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PAGE "TEI? The OREGON STATESSiAN. SalccC Oregon; Friiiay Horning, Jnly 31, 1931 DISEASE CffllEBS I DDJEGT OF STUDY Meningitis is : not , Spread After two .Weeks I of - i . Isolation, Found - Discussion la medical circlet t ths danger to the pablle of so called 'carriers' of the aenns of mealnrttl haYS led healta associ atlons to experiment with -tases t decide whether the carriers snoald be allowed to mingle with mnaffected persons. - A. ' bulletin Jest released by the Oregon state : board of neaun nas ua iouewm to say concerning the mstter: - "Physicians haTe felt for some UUO tuat jku mmmm ; " foand to be meningitis germs car riers, as Tldenced by, posltlTe .throat cnUnrea, may be released sifter a two weeks isolation period without danger to the health of . others.; These persons . hata be come carriers either through their association VI tn cases of meningi tis or through contact with some other carrier. , . . ,!The following observations are offered: (a) In Tetroit, daring 1919, the number of known car riers released alter, a two wee Isolation period was 14 S. Twenty- six of these carriers were emiaren .who '' returned immediately to .i.t.nn Atrrrnf ihnnli The to- tal enrollment of these schools was 23.000. During the school mar. therewere 1S1 cases of men IngHls among the 304,938 school children of the city, but these cases were not more prevalent In the schools to which these known carriers returned, (b) A few of these carriers returned to work in some of our large factories, and there is no evidence that employes : who associated with them devel- opea ine disease. c) xuera wt 600 children under 15 years oi are exposed to cases of meningi tls in their own homes. None of these children oereiopea menin citls. ! "During an early month of the outbreak, 17 persons who attend ed tuberculosis clinic, and who were not known to nave associat ed with a case of meningitis, were cultured. Four and three tenths found to hare meningococci in their throat. If these organisms prevailed in the general popula tion as they did in the group Just mentioned, we would be justified in estimating that there were at least 64.500 carriers In Detroit during this same month, so that the number of carriers whom we detained was a very small portion of the possible sources of infection in the city.. Cases occurred In various parts of the city, with no apparent connection between them. 1 . "It Is therefore apparent that . many persons are immune to this disease and that some do not pos sess this immunity. The public health problem then arises. "How can we detect those who are bus eeptlble to the disease?". Some work has been done wheh would indicate that skin tests analogous to the Schick test' for diphtheria may oe xouna aseiai, out since the outbreak has practically sub sided in Detroit, further effort along this line seems impractica ble. . -. . The above observations would ' seem - to support the - conclusion that the release at the end of two weeks of known carriers does not materially increase the number in the community atlarge, and that the rigid restrictions of known contacts and carriers may not be expected to check, the appearance ot eases ot meningococcus menin- a civil population is impractica ble . "It is suggested that studies be made to determine (a) the prac tical methods of detecting suscep tibility, and . (b) methods of Im munizing ' susceptible against meningococcus meningitis. - Until these two problems be solved. trol of this disease will lack pre cision." ; ; - T Tri rl tV ( Oexurrencen and Gossip W ilLLCA tllC El th ttnUr ff oreson'f Dome ;; -ttaUfcwniaent TEMPI F BAPTISTS i IN NEW QUARTERS church of their own, the Temple Baptist r congregation has been worshiping for the past 18 months in mo jrraiemai vempie on wes ter streets 'ow the. members have purchased a church of their owis. The first service, in the church which was formerly' the -''First Church of the Nasarene, 15th and Breyman streets, was - the . mid week prayer meeting held- last week. . The congregation plans thor oughly to renovate the building. Including remodeling of the base meat which will provide a connec tion with the kitchen, rest rooms, ad nursery. t the present time Rev. Ray E. York, D. D., of Kansas City is act ing as pastor. He has agreed to continue until I the - congregation nas made arrangements tor a new pastor. Traffic Record : .Will Tt J ww ass -JC JL U.I UCLL , Over to Police The secretary of state, tinder the law, has authority to turn over to the new state police de partment all traffic accident rec ords accumulated since the traf fic division was under the Juris diction Of th 4n.t This oninion was k,n b.a - -- wvwu by the attorney general Thars - day. . . The opinion was requested by aw is. hobs, secretary ot state. MRS. SN YD Ell DIRECTOR. AURORA. Julv 30 At a railed meeting of the Aurora school dls- the school building, Mrs. Belle Snyder was elected director ' to fill the vacancy made by the res tlgnation of Albert Ehlen. fTHAT was some line waiting to I get Into the Euinore theatre last night. and had It stretched a little further it could rightly come "under the dome classifications. It at least ap- nroacihed the canltol grounds. Women predominated; the 'line, the husbands being a little .too modest to be "seen making a try for something. Them about that time the fire whistle blew ad the ' smoke o State street near Front attracted the remaining crowd which cUdat gt to the theatre. All in all, -sheeo two Jblg evenU proved fitting cli max to the warm session of the state highway conunlssloa at th - state - honse yesterdajr -' The announcement of the per sonnel of the state police - force left many disappointed as their GOSJUME PARTY IS MIT SMflLY Advisors Entertain After ; Awarding of Prize; Arts are Popular : By HELEN BREITHATJPT CAMP SANTALY July 80. Tuesday night was the costume party around the fireplace. Many lovely Spanish ladles, Chinese, Japanese, Gypsies and others were there. , The prlxe went to a por trayal of an extremely good cook. The evening's , entertainment was furnished by the advisors. First there was a very noisy band in which all the advisors partici pated. .This was followed by a Spanish duet by Dorothy Huteh ason and Gladys Taylor. Eileen Good enough and Maxlne Goode nough, . dressed as school-day sweetshearts, sang "School Days." After this there was the stunt which was the taking of the baby's picture. It was followed by a duet by Mrs. Gallaher and Helen Breit haupt. The rest of the evening was spent around the fire, where stor ies were teld by Helen Breithaupt and Dorothy Hutchason, and the whole group sang songs,' led by Helen Cochran. The guests for the evening were Dr. and Mrs. Prince Byrd and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Collier and children. . - Wednesday morning was spent In arts and crafts. Among the Tye dye ' group are Maxlne Goode nough, Phylls Gardner, June Cur tis, Janet Fryer, Edna Scherzing er. Ella Collier. Janet Robertson. Mollie Small and Prlscilla Walsh. Their instructor Is Helen Breit haupt. i . Girls who are doing block print ing are Prlscilla Walsh, Maxlne Goodenougb, June Curtis. Phyllis Gardner. Mallle Small, Ella Col lier, Betty Fonke. Barbara Miller and-Marylee Fry. Gwen Gallaher Is the leader of this group. The girls who are studying na ure under Gladys Taylor are Wi nona Robinette, Doris Vincent, Dorothy Gibson, Maxlne Dror baugh; Eileen Goodenougb. and Norma ' Jean . Gilbert son. prayers could not all be . an swered. ' Pray did his best for this nearly 20 QQ applications for Jobs. He announced the names of near ly a hundred, and has many good applications still on Dla. - . .r. : ; ' f.; c'Ji i ' Salem will have, five patrol bmw working owt of the city la Addition - to the ' headquarters of the department, special oper ators and the Identification, bo- Ooarteoai law enforce-" t will be one of the slogans of the new staff' and inciden tally they will not wear red panta, as had been hinted, . . .Six appointments were "an nounced by Governor Meier late yesterday before he left for Fort land, but not one of them touched upon the one. big change. which was expected, at least before the highway com mission ;had:. ad journed. The , commission ' per sonnel, remained the same at the elose'of the day. but prognosti cators are stni awaiting develop ments. . . i . " ' " ' ' : i ' ' ', . . Bo many allegations were heard by the highway eommls- ' sion that It could not complete the task In one day. The three members adjourned until next' Thursday at ' Salem at which time the program will bo com pleted. Of the 65 matters of business listed on the schedule : the commiMlm waded through ' eight of them yesterday, and then was late for dinner. ' - If this column were a good art ist a fine picture of the highway directors could easily be painted and would prove . Interesting to subscribers to this paper. For in stance as the day wore on, chang ing poses and facial expressions of the three men would make a highly interesting motion picture. In the center of the group, facing the hundreds of dele-' Sates sat R. .B. Van Duser, chairman of the commission. He is large of stature and al ways has a smile. He conducts the meetings with dispatch and diplomacy, and gives everyone a fair deal.' They leave after listening to his decisions feel lug as though they received everything they requested. Yesterday Van Duxer wore a white shirt with a red bow tie, and was comfortable to the ex tent he did not wear a vest. He wore a light grey suit. On his left sat Charles K. Spaulding, known to most Salem residents. Spaulding : proved ; amiable . and was ready with smiles. He wore a white shirt with a brown tie to match his brown suit. On the right sat M.1 A. Lynch, of eastern Oregon, who made a contrast to-the others by his serious look. Ho seldom' smiles and the corners of his month " are usually tnrned down. He. wore a light suit but instead of a white shirt, had on a green one with a keen, green and black tie to match, i There yon have ; the picture. t Community gardens are to re place community woodyards for unemployed at Asheville. N. C. , LADS' APPEAD Al W ALTERED AT CUP Parents may net Recognize Jheir Sons on Return After, Y Outing Salter's Xt I Tk flrrt rfo4 tk T. M. Ot A. bays' ! 0nuM at t4r. TV eaais reporter as b arr4 Ur is ttea toys ! ty firtt wat U Mta .10 says are. Uxb Mtter Tka SUWsaua aM arpUaa lea.- . -. - , By ALLEN MeALLISTER . All the boys are brown as In dians.' Now yon can't even see' the lines - where they nsed to . wear shirts.- V We take a cold plunge in the ocean every' day, then Jump in the cold water of the creek , Co wash off the salt water. Ifusedto seem eold but now we are all so used to It we don't mind any more. It makes yon feel like a trained ath lete' When the boys Just came hero they walked very . carefully and panted as It they hadn't done anything for a long time, but how the run up and down these hills like mountain goats and never even grunt. We have a swell new cook shack and It's good-sized, too. The big ger boys put it up. . The beat tent ahead so far is Wes. Helse's. It is ' made up ot Junior Devers, Clay Dyer, Harold BealL Ned Hale, Parker Gles. The best tent in totem pole carving is Bill Wright's: Jay Teed, Art Eaton, Gordon Carl, Morris Man tis, Howard Sehon and Glen Nile's. Don Sfockwell has the best work ing tent, made up of Rod Llvesley, Coburn Grabenhorst.'Charles Per ry, Merle Walts, Alva Culp and Williams. Last night we had a campfire on the beach and they made the boys do all the stunts even to lead ing the singing. Jlmmle Sehon led the singing; Doc Waltz, Rod Livesley pat on a very clever lit tle skit on George Washington, which was really yery good. Rich Warrington and Chuck Perry put on a mouth organ duet. Thirty-five ot the boys went on the hike to the Portland boy scout camp. 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The cannery season In Salem will be In full swing: again next week when deliveries of blackber ries are expected to .reach a large volume. A few berries are being delivered this week but the heavy run. will be "on about August . Reports as to the -quality and quantity of tbe blackberry, crop vary. j Tor the most part growers declare that the red mite Is not as bad this season as it was last. First deliveries of ' berries " were small but indications are that un less the weather turn Tery hot the berries will be good.. . A few green prunes have' been contracted for canning but it is ex pected that this pack will be light. Prunes in most districts will be good this season and picking will start soon after August 29. BRIDGE'. TORN DOWN . MEHAMA, July . S 0 Por the past week a wrecking crew front Portland has been busy - tearing out and getting ready to ship the steel bridge built by the Silver ton Lumber company over the Santlam. 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