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SUNDAY, DKCI3UIEK 7, 1925
FRUITS OF PRtCF. USING
The British., answering Amerl-I
can protests 'at the hleh cost of
rubber which ha , respited from
price fixing methods, assert that
the United States did the same
thing with wheat during th war.
To this Secretary of Commerce
Hoover retorts that th United
States was seeking- merely to ex
pand wheat production in order to
meet the needs of. war, and that It
succeeded admirably! American
wheat acreage, he says, grew under
the stimulus .. of i the fixed price
from 62,000.000 acres In 1917 t3
76,000,000 acres In..' 119. and aa
enormous surplus resulted. This,
surplus broke the price and Europe !
profited greatly In consequence.
Secretary Hoover's; retort Is not!
only an answer, but a warning that j
British rubber planter will do well
to heed. Price fixing In the case'
of American wheat stimulated pro-1
ductlon hugely and resulted in an I
enormous surplus, ' and price fix-!
ing In the case or British rubber!
will do precisely the same thing.
It will take longer, because rubbe"!
trees do not grow: as quickly as a'
crop of wheat, but by the same
token the aftermath., will be more
severe for rubber production can
not be curtailed as ' quickly asj .
wheat acreage. : j u'.i' j;' , ,
That Is the' trouble with price
guarantees for . agricultural -products.
Their first result Is to stimu
late production enormously, and
an enormously stimulated produc
tion brings about -a surplus which
breaks tha priced The war-time
wheat situation cited by Secretary
Hoover proves this admirably.
Acreage grew In three years from
52,000,000 to 7,00oo00, and the
resulting surplus carried the prica
of wheat far below the,cot of pro
duction. If agricultural price fixing were
permanently practicable, this news
paper would favor it, for the bene
fits of permanent prosperity for
the farmer would ba so great as t
offset any disadvantages. But it
Is not permanently practicable, for
th simple reason that It: would
stimulate production to such an
extent as to create a surplus that
In time would swamp the market
in spite of the government's of.
forts to control It. The result would
be that the farmer would enjoy a
temporary prosperity that would be
followed Inevitably by a price crash
that would b ruinous.
5IIGHTY POOR BUSINESS
At a recent session of the cltv
council of Cottage Grove, according
to the Sentinel, the statement was
made that parents aro purchasing
cigarettes for their children and
thus defeating the purpose of the
law which forbids sale of tobacco
to minors. If that Is true, It fur
nishes further proof, of the frequent
charge that much of the Juvenile
delinquency of which complaint Is
made In these modern days l
tractable to the parent. '
The parent, of course, may have
his own Ideas as to the merits or
demerits of smoking. It is true
that the weight of authority Is
overwhelmingly on the side of the
statement that smoking Is harm
ful to tha young, but there are
many who do not take much stock
In the weight of authority. Such,
presumably, would say to them
selves that It their children want
to smoko, why, let them smoke
that the doctors don't know much
about It, anyway.
But there Is another angle to the
situation that Is worth considering
the angle that bean upon tho
law and Its observance. Tha law
of Oregon say minors snail not
purchase cigarettes. But if the
parent purchases th cigarette and
gtvea them to th child, th law Is
circumvented. Thr ar lonu who
will say that it th parent want
to do that th responsibility Is hi
and h must lak th consequonceJ.
But must h tak all th con-
quanceaT Thar I Involved In the
transaction the circumventing of
law and the consequent promotion
of disregard for law. On of the
first fruit of disregard for law 1)
crime, and crime and It proven,
tlon are the business of the public
The parent who abet hla child la
circumventing th law Is, to say
th very least. In mighty bad busl
neu.
THE LOWLY MARIGOLD
Volumes have been written In
praise of the Oregon rose, and
truly It U a flower that deserves
all th prals that can be heaped
upon It. At Its best. It la unex
celled anywhere on earth, and It !
lovely In season and out. Take the
rose away from Oregon, and the
loss would be almost Irreparable.
But while we are distributing
praise around, let us not forget the
lowly marigold. It Is not ao gor
geous a the rose. It Is famed In
neither song nor atory. But It Is on
the Job, day In and day out through
th year, and barring such un
natural exhibitions of the fury of
the dements aa were being mani
fested at this date a year ago It."
dark green foliage and Its bright
and cheerful flowers are doing
their part to make Oregon beautiful
every month In the year.
The marigold asks little In return
for the favors it gives. Just plan
It once, almost anywhere, and It
will do the rest. It produces a truly
marvelous crop, of seed, and these
seeds wait for no particular season
to get busy and do their stuff. They
fall upon the ground, and be It
winter or be it summer they start
to grow.
The result In the course of time
Is a . warm and cheerful little
flower that does Its bit In the tout;
ensemble that Is lovely Oregon. I
They are blomlng now In every
corner, and barring, as aforesaid, !
some savage freak of the weather
they will go on blooming all
winter and all spring and all sum- j
mer and all fall. We couldn't do
without the marigold.
GIVING GREENERY
One of the Christmas customs
which Is gaining In favor here Is
that of sending green foliage back
to friends and . relatives In tha j
JI1UUIV w . "- I
Hons, during the Yuletlde season, j
It is, rightly figured that when'
the householder back there emerges !
on Christmas mora to thaw out th
frozen pump and Is beaned by an ;
oversize Icicle which descends from !
the eaves, he will be- In the right
mood to dwell fondly upon the
mld-wlnter prodigality of nature lr.
Oregon as eloquently expressed lu
tho array of massed greenery
which the family received from
klnfolks out here. . Ruefully rub
bing his dome, the icicle victim
naturally reacts wrathfully and In
no uncertain language upon terms
of climatic contrasts with deduc
tions altogether In favor, of this
realm of perpetual verdure, '
Taking time by th forelock
many residents of Eugene make
little excursions to tha upper rivers
where along the banks of these
streams there grow in profusion
clusters of fern and Oregon grape
while to the agile ones the higher
branches of sturdy oaks yield a
plentltud of the mistletoe of ama
tory tradition. Sprigs of holly are
available at all times for wreaths
and other forms of decoration
wherewith to gladden the hearts of
dwellers of the rolling prairies and
are especially welcomed by them
as bright harbingers, well calcu
lated to lend to the merry Christ-
mastlde Its true significance.
The greenery of Oregon I It
special pride, and we can do no
better service for our state, in the
way of publicity, than to let the
world learn by optical demonstra
tion of its winter beauties.
Old Hank Hardscrabble says It's
a good thing Christmas comes but
once a year, as It takes 12 months
to get all, the bills paid.
What the automobile owner
would have liked to get In his
stocking, but didn't, is a parking
place.
The toughest luck of alt Is to get
a present two days late, from some
body you had forgotten altogether.
Early Days In Eugene
(From the Morning Register,
December 27, 1906)
Mrs. Dudley Holland of Albany
and Bon, Dudley, Jr., are here to
visit her parents, Mr, and Mrs. J.
M. Shelley.
a good position In the Portland
postofflce and his mother has gono
to pay him a vIbIL
rMfLflr Tin n n H n Mnu Ua,M
two of Eugene's bright boys, went
to Cottage Grove yesterday to ar-
rang for a basketball gam be
tween th Kimono Athletic club
teaiu and th Cottag Grove boy
1
Henry W. Stewart and family
returnod yesterday from OrcswoU
whore thiy visited Mrs. Stewart's
parents.
Mayor Wllkliu will soon call a
special meeting of the city council
to act upon the matter of paving
Wlllamvlte street. The Willamette
Valley company will commence
work on Its street railway line In
the near future and It is desired
to lay the pavement simultaneously
with the laying of the tracks.
K. J. McVlanahan puts In a good
deal of Ills spare time manufactur
ing brooders of which he Is making
Quite a success.
yv a vruiiiiu nt(uur iiuiii.fi n.ivei
lln, vv-lti.il.,. t Mia t',,1.. u, 13
, ii.. i. .... - i
quarts (or t.S or J a gallon and
wines at. prices ranging iroin si.eu
to 3 a gullon.
Married December St, 1906. a',
the residence of the officiating
clergyman, Kev. c A. Voole,
Krank McMasters and Alls Idu
Eaton.
Daily Lesson la Fngliah
By W, U Gordon
Word Often MjMiNftl: lon't say
it Is no use to tell her." Say "It
Is of no use.'' or "there is no use."
Often Mlmtronnuticnl: Diffuse.
In the adjective pronounce the as
In "see, in the verb as a.
Often Mlaanelled: Disappear.
One s, twb ji'i.
Synonyms: Carry, convey, trans
mit, transport, move, remove,
transfer.
Wort! Study: fse a word three
times and it Is yours." l.et us In.
crease our vocabulary by master
ing one word each day. Today's
word: Insipid: witnout navor.
Inanimate, uninteresting. "It was
an Insipid composition."
NEAR EAST RKI.IF.F NEKDKD
J. J. HamlKaker Amnsvrx Ques
tions About Situation Thorn
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. St. (To
the Editor) I am frequently asked
to answer questions about present
conditions abroad and I shall great
ly appreciate your courtesy if your
spsce permits a publication of the
following.
First, how long must Near East
Relief continue ita work?
We are blinding every energy
toward bringing It to a close in the
next two or three years or Just as
soon as we can fix some responsible
government or other organisation
that will assume the care of tho
remaining children. We are grad
uating them at the age of sixteen,
when they go out able to make
their own way, thanks to the train
ing we have given them. This or
dinarily reduces the number several
thousand a year, but the pressure
from the children In the refugee
camps continues to fill the or
phanages to capacity.
Do the people manifest any de
sir to help themselves or are they
content to take American aid as
long as we send U?
Perhaps no people have ever re
covered from a catastrophe so rap
Idly as have the people of the Near
East, both from the suffering of the
world war and of the wars ainco
that time. Jteci-nt visitors to the
Near East like Mrs.-Artstene Kelts,
former president of ' the Oregon
parent :teacher, comment on this
rapid recovery of the people and
their unwillingneeg to be objects
of charity when they can help
themselves. In this connection it
should be remembered that the
Neap East relief confines Ita activ
ities to the aid of children except
In the distribution of old clothing
Do other nations render any aid?
No nation Is doing more for the
refugees than the Greek nation.
whlcn, during the last three years
has spent one hundred million dol
lars for emergency relief in addi
tion to which they have secured a
loan through the league of nations
of fifty million dollars which the
committee, of which Henry Mor
ganthau was formerly chairman.
Is lending to the refugees In order
to nein mem start up again. Pri
vate cnarlty In Greece has expend
ed about twenty-five million dol
lars for the same purpose whl.e
other organizations, chiefly Amer
ican and British, have spent an ad
ditional ten million. This applies
to Greece alone which three years
ago received 1,600.000 refugees.
Is tha need still acute?
When you consider that 35,000
children are In American care, you
will understand that the feeding
of these children Is of itself a great
task, especially when 'you add to
that feeding the supplying of cloth
ing, shelter, and training for sell
support at 16. The children aro
out of Turkey and under friendly
governments In Greece, Palestine,
Syria and Armenia, but in many
cases the governments are Im
poverished and able to do little for
these children alt of whom arc
exiled stranger.
To sum up the situation In a few
words, there are 35,000 children
dependent on us. There are more
than that number who face a win
ter of suffering In the Greek and
Syrian camps. Clothing Is still
needed for the refugees, both chil
dren and adults. But our aid to
these children depends upon the
continuing cash contributions of
the friends of little children. With
the deepest appreciation to you for
the generous aid you have been to
these children In the post.
J. J. HANDHAK.ER
Regional Director,
Near East Relief.
bEATH APPROACH IGNORED
Life Comdsto of Day. Not Years;
Too Many Drift Along
I.lfe consist of days, not years
Days are all that we're sure of. Too
many of us drift along and forget
the aproach of that final event
cauea oeatn. Time Is everlasting,
but you and I have only a tiny bl'
of It, Herbert N. Casson, writes. In
Forbes magazine.
What we would do, we must do
quickly. Time Is the stuff that life
Is made of. There Is nothlna- In
the world so precious and so scarce
as time. We have no dava to waste
We noed every one of them to
buna our lives with. No one, ever,
has too many days when ho comes
to the ond of his life. That Is why
we snouiu not auow a any to he all
routine. That is why wo should
always put to a good uso the two
or throo hours before bedtime.
That Is why we should end every
day with a little friendship, or
music, or study, or fun, or family
sentiment.
Never a dny without a laugh, ex
cept when sorrow comes. Never
a day without a hook. Never r
day without a friend. That Is the
way to be sure, every evening, that
you have come to the end of a
perfect day.
MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, ORE., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, IMS
Topic of the Time
Congress the Hervnnt
People Supremo Power
Tho Next llrviit Muwtlun
Claim to Us Christ
pONGHKHS la.nguln In .session.
Th various party loader are
on the Job trying to miln a van
tage point for their respective par-tle-ti.
These politicians are not look,
lug for "tho greatest good to the
greatest number." Their party or
ganisation u so large to them that
..niv.i ,v ir.i, HUM
con see nothing but their party
and Its policies.
There never was a lime lu tho
history of our country when there
were so many questions of nation,
wide concern as at this time. The
president In his message ut the
opening of congress emphasised
sumo of these grtut needs which,
In his opinion, ought to be give"
precedence mid quickly disposed uf
tor the good uf the country.
While most of our natlonul legis
lators are not willing to roncedo It,
congress la I ho hired servant of
the people, and the president Is the
general aupprtutemleut. The people,
after all. In the sovereign power,
but because of the ai-roganco ana
upparvnt plutocracy of those chosen
to represent us In the halls of con
gress. It looks to outsiders Just the
reverse; the people the servant
und the members of congrcssvthc
masters. ,
a a a
That la one reason why the refer
endum Is ao popular with the peo
ple. It places the sovereign peo
ple and Urn I r arrogant servants In
their proper category. No dis
sembling or cainoufluge can be suc
ceasfully pulled orr. bocuuselu
public eye Is scanning every act of
congress. So these great publiO
questions will huve to he met and
disposed of according to the will ot
the people or a new body of law
makers will, at the next election,
supersede the body that refusw to
do the will or their constituency.
.
As to which of these Issues be
fore congress Is of tho most Im
portance differs according to what
we consider our Inherent right un
der the constitution In our pursuit
of "life and liberty." One group
In congress is stressing the reduc
tion of taxes as the paramount Is
sue. There is no qiaestlon. but
what that Issue will he pushed
through both houses without much
haggling or delay. About the Omy
fight on the tax question Willi lie
the size of the reduction as viewed
from different uiikIcm or IntrrosttMl
financial concerns. That is natural.
As much as we human beings try
to appear Interested in the wel
fare of our neighbor. It Is a con
ceded fact, proven In many depart
ments of life, that we ure more vi
tally Interested In our own weP -being
and advancement than, we
are in that of our neighbor.
The next great question In Mho
catalogue of Important nalignal
issue is that of prohibition. I'tay
"the next great great question."
In my mind, and I believe In the
minds of a great majority of our
citizens, the question of prohibition
overshadows all tho rest of bur
important Issues. The liquor ring
Is subtle ami except some crazy
loon who lacks wisdom lit handHng
matters ot such major proportions
and Jumps in and usks the Iw'a
mount objective of the wetsj in
the first round their wis men are
asking what seems Ilka a sis.nl.
concession or the dry forces. Just
a small amount of alcohol added
to their beer, and the privllego. of
naving tnoir light wines. "We don
want to disturb the tranquility
of your prohibition dreams, we Just
want a little more 'kick' to our high'.
ueversges. flurfl. tiut trull wotlld
act as an entering wedge, and tth
that start the next thing would-be
a public place in which to enjoy
these drinks and then the oven
saloon again.
. m a a
'Wont you walk Into my parlor.
said the spider to the fly?" "A
little stronger Deer, and our light
wines at our banquets. In a small
thing to ask of the people," says
me liquor interest, but the snow
ball that started down the moun
tain became a ball of Immense
proportions bofore the bottom wai
reached. Any concession to the
liquor men foreshadows the com
ing again of the "nightmare" day
oi me open saloons and feaudy
houses, wrecked and ruined home.'
and hopes, and the depletion- of
tne working men's nielhorlo bank
accounts. Can w afford to loosen
up on tne liquor situation at the
expense of the thousands of no a
happy and prosperlous homos and
millions of children? I behove on
a referendum vote of the people
th wets' demand .would ba burled
under an avalanche of votes against
tne invasion again ot the saloon
day.
see ji
There have been sovernj strange
characters within the Dast 50 v'nui
who claimed to be the Christ tho
Jewish Messiah. Each In his turn
has had followers. Although they
mo. no nmie maras to snow that
they were the one prophesied
would come, they have with brazen
afrrontery heralded to the world
tnai tney were the long looked for
neaeemer. rnese raise Chrlsts dis
appear and the world has not beep
benefited by their having lived.
The Christ the Christian world is
looking for will come as It Is
propnesied in the 111b e He would
come. He will bo the same Jcrtiu
Hearing the prints or the nails In
His hunds and feet that ascended
nearly 20 centuries ago. Tho at
tendant angels said, us the sor
rowing disciples saw tholr loving
friend floating Un to tho bright
clouds which "received Him out
of their sight:" "Ye men of Oal-
lleo, why Btand ye gazing up Into
neaven i nils same Jesus which
Is taken nn from you Into heaven.
shall so comn In llko manner as ye
have seen Him go Into hoovon."
That scripture ought to convince
any Christian that these Darosltes
wiin long nnir anu bare foot are
not sent of Uod,
a e a
Now comes another person claim
ing that ho is Christ. He Is Christ
coming tho second time, according
to his claim and tho prophocy of a
.virs, Annie nesant, or Now York.
Ha Is to make his nubllo nnnnnr.
anee within rivo months, probably
some tlmo In May. According to
Mrs. Bcsant, a prominent theo
sophlst, a young Hindu, of India,
is going to no tne "desired one
As quoted nhovo, "this umo
Jesus" that ascended from Mt,
Olivet ten days before that notod
pentecost recorded In the second
chapter of the Acts ot tho Apostles,
Is coming back again, not a Hindu
from India, hut as the head of His
glorious church ond na the bride-
groom of His blood-washod bride
which has been taken from among
an nations or tne earth, it Is so
palpably ridiculous, this false
Christ theory, thut on wonderi
how any on can bo fooled, but
Just read the next paragraph.
-I www
"Thousands of theosuphlst ar
Journeying to India lu anticipation
of tho second coining ot liiiihi,
the New York Tribune says. Thuy
are going to India becuuso their
ouder. Mrs. Anuln licatiht, proph
esied thut ha would appear first In
India. Wlllilu five liu.nl lis tho oh!
star of llethlehem would reappuur
and instead of casting lis mellow,
holy rays ever thn sleeping child
lying In a manner, It will throw
Ita lustre over Adyar, India, ac
cording to the pruphvey uf Mi.
llesnnt. The re nor I further status
that only a lew weeks ago thin
young Hindu, upon whom the title
it t'hrlat hus descended, visaed
thin country and quietly Imparled
Ihu manner of his visitation and
tho lime he should make hla public
appearance, lu th elhl'osophtcul
societies uf New York. Clearly
this wholo thing Is contrary lo the
smlpltires. and from what uthvr
source have we any knowledge of
either the first or second coining
of the Christ?
a a a
Some weeks ago this writer de
clared that Col. Mitchell, ot the
t' lilted States air service, would
get all the army court-murtlal
court could give him. Why, It la
the inoHt natural thing In the
wurld. The court was uiude up of
those who had been criticised b
the doughty colonel, and his crl'
Icisma tere given lu good, strung
Kugtlsh. and intlmuted "incompet
ence and criminal negligence bor-
ilerlng on treason," in huiulllng the
air service. The eeutenco meted
out to the colonel Is denominated
as cruel and Inhuman. The court
nut only demoted him, but would
make It Impossible for tho colonel
to earn a living for five years. As
they could not puna the death sen
tence In time of peace ror the tiff
tense commuted. It may lie that
tho court thought to slurve him lo
ileath, 1 he court has another giion
coming. The citlsena or till.
I lilted Stales, at least outside ot
the army and navy, have the In
herent right to a trial for oflenio.
committed, by the court and Jury
rree rrotu prejudice, which thing
was denied Col. Mitchell. 1 Jus'
wonder, lit times of peace, whether
the army and navy are larger than
the United States, or Jimi a con.
cumltunt pari of our cltlsenry like
the rest or ui. Indignation Is rum.
pant, any way.
MOTOR STORKS DEFENDED
"lloucw ftp" Say They Fill Real
Nmt In ilw OoiiiinuHliy
El'OENB, (ire., Dec. 56. (Tu
the Kil.tur) I noticed lu ' the
Kenister thut some or our grocer
men ore trying lo use the inerch
un:s association and our c ly
council to pull their chestnuts out
or the f.re. I suy grocerymen lie
cause I do not knuw who elsu
would be .nteresled In putting a
proh.hltive license on tho motor
grocery stores. 1 understand they
are already paying a very high
license. They drive slow and usu
ally close to the side or the street.
So I do not see how they can be a
menace to the lives of people or In
terfere with trafrir, while many
of our delivery vehicles are dr.ven
last and recklessly.
1 am not Interested 111 the mOtor
grocery en- any other grocery, but
I have round tho motor grocery a
real convenience when I could not
get down town. It la much more
mtlsluclury id see what you are
buying than lo. order over the
telephone, and I have no doubt
many others are having tne same
experience, especially mothers with
small children. If the traveling
groceries tl.d not f.ll a need they
would not be patronized. Again
If It Is Jut and r.ght to put the
license so high on the motor gro
ceries that they have lo go out of
business whv not do the nam to
all grocer es so that the little fel
lows would have to quit. Tnut
would give the big ones a boiler
chance. They could anu just n
little to their price so we would
ail help pity the license, and our
c.ty could uso the cash.
A iluun&nirEti
ENGLISH WORDS. MULTIPLY
Too Many Aro IP-mg Given En-
tlroly Now -Meaning
One wonders where language
will bring up on of these days.
Kvcry nsw . dictionary is tntcKer
than the lust. Is It that there aro
too many new words, or Is It that
people are using words in so many
various wa?s that note has to b
taken of all ot them?
There are a few nowapapcrs
that are still sticklers for the use ot
words. One of them, for Instance
will not permit any of Its writer
to uso the word "secure," for "ob
tain." The newspapor la right, and
yet It seems to bo dipping buck
the sea with a teaspoon a against
the flood of uso. More people,
more newspaper appear to be us
ing "secure" whore thoy mean "ob
tain", thun otherwise. The lexi
con makers have surrendered to
use and they have listed "securo"
as meaning "obtain." Ho It goes,
many more words aro being used
In their flgtiratlvo soneo until the
usage becomes matter of fact.
Ho one may ask where Is our
language tendency finally to bring
up? Tho final effect may be that
we shall cultivute the use of so
many words and cultivate some of
them so fur- from their original
meaning that obscurity rather than
clarity will result. Lansing Stale
Journal.
The Spice of Life I
IngrnAIUidn
Howard: "illggs has a million
dollars duo to his ancostors's
thrift."
Jay; "Whitt'n hn buying with It?"
Howard: "Different ancestors."
Brown Jug.
I(M"n'l Play Fair
"Dad, I ain't going to school
any more.''
"Eh, why?''
. "It's no bally good I can't lenrn
to spell. The teacher keeps
changing tho words.' Sydney Bul
letin. e e
Home, Sweet, Homo
Hwoot Young Thing: 'Toll mo,
don't you sailors ever got most ter
ribly homesick?"
Old Heafnrer: "Well, I daresny
we should If we had to stop there
any length of tlmo," The Passing
Show.
Plain no a Mini Frmrr)
An actor fell In lovo with a
chorus gli'l who did not return his
affection. After ho hud proposed
to her for tho twentieth tlmo she
beenmo exnspnrntod, and said ex
oltodly: "Look here, I wouldn't
marry you not If you was tho last
man on oar I h. I don't want noth
ing to do with you, Is that plain
English?"
- "It's plain, enough, my denr,"
replied the unnbnshed suitor, "but
It Isn't English, you know,"-
Blood Pre ure and Health
only nn Index
Not Nt'cesauilly Alarming
It Can't II" Uought
Had Living ut Fault
II ritKIIKtllt'K 1). HTItU'KNII, 11.11
(Or. son Slate llsallll Ullli'er)
BI.OOII pressure Is an Index not
a disease. Everyone hus a
bluud pressure Just na everyone
bus a pulse. To keep It normal Is
largely wlllilu one's control,
s a a
The only person who can Inter
pret your blood pressure Intelli
gently Is the physician who hue
knuwledga of luiiiiy things about
your body unit four health. The
physician who is most likely to
huve this knowledge Is he one
whu has been your physician fur
soma tlmo. Low bluud preMiuiu
usually Indicates a luck of general
lone. High blood pressure, oil the
..!!... I......I .ll,,ilu iill.tittlmt to
certain diseases, the vhuuges duo
to advuiiciug years nun peiiet-iuiiy
In women, to disturbance of middle
age. These conditions, llko all
others, are most ellet'tlvely and
olleii successfully treated only
when discovered early, A blood
pressure test, thereror should b
a purl or every good examination
a a a
Visible throbbing arteries do not
means high bluud pressure. Koi
dues loss ot blood necessarily lower
It. High blood pressure does not
signify too much blood or any
change ut alt In th blood Itself,
but menu that tho blood Is at
tempting to circulate under abnor
mal resistance.
a a a
That one Is us old an Ills urlerloj
Is a popular suylug. High blood
pressure tuo olleii shows that the
patlFiii. while perhaps knowing the
old saying, hus not rvutlsed w hat
ho could do to Influence tne mut
ter. My overeating and drinking,
chronic conelliialiun. reneuted un
necessary colds and other Inac
tions he bus curried a loud lor
yeurs under which ha hus fluuliy
broken down.
I
Naltiro provide a. wide margin
. of sari-ty lor most ot u but It is
not luelhuuatllile. Tho Ills whlcn
I we geiteruliy claim u petty and
j trivial, frequently repealled, ojhI
' bud habits of hygiene long contin
ued, are probably most concerned
i In determining whether a II vt,
1 as long as we should.
1 a
You cannot buy a lower blood
pressure. The most skillful physi
cian gives advice which you und
only you cun curry out. Ilcgrvt
und remorse may save your soul,
but It wilt lower your blood pres
sure, but very lilile ir years of bud
living or neglect have rulsed It to
a high point. On the other hand
If high blood pressure Is found and
leads lo the discovery or kidney ill.
seaae. much can be dune by prop,
er treatment. , II. however, the
I high blood pressure Is only lem
, porary phenomenon, onu uf the
many symptoms of u natural
.change which will pass lit a shott
I lime, there Is no need tu be uudul
alarmed about II. A blood pre..
I sure well below normal limits In
dicates the necessity or finding out
w hul Is the cause of the pour con-
uyii'iu and eradicating II,
Mr Line o' Talk
By Everett Earl Htsnsrd
llolls of Hut Now Year
"pol.l, ror the . old year's flight:
' Toll ror Hie men who railed
Hauls overborne In thn flghl.
loomed when the tempter as
sailed. Toll for I ho prayers unsuld,
Kind acts left undone:
Toll ror the burled and bead.
Toll for the vanished sun.
Toll, for tho mystic hour Is here.
Toll for the death uf the sad old
year.
Peal for the new year's light:
Olve lis a siud refrain.
Grief wan burled lust night;
joy is risen again;
Poul from tower and spire.
Old things ore pussed away;
Rod Is the down. light fire.
Ho. merrily ring. 1 suy!
Ilhyme It and chime It! The nlghi
Is gone;
Earth Is new-made by the new
year's dawn!
a a a
Oiil-of-Prlnt
IN the year 1SS0 a Professor Orlm
mer was muklng some grim pre
dictions. A perlodlcsl at that time
took notlco of him us follows: "A
pamphlet Just published hv Profen.
sor Grimmer nascrts that the period
i rum inu to iss7 win bo one uni
versal carnival of death everywhere
except on tho Parlfio coast. Asia
win no depopulated, Europe nonrly
so, and America will loso 15,000,
000 of hor poople. Besides plnguoj
wo aro to huve storms und tidal
waves, mountains are to toss their
heads through the choicest val
leys, navigators will bo lost bv the
thousands, and Islands will uppeur
aim uisuupeur in miu-ocen. All
the birds, bourn B and fishes will
mostly be deceased, famine and
civil strife will destroy most of the
human beings left alive bv the
plague, and finally, two yeurs of
nro win rogo witn fury in every
part of the globe. The few nan.
pie that may manage to survive
until 1 hus will hsvo rcuaon to be
thankful.
Iloil and Yellow Mnn
George A. Dyson, a veleran
miller of Linn county whose aznnr.
lencos 111 the early-day mines of the
weet woro varied ami unique, ro
latns a curious story of a clash be.
tween CJiliiamen mid Pluto Indians
in tno 1 1 inn nolil t District of No.
vada. The up-shot of the affair
was a massacre of Iho heathen
Chlncse.wiih thn escape of but ona
man. Hvson assisted In tho burial
of tho victims.
Oronna
Thoi old town of Oreann, No
vada, bon hi fd a supply storo which
wits frequented by miners from the
Humboldt district. Dyson worked
In thiil store In the early sixties.
Chinamen, lo the number of about
fifty, having desortnd thn mines
of tho llunihnlilt and Intending to
go to Alder Gulch, Montana,' ar
rived at tho storo ono afternoon.
Four wngons drawn by four hoses
each, carried their tools ond earthly
belongings, nnd behind thn four
wngolis trudged thn flfly Chinks.
At Oronna the Chinamen nil en
tered tho storo nftid niliilo pur
chases. They bought provisions
designed for use nn thn long Jour
ney, nnd wore Informed by Dyson
something 'about tho best route
to nnrsiio, Thoy woro very mtioh
nlarmed to find that a band ot
Plutea worn camped on the rlvr
near Orennai' and they hnslened
their depart nro for thnt reason. A
number of tho Indian cam into
town and look nolo of all that th
yellow men did and attld,
The Maughuv
According tu Dyson, tliu leitm.
si era III charge of I he four wuguus
were while men. Tha Chluaiuen
lett Omnia thai nfiumuuu IhiiiiiiI
up the river lo a lurd ahum iu
mile from the town, hut early the
nest day the teaiuslnis warn buck
agulil, Willi a atruiigu stuiy tu toll.
nioy wild tnut a utile beiure tluv
light Hi camp of the Cliluaiiuui
hud beau attuoked by Indians, and
that us the (uriner put mi no flu Ik
at till, the redskins hud everyihini.
their own wuy, mid with the es
cepllun uf Olio Chluuihuii, who wus
a good runners, the wnule camp
was iiiwasiicrud. As pruol or then
slory, the leamslem esullilled tne
surviving Ill-lit Hull l lllliesu. He ti,
hidden uwuy lu one ut tliu Wuguiui,
and wn chultai-lng uwuy like u
scared monkey. Alter the depar
ture of the leuinslei. the clllsens
or Oivaua, Including Hsuu got
together ami went tu the scene ot
Hid massacre. They round I In,
corpses ol I he victim, scattered lu
all dlrectluns, and so resolving
themselves Into a burying parly,
spent (ha rest of the day In glvlui,
the unfortunates decent Interment.
t'atlMi of Mauglilcr
The cause of the sanguinary deed
on the purl ol tha liuliuus, says
Hyson, wua hut u mere rmiul
haired, but arose (runt the fact
thut the Indluiis knew the t'himi.
men pusaewed several wugouloadn
ul provisions, and that by a mas
sacre the riulos cuiild eusily get
alt ahumluiica or sugur, Imcou,
riour, rice utid other coMiutodtties.
And I lie (net la thai II fell out Just
as the red men had planned, rui
they sent their squaws with ponies
Immediately urter the slaughter,
and with lite help or some young
bucks Hie squaws loaded every
puny with provisions. Tim w hole
luiid of Indians then moved to
parts tiukituwn. The nhl miner
opines Hint In the wllderneia as
pect or Hie Nevada country at thai
lime. It would have been uliout as
easy In rind, apprehend uud punish
the redaklu. ut to locate Hie on.
talked of and elusive needle in Hit
hay slack.
Survltor Itruadrasui
The surviving t'lilnuniuit went
back to Sactuuii-nio whence he
hud inlsliiully hull.-. I und rpreui,
the news or the musaucre fur uud
wide uiiuiKst his native kit It and
kin. with the result thut the I'hiu.
ese far many years avoided Nevudu
an they would n pestilence.
POWER OP Kt'CttiEKriON TOI.D
Crimn I'tlllir 'y Is liu-eil l.o
lirirtiiT than a IMIcrrviu
HA NT A CLAIIA. Ore,, llec, It-. .
(To the Ed.lorl - Jane Hmllll has. ""I
entirely overlooked the fn.-t thai
It is the child's good wo nre after.
Leave it lo a mun to think or
himself first.
II would certainty be tin. bad
to rail lu prtni every scandal that
thine"! liefore Hie vnrlous com
munities.
Too long have parents been
about business nnd plenstltee. ,-nv
Ing the iii, I, I to seek bis own
auiu.euiei.i. It is c 1 11'
ahotlt face Time (o think of the
child s good Instead of our own
pleasures.
J. It. Coulee said It III bis Holes lu live llinu are the open
In Inst Hunibiv's tinnec nnd the! of Hie country. 1 am slid
sooner parents wake tin to the ' note, however, that many Ami
fnct or w hut the movies nnd selisn. 1 1' counties Ami uiMrkia
tl. uinl l.ternture are duitig ror our making provu.oiis lor mad.
children the eoonor wo w.ll set hiallh siiperMHiui. No heller
started nn Hie lit; lit mud, ve.uni'iii run lie made uysnyni
Let's not be Ilka Hie mother whu.uiuuiiy man I no money sptnl
enl nut for a short time, lelim t I guarding the publ.o health. Ill
her Mile onus not to pill any beutia; tr easier lo prevent ilUee) tl.
In their noses. It only suugesteit
It to thent and on her return she
f und them each with a benn In
his nose, our editor has 'uken a
good stand on this when be said:
"The trashy iuov.ee nre shown be
cause the public deitcin.ls Iheiu."
1 agree with bltii perfectly, but
how use we. going In Improve the
standards ror the coming genera
tion when we are ronsianily flaunt
ing before' them the name sug
gestive material which has led the
present publ e to demand the
present standards.
To tne Hi s whole question Is
one on the power of suggestion.
For one who Is deterred from
crime by lli!n publicity you will
find ten who nre led Into It.
I hope broiher Hiulth does not
think I nm foolish enough to ad
vouate the totut abolition nf all
news of rr mlnnl nature. Hut I
am rrmons rating against Iho fuel
that Ill's stuff Is given first place.
LUCY M. LI1.E8
SUN IV AI.EJtTNESS (MI'GED
New Idea Emit Ml In Mental Tost
l or Children
In some of tho elenienlury Eng.
Ilsh schools today, mental tests are
mudo, und gauged by the qulcknesj
shown In solving certain problems
nrescnlod plctorlally. One test,
known us the Porteus maxe, meas
ures temperament as well as mind.
Eleven muxes, graded progressively
In dlfflutilly, are printed an separ
ate sheets, and the pupil Is told
thnt they show tho pal lis In a gar
den surrounded by walls, Ho must
find bin way out by tho quickest
route. The showing mudo depends
on the nupll's ability to work un
der pressure and withstand dis
traction by tinesiientluln In tho mu
torlul or bv no'srs In the room.
A cube Initiation test Involves the
touching of four numbered cubes
In a certain sequence as Indicated
bv the teacher, tho combinations
of numbers being made moro und
more difficult. Each Inst gives u
certain score, nnd by combining
the scores the menial ago, of tliu
pupil In arrived at, Hlngla losls aro
of no value,
Tho toiii of London boys nnd
girls betwo Mt Hm nges of eight and
thirteen eliowed some Interesting
sex dlfferoices. The girls excelled
Iii mommy tesls and tho boys In
reasoning.
A Hllvcr Lining
Mrs. Knownll took a great In
teres' In Ihe doings nf all Iho
nnlithhot's. It was a groat day ror
h"r wlinn a now rtrrlvnl came In
the house nn the opposite s!do of
thn struct, nnd she watched with
In'orest as the furnlturo was re
moved from tho van nnd carried
Into the house,
"Well," said her hiisbnnd, when
he returned from husness In tho
evening, "have you found nut nny
thlng nhnut lhn social standing of
thn new folks across tho strcet7"
"Not yet," was. tho reply. "Thoy
have no car."
., "Nn?"
"Yes, nnd they hnvn no pom, no
phonograph, m radio, and not
ovnn a grand piano, I can't Im
agine what they hove got."
"Humph I" romnfkod friend litis
hand, siirdnnle.nlly. "Pnrhnps limy
hnvo a bank account." Tho Fore
cast, , '
Triumphant Thrift
"Tint don't you cook much mnrn
for dinner than w use, dnrllng?
' "Of course, silly! If I don't, how
could I economise by making left
over aiilie?", Windsor Mogaslne.
a-,ii.ii
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in,.
to a
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au7:.'"Vl
A .. ." ""M
..., ,(. u
"""n rsl
'"V ill ,
sludl.j
'""ii rtiiittM 1
as. i. , I
Ullliln i i. . ",w t(
nor!::,,."" zrq
I wo generations ten ,, , I
HV loat I. ,. ol "7kM
four. The poo. III. .". 1
betoro It was n year i.i "l
Let tun quota ( . I
from one nr tin, urtleleT I
lUUgtKlue: Th,,.. M l , , ' '1
ellls ol ours Mv ' "r,nM
toll of lllelr ,.... " ? '
tenement rh,;; ' 'Tf
city wur.ls sr. tods, ,v ' ."I
witn iiiheri-ulosis. while on. 1.1
trillion in-,, !ii,ii . -T.. .'" I'l
tee.i colli, I he !,,,,,,, . "
Mv 'f !. I'r. I-ouii i. t,.J
reptllls u .llivev he mills Ot.hJ
m. Hon in.i.triu h.a, .-."l
policy holders. The r.eott ItJ
, " -'"MiF ,e-B ot n
working days every )(r for ,
' Scl
n.i.i in-, -I - - ,
equal amount ior quriors, i,, J
.... ...v,,. no.ltSl Milt
sum is tupn.luua .bout
billion doilnrs per ytarl
In
my own rllv nt M v.
Hie death rate Inst year i
while III IHH. fifty y.ara .
wus S 1. The present rati u
per ceo. inian in., former
Ul her Allletli a,, cities shew
saute tllipr.iveiniill.
l-'ull time bwiith offlrUii, sot
"- sie wattr, ti
""-"' iii.i'ac.ion and at
milk, sinllury and fooj ln.plli:
vucHialloii. ihuby rllnjrs, th,
iiemtn euperviniun. and tat
education-- ilte.o are atnonri&tr
uen, in eiiii.-s.iuiw thsre srs incl
for a right Tine reasons why we have be;
chance lo live than our rii
fathers.
rule nre heromlng safer rU
to cure II, .More and more sree
clllsens recognising this truth i
acting upon It.
i ',.!.. .in mi nr
Nceiiwr K-.iuie servlie. far.
Nubbin of WUdotB
Oathured by C. K. Osrllele.
tifSM the bravo rsn Ion.
v Eear has no strenHK u I
Love Is strength and round.
'Tl bravo lo Ion ami lv.
e e e
"If there I. lovo In llie iH
I hero will be life In trie gm.
e e e
"Hllenre covers s multitude
iKitorunre, use II freely. Till V
Cry.
see
Itesotirrefnl 'The Hock
soul toe 1. full of water.
"Well." said the agent, "hi"
blotter." Judge,
e e
Pleiine.l Out "III thero ill
l,nnte,l n Klorllltt UmUoM tO I
departing guesl who ess nil
for Ihe Irani, "you vo aropiim
nnrtLnlhnnU "
"All right." shouted lifk
,.il.n elennlne. vi
further use fur it. uenen "'
script.
t-i. r .,-iii-m Need
"What this country
more production."
.,,i' .1.- -amiiIpu needs.
vi inn ine " ' -,
piled' I'armer Corntomll, l"
slight traro or Irritation,
talk about what It neeus
etilhiislam ahoiil deliver-in
goods. Washington Htur.
To A Cherry Tree
rare-free
Thy branches blow.
White as the duwni
Pelols drop low
Mvlshly spent
On the cool Inwn
IrmiMllPnt
Or song, benilly of IM.
Light of Hie sun
All woiulrniisly spun
lln e tree.
-llnlph minion, in "nrcutiu
Live." . . .
With God nothing be
onuslliln Luke 1:3". ......i
If any Iron hie '"'flj
vnnd your control, put '"J, J
hands, If It conies , In DM
mind, put Ii naeit .. ""n,,tni
...in neVfecl hat wiilch cone,''
,i nvemniiilnus power M ,1
"I':.... '.'.. . Tim Hunners ""1
Ot -IIIIS 11 IH"- 9 ' 'j"
Prevailing
King, .Wf
pnp,fr,;Var...d"!";d.rn
the grain . nPi,
And that nloiie pre nil. : .,,.
thn iru.o.
boll Hcolt. , , .
v,..-f,w Pattern
Who ran eve.l 'K .?
When he P"rn" W , rnn H"
Nothing here on frlh cl,n
Love's original design. w
In the school ' "Vro"'1'1
On the loom of ovo 1 1" , 6r0
To tho world Ills nnl"
Wo must follow line
llohnrt , I'd"" "
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