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VOLUME XL
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 29, 1919.
NUMBER 35
TORK FAR AHEAD
OF GRIM REAPER
Reobrt Shows Births in 22 States
Exceed Deaths by 74.4
. : A Par Pan
LT. COM. HAROLD AUTEN
I,.-'
Ml 24.6 PER 1,000
dea
pr,
infi
brot
fhich i
from Registration Area Show
lof 14,394 Pairs of Twins
155 Sets of Triplets
In 1917.
OH. In the blrth-reglstra-
of the United States 1,353,-
Were born alive In 1917,
a birth rate of 24.6 nor
lotion.
number of deaths In the
was 776,222, or 14.1 per
births exceeded the deaths
cent. For every state in
tlon area, for practically
es and for nearly all the
he births exceeded the
most cases by considerable
The mortality rate for
der one year of age aver-
per 1,000 living births.
ri'i.'olnc are among the facts
P-lft' the census bureau's
i mm ion of birth statistics.
fttl'Wlstratlon area, estab-
JOlTt'Bhas grown rapidly. It
' lh '1917 the six New Entf-
itnte.v Indiana, Kansas, Ken-
Afrtryland, Michigan Washing
igbnsln and the District of Co-
rtid had an estimated popula
5B;000,000, or about 53 per cent
estimated total population of
Ited States In that year.
Comparison With 1916.
bfrth rate for the entire birth-
stratlon area fell below that for
by two-tenths of one per 1,000
uiation; but the death rate was
by clx-tenths of one per thousand
n itr 1916. Thus the excess o the
rite over the death rate for 1917,
amounted to 10.5 per 1,000, was
newhat greater than the correspond
excess for 1916, 10.1 per 1,000,
hough It fell slightly below that for
16, 10.9 per 1,000.
il the birth and death rates prevail-
in any one of these three years
to remain unchanged, and If no
the urea to which they relate, Its
in: i iv mure mil I 1 ner cem uei
or a little more than 10 per
a decade. This would be about
rate 21 per cent by which
re population of the United
Increased between 1900 and
total number of births report-
288, or 24.5 per 1,000, were of
tes for the two elements of
i-.t .t i nor
1111 M M Wt'll1 lO.I UUII ., ) '1
urn. moriumy rum uim ia,
of age per 1,000 born alive
the birth-registration area
was 93.8 In 1917, as against
6 and 100 In 1915. This Is
to saying that In 1915 and
ry ten Infants born alive
"ore reaching the age of
reas In 1917 the cone
was a trifle more than
nong the twenty states
d froirj,.M,4 for Mln
ltfaryrand ; and for
n separately the
ist rates were 60.3
d 109.5 for New
callty rates vary
sexes and for the
jes. The rate for
1917, 103.7 per 1,000
.is nearly 35 per cent
tat for female Infants,
y 88.8. When the cora
tde on the basis of race
y of mother a minimum of
mothers born In Denmark,
Sweden, and a maximum
infants with mothers born
while for negro children the
-from the registration
the birth of 14,394 pairs of
hets of triplets In 1917
. fnfmtts or n Ufrle mnr
Sent of the total number
r for Family.
1,241,722 of the
1917 contained ln-
tt.tilml- rtt .ItUd In
se reports 339,-
chlld born to
for the second
third, 144,331
and 95.981 for
the remaining 216,846
cant of the entire
Information upon
WHI. IIIC IUIOI I1UIU-
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18-Months-Old Babe
Is Arrested on Warrant
San Francisco. Jack Theo
dore Walters, 18 months old,
was arrested recently on a war
rant Issued by Superior Judge
B. J. Flood.
He was brought Into court
In the arms of Sheriff Thomas
F. Finn and awarded to the
custody of bis mother, Mrs.
Hazel Walters, so to remain un
til further orders from the
court
A few minutes before Jock's
mother bad placed on the secret
file a suit for divorce from his
father, Jack Otto Walters.
In the affidavit Mrs. Walters
declared her husband was plan
ning to kidnap little Jack and
take him beyond the state line,
where the San Francisco courts
would have no jurisdiction.
jt.
NEW OUTLINE MAP
OF COUNTRY MADE
Based on Lambert Conformal
Projection as Used in
the War.
MRS. C. W. DUSTIN
SHOWS ERRORS IN SCALE
Lieut. Commander Harold Auten, V.
C, O. S O., photographed on board the
"mystery ship," of which he waa the
commanding officer and with which he
rank a number of U-boats.
was six or more; in oi,!)14 cases it was
ten or more ; la 1,000, fifteen or more ;
in 56 cast's, twenty or more.
The total number of children borne
by the mothers who gave birth to
these 1,241,722 Infants in 1917, in
whose cases data were available as to
previous Mrths, was 4,093,908. The
reports for 1,194,621 of the blrfhs oc
curring In 1917 contained Information
as to the entire number of children
borne by the mothers and still living,
and give a total of 3,443,466, or an av
erage of very nearly three living chil
dren In each family in which a birth
took place In 1917.
MANY T0'";S GONE FOREVER
HONOR YANK DOCTORS
I
Memorial to Work of Women
j Physicians in France.
Impossible to Rebuild Some.
French Villages In Battle
Area.
of
Paris, France. Investigations by the
commission which Is examining the de
vastated regions of France are confirm
ing the previous evidence that many
of the beautiful towns and hamlets of
the battle area are so totally ruined
that they never can be rebuilt. Vaux,
of Immortal fame, has taken Its place
in the long list, and the mayors of two
other historic villages, Douaumont and
Fleury, have recently notified their
people, who are refugees In various
parts of France, that these places can
not be reclaimed. Not only Is the soil
in such shape that it cannot be culti
vated for many years, but the ruined
hamlets are filled with hidden explo
sives and other dangers.
Prizes for Plgmanahlp.
Every year a pig race Is held at
Crone-sur-Marne, In the north of
France, a prise of 2,000 francs being
awarded the lucky rider of the win
ning pig. This race Is held In accord
ance with the terms of the will of a
wealthy tradesman of the village, who
died forty-two years ago.
He ordered that amongst the amuse
ments of the annual fete should be In
cluded a race with pigs, to be ridden
either by men or boys. The prize,
however, was not to be handed to the
winning jockey except on condition
that he wore deep mourning for the
deceased for two years after the race.
The municipality accepted the eccen
tric bequest, and these singular races
have been held regularly ever since.
Felicity a Necessity.
The presence of a wise population
implies the search for felicity as well
as for food ; nor can any population
reach Its maximum but through that
wisdom which "rejoices" in the hnbi
tuble parts of the earth. The desert
has its appointed place and work;
the eternal engine, whose beam Is the
earth's axle, whose beat Is Its year,
and whose breath Is Its ocean will still
divide imperiously to their desert king
doms bound with unfurrowable rock,
and swept by unarrested sand, their
powers of frost and fire; but the zones
and lands between, habitable, will be
loveliest in habitation. The desire of
the heart Is also the light of the eyes.
Buskin.
Question of Opinion.
The lute General Booth of the Sal
vation army was conducting a big
meeting which lusted unusually long,
anil toward the close a newspaper re-po-'er
left his seat and gained the
a . General Booth pointed a finger
at niru and said:
"Whoever leaves this auditorium
will be damned by God."
The reporter answered: "If I dont
leave this auditorium and hurry back
to my office Til be damned by the dtj
editor."
"God la above fhe city editor," re
torted General Booth.
"Yes, 1 think he Is." piously respond
ed the reporter, "but the city editor
doesnt !"
Coast and Geodetic Survey Announces
Completion of Chart Solving Old
Problem Special Inter
I est In Map.
Washington. The United Stntcs
coast and geodetic survey recently an
nounced the completion of a new out
line map of the United States on the.,
Lambert conformal conic proiectldrn
scale 1-5,000,000.
This map is Intended i.ierely as a
base to which may be added any klntl
of special Information dilred. The
shore line is compiled from the most
recent coast and geodetic survey
charts. State names and boundaries,
principal rivers, capitals, and the
larger cities in the differnt states are
j also embodied.
The map Is of special Interest from
the fact that It Is based on the same
j system of projection as that employed
by the armies of the allied forces In
the military operations In France. To
meet those requirements and at the
request of the army, special publica
tions yere prepared by the coast geo
detic survey? . iv.p.
Many methods of projection have
been designed to solve the difficult
problem of representing a spherical
surface on a plane. As different pro
jections have unquestionable merit as
well as equally serious defers, the
announcement states, any region to be
mapped should be made the subject of
special study and that system of pro
jection adopted which will give the
best results for the area under consid
eration. Value of New Map.
The Mereator, projection, almost uni
versally used for nautical charts, Is re
sponsible for many false Impressions
of the relative size of the countries dif
fering in latitude, according to the. sur
vey statement. The polyconlc pro
jection, widely used and well adapt
ed for both topographic and hydro
graphic surveys, when used for the
whole of the United States In one map
has the serious defect of unduly exag
gerating the areas on Its eastern and
western limits. Along the Pacific
coast and In Maine the error In scale
Is as much as 6 per cent, while at
New York It reaches 44 per cent.
i The value of the new outline map
on the Lambert projection can best hjp
realized when It Is stated that It shows I
that throughout the largest and most
Important part of the United States,
that Is, between latitudes SOU degrees
and 49 degrees, the maximum scale
error Is only one-half of 1 per cent.
Tbjs amount of scale error of one-half
of 1 per cent Is frequently less than
the distortion due to the method of
printing and to changes from the hu
midity of the air. Only In southern
most Florida and Texas does this pro
jection attain its maximum error of
2 1-3 per cent.
The Lambert projection Is well
adapted to large areas of predominat
ing east and west dimensions In the
United States where the distance
across from east to west Is 14.5 times
that of the distance north and south.
The strength of the polyconlc projec
tion, on the other hand, Is along Its
central meridian. The merits and de
fects of the two systems of projec
tion may be stated In a general way as
being at right angles to each other.
Special Features.
Special features of the Lambert pro
jection that are not found In the poly
conic may be stated briefly as fol
lows
1. The Lambert projection Is con
formal that Is, all angles between In
tersecting lines or curves are pre
served, and for any given point (or. re
stricted locality) the ratio of the
length of a linear element on the
enrtb's surface to the length of the cor
responding map elements Is constant
for all axlmuths of directions in which
the elements may be taken.
2. The meridians are straight lines,
nn.l Hi a namltola Dm enneenfrle rlr-
,,f ii .. i- (.,-.- i, i- . . . -; " 1
..ii" ... ..., u run.. I' fKinf.i--
vruay inosi, aiercy renew ?
Emma No fat, Ella Red Bye.
Chase Alone. .Noah Hone. John Let ' r
Hand and Julia Stands Up. Out or ft
students attending the school oim
four have French name and "v
names of Enir"h or'irtn
Children's Hospital at Blola and Dis
pensary to Be Maintained
Permanently.
Paris. A children's hospital and
dispensary at Blols, France, which was
1 established during the war by the
American Women's hospitals, will be
maintained as a permanent memorial
of the work of American women doc
tors as a result of a gift of $25,000 to
the French trustees of the institution.
The money comes out of the 1918 cam
paign fund of the American Women's
hospitals, according to an announce
ment made by Dr. Mary M. Crawford,
chairman of the committee which is
now raising $230,000 throughout the
country to carry on the women physi
cians' work in France and the near
east.
The hospital at Blols is under the
direction of Dr. Annie Veech of Louis
ville, lfy according to a letter re
ceived at the headquarters of tie
American Women's hospitals, 637 Mad
ison avenue, from Ur. M. Louise Hur
rell, head physician of unit 1.
Many of the patients at the Blols
dispensary are refugee orphans. The
authorities of the town of Blols, which
is the capital of the Lolre-et-Cbalr re
gion, and which saw much suffering
during the four years of war, have ar
ranged, according to Doctor Hnrrell,
to erect a bronze tablet commemorat
ing the work of the American doctors.
DROPS MUSIC, PICKS UP CARS
Attractive Artist of London Turns
Thief and Plays Mldaa at
Hotels.
London. For four months Sidney
Meredith, an attractive musician of
22, dressed like a prince and threw
money to the winds in fashionable
hotels on the $2,000 to $2,500 a week he
acquired through the daring theft of
automobiles In London. He finally came
to grief, however, and lias been sen
tenced to three years' imprisonment.
Meredith has a thorough driving
knowledge of cars, and this, with his
appearance, was his stock in trade. He
would not attract attention as he
climbed Into a big car standing In front
of club or hotel and drove away, and
he confined himself largely to this
method. He confessed, the police say,
to stealing thirty machines In the four
months he operate'1..
Meredith is accredited with saying
that he sold each car quickly to a syn
dicate of wealthy men who he believes
often made from 400 to 700 per cent
profit after repainting the machines
and otherwise changing their appear
ance. He refused to divulge their
Identity.
Ob
Strange Indian Names. '
' Bapld City. S. D. A recent Issue ot
the Ogala Light. the monthly maga
zine of the Pine Ridge Indian reserva
tlon school near here, gives munc pvt
cullar names among those Hated a
students. Lizzie Shot to Pieces Is af
the end of the list. Other names In
elude Victoria Holy Brink. Julia Afrav
A column of Instructions how t
break In a new car must have had a
deep and burning Interest for the man
who Is trying to borrow $4 to pay an
overdue board bill.
Generally a teenlee k In h nib
ptnse or he doesn't live at an
8. It has two axes of strength In
stead of one, the standard parallels of
the map of the United States being 1st
Itudes 33 degrees and 45 degrees, and
upon these parallels the scale is abso
lutely free. The scale for any other
part of the map, or for any parallel,
can be obtained from special publica
tion No. 52, page 36, United States
coast and geodetic survey. By
means of these tables the very small
scale errors which exist in this pro
jection can be entirely eliminated.
The map measures 25 Inches by 31
Inches' and-wUl he sold .by tbejmf& J
meat at 26 cents.
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MILLION "DRUG
FIENDS" IN U. S.
Congress Gets Report of Investi
gation Conducted by Committee.
Mrs. Annie M. Mills Arehbold, widow
of John D. Arehbold, who has
become the bride of Judge Charles W.
Dustln of Oayton, O. Mrs. Arch
bold, a daughter of the late Maj. 8.
M. Mills, Inherited more than $12,000,
000 of the $41,000,000 estate of her
late husband, who at the time of his
death was president of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey.
Bloody Civil War Battle.
In 1862, on the 31st day of May
the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., took
place. It was a small engagement,
but In proportion to ' the number of
men engaged was one of the most
sanguinary of the Civil war. An ad
vance guard of the Army of the Po
tomac, numbering 10,000 men, was at
tacked by a force of about 15,000 Coo
federates a few miles east of Rich
mond. The battle lasted a day and a
half and resulted in a technical vic
tory for the northern soldiers. Each
side lost more than 7.000 men in killed,
wounded and missing.
PROMPT ACTION IS URGED
Strict Enforcement of Law and Stop,
ping of Smuggling From Canada
and Mexico la Recommended
Lack of Adequate Laws,
Washington. The alarming spread
of the narcotic drug habit In the
United States Is about to be called to
tbe attention of congress In the report
of an Investigation conducted by n
committee-appointed by the secretary
of the treasury.
The chief findings of tbe committee
are:
The number of persons in the
United States addicted to the use Of
drugs "exceeds 1,000,000 at the pres
ent time."
Increase of the drug habit In the
dry South leads many authorities to
the conclusion that national prohibi
tion will swell the number of victims
of narcotics. .
Illegitimate supplies of opium and
other drugs are smuggled from Mex
ico and Canada and along the Atlan
tic and Pacific coasts and furnished
to 1,800 organized "dope" peddlers.
Summary of Recommendations.
The committee's recommendations
Include strict enforcement of the pres
ent federal antl-narcotlc act; addi
tional federal legislation; enforcement
of state laws ; concerted action on the
part of state and municipal govern
ments to suppress the Illicit traffic;
stopping smuggling of dope from Can
ada and Mexico.
"It Is also recommended that edu
cational campaigns be Instituted In
all parts of the United States for the
purpose of Informing the people of
this country Including the medical
profession, of the seriousness of drug
addiction and Its extent In the United
ys the renort.
The committee which made the in
vestigation consisted of Congressman
Henry T. Rniney of Illinois, Prof.
Reed S. Hunt; Harvard university;
Deputy .CommisslonerB, C. Keith, In
ternal revenue bureau, and Dr. A. Q.
Dumeatmiied States public health
service.
"The number of Individuals addict
ed to the use of opium, Its prepara
tions or alkaloids, and coca leaves,
their preparations or alkaloids, In the
United States has at various times
been estimated to be from 200,000 to
4,000,000," says the committee. "These
estimates must, however, be looked
upon as mere guesses.
"Owing .to the lack of laws and reg
ulations making it compulsory for the
registration of addicts, It has been im
possible for the committee to obtain
Information which would give the ex
act number of addicts in the United
States.
Causes of Drug Addletjon.
The causes of drug addiction in the
order of frequency were given by po
lice authorities as follows: Use of
physicians' prescriptions, association
with other addicts, prohibition, use
of narcotic drugs for chronic diseases,
curiosity to lenrn the effect of the
drug, prostitution, use of patent or
proprietary medicines, use Of certain
narcotic drugs as a stimulant, Idle
ness, and use by dentists.
"What effect, if any, nation-wide
prohibition will have on the situation
could not be definitely determined by
the committee," the report says. "The
consensus appears to be that the num
ber of addicts will Increase as soon
as the prohibition laws are enforced.
This opinion apparently receives some
support from investigations made In
some of the southern states where pro
hibition has been In effect for some
years."
African Witch Doctors.
Africa is a sick country one of the
sickest in the world. Malaria, tuber
culosis and pneumonia fill the swamps
and forests with death. The fear of
death is so constant a companion of
the black people thai they have eome
to consider their native witch doctor
as more Important than the ruling for
eign government or the chief of their
own tribe. But once the white man
sets foot on the fever trail the witch
doctor might just as well throw away
his crazy medicine. In his heart he
knows he Is a humbug ' "
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