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FALLS CITY NEWS
PALLS CITY. OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915
VOL. XI
NEW "DOPE” LAW
TO LESSEN CRIME
1.138,100 pounds aa against an tmpor
ta Hon o f 8,|8S,fi2S pound* for lb* dec
ad* 1000-0 , aa lucre#*# o f M l per
cent TMe be# not taken Into account
Upturn smuggled during Ibis period
The*, as against a 188 per cent In­
crease la the total population in the
Bra decades, there waa an Increase In
too Importation and ronaemption of
aptom of SOI per cent
It la claimed that thin enormous In­
crease is directly due lo lb* facility
with which the drug may be Imported,
manufactured Into Its various deriva­
tives aad preparations and placed with­
in tha reach of the Individual.
“Thara haa beta In tbla country.“
■ays the report on tb* Harrteon bill,
laa almost aba me I sea traffic In these
Criminal classes bare been
TI m « • Per Curt H drag*
created, aad the use of tba drags, with
mack accompanying moral and eco­
dieted to V m af Opium |n t o w a# nomic degradation, to widespread
Ito Fawns Ow r 40M00 Pound* Can­ among tho upper ctaaeee of soctoty.
in Thin Cwirtry Annually.
Wo ara an opium consuming nation to­
day.“
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AnU-inratlc M Halt) M k
it Ml Hinafol Drop.
118 INCREASE I« IMPORTS.
«otic net. effective Muck L win
Austrian Physicians In Army.
ty decrees* U m i n at
Vienna.—Austria In an Imperial de­
to I n m crime la thli country if It cree haa ordered an pbyMctana under
•fly to Joto tb* army.
prove* aa effective aa Its sponsor*
Thl. measure,
bar, provldaa la effect that on u t aft-
ar March 1. 1010, no dealer aha II ba al­
to wad to M il or glv* array habit form-
lag drug* wit hoot a phyetde*'* pre­
scription ar direct laatraettoaa front a
doctor. Drag* thna placad a odor the
baa ara optam. coca loaves or aay coua-
pouad. mannfaeture, salt, derivative ar
praparatloa mad
Remedies which
two grains ad opium or
fourth of a grata of morpfctna. or owa-
otghth of a grate of horota. or oaa
grain of codotao ara taeladad la tha Hot
— ’Thar* la ao reason for
of aaroottca which cannot ha
aay healthy woman to walgh more
d*rad^>y a phyetetan. A apodal tax of than 130 pounds If aha haa aay moral
•1 a year B oat ha paid float March 1 coniuga," said Mm May Bella McAr­
hr all paaaoaa who a*U or dlapaaaa thur. “Look at ma.
*Thto Is my twenty-third day of fasi-
aueh drug*. Aay poraoa who falla to
eoatoly with tha requirements of tho lag. I'm cheerful; t*m bappy. 1 weigh
tow la aohjoct to a daa of not aaaaa
t r * pound* lata than whaa I
than «1000 or tmprlaocmoot tor a t m
I haven't aay Intention of
of five years. or both.
op en til I'm down to 128
approprlatad tlBdfiOO to ha
hy tha caBBtoaloaar of In­
“I aspire ta 128 pounds bocaui
ternal roToono to anfarca tha now law.
cant think so wall as medium
According to atattodca faralahod cow
They cast look ao beau­
i at tho time tho Bantooa bOI waa tiful or tael ao well.“
aldoratlon. « par cant of tha
la tha twanty-thre* days of bar fast
la largo tolls and atoto Mm McArthur ate two stalks of celery
i ara addicted to tha apian hohtt a day. Oaa glam of water a day to
In soma ono of Ua forma, and of tha Flu only Iloti Id täkm.
general criminal population. 40.it par
“Celery la all I’ve eaten for almost a
coat ara habitual oaara of tho drag. la month." ehe said. *T don't mind the
tho modi cal profaaaloa of
fasting much.“
territory thara appaara to ha aa ar
“What do you sat for breakfast. Mm
of S.M par cant who o n optam and MeArthnrV waa asked.
1.83 par coat of trmlnad nuraaa ara
“Nothin*." aha replied.
Ukawlaa addicted to drug* la oao farm
“For luncheon T“
or aaothar.
“Nothing. Sometime# a glam of wa-
Statistics furnished by msnufactor-
ara ahow that tha oao of morphias la
“For dinner r*
tha rural dlatrtcta of aoma aastorn
McArthur.
“A h r breathed Mm
atatao has Increased 100 par B at la 'TW o stalk* of celery.
tha last tea yearn Aa estimate made
“I don't exercise except to walk. I
toon tha oalaa book of oao Arm ahow* walk aavaml miles every day."
that la oaa or two of then atataa tha
“Do you think all women, If tn good
oaa o^ optam has Increased 180 par health, coaid reduce as you '‘have
cant
d o *# r
Aococdtog to tha arguments made hy
“Absolutely. The trouble with wom­
tha proponents of tha law tha United en la cowardice. They Ilk* the sensa­
■tatae gorarameat la bound by tha eon- tion of eating too much. Ttoey would
▼entlon signed at Tha Megan Jan. 21 rather taste a chocolate drop than bo
U1X to control tha aala of optam aad a Me to think rapidly or mow* about
allied tratoca la tola country. It haa gracefully."
bean pointed oat that daring the last
"Do yon consider dieting Infallible?"
twanty-dra roars opium, morphine,
I do. Look at mo. My Bg-
coca laaraa and cocaine bar* bean Im­
lmproved every day since I
ported Into this country, manufactured
aad there to little room left
and placad upon to# ganaral atorkat la for further Improvement Most worn-
each forme aa to ha available to aay r * are laay—downright laxy. They
oaa who deal tea them or who daotraa ■tart to exercise, keep It up for two
day* or a week and them atop. They
to trade la them.
The report of to* latornattonal opi­ •tart to diet, keep It up for two meals
um coramiaston ahow* that Italy, with or two days aad than slip.
handicapped a
a population of 33.001X000, Imports aad
la Ufa. H they are tndtf-
cooaumea but 3,000 pounds of madlct-
nal opium each year; that Npala. with fereat about their weight and haiWF In
a population of 1X000,000, Imports aad ■pita of It wen and good. But those
uaoa so Utile that It la not separately who long and dream of getting thin
entered In cnatoms or ether returns. a## more to be scolded than pitied. All
have, to do to to sat celery and
Germany, whose population la 80,000.-
watermelon, drink water and
000, Imports about IT,000 pounds for
Tk*y*ra bound to reduce."
home consumption aad HoUaad about
3.000 pounds a year. These dgurao
Show that the t r * European countrtoa.
BHIF SHOWS IDENTITY.
wtto a total population of 16X000,000,
Import aad coasuma I s m than 30,000 Mailand-America Ui**r gquipped WKh
panada of opium annually.
Hugo BlaatHa Sign.
According to dgurea laid before eaa-
Haar Tort.—In accordanc* nlth tb*
tha United State# Imports *44 eftar frem tb* govnrnment, of Th*
orer 400,000 pounds of Opi­ Nafherlaada tb* Holland-Arxetlcan iln-
um each year. It haa bean ctahaad *r Nlauw Amsterdam, front Rotterdam.
that tha Importation of opium aad
4 bar »am * patnted on aach ekle tn
morphine Into the United States dur­ hugn Capital lettara befrr* ab« atartad
ing tha last fifty yearn hag not been
for tha otbsr std*.
excess! ra, but haa simply grown with
O f tim asm* ata* aa tb* palnted let-
the Increase la population. Adrocatas
«tag will ba arranrgod bog* slactrlc
of the law which haa Just bean with
eigne apalllng tb* nam* o f tb*
tan upon tha statute hooks deny tola
Theas will b * tocated amldships
amsrtion Figures la their pnsaaartim
and coa b# read U a distanoa of aav-
•how that tha Importation of optam aral
tho decade of 1360« * M
IF YOU W 0ULD6ET
THIN, EAT CELERY
CMufi W m m H is Reduced
Tmtj-fln Poinds.
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N o. 27
WOUNDED, STICKS TO POST.
Direst* British Ship Frem Chair In
Turkish Attack on Sues.
London.—Tha Cairo correspondent of
tb* b elly Chronicle telegraphs aa fol­
lows:
"A stirring little story o f quiet hero­
ism displayed during a battle against
Turkish Invaders tha other day haa
been told me here. The hero o f the Inci­
dent to a pilot named Carew, who waa
on board the Ilardlnge. one o f tb*
ablpe on the canul helping to repel tb*
Ottoman attack.
"Carow'a ship cam# under the beer­
iest 8re, and be waa severely wounded
in an arm and a tog. *11* would not
however, leave hi* poet although suf­
fering terribly.
" ‘Bring me e chair and prop me up/
be said to one o f lb# crew. *1 will ae*
you through.'
“The gallant pilot to now In a hos­
pital, w h e re It waa found neceoM ry to
amputate on* o f his lags. Happily be
to making good progress, and his re­
covery to a M u re d ."
HOW TO CURE HAY FEVER.
Plek Your Favorite Pollen, Brow Vae-
oin* and Inoculate.
Bo#ton.—Summer trips to high alti­
tudes will be no longer necessary to
hay fever sufferer* if the experiments
announced by Dr. Harris P. Mosher
at the Harvard medical school fulfill
hto expectation*.
Dr. Moeber baa been experimenting
to find a vaccine for hay fever, and at
a public lecture before the medical
school ha explained that I f a bay fever
patient oould decide on the particular
Bower or weed pollen which caused his
■auction ha had only to Inoculate him
self with a vaccine made from extract*
o f this pollen to become Immune to Its
effects.
The only effect thus far noticed from
Inoculation with pollen serum, the phy­
sician said, way a local raah, which
vanished in a short time.
MODERN ENOCH ARDEN
RETURNS, BUT ALAS!
WHEN WE
M EA SU R E YO U
WE FIT YOU IN
A SUIT AND OVERCOAT.
LET US MEASURE V0U FOR THAT NEW SUIT
AND 0UERC0AT YOU NEED. THEN YOU CAN
GET A FIT AND NOT HAVE CLOTHES LIKE A
DOZEN OTHERS.
YOU CAN GET HIGH-GRADE. MADE-TO-YOUR-
MEASURE CLOTHES FROM US FOR ABOUT HALF
WHAT ANY TAILOR WILL CHARGE YOU.
IT TAKES ONLY A FEW DAYS FROM THE
TIME WE PUT THE TAPE ON YOU UNTIL WE
TURN YOU OUT A WELL-DRESSED MAN.
N. S E L IG ’S
F A L L S C IT Y D E P A R T M E N T S T O R E
Stirn Jüdin Teli) Htm tn Get
cities for which the Russians and Aus-
tro German forces have been strug­
Out of Town nt Onci.
gling.
Binghamton. N. Y.—Because Adam
Rundel o f Lestershire took twenty-one
year* to return with a List o f groceries
for which bla w ife aent him In 1894 be
baa lost bla w ife and has been exiled
from Lestershire.
Rundel walked into his home the
other ulgbt with the groceries.
HI*
daughter,
grown
to
womanhood,
thought he waa a burglar and scream­
ed with fright. He reassured her, dis­
closed bla Identity and aaked for her
mother. H er mother waa dining with
friend* at a downtown restaurant, the
girl told him.
Rundel found the restaurant and
easily Identified his w ife snd her party.
“ Hello, Anna!" said be cheerily.
T v * brought the groceries borne.
Let's go up and have supper."
The w ife fainted, but a man at her
side ordered Rundel ou t
"W h y ? " aaked Rundel.
"Because abe'a my w ife," said Hen­
ry Pickering, who married M r* Run­
del ten years after she bad given np
hope o f Rundel's return.
Then they mixed. When tb* police
arrived Rundel waa on the Boor.
Later he waa arraigned in police court
"1 Just went aw ay." he told Judge
In gal*
“ I went to Warren Center.
Pa., where I ’ve been ever since.
I
thought I ’d like to ae* my family again
and came b o m *"
“ Go back to Warren Center, and nev­
er come here again. Ton ar* discharg­
ed." aald the Judge
battlefield there, and’ she wandered lor
several days over It, hoping to find
some trace o f him.
Sbe called her experience a "night­
She waa tn Warsaw on Nov. 27. she
mare” and did not wish to talk o f I t
said, when a Zeppelin flew over the
city and dropped bomb* one o f which | She made her way from Cracow to
Kleff, to Petrograd, to Sweden, to N ew ­
killed her brother, who waa a soldier.
castle and thence to London. Sbe now
A fter the death o f her brother ahe de­
believes sbe will soon hear from the
young Austrian officer, having learned
that bla command escaped.
ROCKS IN STEAMER LANE.
One Found O ff Alaska Coast “ a Sub­
merged Wachington Monument."
Washington.—Tw enty one uncharted,
dangerous pinnacle rocks bave teen dis­
covered by tbe coast survey in forty-
tw o miles o f the Inside passage usel
by all steamers going up and down the
Alaska coast One Is 000 feet high,
comes within seventeen foot o f tbe
surface and was described by tbe en­
gineers as a "submerged Washington
monument"
Tbe rocks were discovered by tbe
nae o f a wire drag suspended from
buoys.
TME WEEK IN HISTORY
Monday, 1 — Nebraska admitted
to Union, 1867,
Tuesday. 2.— Declaration o f T ex­
as Independence signed, 1836.
Wednesday. 3— Florida admitted
to Union, 1845. Circular saw
invented, 1780.
SOUGHT LOVER IN WAR ZONE.
Vaung Girl Describes Experience* an
Cracow Battlefield.
N ew York.—A slim, pink cheeked,
bright eyed young woman wearing
medahi she had picked np on battle­
fields o f the Russian war front arrived
her* from Liverpool with a story o f
hm wanderings to find her i^voetheart,
an officer In the Austrian army.
She la Isabel Siellga Struslnska, a
Pol*, who cornea her* to rest and re­
cover from the shock to her nerves due
to fter experleucpjn W arsaw antLothqr
Photo by American Presa Association.
ISABEL aXBLIOA STB CS INS I A.
elded to make an effort to find ber
sweetheart, who abe says to the son o f
a "celebrated Austrian general."
She walked from Warsaw to Lem­
berg, passing over places where there
had been bard fighting and gathering
memento*
From Lemberg abe went
to tbe outskirts o f Cracow. Sbe aaya
ahe became obsessed with tbe Idea that
her xwegtheart bad.bgen killed on the
Thursday, 4.—Lincoln inaugurat­
ed, 1861. Cortez lands in Mex­
ico, 1519,
Friday, 5. — Boston massacre,
1770.
Westinghouse patents
air-brake, 1872,
Saturday, 6.— Dred Scott decision
1867.
Sunday, 7.— Bell telephone pat­
ented, 1876. Luther Burbank
born, 1849.