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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALES. OREGON. . SUNDAY- MORNING. DECEMBER .18, -1927
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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
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LIQUIDUIE
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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)