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MT. SCC)TT HERALD Health In The Suburbs Entered as Second Claw Matter February I». Hill At postotfiee, lamia, Oregon. Uiuier ack of March 3, 1879 by L oma c . littlb A local doctor who has tteen writing article on “Mad Dog*« ami Worms" on Iwalth for a daily pa|«*r for the past that ought U> lx* read by |x*rxon« still H. A. DARNALL, Entrón amd M anaus *. two year« now mourns the lose of his holding to the ol«l xii|x*rstitioii of hydro wife. It transpires that she has lawn phobia. The writer wax (or some yean; confined to her bed for a long time with editor of the leading uewM)*apar in Office Phone: Home R-ftlll-llll, Residence Tabor £«13 rheumatoid arthritis, and this lias Alaska. While tlien* a great i mad dog We want you to become acquainted with ' ........ —.............■ xeare pre vai list Tin* |»olice | finally caumxl her death. wen* in** I The occurrence is a pathetic commen struct««! to shoot all d«»gn fdiowing the fact that we have one ol the best TN an adjoining column a depreciates the attractiveness of tary on thia wise doctor s pretensions. symptoms of the disease While dead ¡ writer calls attention to the your block. Tin cans on your He has ladled out knowledge freely to dogs lay all around, an olil-tinie Alaskan equipped banks in the county and it is offi tendency of mothers to dress neighbors lot. half filled with his reader*, while he had an ailment in trapper cam«* to the (ore with tlie i cered by MEN, not by ice* berg« or moss- that the frothing at the I their children in something that water, will breed just as many his own family whose cause is primarily declaration mouth, refusing water, biting blindly al I food |s>iaoning. ami before thia he prove«!, backs. We want your business and are in will not “show dirt” From the most] u it os as if they remained to be helpless. «'verything, etc., meant only that the a position to give you prompt and courteous view point of the mother who on your own ground, and you Rheumatism and certain other diseas«* «logs had worms Thereupon, instead of 1 may take chronic form as arthritis un examining the brains for “negri bodies'* service. makes that practice it is highly will get stung just the same dur der the influence of drug treatment and ax the learntxl health officer of Oregon advisable that the dirt on the ing the spring and Slimmer, injudicious application of hot water. I does, the editor and his trapper friend 1 THE MULTNOMAH STATE BANK soiled clothing should not show. Better dig a hole and bury them. recall two different cases rent to hot- held an auto|>sy on the «logs* intestine«. t«ath establishment for a courre of treat- In every case—and the editor wo not But the dark colored clothing In the Course of a couple of tnenl,«both of which were able to walk satisfied until they ha>l examined fifteen serves an additional purpose. It years they will be completely *1*° received, and both were sent home of th«* rabid animals—“great «'lots of fails to show up the inattention to spend the rest of life in wheel chair«. worms'' were found in tlie intestines; in oxidized and the hole may be Food alone will cure many cases some cases tlie intestines hs*l been per- of the mother to the child’s filthy physical condition in many opened again and take another Cure will be hastened, however, by the forated and the worms had <sx*a|xsl into careful uae of cold water and air luilhing the peritoneal cavity. instances. There are a lot of cargo of rubbish. in connection with massage. Breathing Hay, hide an«i tames were f«xi to the children who get a bath only There seems to be a misunder exervia^g should l>e taken daily alto. dogs still surviving and the “rabies* t” during warm weather, and not standing among many of the Sleep must be abundant, General exer vanished. The parasites were cbumx I by then unless there is a convenient people as to the motive of vise should he regular and to the li tn it a P hi narrow rang«* of («xxl, and in win- of alight fatigue. tor there was no vegetation ««v-vasible swimming hole. Now a nice “cleaning up.” To insure an The |>atient must have his f«xxi ad- such as animals know by instinct to be light colored frock, or shirt for Age, medidnal, he net* the disease I justed to his own peculiar needs the boy would be too contrasty. annual, at least, eradication of , environment, past and present habits, In a general way. this ia without In Oregon’s Most Reliable Association The dingy skin would be so in filth, the city has an ordinance all have their influence on nutrition, doubt th«* cane with rallies so-calhxl in evitably dirty that the exertion requiring that rubbish shall not and these must tie taken into considera Oregon, whether among «*oyot<*«, «logs, Oregon Fire Relief, Oregon Merchant» Mutual of administering a bath could, be allowed to collect in back tion in prescribing the food of a chronic or spick. There ia some deficiency in Fire, American Life and Accident In Practically all forms of thia food. Correct that and the disease will not be avoided. Poor tired yards, alleys, cellars, etc. The < rheumatic. surance of Portland 1 ieea.w* are carable, save that ankylosed disappear If space permitted I could ! mothers must be protected from motive of course is the protec joints usually remain stiff The disease prerent abundant rx|x*rt testimony to PROTECTION AND BENEFITS unavoidable exertion, so the dark tion of the public health. So if should be dealt with before that stage the same effect as the foregoing MODERATE RATES you have been neglectful you On«* practical xuggiwtion I would has lieen reached. clothing finds a welcome. make Let our health officials hold Not so long since some child you may not be surprised if some public post mortems on tliere dog« an.l It is a crime against childhood to drew« representative of the health of ren were sent home from one of their carcasses in dingy-colored clothing un wolves, examining the suburban schoois because one fice reminds you of your duty. children relieved by any touch of white or of light thoroughly. If this could be «lone, we of the teachers discovered the If that is not sufficient you may or bright color. Beauty has a relining should lx*gin to bear leas of rabies. youngsters’ capillary covering be called upon to contribute to and ennobling influence on persons of If bitten by a mad «log—and 1 assume any age, and children an* peculiarly that any «log is nml alien he bites you— was inhabited by unmentionable the city funds. susceptible. Any mother who Ix-grudg»* treat the wound rationally. Wash It insectívora. Now the wonder is Bind it up the extra washing requireti to give a ont with soap and water The meeting at the school not that they were discovered, Keep it con child a fresh gingham or pnnt frock or with a wet compress but that more of them are not house last Friday evening was blouse daily, say after the midday meal, tinuously wet If it pains, use on it hot discovered. It is commonly al one of the best of the year, when to do this is within the range of or warm water for a short time. Then leged that these pests are spon thanks to the efforts of the com possibilities, has a poor conception of put on cold and keep it on Eat lightly taneously developed from filth. mittee in charge. Mrs. Katzky, values. Tucks and frills and lace and Prink plenty of water and orang«* juice and it will heal and you won't have Whether that be true or not will Miss Waugh. Miss Train and embroidery may well be omitte«!, but rabies. But if instea«! you let the doc dainty patterns and bright or delicate not be a part of this discussion Mrs. Damall, and the hearty colors cost no more than dark and tor cauterise the wound, sear over the Cement, Brick, Lime, Wall and Land Plaster any further than to say that we assistance of other teachers. dingy patterns. Be sure that the small raw surface and shut in deaii blots! cells doubt it since if it were true The hall was crowded and the boy's waists are in narrow stripes, until they <le«'oQi|«Me. you are very like- ■ there would be a lot more per program was fine. Superinten polka <lots or small check«, something Iv to have lockjaw—which is indis- ' tingnishable from rabies. In fact it la sons afflicted with these para dent Aiderman was there at his after the pattern« used for tlie season in probably the disease otherwise known j men ’ s colored shirts. Froqka for his sites than are so reported. The best and the showing he made little sister may lx* chosen from a wider as rabies. Then on top of that, let I 1 Block East of Main St. on Footer Roni number of quite respectable ap for Portland schools was highly array of patterns, sprigged prints and aonietiody squirt some sick dog “senim" ! pearing persons who on close in- commendable. The public schools checked, striped or plaiifal prints an<l into your circulation a la Pasteur, and spection are found to be capable this city are doing something ginghams, as well as the buff, pink and if you survive you are hard to kill One man—a physician too—who wax of developing such pests, are d36 now days than drilliner on blue chambrays Whatever you do, given the Pasteur treatment in Portland I don't economize by togging the young legion, if we accept the spon- grammatical rules, arithmetical sters out in things that '‘don’t show two years ago is still in a precarious con-1 tan eons theory. In fact we stickers, and non-essentials. The dirt.” Not nnleaa you want to make dilion, though I believe it wax finally have contemplated legislative as children are led to think of home them indifferent to moral dirt, Tlie ex- officially decided that the dog that hit sistance in the at least annual as the greatest problem, and to ternal reacts on the internal, Fresh him was not rabid. It is unlucky to get bitten by a dog, dainty garment* once* a day put« a child renovation of certain hair mats learn to love its activities. on hi« trewt behavior at least for a little but it ia vastly worse luck Pi get bitten in evidence in almost every com while. He develop« self-respect ami a by the d<x*tor afterward. munity. It is a fright how many 1 (Mrs. Little will answer questions of I love for tiie g<Mxi, true and Iteautiful ar general interest pertaining to health i well meaning people seem to DIVERSIFICATION OF CROPS • the result ot living fittingly clad. and cure. Name and address of inquir think a head bath would be dan Liiverxithatioii of cro|* has er must tie Sent but will i.ot be pub Health Culture for February ha* an lished. ) gerous, if not unnecessary. lx*en agitated so much in the south that IU imiiurtaiice in Nothing so sweetenens a child northern states bus been over tion of pure, disease-free, high-yielding as being clean. Clean from the looked. Farm surveys show, need, the Oregon farmer can compete verv topmost hair to the soles of however, that the farm» In the north yielding the highest >iet with potato grower« anywhere in the his feet. Such children live in a profit are those that have a va- matter of yield«, quality and <*o«t of pro different atmosphere and have a riety of sources of cash ln< <>me. H. D. Scudder, of the Department of duction. The only requirement, then, different ambition in life. More- In a profitable section of i-entral New York we find that most Agronomy, O. A. C., through whose for the success of the industry ia some ever you are not afraid to have farmers pr««lu<-e hay. potatoes, investigation« information on the potato method of regulating the relation ot the | one of them come near you when i-abbage. tieaux. fruit and some xtareh manufacturing possibilities has supply to the demand, and thus main you meet them, And the poor live stock for sale. This win ter potatoes, fruit and cabbage been brought to the attention of the [to tain a steady market at good price«. If little things who have to go so have all been low in price, but ts to growers, recently returned from a the excens can be kept off the market dirty that they are offensive because of their variety of prod trip to Crook county where he addressed and only table («otatoe« of uniformly never know why it is that the ucts these farmers have been In the farmer« on the subject of a potato high quality «applied to meet the de sured against total failure. The really clean little girl or boy re atarch factory. In an interview he mand, there will he little danger in fu coming year or two is certain to ceives the most attention from mad«* the following statements: ture of a demoralized market such ax we lie a perio«J of fluctuating prices. all who see them, and they suf Everything |«d.:tx at present to “For several years past the depart bail in 1912 and have had since. high pric*es for such «tallies as ment of Agronomy has been giving con ‘‘The question then ia whether tlie ex fer untold disappointmet just be wheat, pork and la-ef. tiut there siderable attention to the matter of de cess «apply can lie taken care of in some cause mama is indifferent to is no assurance that there will be veloping new markets for Oregon po profitable way. After having given their physical purity. any substantial Improvement In tatoes including the poesibilitiee for the considerable atudy to thia question, I the prices of ixitntoes, vegetables «ucce«sftil manufacture of potato pro- am satisfied that the manufacture ot or fruit. Therefore It will be ducts. Through the efforts of the col potato products offer« the «olution. In In the heat of the spring clean only an expression of foresight lege, capital has become interested and 1913 I presented this question to tlie ««in«,« for the farmer to throw up a goodly number of people are the situation in the state is being studied Portland Chandler of Commerce and out a little anchor to windward getting forgetful. We heard of with the end in view of establishing « lat«*r al«o to the Oregon Manufacturer«’ In the form of a few acres of a a fellow the other day who so staple that has a good local de potato starch factory. Aanociation Since that time, capital ma nd. far forgot himself as to dump “Prior to 1912 the market for Oregon ha« become interested and tin* estab S|»e« ialties are a good thing in potatoes was excellent. Since that time, lixhment of a potato starch factory in his trash just over the back the long run. and the fellow who largely due to an excess in production, now definitely planned. fence upon his neighbors back has two or three is going to be prices have fallen off and the market has "Such a factory, having a capacity the one who will bridge the pe yard. That sort of thing hap- become very uncertain This has ao for 100 ton« of potatoes per «lay, will riods of price depression.—Coun pens pretty often. There are a discouraged the grower« that there is coat from 1'20,000 to 340,000 to establish try Gentleman few people in the world who os •••••••••••••••••«•••••as danger of this imjxirtant agricultural and put into operation. Ata price of industry suffering a rerioua relapse from 20 to 30 cents per bushel, the far trich like, think there is no harm “ Potatoes are one of the most valuable nier will receive a very profitable return in this sort of thing as long as cash crops the «tale produces, as condi from hia cull«, which are now a dead as they see no one watching $100 Reward, $100 fn year« when the market for Th» readers of this paper will b- tions throughout Oregon, except at ex Io««. The Mt. Sbott Herald them as long as they are not pleased to learn that there Is at least ont treme elevation«, are very favorable for table potatoes ia low, due to over-sup- __ ____ ________ dreaded dlaeaae _____ that _______ science ___ has beer I caught at it. This is all wrong. able to cure In alt The crop ia ply, tlie crop could lie veTy much more all Its stages. stai and that I. ; profitable production. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only adapted to a very wide variety of farm closely graded, only thé highest quality The spring clean-up is of the Catarrh positive cure now known to the medl< a Catarrh being a constitutions condition«, and lienee ia of interest to being turned on to the market for table nature of a neighborhood purifi I fraternity. diaesse, requires a constitutional treat Aside from their impor uae and all exevan «hipped to the atarch Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken In 1 every farmer. cation preparatory to the work ment ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, there tance as a cash crop, [sitatoes are of factory. Thus, the table market price of the year. Dumping your tin by destroying the foundation of the dis great value indirectly in rotations for may be maintained, for the atarch fac ease, and giving the patient strength by cans into a neighbors yard may building up the constitution and aaslstlnt maintaining fertility, destroying weeds, tory offers a profltahh* return to the far in doing Its work. The proprletori relieve you of their immediate nature With the have so much faith In Its curative pow and improving tilth. A steady market, mer for all of hi« excess crop. that they offer One Hundred Dollart | however, is imperative if the crop is to successful establishment of one factory, sight, but their presence on a ers for any case that It falls to cure. 8en> profitably grown. other« will follow, bo that tlie entire po list of testimonials. • neighboring lot hurts the looks I for AMress: F J CHr.NBT * CO. Toledo. 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