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. rXw 1 fc-: ogtwuwm i I jM Diphtheria Mow! "SjT 1 ' Urges Noted Health Authority rr i i i - i I. Mrc 1 i v iam trwwifc.rniriiuiiiiui- 4f N favor Sways Ua; No Foot Shall AcS . From rirt SjaUBman. March 28 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chaslu A. Spxague, Shxx&on F, Charles JL. Sfsague - Sbeloon F. Sackxtt - Sackett, Publisher Editor-Manager - Managing-Editor - ' Member of the Associated Ben The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor PubU-. cation of all new dispatches credited t ttsr not c eredite to tills paper. j - . , Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: - Arthur W. Stypes. Inc., Portland. Security Kdfc San Francisco. Sharon Bldg. ; Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives; Fcrd-Parsons-eteeher. Inc.. New York, 171 Madison Ave. ; Chleaso. X. MJchia Ave. EnUred at the Peatoffke st Salem, Oregon, a StcotuLClau Matter. Published every morning except .Monday. Bushueo office 215 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATJ5S - Mail Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon ; pally and Sunday. 1 Mo. 6s cents; X Mo. $1.25; Mo 12.25; 1 yeaxJiAiQ. Else where it cents per MO. or ja.vo ior i yeair iti By City Carrier: 50 cents a month: .50 a year Copy 2 cents. On trains, and. News Stand 5 cents. What Price Farm Relief? &the wheat price keeps on dropping the farmers natur niitr vrnndor lxrhat has hanrjened to the farm relief pro gram. The price is now getting down to the lowest levels of the last decade. The worst side of tne piciure is xnai mere is no promise of early change in the priced Why 4s it? y -' Ope reason is that Europe is boycotting North America for the same reason that we boycotted British empire rub T6kr so far as possible when the rubber restriction 'scheme to hold up the-price of rubber was in effect Europe sees in the Canadian wheat pool and in the organization of a single big selling agency in the United States under government auspices a threat of artificially holding ap a price for food p-rains which the importing countries of Europe would have -to pay. So Europe is favoring every other wheat source pos-1 &ible and buying little irom nortn America. Another reason is the effect of the policy of holding crops off the market. In 1919 Canada had a big carry-over of 1928 wheat. Instead of moving it out freely into consump tion, Canada's wheat pool held prices up at Winnipeg, bought instead of selling, and despite the very short crop of 1929 wheat in Canada, there is still a big accumulation of wheat unsold. The quantity is said to be 700 cargoes, an immense amount of grain. Regardless of whether it is sold or not, the effect on the price is the same as though it .were being sold, because buyers know it is there and that it must be sold before a" great while. Meanwhile another crop is coming mi; and If iust a nor mal production is obtained the surplus would : :!! oe great. Price is the only corrective. At the low passes into larger consumption. The country is beginning to see that ence with the working of economic laws just as it did tor Cuban sugar and British Campaigning for Butter . THE drive to increase the consumption of butter received new impetus the past week through the visit of W. F. Schilling, the butter and egg member of the federal farm board, to Oregon. Mr. Schilling addressed a gathering in Eugene and spoke over KOAC from Corvallis. He stressed particularly the need of eating more butter and doing away with the use of butter substitutes. Mr. Schilling's remarks against farmers who sold their cream, and then bought oleo were pointed. How can the dairy industry thrive, he said in effect, if the fanners themselves do not eat butter. Price has been the ruling factor in the growing sale of oleo products. Sometimes the spread between the price of the substitutes and the butter price was so great as to in duce many, many families to use the vegetable oil compounds rather than pure butter. That factor must always be reck oned with. Probably no housewife would buy butter substi tute if the prices were virtually the. same; it is the price spread which makes the diffreence in those thousands of homes where the weekly wage is all too small. In a dairy country it is surely wise to consume the prod ucts which are produced there. Butter is an important "crop" for Oregon, and under the stimulus of low prices and of loy alty to home industry there ought to be such an increase in consumption that will quickly take off the market the sur plus which has borne down the price. In the future the pros perity of the industry will depend quite largely on the amount of the spread in price between butter and substi tutes. . " 4k Turin i i arti reacts vubjie the wheat ficial interfer- adversely. r. BITS for BREAKFAST -By S. J. RICKS' . They Found It Good THE report of the interim committee on a cabinet form of state government reads like the first chapter of Genesis where Tah-veh is said to have looked upon the work of his hands each day and found it good. So when the interim com mittee which is headed by Hector MacPherson, zeabus ad vocate of the cabinet system, endorses the cabinet form of government, it is like a workman praising his own craftsmanship. There is considerable argument in favor of the cabinet system. Then there is a lot of argument against it. It builds up a great political machine in the hands of one man, the governor. In the hands of a capable and honest man like Low- den of Illniios it is a great success. When the machine falls into the hands of a Len Small, also of Illinois, the machine works as much for evil as formerly it did for good. Oregon government is working very well under the state board of control system, where the board is composed of three elective officials. This prevents one man from dominat ing the whole machinery of state government. Some reorgan ization might be effected here in the way of abolishing or consolidating some boards and commissions; but we see very little promise of progress in making a one-man dictatorship out ot our state government. we are reaching the age when the stars will lade out. The movie Industry is not old, it has grown. op -within the memory ot the present generation. But the brilliant luminaries ot the screen will make their, exits steadily from now on. Valentino has gone, at an early age. Just now Mabel Xormand, lovable artist ot the silent drama, smiled her last smile, and lay down to sleep. It is as though one bad lost a friend. And so it must be that we shall read how the stars of the movie and talkie whom we have come to regard as close acquaint ances, will one by one make their final appearances. But even as they go new races ana new voices appear; and slips of girls In their teens crowd in for public favor In the snowbouses of the land. "Up above the clouds:" The Bits man, on- his recent busy sojourn In California, made one side trip that was not in di rect line with what he was there for. It wtas a trip to Mount Lowe, made on the day .before leaving Los Angeles. , - The journey is made from the Sixth and Main street depot of the Pacific Electric railway to the Mt. Lowe tavern, climbing to : an elevation ot 4420 feet above sea level in' two hours; 124S feet of the climb being made In a. dis tance ot 2682 feet over a -track that has a grade beginning at 60 per cent, going to z per cent, then decreasing to 68 and ending at 48. This part Is the "great Incline,-" Its Journey np or dews made In six rainntes. The reader may imagine that it is breath taking. m The panorama that spreads be fore one as the dizzy' ascent of the mountain is made is grand "no greater diversification ot scenery can be seen In the whole world," reads (the printed des cription. A veritable wonderland of cities, orange groves, moun tains and the Pacific ocean opens before the eyes of the beholder as he is lifted up and up,' and on to the end of the track to the tavern above the cloud line. From the tavern the trip Is made to the summit on pony back 1100 feE higher putting the visitor 5520 feet above sea level. The eye. carries from this height to beyond the Mexican border- on clear days one can see 200 O -A ran oi tne trouble with Chicago finances has been the "tax racket." Anyone who didn t play fair with the political machine had his property assessment high-jacked. So then he had to kick through with a payment to the precinct captain to get a cut in his assessment. To overcome thia a complete re-assessment was ordered but the fight against it by Mayor Thompson and his gang has been bitter. In con sequence Chicago has collected no taxes for two years. . James Bryce was right when decades ago he pointed out the conspicuous failure of municipal government in the United States. 1 miles, with mountain ranges and cities, sea islands and luxuriant vineyards and orchards and all the varied scenes ot a wonderful ly busy life passing in review far below and all around. Mount Wil son observatory Is up there on the top. The 1,000.000 candle power searchlight is at the pin nacle. - 1s Is it any wonder that 100,000 people a year are attracted to this Mt. Lowe trip, and that each, week end the large tavern at the terminus of the rail line 4420 feet high, and two hours ride from ,the center of California's southern metropolis, is filled to capacity, despite the fact that its housing space waa only recently doubled? There are over 40 electric- lighted cottages that are rented to people who make long stays; they are near the tavern. There is a postof fiee, a store, and even a newspaper there, the "Mount Lowe Daily News." Its by-line is, "Published Dally Above the Clouds." Every visitor gets his name and" address In the newspaper. Most of the states and many foreign countries were represented on the day the Bits man was there. V V Completed nearly" 37 years ago (opened for service July 4, 1893) and having carried millions, this scenic railway has never had even a slight accident. The "great .in cline" looks dizzy, and feels dizzy to many of its passengers, but its huge cablets capable of sus taining safely 20 times the max imum load ever placed upon it; and it has. every device of safety known to the engineers. The cost of the line as originally built was 1700,000. But many improvements hare been added in the nearly 37 years; to the road and the facil ities for accommodating the daily increasing crowds ot visit ors, c In each issue of the Mount Lowe Dally News there Is pub lished Prof. T. S. C. Lowe's own story of the building ot the Mt. Lowe railway. He originally la tended to build to ML Wilsons peak; hut he found that it would be necessary to span two canyons with cables to carry the ears over, and the costly maintenance would not Justify the outlay. So the plans were made to build to the point 1100 feet below the summit where the tavern com munity Is now; taking riding and pack horses (or going on foot) the rest of the way. The first stake was driven with fitting ceremonies in the winter ot 1891, a right of way having been secured from the govern ment. (It is in the forest re serve.) There were many engin eering difficulties. Prof. Lowe in vented for the work several new Ideas of engineering; including for the work several new Ideas of engineering;' including the windless for the "great incline;" Including also the idea of the cir cular bridge that In effect sus pends the passengers In the' air above the cloud line, over a dizzy looking canyon, making the very hair of the timid stand on end. V "a S After working steadily for about IS months the road was completed and opened on the date above stated. The. first car mak ing the "incline contained the members of a brass band, and, upon being asked what they should play, some one suggested "Nearer My God to Thee." That Tha Cooperation of Every Parent is Needed to Carry On tha Finning Crusade Against This Dread Disease, Says Dr. CopelantL By ROYAL S. COPELAND, BL D. United States Senator from New Tork. Former GonmUttioner of MeaUX, Vew York Citg. MOST of as can remember how, enry a few yean ago, thousands . ef tiny tots were attacked by the dread disease diphtheria. It . was tragic to see these Utile children succumb to this terrible malady. Parents and doctors had to stand by helplessly, iraahla to cope with the situation. Within twenty-five years there has come a great change. After much study and experiment, diphtheria antitoxin was found to be a success fat the control ef tills disease. In New York City, during this period ef tune, the deaths have been reduced by eighty per cent and the number of eases has been decreased by thirty per cent by the preventive nfethods which have been develoned. Within the last two years forty-eight special preventive clinics have been provided in the city by the Health Department, competent child specialists are in attendance and treatments are given without charge. It now has been found that toxin-antitoxin is a real preventive of this disease. Dr. William H. Park, director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the New York City Health Deoartment. worked for many years on this, problem. He should have the gratitude of every man, woman and child for the great work he has done in his research with the development of a real protection against diph theria. Diphtheria is not now necessary. uo wese parents or young oou- dren who have not received this sizn pi proteoUve treatment X would say that Just ae you prize the lives ef your children yen should net neg lect seeing your local health anther ltlee, or your own doctor, and have this treatment given your child. We must go forward in our win ning fight agatnst this disease. It is tha little helpless tots from Six to seven months old to children of ten years of age who are most susceptible to this very contagious disease. It Is said that about one third of the children of New Tork City hare not had this treatment and, of eourse, tons of thousands elsewhere. Tho co-operation of every parent Is needed to help wipe oat this dread disease, we most carry oa t sade against Ignorance aad fi handling this situation. i There is nothing to fear In thialtate a MiJ tmnHmo from It, Ton shoou see your local health authorities, mr your doctor, about this matter ttyosj nave a child who has sot seen made tmmnno from diphtheria through the toxin-antitoxin treatment, Do tt be fore it Is too late. 1 Answers to Ilesith Series f Z.COPCLAt9 simple treatment. There is very tains U fear la the disease Itself. Ia this treatment there are ne ap parent after effects. If there is a temporary reaction It is slight and lasts only for a day or two. In young chudrea there is no after ef fect or a. very slight one in some cases. In older children there may be a slight redness at the spot where the injection Is made, and maybe a little fever, but this soon passes.' SVr several years what is known as the "Schick Test" has been used and doctor have been able to locate the children, and grown-ups too, who are susceptible te diphtheria and who are likely to take the disease. So we see what wonderful strides have boon made for the protection ef these ttttle ones and of adults, too, who may be exposed to this dread dlwisse. Ne parent should bes ts make the chil- Mrs. O. B. O. Q. What should a woman of xt, I ft- T in. tan weigh? s Would swimmua briar about a reduction in weight or will ft merebr baud np e body? S Wtet Is reoponatbls ter celled swimmer's crampt A. She should welsh shout 14 pownosi, 2 It may take eft any surplus dux is generauy regarded as a body builder and developer. Jt Mar be duo to over indulgence of swimming, to rolng la too soon after eating, etc. so. John P. Q. What causes an irri tation and dryness of the throatT I am constantly swallowing: saliva, which relieves me for a while. A. Ton may be troubled with nasal catarrh, with dropping into th throat. With special treatment this condition can be remedied. " E. it. Q. What causes my ankles to swell? . A. Very often poor circulation will cause thia trouble and sometlmaa a heart or kidney condition is re sponsible. It might be wise te con sult your doctor for an examination in order to determine ths exact cause. M. a O If the hair to wet and put np ia combs every other night will that eause falUns; hairr J. How much should a girl of If, I ft t Inches tall weigh? I. How can bow legs be made less noticeable? A. Ne. " ' 1. So should weigh about - 111 pounds. S. Consult an srthopedist, BKUNZTTTE. Q. What should a girt of IS. i ft tall weigh? - tj Is tt safe to nse for reducing? A. She should welsh 10f pounds, Sv Not advisable. 14 KILLED, 114 INJURED IN TERRIFIC CRASH was the tone. As the car, which some one called the white chariot slowly rose and the sound of the music grew dimmer to those lis tening below, and out ot the clouds came the "white chariot" at the top of the incline, it made a scene that has never been for gotten by those present and par ticipating. " ' , There Is printed in full the last paragraph of Prof. Lowe's own story, as follows, containing a pa thetic note: "Daring the time of the build ing of the Mount Lowe, railroad, the country was passing through one of the worst financial panics in its history (the panic of 1893). Tourists were not traveling in California as they are in these prosperous days. The population of Los Angeles and the nearby towns was but a fraction of what it is today, and my expenses were very heavy. Suddenly I found my securities depreciating in value and I was forced to file papers of bankruptcy. I lost the road end with it my fortune, because I was 10 years ahead ot the times of the country, and the time for such venture was not ripe. There fore I lost, though I hare no re grets, for I realize that many mil lionaires would sacrifice their for tunes to attain a monument for themselves such as Mount Lowe wiU be to my name when I shall have passed away." W That Is a pleasing as well as a pathetic note. Had he built a great fortune, he could not have taken any ot It with him. After all, as the chemists say, each one of us, mature men and women, Is in the final physical analysis, on O ' ' More Important than any social blue book to Benton and Linn county- merchants is a recent issue of a credit booklet. Therein are printed 3300 names representing people ot had. Indifferent orworth leas credit "The names of many prominent dtlxens both In Corral lis and Albany are to he found therein" reports, the Gazette-Times. It's encouraging t or local merchants to knew their books are. not the only graveyards of hope. - Coach Spears arrived at Portland wearing rubber Tut tnt Coach, those are only for the older professors. Eugene Register. -7 Now? Where did Coach Speare get the Idea that It rained in Ore gon and that robbers would be seeded? If net bo more ot that false advertising which Frank Jenkins of the Register condemns. A check artist was killed by an officer la Benton county last week when he tried to escape arrest So far re hare (noted no edi- -wrai comment on me case, ii ne naa obit neen a ooouegger ae wouia nave naa a paper, monument by this time. 'VP """'! -ww-yts-wi i ii i.p .-niu F'J" l'""mmm'vmmmmmmmmmmmm' f t.,-t '"is T'-r '. . 1 ' "- ' ; j the average, just about 12 buck ets of water and six pounds of ash. And there are no ' pockets in shrouds. And we all finally come with our poor tenements of clay to a long home two feet by six. V But what we do that will add to the sum of human knowledge and pleasure and advancement after we shall have passed on ia a gain that will stand for a mon ument that will not crumble and decay. After all the people of the earth now living have passed to their long homes, and the vast majority of themjshall havS been forgotten, theair' who lost his fortune in bringing the manifold beauties ot an empire under the eyes of uncounted millions, by conquering a granite mountain and making its helghths accessi ble, will be remembered grate fully. The world needs more Prof. Lowes. Oregon needs her share of them. S (The Bits man wrote that Jesse Looney. outstanding oio- neer, leader in the Applegate cov ered wagon train, patriarch ot the well known Looney family of Oregon, was a cousin of Presi dent Andrew Johnson. The print er and proof reader made it Pres ident Jackson. (The p. and p. r. will be forgiven, It they will not thus offend any more.) There is a marked likeness in the pictures of the two men, the president and the pioneer.) The Safety Vaive - - Letters from Statesman Readers Scio, Editor Statesman Ore. 2-16-30. Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks from The States man Oar Fathers Read , February 26, 1905 By a rote of four to one, the Salem school board decided to ac cept the plans submitted by Arch itect D. W. Pugh tor the proposed new Central school building. Bids will be advertised soon. Dear Sir: The butter question is not only amusing but Is getting quite In teresting. The amusing side of it is that there are so many ideas on views oMhe situation only a few days ago. Thelnteresting side, to the real facts in the case. I will enclose a self explanatory letter that I read, in the mail in which you will see the butter that waa stored 41 million pounds. To me it is and was the hoarding that raised the price. Now who are the losers? Of course the farmer is. But the shoe Is pinching the' hoarder and now is appealing back to the farmer to help the hoarder out. The hoarding rais ed the price, resulting In educat ing and compelling the people," .(as winter came and work became less) to use substitutes. The same thing was done during the war with sugar as you will, remember. Storing and holding 'raised the price, thereby letting the bars down and "allowing 850,000 tons of foreign sugar to be shipped in. The price dropped and the hoard ers were left high arfd dry holding a their high priced sugar. (The above articles you will see in Li berty magazine -some-time ago.) In this case the hoarders were the biggest losers. Yours truly, H. L. CLARK," 1U. Scio, Ore. 2. Box 102, The fruit crop will be seriously endangered if the present weather conditions continue. Already the buds of the fruit trees have be gan to show signs of swelling and if the sap rises and there should come a late frost. It Is apt to dam age the fruit crop to the extent of thousands of dollars. . There Is being displayed la the front show room of the Bouse Furnishing company on Liberty street, the pulpltf furniture for the new Congregational church, f The furniture Is attracting a good deal ot. attention and favorable comment, more especially on ac count of the fact that It Is of home manufacture. . : Wrecked Interior of the Chicago, North Shore aad lOlwaukeo coach ia which most of Che deaths and more serious Injarieo occurred uus weejE wtten the doable train cracked np with an aaiosnobUe. The disaster resulted ia 14 dead and 114 Injured. International H. 8. Belle and son Claude will occupy the building at 233 Com mercial. They are agents for the Grand Union Tea company. Whole Army is Mobilized When Couple Quarrel MONTE CARLO. Monaco. Feb. 25. (AP) The entire Monacan srmy of 80 strong was kept mob ilized today following the stir caused by the difference between Prince Pierre and his wife. Prin cess Charlotte, but no disturb ances were reported. Both the urince and nrlnea previously had filed suits for sep aration with the Monacan council, the seniority of which resigned rather than stt in the case. Neither party Intends to sue for divorce, as each is Catholic, but navo saia tney win seek' annul ment of the marriage once separa A Problem For You For Today A ladder 6$ feet long Is based on sspot within rectangular op en space la a city, go that Its top will reach a window on the north CO fet high, on the east E2 ft high. Row many sonars feet In the space? Answer to Yesterday's Problem $ 8 Explanation take 4 nor cent ot 1750; divide SO by 10; this is the interest per month. Di vide C per cent by 12; thl is the rate per month. per cent equals 13; l per cent equals IS; 100 per cent eqaalls S600. Believe it or not! - Salem feeds half the western world with canned strawberries, cherries, apples, prunes, small fruits and vegetables And we teed not quite half of Salem with the best foods we can buy. s Open 'till midnight Capitol. . . Dai?&cqao Opp the Elslnore Ost High Street - te is raiea by the court. . ... - -