Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 19, 1919, Page 2

' different times. PAGE TWO ' S—— LACK MICE FOR - STUDY OF CANGER Doctor Wood of Columbia Re- ports Shortage Because Armies Needed Them. HELD UP RESEARCH WORK ‘War's Absorption of Scientists Who Entered Service Also Retarded Investigations in Disease— Death Rate Jumps. New York.—Study of cancer during the war was Impeded, not only by tak- ing physicians from research work bt because of the shortage of mice, which were used in large quantities with the allied armies for the detec- tion of gas and the dlagnoses of cer- tain types of disease, according to the réport of Dr. Francis Carter Wood, director of the George Crocker special research fund of Columbia university. Thousands of mice which had been raised for research work were turned over to the government. The mice breathe very rapidly and are far more gensitive to gases than human beings, #o that they were kept in exposed sec- térs and obsefved eclosely, because Lheir bepqvigx would indicate the com- Ing of gas long before it could be de- human bflnls, Jt was also 3 o 4 Y e e annouiiced that mice had been sent - out on bgard every submarine, for the “#imé purpose. 2. Mice React to Gas. > | “On of The most cominon troubles on sobinarines has been from chlorine, due to wet batterles. The mice react to the gas long before it is dangerous, or even perceptible, to the crew, thus enabling them to find the difficulty and trepair it before the air becomes #o tainted as to be dangerous. In the British army hundreds of canaries were used, a8 well as mice, for the de- tection of gas. In addition to -supply- ing thousands of mice to the govern- ment, the George Crocker speclal re- search fund raised enough, however, to. supply many medical schools and research laboratories throughout the country. The other use of mice in the war was in discriminating between the va- rious types of pnenmonia prevalent at Different types of the digease are treated differently. but it is often found impossible to discrim- inate between the different classes of symptoms In men. When mice were fnoculated with the germs, however. effects were produced which readily classified-the disease. —iemme ‘" Doctor, Wood reported that various <changes’ I capger statistics hus re- shited du%n:'t&é wir, especlaily n England, ‘where large clus<es of the poffulnflt\n had been sent to the war, bt that ‘e careful analysis of the fig- ures showed that the changes were mainly due to dislocation of classes of population, not te any remarkable In- crepse or decrease in the disease It- self. Death Rate Jumped. AS cnncer is most prevalent in per- «ons over the military age, the propor- tion of deaths from this eause natur- ally Jumped, where the proportion of men of younger ages was redunced. In this country, likewise, the records were found to show that cancer was most previlent in Vermont and least #o in Utah and Montana, but this was explained as heing due to the that a large percentage of the youth of Vermont had migrated and that a Jarger proportion of the population in the western states was composed of newcomers, generally young men and women, fact | South Some thirty years ago s local poll- tician (Sir George Reid), who after- wards occupied the London post of High Commissioner for Australia and was subsequently a member of the House of Commons, advised the peo- ple of the north coast district of New South Wales to “keep cows.” . Most of the farmers had been en- gaged principally growing cane for the sugar industry, the stability of which was now threatened by a new political ‘party ordering ‘an annual &ryll‘l\)‘t!gp of the sugar Import duties, e renioval of y!l'l’c‘F the producers feared would in time leave them with- pu_t, a market for thelr sugar, ;e 3'n et eden And so, rmpelled by this fear, yet tpduced as much by the success of the co-operative butter factory sis- tem, introduced to the state four years reviously, the advice pithily proftered y the astute politiclan was in a briet time accepted by these producers, Now their extensive district makes the largest contfibution to the dairy- ing wealth of Addtralia and possesses the biggest buttet factory in the world. Of the north toast, the Richmond River district Is the principal dairy- ing section, It Alone produces more than 40 per cent. of the butter manu- factured in New South Wales, and for the year ended June last its but- ter output was of the value of $11;- 250,000, Bacon and cheese manufac- tured during the same period totaled In value $3,750,000, bringing the total dairying wealth of the district up to $15.000,000 for the year. The value of the dairy cows neces- sary for this large production is esti- mated to he equal to that of the year's butter output, and the young stock reared is worth at least additional $1.250,000, The Richmond River in itself of- fers a rich field, for further expan- n_[un_ ot the dairying industry on th flor{h coast, There are great pos 3‘1& g in the manufacture of con- mm-fi wilk, dled milk and milk sugar that may prove an additional assel of considerable value. There i{s rom in the north coast Among countries, cancer mortality was greater in Switzerland, and was highest generally where the highest civilization was found. Doctor Wood supposes this to he due, not to any connection between cancer and a high state of civilization, but to the fact that cancer §s less often dlagnosed and reported as the cause of death In countries like Russia. | HAVE NO ONE TO PUT IN JAIL Mayor of Canton Wants to Know What Use the Prison Is in His Town. Canton, O.—“What good is a jall when there is no one to put in it?” This query was sprung by Mayor Poorman, and when he fafled to get NEAR THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BUTTER FACT THE S8EMIDJI DAILY-PIONEER A Wealthy Dairyix;g Region in New Wales T N ORY. district for all the people in the state at the present time, With the growth of the butter mak- ing Industry there was a remarkahly rapid rise In land values. Country for many years regarded as practical- ly valueless because it wonld not yield the heavy crops of cane and maize the producers had usually obtaiped from the elluvial flats, proved spien. did dairying land. There is still an immense area that will, with better means of reaching markets or ports of shipment, in due conrse yleld profit to the duiry farm. er, and the possibiiiiies of the neath coast are literally beyond computation on the basis of facts at present avall- ahle_, RS R ks A : n twenty years the area under dairying increased from 103,000 acres fo 504,050 acres, and in ten years ihe number of dal cows in milk (81,836) increased to 209,145, The dairy berds are tested by as- sociations on. a scientific basls, and “wasters,” when found, are. soon got rid of. In one center four years ago of 5500 cows tested only 110 gave 250 pounds of butter fat and the others gave less. Yet during this year, as a result of cutting out the poor yivi4l~ ers, of the same herd over fifty per cent, have ylelded 250 pounds of but- ter fat. b Many men who started with small capital at the time cane-growing gave place to dairying have long since re- tired with a competency and reside in one or other of the towns within the district. Numbers of these successfu) dairy farmers have acquired consider: able town as well as farm prope Throughout the no-th coasr distriet some of the older hands have accumu- lated big estates, % Mr. William Wardrop and Mr, Wil- llam Il“-"‘i selected dairy land_nof many years ago, the foriner on “the Tweed, the latter on the Richmond. Both men died recently,: Wardrop left an estate valued at $190.000, Da- vis one valued at $115.000, They were poor men whey (h tar)ed dnlirylog any answers 1rom other oifi¢igis e an- nounced he would recommend that the old city jail in fhe basement of the ity hall be abandoned and the. 'space be repaired and converted into’ office rooms for the city building commis- zlon. “The jall is of no use now,” said Mayor Poorman. “It has only been nsed for several years for drunks and slackers and now we have none of these. The new jail is sufficiently large to take care of all prisoners,” the. may- or added. i Tips Wait Claimant. Detroit, Mich.—Four finger tips are at police headquarters waiting a claim- ant. They weré bitten off by. Alger Thompson, taxi driver, when a holdup man tried to gag him. | Worlds Fair Show. Show Train Arrives Here 3 P. M. Over M. & L R. R. You areinvited to watch us unload. | | | | Her Darkest Hour [ o ) By ALVAH JORDAN GARTH paper Union.) “Whatever Is the colonel up to?” “Why, he's acting llke some mad Two men strolling near to the old- faghioned house where Col. Blair Worthington had lived for over fifty years, halted askance to view a sensa- tional demonstratian on the part of thelr fellow townsman. Everybody knew the colonel and ey erybody liked him. He was an iras- cible old tyro, whimsical and autocrat- fe; but In his more prosperous days he had heen generous to a fanlt. His daughter Mni)el was the idol of ‘the community and his townsmen were proud of a family whose ancestry ran back two centuries. With his gold-headed cane the col- onel was battering away at a tree. Upon it was tacked some kind of a document. He tore it to ribbons with his swishing blows. he shook his leo- nine head in Wi excitement and gaghed into the house. : “J Enow " abruptly spoke one of the onlookers. I'll wi or the poster was n notice of forec l?uu know that has been threatened fox. some time. Too bad! A fine old gentle- man, and hisx donghter i abont as genr 1_!_(_1 an gngel as yon find “them. What's haf 7 otz It w the sharp, startling echo of a shot within the house. The two men rushed thither, to the colonel ly- — e e & = e Ing pros lower hall. Be side hit Waus an old-fashioned musket, The fire-eating colanel, goaded to In- sane rage by the ‘hreat of expulsion from his honse, hed probably rushed upstairs to secure the means of guard- Ing against in n. The firearm had accidentally exploded, the shock had sent him hendlong. Within a few hours it heeame known that the col- onel had snffered a brain concussion that had robbed him of his reason. He was rushed to a sanitarium and his daughter, v:ho was visiting a friend, was sent for, Tt was a sad home-coming for Mabhel Vorthington. - A knowledge of the 10ss of their last piece of property was as nothing to her heside the rorelorn condition of her father. After a few days Mabel aroused to rearrange the tangled threads of her broken life. There wax no hope of saving any- thing from the wreck. A Just claim covered the old mangion and all it con- tained. The holder of the mortgage bad heen unusually patient and in: duigeit. His death had necessitated be settlement of the eatate and the oreclosure _had resulted. Mabel learned that a young physician, one Morton Dale, had been left the place by legacy. A friend of Mabel, & Mrs. Exmore, a. widow, had inxisted that Mabel should make her home with her until she goud rearrange her disor- dered living plang. o “That won't take long,” said Mabel, sadly. “My duty is plain. I shall find a position somewhere, rent a small house and make ¢ new home for fa- ther. Hig -care shall he my one thought in life now. As to the old home, T shgll make no clatm.” “Dr. Morton Dale"—that was the pame on a card brought to Mabel by Mrs. Exmore’s mald a few days later. fihe wondered what purpose the stranger could have in visiting her. Mabel entered the parlor, to find a young man, pleasant-faced, courteous subdued and respectful In his manner towards her: o “I have come to explain. to you, Miss Worthington,” he said, “‘that 1 GAL NEXT WEEK _ Furnishing Attractions SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1919 dndersfood nofhfig of the condition of the property my uncle left me un- til T came here. My uncle was an old- time friend of your father's and I am sure never (ntended that the borrowed money should bhring him any hardship: 1 truly sympathize with you. [ shall not occupy the house, and T wish you would continue to make It your home.” “Oh. T could not think of that!” dis- sented Mabel. “Then at least take charge of the furniture; that i& certainly rightfully your own. Miss Worthington, 1 have been summoned in congultation over your father's case at the sanitarium. 1 do not wish tp encourage false hopes, but I belleve that an aperation will restore his reason.” “"Mabel would not hear of returning to the old howe or of accepling any of its contents. She remalnsd, with Mrs. Exmore, but there Doctor Dale called frequently to report. the prog- ress of the invalld under his charge. One day he appeared with auppressed animation in his face. “Miss Worthington,” he satd, “the op- eration has succeeded, and your father 18 restored to reason. My medical as- soclates, however, agree with me that 1t Is absolutely necessary thst he nev- er know of the foreclosure. All that and his accldent. 13 a blank e him, and A ———————————————————————— [1\V must remain o, ‘else there nny bhe a recurrence of his trouble. I have pro- vided aganinst It as far as possible. T am gatistied that If my uncle had 1ived he would have canceled the mortgage on your home. It is there that your tather must return. I shall convey the place to him, and im doing so fee} that T am stmply doing my dnty.” In vain, Mabel remonstrated, but her joy and anxiety over her father's re- covery Influenced her to blindly follow the dictates of this determined lover, for such- Morton Dale had become, and 2 little Inter hoth went hand in hand to the presence of the restored father to usk his blessing on their union. Division of Samoan Islands. By the agreement of December 1899, among_the United States, Great Britain and Germany, the Samoan is- lunds were divided between the Uni- ted States and Germany,. Great Bri- tein retiring and accepting compensa- tion for her retirement in the form of colonial concessions elsewhere in the world. This agreement ended a long series of outbreaks and disorder in the islands amounting te a state of civil war, due, it was charged at the time, to the intrigue and aggression of the Lermans. o - COMMUNITY in this vicinity a tention Division. them. ST L L For the purpose of making definitely known the ad- vantages of the establishment of a Community Market MEETING WILL BE HELD IN BEMIDJI, JULY 30, AT 3:00 p. m. " Speakers will be W. G. Braden, munity Market plan; F. P. Mann, ated Community Association of North I?akota, Prof. A. D. Wilson, of the University of Minnesota Ex- These men will interest you in this proposition which is so deserving of your consideration, and vye\hope all- farmers and merchants will make it a point to hear Northern National Bank 7 Illllllllll"IIIIIIIIIIIlllllflIIlllI|IIII|I|II|III!IIIIIIII 3 I|IIIIHI|;IIllll_llIIIlIll"lllIIlllllllIIII"llIllllllIlllllllllllllIIIIIlIIIIlllllllllljllllllllllllg MARKETING father of the Com- president of Feder- and OO T all ~ CAN NOT BE ANY BETTER Ask for it at your grocers; he can al- ways give you fres‘h’ Buiger. BEMIDJ! CREAMERY £0. Jily 21 QIO H T T R U U T T Defective