.A 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.” bv RtX H. LAMPMAN ■sterM l »I the « o ld Hill poelofllre tor innum li •io n through the I'nlted State» mall» aa Mounl-claaa ma tur S aturday , S sptkubsb SO, 1011 Sub scription $ 1 .50 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 17-19 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 BENJAMIM F. JON EH. Register. The Weekly Oregonian from now unill November 1st, 1912, for 76 cents— more than a year’s subscription to the northwest's greatest weekly for less thar, a dollar. This offer expires Oct­ ober 31st; no orders taken after that date except at the regular price of $1.60 Money to Loan $1,000 to $1,800 to loan on approved per year. Tbe sooner you subscribe farm property in this vicinity. Applpto the more you get, as the paper starts at once. Subscriptions are taken at A. E. K klixxhi , Agent, the office of The Gold Hill News. Gold Hill, Or*. The Gold Hill Bank HORACE PtLTON President ROBT. H. MOORE Vice President LYNN W. SMITH Cashier G old H ill C afe M n . W . W . T ruax P r o p r ie to r A LW A YS S O M E T H IN G GOOD to eat—The bent the m arket af lorda In aiihatantlal fonda and the fine Nt home made delicacies. Gem Waffle Kitchen Smith & Morse, Proprietors New :: N e a t:: Clean Call and see Supper served for Saturday night dances, 3 5 cants WOODMAN BUILDING