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! 14 THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALES. OREGON. . SUNDAY- MORNING. DECEMBER .18, -1927 kiuht. 9 I a, TALL REAL SID daunting Notes Remind One of His Lady Mother and Gypsy Father Wild Alligator Hide Adorns Dainty Feet; .Tame Too Valuable The following Interesting article dative to some canaries was writ- en by Carrie S. M. Henderson and Published in. the Albany Democrat ome time ago. Mrs.. Evans, the wner of the canaries sent the cllp- lng to her daughter Mrs. L. C. allaway and we are more than lad to . publish It. It is an in- eresting thing to note that some gnarta ftnm itiA Rflm A fltmln are eing exhibited at the Breiihanpt loral shop this week by Mrs. Cal- away. The article rouows: Oar canary, Paul was brought to s by one or my nusoanon pa- ients upjin the foothills. He is sttikingly handsome bird and so right and. friendly that be stepped t once into the town society, .- Paul looks the aristocrat, tall nd Blender, with a proud turn of he head and a sweep of wing that akes a cage seem close quarters. lis, coat fa like yellow satin, and he gTeert of wings and head Is usted with gold. - - JJe lores to sing at night. He be- ins softly, hesitatingly, with little careless cadences, and works him self into aperfecf frenzy's wholo body tacubblng with mtSic. Some thing in his -voice carries us away, makes us-close ,-ur eyes and re member deen j woods, and wild winds and-'waters, and lovely lour work when Paul sings. He has' spells of silence, when for days be seems to be in a study Then softiy, speculatively, he tries out runs and trills and plaintive calls and wild whistles and low little warbles, practising them over with variations until he has an entirely new melody. Listening at a distance we can scarcely be Ilievo it Is our bird. We say he 9 m. r - nas put on a new record. - Some , evenings wnen we are alone in the kitchen he slips on a comic record and gives us a regu xx ' !. 1 ' ' i l.x.-xi -'1 :- -1 . tv J: ' ' "Hfl LIQUIDUIE VMLDWAH:APLjI This is a Vision That Fairly Sets the Blood To Ting ' . ling With Hope ' f - ("If I were the editor of a news paper, I r would certainly give at tentlon to the plan of S. O. Levin- son to liquidate the World war, was the gist of a message over the phone by Rev. O. I. Lovell of Sa lem, to the editor of The States man. Mr. Lovell had been read' ing an article In the December 16th number of "The Christian Century," Chicago. Thie article. by the editor of that great unde nominational Journal of religion, seta forth the Lerinson proposition in very clear language. The sub ject is commanding world wide attention; which It obviously mer its.' Following, under the heading. Liquidating the World War," is the article: ) A proposal for world peace, rest ing upon a fast financial founda tion, was given to. the world laet week by Mr. S. O. Levlnson in the pages of the Chicago Daily News and the New Republic. It gathers under one scheme the German reparations, the interallied debts, the allied debts to - the' United States, and the outlawry of war, and undertakes to solve them all as Interdependent element of a complex but single problem. With a stroke of genius Mr. Levlnson of fers a colossal but as the best minds againet whose Judgment it, has been tested declare a prac ticable way out of the economic insolvency with which the war has overwhelmed the nations. The author of the plan has come to fame in international affairs as the author of the proposal to outlaw war. An attorney of wide experience in the reorganization which was c!te Incompatible with bis professional habits. Bat gradually the best minds engaged upon the problem of world peace bars come to see that the outlaw ry proposal is the one radically realistic procedure against - war,' and that all scheme which fall short of making war an interna tional crime are themselves ' the dreams of romanticists. In ap proaching the fiscal and economic aspects of the world situation eon sequent upon the war, Mr. Levin son's plan speaks the language of soand and -well understood busi ness procedure. As a result his proposal of a financial pathway to world . appeasement and peace is meeting at once the most enthusi astic support of bankers and busi ness men whose habits of mind enable them to grasp immediately the significance and' far-reaching effects of its provisions. The fundamental - principle of Mr. Levlnson's plan - is to reduce the whole network of reparations and international radebts to the basis of a present cash settlement and for an International consorti um of bankers to bend Germany for the amount necessary to wipe out all reparation clams and all in ternational debts. Mr. Levlnson computes the cash required for this purpose as six billion dollars -an enormous sum, but in light of the far-reaching effects of worldwide appeasement and quick ened economic activity, not impos sible to secure. He would have the German reparations fixed at this cash figuoe instead of leaving them indefinite as at present, and! would have Germany use the loan of six billion dollars in. such a way as would fully discharge all reparation claims and wipe out all; allied and interallied debts. Warship Lexington, New Plane Carrier, Ready To Join Navy Most of the skins for the now popola7alligWor shoes come from of Insolvent industrial and rail- ( he wilds of South America and Florida, the reptiles raised in cap tivity being destined for parks, xoos and winter tourists. A. H. Baker (right) te a leading 'gator "farmer" at St. Petersburg. Fla. Mrs. Stanley Richardson ( above), Atlanta matron, 1m wearing alli gator snoes, of wbJcb a Cammeyer (New xork) model alw is shown ST-PRTEBSRIIBO IT la ATMI lar circus. He practices decorouHTlle lowl aigator ig 8etting the ly th Mttle runs and ; trills s pace for ,OTe, ,ad n fashion.8 teach hint, until we applaud, the t u combination of beauty and plays them fa3ter and wilder as if j lhe he wouldgo out of his skin. To A1 ft prospectIvi handbag one stunt, bowing and "trutting valls the watfir.roTlng reptile before a mirror-Uke plate of nicHnow naa Feached hefght of el at the base of the range, h(- women.a 8hoes. FlorIda adds a son and dance act or ms . othef Southern gnops are fea- wn. Jumping and do wing, sing-j ta nnmerouIl footwear crea- ing and l' sJ.tionB In popular shades from the craxy bird, but keeping the demurer ted leather of or est of eyes on us as if Two or three years usually will rewe V?,Sd2ifn to produce cowhide for look for him to hold his sides andi ..,- .r-n K, m wltll t y-t th?oh:me:'" wsri of WflP; "i! hm?8 costliest shoe leather from the wTeaS5f2el Vhat thVfellow ot co'' 11 .... . , because he grows so slowly. Was uncanny, that he was part wis- . ' aaa - tn hia If the tropical Jungles were not birthplace to hunt P the witch's Plentifully filled with alligators et towhlche must bare been !h18Kmde 'rora the skln might f w - j tall Bhort of becoming a fad be- We found his former home to bi - " Ul" hides are obtainable from the wild 'gators of Florida and South American countries. "fine old mansion at the foot of Bald Peter, Just below the old mill pond where the Calapooia leaves the Cascades. - Here bis foster mother? Mrs- E. A. Evans, has been forty years developing her strain of canaries, and she was so full of their lore" that she answered ur questions .almost before we could ask them. She told , us that every spring she turns her -surplus females out into the shrubbery beside the en closed porch that she calls her bird studio. She keeps seed Just Ineide wthejopen door, ana tnese oiras oo not fly away, but go in aBa oui. light on her head, follow her ev erywhere, presently -mate with the wild birds and build nearby. She nuts feed by each nest and when the- young birds are old enough she takes the finest. One little mother, unaccustomed tt rrmrhin It. chose a r bad loca tion for her nest, and had three settings drenched by raln Mrs Evans took charge of ' the third. lifting the nestf ul into her cage handling ; the eggs, with - a spoon From this brood ebe secured three fine singers, ! Paul being one of them, j No wonder he Is a prodigy. with ancient lineage, selected par entage, romantic prenatal Influ ences. artistic background the child of eugenics indeed. We feel ashamed that we have considered him so lirhtlv. so heedlessly. We did sot understand Ithe fine In stincts that may be unfolded even In a blrd.,:v..-- X Af Mrs. Evans showed us one large cage of twenty birds,; yellow as drops of gold, their plumage uni formly, trim and lustrous, and she explained that this silkiness and brilliance of color Is due to their diet of j cracked yellow corn the only seed she uses. ; Welir we al ways knew that Paul's suit was an exclusive style, but now we ap preciateits burnished lines as an aristocratic family design. " ' Paul ts one of the family now. We understand him as we do our selves. . And when at night his notes are wildest and most haunt ing, when they take us" from our . books with the pathos we can ner :er resist, we know we are looking with him Into the glens of Bald Peter, the home of his bright lady - mother and gipsy father, and the - many brothers and sisters that fill "his dreams.' .. road corporations, Mr. Lerinson approaches the world situation as he would approach a tottering business enterprise which bad called upon him for professional Contrary to popular conception.! ald' In such circumstances he few alligator farms raise the ren-lasks' What are the obligations? tiles for their skins. Sucb hides What assets are available? Where would be worth their weieht in ls credit needed and how can It feeding required to rear a babybe established? With alt the 'eator Into sho size I facta before him he then calls in While a hibernator for about I a11 debtors and creditors and in two months during the winter! terested bankers and elaborates a season, the 'gator eats plentifully IPlan which offers the maximum-of when he is awake. Fresh ground I satisfaction for every interest ln- meat Is fed to the youngsters until! rolTea and seta the business going they are a year or two old. Then again unaer its own control ana they go on a fish diet. Five orlwul- a new prospect or success six hundred pounds offish a weekJFor thirty years he and his legal are required for the older rep-l f ,rm have rendered this kind of tiles. I professional service to many ot the Unable to meet the competition! larKe8t business corporations in from hunters of wild 'gators. ooer-line country. ators of . alligator farms rarely J When, ten years ago, the Idea of have a hid for ai Thir t.ok J abolishing war by outlawing it is sold to zoos and parks for ex-l4 Hrst P"t forward by a man hibltion purposes, and tourists areso trained to hardrheaded dealing a constant source of revenue. A. I w'th actual conditions., it was first H. Baker here claims to have thefelt in business and professional largest varieties, of alligators In circles that Mr. Lerinson Had the country and there are other stepped out of bis realistic . role farms at Jacksonville. Daytona.and assumed a romantio part West Palm Beach, Miami smaller cities. ; f i . t -7- ;fr, , : t ... - t : -. . ; . - ! t f ' ' J -' , I -inn-"-- '- " 4 , V-K "." t ' . S . c x M M J -ZXZ. '' ':ffW-SMS:.-r ! . x - ' - . - : x-x-j i. " - r. , . - -, 'x... - . , v- - 1 -i IS c t V -' " ""IS- V"""-- -x r ' Pi " "!LJ--x .i.-a.sixyjri-, 1 Almost a batUe fleet by, iteelf Ih the aircraft carrier Lexington (above). -commissioned Dec. 14 at Qnincy, Mass., as a vessel of the U. S. navy, Capt. Albert w. Slnrshall (inset) will command the chip, called by officers the most powerful naval craft afloat. nisiis SEAL I! 3r tern How can such a sum be used to gain this end ? Mr. Levlnson would have the United States ac cept four billion dollars as a cash settlement of the five, billion dol lar "present worth" of all alied debts due us, whose payments on the present basis extend over a period of sixty-two years. - In re turn the United States would can cel all these debts those of Bri tain, France, Italy, Belgium, and the others, eleven countries in all. Great Britain has already, in ef fect. Indicated that she would can eel all allied debts due her if the United States would cancel the British debt. This would relieve France and Italy of debts to Bri tain amounting to three billion and two billion dollars respective ly. All other existing interallied debts would be cancelled. After paying to the United States four billions plus the two hundred mil lions originally loaned Germany for the launching of the Dawes plan. Mr. Levlnson would have the major part of the balance of the loan used to satisfy the reparation claims of Great Britain, France, Italy, and all other allied nations. As an integral part of the plan, Mr. Levlnson proposes that the na tions Involved should give pledges renouncing the . use of war for sixty-two years, and open this agreement to Russia and; Japan and all other nations not involved in the financial settlement. Sixty- continued on page IS) QUINCY, Mass. (AP) A war ship described by naval officers as the largest and most powerful nav al vessel in the world.' capable of engaging single-handed any exist ing battle fleet, will Join the Unit ed States navy tomorrow. It I s the U. S. S. Lexington, monster airplane carrier. The ship is a $45,000,000 float ing fortress. 874 feet long, capable of carrying 106 airplanes, and. al though it weighs more than 33,000 tons it can.be driven through the water at a speed equal to that of the average fast train 39 miles an hour. Its gigantic turbines. developing 180,000 horsepower. j would drive ten ordinary Atlantic passenger ships. The Lexington Is a strange-looking ship, with an upper deck which has the almost unbroken sweep of a marine drill ground. From this deck, far over on the starboard side, rise the massive funnel en closure mast, bridge and gun tur rets. The flat 900 foot deck, a hundred, feet wide, was so built as to provide landing and take-off space for airplanes. Some nary secrets are built into the LexingtOQ. One is a new con trivance set on the deck floor to stop landing airplanes in a dis tance of a few hundred feet. It is said to be "fool-proof" and capable of preventing mishap in landing even when seas are rough. From one of the ship's eight decks the hangar deck elevators rise with planes to the flying deck. Near the bow ls a newly adopted device for launching planes. Armament will include eight 8 inch, 50 calibre long-range rifles and 12 five-inch, 50-calibre antl- am aircraft guns, capable ot warding of destroyers as well as air attacks. The ship Is a veritable floating city, with 600 rooms, machine, carpenter, plumbing, sheet metal and sewing shops, movie theater, hospital, library and rest rooms Every room . in the ship can be reached instantaneously from sev eral central stations by means of a loudspeaker communication sys tem. Radio apparatus ls ot the latest type. " Originally laid down as a battle cruiser, the Lexington -was modi- fled under the Wash ing tod treaty, and made a companion aircraft carrier to the Saratoga, recently commissioned. It will be commanded by Capt. Albert W. Marshall. FARMERS (MIL C0II1I5 OF I Use Unit Heaters and Venti lating Fans In Cribs To Carry Out Moisture and GROWTH OF FORESTS BE INCREASED . Mrs. Sharp (in restaurant) Just look at that' Scotchman eat ing over there. - Mr. Sharp I see the. man bul what makes you think x he U Scotch? - - Mrs. Sharp He licked bis spec tacles after eatlnj- hli grapefruit. Th PatLfiader-.- Forest Service Estimates That Nearly Half of Area Producing No Net The annual growth of wood pro ducts in the. forests of the United States can be increased steadily, according to the Forest Service to more than four times its present volume. Adequate"5' protection from fire, plus crude forestry prac tice, would increase the present estimated net growth of six billion cubic feet per year to ten billion by 1950. and intensive manage ment of our forests as tree crops may be expected ultimately to re sult in an annual yield of more than twenty-seven billion cubic feet. ; - The Forest Service estimates that nearly, half of our forest area is at present producing no net growth, either because it is virgin forest where growth is offset by decay, or because it is so denuded by overcutting and fir as to -be nprodactlve.J ; The 1 encouraging forecast Js that i with provision made for : a succeeding forest growth npon j the : removal of, the remaining virgin forest, and, with effective fire control, care, and In some localities planting, our for est area will again come Into pro duction. ' ; ' r. ' 7 ' I These conclusions are a few of the many to ' be -drawn ' from "American - Forests and . Forest Products", Just Issued by the U. S. Department-of Agriculture as Sta tistical Bulletin Ko. Jl-1.-Thl publication lis designed as a ref erence book : tor all who are In terested In American forests and theif products. It endeavors to give In the fields of forest statis tics", lumber "production and con sumption, pulpwood and paper, na tional and state forestry activities and other related phases of forest use, the most ; complete exhibits possible of the nsable government records as far back as they extend. Foresters, .economists; national and state of f icials, and all others Interested In the trends revealed, will find this bulletin a reservoir ot the principal existing- data on forests and forestry. A series of national forest ' tables affords asl index of the concrete lutallg tl foFest admlnstration by the gov ernnieht; which Is now the largest single owner and manager of for est lands in the United States. Statistical Bulletin No. 21-S, "American Forests and Forest Products". United States Depart ment of Agriculture, to obtainable by purchase from the Superintend ent of Documents, Government Printing Office. Washington. D. C. at 45 cents per copy. Six Million Christmas Trees Go To Market SPECIALISTS FIND C - x-'t t :-' i X -r " ' v -x - ' X ? ' ' VALUE IN PRODUCTS I--. Researchers Make Progress In Efforts To Find Value In Waste Products By Coleman C Jones - WASHINGTON (AP) Bureau of Standards research specialists in less than six months have made distinct progress In their special investigation to find a profitable outlet tor waste products of the farm. - . ' ; : When Congress made 150.000 available for this work last July It acted in the belief that perman ent agricultural relief lay In show ing the farmer how he could get mors money for his crop through development of industrial by-pro ducts. ;; - : . I .;" After a survey of farm wastes Dr. W. E. Enil; chief of the bu reau's division of organic and fib rous materials, it cooperation with other agencles, put special ists to work on tour major lines of research, concentrating on corn stalks, peanut 'shells, cotton bars and cotton seed hulls. - - The huge corn crop is the out standing example of farm jwasta In the United States. More than 10 per cent of lhe plant la losf, de spite that excellent methods for making fiber wall board tram the stalks have been known for some time, and there is a grow It r mar ket for this material, due to its de velopment from sugar cane waste. The bureau's main 'probleii here was to ' get accurate Inf or t'.ation on the co&tfppf production. In cooperation with Ij a Ftale v :-x--c:--::: 2 --:-z 'y ' T " i 1 mm. a. t"2 x I v-- A x. . 4 Colege an efficient rTct V' WASHINGTON (AF) In the forests of the Rockies, across the northwest and among the tree- crowned hills" of New England, the woodsman's axe ls flashing In the annual harvest of Christmas trees. Six million fCP, -spruce, pine and cedar 'saplings : will be used , this year, authorities estimate, in the tinselled setting ; with which' the United : States welcomes Santa Claus. . : Yet despite the great demand for Christmas trees the supply is not diminishing, and no dearth Is anticipated so long as ruthless cut ting is avoided. The government forestry ser vice views the cutting. If properly done, as a tremendous benefit to forests and pastures. -.Most trees confe from heavily-wooded lands. and their removal, .gives commer cial timber room to grow. "Where conifers grow in the hill , lands their wind-blown seeds thrive on tillable soil, and farmers are glad to dispose of them at a profit. . The biggest Christmas tree mar- ket centers in New York nd the cltiesof New ."England, which use some 1,500,000 trees annually. They come mostly from New Eng land, as do trees for Philadelphia, j Baltimore and their vicinities. r ... k ' , ."v - VI w 1 it : Ample proof of Santa Clans approach ls presented inthn nera. men 10 maraet 01 six muuon uartstmas trees. The annual pre-Yule harvest in Pike national forest, Corolado. is cictured at th anmr a. A. - - . - T r r r". neww w vnraunM Krees u transit at Newark, N. J. v Tho warns is cumaxea (teny on uuistnuu moral- in American bomea. The photographs are by H. D. Cochran of the U. S. forest service. (Con tin Tied on ' and Wisconsin supply Chicago and the middle weL ." Elsewhere the market is supplied from even more local sources, although many spruce and fir are cut In the for ests of the' north and hauled by sled to railroad points tor long-dis tance chipping, stacked high on flat-cars for rail transportation. Christmas 7 trees range from three-foot shrubs ta a height of 35 feet and sell at retail at prices from a quarter to J 3 5. , Nurseries are encouraging the use of potted conifers and evergreens, and grow- j ing trees tm thousands of acres are being transplanted to pola to fill The woods of Michigan, Minnesota the demand for live trees. Industrial science has solved the problem of artificially drying seed corn by means of powerful little ventilating fans. These methods of corn drying have been so sim plified that farmers who are large raisers of corn may install their own systems at very . reasonable cost, according to engineers In the air conditioning industry. Unit heaters are successfully used for drying seed and field corn. Warm air is blown through the corn, drying it. The corn also may be carried through a tun nel and the air blown through It or over It, or the corn may be loaded in a bin with a slatted floor and the air blown up through it. When unit heaters are not used the dry ing may be accomplished by the use ot a fan only which discharges air under the grain through dia tributlng pipes on the floor of the erib. Fans f - thia type Also are used for drying plant bulbs simply by blowing air through them. : Tne application of fans arid tin It heaters to corn drying Is simply another example of how the mod ern farmer is using controlled air to speed up production and protect his stock. The experts point out that modern barns.-poultry houses and stables are mechanically ven tilated to give the animals plenty of fresh, air which makes them rugged and vigorous. The animal moisture and waste, which loads the air, must be carried out and a fresh air supply brought in regu larly. , How Important this is can be seen by the fact that a record cow exhales the equivalent of two gallons or more of water every 24 hours which represents a barrel of water for 15 cows each day. Scien tific observers have found that the average cow needs 60 cubic feet of air per minute to keep it healthy and the barn In. a fresh cool con dition. A horse , requires more air than a cow about 4,200 cubic feet per hour and a large hip g con sumes 1,500 cubic feet per hour. The apiarists have found that even honey bees require a regu lar air supply and that the bee cellar without ventilation would be practically impossible. --- Ben Jonsorv's Indictment In Document Bestoration The balsam fir makes the best Christmas tree,, particularly in northeastern and : Great - Lkes states. , Mountain tops jpf . North Carolina, and Tennessee supply the Eraser fir, red cedar fa used In lo calities to which it ls native, and pines are employed extensively In the south. White fir Is the most used tree on the Pacific coast and scrub pine In - Maryland and Vir ginia. Black and red spruce finds market In the east, Pir, although abundanjjn Hock Mountain states', Is hard .to reach for cutting and Is giving way to lodgeoble pine, Douglas fir and occasionally En gelmann spruce. t - . LONDON (AP) - The indict ment of Ben Jonson, EHzabethfan poet and playwright, for slaying one Gabriel Spencer with hl ra pier, is ' among the collection of documents, many hundreds of yeara old, which are In process of restoration" at the Middlesex Guildhall. Westminister, within a hundred yards ot Jonson's grave in Westminister Abbey. The Indictment sets forth that Jonson "made an -assualt with force and arms against, and upon a certain Gabriel Spencer at Shor diche Shordltch. a section of Ten don) wkh a certain sword, of iron lish Channel. When twer honey price of three shillings. The wound was mortal, but Jon son "pleaded his Clersrr md rM his neck-verse. which means that he pleaded the benefit of clergy and read a verse from the nihi to prove that he was a clerk. elsewhere, die, burned to death bv thumb with the letter "T. known as the Tyburn T. Jonson . grave aears tn epitaph. - "O Rara Bb automobiles with what are said to One reason there's so little in tereet in the presidential race ts because people hardly have time any mdr to keep posted on the prizefights, tennis, baseball ; and airpiano nops. crane American f ... "Now that Tve given yon a big dinner are you equal to the Job of wasning tne dishes ? masked housewife. ' - , '-. Madame." replied tha durafrf tramp, "I am superior to it. Qood uy. me pathfinder. Story of Seal In Oregon Dates Back of 1915; Scope and Purpose Told G. C. Bollinger Director ! th - Ongoa Tabarealbtm Hospital While our particular Interest In this article is an outline of what haa been done or Is to be done through Christmas Seal funds in our own Btate, I am sure It will be clearer to everyone if some state ment of the whole problem and program is given. This little seal, known officially as the Tubercu losls Christmas Seal, formerly the Red Cross seal or stamp. It wa the Red Cross Seal some years ago when, the American Red Cross used it as their financing medium for the tuberculosis division of their work. Later when it waa decided that such a problem as tu berculosis demanded a continuous special effort that could best Le put forth by a separate organiza tion, the National Tuberculosis As sociation was organized. The Seal. wih all or Its rights and privilege then became the property of thia latter association and as such we see its work In every community of the country and because of this work Its influence is world wide. As many already know the idea of the Christmas Seal for tubercu losis work originated with a Clerk in the Postal Service of Denmark. He had been much grieved by tho frightful loss from tuberculosis among those about him and much impressed by the special Btudents claims that It was a preventable disease. Pondering on the prob lem and trying to think of a way to . raise money for the fight against it, he hit upon the Idea of the Christmas Seal. Early in the history of organ ization against tuberculosis it as realized that the funds would reach the farthest and do the most good if they were put Into educa tional methods. It was also real ized that the support of all health work, having a direct relation t- prevention and management of tu berculosis would be a wise plan of attack. Those twO points will b clearly emphasized in the program of our state to be outlined later on In this article. Consistent with these points, Christmas Seal money is used un under policy of encouraging relirf methods rather than actually car rying them out. It is obvious that educational methods- have the most fundamental value in health methods, but if you want to realize how shoj-t sighted relief methods alone would be, just consider that if every cent taken in from Christ mas seals in our state last year were used to run the Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital, It would last barely five months. Oregon then has chosen wi?ely in organizing a group of lay work ers to direct an educational health campaign with the view of eventu ally ridding herself of tuberculo sis. The late Mr. A. L. Mills was its first president and for 12 years was an active personification nf the principles "of an ideal cam paign. The story of Christmas Seal work in Oregon would date even back of 19 IS when the Oregon Tu berculosis Association was formed, for before that time the Seals were sold and their mission broadcast by the Health Department of the ; Oregon Federation of Woman's " Clubs. Obviously the complete story would be quite a book in It eelf. The specific references in this" outline are td Illustrate the scope and purpose of the work in our state. The total amount received rrom the sale of the seals is divided be tween the National Tuberculosis association, - the State association receives five per cent. With this they supply the Seals and maintain a group of executive and f pedal workers with headquarters at 370 Seventh' Avenue New York City. Their directors are made up of one representative from each orgnn ized state and a group selected al large from all parts of the oun- r try. . Besides the necessary foro to direct and stabilize the general policies, they arrange for various special advisors who are available for use all over the country ana conduct special clinical and srien- . tit nrnh1m - OreKon has beB the beneficiary In much of this pedal work. The State Association at Tort- land receives from 35 to &o V" cent, depending on the amount re tained . bv the local comniun.17 This in turn varies from 40 to per cent of the total, the large. mount htnr In the nature of reward when the seal sale is creased over 6 cents per capita", that county. - Now let us look at the prblew In a more general way. J"001'; losls Is very old In human expen- - ence and may truthfully be wJJ be incidental to civilization. Inlt evidence of Its presence o back to well authenticated cae earliest Egyptian history. Tut suffered from it and proba died from it - . ' . if has taken a frightful toiL, century afo It caused one om three deaths. Twenty years r it nd nna ont of seven a IS Ten years ago one out of ten today one out of fourteen. It strikes hardest In yousj IKe and thus enters a Prl0?JZ v i. M hclnir atartea .-. x.. . first as- sutned and when we can a fford Si sacrifice which It entails. (Continued on Te 15)