Capital journal., December 13, 1920, Page Page Eight, Image 8

Pise Eight
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Thousands of Babies Fed Morphine
Until They Must Drink Tea Instead
Of Milk; Pathetic Cases are Cited
Uy Miirfjcry Hex.
New York, Dec. 13. Buby X. ia
27 months old.
She is a drug' addict.
hhc ia ono 01 thousands of baby
druft addict.
Drug addiction is a fact known
to most of us. YVe know doctors
prescribe drugs, and dealers ped
dle them illegally.
We also know that determined
efforts are being made by city,
state and govetfnment to check
"opium rings" ami drug sales; that
officials try to regulate the habit
in those users they will later try
to cure.
But we think of a drug u.ier as
a wilfully dissipated adult, a poor,
foolisti victim of a morbid craving
for oxcitemont who Kot the habit
of hlfi or her own free wiil.
Kite Cannot Drink Milk.
Baby X. has the habit, and thru
no fault of her own. I went to
nee her in the home of her un
happy mother.
She seemed to be asleep. Clasp
ed in her soft arms was a nursing
bottle filled with strong tea.
Baby drug addicts cannot drink
milk. It nauseates them.
On a rickety table at the bed
side was a glass of water. A spoon
with whitish powder lay beside it.
Baby X.'s mother was vivacious
that night. She had had a large
dnso of heroin
The "hanny dust" had made the
mother gay but it had put her
hahv into a deathlike slumber
The next day the baby was brot
Manhattan from a suburb a
jolting Journey in a cab but she
still slept.
"She always sleeps sound," Mrs.
v Hiiid. "You can't wake her up."
ai, r-trht I couldn't. And
i tried everything which might ac
complish that purpose in order to
have her picture taken, nuuy
slept on heavily her pulse slow,
her little hands fevered, her breath
hardly audible.
She opened her eyes for a mo
ment. They were brown and misty.
She closed them again and her
head nodded. Beside her was the
hottle of tea again.
who doesn't like milk since
she was very sick once," the mo
ther explained, excitedly. "No
body could get her to drink it now.
She loves tea."
Finally the mother told me the
history of her own drug taking,
Thus she had unwittingly made
her pretty and apparently healthy
child a victim of the cruelest ty
ranny in the world.
"It was after an accident, she
bcitan "I was taken to the hospl-
i..l Thev cave me i"' ,,e""-
needle. 1 hated
know what it
away the pain.
,, iiadlv hurt.
1 was given drugs to soothe me.
How Habit Was Formed.
"Then 1 was released from the
heapital as completely well. My
,.ie to a resort to rest.
PSVinv ... -
It was u biyeiy piace
rn'i "
I
$3 vESKnlKlelalMflHaB'HH
prune filling: Cream, 1 cup sugar,
V4 cup shortening, add V4 cup
sweet milk, 1 beaten egg, 3Vj cups
Bitted flour, 3 teaspoons baking
powder. Roll thin and spread with
the following mixture after it has
been well cooked: Mix three-fourth
cup sugar. 1 teaspoon -flour, add
1 cup boiling water, 1 cup of the
finely minced prunes, prepared as
before mentioned, a bit of grated
orange peel or other flavoring.
Place another thin ccoky on top,
bake a delicate brown.
PRUNE-GROWBR'S WIFE.
Woodburn Briefs
Woodburn, Dec. 13. Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Scollard have moved to
Orego City to make thenlr future
home. Mr. Scollard has a position
in the Huntley drug store there.
Bill Brown, Luke Brown, A. C.
Sawyer, of ParkersviHe, and J. J.
Becker of this city, are in Tilla
mook county on a hunting expedi
tion. E. J. Standard, fire chief of
Woodburn, recently attended a
meeting of the fire chiefs of Ore
gon at Portland where 15 towns of
the state were represented. He
was chosen one of the trustees of
the state association which was or-
Aaorney K. P. Morcom was in
Salem last week, where he had
business in circuit court.
Several days ago, while playing
football at Donald, Jesse Rigdon
of this city sustained a fracture
of both bones In his right leg. He
was brought home by Dr. Kettle,
who reduced the fractures, and
the young man is recovering at
the home of his parents here.
President's Brother-in-Law
Denies Bribe
in Shipping Inquiry
Hubbard News
Hubbard, Ore., Dec. 13. The
Chautauqua festival closed Friday
night after a four days' session of
successful entertainment.
John School, Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Bcholl and Mrs. A. R. Bevens were
Salem visitors during the latter
part of the week.
Miss Florence Hagon Is on duty
again at the Beck store after a
two-weeks' vacation on account of
illness.
Miss Ruby Crlttendon left a few
days ago for lone, where she is
assisting in the State bank during
the crop moving season.
Jack Ott has the frame com-
pie'ed and partly enclosed for his
j new house on the Ooudy tract near
(town, which he recently purchas-
ed. Mr. Ott is also planting sev
eral acres to loganberries, and
will make his place a loganberry
Dual roles by photoplay star a.c umivUtiij a puom.e fad and
no more pieasing dellnerator of th em is
OharmlRg Norma Talmadge. In " yes or
picture which is now showing at i e Liberty, this dainty star appears
in two distinctly different charact (-millions, stai tlingly unlike
other.
tunct
But 1 didn't
was and it took
I had fallen and
For eleven weoUs
everything
. - t
to make person nappy
You
. .. .... i,l.! nace v"
Stayed there only 24 hours. 1 had
a terrible feeling, a craving I did
....t ,,,iHersta:id.
l suited something terribly
. i i.n v:iltlmi for some-
seenu-o .,
i .willed to kill m:.elt
mm. " . i,,.b
...... .ih.r iiiouiiht mo baca
ivi y 1 1 .... ..v - -
. w, York. 1 culled on the dm
...i,,. had taken care of me thru
i..,u he was the one who
. j !..,, mi. mornhim and
I1HU llin ,.r
, wn .......... fmitet ni.v leellnt.
I ttiiuu pit".
when lie said:
'Afhv vou're an addict
U....H his face. He be-
HllOlilU nr....
Kan to give me drugs again. Moi
it ..i.ri a lot. too. My mo
ft... alri for it I couldn't tell
my husband 1 thought he would
never love me again. And my mo-
in i see me sufler wltli-
it
I naid M a week to the doctor
for the prescriptions, and the
drugs cost $1.60 a day.
"Another doctor got hold of me
later and he wanted me to start on
the needle. I couldn't do it. I
have a horror of it. So 1 began
buying from the peddlers. That
cost ('bout 1 1 0 a week.
It's I'ju-y to tiel NurNtli.
"A girl 1 know and I used to buy
an 'ess' of morphine. It's a big
white lump- It cost 125. to 3r,
and we'd each pay half and then
lit it in two. That much would
last me a little over a week about
nine days.
"It's easy to get drugs on any
porner In certain neighborhoods,
just go to some one standing
around and give them n hint of
what you want and there It is.
"1 used to take thirty or forty
....... - ,i. 1 mil stand a lot. i
need it. It is the only thing that
trine me back to normal. 1 had
ome today, but not enough. Feel
my hands (they were damp and
mv forehead. I perspire terribly
when I haven't had the usual
mount.
"Oh. Ood. what doctors have
done to me: 1 wish I never saw
one. The give drugs to people
and make habits, and the poor vie
time then must alwnys suffer."
Mrs X was conquered by drugs
Since then Baby X. was born.
child Of a drug addict
"I have been a good mother."
ay Wtrm. X. "I nursed n;y baby
for seventeen months."
Poor misguided victim. Just in
that way i a baby made an addict
It would hare been kindness to
aeparaie mother from child im
mediately after birth and permit
tad others to care for It till the
feather had recovered her normal
state, free from the thralldom of
.morphine
Wheel a child like Baby X . sr
customed to the soothing effect of
drug. Is deprived of them, there
re certain symptoms which ap
pear, violent digestive disturban
ce, which truth! frighten an un
tutored woman. These are known
as "withdrawal symptoms" and
prove beyord doubt that a child
drug addict,
iefcer- such a baby,
must be quenched by
Ihst lacks the peculiar
mint is ww iut-.ii ,iyu.. j
ment for young children, what de
vastating power drugs possess
when they make this best of foods
Impossible to their slaves! For
there is a ouality In milk which
wars against drugs in the human
stomach.
Signs of Heroin. '
Beside the rosebud mouth of Ba
by X., pouting while she dreamed,
was an angry-looking red abra
sion. Her little nose was dlsfig
urod with another such mark.
These ordinarily trivial irrita
tions are to an expert suspicious
signs They indicate heroin ap-
piled to the nostrils to be breathed '
into the system. t
At two years a child should be
bright, full of the exuberance of
youth, active, aggressive In its
movements, firm of cheek and clear
of eye.
The story of Baby X. is a dreary
one. in it there is nothing of the
Joys of babyhood. ItB bubbling
laughter, and lusty grief, its con-
reaohing out are strangely
ideal nourish- . VanVleet, who
franize dat Portland.
The Methodist ladies' aid will arm almost exclusively,
hold a pantry sale at the Emmettl n- p- Bernhardt of (Florence
offered In filmland than ; store in this city next Saturday. was visiting at the L. L. Hersh
.'o'.'" her latest and best: Mr and Mrs. Will Owen haveiW homo in Hubbard a few
returned from Goldendale, Wash., ' days last week. He had been in
each Where they have been visiting rel- j Portland to see his son, who is in
! atives and friends. I a hospital recovering from a re-
MJSB Lillian Cornell, employed? -"u mjuiy.
by the I'. By. L. & P. Co. at Sa- Mr- and Mrs- W. J. Morton were
lam. visited relatives in the city , visiting in Portland a few days
Rollinff in Snow wz
Haves Man's Liffi!.vere burns. bUt "e,J84
Casper, Wyo., Dec. 1J A thick
blanket of snow on the ground here
saved the life of F. E. Wagoner
woria war veteran, who has been I
decorated for bravery in France
An explosion resulted In Wagon-'
er becoming a "human tor,.h I
when his clothing was soaked with 1
flaming gasolirfe. Rushing from the
building where the explosion oc
curred, the former service man rol
led in the snow until the flames
I
"e particu h7'7a'
Particular VZ L e
eem to fat,. bu -
"e constant pushi.
"d that devr!: th.
unconquerable 8tli' r"
Joctr.v
GRAND THEATRE
wue igni, l-uesday, December lith
tnrrt..
iMtlll living ami I
is 90 years old. Out of the family!
of 30 children, grandchildren and !
great-grandchildren, Mrs. Van-
vieuLs ueatn was u rirst to oc
cur. L. P. Swan, miller at Champoig,
has ji'epared a a convenient form
a recipe for making yeast, whlchc
he claims, if the directions are
carefully followed, will insure per
fect bread making. Mr. Swan has
been in the milling business for
many years, both here and in Wis
consin, and is considered authority
on the subject of perfect bread.
a few days last week
Mrs. Clayton Geer
of Camas,
during the preceding week.
Miss Rens Hutchinson and Miss
i lazy one,
of flabby
$inual
absent
Tb.ls baby's smile is
the merest uplifting
white cheeks.
Her small tinier lie limp, they
fail to tighten on a visitor's prof
fered finger, one of babyhood's
'oldest tricks.
Yet, sad and gloomy ub the pic
ture is, the greatest force In the
world lightens it.
Hope there is hope for Baby
X. and her unlucky kind.
They can be deprived of drugs
without any serious effects. They
will not wish for it after it is
tairen away from their diet. And
that fact proves that drug addlc-
Itlon is not a disease, but a habit.
None but adults, who are mentally
awake, grave the drug.
But Baby X. must be separated
from her mother while that
wretched . woman takes a cure in
some institution. Fear of this sep
aration luis haunted Mrs. X. ever
since her child was born. It is
her dreaded punishment, yet o
mighty is the call of morphine she I food grind
Open Forum
Why .Vol I'hv More Prunes
lit Home?
To The Editor: I notice by the
papers there seems to be little
market for dried prunes this year
to date, eather at home or abroad.
Could there not be an education
al campaign right here at home
which would show the merits of
dried prunes and induce more peo
ple to use them?
I notice In the state of Wash
ington they have an "Apple Week "
when everyone consumes as many
apples as possible, in all manner
or dishes, to help get rid of an
extra large crop of apples and to
keep from over-stocking the mar
ket, why not a "Prune Week"
here?
Possibly there may be some peo
ple who think stewed prunes not
one of the best dishes. I wonder
if they stew them slowly on the
back of the range, all day, or a
pat "f two days? It has been my
experience that It requires the pro
longed cooking to bring out the
fine flavor of the prune.
May I offer a few suggestions as
to the use of dried prunes in cook
ing? These may be old to many,
but hope they are new to some.
To prepare prunes for use in
mince meat, steamed puddings,
fruit cake, cinnamon rolls ' or
oreao, pour belling
mem, let stand
the home of their aunt, Airs. !
John Zeek, seveial days last week. I
, Mrs. J. li. Bmmert and daughter
wefe shopping1 in Oregon
Ho Should Worry.
Some people have all the luck.
t . An li,r eeiii j- .
He is renorted to !-"' lne lasc OI tne week. "" muuni is going to the
.ir. anu Mis. wprague are visit- ai unanciai al-
wscr ana won't have to buy a new
lug their son at Namna. Idaho
They expect to stay there most of ovcrcoat.
the winter.
W. S. Hurst of Portland was in
town last week looking after busi
ness matters. Mr. Hurst is buying
potatoes here and loaded out two
pan before he returned to Portland.
-cannot put the drug from Iter,
even to hold fast her baby at her
aide.
But. after all, why blame those
poor women in the thrall of a
power they cannot defy?
Blame the drug proscrlbers,
prosecute the illicit dealers and
the "opium ring
A menace that affects the think
ing. resourceful adult is something
deplorable, but one that reaches
out its long, clammy fingers to ci
less into sleep the rosy cheeks of
babies is one to be fought relent
lessly.
water over
moment, drain
remove pita, and run thn,.i,
I find them just so
......... tut-.!,,,.,-, villi give a cooky
recipe which I use and find very
nice.
Prune cookies, or cookies with
Wash., was visiting friends in the ' Eva Hutchinson of Canby visited
city a few days last week.
E. R. Danielson of, Monitor Is
in Salem at present receiving med
ical treatment. He is Xroperde ) Ruth
leal treatment.
be Improving.
Archie Engle, who was here last
week visiting relatives, and who
expects to get a 30-day vacation,
received word from his company
to report for duty at Astoria, where
he resides, and consequently, cut
his vacation short.
The Woodburn Grange held an
all-day meeting here Saturday.
Dinner was served and the elec
tion of officers occurred in the
afternoon.
After visiting for a week or ten
days with her mother, Mrs. W. S.
Elliott, Mrs. Lillie Kuenzli has re
turned to her home in Salem.
Dolph Boyer of Roseburg was
visiting in town a few days last
week. He has some idea of mak
ing a trip to Mexico.
When on her way to attend the
funeral of the late Lawrence Ol
son a few days ago, Mrs. Charles
Kuensting fell on the walk and
fractured an arm.
E. W. Gibbins'thumb on his left
hand came between the ax and
a chopping block recently, and as
a result a portion of the member
is missing.
As a result of Major Moshberg
er's efforts during the last few
weeks. ri0 young men are interest
ed in the proposition of organizing i
a militia here, and it is believed
that arrangements can be com
pleted soon to organize the com
pany. Miss Sherlie Cookham has pur
chased the G. W. Phillips house
on Second street and with her mo
ther will .occupy the premises.
The consideration involved In the
transaction was $1,000.
Clyde Burdick is visiting friends
in Sacramento, Cal., and expects
to be absent two or three weks.
Bert Broyles returned from a
hospital In Portland a
R. Wilmer Boiling, treasurer of
the u. S. Shipping board, and brother-in-law
of President Wilson,
photographed in the Federal' build
inrr. New York city, while testi
fying before the House committee
Investigating into the activities of
the Shipping board. Mr. Boiling,
in recent testimony, was accused
of having accented a bribe in the
lawarding of a contract by the Ship
ping board. MY. Boiling denied
these charges on the witness stand.
Greatest Electric and Scenin RflWo w m. '
anownoml
Lower Floor $2.00
Balcony $1.50
Gallery $1.00
War Tax Extra
Seat Sale NOW
3 Hunters Plead
Guilty; Fined By
Means of 'Phone
Cody, Wyo., Dec. 13. To avoid a
roundabout trip of several hundred
miles to Mammoth, three men
charged with hunting big game
.within the confines of Yellowstone
park, pleaded suilty by telephone
and paid fines aggregating $160.50.
The three men fined C. A. Pat
terson, of Pashaka, Wyo.; John
.Stilwell, of Texas, and Clay Tyler.
of this city declared they were
unaware of the fact that they had
crossed the boundary., line of the
park, but rather than make the
long Journey to Mammoth, they
telephoned to Commissioner Mil
drum there, pleaded guilty and ar
ranged to forward the amount of
the fines.
Patterson paid $105.00, being
charged with killing an elk inside ;
the park. The other two men i
were fined $27.75 each for the al-
leged killing of grouse.
IG RUSH AT
ThelPrice
Has Few Relatives.
Corn has but few relatives in the I
plant world. Everyone knows the j
value and use of corn as a farm j
feed, but few appreciate its value !
as a human food In this country.
In other corn producing countries
it Is a popular human food. It is
few days I a strictly American plant, but sail-1
Shoe Co's
SHOE SALE
ago, having been operated upon ors carried it broadcast, and field
for appendicitis, and Is feeling ' of It now cover the other contl
iine. he says. mints.
BIG SHIPMENT
Sale On All
Aurora News
Aurora, Ore., Dec. 13. Provid
ing a compensation of only 134
for Hie last fiscal year the Donald
postofflce may have to go begging
ror a postmaster. A civil service
examination will be held in Salem
on the 8th of next month to fill a
contemplated vacancy in that of
rice, but so far as can be learned
there are no applications for the
position at the present time. The
bfflee is In the fourth class. There
is considerable work attacched to
the office more, it is said, than
the pay for that class of offices
provides.
Mrs. Fred Will ami her brother.
Asa Thompson, have returned
''in California. They went to
UrTille, Gal- a few weeks ncn. ult
ra receiving Information by wire
la.it their parents, who were en
route home from Aurora to south
ern California, had been taken off
the train at Orville in a critical
condition. Mrs. Thompson had
suffered a paralytic stroke while
un in.- train. Hoth the parents
are yet very III.
Mrs. Ida Asklns has returned
from Ihe Hubbard hospital, where
she has been receiving treatment
.- t, mm is recover-i
ins eij nicely.
Mr and Mrs. Henrv Tautfeet of
Far-o. were; visitors In Aurora dur
ing the week-end. They came here
to do shopping.
Hugo Muerke was In Portland
on businesn during the latter nan
of the week
The Aurora Rehekah I,. dee will
hold a basket social in their hall
on ihe evening of December IS
The ladies will be expected to fur
nish the baskets and lunch, and
the men the money.
Wslter and Henry Colrin were
here on business last week.
Among the road districts in
Clackamas county to vote heavy
levtea was Ne. te. In Toderrllle,
which will use 4 miles on the
Canby and Marquam road and 4
nm on me otner roads In the
district , J,
V. VanVleet has lust received a
telegram ronveylre; the sad Intel
ligent of uis mother's death,
which occurred at Cnion City.
MV. tV wv it - ears of tx
hwbfr 11 was rhe Srd anni
Arr!Xfiday This Week
SACRIFICED
Men's Work Shirts
Regular $1.75 for $1,28
Regular $1.85 for 9gc
Regular $2.00 for $1.35
Men's and Women's Underw'r
Regular $2.50 Union Suits $1.85
Regular $2.25 Union Suits $1.60
Shoes
for Men, Women and Children
$12.00 Balsil Shoe for men $5.00
$4.50 Ladies' Shoes $2!oo
Children's Shoes HALF PRICE
"Boss" Jersey Gloves
Regular 35c for 20c
Ladies' Silk Hose
Regular $2.00 for $1.28
Dishes and Cooking Utensils
Percolators, Casseroles, etc., at great
sacrifice.
42 piece set, Gold Striped dishes ..$8.50
FOLLOW THE CROWD
MEN'S BLACK SHOES Lace, all sizes,
up to $12.00. Late last, fl A ffr t
broken line. Go at p4.70 t
WOMEN'S ODD LOTS All styles, all ;:
sizes, both high and tow heels, black
and colors. Up to $12.00 (J Jk f-f V.
.grades $4a7D ::
Thousands of Other Bargains
Those are all new high quality goods but have been pur-
ch'Klnl t.t K.t tt 1- ...... i i. 1 1 .... . 1
iivu, ummiupi siocKs, wrecked shipments, etc., at
low prices. 011 get the benefit by buying here.
II Tin r.-m--m
wuiviaiN S SHOES Up to $15.00 I
grades, full run of siezs, both heels, f
new styles. (PET ACT "
Now go at . ., tOe7D ;!
BOY'S SHOES Black lace. A good I
school shoe. Ree-uinr s nn o, tc nn
grades. To close out, 0O OCT !! run drfn'S SHOES Brown Elk
sizes 11 to 5V2 go at. .. Z.95 j ; molf Elk, gS substantial
WOMEN'S RUBBERS Hundreds of AU sizes 9 to 13. While they CI jJ5
Dairs Rpo-nlof i rn i0f P
" - -- ap & .JJ,
These Prices Will Bring Them
WOMEN'S PATENT LEATHER OX
irrRna Vino Hrpss shoes, Frencb
heels. Regular $10.00 OA 0J
grades, to close out JT'W
24 PAIRS MEN'S HANAN SH0ES--Selected
from our stock of brow
lines. Broken sizes, black lace ano
button. Regular $21, jjJgO
20 PAIRS WOMEN'S HANAN SHOES
rn 1
nowsoa ;
SE.N'S, C0MFORT SHOES- Up to J
$6.00, to close out ,fto tktr
t ::
verv
Broken lines
$21.00 grades.
To clear out, go at
A hi-nken si
$10.00!
last. Regular $4.50 grades
CHILDREN'S SHOES
smoked elk. $5.00
sizes, to close out quick- 'VC.ifD
have to hurry -
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STEINBOCK'S
HOUSE OF BARGAINS
373-377 Court St. Phone 464
Men's and Women's
Felt and Leather
House Slippers
Regular $2.00 and Q-.-$2.50
grades go at. vOC
Kegular $3.00
grades go at..
COME EARLY
stk -a sr
X CUAC jtaSr
WW
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Ken's and W11
Felt and Leat
House Slippy
taiisWf
Regular $4.00
orades BO at..
Sf!iRegular$5.00
fairs
kiaoss . m nt
Mssj.fcswg"' 6
$2.95
COME EABLf
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versary sr ha- marriige to a A.