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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-10-29
Free Feed
70 M< PINK,

70 the Fshaty
Everybody In town, everybody oul
u town, IL invited 10 be here At nuou
IN SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20, with
EMPTY sTOMACHs and EMPTY
POCKET BOOKS
We will take care of y,lu.
Every man, woman anil child will be
given Pree Ticket for Dinner, u fres
Ticket 70 Fine Motion Picture SHOW.
Free Ticket for n Souvenir Gift oi
the Day.
More than ONE THOUSAND AR.
TICLES ranging from lead pencils TO
valuable prizes will be- given away
FREE that day. Not soul need 20
home without full stomach or With.
out Souvenir Gin or without seeing
a good motion picture show and all ~
free Ms air.
This is Farmers Town, and we
want The Farmers out Of town to come
10 and mix with the Farmers In town.
This II no Bargain Day." NO s'DRRss
Up DAY. NO "TAG DAY" OUR
BARGAINS are hers every day. Our
People are DRESSED UP every day,
and we will play "TAG'' when we
have nothing betDer 70 do.
The following business people are
making the SOUVENIR GIFTS; and
when you have drawn your Dumber
you will hunt from place to place until
you find like number on some article
land that article is YOURS. u may
be sack Of coal, sack OF -four,
wheat check, q bunch Of clothes pins
Or Ten Dollar Prize. II viii be
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-10-29
10 Whom !, May Coaccea.

In the Matter OF the Accounts Of
ID. h. JArman.
Notice Ia hereby given that arm the
assignee ot the accounts and notas
formerly due and owing 10 u. u. Jar
man OF Weston, Oregon, and same are
due and payable 60 me. | have APP
pointed Mr. Geo. l.. Horseman Of
Weston. Oregon. as my agent 10 col
lect these debts and he n authorised
to receipt for the same. Debtors are
respectfully requested TO call on Mr,
Horseman and settle their obligations
In this matter.
II. l. sABIN.
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Natures Food

for horses and cattle is the grass that
grows on meadow and hill. The next
best thing Is sweet. clean, hay and
feed that comes from our mill. When
you need rolled grain Of the right sort
for keeping your livestock in fine fet.
tie. look for our sign and the good
things for for your dumb servants
stored In our bins. We handle Steam
Rolled Barley, Oats and Wheat: Baled
Hay, Millstuffs and Chicken Feed
We're local agents for Peacock Flour
and Blatchford's Calf Meal. Phone 28l.
d. r. WOOD the Feed Man
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-10-29
WESTON PEOPLE HELPED

Weston people have discovered that
ONE SPOONFUL pf simple hacklhorn
bark. glyccrlne. etc, as mixed In Ad-
ier-l-ka. relieves sour stomach. gas
and constipation At ONCE, This
remedy ls well known as the appendi-
cltis preventative, II. Goodwin. drug
gist.
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Pewaukee, Wis.--Here's the latest
fish story. Robert Nichols and u. r.
schmutzIer went fishing. Arriving at
the favorite spot, they found TO their
horror they had brought can Of
green paint instead Of can OF bait.
But. listen. Nichols Is an artist. He
painted pictures OF q worm on the
hooks, and they had a record catch
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Newcastle, Ind.-Moab Turner. n,
Is dead. Thirty years ago he suffered
his first stroke Of paralysis and made
his funeral plans. a walnut chest
was turned into a coffin and given to
the local undertaken to care for. He
will be buried in the walnut casket.
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but Of late years We have been teach
ing the art" to nations Of Europe
and elsewhere.
Balsam Of toiu. imported from
South America. was used extensively
in chewing gum manufacture. Paraf-
I'm entered conspicuously into the
trade after a while. and in this the
Standard oil Company for a time sup
piled the foundation for a large part
of the chewing gum on the market.
II Is Yet used to a considerable extent.
II makes an exceedingly white gum,
but Is rather insipid, too soft. and not
sufficiently resilient or elastic TO an
swer the eXacting American require
ments.
II was not until "chicle" gum en-
tered the field hat the chewing gum
industry assumed anything like its
present mammoth proportions. Chicle
seemed To supply exactly what the
gum chewer was looking fora re-
silent. im~perishable substance, not too
soft or too hard, that supplies a pleas
ant cushion for the teeth. gives plenty
of exercise to the jaws and retains its
consistency indefinitely.
From down in war SCARED Mexico
we obtain the finest chewing gum
known. A fairly good quality is OBJ
tanned from the same trees in Central
America and the northern parts Of
South America, but not in as extensive
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counter and the final figures compared
with the total passenger list.
The slightest sign of fever or rash
or physical debility sufices to have
the individual set aside as a suspect"
and II the general condition of the liv-
ing quarters is below par. or II typhus
has developed during the voyage, the
whole lot are bundled off to Hoffman
Island. where they are held for OBJ
~senvation after being thoroughly
bathed. This washdown follows after
the application of an antiparasitic
soap which produces a very abundant
lather. and the individual in his eff
forts to free himself of this sapona-
ceous safeguard thoroughly eradicates
and kills every lurking vermin.
In the meantime the immigrants
clothes have been bundled up. tagged
for Identification. and taken off to a
steam sterilizing plant. The new ar
rival has hung around his neck n
similarly marked metal disk so that
hi clothes won't go astray, no matter
whether he he one OF a hundred others
with a phonetically similar name.
From the bath the stranger is tenn
porarily CARRIED in sterilized clothes
provided by the neutrality-suspicious.
for the men and wrappers for the
women and children.
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no resemblance to smoking the pipe
OF peace. nevertheless there should
he IL for IN entente cordiale be-
tween Mexico and the United States
In the fact that while Mexico is the
principal producer Of chewing gum
the United States is the principal con-
sumner. Mexico produces more chew
Ing gum than all the rest of the
world combined, and the United
States chews most Of it. Manu-
facture OF the gum has become
one Of the greatest industries Of the
United States and Mexico. represent
ing an invested capital Of more than
$4,000 900. paying over $4,000, 900 .
nual dividends, and producing each
year more than 6S5, 900. 900 five cent
packages Of chewing gum selling at
wholesale for something like $15.-
900 900 and retailing for more than
s3t. 900. 900.
Although Mexico produces such an
enormous amount of chewing gum the
Mexicans do not chew 1t themselves.
They only gather IL as 1t pours from
the trees In the sap form, n we of
America do the chewing. Gum chew
ing is strictly American, and Next
cans are not American. To visitors
from other lands this gum chewing
habit Of ours often seems an mex
plicable enigma
Fol a long time gum chewing was
confined exclusively to this country,
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Der $50. which gives some idea of the
work involved. But two of the suffer-
ers died, and their dennis. was un-
doubtedly due to other complications.
Thanks to the efficient and thorough
manner in which the hospital staff
did its work on Swinburne Island there
was no spread of the disease. nor did
any Of the doctors and nurses bee ne
infected.
1t was because Of these twenty
cases at Quarantine that DR.. Harry
Flotz was able to isolate and I study
the typhus germ and thus To evolve
a preventive or helpful serum. This
new aid in the scientific attack of the
malady, il is believed, will be used both
for immuniZing the suspected contacts
ms well as for the S~ssuaCing of TIE
actual sufferers. As a result Of DR..
Plotz's work he established the fact
that Brill's disease. common here IN
the East Side and not mortal. is a
weakened strain OF the very typhus
sought 20 be kept out. II is to pre-
vent the invasion and spread OF the
grim relative that DR.. O'Connell and
his c~ollaborators are bending every
effort. In this work the fine new
archaeological = laboratory. with its
corps OF experts. Is proving its value.
and DR.. O'CcUnell is congratulating
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Immigrants on the inspection line at Quarantine, New York.

gangways watched night and day until
she could be thoroughly fumigated
with vermin killing sulphur.
In the case Of typhus the health
authorities have 10 look out for what
Is technically termed the ''pediculi
corporis ct capitis." These nasty IN
sects have been conclusively identified
as the agents by which typhus fever
is spread. The vermin bite a typhus
patient and in turn bite a healthy
person, thus by TRANSMISSION carrying
the disease germs from the sick to the
well.
The presence Of a single typhus pa
tient aboard a ship is enough D. pace
every passenger within the same com
partment under suspicion. These as
sociates are technically called CON
facts: and. under some clrrum-
stances, such. for instance, rs the de-
parture of a vessel from a port known
to be infected. every person aboard
might be subjected to examination
and surveillance. the discovery OF a
single insect upon an otherwise
clearly person being sufficient 10
cause removal to Hoffman Island for
an antiparasitic bath II a radical ma
ture.
The moment n ship with immi-
grants, particularly. reaches Quaran-
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quantity. II is the gum resin of the
mimusops trees that is known rs
"chicle.'
Chicle gun entered the market as
long ago as 1876. but its progress was
slow at first. Up to 1855 the raw prod
uct vas selling as low as I cents n
pound. BY 1896 the price had ad-
vanced to &c cents. and now 1t is SELL
ing for So a pound.
II is only from certain species Of
the mimusops that marketable chicle
Is obtained. The two most service
able species by far are the bully tree.
an American corruption OF Ballata, and
the sapodilla or naseberry. Both
these trees are also known TO Central
America and other parts of the tropics,
The sapodilla supplies much the larger
proportion OF chicle, but the product
OF the bully tree Is said by many TO
ne somewhat superior in quality.
Generally. however. the gums Of the
two trees are mixed together. so that
the consumer has little chance Of pass
ing on the question.
Very handsome trees are the olicle
bearers. though they are rather
small. With their long straight
lengths of trunks rising to consider
abe heights before IA limb appears
they are the cine of gracefulness,
and often II majestic mien. They at
tain a height Of from 25 to IS feet
md measure from 3 to s feet in
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~ RUTLEDGE RUTHERFORD.

T UNLESS peace is established in
Mexico soon the price OF
" chewing gum Is liable to go
up. II this should happen the
Mexican situation would assume a far
more serious aspect In so far al many
Americans are concerned. The gum
chewers nave watched the price Of
food advance and have endured 1t I'M
finchingly. but IL chewing gum should
90 up there would be quite another
would not endure II without COM
plant.
The cause Of the habit Of gum chew
ing IL a hard problem In dietetics. 1t
n supposed to be the result OF the
custom q eating soft foods. Ever
since Americans began to live on
pap" there mas been more or less Of
a demand for some kind Of II mastica-
tory to give vent to the energy output
OF the 5aws-an energy formerly ex-
banded In chewing fbrous grains,
tough breads and meats. As foods
have become softer the habit has
grown apace. until II seems that the
whole land has engaged in a chewing
gum contest-with Coney Island and
Chicago several lengths in the lead
and We have become dependent on
Mexico for the supply of raw mate
rial.
Mexico Is the home OF the Chewing
gum tree" the land from which we
obtain nearly all our chewing gum of
the best quality. Vera Cruz is the
seaport from which most OF the raw
product IL shipped. The States sup
plying the greatest quantity are Vera
Cruz, San Luis Potosi, Yucatan,. ia
llsco. OaxPca. CampAche. Chiapas. Ia
basco md the territories of Quintana
Roo and Topic.
The tapping Of the gum trees and
the gathering of the gum is performed
by "chicleros." or chicle gatherers.
Heretofore the chewing industry has
sustained a large population Of these
long. lank. half human looking crea-
lures who spend most OF their time In
trees. Reports state that since the
latest outbreak most OF the "chlcleros''
have ned from the chewing gum for
ests and that >many have Joined the
forces of Gen. villa. This is the main
reason for the threatened advance in
me price of chewing gum, for IL the
"chicleros' desert the forests no others
re capable OF gathering the gum.
The "chicleros'' gather the gum with
he machetc. a long sw0rdlike knife.
rom which II ey are never separated
awake or sleeping. This and their
equally Indispensable short rope are
their only instruments. Wonderfully
adept are they In the manipulation Of
the machete and short rope and from
lifelong practice they can run up a
tree with outstretched hands and feet
q deftly as a chimpanzec. Indeed
With the short rope, which serves
them as a prehensib!e ORGAN in swing
inG from limb to limb and which they
Yield with amaxlng a~droitness, they
heaf q striking resemblance to
Reahsys.
Z while the chewing Of gum can bea,
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DR.. Joseph ]. O'Connell. Health
Officer of the port.

To begin with. sanitary reports
reach him by mail. cable and wireless
from the wide world. and this informa-
ton puts him at once upon the alert.
Ships arriving from any OF those
regions are under suspicion. and their
bills of health, certified TO a; each port
Of call. specify the state of the pub
lie health at those ports and the man.
ner In which the ships company had
intercourse with the shore, II any, dur
ing the stay.
one example will suffice TO illus
trate the t~horoughness Of the system
here. A vessel arrives from a plague
infested port. During her stoppage
there the men have liberty, and inter-
curse with the shore is maintained by
means Of native boats. The ship sails
with a clean bill of health. but the
foregoing particulars are recorded in
that paper.
on the trip here all goes well, but
that does not satisfy Or. O'Connell.
Rats. the recognized carriers OF bu-
bonic plague. may have reached the
craft by way Of the native boats. Ac.
cord!ngly the ship must be thoroughly
fumigated to make certain that any
disease bearing rodents aboard are
killed. and when reaching dock the
hawser must be guarded by big metal
disks 10 keep the rats from getting
ashore, while watchers are placed at
every gangplank. especially after
n.ghtfall. to block these passageways
to landward bound rodents.
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circumference. They grow wild in
the dense Mexican forests and usually
are found in groups. The wood is as
heavy and hard as ironwocd, of Il red
dish color and very fine grained. 1t
bears a close resemblance to mrhog-
any and is almost imperishahle.
beams and m OF the wood
have been found among prehist ,ric
ruins in an almost perfect state of
preservation.
The method Of tapping the trees
and gathering the sap bears some
thing. of a resemblance To that OBJ
served in the maple uga industry in
the United States. The tapping
usually consists in cutting a central
trough straight down the trunk Il
the tree and a succession OF spiral
arms reaching outward and upward
from the trough in parallel array.
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fair have been sent from San Fran
cisco so the event will be typically
Californian. II will be in charge of
Mrs. George T.. Gordon of II East
N~inety-ffth street. and Mrs. Milton V.
Snyder of 81 Washington Square North.
Auxiliary No. I of the Little Mother
Aid Association. Mrs. Bond Stow pres
ident, will have a MAY party on Tueg-
day. May %, al the Claremont, River
side Drive and l26th street. Luncheon
will be served at l o'clock and will bc
followed BY bridge, The aralr IS in
charge OF Mrs. Henre Mcdowell of
25l West Eighty-ninth Sreet, and Mrs.
John Batter OF $50 Riverside Drive.
from whom tickets may be had,
In honor OF Mrs. Louis Ration. Miss
Ella Louise Henderson will give "a
bridge party on Saturday afternoon at
her home, 239 West l2Sth street.
Dr. and Mrs Charles Vincent Palermo
left on Tuesday for Washington. The
trip was made by motor. and while
in tho capital they will be the guests OF
Mrs, Paterno's sister-tn-law, Mrs. Ray
u. Niddaugh. Mrs. Middaugh and her
daughter. Miss Gladys MiddauGh, were
recently the guests of the patcrnos at
llltlI itNlo'll'f w !
Mrs. Frederick Mack of Central ParG
West Il Eighty-eighth street will spcnd
the summer In the Adirordacks. She
has taken the camp OF Mr.. and Mrs
Marcus N, Marks for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. lionel de Camp will
soon close their apartment at $40 Cen
trail Park West and go to their camp
In the Adironhacks, where they will pass
the ummer,
Mrs, Edwin Bliss Shay will arrive in
New York this week with her children
from her home IL st, Louis. Mo-, to make
a visit to her sister, Mrs. Noble Me
Connel OF 495 West End avenue,
Mr.. and Mrs, NJ. Schiller have closed
their house, 223 West 10th street, and
have gone To Spring Valley, y. Y, where
they intend passing The summer
Judge ard Mrs, Barlow s. Weeks of
2+O West Seventy-third street will soon
go to their country home at Sea Gate.
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much OF the water as possible has
been expressed frequently ing
kneaded in order TO squeeze ont moro
Of the water. After being cooked and
kneaded in this manner for some time
the gum takes On a light gray color
Then it is taken from the kettles.
pressed int rough uneve loaves and
packed into bags for shipment.
The chewing gum factories are
scattered throughout the United
States and Canada. Usually they are
small but very cleanly and prosper
Gus looking establishments. The
loave of crude gum are brought to
them in coarse sacks. Just as they
were packed at the boiling sheds far
out In the woods down in Mexico. The
sacks are cut away from the chicle.
the gum is chopped INTO fine particles.
dried and cooked in steam jaCheted
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CT SOCIETY AND CLUBS

I Nine. Beatrice Goldic There will be
prominent speakers,
An interesting lecture will be given
IN Thursday evening. May 81. at the
Betterment League Assembly, II East
Thirty-ffth street, by Countess Valers
de herman. who for years has made an
exhaustive study of economic conditions.
The pubic is cordially invited to attend,
The coun,es will also recite an original
poem, and after the lecture there will,
be a discussion of her system to avoid
war and poverty.
Ehe Michigan Women in New York.
Mrs. Stanley Lyman Otis president
will hold their annual meeting on Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. Carlos b.
Rider. Rockville Centre. l.. I. They
will be entertained with n May party
and luncheon, New members recently
admitted to the society are Mrs. b. l..
Whitney. Mrs. \. II. Wenzell, Mrs.
George Caldwell, Ms. Williston PEN
field, Mrs. James V. Barry. Mrs. Henry
cossltt, Miss Louise Esthar, Mrs. Frank
Wolcott, Mrs. Otis f. Hcrey. Mrs. T.. r.
fowler. Mrs. 4. u. ~CciItenden, Mrs.
Harold A. Holden. Mrs VI. 4. Crittenden.
Mrs. William +. Zimmerman and Miss
Abbie X. Tillotson.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for the annual violet and lavender break
fast of the knickerbocker Relief Clul,
Mrs. Camille Birnbohm president. II
will be held AT Arrowhead Inn, Fort
Washington avenue and l77th street. on
Tuesday. May 81, The breakfast will
be preceded by a reception and after
ward there will he an elaborate musical
programme, The decoration will be car
rled out In violet and Observation-Disclosures.
orchids, lilacs and other spring flowers
will be used-and there viii be attrac-
tive souvenirs for the members and
guests, Special arrangements have been
made for the men relatives and friends
OF the guests to attend late In the after
noon. Tickets IA be obtained from
Mrs, George II. Hearn. 500 West HEN
street, and Mrs. Blrnbohm OF Arnadale,
Staten Island
The National California Club. Mrs.
Thomas j, Vivian president. will hold
their annual luncheon on Tuesday at
the Hotel S~helbournc, Brighton Beach.
The favors and decorations for the At
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A great enemy to the cleanliness
of the chicle gum are the swarms of
insects in the tropical forests. Being
very sticky In its raw state, the gum
Is something like a natural fytrap.
and the streams often are completely
covered with dead and writhinC in
scots % every Mexican variety. In
some instances gum. insects and all
go into the boiling kettles. In others
and greater care is being exercised
of late than ever before-the insects
are carefully skinned off the gum be-
fore it is started on its way to the
consumer.
A boiling shed" is located nea each
chicle forest. Here the gum under
goes preliminary preparations for
shipment. The sap is brought in from
the grove and dumped into the ket-
ties. II Is allowed To boil until as
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Extraordinary Precautions Taken
Against Introducing a Disease
From Infected War Districts.

heoo In t,. hts.orv ~ the u,or,d n ~o-
hiI,,a,ion 10 mass.s 10 MAN 80 s,,c,
ma~ni,ude In tho .scor, niace ,hora
never have haen hatt,o lines 40 .xtons
sivo ana mi,,,arv works nartakiro ~
! no cbarocter ~ axnoaed oncomnmert.
ana the man as 10 occupancv
NJ ~rea, so~rtiacat,ors In tho third
place. instead of the battles OF short
duration usuaIIv weeks opar, and ire.
quently months apart. which charac-
terized former wars. We nov find hos
tile forces in continual touch and
actual fighting proceeding without
cessation.
I'm the eastern theatre Of tho war.
where the danger from cholera Is
most acute. the locale OF the operat-
ing forces Is subject TO rapid change
as the tide OF battle sways east or
west, ana sucn a state OF anairs makes
absolutely Impossible the utilization OF
the physical OF sanitation.
which are snhicientiy diihcuit to In
stan ana maintain IN military camps
n trenches'
I'VE need only consider the inn
mense slaughter and the difficulties
of dlsposing of the bodies of those
who meet death IN the battlefield to
) appreciate the enormous disadvan-
tages under which military santa