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UÑOLE SAM’S fiDVICE ON FLU ü. S. Public Health Service Issues • Official Health Bulletin on Inlluema. LA TES T W ORO ON S U B JEC T. that In this disease the number of « b ile corpuscles »hows Utile or no In «•reuse shove the normal. It Is | m > ssi hie that the laboratory Investigations non being made through ihe National Research Council and ihe Cubed Mates Hygienic lutboraiory will fur nish a more certain way In which Indi vidual rases of this disease can be recognized." -T h e B u g le ( \ ll Summons all the force« snJ resources of the Republic to the defense of It. i-dont “ T!'E CLADEK GARBAGE” AND MACHINE SHOP T H E O REG O N A G R IC U L T U R A L COLLEGE which the United Ststes authorise» have ranked as one o f the fifteen distinguished institutions of the country for excellence in military training, lua responded to the call. The College is distinguished not only for its military instruction, but DianNuciSHtu also roa— Its strong industrial coutsrs for mm and for women! In A jii . ,,Ii Com mere«. Kiisinntuia. t«s,ti« Horn* r.uuoink,. Mimas, PtMiinaer, ««J V,.»oo,i*l EJucatHHi. Its wholesome, purposrfulstudctil life. Iu democratic college spirit. Its suixessful graduates. Students enrolled last year, U i I; stars on its service flags, ta$8, over forty percent representing officers. What la the court« of tha disease7 Do people d l« of it? "Ordinarily, the fever lasts from three to four days and the pnilenl re- eovers. Rut »Id le the pro|>ortlon of deaths In the present epidemic has generally Imen low. In some plan*» the i-uihreak tins been severe snd deal lit have I wen numerous. When death oc- j rurs It is usually lb « result of a coat i A C ETY LEN E WELDING AND BRAZING O V ER H A LL CARS F iX FO R D S All Kinds of Repairing done at Reasonable Rates Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In plication." Origin—Germ Still Unknown—Peo- W Collage opens September 23, I91f What causes tha dla«asa and how la i pie Should Guard Against "Droplet it spread? Fo, taukat. n«w Illu.n»i«J Buuklti. »uJothri wlormsiioa »ill» M»«k« R«*i,(r*r. Csrvsilk, i i « r * i Infection"—Surgeon General Blue “ Racteriologlsts who hav« studied In- Makes Authoritative Statement. .tluenza epidemics In Ihe |«»st have found In many of the cases a very ‘ Miiall rod-shaped germ railed, after Its Washington, O. C.— (Special.)—Al discoverer, Pfeiffer's bacillus. In other though Kin* Alphouso of Spain was cases of apparently the same kind of one of the victims of the Influents epi disease there were found pneumococci, Still demic in I S « ami again thla summer. the germs of lobar pneumonia others have In-en caused by slrepto- Spanish authorities repudiate any coed, and by others germs with long claim to InflueiiM its a "Spanish" dis names. HIGHEST MAKET PRICE PAID ease. If the people of this country do “ No matter what particular kind of If you have hogs for sale or know of any one else not take care the epidemic will be germ raus<-s (he epidemic. It Is now come so widespread throughout the believed that Influenza Is always who has, phone United States that soon we shall bear spread from person to person, the the disease called “ American" Influ germs being carried with the air ulong with the very small droplets of mucus, enza. In response to a request for definite expelled by coughing or sneezing, For Infants and Children For Infants and Children Stryton Phone 344 Stayton, Oregon forceful talking, and the like by one Information concerning Spanish Influ who already has the germs of the dis In U s e F o r O v e r 30 Y e a r s In U s e F o r O v e r 30 Y e a r s enza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue of ease. They may also be carried about Always bears the C. S. Public Health Service has In ihe air In the form of dust coming the authorized the following official Inter from dried mucus, front coughing anti Signature of sneezing, or from careless people who view : What la Spanish Influenza? la It spit on the floor snd on the sidewalk. Portland slackers and some others something new? Does It come from \s In most other catching disease*, a over the state. person who has only a mild attack of Spain? Within three days Portland and i • he disease himself may give a very “The disease now occurring In this the state at large slid over the top. j severe attack to others.“ “ You get more calories to the country and called 'Spanish Influen The result was a highly agreeable j What should be done by those who penny from milk than from any za resembles a very contagious kind “ atch the disease? surprise. oth«*r food even at the present Of 'cold' accompanied by fever, pains Mail notice. It can he seen, la not ! "It Is very Important that every |«er- price,” said Dr. E. J. I.abbe, «on who becomes sick with Influenza always effective. specialist, who returned r«*cent- Coughs and Sneezes »houlil go home at once and go to he«I. ly from Europe ar.d who spoke The Portland Journal's campaign Tills will help keep away dangerous at tb«' State Fair and at other Spread Diseases to elimlnat«' the publication of tho complications and will, at the same patriotic gathering* Dr. I.abbe delinquent tux lists is not meeting time, keep the patient front scattering j told of the chihlren he treated with the approvul o f the taxpayers the disease fur anil wide. It Is highly In the Red Cross children's hos of Oregon. In the first place It la a desirable that no one he allow«*) to pital in Evian. on I-ake Geneva. sleep In the same room with the pa campaign of malice, of spltework, In France. The little French tient. In fact, no one but the nurse against the press of the state In the and Belgian refugees were wan should be allowed In the room. second place (he existing tax publi and weak and almost lifeless “ If there is cough and sputum nr ' A milk diet soon brought good cation law o f Oregon is fashioned to running of the eyes and nose, care results and the babes thrived serve the taxpayer and not the title should he taken that all stn-h dis- "But," said Dr. Labbe, "they grabber. The present law provides '•hurges are collected on bits of gauze i will never entirely shake off publication, but only after mall no or rag or paper napkins and hurnetl. the marks made by the months ^ As Dangerous as fAason Gas Shells If the imtient complains of fever and tices have been sent out and have In which they were starved for failed to notify. Publication Is not In the head. eyes, ears, back or other headache, he should be given water to milk. Children must have milk drink, a «’old compress to the forehead for those who pay but for Those who parts of the body and a feeling of se If the race Is to go on. It Is and n light sponge. Only such medi have failed to reeelre proper notice. vere sickness. In most of the cases the cine should he given as Is prow-rlbt-d every mar, s and every woman’s duty to do all In his power to Could sny fairer scheme be devised? symptoms disappear after three or four by the «loctor. It is foolish to ask the keep the herds of Oregon alive. days, the patient then rapidly recover druggist to prescribe and may be «Inn- Let the present law alone. It works Feed men. mill men, dairymen, ing. Some of the patients, however, serous to take the so-called 'saf«\ sure to your advantage even If it does householders, dealers, everyone develop pneumonia, or Inflammation und harmless' reme«lies advertised by not please the title grabber. must co-operate. The babies of o f the ear, or meningitis, and many of patent medicine manufacturers. the world must be saved." “ If the patient Is so situated that he these complicated cases die. Whether this so-called ‘Spanish' Influenza Is can be nttendetl only by some one who 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 * must also look after others in the fam identical with the epidemics of influen ily, It Is advisable that such aitemlunt Milk may be us«?<l not only as an za o f earlier years is not yet known. wear n wrapper, apron or gown over addition to an already rich diet, but (Too late for last week.) “ Epidemics of Influenza have visited the ordinary house clothes «vhlle in the in place of some of the slowly digested this country siDce 1647. It Is Interest sick room and slip this ofT when leav dishes which over tax the digestive Arnold Senz and Josephine ing to know that this first epidemic ing to look after the others. organs and impair the health. Milk "Nurses and attendants will do well contains all the elements necessary Laux motored to Albany Thurs was brought here from Valencia. Spain. Since that time there have to guard against breathing in danger to sustaiu life and build up the body. day. ous «list-use germs by wearing a simple It must he remembere«l too. that butter been numerous epidemics of the dis Miss Naomi Bodine returned fold of gauze or mask while near the is a food for all. for rich and poor, for ease. In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic patient." to her home in Albany Saturday old and young. Cottage cheese is o f Influenza, starting somewhere In the Will a person who has had influenza another dairy product that is of great after a visit with the Misses Orient, spread first to Russia and before catch the disease again? * food value. Shanks. * thence over practically the entire civ "It Is well known that an attack, of ilized world. Three years later there measles or scarlet fever or sinallp«!* . . _ .. . . .____. John Aegerter and Mattie As An Energy Maker Acknowl- ® was another flare-up of the disease. usually prott-cts a person against an Milk edged by Shipbuilders. 1 Kloer were entertained at the ? Both times the epidemic spread wide other attack of the same disease. This Because Portland and Seattle ship- ; Ld Smith home Sunday e\ening. | ly over the United States. appears not to he true of ‘Spanish In “ Although the present epidemic Is fluenza.' According to newspaper re builders mak« a scramble for the milk | Miss Gladys Downing and ' called 'Spanish Influenza,' there Is no ports the King of Spain suffered an bottles when the noon whistle blows , , „ . .. __ _____, „ ; reason to believe that it originated In attack o f influenza «luring the epi- they are becoming famous and to the Mrs. Selmer Brown spent Sun- .Spain. Some writers who have studied lemie thirty years ago. and was again fact that they drink milk is attributed clay at the Mrs. Iioxie Shank 1 the question believe that the epidemic stricken during the recent outbreak In their ability to do better work than home. came from the Orient and they call at Spain.” tention to the fact that the Germans Now comes San Francisco showing MlSS Hazel Lambert, of Le How can one guard against influ mention the disease as occurring along she, too, has taken up the habit. The anon, spent the week end with j the eastern front In the summer and enza? A Pacific Dairy Review says “ one dis- home folks, T h e K in d Y o n H a v e A lw a y s B o u g h t, nn<l w hich has boon "In guarding against «11 sc ns«; of all fa ll o f 1917.” trlbuter alone supplies 1.800 quarts iu use fo r ov er 3 0 years, bus born«« tho signature of kinds. It Is Important that the hotly l>e How can “ Spanish Influenza” be rec The Misses Gladys Downing a n d baa been mudo u n d e r lila per kept strong and able to tight off dis daily to men in the Union Iran Works,” ognized? r, sonal supervision since its Infancy. ease, germs. This can be done by hav although, the review adds. "In San and Doroth V»Smith left„. WedneS- “There Is as yet no certain way In f ¿ “ (> * * 0 ^ City.“ ‘ I A llo w no one to deceive you in this. ing a pr«»per proportion of w««r1c, play Franclsco the milk drinking habit I. which a single case of 'Spanish Influ Here s another _ I A ll Counterfeits, Im itations and “ Just-Hs-good ” are b u t and rest, by keeping the ho«!y well ■till In its Infancy. enza' can he recognized. On the oth Ryan and j Experim ents that trifle with and endanger the h«‘nlth of clothed, and by eating sufficient whole argument for keeping up the dairy | Miss Marguerite e r hand, recognition Is easy where lu fa n ts a n d C hildren —Experience against Kxi>crliuenU some and properly selected food. In herds. The milk bottle Is barking the sister Betty called on Miss Gla there Is a group of cases. In contrast «•onneetlon with diet. It Is well to re beer can off the map. Time was to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs member that milk Is one of the heat when Ihe men of the Iron works would dys Downing. •nd colds, which osually occnr In the all-around foods obtainable for adults have "rushed the can" as they termed Miss Cora Ray left Sunday cold months, epidemics o f Influenza as well as children. So far at a dis getting their beer. Cnstorla is a harm less substitute fo r Cantor O il, P a r e for McMinnville, where she will may occur at any season o f the year. ease like Influenza Is conceme«l. health goric, D rops and Hoothlng Syrups. It is pleusnnt. It Thus the present epidemic raged most authorities everywhere recognize the be the coming winter. “ The fond value of a quart of milk contains neither O pium , Morphine n o r other Nnreotlo Intensely In Europe in May, Jane and very done relation between It* spread Is the equivalent of three fourths of a •uhstunce. Its age is Its guurantee. It destr«>ys W orm s Mr. and Mrs. Henry Senz and July. Moreover, In the case o f ordi and overcrowded homes. While It Is and allays Feverishness. F o r m ore thun thirty years it nary colds, the general symptoms not si ways possible, especially In J W nln.0renih e °c ^ C ^ d Ison. Arnold, motored to Salem has been in constant use for the relict of Constipation. or eight eggs, t ompare the costs and i ’ ’ (fever, pain, depression) are by no times like the present, to avoid such mllk wjng •• Dr. E. V. McCulIom of } Tuesday. Flatulency, W in d C olic, a ll Teething T ro u bles and means as severe or as sudden In their D larrh om . It regu lates the Htomaeh and B o w els» onset as they are In Influenza. Final assim ilates the Food, g iv in g healthy and n atu ral sleep, ly. ordinary colds do not spread effort to reduce the home overcrowd- m,,nt Mp a(ldi ..For the Mk(! o f your ; Wednesday evening with Miss ft'he C h ild ren ’s l ’anaoca—T h e M oth er’s F rien d . through tbs community so rnpldly or Ing to a.minimum. The value of fresh family's health, and for the reduction ^ Gladys Downing. •o extensively as does Influenza. air through open windows cannot !>e “ In most cases a person taken slek OTer emphasized. Tom Phillips is reported to be A striking Illustration or the value With Influenza feels sick rather sud “ When crowding Is unsvold«ible, us of publicitiy has come to light with on the sick list. denly. He feels weak, has pains In the In street cars, cart should be taken to Bears the Signature of eyes, ears, head or back, and may be in the past three weeks. The Illus The Misses Naomi Bodine, keep the face so turned as not to In oore all over. Many patients feel hale directly the air breathed out by tration bears a moral which should Bessie, Roxana and Crystal dizzy, some vomit. Most of the pa be of interest to every voter. another p<;rson. tients complain of feeling chilly, snd Shank spent Friday at the G. H The State Liberty Loan sent out "It Is especially Important to be With this comes a fever In which the pledge cards broadcast over the state | RaY home. ware of the person who coughs or temperature rises to 100 to 104. In Miss Angeline Ryan spent most cases the pulse remains relative sneezes without covering his mouth to notify patriotic citizens to come in I and nose. It also follows that one and voluntarily purchase L ib e r ty ! S un(] a y w ith Miss Elsie Down- ly slow. “ In appearance one Is struck by the should keep out of crowds and stuffy Bonds during "H onor W eek,” preced- | j fact that the patient looks sb-U. Ills places as much as possible, keep ing the efficient campaign. I . . . eyes and the Inner side of his eyelids homes, offices and workshops well air Did the voters re spond? They did I A large crowd from this vicin- T h a K i n d Y o u H o v e A lw ays B o u g h t may he slightly 'bloodshot.' or 'con ed, spend some time out of d«j»«rs each not. i ity attended the dance at Stay- day. walk to work If at all practicable gealed.' as the doctors say. There ▼ H O C E N T f l H W C O M P A N Y , N B W Y O W K C I T Y , ________ in fact no attention was paid to (g p Friday evening. may be running from the nose, or —In short, make every [»ossible effort to breathe as tnbrh pure air ■■ pos the cards by »0 per cent of the peo- i there may he some cough. These signs Mrs. H. R. Shank and son o f a cold may not be marked; never sible. pie. The situation became desperate ' “ In all health matters follow the ad were Sunday visitors at Ed. theless the patient looks and feels very when, on the evening before 8ep j vice of your doctor and obey the regu Sick. Smiths. tember 28th, the state was short | “ In addition to the appearance and lations o f your local and state health about five million dollars In bonds officers.” Mrs. JLoxie Shank and daugh the symptoms ns already described, Then a n«-w plan was tried. The “ Cover up each cough and sneeze. examination o f the patient's blood inAy ters, Grace, Bessie and Crystal j loan organizations sent ‘ personal ' , . , . If you don’t you’ll spread disease" aid the physle'nn Ip recognizing 'Span notices” out through the newspapers, 1 attended the sale at the Mrs. teh Influenza, for It has been found by publishing the names of a few Geo. Caspell farm. Battery Charging. All kinds of assetworieH. Bus and Oils for sale HOGS HOGS HOGS 1 am now ready to buy your fat hogs L. A. THOMAS All my work is Guaranteed First Class CHAS. CLAD EK, STAYTON, ORE. C A S T O R I A C A S T O R IA Cook in Cool Comfort We have a large line of the best oil cook stoves on the market in all sizes such as Perfection and Blue Flame Stoves Mount Pleasant These makes are too well known to need description, with one of these stoves you will be able to do your cook ing in a cool kitchen L IL L Y H A R D W A R E C O . 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