Show AND P THE rUg E 1 l' l Pot Hand Oregonian The Tho need of f ff an Institution In Oregon Corthe for Cor forS forthe S the caro cro of Ut the minded feeble I could scarcely c bo noe bo forcibly Im Impressed un- un 11 i pressed up upon n the tho II pV pio OPIO of this state stale stateS S than It has boon been by by ho ho developments S In Iii the Cheit Chester Cheter r 5 Thompson h case at Ta Tai I c coma ma and U o Idney loane oane c case se at 4 i S I The he people O of the thu North North- tJ 2 t inive e lint J Vt hu plc dore thorn thor f 1 ll almost Wl dally daily laly f regarding the lives t S. S of f r these t two o young youg OUI men W leave It I no lQ room loom for fOI doubt that th they tILY should hould huv havo been heen kept kelt under close restraint f More than that It l Is also t e that l numerous members of or fam t fJ illes are aro of oC such mental menial hat t t liu should not lot be permitted d to lo l OY freedom with wih liberty to reproduce e their kind Society has not only k I 5 S right to tu nut Dul sel self seif tion la is a duty which society can not S I must nu not shirk shIrk Evidence of the thc part purt heredity ha has Ila played cd In forming the tho characters character of oC two young Joung men who have i committed brutal mur murders er should beI bo be bolo bf I I lo to arouse the Iho people of f this bh u to tr action with a view to lo preventing prevent big ing III I deplorable events in Ore Ore- hon gun Every vly community has haH Its It feeblemInded feeble feeble- z minded In II varying degrees of mental S weakness From tho thu apparently harmless harm hurm- S. j I less half witted girl ts boy or grI that Is 5 permitted to 10 live at home and amI roam the streets to the almost helpless man manor I r r or woman bordering upon Idiocy there i Is every cry stage of oC and moral Ir Iri ir- ir i responsibility Unfortunately Unfortunately- lack hack o or of i reason I is usually accompanied b by overS overabundance over S' S abundance of animal passion pallon and the I tendency of the minded feeble-minded Is i to drift into vice vie of the sort most dangerous dun dan gerotis to tu society Unable to tu help themselves or to earn a living they nevertheless bring Into the world children children chi chi- chil chil- dren tainted their depravity who in turn will wJ perform S their part In perS perI per- per I k tho tue species It I Is 11 a revolting revolt revolt- In lag ing subject ono one that Intelligent vir ir virtuous vl people abhor and ali yet e It Is one that a progressive courageous people can not neglect It I Is common knowle knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- e edge s among tho those e who have Investigated est in sated gated the subject that minded feeble parents generally bc beget et minded feeble-minded children while 11 it I occasionally occurs occur that parents of sound mind have feebleminded fee fee- ble minded ble children In a very large largo percentage percenta c of oC cases the children of minded feeble parents arc are Illegitimate If I anything were needed In addition adli- adli addi addi- tion to lo the stories that have come from Tacoma and Spokane in the tho last few days lays to show the tile need ICed or of at least custodial custodial custodial cus cus- care of the feeble minded the following statement made a few years cus ago ahO b by an un authority upon this subject may be presented In SIn a n certain count county In the southern part of o Indiana is a a family of or sixteen pel persons om representing three genera genera- tons Twelve of oC Its Is members are arc the lie direct descendants of a minded feeble blind hlll man iian and his minded feeble partially par par- taly blind wife The husband and wife have been Inmates of or a poorhouse oft off or and on for thirty five years year Generally Gen Gm- wintering In the Institution the they spend 1111 th the SUII summer roaming abo about t the country living in tue woOt woods In unfavorable weather they seek seck an old hut or 01 rail J pen J for COi shelter They have havo havea o ha a minded feeble ceble daughter who is also partly blind She has hati hat been twice married mar mar- ned ried and has borne boine two daughters and three ce son sons Another minded feeble and partially par par- blind daughter has spent the greater part of ur the last two twenty years cars in il the poorhouse of an au adjoining adjoining adjoin adjoin- ing in county and anti has been the mother nother of lour Jour Illegitimate children In this family fam lam fly ily iJ ot of sixteen persons nine arc feeble feeble- three of oC these being also partially par par- blind and asid four foul are arc known to bo bole taly Illegitimate le Society has the right lo to protect it itself It- It i- i self and In doln doing so to lo go o to lo any extreme and resort to an any means that ma may be necessary to prevent pre enl propagation ion tion ton of feeble |