please remember that he is civil engineer -and a irnari on H takes great pride in his chosen pro fession. In all the Northwest there is no man standing higher in that pro fession than Thomas M. Hurlburt. Many Monuments Erected. Therefore he has alwavs been trim to be placed In a Dosltion whi v could do things, where he could leave tne imprint of his genius upon the in stitutions of the city. Our streets and bridges and viaducts, or many of them, stand as monuments to his skill and perseverance. Some of these, notably the Twenty-flrst-street viaduct or bridge, is said to be the finest speci men of its kind for the money ever erected In the United States. jnow Air. Hurlburt somes before the r KILLING UNPROFITABLE POULTRY IS ADVOCATED Various Methods of Distinguishing Between Prolific and Poor Members of Flock Is Described by W. Ludwig in Detail. BY W. LUDWIG. T this time of the year many poultrymen and farmers encoun ter a serious problem in selecting the hens and pullets that are to be kept over the Winter for egg produc tion. Any bird will lay eggs during the Spring, but the poultryman that can make his hens lay during the Win ter, when the eggs command the high est price, will make the greatest profits. The layers should be selected with great care. Don't bother with the late hatched pullets. As a rule they do not lay until the middle of Winter or early Spring. The Winter layers should be hatched during April or May and then with proper care and feeding the pul lets will be matured before Winter sets In. Those pullet3 that do not re ceive their growth about the first of November and show no signs of lay ing, it is doubtful if they will lay much before ' Spring. Now Is the time to cull out the in ferior stock and select the type of fowl that will produce Winter eggs. Kaz meier, of Cornell University, says that if the poultrymen of the United States would cull their 295.880,190 fowls one third by careful selection the egg pro duction would be influenced only slight ly, if any, and the total profits in creased proportionately. On a good many farms the number of fowls could be culled one-half, by careful selection, and not lower the egg production, at the same time increasing the total profits B0 per cent, to say nothing of public in a different capacity and for a different office and why? Simply because his friends practically forced him to run. Perhaps the word forced is not well chosen, for Mr. Hurlburt is a forceful man and has backbone enough and to spare for several ordi nary men; but he is a staunch Repub lican and when his old Republican friend3 Just told him he would be looked upon as a traitor if he did not allow them to use his name well, he threw up his hands in surrender and told them to "go to It," and they did, giving him the largest vote any man received on the ballot. There came up at the eleventh hour another rea son a desire to make good ard con duct the office as it ought to be con-' ducted. Confusion of Names to Be A voided. The Republican county committee and Mr. Hurlburt's many friends are calling attention to the fact that he is not connected with, related to. or even acquainted with C. M. Hurlburt, who procured the nomination on the Re publican ticket for Representative in the Legislature in the Multnomah Clackamas joint district, and who has been repudiated by the Republican or ganization because, it has been found, he is disqualified to hold office. The county committee Is eager to have the voters bear in nind the dis tinction: Thomas M. Hurlburt, Repub lican nominee for Sheriff, is all right. C. M. Hurlburt, Republican nominee for the Legislature, has been repudiated by his own party. Here is the platform T. M. Hurlburt Is running upon. Just read it over careful ly. Notice, particularly, the second par agraph it is short and yet sufficient of itself and in itself for the rule of conduct of any first-class official "I will have no interest to serve but the public interest." That is Thomas M. Hurlburt through and through; it has been his rule of life in every public position he has occupied it will be his rule of life in any office he may occupy hereafter. The majority of the voters of Mult nomah County know that, they know it is -not "a grandstand play" upon words, and knowing it they will as suredly elect him by one of the largest majorities ever given a candidate in the county. Platform In Cited. Here is his platform in full: "If I am elected, I will, during my term of office, construe my oath of office to mean a complete and efficient enforcement of the law. "I will have no interest to serve but the public interest. "Upon my honor I have made no political combinations with or promise of patronage to any person or persons directly or indirectly, and if elected I personally will control the conduct of the office and select all its deputies. "I will give all . prisoners in my custody humane treatment and whole some food. "I will conduct the office of Sheriff with dicnitv and justice. 'Grandstand plays' will not be a part of my ad ministration. "I will at all times conduct the busi ness of the office with promptness and with strict regard to economy. "I will give the protection of my office to all persons alike. "I will deprive no person of his liberty without due process of law, nor unjustly use the power of my office to the injury of any person. "Rights of citizens in the innocent pursuit of happiness will not be in fringed. "Access to the office and jail can be had at all times without discrimination or red tape." the remaining fact that, owing to re duced numbers in the same 'amount of room, those left would do ever so much better than In more crowded quarters. Thirteen Points to Be Considered. Under our subject of selecting the laying hen we consider 13 methods. They are: 1. trap nest; 2 molt: S, shape; 4. vigor; S, condition; 6. development; 7. action; 8, temperament; 9. food con sumption; 10. broodiness; 11. conforma tion; 12. age; 13. time. The trap nest is the most certain, but also the most expensive. It costs on an average of $1 a year for each hen to trap nest and post the records. At this price it is prohibitive as a practi cal means on a commercial farm. They can be used profitably sometimes, how ever, several months during the Win ter, trap nesting the best pullets, by which means the best : Winter layers can bo selected. These, as a rule, are the best layers and just what is want ed in the breeding pens the next year. "The time appears to be here when we ought to have various pedigree poultry farms, making a specialty of breeding high producers in both sexes." They could furnish the pedigree males to head the flocks of the neighboring country and. charging a good price for birds of this kind, could make a hand some profit. It has been ' proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that the late, quick molting hens are the best layers in a flock. In experiments conducted at Cornell University experiment station It was found that those beginning to molt before September 15 averaged 103 eggs and those molting later averaged 126 eggs. The eight hens which in 1906 began to molt after October 1 laid in that year 142 eggs each. Two of the eight hens died in 1907, but the other six gave 128 eggs each in 1907, their third laying year. The best hen laid 213 eggs in 1906- and 175 eggs in 1907 and was the last -one to molt in 1906 and 1907. Thus the later molting hens consumed less time in molting and laid more eggs during the year. The late molting hens each gave 23 more eggs during the year than the early molting hens. For 100 hens this would mean 2200 eggs, or 191.6 dozens. At 29.3 cents per dozen (averaged price from August, 1906. to August, 1907,) this would amount to S56.13 extra profit for the late molting hena, . if extra amount of food is not considered. (Ac cording to Professor Rice in bulletin No. 258 of the Cornell University agri cultural experiment station). Iate Molters Best Layer. Last Kail 1 had a further chance to prove the above statements while help ing in the mating of the experimental pens. We cooped the early and late molters respectively in separate coops, then looked up their records and. al most without fail, all of the late molt ers had a considerably higher egg record than the early molters. Although it 'cannot be asserted defi nitely that a faultless and uniform egg shape has been determined yet, the general opinion, borne out by the trap nest records, appears to be that the egg type calls for a slightly wedge-shaped body. The body xhould be widest in back and narrowest in front The legs should be wide apart and medium in length. The body should appear rather broad in all characteristics in stead of long and slender. The back should be rather wide and deep in back, indicating big digestion capacity. The bird should be rather wide and deep in back. Indicating -sufficient room for the reproductive organs. The legs rather short and strong. The combs and wattles of medium to large size. The shape of the head and neck to some ex tent indicates the laying capacity of a fowl. A rather thin and smooth neck and head with bright, alert and promi nent eyes are good indications of a good layer. The beak should be rather short and broad, not long and slender. The row of feathers, on top of head, along side comb, should be short, close and smooth and not standing up straight like hairs on animals. In other words, the upper part of neck present a clean, smooth, feminine and intelli gent appearance. The good layer In order to be able to stand the heavy strain of heavy egg production must be constitutionally strong. A constitutionally weak bird can never stand the heavy strain of egg production. A constitutionally strong bird is rather broad and thick in all characteristics, possibly except ing, the neck. The head should be short and broad with a well curved heavy beak, large bright red comb and wattles, and bright, clear and promi nent eyes. A fowl with lifeless, sunken eyes; long, flat beak; small, pale comb, and a crow head indicates low vitality. The legs In a constitutionally strong bird should be rather short, strong and well set apart; the shank short and broad and the plumage smooth and glossy. A vigorous bird moves about with quick and business-like motions, is alert, hungry, always ready to move or fly. Heavy laying necessitates that the fowl be in the pink of condition all the time. She must carry a surplus of fat. Remember It requires a fat hen to be a laying hen. As a rule the fowls lay their best when they are in their max imum weight. The first part of an egg, the yolk, is composed largely of fat, hence the necessity of the . bird first having a surplus of the same in her body before she can begin to lay. According to all 1 this the rather fat hen is a batter layer than the lean hen. Development Important In Selection, Development plays an especially im portant factor in the selection of the best layers from a flock of pullets. Those Individuals showing good size in connection with early maturity are bet ter layers than such not so endowed. The earliest layers in a flock of pullets, generally are the best layers. A hen that has laid heavily during the past season presents a much more worn, ragged and faded appearance than her more stylish sister that did not lay the color out of her plumage or shanks, nor wear the edges of the stiff tail feathers into shreds or wear down the toe nails by active digging. "Another method, although not in variably reliable, of selecting the best layers is by noting their, action." An alert, quick-working and always-on-the-go Individual is a better layer than another individual that is slow, inac tive, lazy and walks about in a listless way. Those individuals that are the first off the roosts In the morning are th specimens that are paying the board bills for the others. The same holds true In the case of those busily en gaged most of the time, digging in the litter in comparison with those basking in the sun or huddling in the corners. The singing, happy and contented hen is your money-maker. Kill the sulky, indifferent and quiet specimen; she is 'an expense and the only good thing about her is her fitness for the pot. Nervom liens Mont Prolific. A dairy cow with a nervous tempera ment is considered a better milker than a more quiet and less nervous individ ual. On account of being bo nervous and highly strung it is deemed advis able to work quietly about her. This holds true with hens as with cows. A hen with a nervous temperament is in variably a good layer. Another reliable means of telling the producing power of a hen is. by the amount of food consumption, or her ap petite. A heavy eating hen is always a good layer. She cannot help being a good layer if she is of the egg type. A heavy layer, in order to satisfy the inner craving for more constituents is, and must of necessity be a heavy eater. A good appetite and large food con sumption are Indeed true indications of a good layer. By careful noting the number of times a hen goes broody and the time she stays broody, one can form a slight Idea as to her productiveness. A heavy layer's time is too valuable to be spent brooding. She goes broody but seldom, and begins laying soon afterwards. The poorest layers go broody the most frequently and stay that way the longest. Pelvic Bone Teat Used. Another fairly reliable method of telling the laying ben is by the con formation of the pelvic bones. This test is a sure indication of the hen that is raying or will soon be laying, but it cannot tell the number of eggs a hen will lay during the yeaf. At the same time by following this test at various times during the Winter the poor lay ers can soon be culled out. The pelvic bones lie below and adjacent to the vent. The egg when laid has to pass through the space between these two bones. The distance these two bones are apart and their rigldness is the determining factor, as to whether a hen will be laying soon, is laying or has just stopped laying. The pelvic bones contract or expand according to laying or non-laying con dition of the bird. It is maintained, for "this system, that if the tip of the forefinger is large enough to fill the space between the two bones, she is a poor layer, or not laying at the time. If it takes two fingers to fill up this space between' the two pelvic bones, the hen is said to be a good layer, and laying at the time, soon will be. or has just stopped. If the tips of three fingers are necessary to close up this space the hen is said to be an excep tionally good layer and unquestionably laying at the time the test is made. Fowls with rigid pelvic bones are not laying at the time the test is made and are generally considered poor layers, provided that test is not made during the molting period. In the molting season when egg production ceases, the 1 H MANY QUESTIONS AS TO BODILY AIL- MENTS ANSWERED BY PHYSICIAN Effects of Lime on System and Best Ways to Peed It Described Use of Pure Water and Natural Pood Urged as Best Means Br DR. FREDERICK M. ROSS ITER. Itehlns Toes. J. V. Writes: I have lived in a cold cli mate for iom length of , time and I had the bottom of the foot ond toes slightly frostbitten. I am truobled with Intense ltehins frequently. I have tried several remedies to overcome thiK. I have used salves, salt water, and, although I obtain temporary relief 1 cau set -no permanent cure. Therefore I wish to ask you If you can in form me what might be effective to get a. permanent relief? f also desire to make inquiry what pro portion of ' lime water to use for internal use which would not be Injurious, but bene ficial, and if using too mufli would be In jurious? Reply. THE reason your relief is only for a time is because the frosting injured the ending of the nerves in the skin. It is possible that you can entirely get over this irritation but no one can promise it. t Bathe the feet with cold water night and morning and rub dry. Paint the skin that itches with a thorough coat ing of the tincture of iodine once a week. If in a short time this does not stop the itching get some 40 per cent formaldehyde and paint this on the part that itches, every day, until the skin gets quite hard and peals off. If neces sary, repeat the process. 4 The best way to supply lime for the needs of the body is to take It In the foods that are rich in lime salts. Cows milk contains the most lime of any food according to Professor Bunge. then come strawberries, figs, yolk of eggs, prunes, peas, potatoes. The lime in foods is organized by the cell life and so is ready to be absorbed and made a part of our tissues. It is doubtful if there Is any benefit to be obtained- by dissolving lime in water for internal use. Arterlo-Sclerosis. A. X. Writes: In thea case of arterio sclerosis in a man 40 years of age. (1) Are moderate exercise and cold baths benenclal or Injurious? (2) What effect has low tem perature, and high aitiude? ' Reply. 1. Beneficial when taken in modera tion. If the cold bathing is attended with a good reaction (feeling of warmth and no fatigue) the effect is good and not contraindicated at your age. At 60 or 70 one would: have to be a little more careful about any very cold or prolonged cold treatment. 2. Both will tend to Increase the con dition. A mild climate and a low alti tude is best. Does Bull Ron Water Lack Llmef A constant reader writes: Ioes the Port land water supplied from Bull Run lack lime? (2) If it lacks lime do Portland chil dren require lime water to drink to make them healthy? Reply. I find by examining the report of water analysis published by the Water Board of the City of Portland that the Bull Run water ' contains very little mineral matter. The analysis gives 1. 890 grains to 10 pounds of water. In the same amount of water there is .273 of a grain of calcium carbonate (lime). There are other carbonates present but not of the lime salts. So the. amount of lime is attenuated to the"n-th degree. It is infinitesimal.. In regard to your first question in my opinion the City water does not lack lime. In other words the purest water is one free from lime or other salts. The body is not supposed to ob tain the necessary lime from drinking water. The best and purest of all drinking waters is water distilled from heaven or in other words rain water. 2. Lime salts are necessary to main tain the body in health, but these lime salts should be furnished the body in the organic form rather than inorganic lime salts as found m water. Hence we must look to the food for the prop er lime supply. There are large areas where the people only have the hardest kind of drinking water (lime makes it hard) and yet they are no bigger boned have no less teeth trouble, nor do they have better health than people who pelvic bones become more rigid, and the skin less pliable and elastic, but not because the fowl is a poor layer, but because the fowl is not and cannot be in a laying condition at this time. The pelvic bone test for selecting hens cannot be dependingly used during the Fall months of the year. Age Important Factor. Age is another reliable determining factor in the selection of the laying hen. Egg production decreases as the fowl grows older. The pullet gener ally lays the most eggs, then comes the 2-year-old hen, next the 3-year-old hen and so on down the line. As a rule it is not advisable to keep anything over 2 vears old with the expectancy 01 tneir being profitable egg producers, with the exception of tne cnoicesi specimena. For the sole purpose of egg produc tion it is advisable to keep nothing but well matured and developed pullets. Still another dependable means of determining- the lavine- power of a fowl is by noting the time of year of her production. . A hen laying in r an anu Winter Invariably produces more eggs during the year than her sister laying only In the Spring and Summer. The value of the egg production of the for mer is much greater than that of the latter, on account of the higher price of eggs at the time of production. There is always a grave danger when buying new stock to have cqmpara- tlvely poor birds palmed 0x1 on one as pedigree layers, wonderful stories be ing told of how the birds themselves, or else their parents, produced 200 or more eggs the previous season. One of the difficulties of the whole question is that, as a rule, one has only the seller's word to go upon, and, while he may be speaking truthfully, it is quite possible he Is not doing so. and the wonderful egg records his birds have made exist only in his own imagina tion. Recently a poultry keeper anxious to improve the laying qualities of his flock, decided to buy a cocKerei ana three hens of a first-class laying strain. He bought the birds that were guar anteed to possess this quality, and he was assured fhat their egg record dur ing the previous 12 months was about 190 each. The birds arrived looming remarkably poor, in indifferent health and certainly possessing none of the characteristics one usually associates with healthy and prolific fowls. Dur ing the following 12 months tho three hens each averaged 62 eggs, somewhat different to the 190 that was guaran teed. The man from, whom tho hens were obtained made the excuse - that the new conditions had accounted for this state of -affairs: but this was so palpably a case of bluff that the pur chaser naturally was far from satis fied, and he determined to follow the matter up and investigate it. This he did. and it was proved beyond the shad ow of a doubt that the three hens came from a particularly poor laying strain, where practically no attention what ever had been devoted to this feature. It was not a case worth fighting in the courts, and so the matter was dropped, but it shows how careful one must be when replenishing one's yard. Oppressive Erudition. (Washington Star. , "Bliggins is a remarkably well in formed man." "Yes. He knows so much that you can't tell him anything and you can't understand all that he tells you." of Purifying Blood General Health HEALTH AND imCUNCT-HOW SO MAUIIU BOTH. By Frederick M. Roaattor. B. 8 M. D. Questions pertaining to healta. hy giene and the prevention ox disss win t anawsrsd In this column. When for lack of space and whsa questions are not suitable, answers will bo made by mail, providing a stamped envelops with address la inolossd. No questions will bo con sidered without the nam and ad. dross of the sender. Mo diagnosis will b made la this column. have a drinking water that is practi cally free of lime. Orowlng children especially need abundance of lime and other mineral salts, but those who have large helps of flesh foods do not obtain enough of these most essential elements. An an imal can live longer without any food at all than it will if fed on food that is devoid of mineral matter. Carnivor ous animals get lime by eating the bones. Beef contains less than one fifth as much lima as potatoes. Peo ple who feel that they must eat large quantities of meat in order to be strong should eat a bono occasionally, so that the body will not suffer from lack of this most Important Ingredient. Lime is the most abundant mineral found In the living body. But lime la always in combination with some salt and the most important lime salt found either in the living body or in food is the phosphate of lime. In the chem ical composition of dry bones there i 5K.23 per cent of phosphate of lime and 7.33 per cent of carbonate) of lime. So it is to be observed that considerably more than half of bone consists of lime salts. There is a small percentage, of lime salts in the muscle, brain, blood and In all tissues. But it is to be noticed that lime as one of the constituents of the body in the form of a carbonate salt or bicar bonate is very small compared with the phosphate, and yet when lime appears in drinking water it is in the carbon ate. Lihie phosphate rarely, if ever, appears in drinking water. Phosphates in drinking water is an indication of some contamination. From these facts X would not obtain the idea that we are to look to the water for lime for body building. On the other hand, cereals, vege tables and fruits contain much more phosphate of lime than they do of the carbonate, and, moreover, this lime has been vitalized by being lifted up from the mineral world and made a part of the cell protoplasm. For this reason I believe that the lime obtained from the plant cell protoplasm has received the mysterious living touch that makes it the proper food element to help to keep the body in health. It is questionable whether the body can make use of the lime taken into the body In drinking water. It may be absorbed like other substances for eign to the body may be absorbed, but they are removed from the body through the kidneys. I believe that all physiologists are agreed that the best drinking water is the one freest from all chemical substances, or. in other words, a soft water. And Bull Run is very soft when compared with much of the water used for drinking purposes in the North west. More About Line.' Another reader of The Oregonian writes: Does (1) the system need more lime than is contained in ordinary food or drinking water? If so, how can it be obtained and In what form should It be taken? 2. Is a craving for non-edible substance, like placter. chalk ond such things an evi dence of a depraved appetite, or sign that the system needs some element which Is lacking? 3. Is magnesia a form of lime and is it Injurious or healthful to eat? If it is beneficial in what way is It? Reply. 1. See reply to "Constant Reader." 2. Abnormal craving. Medical writers TOTS STUDY IN CELLARS QUAKER CITY PUPILS WEAR COATS TO COMBAT COLD IX ROOMS. Former Saloon ITsed for School In One District. While BuildtnBja In Others Are Bad. - PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 19. Cellar classrooms are a common- thing In the public schools of Philadelphia. A state ment to this efrect was made by Wil liam Dick, secretary of the Board of Education, after his attention had been directed to conditions In two German town public schools, in one of which 40 pupils, whose average age is six years, are studying in a basement classroom. "There's nothing new- in having classrooms in the basement of school buildings." stated Mr. Dick. "Wo have them in various parts of tho city and we have to do it to keep the children off the streets. At the Northeast High School for years there has been a class studying in the basement," The plight of the white children oc cupying a cellar room in the Francis Daniel Pastorious School, at Sprague and Woodland streets, German town. Is not as bad as that of 80 negro pupils In the Somervlflo public school, an an nex to the Pastorious School, at Spen cer street and Stenton avenue. The Somervllle school formerly was used as a saloon. It is owned by the Bergdoll Brewing Company and the Board of Education pays 3600 a year for the place. Piano are now being made for a new school building to house the pupils from the former sa loon and also those from another an nex, the Spencer Roberts, at Church lane and Norwood street. Conditions are so bad now at the Pastorious school and its annexes that six classes are on part time. Conditions at the Somervllle annex are probably worse than anywhere else in the city, and the building itself af fords a striking contrast to the mag GIRLS! HAVE BEAUTIFUL, LUSTROUS, FLUFFY HALR 25 CENT DANDERINE No More Dandruff or Falling Hair A Eeal Surprise Awaits You. To be possessed of a head of heavy, beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fluffy, wavy and free from dandruff is merely a matter of using a little Danderine. It. is easy and inexpensive to have nlc. Bnft h.tp nnri Ints of T t Juat get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine now all drug stores recom mend it apply a little as directed and within ten minutes there will be an appearance of abundance: freshness, fluff lness and an incomparablo gloss Hints Given. associate this craving with hysteria I nis craving more than likely repre sents some fault In the Internal secret tions. 3. Magnesia lK absolutely distinct irom lime, though the two may bn luuna togetner. Mae-nesiuni salts the phosphate Is found in & small per centage In the body, and It is a neces sary salt to keep the body In health mr as tno needs of the body ar concerned, the best way to supply th. necessary amount of magnesia is i I natural 100a. ana the vegetable king aom turnisnes all that is needed. Largo quantities of marnnila run h,- taken without any apparent 111 effect 1 it is a mut laxattve. and most of it i.-- passed from tno body. 4. 1 know of no cure, but bathintr thr parts with a. weak solution of sua-ar nil lead, or of ammonia water, or Kpson l aaits seems to relieve tne Itching anu burning. Cold Batblngr N'ot t'ontralndlrated. F. B. write: "A few months m voi I wrote In The Oregonian about cold bath.-l ijcen aany. "I enjoy tlvese baths, but am In ilouhr when to quit taking them that is. ho I long before the. period shouM these h&ih.l be discontinued, and how soon after should! tney do resunusa .- 1 am not retcular so Is hard to tell how to conduct these baths "Also will you please tell me what the ava- tem craves when one continually desires! raw jeuuea ana ceiery? Reply. If a woman is well and strong audi is accustomed to taking a cold bath Inl the morning there is no harm in con tinuing a cold rub dally even durincl the period. Even a quick dip in a rul will do no harm to one used to it, bull I believe the cold rub is better at thiFi time. Or you can continue the bathfl right up to the time and resume them I immediately after. The harm resulting! from cold at this time is more in the! fear than actually from getting the body wet all over with cold water. Just getting the feet alone wet and! cold may cause some trouble, though! the effect of this is much exaggerated! in the minds of many. Probably mineral salts. A Good Blood Purifier t 0. S. G. writes: Perhaps you can help two readers of The Oresunian, at least we think you can. 1. Are rectal dilators good to cure consti pation ? 2. What are the Indications of liver trouble and what Is the remedy? 3. What is a good blood purifier? 4. What is best diet after a fast of two or three days? B. Is peanut butter and shrimp meat hard I to oigesti Reply. 1. In some cases they help. 2. Not many people are conscious of I having liver trouble unless they have I acute inflammation, gallstones, jaun dice, cancer, abscess or some definite I trouble. Most people who have "bil iousness" feel that the liver is at fault. While this is true in a way, still It is j the absorption of poisons that gives I rise to all these uncomfortable feel ings. y If one feels that his liver is carrying too great a load, the best thing to do is to stop eating, get cleaned out. and drink abundance of water. There is no remedy with which to cure "liver trouble. 3. The Kidneys, the Skin, and the Lungs. This may sound a little strange, but the fact remains that the best blood puriner the Creator ever gave to man is a pair of kidneys. Pat. nt Medicine concerns- have made a mighty effort to make mankind believe that you can buy a good one at the corner store, but this is a delusion and a snare. All advertised blood puriflers are frauds. So to enable the kidneys to keep the blood pure and clean, and healing, eat pure food, drink pure water, breathe pure air, keep the body clean, exercise or -work In moderation, and take suffi cient sleep. 4. The regular diet. 5. The first sometimes is and the lat ter always. No man should insult his stomach by 'putting shrimp meat into It. It never was intended for human consumption. nificent Germantown District High School in course of construction, for which the cornerstone recently was laid. Broken windows, missing and broken shutters, antiquated wide board floor ing, falling wallpaper and plaster, an old-style furnace that does not heat the building and a fire-escape that is tearing its fastenings through tho wall, are some of the more noticeable features of the Somerville annex. On several occasions in past Winters the classes have been dismissed owing to cold weather. Pupils have to wear overeats to keep warm in the rooms. The building is a two-story-and-at-tlc affair of pebble dash construction, with a frame shed in the rear. There is no playground for the pupils. A bulk window, formerly used for the display of whisky and wines, has been broken and planks and rags have been used to cover up the holes. Other windows throughout the building are broken. Exit to the fire-escape is through small, old-fashioned windows. The pu pils would have to bend nearly double and literally crawl to reach the iron stairway, but they are afraid to use it at all because in one place, where a clamp has been put through the wall, it has torn half-way out. At the side of the building is a cel lar door, dilapidated and unsafe. The building, according to residents in the vicinity, has not been painted for eight years, except in the front, where white paint has been used to blot out the signs left by the saloonkeeper. Recently the father of one pupil wrote to a member of the Board of Ed ucation complaining of conditions and was Informed, in a reply to his letter, that investigation would be made. But so far nothing has been done to im prove the place. Overcrowding is not tho only evil condition at the Pastorious school and its annexes to which parents of pupils object. There is but one principal to handle 1700 pupils and residents think this is too much work for one man. Considerable criticism has been voiced because of the youth of pupils in the basement classroom at the main school building. The class Is made up of first-year pupils, few more than 7 and most but 6 years of age. and lustre and try as you will you can not find a trace of dandruff or falling hair: but your real surprise will be after about two weeks' use, when you will see new hair fine and downy at first yes but really new hair sprout ing out all over your scalp Danderine is. wo believe, the only sure hair grow er; destroyer of dandruff and cure for itchy scalp and it never fails to stop falling hair at once. If you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really Is. moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair taking one. small strand at a time. Your hair will be soft, glossy and beautiful in just a few moments a delightful surprise awaits everyons who tries this. Adv.
