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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1914)
llumi.l PAGE FOUR SEMMVEEKLV BANDON RECORDER. TUESDAY, DEC. lf.YH. 1914 -lu- SEMI-WEEKLY Bandon Recorder Published every Tuesdny and Friday by The Recorder Publishing Co., Inc. Entered at the Post Office at Bon don, Oregon, as mail matter of the second class. C. E. KOPF & A. W. STUART EditorB and Manage. Muke all checks payable and address all communications to the company. Subscription price, $1.C0 per year, in advance, PROSPERITY AND RAILROADS It is doubtful if the European war has no mucli to do with the present hard times as is generally supposed. A more important factor is the gen oral public's attitude towards the rail roadfi and public service corporation: generally. ' The abuses suffered by the people at the hands of the railroads in the matter of unfair freight rate? and in their domination of state govern mcnt, called for legislative action. This was accomplished under the lead ership of La Follotto and Roosevelt But since then thero has been a gen eral baiting of the railroads and all public service corporations until with the increased cost of wages and material, they are unable to pay div idends sufficient to induce capital to invest in their securities. The rail roads have shown plainly in their ap plication for an increase in freight rates bfore the interstate commerce commission that their demand arc not only just but necessary. Nearly all the railroads of the country are in a run down condition. They can not earn nor borrow enough money to keep their systems in the proper shape to handle the countries traflic. The general business condition of the country can not improve as long as properties so vital to the country's welfare are not allowed to prosper. We can see no prospects of a return to general prosperity so long as the traffic artrics of the country are harrassed and forced into poverty and incompetency. No organism can live nnd be healthy unless all its unites arc in that con dition. The country cannot prosper greatly unless the railroads are al lowed to thrive. Victor-Victrolas, Ediwn Disc TalL ing Machines and Records. Your in spection invited. Snbro Bros. If you are interested in buying pianos see Sabro Brothers. Good pianos from $1125 up to $1200, deliv ered before Christmas, and sold on terms if desired. 90U. Ti 1 1 E. A SMART Httlc overcoat sets the style pace for Winter. Its sniifT back and sweeping skirt give it class and speed. Adlcr's Collegian Clothes nrensjjood-IookiriK nnd us lonK-wenrintf ns any younj; man could wiin for. Wo Kiiiiranttfo them to ecrve jwrfetfily J, IRA SIDWBLL IASE OF CIVILIZATION? Experts Differ on Question and on Value of Radium. OVERDQSEKILLEDUREMNER? Cornell Professor of Pathology Thinks So, but Dolievee In E.ricacy of tha Minercl--Statistician Docnres Thoso Reported Cured by It Nover Really Had Dread Disease. Speakers who appeared :ef"re the American Society For the Cn trol of Cancer In New YiU iliiiiicl widely w to the prevalence 't tl. d'souso and also an to the elllem of i idiu n treat ment for It. Tito l eetln,; win called to start u inovi'.nei t to ;x'(iiii.lnt thu public with the dan, .ers of ciuwht imil eujicclully With the tlaiu;er of i; (lowing win 1 1 enncermiH gmwtlis to become uinllfrtwint and deep seated before ap plying for operations. Frederick L. Hoffman, statistic i.tn, who has made n Hpeeinlty of collect Ing Information about mi r a-" :'ed that 7G.0OO adult persons died fiom the itlseaso last year In tho United States alone, while 500,000 persona died from It In civilized countries. Ho ald Uint cancer was essentially a ills wise of civilization nnd was pitictically unknown among primitive people and lavage tribes- Dr. James IJwlng, professor of pa thology of tho Cornell university inedl nil HCliool, disputed Mr. HolTnu.n'H as tiertlon. Ho said thnt cancer was not only prevalent throughout tho whole human race, but that, far from being n dlHense of civilization. It was prev nlent in practically all lower animals mid was even found among trout nnd .odllsh, which died from It In great numbers. Disputes Cures With Radium. In discussing radium cures for can ocr Mr. Hoffman said that a careful study of hundreds of reported cures had convinced him that the patients affected were really not suffering from cancer. IIo denied that any cure liai? been effected by any means other than tho surgeon's knife. With this Dr. Kwlng disagreed also. Ho said that cancerous growths had been cured by radium when they were local and when they hud been treated before the poisonous toxins rrom tho growth had spread through tho wholo body. Tho Umlt of radium treatment, do snld. was confined to a depth of an inch and a half or two Inches, ns that wns the extent of tho penetrating pow er of radium rays beneath the skin. He said that new ways wero constant ly being discovered to apply radium so that Its curative power would bo ex tended to even the most malignant forms of the disease. In response to questions asked him after he had concluded Ids address Dr. Ewing expressed the opinion that a rery largo overdose of radium had been administered to Representative S. Breinner of New Jersey and that Mr. Itremner's death was no doubt hasten ed by this too extensive application. He pointed out that the correct dosage Tor radium had not been determined definitely and that much experiment ing must be done In this direction. "The deaths from this disease." said Mr. Hoffman, "have practically dou bled in the lust forty years. The death rnto Increases at the rate of 5 per cent every decjide. Statistics which I have gathered concerning the disease prove that no doctor operating for cancer iut ever Infected by It nnd that no person ever Inherited It or passed It an an Infection to any other person. "Cancerous cells are treacherous for the reason that they have no nervo stimulation connected with them. You do not feel nnj pnln as a cancerous growth starts and ho gain no warning. The rich nro ntlllctcd more than tho poor. All persons nro liable to bo at tacked after they reach maturity. Most often the dlsenso appears nfter tho vic tim luis reachel an age of forty years or more. "In Knglnnd thoy eat live or six meals a day and so constantly Irritato the stomach. It mny bo that this has something to do with starting cancer ous growths, ns Kngllsh people suffer heavily. Urges Study of Localities. "In Mndlnon county, N. Y., cancer has attained the highest level in the United Raton u a cause of doaths. We do not know why this In so, but I wish Mine MH'lal ntiidy could bo un dertaken to tlml out. There art) other mimll locnlltloa where tho numhur of cancer pntlentM l iwpurliUly lurgo. Study of thiwo loon II tW might give iw much more light tlmn m-oklng In lab- oratorliw U Dud thtt genu Hint i-hiiihm It or whaltmir thu nuureo of tli din- mm limy It. , n umtlor of fuel, nil wo Know alNMit n w tlmt nuiiw ci'IIm brmh lout lit IawUmm fitalituii and Into tii iMMtr "Wn iMtoi i" 4 MriUt I ilia vwnl 'Mnttf.' " tin miM. "ud lflu Im imw Ik Mtf M -tt m iKimliid of itrii4JMtf mat will HiiliKiiti) tmrHtu lit r Hum ku.u t "Uiii linti mvur Ht4i)f ft i i iw"i 4 1- u uwlit'l uf tti. (Itk HIM I It ' l OUI Ui CAff ul,'.t lie ii. I iiti MiH imi - LODGE IMRKCTORY 3 Masonic. Dandon Lodge, No. 130, A. F. & A. M. Stated communications first Saturday after the full moon of each month. Special communications Master Masons cordially invited. WALTER SAI3IN, W. M C. E. DOWMAN, Sec. Eastern Stat. Occidental Chapter, No. -15, O. E, S., meets Saturday evenings before and after stated communications o Masonic lodge. Visiting members cordially invited to attend. L. KATE ROSA, W. M. ROSA BINGAMAN, Secretary. Rcbcknh . Ocean Rcbcknh Lodge, No. 12G, I O. O. P., meets second and fourth Tuesdays at I. 0. 0. P. hall. Tran cicnt members cordially invited. ELVA MILLER, N. G. MINERVA LEWIN, Secretary. I .0. O. P. Bandon Lodge, No. llTd, I. 0. 0, P., meets every Wednesday evening Visiting brothers in good standing cordially invited. D. C. KAY, N. G. L. I. WHEELER. Secretary. Knights of I'ythias. Delphi Lodge, No. C4, Knights of Pythias. Meets every Monday CV' oning at Knights hall. Visiting knights invited to attend. ERNEST, SIDWELL, C. C. U. N. HARRINGTON, K. of R. S. W. O. W. "With Charity Towards All" Seaside Camp, No. 212, W. 0 W, mccta Tuesdays, K. of P. hall, 8 p. m. Visitors are assured a hot wel come. By order of W. A. KELLER, C. C. C. M. GAGE, Clerk.. Loyal Order of Moose. Meets Thursday evenings in I. 0 O. 1''. hall. Transciont Moose cord ially invited. Somothing doing ev ery Thursday. Yen cm twtr pet inv rt ftix "tail b i .. i .-.I .. 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HOUSTON Physician & Surgeon Office in First National Bank build ing. Hours, 9 to 12 n. m; 1:30 to 1 p. m; 7 to 8 in tho evening. BANDON, OREGON DR. SMITH J. MANN Physician & Surgeon Office in Ellingson Building. Hours, 9 to 12 n. m; 1 to 5 p. m. BANDON, OREGON DR. L. P. SORENSEN Dentist Office in First Nationnl Bank build ing. Telephone nt house nnd ofilco. BANDON, OREGON G. T. TREADGOLD Attorney and Counselor at Law Office in Nc,w Bank Building Notary Public BANDON, OREGON DR. R. V. LEEP Physician & Surgeon Office in Ellingson building, Phono 72 BANDON, OREGON DR. ARTHUR GALE Physician & Surgeon Office in ESingson building. Office phone, 3-52. Residence phone, BANDON. OREGON DR. S. C. ENDICOTT Dentist Office in Ellingson building. Office phone 1211. Ilcsidcnce phone, 1161 BANDON, OREGON DR. I. L. SCOFIELD Dentist Offico in Fnhy and Morrison Build 'ng- next to Emergency Hospital. Phono 1141 BANDON, OREGON DR. H. M. SHAW Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Office Phono 330-J Re Phone 105-J Rooms 200-1 Irving Block MARSIIPIELD, OREGON BENJAMIN OSTLIND Consulting Engineer and Architect MARSIIPIELD, OREGON TheHolidays will soon be here A Gift to strengthen friendship your portrait WHEELER STUDIO. The Alpha Restaurant I Jest Home Cooking in town I loumemade bread, pies and cakes, Oprii from 6:11) a. in. till iiuiliilit Mrs. F. D. Meyer, Prop. Ni xl ilnor m l int N.ill. II ml. Hotel Bandon! i AiuiTiruii IMmii. f ll j 1 Mini f,sn .ijt i 51k, 7k k I jut li 4 f A 1 f o elephon r Amas every day in the year. Consult local office f or r a t e s. Do Your Shopping Early. COOS AND CURRY TELEPHONE CO. T Real Estate iftmmm. A, Si Fire Insurance Notary Public rentals Good Lois in Azalea Park, $25 Down and .$10 per month. Bargain in Business Lot on First Street. EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS S. S. BREAKWATER ALWAYS ON TIME Sailing from Coos Bay December 19th at 11:00 a. m. December 26th at 2:30 p. m. 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