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4A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 8, 2015 O PINION Offbeat Oregon History Legendary Oregon ‘authoress’ started with poetry, dime novels BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel I n January of 1865, a poised, attractive 39-year-old woman stood on the doorstep of Oregon legal legend Matthew Deady. She had come to ask his advice about a new project, which she’d decided to take on. She had, she told him, just arrived in Portland and already had agreed to write a defi nitive history of the new state, and she’d heard his personal li- brary praised to the skies; would he be willing to let her see it? No, he would not. “[Oregon has] suffered enough at the hands of itinerant scrib- blers,” he told her gruffl y. The woman was shocked and probably a bit incensed at this reception. Defensively, she re- torted that she “could not see how knowledge of a country was to be obtained without itinerancy.” She was, she added, a correspondent for the San Francisco Evening Bulletin and had already fi led sev- eral stories about her explorations around Portland. But Deady’s attitude had changed the instant the woman mentioned the Evening Bulletin. She later learned that a few weeks before, another woman had come around Portland soliciting funds for a similar project — the 1800s equivalent of a Kickstarter cam- paign — and subsequently disap- peared with the proceeds. As soon as Deady realized his new visi- tor was a legitimate, credentialed journalist, the walls came down. “The interview ended by a cor- dial permission to use his library as if it were my own, and from that day until his death Judge Deady was the staunchest and most help- ful of my Oregon friends,” she later wrote. The woman on Deady’s porch that day was just setting out on a project that would make her argu- ably the most infl uential Oregon writer of the 19th century. Her name was Frances Fuller Victor. Frances Fuller was born in 1826 in New York and raised in Ohio. There, she and her sister Metta started writing and publishing po- etry — fi rst in local newspapers and later in the New York Home Journal. By age 24, she was in De- troit as editor of her own magazine — no mean feat for a member of “the fair sex” in the Victorian age. She married a man named Jack- son Barritt when she was 27 and quit the literary scene so that the two of them could try to prove up a land claim near Omaha. But three years later, Barritt had abandoned both his land claim and his new wife. So Frances returned to live with Metta in New York, ready to get back into writing. There, she started writing dime novels — the mid-1850s equiva- lent of pulp fi ction. These were short 100-page novellas printed on cheap pulpwood paper with bright yellow or orange covers. She wrote at least three of them: “Anizetta, the Guajira; or, The Creole of Cuba”; “East and West; or, The Beauty of Willard’s Mill” and “The Land Claim: A Tale of the Upper Missouri.” She wrote them under her married name: Mrs. Frances Barritt. The American Civil War broke out while she was doing this. By that time, she hadn’t seen Mr. Bar- ritt in three years, and she’d fallen in love with the brother of Metta’s husband, a Naval engineer named Orville Victor. So in April of 1862, she took legal steps to end her mar- riage (sources differ on whether it was a divorce or an annulment, but because she was not Catholic, an- nulment seems improbable). The very next month, she and Victor were wed. The haste with which they moved was most likely be- cause of Henry’s responsibilities to the Navy; he was about to be transferred to San Francisco, and she wanted to go with him. And so she did. But naturally, once there, Frances wasn’t about to stop writing. Soon her witty columns were regularly appear- ing in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin and her short stories were gracing the city’s leading literary magazine, the Golden Era. She wrote under the pseudonym “Flor- ence Fane.” Frances loved San Francisco. But when Henry retired from the Navy due to a medical condition, he decided Oregon was the place for him; from afar, he had devel- oped a sort of romantic obsession for the Beaver State. And so, to the great dismay of his oft-neglected wife, he went there, dragging her along. “[Henry is] a sort of shooting- star on his own account,” she once wrote, in what one has to assume was one of her more charitable (or LETTERS TO THE EDITOR No on vehicle fee You may remember the election of May 15, 2007. There was a stupid mea- sure 20-129 Lane County Income Tax that was soundly defeated 71.10 to 28.90 percent. Clearly these Eugene folks have not learned a basic lesson. Now they are trying a different trick. NO! NO - I will vote NO on 20-whatever- it-is on this $35 surcharge for a motorcar registration surcharge. Here is the reason why: Let us say that someone from Drain or Curtin drives here to purchase gro- ceries or whatever. They live in Douglas County and would NOT have to pay this proposed tax. Is this fair? If these Lane County Commissioners have any sense in their heads, then they should use their cherished connections to their friends in the Oregon State Legisla- ture and pass a statewide bill, subject to the approval of the voters. Charles Ames Cottage Grove Three times sad Why I am three times sad: Death stole two of my best friends this year, and I am two times sad. A third friend was stolen this month by mean persons while guarding my back door. This makes me three times sad. This stolen friend of 40 years was carved from wood in the shape of a log- ger and was a gift from my husband and sons. Whoever stole him, please honor him, because he was faithful. Sharon Bennett Cottage Grove Please see OFFBEAT, Page 5A Do certain foods really cause acne? BY JOEL FUHRMAN, MD For the Sentinel in the Western world experience acne during their teenage years, but it can occur at any age. Acne is more than just a few inconve- nient or embarrassing pimples – it can leave permanent scars, and in many people, acne (even if it is not severe) can seriously affect quality of life, causing low self-esteem, withdrawal from social situations, anxiety and depression. A cne i s the most common skin condi- tion in the U.S. About 85 percent of people $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM 116 N. Sixth Street · P.O. Box 35 · Cottage Grove, OR 97424 ADMINISTRATION: JOHN BARTLETT, Regional Publisher.............................. 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In foreign countries, postage extra. No subscription for less than Ten Weeks. Subscription rates are subject to change upon 30 days’ notice. All subscritptions must be paid prior to beginning the subscription and are non-refundable. Periodicals postage paid at Cottage Grove, Oregon. Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Local Mail Service: If you don’t receive your Cottage Grove Sentinel on the Wednesday of publication, please let us know. Call 942-3325 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Advertising ownership: All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by the Cottage Grove Sentinel become the property of the Cottage Grove Sentinel and may not be reproduced for any other use without explicit written prior approval. Copyright Notice: Entire contents ©2015 Cottage Grove Sentinel. What causes acne? There are four major com- ponents of acne: excessive production of oil by the skin, skin cells dividing excessively (hyperproliferation), bacteria and infl ammation. A pimple or lesion forms when a pore in the skin begins to clog with old, dead skin cells. Usually these cells are simply shed from the surface of the skin, but if too much oil is being produced, the dead cells can stick together and become trapped inside the pore. Bacteria also play a role – they can grow and multiply inside the pore, resulting in an infl am- matory response. How does what we eat affect acne? For years doctors have wrong- ly proclaimed that diet has noth- ing to do with acne. Scientifi c studies have demonstrated that diet is extremely important, because what we eat can affect the hormones that contribute to the oil production, hyperprolif- eration and infl ammation that cause acne. The acne-promot- ing dietary factors that have been most extensively studied are dairy products and high gly- cemic load foods – these factors infl uence hormonal and infl am- matory factors increasing acne prevalence and severity. IGF-1: an important hor- mone that infl uences acne Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels are a key con- tributor to acne. Elevated IGF-1 levels lead to changes in gene expression that cause infl am- mation, additional hormonal changes, increased oil produc- tion and development of acne lesions. Protein intake is the major factor that determines cir- culating IGF-1 levels, especially protein from dairy products. Dairy products A three-year prospective study of 9-15 year old girls found a 20 percent increase in acne prevalence in girls that had two or more servings of milk per day compared to less than one per week. This association held true for total, whole, low fat and skim milk. The same research- ers found a similar association in boys who drank skim milk (milk highest in protein). Fur- thermore, in the Nurses’ Health Study, dairy products eaten dur- ing high school were associated with acne during women’s teen- age years. High glycemic load foods Glycemic load (GL) is a mea- sure of the effect of a certain food on blood glucose levels. High-GL foods like refi ned car- bohydrates produce dangerous spikes in blood glucose, lead- ing to excessive insulin levels in the blood (hyperinsulinemia), which contribute to diabetes, heart disease and several can- cers. Hyperinsulinemia not only promotes infl ammation but also raises IGF-1 levels, further con- tributing to acne. A low glyce- mic load diet has been shown to improve acne symptoms and decrease IGF-1 and skin oil pro- duction in several studies. Protective micronutrients Blood levels of zinc, carot- enoids and Vitamin E are known to be lower in acne patients compared to those without acne, suggesting that maintaining mi- cronutrient adequacy may help to prevent acne. Carotenoids are abundant in green and or- ange vegetables, and vitamin E is abundant in nuts and seeds. Although pumpkin seeds and hemp seeds are rich in zinc, zinc absorption effi ciency may be low on a plant-based diet, so I recommend a multivitamin and mineral supplement to assure optimal levels of zinc, iodine, Vitamin D and B12. I recom- mend reading my book, Super Immunity for those desiring more specifi c guidelines, menus and recipes to beat acne. Dr. Fuhrman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live and Super Im- munity, and a board certifi ed family physician specializing in lifestyle and nutritional medicine.Visit his informative website at DrFuhrman.com. 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