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8ATEBDAY EVENING
January 11, 1919 -
CHABLES H. FISHEB
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KNOWING OUR NEIGHBORS.
To the average citizen of the United States, South
America is almost as little known as was all the region
south of the equator to the rest of the world, in the days
when Columbus sailed west instead of south, because he
believed the sea in the latter direction ultimately became;
boiling: hot.
We know that to the south of us lies a continent
joined to us by the Monroe Doctrine and a "narrow neck
of land called the Isthmus ot Manama." liut nere our
knowledge ceases, or becomes a hazy vision of malarial
swamps, cloud-capped mountains and poor railroad and
sewer facilities.
We have spent much time in the study of Europeau
and Asiatic conditions and our relations to them, and
much money in travel in those countries. Yet this neigh
bor so near to us remains a mystery, though within her
bounds is scenery unsurpassed for beauty and variety,
and she is possessed of a wonderfully romantic- history.
Moreover, her people, too commonly lumped as ig
norant and half sivilized, have given the world authors,
musicians, jurists, orators and physicians of high rank.
The recent extension of news service between the
United States and South America should go far toward
remedying this condition of ignorance and should be of
mutual benefit. There is already a comfortable friend
ship, but great possibilities lie in increased acquaintance.
We shall come to see that South America is no back
ward little sister toward whom we should exercise a sort
of half -shamed tolerence, but.a hitherto neglected member
of the family, who awaits only interest and fostering
care to become the pride of the clan.
A soldier and workingman's soviet organized in Ore
gon shows how dangerous the teachings of a paper like
the Portland Journal may be. It may not be long before
Bolshevism will cease to be a joke in this country.
Although practically every known experiment in gov
ernment is being tried in Germany now no one has yet
had the nerve to suggest making the former Crown Prince
ruler in place of his deposed sire.
The legislators will now proceed to their bi-ennial
task of reducing taxes and piling up a surplus in the
f tate treasury. We know this is what they are preparing
to do because we have noted the ante-election economy
pledges of all the members. .
The gold output is falling off. A committee appoint
ed by Secretary Lane to investigate the situation reports
that the chief reason for the decrease is the increased
cost of production. It cost 70 cents last year to produce a
dollar's worth of gold, whereas it cost only 57 cents the
year before. Naturally this increase lessens the ardor of
gold-producers, although in most other industries 30 per
cent profit would be considered a pretty liberal reward.
The' committee further declares that the future of
gold mining is problematical, that the gold output of the
world seems to have passed its zenith and to be destined
to a certain decline. In order to counteract this tendency
the committee recommends the removal of the govern
ment's excess profits tax on gold mines.
Without passing on the merits of this particular rem
edy, it may be said that a diminution in the world's gold
output will not work any great hardship on mankind in
general. It is the tremendous production of gold that
is primarily responsible for the steady troublesome rise
in prices during the last decade.
Regardless of war and other temporary factors, as
long as the gold supply increases so disproportionately, twai" she thrust the paper i
ft. V, W wvo fWQ crlQ cfmrlovrl nfi8""4'' and and then ll'ane,i 0
tXQ lb lido uccil uuiuga emu, i c m Alio ivnt ouic otanuai u
values, the prices of other commodities are bound to keep
on rising, Vith continuous unsettlement of values and
continual need of re-adjustments.
As long as we have no better standard of value, it
would be a blessing if the output were curtailed enough to
keep the visible gold supply stationary for a while.
months, how much money she would
have at her disposal. She had a plan
in her head which was to be a surprise
lor JUriau.
Se would fit up an office for him
in a good location. To his slender law
library, she would add books that h
needed. He could start anew, feeling
that they had money enough ahead so
that his mind could be given to his
work, without the worry he had before
experienced about money. She bed
said nothing of this plan to anyone, not
even to her aunt. But as the papers
reiterated their belief that peace was
at hand, she thought more and more of
the pleasure it would give Bricn.
He 11 have buby to work for, now,'
she said to herself with a smile. That.
had he been allowed to work tor her
he would have been happier, never oc
curred to her; neither did she think it
might have prevented much of her own
unhuppuiess.
Then one day came other news. News
which she hurried home to impart to
Mrs. C'lsybornc. She had hoard the
newsboys calling: "Wuxtra," had
bought one, opened it, and glanced at
the first page, which contained an ac
count of a big battle, as she walked
along.
"Aunt Louisa! where are you! read
into hot
over her
shoulder and read with her the news
which had so excited her.
Tomorrow Brian Is Decorated For
Bravery Fnder Fire.
.
The big packing plant with its attendant stock yards
wihch will uc uuiib uy uiicc uj. uaiuii s muou uiugicoout
and substantial citizens will prove a great boon to th.
central Willamette vallev. Next to the crreat fruit inter
ests which are centered in this city, the establishment of
a market which will take every head of livestock offered
for sale at any time is the most important advance step
on the road to permanent prosperity that has yet been
taken. It supplies one of our greatest needs, it win
foster the raising; of hogs and the corn to fatten them on,
will employ labor and export large quantities of meat
stamped with a Salem..brand. The men who are estab
lishiner this industry are helping the country around this
city to grow and deserve to receive good returns upon tne
o'10't
RIPPLING RHYMES
By Walt Mason
BRACED UP.
Once more I've had my trousers pressed, once more
my shoes are polished bright; I feel quite nifty for I'm
dressed as well as any gent in sight. When war was on
the people looked with scorn on those who wore good rags:
they derned, dodgasted and gadzooked, and talked of trea
son to our flags. And so I wore a seedy coat and pants
that wrinkled at the knees, 1 hoped to get the Prussian
goat by wearing mildewed duds like these. I bought cheap
ginghams at the store, with other patriotic men; the stove
pipe hat my father wore was put m service once again.
And when I squinted in the glass, I was a wondrous sight
to see, I often wept and said, "Alas! No wonder horses
shy at me!" But while I thought I'd whip the Teuts by cut
ting down the wardrobe bills, I gladly wore my cowhid
boots, my ginghams, corduroys and twills. But when the
armistice was signed, I hustled to the clothing store, an.l
said, "The nations will not mind, if I wear real clothes once
more. The shadow's gone from stricken Europe, once
more the war worn Belgians grin; so I will buy some de
cent pants, and wear a shirt that isn't tin." Oh, James, it
is a pleasant thing, to wear a white man's clothes again,
nor fear the bitter taunt and fling of ultra-patriotic men'j
The Jwaros Indians of Eauador want vthe job of
"sVirinkinor" the kaiser's head bv their native mumifvin
process. Their intentinos are admirable, but probably un-
necessary. The kaiser's head has snrunK consiaeraDiy
already.
Paderewski savs the Russian Bolshevist idea is to
"kill all users of the toothbrush." That may not be as
horrible, though, as it seems. In most Russian commun
ities the fatality is bound to be small.
I. .!
That there is some good in all things is exemplified
in the fact that the influenza epidemic has scared off that
time-dishonored legislative lobby.
Whoever supplies the names for the Pullman cars has
a cinch compared with the artist who creates the cam
ouflage for the navy.
The man who went up 35,000 feet in an airplane
should be put on the committee to investigate the rise in
food prices.
Big Bertha is now rusting in .a German gun-yard.
Sic Transit, gloria gundi!
OpenFcrom
COMBATTING INFLUENZA
Catarrh is a Real Enemy
and Requires Vigorous Treatment
inrow tne3e maKesnm remedies m
Do Not Neglect It.
When you use medicated sprays,
t Utilizers and douches for your Ca
tarrh, you may succeed In unstopping
the :hoked-up air passages for the
time being, but this annoying condi
tion returns, and you have to do the
same thing over and over again.
Catarrh has never yet been cured
byhese local applications. Have
you over experienced any real benefit
tram suca treatment I
the winds, and get on the right treaty
ment Go to your drug store to-day
get a bottle of S. S. S., and commence,
a treatment that has been praised bj
sufferers for nearly half a century
S. S. S. gets right at the source ol
Catarrh, and forces from the Moot
the germs which cause the disease
You can obtain special medical advict
regarding, your own case without
charea by writinz to Medical Tire
J tor, 22 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Gi
ing, what are we to .expect in homes PBEE DISPENSARY SERVICE
of influenza patients, in charge of pco- j GIVEN UNIVERSITY rEOPLB
pie who have no conception of proper)
methods of fighting and avoiding con-1 University of Oregon, Eugene, Jan.
tagion 13, Free dispensary facilities are now
Is it any wonder that practically offered "students in the University nt
every member of many fauulic Oregon. The dispensary has been es-
the disease; and now we have go many tablished in connection with the Um-
cases in fealem that we have not , vnritv i.,firmnrv whini. win,
enough nurses and-doctors to properly ',,,,, .. ,
care for them t graduate nurses m attendance, is eqmp-
ln the Oregonian of Jan. 12, it is lu uttuulB 'uo u"1Br ru" in
stated that the entire membership of."""" 8 e "T? "
student clubs, where influenza is Pensa,7 18 Pe.n fr.om 1:3? to 2-30 scv-
known to exist, at the Oregon Agri-Ken ?"ernoo in the ween, fotudcata
cultural college, is quarantined. Tester-1 navln colas 0r tnf symptoms ol m-
itey a member of the legislature from!"""" ""juraiea mo nunuuisira-
Benton County, told me he thought tlon t0 K tne dispensary, where taej
there were not toaexceed thirty cases may se a doctor snd receive medicine
of influenza in Corvallis. Surely some lTee; , Prescriptions are given for any
evidence of the efficiency of real quar-1 medicines not held, in stock at the dis-
antine, in comparison with the results pensary.
of Salem's "modified quarantine." I By order of President Campbell, ne
1 would like to have the physician, student suirermg irom illness is per-
who. will not allow his patients to go mitted to remain in any fraternity or
THEWIFE
By Jane Phelps.
STJTU PLANS FOR BRIAN'S HOME
COMING
CHAPTER CXXXV.
Brian whs back with his regiment.
"Good as new," he hadwritteri. Ruth
had not agnin giwn way to her ds
poiulency. And now that he was onec
more removed from her influence, she
forgot Miillie King almost.
She kept up her work among the
hi hi r en of the soldiers, and that, with
her. work in the shop, a rrttl social
dissipation because of her aunt, and
ho care she gr.ve lit t ie Brian, kept
her every moment filled.
Then came talk of the war ending
sooner thau had been exported. Ihe
Germans were heing pushed back day
after day. While losses on both sides
were groat, yet those On that of the
Allies were small as compered to those
of the enemy. The Hun morale, too,
was breaking the most dangerous
turns in an army. Eagerly Ruth fol
lowed the line that each day advanced
farther tnd farther into the country
weupied by the foe. Like others, she
figured that if the Allies kipt golnng
with no real setbacks, the war must
end.
"Brian will soon be nark if what
the paprrs says about the war being
soon over is true," she snid to her
aunt one day.
"Fes I think the flghtnoi . new
ly over. It will be a long time be
fore all the soldiers will eome back.
Brian may be one of those to remain
on duty over there, even if the war
'ends. Don't think too much of see
ing him soon, dear. It would make
your disappointment the greater. Then
there is still tho chance " .
"That he never may some baek,';
Ruth interrupted, "I know. Yet some-
wry I feel. Aunt Louisa, that he will
uot be wounded again. I feel so suie
he will come back to baby and me.
"That is the right way to feel it
keeps you from worrying."
Ruth longed to question hor aunt
To ask her if she was planning to re
main with her after Brian returned.
But she hesitated to do so, fearing her
answer would be that she would go
Home when he came back.
In spite of her love for e'ase and for
pretty things, Ruth had saved a sur
prising amount while Brian had been
away. She still paid the rent of the
aMirtment, bnt she often said laugh
intflv that it was all she did pay; thai
her aunt ran the house. Thea, too.
Mrs. Clayborne was constantly buying
clothes for both Rath and the baby
She delighted in dressing them both.
So, aside from her charitable work and
the rent, Ruth had saved almost ail
of her salary. She aad bought tech
issue of Liberty bonds; and had given
to the Red Cross, But the greater
part of her giving had been to her
owa pet charity her warbxbies.
After this talk with kr aunt, she
sat dewn and figured how mack she
had saved ia various ways; aad how
much she could add to it ia the next
few mentha. Briaa would have noth
ing to sttift with. Bis salary as a sol
dier, evea as a commissioned officer,
wiwld wawhr be more than he need
ed; surely no more than he wonld
spend, knowing she and the baby were
having everything they wanted! She
had written muck of her anntw gen
erosity, aad had told Brian many tines
to snend his soldier's pay for cam forts.
She was surprised to see that, by the
time he returned, even if figured in
To the Editor: Many thanks for
your timely suggestions in regard to
proper method of combatting iinflu-
eiiza May 1 have the privilege of add
ing a further word of approval thru
your esteemed paper.
Our city physician tells me that
''modified (narantine" fthe quaran
tine fir influenza in Salem) permits
well members of a family to have in
gress to and egress from .their homes,
in which one or more persons are ill
with .influenza, at will, providing they
stay .out of the room in which sick
are wins eared for.
- This seems to me to be a very futile
sort of quarantine. Many individuals
ore doubtless sick tor some time be
fore being isolated; thug exposing en
entire family by direct contact. Even
after patient is confined to single
Toom, to whiich only one member of
family is allowed admittance, other
nieonbers of the family are doubtless
pxpod ito the diseases quite often
during the sickness of the isolated in
dividual. The majority of the sleeping
roomg of our homes are connected by a
door with a ball or room used by other
members of the family. Is it not very
probable, with the door of the sick
room iDeing opened quite often, that
the air in hall or adjoining room would
'become infected.
Aro not these exposed pcloplc ai
likely to take sick in the bank, store,
mill, market, etc., Where they are em
ployed, or on the train as they are in
their own home
In what way does "modified quar
antine protect us
On personal investigation, I find
that the Salem and. Deaconess hospit
als refuse to receive influenza patients
on account of danger of infecting their
other patienta with influenza. A party,
at the Deaconess hospital tells me that
a number of the physicians of the city
refuse to take their patients to the
hospital if influenza patients are admitted.
If we cannot allow influenza oases
in tho hospital, that is under the su
pervision of doctors and trained nurs
es all the time, without danger of con
tagion to other occupants of the build-
into hospitals where lntiucnza pa
tients are being oared for, to explain
how this so called "modified quaran
tine" ia going to stamp out influenza
an Salem.
C. HARTLEY, D. M. D.
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TH ESTARS AND STRIPES IN BRUSSELS.-The eolnrs
mth much enthusiasm on the occasion of he entry of the Belgian royal family into
the capital of their country. King Albert Jid Queen Elizabeth are on horseback.