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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1911)
The Madras Pioneer 1'ubllsheit every Thursday by -TiiK i'ionkeu ruuiiisnma co.- 8UD80RIPTION RATE8: One ycnr fl.'BB Six niontlm ,Hfl Three months .... CO A.I) VEllTISINO KATKS ON APPLICATION Kntered ns second class matter A,ugust 2, 190t, at tho 1'ostofflco at Madras, Ore., under tho Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY JUNE 8, 1911 COMMON DRINKING GUP ABOLISHED State Board of Heath Is- . sues - Notice ' SPREADS MANY DISEASES After September 1 Use Will Not Be Allowed In Schools or on Trains, Etc. .t At the beginning of the next school year, the Oregon State Board o f Health, following the example set by nearly all of the progressive states, will abol ish the use of the common drinking cup. This is not an ex periment but has been tried for a number of years in several other states, notably Massach utes and Kansas, where it has resulted in very materially les sening the number of contagious diseases, particularly is this true of diphtheria. v In the city schools that have a water supply, the problem is very easily solved as various makes of bubbling fountains some running all the time and others that can be opened and dosed 1 by a small leVer, can be . ,use!d; anc in nearly all the 'mod ern buildmgs,: these havoalready been installed. For .the country schools where wells must be de pended, upon for the water sup ply and where water has to be carried, .a water cooler where dust and dirt can be excluded is far better than the old open buckets that collected all the dust of the school room. To these can be attached for a very small sum of money a bubbling foun tain that can be opened when in use and closed automatically. The following official notice is being sent out by the board: Whbras, It has been proven beyond doubt the use of the com mon drinking cup is responsible for the spread of many infecti ous and contagious diseases, par ticularly is this true of such dire diseases as Consumption, Syph ilis, Diphtheria and many others, and that Whereas, The abolishment of what is known as the common drinking cup would be for the bet terment of the public health, Therefore, be it Resolved by the Oregon State Board of Health that the use of the common drinking cup on railroad trains, in railroad stations, in the public and private schools, in all the educational institutions of the State of Oregon is hereby pro hibited, from and after Septem ber 1st, 1911. That on and after this date, no person or corporation in charge or control of any railroad station or any railroad train, electric car or any public conveyance or in any public or private school or any State educational institution shall furnish any drinking cup for,publiQ. use, and no such per son or corporation shall permit on said train or station, or on said electric car or at said public or private school or said State edacational institution, or on said public conveyance, the use of the common drinking cup. The -Madras jbaseb'all team has a game scheduled with- the Bend team at latter jpiaceHfor Sunday .the rJ8th., HAY CREEK RANC TO BE SUBDIVIDED ii i , Donnh rmQ'iQinn nf ahnn-f OA aaa The famous naycreerv nau.., .a . uuuacre formerly owned by the Baiawm quccij i-a..u wnWany, iS nowd the first time offered for sale in small or large tracts varying y 40 acres up. Hrices are moii icaounauic w.iomci my uie qUa of the land, and the terms are easy. For full information address L S. WEEKS, Agent Madras, Oregon i f. BASE LINE LAND COMPAII 272 Stark St. 1 Portland Ore Placing Cement Walk The first cement sidewalk to be constructed in Madras is being laid this week in front of the Loucks property, now occupied by Cramer & Harcnnv's saloon. It is believed that this improve ment will suggest similiar ones to other property owners and there will probably be consider able of the cement put into side walks this summer. The Loucks Building, in front of which the cement sidewalk is being laid was the first house built in Madras after the town site was platted. "Tice" says that he has to keep just a little ahead of the town. The walk is eight feet wide and will cost in the neighborhood of $1 per run ning foot. E. I. Cuntinc, an engine 3 tractor of Portland wmaCt: this week, and stopped in the d night, lie had been it ( Rating the proposed projectdli Opal Springs to that citj, tain making inquiries about the i system which is to be inataBdi ' M ' I .. . I. . i . . Ill VC I T . Nfi "-. " ' - I 1 t ...... 40 w s o Iv E t It New Goods and New ' Our" is the only. Mercantile hoase in interior Oregon, stocked with new goods from the railroad to the shelves or display rooms. The saving is yours for the asking. The satisfaction of being the first firm to quote this new scale of price is ours. Full line of FARM MACHINERY, GARDEN TOOLS, GARDEN Sand FIELD SEEDS and a full line of first-c?ass Gr?;OCERIEv3at cash prices. WE VANT YOUR PRODUCE W. F. Hammer Co- MADRAS OREGON