Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 81, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1914 Page: 5 of 8
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TUB T ULSi l k
o H I. I
I l 1 1 A V
1 1 1. 1 i. m it k w
1914
1 1 v i;
( ut Down Death Rate From
Preventable Disease
Kfl
WorV Done by Uia st h! Ucal
in Annual KiinnM nf I )r. .1
That the inortallt) rata from pri
vontable ulsnaso bus lain reduced
from an average of 4" per oem to
n. r par Mm in Oklahoma Is the out
-i it ii 1 1 1 1; assertion i" tin- third bi
ennlul report nf In J c Mehr brad
nf the state department of health aub
mitted in (lovornur f'ruoe a few day
ego. The i ! ii tell of the gnat
work dona b) the department during
tlir past two years despite the muil
in. uli- by I In rutin n
aai n was
ouaalon w
:i H tn H h
Ida M. iu
HUaliilillm
l')HJ'tl
Mnlir.
oonaldi i i ll and i Free dla
hulled en the BUM)
i iii r H a a ad' isgnla for
o Oklahoma to abolish
fol' smallpox. In t I
iin typhoid favct oarrlera m4 kttow tit preeenl law i ide i.iiii-
k wi.t tbeae farrier ware wnHl rvel '"".'''l"' ""''''". ".n'1
ill. I- In hmala I ha mil f n nlmM . ti " " """' "
. - - r . I...
tcwi in a iiwtji'i it i f intiiiiici " w hut
ii i t still Kiniii'i ralua in iii.it ined-
epprnpi iiiiinii
Ji gtslaturo
The repori in full follow:
"Thla la tliu third biennial report
nf tbe atale board of health and la
fur the period covered b) the year
lltll iiinl lit 4.
"fnaemuch a the I'ourth legtala
lure iiiinii mi appropriation nf milt
ll.uoo t"i printlna
funda available fin
I hi riiii.n a" heretofore o I hi- re
port i madi .in'' a brleflj a- poaal
Lie ami i'i at iii" aum time aaeka
in nn h onie k in r.il Idea "f i in work
i oompllaht 'i in Ihla d pal inn ni of
the atalu government.
ii .uli- hi Two b'oar.
"1 lurlna i in- year i ! i i hen a
total number of death from
cauac ni a! 1 1 ami d urine the
i '.i i 4 there wn u total number
ii utha from nil cauac 1 MOS
illstllflei- til' II t V Ml Oel 111 t.dl'll I S
nf public health all "f whom were
actively uguged in tin isolating sag-
........ I... .....I . .f .lluuua I
subject in iiuaruiitlue advocated the
abollahmaiit of Quarantine for the
pea so i luu in vaccination fur small
pox wa have the beat protection
against thla dlaeaai
"neienoe luta proved I'm' year thai
vaccination win prevenl amallpoa
Hint ii ha prevented smallpox; thai
quarantining for amallpoa encourage
tin. falaa feeling oi aecurlly ami
eaueeN many tin refrain from being
i ai'il "ii f I'll t'li-r l. nui -easing ih"
leal Ki n inn luiM pmvlilril ut with
preventive mid tod) there i au ly
phiihi frvn where American troopa
are in mobilisation raiupe. 1 can mm
limi ncurlv ell the diseases I tin t lire
preventable in character and the rem
tfdtSO tlmt r lima l I. hi .1 snrt "un
ue applied which if aucoeaafullj ad
nilniaiorod win til mingle tiiem from
our midst Thee facta huwever only
"a.iBt iiie public to beeama mora cert-
lea ami indifferent by riiHumi nf the
fn t the) feel secure In me belief that
un ill. a I h ii m e Ima l em hnl Dial
point where it alone win save them.
Tin' Kent rul puhli. hu leal elf hi nf
thi faut timt progreaa in othei iin"
tia been junt as graat or oeari)
meal in thii- aame period of lime
"W have only to recall the use
that tlectrlrlt) Im nnw put to V
aave electric iichr . olectrloaily tun
machinery street oere etc we nan
uii ovei tin telephone ai great din
inn. i'm. ni countn I one1 network
for tin rcportliuj of blnha ami death
Vfis few daya ii- with Ih ptati
board "f health at the preeenl time
timt i m i ulriea are not madi foi lnfor
matlon tu b bad m tin- burtwu
vital Matlattoa Kerentlj one achool
aiiperlntendenl aapreeasd hi- belief
that )un had been added lo two
children He the parent lain d
etroua of havtna i hildren In a hoo
where the) oouM a looked after The
luperlnteiidcui wrote for llic date nf
I'lrtim Numerous oaese i ave come up
while ta f errata hav wanted Infor-
mation n tn the deaths of Indian
e'lnme alhiti.l Intnl. In theli ilHloll
tiad been laxable fni aeveTal yt'ara.
udtd mj i uk pi aejniUMto - of Mm
Mat board of health Pttwltlaeel hi
tie provided lor the i lolatlon of llieet
rules 01 reputation
"Ail niarrtaeTo ehould be reported
Imineduiiol) tu the bewuehtp in cits
clerk ni fir pert! aui i laed (o pel
fill in i in- same t.-u I In v wnh the In
formation required bi Ihe etati con
mleatouor oi health bj rule oi reeru
I latlon
"Ail dhoroi i should be h i- rted
I Ininn dlateli by the olerk "f ii"' court
lofether wnn the Information re
iiitfi'.i b rule "i reputation uf rtti
I state cnmmlcalonei nf health
The aovernor should appolnl a
I ciinimuanon coneletliuj of men epeclal-
'ilnt. In the different Un of BSOdl
I ii nirli.iti.it. an t-Ki-el le-i. ' il
sleveral lutauuee both as lo birth ami Hllnn 1MM been reoontmeudod
death relative to the aettllruj "f on-10 iiM. pnvernor b tiie attt- commie
tttlm hire mine Up In addition I" . annul of health and It Should be the
the value1 of Iheex atatletlue to the (Ulv f )! nlselon I ake a
health etfloei in ahowtiuj the birth emtar) Inapectlon ol ever) t n t In
and death rat and effect of ocrupa stltutlon liicludlna educatl il nenal
lion ae sun. nativity etc. with nor- ( ni eleemosynary U! '" each i
tain diaeaaea is the ver) faoi "f It mate "f the nenal and elenioynar)
GRAND THEATRE
(Indefinitely )
COMMKNCING THURSDAY DECEMBER SI
North Brothers Stock Company
luppoiting
OENIEVE RUSSELL and SPORT NORTH
Opening Bill
The Lion and the Mouse
Prut Nights: 10c 20f ami 80c. Curtain IJO p. m
KaVtineef ! LOc lad lOo Saturday and Sunday Only.
BpedeV Nt?w Year's Matinee at 2:30 p. m.
vulm
pl'lt) llltl
tin
deal hi
dm
dm
"Th" health department is for Ihi
purpose ni' reducing the niortallt) ruti
and fur iim prevention of stckneaa
The only dbieaao which iii" health
department la responsible for an
t in ix - due cuusoe that are prevent-
sbic and these diaeaaea art apoketi
of aa preventable dbMtaaea Tin ev-
i rage of all death due to prt rentable
illseaac la 4a nor cent m will note
from tli" atatlatic above uuoted that
tin per "i"i of all ihaiiis thai ere
directly chargeable to preventable di-
. :t- - during Hi" year Hid la 17 b
! i r cent which is a reduction "f a
tilth iiver BO per cent "f all deaths
tm those diaeaaea dut to cauaea that
can be prevented.
"These figure apeak for the ef-
fective wink dmie by the health or-
ganisation in Oklahoma in trie pre
vention of dleoasea and the saving "fi
lives.
t red 11 to IhmuI iffiifi.
"in my opinion mueh credit ror
this notable achlevmenl la due tu the
oounty and city health officer Tin
are Individual! entitled to commen-
dation for thi (bowing. Vet there la
credit which. In my opinion Is Justly
uiid rUpbtly due to a factor other than
health officers climatic and other
condlUons fur this Improvement it
may be nuesjtton of ethics (It I not
entire!) clear m my mind that it is
such a uueitlon) to aneak of thla:
t.iere me no number wim are sir. i i.unie n in
the iiriniinK of oontaalon. nmkii.t ooaalble veurli en-
Idemlc of thin dlaea The eapi e
of quarantining Ions nf life nnd In
many Instam es ita sorlou after- f-
foCt UCh the ns of ail eve. wi Ii'
among roaeun advanced for abollah-
meut U e hu longer have smallpox
In our army whore ever) man is cac-
ctnatedi Thoe who have recently
been vaccinated ugainat amallpoa do
not contract the dlaeaee. Why then.
in luu- the In alt II ami I In lite of our
i-ltisen and incur Una needle K
in a- of fuarantlning and frequcntls
l hi Bcriou lo i ir bueine Inter-
eata auch a occurred at Hugo add
during. I In epidemic of 1913V Wli .
I iklahoma : '
rnrden ou
i he un una
upon s'our
tal.i the e
all
ea P
of
Ing i ii year
in proventubl
inn
dl
"III.I lis ut the -a tte id
i opt the proti cilon af-
front this disease through
if v aeel mil luu or continue
own rciponnlbllitle to
mnce of contracting
The Fourth legislature failed to give aale. Hut In
ihis department an appropriation tor
printing sufficient!) lain" to continue
the publication of the Monthly Health
Bulletin and as I have always recog-
nized the great benefit to be derived
from popular education along these
lines when the inonthh publication
was discontinued f"i lack of printing
appropriation I appealed to the news
paper "f Hie state of (iklahoma to
aid im along theae lino bt imMtaiimg
u weekly health bulletin Their splen-
did CO-operation was such that 1 feel
thai the strong Interest In ail public
health questions now existing In the
stat" and th" magnificent showing
made by the health department tills
year are due to the co-operation of
the press in publishing these bulletins
together with many strong editorials
and special articles on public health
questions that have appeared In the
Oklahoma newspapers duiln the
punt 1 'il intuit lis.
"The health department could not
have made what In my opinion 1
such a creditable and gratifying show-
ing! of health conditions In trie stutr-
durtng the past two years but for this
assistance
Kpideniiiw DMaaed.
"There has been no prevnlenee of
nn communicable dleeeae during the
pain two year with the single x
Caption "f quite a serious outbreak of
amallpoa in the southeastern part of
the stale particularly in Choctaw and
Me' 'ut lain counties. 1 visited this
section of the state during the preva-
lence Of this epidemic and advised
with the county and local boards of
health us to the manner and method
that should be adopted for the con-
trolling of this epidemic. Upon niy
first visit l found a very serious suite
of affairs man) su-K with the disease
and quite a high mortality tate The
business Interests In this section of
the state suffered severely b) reason
.i r !. tilt. li.nl ex
posed themselves b) vl siting In towns
where smallpox was repotted as be-
ing present. However. with the
united and helpful support of the
county and municipal officials the;
disease waa soon brougnt unaei con-
trol and tim mortality rate was re-
duced from about Oil per cent to 3
per cent. Within tin days these coun-
ties wen- free from tin- presence of
the disease.
The fourth legislature appropri-
ated fiii.oo" t "i'l I" chocking and
eradicating the smallpox epidemic In
the state of Oklahoma declaring an
emergency This fund became smiII
able March 4 111. This bill i sen-
ate bill ao.'ii was signed b yourself.
as governor oi Oklahoma on that
date. This sum Wus not sufficient
tn meet all the expenses thai were
Incurred by the counties end munici-
palities affected by this epidemic and
with your isent ami approval It
was prorated to each of these OOUntle
and municipalities that inch was
treated alike ami no partiality being
shown
ResnH of V'aocination
"During the time this disease was
prevailing all dtlaens who would eon-
pent were vaccinated with the result
that I" lHi when smallpox again
aoDeared in Oklahoma less man
(went) cases were reported from tlmsr
counties and these occurred with
people Who bad not been preuous y
vaccinated or who bad moved into
thre counties following this epi-
demic.
"Tin. stnl" I'oiniulsMoncr oi nr....
...i.i Minfareneea with tin
hnalth offiCl is In the Stat.
nlaima lectin a
centrally located and whei
disease and injur your health and
"li.iri'i: 1 Ik pas) three month
hllu 'II Schools have opened W6 have
nail a on general epidemic of scar-
let fever ami diphtheria. Fortunately
the Kourth leglaiature appropriated
IT too for geological products to be
furnished the Indigent free of est.
both for thi prevention ami for the
cure of preventable diseases. At the
present tlmo there are (42 public
health stations established with di k
stores where these biological product
may I b tained Tin s station are
I placed in every county In the atate
I and au effort has been made to locate
them as convenient!) as possible foi
the ctUaene throughout Oklahoma.
I The Stat" board of public affaire was
able to make a very advantageous
contract with Squibb A Ski' labora
tory New york city a firm known
the world over for the high liass
products tiny manufacture a pack-
age of diphtheria antitoxin thai would
cost the pun baser $7 ".a is furnished
the state for fi' much cheaper than
a druKK'st can purchase it .it whole-
addition to the (-real
the state In purohae-
i hese 'i ..ducts is the
f privilege granted
Any package which
date can be eachanged
savlni: made b)
Ing a supply of
valuable excha
by the contract
becomes out of
for a fl esh suniilv. This enables t lie
board of health to have on bund a
fresh and sate supply at all times
and this Is so handled as lo Keep It
constantly moving. A supply can be
rushed In to any given point where
It I needed within a very few min-
utes after being notified and the
product is fresh and pure. The pub
lie is no longer in danger when using
any or these products tor tbe reason
that the United States government re-
I quires all to be Inspected and they
must comply with the government
standard in addition to supplying
dlphthei la antitoxin ami the vaccines
.for smallpox and typhoid fever the
state has for two years been furnish
in the 1'asleur treatment for the pre
Vention of rabies or hydrophobia to
those who are unable to obtain same
by reason of financial Inability Dur-
ing the year 1 U 1 4 ami the year 1113
Pasteur treatments have been fur-
nished by tin' stale to parties who had
been bitten by animals suspected of
ha In rabies.
A few words of explanation ee to
why I think our present practice of
control of contagioun and Infe tioug
diaeaaea I very faulty.
Preeenl ttystetn luul.
"First we mueh take into consid-
eration that wherever we find hu-
mankind we also find diseases u h
as tuberculosis pneumonia typhoid
fever diphtheria scarlet ftvei and all
other disease that are communicable
In character. They ale alwas pres-
ent to a more or less extent. This is
not au accident but a direct biological
defect. While It is true that sanitary
boards and physicians in general have
been aide tu decrease the amount of
these diseases through prophylactic
measures and In so doing haw at the
tame timet lessened the rate of mor-
tality from these diseases vet the
of railroads You nan fi from one
state to .mother in a flying ma bine.
Man has harneastd the rreai powers
of nature He Illuminate his night
world with electrlcty carries himself
and ins g is m elevators trains au-
tomobiles steamboats submarines
and flying machines in this century.
He no longer reaps Ii) hand and his
clot lung etc. an' made by machinery
The bulk of Hie work Is now done not
bj man nor ins muscle it Is not only
in the oit we can turn on tin gas lu-
st! of chopping kindling aii of
these great i nipt oM'ineuts make tt
much easier for the spread of con-
tagtou and Infectious diaeaaea V.m
can be exposed i" one of the coii-
t.'g'oiis diseases in Oklabomu toda)
nnd come down aick with It In t?hl
ago tomorrow In New York Mt oi
San Praneleo whichever wa) you
mo two or three days Inter Quaran-
tining isolating and segregating at"
noi sul ii H ni protection
"The health department should be
improved "u a broador vcale and up-
poi ted w Ith auffli lent t is to enabb
II In lerrel out tlx location of the foci
of infection in .or. nelghliorhood as
soon us it present Itself Today ibis
im . tm- a full tune health offlct r Wb)
inn" Is human life north b'.-s than
pro pert) or live stock? Every com-
munity in Ho state of Oklahoma and
o er lagpayt r in t he state of i n la -bonia
pay more in the way of taxes
for the protection of ins property
against both fire and rlm than he
pay for the protection of bis family
if we an- to Improve health condi-
tions in Oklahoma materially Okla-
homa must right-about-face ami place
a monetar) value upon human life.
When it is re-'og nixed thai human ilft
is worth dollars and cents then there
will be appropriations for its protec
Don ami lucre win be no excuse foi
health officers permitting an) epi-
demics in the state. We ma) have
full time health officers who are
trained and competent to advise the
general public upon all question of
hygiene ami sanitation and how
tin si should be applied so as to af-
ford protection yet they ma) provt
unsuccessful unless the parents house.
holders and guardians are made re
sponsible for the reporting of all con-
tagious ami infeorioua disease.; those I
diseases known to be communicable.
As it stands today no one but the:
legall) licensed ..nil practicing physi-
cians are required b law to report '
'.any communicable disease
NiaUstie Important
"Tbe first thing needed in the health
i uepai-i mem ami tne luosl essentia I I ;
ami most important of all. Is a satis
factory bureau of uttil statistic I Ik-
lehoma'e system is not satisfactory for
ihe reason above stated onlv the
practitioner of medicine is required
In report contagious and Infectious
diseases and all births and deaths.
"You cannot combat preventable
'diseases utlliSN lull know while tt Is
located
"Births and deaths proper!) re
corded are a part of the stall's m. sl
valuable statistics. Propert) iighis.
and personal and individual rights
are frequently protected by tiies- roc
ords. but to be of the value the)
should be. all births and death w-itii
the necessary information with each
should be Immediate!) reported not
tomorrow or thnt days thereafter as
i'i
Ighbor
is parti
uon of
ns well us state's Intel esls.
la Hilary lma Hun
"Sa in la i nisi lor b.i ' '
by tin atate board of
making of sanltarj
idle i s a hefe food pre
led I Hiring tin uasl
nwnltary Inapector ha
I t he purpose of answ . i
land making general
1 (Ions a mi t Ins has r
; fit Id. Many of lh
I'l.imi it ot in i i
ate nuisances; otic to
i laming a nuisance I Im I
objectionable to hi in l
i 1 1 in. s i in ) hav c in i ii
make complaint to the
ties ami municipal low
t li s. I u oi her Inst
great ma it) of them i
I thorltll s hav e been inr
neglected i" abuti tin
permitting ihem to eon
i mam uffi im e.
"The coliiplaillt mad
! st a i i d ha e covered an
field and I hi msm dor bus
I ihe dtapORH I Of sew age the
wall i Supplies
meat markets bakt
i to sanitar) Inapeci
b is ii) dumping
lection and dil IS
i .1
111 foi 'b
inspe In n of
two i .lis one
i.ei n used for
ing complaint
. i . .1 a wide
II pi I
main
tup
authoi i
ind
alread)
Mi
tank
Inspection i
phold fever
Uli period
ou iiaut Ine
it. in fact
mlasiooer of
pl two ye
n addition
tow Us al
. s ptlC
ds iissitiug In inuk i "g
eekillg Ihe caum of tv
III' Wis used llillg I
iis an aid iii levying
ami In Iplng io maintain
he like the atati i i-
bealth im- during the
a i s bei n i x posed t" all
Institution a i ugh pti) ica i 1 1
amtnatlon ami a thorough anitar
lns)iectioii "i .iii Institutions and a
pliynical ixauii nation uf all students
in educatl il Institution who are
upocted h) iMi-"ii of linn phytcl
en ml. Hot . of Inning it communicable
itisei.si which will ctidaugei ihe health
of other students Tins rominis)onnr
would I'l HUtholixed to make a proper
. i.issirn hIIoii ot ail the Inmate m
penal nnd eleemosyuer) institutions
and ii port tin same to the goverilOl
and tin boards in chargi or these in
stitutlnns There should lie provision
for cniiipllaui a with t he i econinn nds -
1 1 ions of tins comnitlon
''iii . n ..I'.sis should he made re-
portable dlsca In ill siate nf Okla-
1 noma and an) count) or dhrtrlrl i-
posed "i several comities should lie
I permitted to organise a lubereulo!
dlstrli t f.r tin pui pose r build a
laud maintaining a lubereulo! aunl
I tariuni or hospital A state aanltai I im
' in hospital cannot i l luv opllll
aenSllip of the stall as COUIIt)
vaccination will
nnd uiiarantliio ca
aatlafa i and
quarantine foi
I be permitted.
not want to havi
his faillll)
fa mil) Ii)
Inspected I "Sin. e
Hour ci) of smiillpox
anion I'd
pi nalv c
Hhould u
W bo lines
or have n ii
himself and
ontagtn
tn win
in
I. mils
eases
rosy
"As the
apectlon I
i d u p 1 1 of .i
town of Normi
ulo give fairly
ns io the wok
i iil Infectlou dis
ng oough to lop-
II
s.-it'. of Hinitary In-
atUmUon to the print-
eanltar) urve) of t In
a I Tins repoi I w ill
ih finite Information
f i be pui e food In-
neceasll) -r
lloW io -gleet
led become
are soon re
nt' typhoid le-
us ami Infec-
ii copy
ii Hal
report
of t he
Rpectlon as Well as Un
sanitary inpoction and
ed conditions if i on e
sanitary nuisances and
sponsible for the cause
. cf and oilier eulltagl
i I lulls diseases.
j "Attached to i bla n port is
I of the report mad" b) I be s
inspector ami a oop) of the
I made by the assistant in charg
pun food and drug ill ision.
ItectiiiiliicilUaUiiUJi as lo ugisiaiau
"As state commissioner ot health
I desire to call your attention to ad-
ditional legislation or legislation
imendmlng and improving our pros
public health law as It relates to
the reporting of contagious and In-
fectiou diseases and ihe reporting of
births and deaths marriage and ill
vorce
"All contagious and infectious dis-
eases made reportable by rub uf tbe
state commlaatoner of health should
be reported by parents householdei
or guardian In the township clerk
clt) clerk within -4 hours as pro
Vided for by rule or regulation of the
state board of health. Penalties
Should be provided for failure to con-
form with these regulation.
"Complete reports should be made
l y the parent householder or guard
Ian of any birth or death occurring III
their family or their house or within
their wards within lit hours to the
township clerk or city clerk as pro-
prt 1 1 ni
i
Mmullpux
Pho man
smallpox
can pt "I i Ct
i) vaccination
winch is cheap and ihe mosi latlafuc
tor) un ans of protection. A legis
i. n . ... i of tins . haracU r would
sine tb" taxpayer "f Ihe state of
Oklahoma annual!) $850000 and at
the ame tune prevenl epidemic of
smallnox in i Hi tahoma
IttiiilunicndaUoiiH for ppiopi niinm
si. ni enmnilmloner of health. $' son
I'bief cb rk ami statistical cli rk l
Stenographer and bookkeeper
Sanitary Inspector and custodian
of biological products
Pure food Inapector
Iirug tia lor
Stenographer and clerk pure
t I a ml di ng dl i Ision
t'ontaglnua and Infec
i asi fund foi board
libilogic.il product .
Contingent fund pure
drill- division
Printing fund state
health
"This estimate is a
ha been made I
iiiiimg previous years nut
flcieul amount to .ai 1 v u
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A Keystone Comedy Every Day
ti.o mnlsentli Inrtrilmfni f 'Tin: beat or tiiu veah"
Tiir. kULUOM noi.i.Ai: a Mrs-part gslUniw drssja feattrlag
t s t t.K artbai auuu sad Ism iir-e
no hbb a rmiH" in the aoottsi1 gaUJUtr' 1
a iu i iri'i i inku -.I ftomsdy wish a Knystone Osnsdy timt ii. .i eaaay
u pimhuiK tiat ftniiai mikii ruturtn artbai OoUla. a rt
Ai ie i 1 1 ' atorrti I i hfytmie MBMdlaa
ADMISSION 1 0 c
io.
I too
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T.l.OM
J.iiiui
1600
little less than
this department
I Ins
i thi
Ions din
nf health
f I and
on i d of
suf
work
as permitted b the present statutes
In fuel the present statutes amended
by the last legislature allow but one
lood inspector and one drug Inspeetoi
Unless tbe statute Is amended so as
to employ a greater number of tra
Cltllg Inspector Hie present estimate
Is ample
"Real economy t" the state could
be practiced If both the food and dr ift
Inapector were required to be com
petenl and efficient chemists and tbe
lahoratorv for pure food and drug
work maintained m connection with
i ' the office of the slate board of health.
tiles Inspeetors making their own
analyses. Seven Or eight hundred did
tars would lie ample provision for all
things tieiessary In the way of lab
oratory eiinlpmciit and supplies lo do
this work successfully and it would
be a dei ided Improvement over pus
eut arrangement.
"I have in ver In tlir past ii eotn
mended or asked for an Increase uf
salary foi the state commissioner of
lory for n is
Isfactory I b
performing
r) far from being sat
lie bee:' sat isf II ll 111
itus of the slate
roninilMMloni'r ot maun nr i.s"u pei
annum noi tor tin reason thai i
thought thai tills was a proper com
pi llSatloll f"l I be -I'l l ices r I' l ed
but for Hu reason thai i was per
BO ills : inl.lt bins to I. ring lo t be al
tent ion of the eitlsen of Oklahoma
the niessit of pro perl) org an bring
ami supporting a modern public health
il pat in. eut ben the) were s.ilis
tied lo do ihla I felt confident thai
the legislature would make the sal
ii i v sffn lent t" atir. o t e. ei quail
fled public health man in tbe slate
of Oklahoma. As 11 now stands the
nilai is ti"i sufficient to appeal lo
any physician unless be Is desirous
of making a sacrifice and giving all
of his timt to thla work every min-
ute ot ii Hundaya ami holidays. In-
cluding night ami iIun. ii u i have done
luring the past I"" year. Tbe sal
III should either be I ami ilJUi tbe
same amount now paid Ihe gnorne)
general nil uibers of the supreme
court or professional
tended prog i ssstons I
position of tin stale
I Grand Theatre
i N I Nil. Ill IiM
Moli.bn llieemliil M
Mr William H'amatior Proaont
Mr. Karl I owers
In ii.i l I. nil rg iii ibc llcrt
Musical utnedy.
"The Wizard
of Wiseland
25 PI . l l I 25
Mostl) Ml I. Irl-
seals ii sale al Itevall haturdg)
PRlt I N
5e Mic. 75c. tn on. Iloxe II "
men with e-
t raining. The
ummlssloner of
hi llth Should ii"' be treated S it place
sultiibli to serve ns a reward for po-
litical pension but is altogethei ton
little f.n lite set ' Ice of 11 full time
well-trained ami efficient health of-
fie r ll Should be either tbe lop or
not to i ki'ri d 000
AT THE THEATRES
CRUISER PRESERVING NEUTRALITY IN CANAL ZONE
lint that inedlctni
derful advance In
does not hide tin'
In other lines has I
It Is It'll
through
oounty
at differ
town that was
it waa
t ban
Some
state
w.ul.ii l for the county nenuii on-
'ers in thai section to attend and
turn home without loslng-mo
one day from their business.
... . .. .. .s' . . In the
.unl: ... .... Vu. iMni.fits tu be derived
1 . . s . .
from these conferences allowed tni
.-xpenses incurred by the county su-
perintendent of public hcnl h In at-
tonding while dUtere 'h
auperinienasnt "' i
his own expenses.
fit to hold tneee noniw
if district meetings.
v. r
tountv
tn defi i
reason I saw
Sno sin a seri
Aiioiish Quarasrllsj
meetings the iiuestiuti of
of oommunlcabl dis-
"At these
"tie control
lias madi' a won-
tbe past f'O years
tact tiiat progress
en nearly as gte.it.
1 1 .it ;." yi ers ago a man shot
the Intestinea alwaya died:
but today In tbe arc uf a inoditn sur-
geon his Chancel lor recovery are
much greater than are his chancee of
d)1ng. Forty years ago we had our
fust lesson in the modern practice of
obstetrics.. Dr. Holmes In an essay
called Ibc attention of the physicians
at that lime to the fact that they were
responsible) for the heavy death rate
charged to puerperal sepsis (child
bed fever); that the practice of clean-
liness or asepsis Mould prevent puer-
peral sepsis. The result today is that
there is not more than om death from
puerperal sepsis in S000 confinements
where prior to that tune there was at
bust om1 in every hundred. Thirty
years ago a great advance was made
with tin discovery of the eauee for
tuberculosis and diphtheria and rap-
id!) following this for a gnat many
other of tlmse diseases Wnlch In thi
past blanched the cheek of the father
and sit in k tenor to the In art of the
mother when their homea wen' In-
vaded. Today since we know their
causes nnd also tb" remedy ( be ap-
plied they no longer cam grief and
Sorrow to the iKtent that they did
prior to these .Its overt ea; and many
who nte living todS) would have pos-
sibly been dead if it were not for these
discoveries Tin'.-" dlst overli made it
poselble fur Bee ring lo give to the
world and humanity iiis discover)
of the antitoxin for diphtheric. Thai
was Ollly -'0 years aTO
Less than twenty .ts ago about
the time of our war with Spain two
doctors gaii' their llvrs tn prove to
Ihe scientific world that yellow ti '.ei
and mnlarln were carried by mos-
Utilities. This same War while a
calamity to the world in one respect
was of untold value to the world In
another reaped Our army oampa
where our Volunteer seldieis were ino-
blltsed had become one vast hos-
pital fur typhoid fever A i ' .mills
aion of physicians was appointed to
Investigate and aseert un w hy th
was the case The report of tins ooni-
mtsaton eon Tinned the v di Id that thi r
life '
W ' f Li
.'.V "(t.i...
i
' r:
m fir
. i -
LM ' Vw I
at i B& w
1
The I' S I'tuiser Tacom and hei
commander Commander Twining.
The Taconui was ordered from
Santo Domingo to Colon as a result
of the request of Colonel Qoelhala
for warships to pnaerve neutrality
in the watere of tin- Canal none
Wonderful rower of bieed.
Seeds buried three thousand )ear
in a mummy tomb time. When
planted proved that their power was
unimpaired and produced a harvest
according to their nature seeds
have wing'" to fly ever oceuns and
root in distant lands So the seeds
of human influence ere rooted every-
where bringing forth a harvest ac-
cord Ing to their kind Bow battle-
ships ami armies reap devastation
starvation bereavement end death.
Sw peace end reap honor blessing
ami glory The nation that sous i
loons by tbe seeds of license leaps
drunkards desolation and final ruin.
- The Christian Herald.
fallow
da nee J
Proud ii' ant)
don't want it.
Had No Objection.
Youth t'.tn I bav
this
Wh
bi rtainl:
(.it IN!)
The press agent of the "WlSard of
Wiseland' arrived in town today bub-
lllig over with enthusiasm cnnocrnti !
ins attraction tbe "Wlsard of wise
land" which will appear al the Qraild
theatre one night only on Monday
tyecember m. lie carries with him
real evidence as to the merit of this
musical comedy In tbe shape of -lever
..ii.... ui'itteii bv iiioioimnl mem
hers of the I'hlcagO press togetln i
wiih tbe announcement that no show
COUld run one hundred ami llilm
eight pel form. itn es unless It wa mer-
itorious. The book i by Bide Dudley
'former dramatic editor of the Denver
Post ami the music score by Chicago
Publishing House. The . ast employs
im ml well known pinna donnas
leoubrets tenors comedians assist..!
b) a bevy of charming and beautiful
I i hoi ns girls while a male quartet will
aid In barnmnl.lng the music Si it
I sale at it mil Saturday.
y IMS.
The seventeenth Installment of "The
Million-Dollar Mystery" ' being pre-
(I nted at the Yal" theatre today.
The Reliant e Motion Picture mi -pany
present .Miss Irene Hunt Sam
it rjraase ami Vester Pegg in a two-
urt society drama entlUed "The Heat
uf the fear" a drama thai you should
not miss.
"Sid ee's Finish." " "'" reel rnan-
houaer corned) featuring Miss Mlgnon
nd rson ami Mi Morris l osti r
Tb" Keystone Comedy company
presenl one of the famous Keystone
lommedlcns Arthur Collins In 11 one-
reel comedy entitled "In the Bogus
nailery." w
fonilng tomorrow and Monaay
'The King of lite Alt." In fo ir parts.
Coming Tuesday ami Wednesday
World Without Men" tn three
"A
parti
Iff.
i
L af ' ' . - '
C- ' i I. "''""'l
Be
vices
dent
does
bee
is ver)
tin
i rsa
fin t
an
lur
IllltlS n
Hem an
in
that
i he i lustre Ma.
f the man w 10 ha no
s.ns tin ll. man aouge rm-
Wll.'.n likes Villa beenuse he
not smoke; Bryan likes him
b" does not drink. This
good as far as It goes Hut
main draw fta 11 t" uia s nin-
pop'ilarity is tb" in iileiitai
thai be is a murderer a traitor
Ingram a moral cowarc u tor-
: it . tb. r wnn ine exci p-
ted he is a s er and a gen
i' is with regrel that we
nnpelb d I ire t the rumor
Villa was going Into American
once denied that lie said It. ll Was
written by John it I. Route a bril-
liant young man who edit I the
Telle Haute Kxpress In I ll T I - f : tin
one as. mi Colonel Hit bard W.
Thompson of Torre Haute advised
blni lo so west and grow un with tint
loountry adding: "Why John. you
could write un article that would be
attributed to llorac i in. ley if you
tried." BoUle modestly doubled It
! but I'liompsnn liiHlsted and SotiU
I promised to try. Tim result was sa)
article 111 the Kxpress on the oppor-
tunities offered to young men by the
Went Which began bv s.iiing thai Hor-
ace Ureeley could timer have given
belter advice than that contained )n
the words "Ho west young man " It
was a supposition limitation from
Ureeley but the article was copied
and pretty soon the supposition phrase
was attributed to Qreeley himself.
After it had received wide circulation
the New York Tribune Cam out with
reprint nf tbe Kxpress article c-
npanied by a footnote by Mr.
Qreeley saying that he was not the
author of the expression but he fully
Indorsed it and joined in saying Un
west young man go west "- Indiana
polls News.
si ING Kilt ) il it I'CM llt I. I;Y.
some British Bits Taken i t "A
I'alr of Silt si. .kings"
Much of the humor of "A Pair of
Silk St' cklngs" the entertaining Eng
lish comedy Wlnthmp Ames has pre-
sented with such happy result at bis
Little theatre lbs In the smart dal-
i logue of the ehuractors who represent
English loclet) Om of them Ran
t Thornbtll uses as much slang as a
I Oeorge m Cohan character it i
Hntish slang and some of the best of
It Is glw-n here that those win affect
this cryptic for f speech mav Im-
prove their voiabularly The paren-
thetical wolds should not he COB-
stiiied as a luin f tu the reader's lack
f Imagination. Tiny are supplied
merely because without the context
the meaning is not always clear. Here
are some of Hani's speeches:
I mug I study I it up at night.
I uff she blfnd to her grandmol h-
rs.
I di that's top hole'
There wasn't much falling on the
neck about it.
j Tin fed up.
A milling good wig.
Not so dusty eh?
Koppln' about nun a mounted
p'lee eman
Everybody had brekker tbrcalt-
fast I "
Hullo Jack obi bird! How roes?
I'm out for tli" kippers and coffee.
it got a bit thick on r i k a.
Things were a bit patchy.
I I'm a gent In my rotten sort of way.
Leave you! Well that's petty use-
ful! i i may have given her peck nut
onl) like you kiss your sist. r or yur
aunt There wasn't mui h "pUSt about
It
! I wus fond "f you. Why I'm all
bltherin' now. Jest bain' near you.
They chucked doln' it now.
tiiat yarn of ours pure
ohautauqu All daps ere oanoeled
time at least as ilia is l usy
miv capturing the Mexican Cap-
Late lie iiuiv make an ex-
visit among us either at; a
haiituuiiia orator a picture show
ot a v a td" ill perl inner
exhibitions of plain and fancy
and shouting Hut We are
ing to forecast any more of
actloni Ha is uncertain ami
able in keeping his appoint-
11.. n.-.Luu Ih. luulk' e..li.
Hibernian flee appear sedin-
i at i iiiii'. ' omaiose riy
foi
llist
I till
lei. di d
. l.antu
lecturer
giving
I d tig
Ilia g
i Villa's
unrelli
menta
brated
tan
Was
sw auk
Well
take
Wot Id.
strike me poppy "lor' YOfl
the macaroon New YurK
If
.mpanson K
t nsas
City
Journal.
i.r.s li liiiln't start It
Wlm was It that said 'Ho west
yOUttg man"" The phrase h;-s often
been credited to Horace Ore ley bat
he was nut the first to use It and
War and Life In-unim
"I inquired of a man high up In
the affairs of a big life Insurance
company whether the killing of o
man) soldiers will bring heavy losses
upon American life Insuiunce com-
panies. 'Far smaller than you might
think.' was his answer. 'It Is true
one New York rotnpnny has fl"0-
0000011 of Insurance In th" countries
which are at war. but the number of
soldiers killed will be but a small
proportion of ail the peopta wh
carry Insurant ' "
Ita qaaiHilf
"Big cargo of cork wasn't It "'
"Sure; cant sink money on that."-
Baltimore American.
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