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The Gold Hill News
“BOIL TMC DRINKING WATER.”
PwMi hed tvevy Saturday at GoW Hit
Jackson County, Oregon
The following editorial from the Salem Statesman is valu
able as a reminder that the germs of typhoid fever enter the
human system with impure drinking water, and that these germs
may lie killed by boiling the water. In fact, the whole question
may be boiled down to the simple piece of advice, boil the drink
ing water. The Statesman article, however, presents the whys
and wherefores in the following illuminating manner:
“This season of the year is not conducive to better man’s
physical condition, and is generally market! by an increase in
the number of typhoid cases; especially so in the outlying and
rural districts where there are no special laws or regulations
protecting the water supply for the community. The germs of
typhoid are not particularly more prevalent during these months
but the opportunities for transmitting them from individual to
individual seem to be greater. When the fall rains begin there
is greater chance for the infectious agent, namely the typhoid
germ, to be washed from waste depositories through the fissures
in the soil to the water supply. Also, during the cool weather
of early fall, flies strenuously seek shelter, and the house if un
protected will be literally swarmed with them each night. Dur
ing the daytime they are visiting various places where they may
obtain their food, and many times become contaminated with
various kinds of disease-producing bacteria. At night they
come back to the house and infect the food substances prep?red
for the family use.
“The water supply, being easily contaminated by under
ground currents,coming through soil impregnated with waste
material, cannot be too closely guarded at this season of the
year. Because the water looks clear, and is cold and sparkling,
there is no assurance that it does not contain agents of a deadly
nature. Enough germs of typhoid fever could be present to
cause grave trouble and yet, without having a technical analysis
made of it, a person could not detect them. The only safe way
is to be assured that the water does not catch any surface or
under-ground drainage where there could be any question of
contamination, suggests a bacteriologist in one of the Pacific
northwest educational institutions. If it is impossible to be
assured on this grounds, a simple process of purification can be
used in the home. Practically all of the disease-producing bac
teria. including typhoid, are killed at a moderately low degree
of temperature. A boiling tem perature will destroy them
almost momentarily, and there is no excuse for water to become
dangerous so long as the housewife has in her hands such a sim
ple and effective means of protection. The boiling of the water
may slightly change its palatabjlity, but if it is allowed to cool
in two-thirds full bottles, and the bottles are vigorously shaken,
it will regain its flavor. At any rate, the safety of the health
should take precedence over any small item like a lack of palata-
bility.
“Recognizing, therefore, that typhoid may be more prevalent
during this season of the year, each individual ought to pay par
ticular attention to the exclusion of flies from the home and the
protection of the water supply for the family use.”
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RtX H. LAMPMAN
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Per Annum, in Advance
All Over Oregon
Alban; college begins its forty-fifth
year of work thia week. ,
The date for Redmond’s celebration
of “Railroad Day" has been set for
Saturday. September 30.
The record yield for Ucod River
Peach orchards is held by W. H. Mar
shall.
From 100 trees Mr. Marshal
picked seven tons of Crawfords.
A. W. Lafferty. Representative to
Congress from the Second Oregon Dis
trict has returned to Oregon, and will
remain until time to return to Wash
ington. D. C-. for the regular session
of Congress.
The Coos Bay Summer classes of
the Biltmore School of Forestry,
which have been in session at Marsh
field have closed and Dr. CA. Schenck
the president of the college and his
students have left for the East.
More than 75 per cent of the colo
nists now coming to Oregon are seek
ing homes on farms, indicating that
the efforts of the railroads and com
mercial bodies to divert people from
the cities have been effective.
That there are 22,917,930 acres of
tillable land in the State of Oregon
has been estimated by Dr. James
Withycomb, director of experiment
stations at fpe Oregon Agricultural
college in some new statistics re
cently compiled.
The «6.000-volt power line of the
Siskiyou Light * Power Companv has
Just been completed from the com
pany’s new power plant at Prospect, on
the upper Rogue, to the plant at Gild
Ray.
The line is 38 miles long.
Thirty thousand horsepower will be
developed at Prospect.
John H. Stevens, who has been with
the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad
Company for twenty years, as divis
ion engineer and superintendent of
bridges, has been appointed superin
tendent of Corvallis and Eastern Rail
road to fill the vacancy caused by the
recent death of J. C. Walcn.
A petition has been presented to
the Washington County court by the
citizens of Gaston, praying the court
to make an order for an election to
vote on incorporating the town of Oas-
ton.
The petition is numerously
signed, and the reeidents are prsctl-
cally a unit for incorporation.
President Carl R. Gray, of the Ore
gon Electric Railway Company, who
was in Eugene to address the people
attending the grange day exercises at
the Lane County Fair, announced
that it was probable that the Oregon
Electric would not extend its line as
far as Eugene this Fail because of
trouble over the right-of-wa..
Suits similar to the one Instituted
in the United States Court a month
ago by the O. W. R. & N. Company
against the Oregon Railroad Commis
sion, Attorney-General Crawford and
various District Attorneys of the state
for the purpose of enjoining the en
forcement of the 14-hour law enacted
by the last session of the Oregon Leg
islature, were filed In the Federal
Court at Portland by the Corvallis &
Eastern Railroad Company and tke
Southern Pacific Company.
In response to appeals of towns n
the Willamette Valley and on the
Oregon Coast, the Southern Pacific
Company will hasten the preliminary
surveys of the proposed Eugene-Coos
Bay road so that actual construction
nnaaiblp dplav
w is d o m .
Wisdom for a man’s self Is In
many branches thereof a de
praved thing. It Is the wisdom
of rats that will be sure to leave
a house some time before it fall;
It la the wisdom of the fox that
thrusts out the badger who
digged and made room for him;
it is the wisdom of the croco
diles that shed tears when they
would devour.—Bacon.
EXPLAINED.
"Out of sight, out of mind.” Can
the proverb be true?
’T il a thing 1 can scarcely believe.
When you are aw ay I grow fonder
o f you.
And I fret, and I stew , and I grieve.
There Is only one way I can make
It sound right.
That Is this: I m ost constantly
find
That whenever, my dear, you are
out of .my sigh t.
Why, then 1 am out o f my mind!
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Don’t Shiver
Shake
KEEP W A R M
By Putting on One of Our New
All Wool Sweater Coats
( omplete line in dll color* just in
W e also have received a shipment
o f Men’s Tailor Made Pants direct,
from A . E. Anderson, Chicago. The
regular price o f these goods was
$7 and $8, but we a r e making a
special price to you o f $5 a pair. Do
not fail to see them.
Our Lady Clerk invites the Ladies to call and look over our
new stock of Waists, Skirts and Kimonas.
New Hats for Men Just In
L ance & C om pany
. “The Big Store”
Professional Cards
A. E. KELLOGG
Embalmer and Funeral
Director
Complete line oi burial rob«.,
caskets, etc.
Undertaking room» opposite I.O. O. F
bui ding; phone 16 Main
CLEMENT H. SMITH. M. I).
does aw ay w ith the drudgery o f the
GENERAL PRACTITIONER
chopping bowl, chops a ll kinds o f food,
Office in Wells Building
Hours 10-12—2-4
DENTIST
THE HALL
FAME.
By DR. LEONARD P. AY RE 8
Figures from Germany. Eng
land. Sweden and seven Ameri
can cities Indicate that in the
average city school system the
children who are In need of such
treatment as that afforded by the
open air schools constitute from
3 to 5 per cent of the entire
school membership. This means
that Albany, for example, should
have opeD air schools In suffi
cient numbers to care for 300
children, while New York city
needs accommodations for 20.000.
When such figures as these are
mentioned the objection of ex
pense looms high at once, but It
must not be forgotten when we
are considering expense that a
thousand children of school age
die each year of tuberculosis In
New York city. On the average
they have each had about six
years of schooling, for which tbs
city has paid about $250. This
means a quarter of a million dol
lars loss each year In the great
city In money expended on edu
cating children who die of tuber
culosis before growing np. A
quarter of a million dollars a
year spent In open air schools
designed to prevent this fright
ful waste would go far toward
meeting the entire expense.
OBEY T H E
RULE8.
Yes, life Is a game. • • • The
rules of It have been made Inde
pendently of me. but they are
absolute and we must obey
them. These rules are the laws
of nature, the laws of health,
the laws of Intellect—above all,
the laws of God. • • • Disobey
them and you make life a mis
ery and death a ruin.- Frederic
W. Farrar.
All those interested in wao-r rights on
Rogue river and its tributaries should
bear in mind that James T. Chinook,
state engineer, will be in Gold Hill
Monday, October 2d, to adjust cairns
ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Six
teenth president of United
States. Born
Hardin coun
ty. Ky., Feb.
12. 1809; died
Washington,
April 15,1865,
having been
shot In back
of bead the
night before
at Ford’s the
ater by John Wilkes Booth, as
sassin. Descended from Quaker
family of English origin. Par
ents exceedingly poor. Settled
with family in Indiana In 1816
and In Illinois In 1830. Was
farm laborer, storekeeper, sur
veyor, captain In Black Hawk
war. Whig member of Illinois
legislature 1834-42. Whig mem
ber of congress 1847-49. Admit
ted to bar in 1836. His debates
with Stephen A. Douglas in 185S,
In which Lincoln took pronounc
ed stand against slavery as an
Institution, attracted national at
tention. Nominated for presi
dent by Republican party in
1860, elected. Inaugurated March
4, 1861. As executive he han
dled the serious problem of the
civil war. Emancipated all ne
gro slaves as a war measure
Jan. 1. 1863- Re-elected presl-
dent In 1864.
LITTLE THINGS.
Little drops of water, little
grains of sand.
Make the m ighty oi-ean mid the
»
w ondrous land.
T hus tin- little m inutes, hum ble
though they be,
Mal e the i ,;.;lit;.' nges of cter-
ui;v.
L ittle deed.» of kindness, little
w ords of love.
Make our earth :m Eden like the
heaven above.
—F ran ph 8. Osgood.
coarse or fine as wanted, rapidly and
easily.
food.
Does not mash, tear or grind
Simple, durable, easily cleaned.
QAS A D M 'N IST K B K D
RIALTO BUILD IN G . MEDFORD
Civie Loss Through School
8icknsta-
FOOD CHOPPER
GOLD HILL. OKFGON
DR. ARTEMAS W. DEANE
THE END OF TUBERCULOSIS
UNIVERSAL
DR. R. C. KELSEY
D. H. Miller
Gold H ill
ovrica IN
GOLD
H IL L
H O S P IT A L
COR. THIBD A C STS.
GOLD HILL, OREGON
JOHN H , CAKKIN
GLENN O. TAYL09
CARKIN & TAYLOR
LAWYERS
OOMS
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OVKK JA C K S O N COUNTY
BANS
MEDFORD, OREGON
Alphabet of Thrift
J. k HAMMERSLY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
o m c i m p o v ro m ci b u i l d i n g
GOLD HILL, OREGON
C. F. BOWMAN
C arpenter and J oiner
Paperhanger
GOLD HILL, OREGON
u
NTIL habits of th rift
are formed it is hard to
keep out of debt—after
th at you can’t help
keeping out.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior
U. 8. Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon,
September 26, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that William
Francis Owing, oi Woodville, Oregon,
who, on Angust 17, 1906, made Home
stead Entry Serial No. 4026, for 8WJ
Section 8, Township 35 8. Range 4 W.
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
ot intention to make final 5-yesr proof
to e-tahlish claim to the land above de-
cribed, W H. Canon, United States
Commissioner, at Mi dford, Oregon, on
the 17th dav ol November, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John R. Smith, ol Woodville, Oregon,
Sid Smith, of Woodville, Oregon, Cur-
i s, Manning, of Woodville, Oregon,
Will Ingledue, of Woodville, Oregon
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ober 31st; no orders taken after that
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President
ROBT. H. MOORE
Vice President
LYNN W. SMITH
Cashier
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the fine Nt home made delicacies.
Gem Waffle Kitchen
Smith & Morse, Proprietors
New :: N e a t:: Clean
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