The Gate city journal., December 11, 1925, Image 3

FIBST AIO Itó lY iE N I
FOR WREGK VICTIMS
MALTREATMENT OF AUTO IN­
JURIES CAUSE MANY DEATHS
SAYS HEALTH BUREAU.
Associatiuna are lending aid to the
••Mill HUl I M n a a w » M i l ,
“ Give Health, Fight Tuberculosis”
* im i 4 • • t a l l i i
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w.OÜl
campaign which the seals finance.
Mrs. Robt. D. Lytle is the Vale
r i:;
•»PRIftíÍ
chairman and at present has turn­
It J-
iim ij
Iti!
ed the campaign over to the Vale
schools.
"and in practically every case, where)
SIDELIGHTS
the mature judgment of representa-j
tives of both interests could be sc-
Considerable discussion is going on in Philadelphia
cured, and a spim of willingness to r e ,ra r ( j i n ir the proposed sesqui-centennial celebration of
meet as much of the obi.gat.on a , t h £ Dedaration
of im pen dence, p planned
to be held
w .
settlement
possible was manifest,
there next year. Promoters of the idea are going ahead
has been made.
I
•T am therefore, very hopeful for | while others fear the exj)osition
will be a failure, be-
FINANCIAL STATUS OF WARM
SPRINGS DISTRICT DISCUSSED success in reaching an agreement cause of lack o f time in which to prepare for it. Come
WITH ECONOMIC EXPERT. * whereby the Warm Springs problem to think of it, 150 years is a rather short period in which
shall be soive<i and that accomplish-
reaj y f or SUch an important event. Besides there
ib
EDUCATOR SELECTS
PREFERABLE BOOKS
The increasing number o f fatalités
From the Malheur Enterprise.
3 idVund! “
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¡ are ««me who consider Philadelphia a slow town.
from automobile accidents is alarm­
The artcle whch appeared in last
“ The very first thing necessary
n 0 doubt many readers marvel at the literary ability
ing and a careful investigation of
week’s issue of the Ontario
the facts makes its apparent that ALTA C. HOOVER BELIEVES D1S- regarding the employment of iT w bef“re Ploct'edmK further Wlth p 1“" 3 o f our champion
prize-fighters, baseball players and
many of these victims might have ( I 'SION AITERW ARD IS PART Oppenheim, attorney and economic determine what the district can pay. other athletes.
With
trained newspaper men to write
been saved had
proper treatment OF PLEASURE OF READING. expert of Boise, by directors of the
This is the basis, for the problem is their stuff, it must be admitted that some of them do
been instituted at once.
Warm Springs irrigation district, not one of law, but of economics, it exceedingly well. One recently complained, however, that
In 1922 one hundred and four lost
University of Oregon.— “ Part 0{ j was a little premature as Mr. Op- is a plain business proposition. The a published article made him say that a certain umpire’s
umpire i
their lives in Oregon because of au- the pelasure o f reading is the joy Penheim
what
he
really
¡ T d district.
S r f c T However.
Z
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decisions
were
questionable,”
when
tomooile accidents, or nearly 13 to of discussion afterward, and for this Ba£cd by the
However, ac- their creditor has a limited capacity
each 100,000 population. In 1924 the reason I do not believe that I could cordingd
to
information
receive
|to
payt
and
since
therTis
n
o
t
a
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e
wanted
to
convey
was
that
said
umpire
was
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a
blind
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slaughter had been increased to one enjoy reading very much under the strictly from directors, he will pos- to repudiate the obligation which is t h i e f a n d a
hum .
hundred and fifty nine, which makes conditions you have suggested.”
sibly be employed at some future now too large for the district to
it.
In an able description of Florida written to his home
a yearly rate of 20 to the 100,000.
Alta Cooney Hoover, instructor in date for the purpose of directing a carry, they must arrive at the figure
In these days of speed it behooves the English department, had been plan toward the adjustment of fi­ which they may reasonably"1"hope"*to town newspaper by an Alabama visitor it is stated that
everybody to be careful. The auto­ asked to name twelve books that nances.
"Florida ip bounded on the north by the 18th amendment
secure.
mobile is the cause of accidents ev­ she would select from a complete li­
Mr. Oppenheim has visited this
‘The facts are that the coloniza- and on the other three sides by the 3-mile limit; the
ery hour, most of which are pre­ brary if her ship had been wrecked district on a number of occasions tion problem ¡s a primary one ami only state with both an east and a west coast, separated
ventable. Each death is a loss of hu- and she was cast away on a desert and has been acquainted with the any condition which prevents its at- foy 900 miles o f subdivisions.”
man asset to our state.
What is island with no hopes of rescue for situation it finds itself in. He has tainment is a serious handicap to
more, many of the deaths might a good many years.
made slight investigation, but has the success of a rehabilitation ef­
Some persons, whose ethical sense appears to be over­
have been prevented had they r e -1 "Besides,” she added, “ twelve is not been employed to do so. How- fort.”
heated, deplore the fact that “ Red” Grange has become
ecived intelligent care at the time of a very limited number.
Can’t you ever, his assistance seems very de-
a professional football player. He declares that it is the
the accident.
Rushing badly injur- make it twelve hundred?” sirable, as he has found a way out
Just a C on v en ien ce, A n y h o w
business he knows most about; and he wants to earn mo­
ed, cold and wet victims in trucks,
‘ Well, if it must be no more I for several districts in Idaho, which
She Snim-iliing seems In tell me
or in rattle-trap cars over long dis- will name some that I would prob- faced more difficult financial sit-
that il Is my money you ure after, ney to repay his father for the sacrifices made in send­
tances, in many instances has simply ably choose. No doubt I will leave uations than the Warm Springs is and not me.
ing him to college, also to educate a younger brother.
hastened death.
These people died out the most important ones as I facing now.
He—Mv darling, how can you saj With such worthy objects in view, and considering that
from shock rather than from injur- would probably do if I really were
“ In some of these I have repre- such things? Your money Is merely
his Thanksgiving game netted him around $20,000, he
ieg.
' shipwrecked and were able to make ser.ted the settlers and some the a worl lly convenience. Without you
It is very important to understand a choice.”
bondholders,” says Mr. Oppenheim, It would even he uiithlnkiihle to lue may well be pardoned for leaving the amateur ranks.
that any one in a state of collapse
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Commenting on a headline “ Boll Weevil Licked,” the
is actually slowly dying, that pre- ari(l then named Shakespeare at the
M ISTLETO E W ISDOM
Chattanooga News points out that the same thing may
cious life is ebbing away. Years a g o , h^ad of her list.
By Violet Alleyn Storey, in Montreal Family Herald.
he said of small-pox, yellow fever, malaria, typhoid,
it was customary to stress in se r-1 “ What particular work of Shakes-
He chanced to spy a bunch of greens
diptheria and a multitude of other enemies of mankind,
ious accidents only that one should peare. she was asked.
Oh, all o f his plays,” she made
That hung above his head,
watch out for symptoms of nervous
and adds: “ And it is of the utmost importance to re­
sweeping gesture.
“ All of them
shock. Today we do not limit our
And then he looked at her askance,
member that not a single one of these enemies has been
warning to senoe« accident cases in one volume.
“ What is that thing?” he said.
‘licked’ by ignorance, narrow-mindedness, prejudice or
alone but
rather guard
against
“ Then,” she added, ‘‘ I would pick
She blushed and shook her learned locks,
standpatism.”
shock at all times and under all cir- ' IY?pys Diary next.
Pepys’ Diary was followed
in
And turned her face aside.
cumstanees.
According to a New York judge, persons who fail to
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quick succession by Nelson s “ Nme-
“ Oh, that is very interesting!”
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It is computed that in seven out ”
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take ordinary precautions must suffer the consequences.
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teenth Century Poetry,” Voltaires
She rapidly replied.
of ten accidental deaths nervous
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Getrude Montgomery, an actress, sued a restaurant for
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Candide ; Thackeray’s “ Eighteenth
shock is to blame. This distressing
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“ The druids used to hunt for it
Century Humorists” Hardy’s ‘ ‘Return
$20,000 damages on account of swallowing a piece of
figure can be greatly lessened if
To keep their souls from strife
of the Native’ ; Tom Jones” by Hen­
shell an inch long, which was served with her oysters.
people only knew how to recognize
And sometimes they would cut it down
ry Fielding; “ No, I have no partic­
and treat nervous shock immediately.
The suit was dismissed, the judge declaring that if she
ular reason for naming any o f these j
W ith silver bladed knife,
The Allied Military Medical Com- books except that I like them and
had chewed the oyster properly the shell would have
And one time Baldir of the Norse,
mission appointed during the World don>t think j would tire of them s o ,
been discovered and no damage done.
‘ Or legend tells us so,
War made a distinct study of shock qujck]y as j
of others_..
the
Exclusive Bryn Mawr College for girls has set aside
W as shot with arrows of it, so
and collapse and emphasized
Lastly, she named the Bible, which
following four points:
several rooms for those who smoke. In issuing the or­
Some fear'the mistletoe.
she would include, she said, for the '
1. Rough handling was found to be Book of J()b
der President Marion E. Park said that rules against
“ The Mistletoe? Step out a bit.
the most dangerous feature in th e 1 “ That is about all I can think of
women smoking “ no longer rest solidly on intelligent
Em not afraid of this.
treatment o f shock.
now,” she finished by closing her
public opinion.” Those who deplore smoking by girls as
I’ll tell you what I know of it.”
2. Warmth and quiet outstripped all book jn which she had been study-
another shocking flapperism may be reminded that
He told her with a kiss.
other methods in healing the case. ing the assignments in written and
many of our grandmothers pulled on their clay and corn­
3. Administration of hot fluids was spoken English.
found to be most beneficial.
cob pipes with avidity, and probably without serious
R E A L C H R ISTM AS H A P P IN E SS
“ That as only nine books,” she was
4. Shock was always aggravated by reminded.
moral consequences.
You can be merry at Christmas time merely by pat­
the sight of one’s wounds.
“ Well,” she suggested,
‘‘Pepys’
The value of a kiss depends upon the law of supply
Diary is usually in two volumes, and ronizing a bootlegger and drinking the stuff he sells.
then you might say since the number But you can not be happy then unless you do something and demand.
was so limited I chose quality in­ to make others happy.
The receiving of presents can
When the man tells her that he loves her wonderful
stead of quantity.”
RRIGAATION PROBLEM
TO 8E INVESTIGATED
cause merriment; only giving that includes part of one’s
self can produce happiness. There is a vast difference
between being merely merry and being happy. Christ-
mas seals offer an opportunity to gain a measure o f
WHAT IS WRONG WITH IRRIGA­
happiness. The sale of these seals finances the cease­
TION IN OREGON TO BE WORK
less war on tuberculosis. Where twro perosns died of
OF COMMITTEE.
this dread disease formerly only one dies now. Those
PRESS REPORTS BRING RENEW­ who took time to think of others and bought Christmas
A commttee has been named by ED INTEREST IN STOCK-RAIS­ seals made this great saving possible.
Those who buy
Wilford Allen, president of the Ore­
ING HOMESTEAD LAW.
seals this vear will know7 that they are helping to save
gon reclamation committee, to inves­
human life while also sparing many the horror of seeing
tigate the irrigation situation in the
state.
The committee includes W. | Commissioner of Gen. Land Office their loved ones taken by this awful scourge.
BE
mind, he means that she isn’t much for looks.
It is easy to figure what you should have said after
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BRIEFLY TOLD
A cat and three kittens were found in a car o f furni­
ture shipped from Grand Rapids to New York.
Robbers threw pepper into the eyes of a bank mes­
senger in Rome and escaped with his hag of gold.
A deserted baby girl about 18 months old was found in
Recommends Abolishment of Stock
a Chicago movie theatre.
Raising Homestead Say R e p o r t
G ET YO U R AU TO LIC EN SE
Press report carrying advice that
Albert Corbin of Hull, Eng., was convicted of bigamy
the Commissioner of the General
That annual, easily forgettable need, next year’s auto with all his 22 sons in court. The children were by four
Land Office had recommended the license, is upon the motorists
of Vale. For weeks of­ different mothers.
abolishment
of the
Stockraising
ficials have been calling public attention to this import-
Homestead Law and in lieu thereof1
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An owl killed and carried away a cat owned by Conrad
approves a leasing policy of the pub- ant matter. W h i l e there has been Some rPSpon.e, t
S-
Portmann
of Davenport, la.
lic land
grazing, - based
land , ¿>nds of motorists are apparently
going
age association.
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- until the
Following the appointment of the holdings and priority of use, ims l a s t day and when their licenses cannot be ssued while
Mis? Margaret Sharp, formerly a policewoman of Ox-
committee. Governor Pierce announ- brought new interest in the public vou wait” will start to cuss.
fod. Eng., hs become a Unitarian minister.
ced that he would name an offical lands to prospctcive entrymen
Obviously the th in " to do is for the motorists of the
Renewed Activity
state commission to make an inves­
To conceal the movement of four million dollars worth
state to make their application now. There is no indica­
Under
the
proposed
policy,
those
tigation.
of gold belonging to the Bank of England, it was car­
tion
that
any
respite
will
be
granted
delinquent
motor­
There was also a merger made of yet with unused rights, and espe-
the reclamation congress and drain- cially the younger citizens of this ists after January 1. None should be. Ample notice has ried through the streets in a whisky truck.
age association, consistent with ac- section, see a possibility of being been given
The auto division has been ready for a long
William I orisch, a Swiss customs guard, refused a
tion at the Grants Pass convention, forever barred from entering the live time to issue the licenses. If part of the public choose1
- bribe of $50,000 offered him by a rich smuggler he had
This proposa' was approved w\h the stock industry in Malheur County,
to ignore the opportunity, they will get no sympathy if captured.
understanding that the drainage in- through
the abolishment
of the
the first of the year they are arrested for
terests will continue as a department homestead as a prospective cattle after
An >»dd combination of names was found in three men
o f the congress having their own di- ranch, therefore the renewed activi-I carrving anGqilited license plates.
fined
for speeding in St. Louis in one day. They were
recting committee.
I ty.
Inquiries Flood Office
Paul Frereton of Chicago testified in his divorce suit Alex Staid, George Faster and John C. Slowe.
In addition to a large number of
that
his wife wanted him to take a crooked job that;
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who had her hair bobbed
, callers at the local office, numerous
letters of inquiry have been receiv- would have tripled his earnings,
1 last February, is letting it grow out again.
from prospective settlers who
Hans Grosser, a diamond cutter of Amsterdam, was
When an ancient house was tom down in Bergaio,
wish to exercise their homestead
arrested
for stealing three gems which he had hidden in
a s£ ufl filled with gold coins was found.
j rights under the stockraising home­
stead law before the appeal thereof, his ears
Edwin Reynolds of Falmouth, Eng., reported that he
STATE OF OREGON HAS MAP- should the above recommendation be
Denver has a garage constructed from metal automo-
gathered 14,000 apples this year from a tree 70 years
PED OUT EXTENSIVE PRO­
put into law.
GRAM FOR EVERY TOWN.
In the opinion of Geo. W. Mc- bile tags.
old.
I Knight, local register, prospective
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Maybe the reason Americans are so onnosed to war is'
shortly after boasting that he had climbed many high
settlers
so exercising
Lair Tohmpson,
Portland;
Percy
Cupper, Salem; Ivan E. Oakes, On­
tario; Whitney L. Boise, Portland,
Ralph Cowgill, Medford; Judge N.
G. Wallace, Prineville; Rhea Luper,
Salem, state engineer; and Sam H.
Brown Gervais. the last named be-
ing president
president of the Oregon Drain-
ing
CHRISTMAS SEAL 0Ü0TA
PLACEO AI $50,000.00 E:
christma* se«i*, selling forgone their riKhti. for the "reason that if that we work it all out of our systems during the
cent earh are expected to raise $50.- th<_ hom„ toad ,aw is abolished, such
000 ,n
Oregon between
an s*>v.
in(t M»d Chirstmas, in the 18th an-
nual seal sale. Ninety-five per cent
of the money will be kept in Ore-
(fon, where is is the sole source of
income for the Orejroo Tuberculosis
Association, and provides most o f
the funds used by the County Pub-
lie Health Associations.
Every city, village and commun-
ity in the state will hava a chair-
man or group of workers actively
interested in ''B in s the seals. Wo-
men’s clubs - -d organizations are
giving it or ’lu.-iistlc support, and
p large number of Parent-Teacher
h a ll s e a s o n .
structures without an accident, Alex Hassen, a steeple-
! jack of Hayattsville, Md., fell eight feet from a shed he
p a r r v o f Nottingham. Eng., willed $60 000 was painting, breaking an arm and a leg.
actioT1 win be taken in a compara-
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t|vely „hort while and an opportun-
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jty t(V) ,on(r
will have e s - | to her husband. With the provision that if ho remarries !
A girl suspected of stealing and swallowing ^ $1,600
caJwd
the
monev
shall
go
to
charity.
i
diamond
from the store of I. C. Newman in Chicago was
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TFSTIMONY TAKEN IN
near
London.
Pvichard
ledger.
77,
’
proved
innocent
by an X ray picture.
In a swimming race
OWYHEE ADJUDICATION
defeated George Webster, 75, bv the length of his nose.
In Cardiff, Walps, was found a 100-year-old resident,
On Monday further testimony was j
taken before the court reporter in
Henrv Montsreneier of Paris is said to have the eom- W . G. Corse, who had never heard o f the World W ar nor
the matter of the Owyhee adjudica-
olexion of a srhecl girl, which he attributes to bathing ridden in an automobile.
tion.
Two witnesses were called,
Mrs. Mabel Gilmore Reinecke, who weighs onl about
r'V .i'* ? , Jordan Valley Cattle Corn- in olive oil regularly for 40 years.
-*n*' and A. B. Freunaira. Attom-
100
pounds, is collector of internal revenue for t e Chi-
i Pernard Koliseh of Belin eloned with his aunt and
eys present were N E gene Braisie,1
oaeo district, with supervision o f nearly 700 employees
when
arrested
said:
“
She
fascinated
me
as
a
snake
Boise, W. E. Ix'es, Ontario and J
and collecting $200,000,000 a year for the government.
i uhrms a bird.”
A. Howell, Ogden
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