Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1923)
o HER LOVE ALIENATED? Find Defects in Most Children University of Iowa Physicians Give Results of Free Clinical Examinations. ures. Results have indicated that the money, time and effort have been well expended, report division officials. “The success of this great work.” | said l>"<t<T I’rentYe, “ h.is been unde possible by the splendid co-operation j SEEK TO HELP THE SUBNORMAL | nurses in the various communities "here clinics have ts'on held. “ During recent years the general Over 90 Per Cent of Defects Found health and physical condition of our Declared to Be Totally or Partial city children have been greatly im ly Correctable— Malnutri proved by the work of infant welfare tion Is Common. stations, children’s clinics, school clin ics and many other such organizations. Likewise the maternity clinics have *1 ♦ Don’t you think the kiddies ♦ done much for mother and buhe. And ! ought to be given every chance * now we liuve the same opportunities T- to develop into worth-while citi- I brought to our rural communities ‘ zens? What do you think of t through the work of the division of maternity and Infunt hygiene of the * this campaign? University of Iowa which Is carrying t . ■ . . » . out the provisions of the Slieppard- Iowa City, la.—An average of one Towner law in Iowa. We need only to physical defect for each of ‘.>56 Iowa bear in mind the high percentage of children examined since September physical unfitness among our rural 25 has been found by Dr. John W. boys as found by the army examina Prentice und Dr. Florence \V. Johns tions in the recent war to realize the ton. University of Iowa physicians In importance of this work.” the division of maternity and infun» hygiene, who have been conducting free, clinical examinations in various parts of the state. Their work, how ever, has been Rimed at the observa tion and suggested treatment of the physically subnormal rattier than the normal child. Over 90 per cent of the defects found were declared to be totally or partially correctable. The percentage of possible corrections decreases with Unearthing of Royal Tomb Great the Increasing age of the child. est Archaeological Discovery Out of 950 children examined 952 defects were found. The defects mul of Modern Times. tiply with the age of the child. It has been Doctor Prentice’s observation that rural children have ns ninny phy sical defects as do city children. Malnutrition Is found ns often among farm children as nmong city children. Several reasons were ascribed to this; Tomb o f Tutankhamen, 1350 B. C., Not Only Yields Vast Treasures, uniong them lack of variety In diet but Is Expected to Reveal and defective teeth. The most fre Historical Lore. quent defects nmong rural children were found to be mn!nutrition, de London.—That the recent unearth cayed teeth, enlarged adenoids und en ing of a royal tomb near Luxor is the larged, diseased tonsils. greatest archaeological discovery in Need Variety in Food. “Children need a variety of food Egypt in modern times already Is cer elements as do livestock,” said Doctor tain. How great, in the light which Prentice, referring to the well-balanced it throws on the vanished civilization diet for farm anlmyls that experts that has made the wisdom of Egypt have prepared. “The* rural children proverbial down all tile ages, the dis seem to get food In sufficient quantity covery* may prove to be—this remains but not the variety or balanced diet for the secret of the still unopened that enables all tissues of the body inner chamber to reveal. The story of the discovery, made to develop properly. In other words, they live on a ’one-sided’ diet. Chil by the earl of Carnarvon, whose dren with bad teeth fail to masticate wealth has enabled him to devote nnd digest their food well and they himself to the costly hobby of absorb and swallow harmful poisons Egyptology, and Howard Carter, per haps the finest living archaeological that come from the decayed teeth.” draughtsman, reads like a romance. Children examined at the clinics are The valley of the tombs of the kings, scheduled in advance if possible. Their where the find was made. Is a desert histories are taken, they are examined, ravine lying behind the barren cliffs a chart o f their physical state Is made, and hills, which form the mighty a summary drawn and treatments walls of the Nile valley on the west recommended for defects. Tills record ern bank of the river, some 450 miles is kept by the county or school nurse above Cairo. with the name of the family physician. Sepulchers Cut in Hills. A copy of this record Is given the Here the Pharaohs of the eight parents and they are instructed to eenth. nineteenth and .twentieth take the child nlong with the record to | dynasties, covering the period from the family physician. about 1550 to 1090 II. C.. were laid About 50 per cent of the cases In communities where clinics have been held have reported to the family phy sicians ns instructed, according to re Fight Over Eight Cents ports of nurses and physicians. It Is Ends in Murder Charge believed this proportion will he greatly Increased us She work advnnces. A quarrel over 8 cents result Gives" Advice on Diet. ed in the death of Henry A. In order to reuch the children clinics Smith, fi.’ty-two years old. at the are held in various towns and cities hands of Hiram Denton, both of under the- auspices of local physicians Clay county, Tennessee. Den and county and school nurses. Doctor ton presented a hill to Smith Prentice examines the children and for $1.88, hut the latter Insisted Doctor Johnston acts as adviser to the that he would not pay more mothers on questions of child diet, than $1.80. Smith Is said to prenatal and postpartum enre. The have drawn a knife and Denton university physicians are trying to is charged with having killed tunke assets Instead of liabilities out him with a blow from a club. of the subnormal children of Iowa by Filing suit against Benjamin Rap- paport. wealthy New York cloak man ufacturer, and Mrs. Rappaport. James M. Graf, broker, alleges alienation of the affections of Ills wife Florence (above with baby) by her parents. Dearborn station in Chicago, the terminal for the Santa Fe, Monon, Wabash and C. A E. 1. roads, wus destroyed by flames the other uighL Tills photograph wus tukon during the height of the conflagration. Sheds N ew Light Find 630 Uses on Egyptology for Basswood SEPULCHERS CUT IN HILLS pointing out possible corrective meus- Brings Her Prince Back Home __ .___ M Princess Anastasia, the former Mrs. William B. Leeds, widow of the late “Tinplate King.” with her bnsband. prince Christopher o f Greece, photographed as they arrived In New York on the S. S. Olympic. This Is the first visit to Amide* by tbs princess since her marriage to the prince. >" * ' ' s Flat Tire and Wooden Leg Win Victory for Accused New York.—A flat tire and a wooden leg won a victory In Criminal court for C. O. Davis, a carpenter, appealing a police court sentence of five days in tiie county Jail and a $50 fine. Patrolman Michael Cnrrlcnto testified that Davis was driving his automobile In a zig-zag man ner and that tie staggered when he left the car. Davis said tiie staggering was due to Ids wooden leg, and the slg-zagglng of the cur was due to the tiut tire. to rest in sepulchers cut Into the « -------------------------------------------------------- sides of the bills, the burial chambers being deep down in the solid rock, ap nil the characteristics of n Pioneers Thought consider proached by flights of steps and cor Tree That commodity nnd select the good points. ridors. generally ornamented by rich Worthless Is Utilized by Then they find tiie uses to which such wall paintings and bas-reliefs. The good points cun he put. Basswood Is Many Manufacturers. existence of these tombs has been the a wood of peculiarly clean appearance. common knowledge of nil the cen Beenuse of Its spongy texture It does turies, though the precise location of not split nnd therefore can tie used In each lins not been known. For 2.<xx) small pieces. Such characteristics, on or .1,000 years robbers liuve been busy consideration, were found to he very with their treasures. drtdruble in the manufacture of con But for more than a generation past Took Years of Investigation and Ex tainers for food. People want to have Mr. Carter's faith that tourists in food packed In clean containers which *• ___________ _____ i periment— Difficult to Overcome Thebes were step; lug over priceless will nut readily fall apart. Inherited Natural Prejudice treasures In the bowels of the earth Used in Pail Trades. That Wood Was Worthless. has not faltered, despite all that Is So the humble basswood came Into pieces of wood together, such ns ap pear in the leaves of tiie dining-room known of the pnst rifling of the fa Washington.—At leant 80 per Cent wide use In tiie manufacture of such table. Nothing. It waa found, would mous site. The beginning of the story containers as lard palls, candy pnlls of tiie American-horn grandfathers add to the clean appearance of n trav of the discovery goes back 11 years, and grandmothers in tiie United States nnd pulls for n variety of other foods. eling trunk nny more than basswood, when lie began seureliing the 'heln.n are familiar with the slang meaning Its clean, white appearance wns ap and so It was used for the sides of necropolis for a key to ancient Egypt. of the word “ basswood.” Tiiat Is be preciated by housewives und manufac trn.vs and partitions. In that period he found n number of cause such a percentage of these ven turers are quick to discover what tiie Picture frames nnd moldings, where minor prizes, blit since Lord Cnnnrvon erable persons came from tiie section housewife, one of the best customers a nonsplitting material was necessary, Joined forces with him 17 years ago In the world, wants. Woodenvvure was the discovery of the Hyksos tablet was of tiie country In which tiie basswood the next development. Chopping howls were found to he practical uses, and their greatest reward—up to the pres tree is Indigenous. The reason for and all sorts of wooden dishes were tlnully the outcast l a as wood wus put the use of such a slang term wns thnt ent. made from the discarded basswood Into such fine manufactures as musical Recently, after four days’ work in Its colloquial menning reflected the which would not hum and was no Instruments. One of Its uses puts tills material In the heart of the small sacred basin opinion of tiie value of tiie tree. When good for construction. Soon nnother our grandparents wanted to describe every one's hands. Millions of matches he and his party unearthed a step. household use was developed and bass Continued digging resulted In the ex- an utterly worthless object or pven a wood nppeured In the form of chil which nre struck every day all around envHtlon of a stairway which led right person deemed to be worthless, such a dren's toys. Here again its cltan ap the world have ba.swood sticks. Here beneath the tomb of Itnnieses IX. an person or object was said to be “ bass pearance and Its nonspllttlng qualities was where (lie nonbumlng qualities of unimportant king, who lived some wood," beenuse of ull the vnst natural were valuuble. Also, It Is light In the wood, which once made it despised, 1,000 years ago. At its foot was a wealth which the pioneers found In weight, nnd n basswood lion can he were capitalized. Fires nre set by door Inserlbed with the protocol of this country the basswood tree was thrown much farther across the nur matches thrown away because they hold fire too long. But tiie poor burn another I’harnoh, Tutankhamen, one considered of least value. In the enrly days when the Ameri sery than one made of a material as ing qiinilties of a basswood stick would of the most Important kings of Egypt. heavy As oak. Tt was the one remaining tomb of can pioneer went Into the wilderness Pursuing the household uses. Iron minimize tlie dangerous afterglow and which there had been any hope of lie had to depend on the tilings he ing boards, wringers uml other things tiie fire would not lust after It was finding In the valley of the tombs of found In that environment to fill Ills used In the laundry, where clean, needed. everyday needs. He must build his So the progress continued. Kitchen the kings. houses of the native woods, he must white woodwork Is ut a premium, were enhinets, tobacco boxes, shoe lasts, But the opening of the tomb showed made from It. weave his clothes of native fibers nnd thnt tiie excavators had stumbled Nearly every one hns seen the clean, Pullman enr finishing, handles of all must raise his own food. Such a civ upon a discovery of unprecedented white little wooden boxes in which aorta, thread spools, shade and map ilization caused these people to put Importance. No other royal toinb that definite values upon all tiie products comb honey Is sold, and, at least sub rollers, pulleys, nnd, finally, even cas has been opened In Egypt has con of nature. Everything had n vnlue. consciously, thought how much more kets and coffins were tnndt) In part at tained such treasures as the tomb of Hickory was good for ax handles nnd appetizing tiie delicacy appeared be least of hnsswood. In all (510 practical uses, nnd every yenr new uses nre be Tutnnkhnmen gave up. The lights of ash for wngon spokes. I’ ine and ail cause of the appearance of tiie con the sea rollers shone upon an age-old kinds of oak were excellent firewood, tainer. These boxes, ns well as many ing found. Even the stringy, rlbbony collection of gems nnd gold and ala hut basswood was diset vered to be other supplies of upluries, ure made of excelsior which comes packed around dishes nod other fragile articles Is basswood. baster—a collection which would good for nothing. mad* from the once rejected base- fetch upwnnl of $15.nnfMXX) In nny Used in Fine Manufactures. Its fibers were too spongy nnd salesroom. But the vntue of the dis Once the 'prejudice wns removed It wood. Production Rune High. covery was not to lie stnted in terms stringy to work 'nto anything useful. was discovered that lots of tilings It wns not strong to withstand pres could lie done with this wood If tt were The total annual production Is 250,- of money. sure. It did not last long, and It would projterly sawed nnd dried. Parts of It 000,(XM) hoard feet. The existing sup Third Chamber Not Entered. not bum well. Almost nny*otlier kind ply standing In the shape of bass The tomb was a treasury of the of waste wood at least would make a were used for furniture. It became a wood trees In the United States Is es favorite material,for dowels, the little glories of the Egyptian court of 1150 good tire, but basswood when set B. C. There were gilt couches Inlaid alight would sputter for n while and cylindrical pieces of wood used to tit timated at 9.000,(XX),000 board feet. From the lowly position It occupied with Ivory and Jewels; there was the go out, nnd what little burning It in the estimation of our grandfathers king's throne and the king’s robes would do gave very little heat In com It has risen to such n vnlue thut the SEATTLE’S FAIREST Two statues showed him In his habit parison with dther fuels. Department of Agriculture now Is ad as he lived. Chariots were there for So It was not surprising that men vising fanners who have unused land the dead I’liaraoh’s riding; masses of and women who must put definite to plant baxnwood as a profitable for fond for his eating; musical instru values on materials nnd on people sur- | est crop. It grows rapidly nnd Is In ments, documents. rounding them should coin a .lew word | digenous over a wide area of the coun The state o f the outer chambers for their language and agree that try. showed thnt the tnmh had been dis “basswood” should describe a useless How Industry, aided by Investigative turbed at least on-e in the past. object or a worthless drone. In the j science, hns developed this commodity In the third chamber may (and. It states from the Atlantic roast to the : Is repented In scores of Instances tn is hoped, does) rest the mummy of prairies and from Georgia and Mia- connection with many other commodi Tutankhamen himself. This third i Sl ssl ppl to the Canadian l i ne tiie tins*- ties nnd every such step forward adds chamber has not yet been entered ! wood tr“e grows In nearly every coun millions to the totul wealth of the The tomb has been sealed again until ty and In this section the slang term American people. Lord Carnarvon, who has returned to basswood enn he heard among old peo England, goes hack with a picked ple to this day. Hogs Fatten on Nuts. band of experts to supervise the.re Science to the Rescue. Whltesburg. Ky.—One of the beat moval to the museum at Cairo. Then nut'crops, consisting of acorns, beech If this were a play, at this point the the secret of the Inner chamber will words “ Enter science In the form of nuts and hickory nuta. Is now ou In be disclosed. the eastern Kentucky and southwest- I the Department of Agrieultnre" should , ■ ern Virginia mountains, and hogs are he written. To pursue ttie fantasy, fattening right along. Farmers of the silence n'ould be n Prince ciinrniing uiountafti* who have a surplus of come to alter the life of Basswood, the | Lands in Barrel of Tar; swine are lucky and will reap bounti Cinderella of the forest. It took some Loses Several Feet cf Flesh ' years of Investigation and experimen- ful harvests. It is said the crop Is tha largest In the history of the oldest In j tatton and the overcoming of the In Berkeley, Cnl.-^W. W. Glenn, habitants. herited natural prejudice a*id belief proprietor of a soda water that basswood was worthless, hut works In Sacramento, came to science persisted snd the other day Big Hawk Doss Stunt«. the Berkeley Emergency hos the Department of Agriculture Issued ! Junction City, Kan.—A huge chick pital to have a coating of tar oil from Its press a booklet devoted en- i en hawk shared honors with the mili removed. . tlrely to this useless wood. tary aviators at the Fort Riley flying He told the police thnt while circus recently. The hawk made bis The booklet lists «10 practical uses ♦ driving he waa crowded off the appearance while the stuut flying was of basswood! rosd by a passing automobile To Miss Maude Dakin goes the 1922 in progress and singling out one of The despised Cinderella of the for | and landed In a barrel of far. est, once the scorn of the pioneers, title of queen of Seattle, and the honor the most daring of the flyers, proceed i To remove the tar It waa nee. now Is prized for many uses and chief of being adjudged the fairest daugh ed to follow him Brough all hie exo- | essary to cut his clothing and ly through the Investigative work and ter of the northwestern metropolis. | lutions. Finally the flyer turned the » shoes from his body. S everal ' experimentation of this scientific She was rhoaen as queen of that rfty'a nose of hie machine upward, ascend t fe«*t of akin went with the tar annual Dahlia exposition. Mlsa Dakin | ing to a great height, and the hawk, : j workshop of Uncle Ram. «till following him, waa lost to light Tbs scientists of tbs department la eighteen, blonde and blue-eyed. D » ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ « • — » « « » , . 6 SCIENTISTS COME TO RESCUE :