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TOE OREGON STATKKMAX: KUXIUV, M-XTOIBKIt 21. 1010.
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A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT
Once upon a time there was a Man who did not put His' personal
InfAi-octn nr th ?ntprpsta nf TT5 lflsi nhftvp th intprests of th whole
vk-.k, v. . ... - - - " - . -
people: and the Bolshevist rabble of His day cried for the release to
them of an I. W. W. outy and murderer named Barabbas instead of
the Man Who personified unselfishness and service for his fellows.
And they crucified Him.
We are a Christian nation.
We celebrate, and the wide wbrld
versa ry of the birth of that Man.
1
elebrates, this week the anni-
Uut we have a lone: way to travel, and the world has a long way
to travel, to reach the heights, of unselfishness that His life idealized.
The United States is the least selfish of all the nations of the
world ; the least selfish of any nation that ever was.
Hut we miss the mark of the high calling for which our nation
was set apart by the width of an ocean, as daily events show.
But we strive and grope and make; headway.
The Christmas spirit brings us a little closer each year.
When the rapidity and ac
curacy of your. work depends
upon the condition of your
eyes, you should not let a
foolish prejudice against
wearing glasses stand in the
way of a successful career.
From its very nature your
work taxes the eyes severely
unless they are in the best
possible condition.
If your eyes are not de
fective they can do on enor
mous amdunt of work with
out Injury, but a slight eye
strain may injure your eyes
permanently.
If you have symptoms of
eyestrain call and let us ex
amine your eyes at once. De
lay only makes bad matters'
worse.
Henry E. Morris & Co.
t
Eyesight Specialist.
305 State St. Salem
in Mesopotamia, as In India, put a
caste barrier between themselves ana
(cans greatly exaggerated the cost of
optimistic as to the permanence of
republican- simplicity and the rigid
governmental economy that went
with it. But as to the evils of high
overhead charges they were absolute
ly In the right and the elimination o!
extravagance is one of the greatest
and gravest of th, problems left b
the war.
It is especially serious in its rela
tion to "the white man's burden."
which is really the other man's bur
den and the more weighty as the cost
of living and the cost of government
progress upward in close company.
A great part of the world does not
like efficient government, and is on
ly reconciled to it when the resuming
increase in prosperity is obvious.
When the cost of foreign government
goes up, the gain ceases to be ob
vious. "We are asking the Artb."
says the expert in the Times, "to
exchange his pride and independence
for a little western civilization and
a certain amount of commercial de
velopments, the profits of which
must be largely absorbed by the e-
nenses of administration; from h?s
point of view it Is a poor bargain."
Wherever a poor country I expens
ively governed the coming years are
sure to be full of trouble, and no
country is so rich that Its government
can afford not to practlrc the most
rigid economy.
iUEssnt; roil t m iuii.
Tbry think be was a cross between
a lion-tamer and a comedian but that
dettn't give much of a lire on either
his physical or mental qualities. At
last accounts the role of Adjsi t -still
open. But In a community ,
rich in peiformera this hiatq tti
loag t-Bdare. Los' AnceKi Tim,.
A French priest has forbidden
women in low-necked dresses to enter
his church. This will scarcely be a
hardship on the barebacked dames as
they are not eriouly endowed with
the church habit. If the cafes posted
a similar rule it mlj;ht provoke some
excitement.
ADAM AND EAT:.
As has been stated In these col
umns the Garden of Eden is being
reconstrucid In the Venlugo valley
north of Glendale for nse In connec
tion with the fiiming of the Bible.
In outlining the cast for the "Crea
tion" the promoters say there is no
difficulty In filling th role or Eve.
There are enough Eve available. for
a whole month, but the difficulty has
been to find an actor suitable for the
character of Adam. Nobody seems
to know exactly what Adam was like.
"When this spirit can be extended the year through and the world J the natives.
over, mankind will (have made-a little notable progress on the way to
wards the ideals that were livel by the Christ Whose birthday we will
this week celebrate.
I-
The family man who .thought he
could not afford a Thanksgiving tur
key is now figuring on Christmas to
see If
pressure,
with th?
win. 1
can; stand the financial
Look like a dead heat,
family appetite likely to
One good thing about snow in this
valley we are all glad when it is
gone.
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Loganberries will be loganberries,
next year, and, for several years, for
that matter. ;
The old-fashioned saying, "the bet
ter the day the better the deed,'
does not apply to fatal automobile ac
cidents on Sunday.
Naturopathy -What It Is, and
Fire Reasons Why You Should
.'
Be Treated By a Naturopathic
: Physician t
What Is Naturopathy?
Naturopathy is a system of treat
ing the sick by the nse of drugless
and non-surgical methods. It is
based upon the principle that it the
causes of disease are removed Na
ture will restore the body to health,
because the body, when functioning
normallv. con tains within Itself the
kmnt? ta rentora mi! maintain! With the sale of the St. Louis Re-
health. I public to the Globe-Democrat the
WhVt Methods Are Used In Democratic party hasn't a single
.Naturopathy? I I great newspaper organ in Missouri.
Naturopathy nse varipus prlncl- Bot reaUv 11 couldn't help much
pies efficacious in healing the sick,
Frequent rains, predicted by the
weather man for this week. In which
case, the danger of another big snow
for a good many months will grow
smalL
some of which are
DieteUca Scientific food selec
tions, preparations and combinations.
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Hyglotherapy -General personal
hygiene.
" llanualtherapy Manual methods
of correcting abnormal conditions of
the body.
Hydrotherapy Scientific applica
tion of water of varying temperature
It Is announced that an English
highbrow has solved the riddle of the
transmutation of matter. Let him
try his genius on the high price of
living here and abroad.
There are renewed rumors of the
intention of Japan and Mexico to
Iorm a coalition, fc.it ner tney are
lies or Japan, is crazier than she
Electrotherapy Scientific applica-M00ks.
tlon of the different forms of elec
tricity.
Psychotherapy A scientific appli
cation of the powers of mind to the
. problems of health and disease.
Vibrotherapy Mechanical and
manual vibration.
Ozone and Oxygen Vapor Oxygen
converted into ozone by electricity.
Phototherapy Scientific applica
tion of sunlight, incandescant light
and arc light, for curative purposes.
' V; What Is The Standing of
. - Naturopathy?
'; Naturopathy has already been-rec-ognlzed
and adopted by many of the
brightest minds In the orthodox
schools of medicine.
. Naturopathy Is not Osteopathy,
Chiropractic. Christian Science, or
any other similar system. We do not
condemn them: we recognize the
good In all of them. t 1
live Reasons Why You Should Be
Treated by a Naturopathic
. . .y ' : rhyslcian j
First Because isaturopatny uses
alt drugless and non-surgical met h
ods In treating the sick.
Second Because Naturopathy
the oldest of the drugless cults.
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Third Because Naturopathic 'meth
ods are based upon scientific observa
tion and practical experience.
Fourth Because Naturopathic
methods are adapted to the treating
of all persons .from, infancy to old
agev ' ; .. t.
Fifth Because Naturopathy is
more effectual and less expensive
than other systems of treating the
SICK.
A lady more than 90 years of age
took her first ride in an automobile
in this city the other day. That Is
one of the reasons why she lived to
such an advanced age.
The students of Pomona college
have voted in favor of dancing. Like
cciestastes, the preacher, tney are
of the opinion that there is a time
to meurn and a time to dance. Not
even barring the "shimmy, we
opine. Los Angeles Times.
ine Metnoaists are opposing any
interference in Mexico, but if war
should come the followers of John
Wesley would be in the front rank.
They are fighting men in an emer
gency. They have never yet borne
the name of slackers.
Is
Palmer, McAdoo and Bryan arc lin
ing up for the Democratic nomina
tlon for president. If . tho Republi
ican party displays even ball horse
sense, the licking of either one of
them, or any one like cither of them.
will be like taking candy from a
baby.
TUB COST OF GOVKIJX31KXT.
DR. A. SLAUGHTER
I Naturopath
Zio ii. 8. National Bank building
''w ; Fhone no.
In opposing the annexation of Mes
opotamia an authority who writes for
the London Times makes several im
portant points. The notion that the
people would welcome British rule is
erroneous; it would be a plain case
of conquest and of forcible dominion
over a subject race. Social relations
would present an almost insoluble
problem, , because on the one band
British officials will not livewith
an eastern race on terms of eaualilr.
1 and on the other hand they cannot
To these considerations he adds
the tact that British government
would be unduly expensive. It
would be necessary to have political
officers in the larger villages, so that
of the revenues raised by taxation
an entirely disproportionate amount
would be spent upon paying foreign
ers to govern the country. British
officials are expected to live in some
magnificence in order to uphold the
dignity of the empire, and magnifi
cence is not only expensive but breeds
extravagance. To tempt good men
away from a career at home it is
necessary, also, to pay salaries rath
er higher than they would expec4,at
home, and for a poor country wholly
out of proportion to the public In
come. " ' '
This question of the cost of gov
ernment seems likelyJto become of
crucial Importance everywhere, but
particularly in its relation to Imper
ialism. At various times in the past,
but usually after prolonged wars
have simultaneously increased the
cost of living and fostered extrava-
gance in the spending of public mon
eys, popular unrest has; taken the
form of a protest against taxation.
Agitators have found a fertile field
in exploiting the cost of government,
and a grievance is made of every new
tax. But for the crushing overhead
charges, it is! argued, the people
might live in comfort and plenty.
From this to denouncing government
as an evil it is but a snort step.
During the revolutionary, move
ments of the 18th century the high
cost or government was popularly as
cribed to the monarchical system.
and the affair of the diamond neck-
jlace only brought to a head tndigna-
I tlon at the extravagances of Marie
Antoinette and of the courtesans of
the previous reign. It was the fash
ion to compare (quite unjustly) the
cheap government of the newly-form
ed United States with the burdens
Imposed on the peoples of Europe
under the rule of kings. This was
the strong card of republicanism
which was almost as odious as bol-
shevism In our day. In May. 1752
Mr. Adam in the British House of
Commons made a speech attacking
the writings of Thomas Paine In
terms which seem curiously modern.
He did not hold that books recom
mending a form of government dif
ferent from that of England were ob
jects of prosecution, for "If he did
he must condemn Harrington for his
Oceana, Sir Thomas More for his
Utopia, and Hume for his Idea of a
perfect "commonwealth." But the
publication by Paine to which he re
ferred was very different, "for it re
viled what was most sacred in the
constitution, destroyed every princi
ple of subordination, and established
nothing In their room."
To this Paine (from a safe dis
tance) retorted that the kind of tor
eminent which he advocated was al
ready in successful operation acinsa
the Atlantic, and that it was "cap
able of .producing more happim-ss to
the people," and that also witb an
80th part of the taxes, which the
British system consumes. Bltesfuilv
unaware that the future had in store
$5,000,000,000 budgets, he extols for
Englishmen the Cheapness of govern
ment in the new world a paltry an
nual charge of $800,000 which would
be reduced' to $500,000 as soon s
the Indian risings in the Interior
were suppressed. Economics v-as
then in its infancy and the repnbli-
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monthly income policy.
For the Son or Daughter Our
endowment savings policy.
For Father Our new low pre
mium policy maturing as an
. endowment at age of 65.
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