THE- OREGON SUNDAY - JOtTRNAi; .PORTLAND. SUNDAY: MORNING, JULY 81, .10071 .
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CITY HEALTH OFFICER
IS VERY BUSY WOMAN
Besides Attending to Iler Private Tractic Dr. Tohl
Makes Daily Visits to St. Vincent's Sanatorium and
resthouse Talks Entertainingly on Her Duty.
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Dr. Esther C. Pohl, City Health Officer.
Dr. Esther C. Pohl, the new city
health officer, Is one of the busiest
. women in the community. Besides at
tending; to her own private practice
' her time la well taken up with work for
tha city. Dally she visits the St. Vin
cent's sanatorium where contagious dis-
cases are sent, and the pesthouse, where
smallpox patients are confined.
Dr. Pohl says, by the way, that "pest
house" Is an ugly term that has been
. handed down for several generations but
; Of which the place Is not at all sug
gestive. On the contrary the temporary
abode for pocked patients is a pleas
ant place, comfortably fitted up.
Laments Carelessness.
All contagious diseases must be re-
riorted to the city healtn department,
hough Dr. Pohl says that one of the
rotent factors for evil Is the tendency
to conceal the Dresence of such ais
as. She laments the fact that minor
inff!t!T' j are an carelessly nanaieo.
"There Is much more danger," she
aid, "from these minor sicknesses than
from the dread diseases which we so
carefully shut away from ourselves. One
nay constantly see mothers carrying
their babes into the car or into a pub
lic bulldlnr. whooDlnsr with the cough.
- Klany mothers still exist who regard
whoonlnc couch, measles and such sick
nesses as necessary evils when there Is
no reason why they should be.
"There Is no quarantine on whooping
' cough or chicken pox and often people
are seen at their places of work with
mumps. The diseases In themselves
re not so dangerous but the system
when subject to those slcMnesses becomes
run down and an easy nrey to tne great'
est evil of this day tuberculosis. This
' Is especially true of children whose bod
ies are not vet strong to resist disease
and whooping cough, so easily carried
from one to another, will rapidly
weaken the system.
Boats Up Origin.
Dr. Pohl Is particularly interested In
hunting up the origin of every case
that is reported to her. She says that
this is the only sensible way to prevent
the spread of the disease. She had a
few days ago a case of typhoid reported
' to her and the next day the diagnosis
was ohanged to spinal meningitis. Dr.
Pohl visited the sanatorium and con
firmed the diagnosis, ttien visited the
man's home, where she found a dls
"gustlng state of unsanitary surround
ings conducive to disease of any kind.
Conditions were ordered improved.
Dr. Pohl intends to interest herself
too In the sanitary arrangements of the
large factories and places where many
people are employed. Several such
laces have been reported to her as be
ig most unheulthful. The schools also
come under tho regime of the health
- board but there are so many schools
and So few members of the board that
the work is necessarily limited to ox
' suulalng instances reported by teach
ers or pupils or mothers.
Dr. Pohl has in mind an idea which
be thinks would prove feasible and
J practicable. She suggests that the seats
n schoolrooms be so arranged that
tudents who do not seem uuita well
might be separated from the rest of the
room, put in another part of the room
lor a rew aays. so that If serious s ck
ness develops the other children may
not have been so badly exposed. Ac
cording to the present system a child
cannot be removed till the sickness hat
developed and proved Itself, and by that
time it is too late for precaution and
every one In the neighborhood of the
child will have been exposed
Dr. Pohl is an earnest worker against
the tubercular evil and says with most
physicians of today that it Is the great
est disease evil we have to cope with,
and that its danger lies in the prevalent
Idea that consumption Is a genteel dis
ease. She said that tubercular cases
should be reported by physicians to the
board of health in the same manner as
smallpox, diphtheria and the Hire, and
she hopes to have this amendment pro
posed at the next meeting of the city
council, in tnis way the patients can
be looked after and precautions faken
ngtujiBL ioa Bpraui ui me disease,
Praise for Mrs. Evans.
In a recent paper on the subject Dr.
Pohl speaks very highly of the work of
the market inspector, Mrs. Evans, and
commends particularly her effort In se
curing the enforcement of the ordinance
against spitting on the street, one of
the surest ways to pass infection. Her
work is right In line with health regula
tions and she has accomplished much.
Dr. Pohl speaks of the regulation of
not allowing men with tuberculosis to
work In the markets. This, she says,
is wise but it Is unfair to cut off his
means of livelihood without supplying
some support. She advocates a plan
adopted by a few of the most progres
sive eastern states of free sanltorla for
tubercular patients.
This means a large expense but In
time would pay for itself by the de
crease in the disease which now by far
heads the list of mortality causes. The
Mckuess would thus bo confined to the
smallest possible space and all precau
tions taKen against its spread and ror
the cure of patients by those who thor
oughly4 understand the sickness. She
recommends that all clubs and organiza
tions make a study of the simpler side
of the disease for its prevention.
BOODLE MONEY
Watch Talk
We are headquarters for Elgin
and Walthara Watches.
Price Talk
'46-size, 7-jewel Elgin or Wal
, ' tham movement, in a 20-year
? asrii.. f 8.811
i Indies' 15-Jewel Waltham move.
-f-t ment, 20-year case. . .f 11.50
V 'jW fit your eyes to fflasses
ftr $!: expert optician in charge.
' Agentf -for Brauer'g hand
painted fchlna.
' 342 WASHINGTON. . .
Advantage of Paper Over Gold Shown
In San Francisco.
Here is a new phase of the paper
money question:
The banks of San Francisco had for
year or more been mystified by an
unprecedented demand for currency. The
people of the Golden State have always
eschewed- Uncle Sam's notes; they have
Insisted on the heft and ring of coin.
So when calls came on the cashiers for
thousands and thousands in bills the
demand was without explanation.
The currency that reaches the Pacific
coast is such a travelers take out with
them from the eastern states. The
banks make a practice of gathering It
up for the accommodation of customers
about to travel or who wish to forward
remittances in the mails. When this
great demand suddenly arose cashiers
were puzzled to meet It.
The revelations made berore Ban
Francisoo's grand jury as & result of
the work of Francis J. Heney and
Socrot Service Agent William J. Burns
have furnished the solution of the mys
tery. "Bring me the money in ourrenoy,"
was the command of Boss Ruef to the
bribe givers.
The grafting to which Ruef has con
fessed amounted to about $1,000,000
within a year, and In the light of his
testimony the drain on the banks is
easily explained. Ruef invariably in-
Hinted that the boodle money should be
paper.
talllo 6ound to betray; he handled very
large sums, muoh larger than a man
could carry in gold. The boss was cau
tion ltteir.
Mayor Eugene E. Schmltz. the con
victed nal of Ruef. does not seem to
have appreciated the virtuses Of paper
money for the silent work of the
boodler. Under his bed in his Fillmore
street home he had a box conatructea
In the floor in which to conceal his
wealth. He lined it with plush so that
gold might be deposited noiselessly. The
precaution was needless, however, for
Ruef, who always attended to collec
tions, was careful to Insist on currency.
The mayor vacated the Fillmore street
Vrm,M. 'or the mansion that he built in
Vallejo street In the rush of his ac
tivities he neglected to remove the box
from the floor. Detective Burns found
It there having been directed by Ruef
in a confession.
Ruef s caution did assist to some dei
pee In his downfall, however. The
t?1,?111 th trolley deal, a total of
!i?).00Awa" pwse in two payments
vi ivy.vm eacn. au the available I
T77E are having a
vv Mid-Summer
Stock-Taking Sale be
cause our buyer who
is in the East was for
tunate enough to get
early shipments of fall
goods. In order to
make room fo'r the
new goods we will of
fer our immense stock
at reductions from 10
to 50 per cent. Here are
a few of the specials.
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Mission Chairs
No. Large Leather Mission Chair. Price
$35.00. Reduced to $22.50
No. 600 Leather Chair, Mission pattern. Price
$16.60. Reduced to $10.50
No. 43 "McKinley" Leather Mission High Back
Rocker. Price $37.50. Reduced to $22.65
No. 43 "McKinley" Leather Mission High Back
Chair. Price $35.00. Reduced to $22.65
No. 50 Leather Mission Settee Rocker. Price
$27.50. Reduced to $10.65
No. 326 Mission Leather Seat Hall Chair. Price
$11.00. Reduced to T .$7.00
No. 37J4 Mission Settee Leather Chair. Price
$27.50. Reduced to $15.50
Hall Trees Hall Trees Hall Trees
No. 714 Golden Oak Hall Tree. Price $16.00. Reduced to.,... $11.50
No. 674 Golden Oak Hall Tree. Price $13.50. Reduced to $9.50
No. 655 Golden Oak Hall Tree. Price $23.50. Reduced to $17.50
No. Vt -Mission Hall Tree. Price $25.00. Reduced to... ...,....-...$18.50
McDougal
Kitchen
Cabinet
See Display in Corner Window
The McDougal Kitchen
Cabinet is a household ne
cessity. This cabinet is
superior in design, finish
and utility to any other
cabinet made. It is so ar
ranged that it is a perfect
model of kitchen conveni
ence. Finish in satin, wal
nut and dull copper trim
med. ' . ...
Combination Desk-Bookcase
No. 139 Combination Bookcase, golden oak. Price
$38.00. Reduced to.. $27.50
No. 662 Combination Bookcase, golden oak. Price
$45.00. Reduced to $32.00
No. 150 Combination Bookcase, golden oak. Price
$35.00. Reduced to $28.50
No. 197 Combination Bookcase, golden oak. Price
$28.50. Reduced to $21.50
No. 947J4 Solid Mahogany Combination Bookcase.
Price $85.00. Reduced to. $58.75
Specials on the Famous Whitney Go-Carts
No. 312 Reclining Go-Cart. Price $5.60. Reduced to. . ...... 84.50
No. T41 Reclining Go-Cart. Price $6.00. Reduced to ..$4.75
No. J42 Fancy Go-Cart with parasol. Price $10.00. Reduced to.. ..$6.75
No. 50 Fancy Go-Cart with parasol. Price $18.00. Reduced to. . .$12.00
No, 84 -Fancy Go-Cart with parasol Price $28.00. Reduced to. $10.50
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Whew!
But
It Is Hot
You will at least be com
fortable about your food
and ice supply if you have
a Great Glacier Refrigera
tor in your home. They
are built on honor and at
prices as low as any refrig
erator made.
They are food preserv
ers and on account of their
construction consume a
very small amount of ice.
Y FURNITURE
Don't forget this Mid-Summer Sale it is now on and you will save much money
by buying furniture now
Jenning' Sons
COMPLETE HOME OUTFITTERS
Second and Morrison Streets
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sup
ply of currency in San Francisco was
exhausted each tlm rt w.a nvam..
to ubo tbousands of bill of eman de
oominattnhs. :
Tbe superrlsore la their oosifsssloas I malaria and t constipation. CH
a AkI ed t( t taMux wbi tJLirj4 Cw ftannaoz. Ma
them in heaps of small paper money.
The circumstance that the railway com
pany had clamored for currency and had
received large quantities of small bills
was an Important link for the prose
cutors. But on the whole noiseless paper
money helped the 8an Francisco
bpodlers in the secrecy of their crimes.
It is not to be Inferred that they would
have shunned gold, silver, copper or any
thing in fact, according to the testi
mony that has been Riven, but the fact
that currency is a convenience to the
boodler.
Strength of Crocodile's Jaws.
From the Chieag'b Dally News.
Sir 6 annuel Baker In his book on wild
beasts nays that the power of the Jaws
of the crocoaiie is lerrinc.
Ones he had the metal of a large hook
the thickness of ordinary telegraph wire
"To Keep Well
the whole year through," writes I
A.
Bartlett, of Rural Route 1, Oullford,
Me.. "I and my family use Dr. King's
New Life Pills. They have proven
most satisfactory to all of us." They
tone the system and cure biliousness,
and constipation. QrteM
completely bent together, the barbed
point being pressed tightly against the
shank and rendered useless. Thl com
pression was caused by the snap of the
crocodile's Jaw when seizing a live duck
which he had used as bait, the hook be
ing fastened beneath the wing. On an
other occasion he found a fish weighing
70 pounds bitten clean through as if
aiviaeo ny a Knire, This again was the
worx oi me snapping jaws of the croco
dile. A Frenchman, Paul Bert, once made
experiments on the strength of a croco
dile's Jaw by means of a dynamometer.
He found that a crocodile weighting 120
pounds exerted a force of 0g pounds In
closing Its Jaws. The lion has an enor
mous Jaw power. An African .traveler
once pushed the butt end of his gun Into
a lion's mouth and the pressure of the
Jaws cracked It as though it had been
struck by a steam hammer.
The Last Resort.
From the New Tork livening Post
It will be an everlasting disgrace to
the people of the United States If Mr.
Fairbanks is finally forced to have his
diamonds stolen.
The
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loftiest i city In the world Is
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bat without avail and I And that Caaa atvta radars
sore in a ar tpaa au we taars i save taaaa
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