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ALBANY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 18
THE PRESIDENTS AILMENT
From the first, everybody has recognized that there was
more or less mystery about the nature of the disease which
struck down President Wilson last fall. The mystery has
finally been cleared up by the statement made by Dr. Hugh
H. Young of Baltimore to the Baltimore Sun. Dr. Young
has been one of the physicians in attendance on the Presi
dent throughout his illness. In the course of this statement,
made, as he explains, to dispose of unfounded rumors about
a "setback," Dr. Young says :
"As you know, in October last, we diagnosed the
presidents illness as cerebral thrombosis, which affect
ed his left arm and leg, but at no time was his brain
power or the extreme vigor or lucidity of his mental
processes in the slightest degree abated.
"This condition has from the very first shown a
steady, unwavering tendency toward resolution and
complete absorption. The increasing utility of the left
arm and leg, greatly impaired at first, have closely fol
olwed on this improvement. The president walks sturd
ily now, without assistance and without fatigue, and he
uses the still slightly impaired arm more and more every
day."
So here we have it at last. Whatever may have been
known by the Baltimore Sun, or by those immediately sur
rounding the President, last October, certainly it is news to
the American public that Mr. Wilson s illness was diagnosed
at that time as "cerebral thrombosis." The revelation clears
up the whole matter, and the nation is correspondingly
grateful, though its gratitude is mixed with resentment over
the long and needless delay.
"Thrombosis" means "clot". What the President has
been suffering from, if this statement is correct, is a blood
clot on the brain, which, while it temporarily paralyzed his
lett side, incapacitating the lelt arm and leg, fortunately af
fected only the motor area of the brain, leaving the patient's
mind as clear as ever.
"As to his mental vigor," says Dr. Young, "it is simply
prodigious. Indeed, I think in many ways the President is
in better shape than before his illness came." This may
well be: certainly the important messages written by the
President from his sick bed have shown no abatement of
mental force and clarity.
It seems hardly likely, however, that anyone, passing
through such an experience will regain his full measure of
physical strength. In other words, the President may hard
ly be expected, after his recovery, to have as much physical
endurance as he had before. That fact will doubtless have
its effect in his chonce of occupation after March 4, 1921.
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FARM PROSPERITY
The complaint of many farmers that there has been no
money in farming lately in spite of high prices is not borne
cut by the latest estimate for last year's agricultural produc
tion. The value of the crops, animals and animal products
turned out by American farmers in 1919 is placed at $24,982,
000,000. It might a swell be called 25 billions.
That is an enormous sum of money, even for distribu
tion among 6,000,000 men. It is nearly $300,000,000 more
than the value of the previous year's production, which was
greater in volume but somewhat lower nr price. It is two
and one-half times as much as the farmers ever received
for their year's output before the war.
It can hardly be true, therefore, that the farmers find
themselves worse off than they used to be, on account of
haying to pay such high pricesjor materials, machinery and
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labor. The cost of living, so large a part of which, with most
people, represents food, surely has not risen any more with
the farmer than with the city man. If it has risen ns much,
it has certainly not risen to the extent of 150 per cent, which
is the percentage of gain in the farmer's income.
These statistics agree with the conclusions formed from
common observation, that farmers in general, though not
making so much money as industral and commercial profi
teers, have as a class benefitted more than any other large
class. Those who have not made more than ever before
must be exceptions.
TODAY'S EVENTS
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Comments of the
State Press
Wednesday, February IS, 1UJ0
Ah. Wednesday, the beginning of
Lent.
tlovernor Lowdeu of Illinois, randi
d.itc for the Republir.in presidential
nomination, begins a spaking-tour,of
South Dukota today.
Gen. Leonard Wood is scheduled to
speak in Minneapolis tonight under
the auspices of the Women's Roose
velt Memorial Association.
A committee of the New l'ork gen
eral assembly will five a hearing to
d.iy on the Rate bill which abolishes
daylight saving in New York.
Plans for further curtailment of the
liquor trafifc wil Ibe discussed at the
annutl convention of the British Col
umbia Peoples Prohibition Party,
meeting today at Victoria.
The annual convention of the Na
tional Retail Prygoods Association,
which opens in New York city today,
wil lhave Secretary of War Baker as
one of its principal speakers.
The first intcr-slcnominational pas
tors' conference ever held in Wiscon
sin will open at Milwaukee today and
continue in session through the re
mainder of the week.
Conventions Opening Today
San Francisco Regional conven
tion of the W. C. T. U.
Winnipeg Western Canada Dairy
Association.
Pes Moines Central and North
eastern Iowa Lumber Association.
Charlotte, N. C Tri-State Medicel
Association.
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I Today's Calendar I
j of Sports I
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Racing
Winter meeting of Cuba-American
Jockey Club, at Ilavma.
Winter meeting of Business Men's
Assn., at New Orleans.
Baseball
Schedule meeting of International
league, at New York.
Skating
International championships bepn
at Lake Placid, N. Y.
Tennis
Florid i State championship tourna
ment opens at Palm Beach.
Racquet!
National singles championship tour
nament opens at New York.
Swimming
National junior 100-yard back
stroke championship, at Green-burg,
Golf
Men's handicap tournament opens
at Ashville N. C.
Cuban amateur championship tour
nament at Havana.
Washington's Birthday tournament
at Belleair, Fla.
Boxing
Jack Wolfe vs. Joe Lynch. JO rounds
at Cleveland.
Home Products
i Loyalty to home and loyally to
' state demand that the good housewife
study tho list of "Made In Or-gon"
' products, familiarize herself wiih
their trade names and ini..t upon
them when she places her order.
This sime loyalty demands that mer
chants carry these homo products and
introduce them to their patrons. Pro
vidence helps those who help them
j selves and their state is to give their
! aid and ro-operaiion in the building
! up of Oregon factories and industries.
Astoria Budgctt.
Reduce Expenses or Increase Income
With a nation as with an indivi
dual, there is but one thing to do
whin bankruptcy threatens reduce
expenses or increase the income.
Kuropr is almost bankrupt; on pa
per some countries are really insol
vent and nothing but the industry of
the people can keep such nations
from the wall. Fast Oregonlan.
Bryan Smiles
lid anybody catch the smile on
Bryan's face whe he perused the
letter from Lord Grey to the London
Times? This recalls the wise saying
of the colored minister who, aftrr
quoting the scripture and viewing his
audience with an air of supreme sat
isfictiun. remarked: "And in this,
brethren, St. Paul agrees with me."
' Oregon Statesman
American Pork
France has quit buying American
pork.
. Kngland began a wholesale cancel
lation of American pork orders last
week, and has bought no pork of us
since.
Germany wants to buy our pork,
but cannot do so because of the worth
lessness of the German mark. Ore
gon Journal.
Editor Worries About Bryan
The Pendleton Tribune is worrying
because Wm. J. Bryan may become
the leader of the radicals in this)
country and fly the red flag in the
next political campaign. That is only
borrowing a lot of unnecessary trou
ble. Bryan may believe in free spearh
and have little use for government
by corporations, but he is -not and
never has been a dangerous man. If
all our citizenship came up to the
Bryan standard we are inclined, to
think our government and our democ
ratic institutions would be more se
cure than they arc at the present time
Good monl and sincere religious
ideals are conspicuous by their ab
sence in the anarchistic crowd, Eu
gene Guard.
One grain of gold can be drown out
into 600 feet of wire.
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Rubber A Remedy
There are ailments you can often cure
easily without medicines, simply by applying
heat. For example Headache, toothache,
earache, and you can frequently check a cold
by means of a hot water bottle.
You can always relieve that detestable
annoyance of cold feet in bed, for a hot water
bottle is a
Splendid Bedfellow
One of the latest means of effectually
curing constipation which is a result of in
testinal disorders is by means of internal
bathing, using a fountain syringe and alkaline
solution under a doctor's orders. These two
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