□regon— Unsettled with
rain.
A
Years
ESDAY, OCT. 12, 1927
A TTK N D A XC H T O D A Y
Superintendent G. A. Bris
coe at noon today said the
following
attendance
per
centages were reported:
Senior high school, PS per
cept; Junior high. >1 per
cent; Lincoln school. 60 per
cent and Washington school,
75 per cent. Attendance was
reported yesterday as 80
per cent at the Washington
school.
Statements Regarding Condition* in Other Towns Visit
ed by Epidemic Indicate Disease Was Brought Under
Control After Quarantine'Measures Were Adopted
—Public Sentiment Was Secondary Consideration,
But Was in Favor of Closing Schools.
That schools were closed as a possible preventative
of the spffead of infantile paralysis, apd that such closing
was beneficial is the predominating opinion among health
authorities in communities where the disease was pre American Girl in. O c e a n
Flight S h o u l d Reach
valent, a survey made by The Tidings today indicates.
Pari»
Late This Afternoon
A quarantine is effective and children are easily
if
no
Mishap Has Occur
kept in strictest * confinement of their own homes, and-
rod- to Graft—Plan Pacific
while public sentiment was in all instances in favor of
Flight for Tuesday.
the closing of schools, it hag been a secondary considera
Nothing was beead from
tion on the part of health authorities in other commun
Miss Elder and her com- t
ities a survey shows.'
panlon for the last 15 hoars
"Absolutely a quarantine
la
beneficial,’* said D r. J. C. Smith,
county health officer o f Josephine
county and city health officer In
Grants Past. Eight cases of the
disease
developed
outside
of
Orsnt« Paee and three cases de
veloped in that city, those within
the city resulting fatally.
The
schools w ill probably be opened
Monday If no new cases develop,
D r. Smith said today. They w ill
have boon closed fo r two wedks
and four days.
•T h e . Schools were close« as
0. Offices Arrange
Acoommodation of
Farmers
eSamber Is now ready to receive
samples of fru it* and other pro
the quarantine ha* been observed
duce raised in this district.
exceptionally atoll,* possibly a
During the pts: weeks a num
strict 96 per cent quarantine,
ber of farm er*, have offered to
children bave been kept off the
■apply th * chamber office with
streets and from public gather
display* suitable f o r the inspec
ing«.
,
tion of tourists but a proper
When asked w h e t h e r the showing of the samples was not
schools were closed aa a m atter pôsslble. Farm er* are invited to
of public sentiment or as-a pre bring to the chamber office aky
cautionary measure, Dr. Smith fru it or produce they wish dis
said "Both, parents were ex played cV telephone the office aad
cited and wanted them closed M r. Harlan w ill be glad to call*
and were w illing to observe quar for them.
antine, which we fe lt would pre
The tourist travel has been pro
vent contacts to a large extent." longed this fa ll on account of the
"W hen we snut down w ith s exeelleat weather and the cham
strict quarantine and creosotad ber office has been a busy place
and otherwise disinfected our taking care of registrations and
answering inquiries concerning
town and county and when we
business opportunities and land
put police on the streets to pa
settlement qtattera.
The Cham
trol the residence sections to see
ber office o ffer* an excellent
that thè strictest 's o ri of quar
place to show the products of thia
antine measures for children ■ection to parties who are looking
were enforced we checked the for new homes.
spread of the disease In K lam
ath Falls and K lam ath county,*’
Dr. Newsoms, who is county and
city health offilcer of K lam ath
county and K lam ath Falls said
today.
th e d l^ a e . ' ¿ I ' Y w o . t f t h a t
NEW PAVING
IS PLANNED
"Do yon think a quarantine
is beneficial7** &e was asked.
" I certqtaly do. That is If a
quarantine is established, but the
city council should take action
and pass an ordinance making
violations of quarantine reetrict-
lons punishable by finte end then
thorn fines should be qnposed.
Kids should he k e p ^ s t home and
H JA L
sge of Id sbonld he kept from
1 (rum all contacts. THIH IH
PRMVENTHfG THKM FROM
GATHERINGS, AND FROM
STREETS.” i - Extract from
fated below.
Monday, The Daily *ffi ings, speaking as a group of
laymen workers and rSpr enting what we consider a
large group of laymen tai ens, stated the discovery of
the ease of .infantile par* sis Sunday, emphasized the
advisabifity of closing tike chools and keeping the chil-.
dren from leaving their 1 h
• Today, The Daily T n K
and as a repersentative of
portion of the parents and
its Monday’s statement
here yeserday—regardless i
originated—the statement
mitting children under 16
PUBLIC GATHERINGS
medical advisors who have
antine in this epidemic
trnly further emphasise ,the advisability of making the
quarantine stricter and htpnder in order to keep all
children under 16 vearri o f age AT HOME ALL OP THE
TIME—not an hysterical quarantine, but one which will
although hundreds f t steam
ers at sea are on the look-
City councilman last night an
thorlsed the extension of the
Boulevard pavement past the
Norm al school, and service sta
tion at a special session held to
consider the matter.
The paving program inclndes
the widening of the present
highway to the sidewalks and
w ill be completed at an approxi
mate cost of 82,666. A four inch
paving, with a concrete ‘‘apron’’
Joining the new pavement with
the present highway to contemp
lated. State'aid is expected in fin
ancing the jm rtn g program.
W ith the euthorixation of this
paving program, new steel .stand
ard lights w ill he installed on
the east side of the paving in
stead of the weet aide ap was
originally planned.
that doesn’t mask visiting neigh
bors. l^hen we established finch
a quarantine aad placarded oar
town, we stopped the spredd of
th e epidemic and yon offn Judge
for yourself whether or not we
believe It effective." D r. Newsom«
stated
public
sentiment
was
atroag ta favor of keeping the
achoole
etoaed — this
Klam ath
school opening havlag b«en de
ferred fo r. three weeks because
of the diseaee— h a t-th a t was a
mere
secondary
m atter
with
hsalÇi authorities there — • who
firm ly believed a rigid quaran
tine wee effective in preventing
the spread of ' the disease.
The Klam ath sehooto were re
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 18.—ftp)
opened when the danger of the
epidemic ' was passed, .through — Mayor John L. D urst) was
prevention of contacte, he etat- sentenced to 86 days In Jail, and
fined $1666 and disfranchised by
¿udge Shlrely today, when, ha
was convicted of violation of tho
Indianapolis
Mayor Çuilty
state oorrupt practice get,
~ I t is the most dangerous
Atlantic flight yet attempted
as it is over 8.500 miles of
water whereas other fliers
have gone further north to
rednee the water hasard to
the minimum- There 1. no
way to tell whether the plane
la ta water o r over it.
Doctor
N E W YO RK. Oct. 11.—
(IF)— Lou Gehrig was an
nounced today as having
been voted the most valuable
player during the American
League season Just closed.
Since Babe Ruth is in
eligible. as he once received
the selection of Gehrig, who
was third in the batting
league and drove in most
of the runs, was made by
popular sport writers.
Supervision in Public Schools by City N o n e Makes
Schools Safest Place, City Health Doctor Tells Board
Members—Briscoe Wants Schools Kept Open—One
Contact at High School Reported by Mrs. Bertha
Denton But Held by Doctors as Het Likely Danger
ous.
J,
Ashland schools are to remain open, although a death
occurred in the city Tuesday, directly due to infantile
paralysis, according to a decision reached by members
of the school board who Tuesday held a joint meeting
. with members of the city health authorities, with Dr.
B E. A. Woods, representing the city council, present,
r
Belief that the children were better supervised
through cooperation of teachers with the city school
, nurse, Mrs. Bertha Danton, than they would be in their
i own homes and that quarantine from a medical stand-
i point—as beneficial in preventing the spread of the
i epidemic—was unnecessary, was expressed by Dr. P. G.
Unknown
The Disease
- S w e d e n burg, c it y h e a lth o fficer.—
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Dr. E. Ac Wood, who has made tact; eater* the nose and throat.
aa extensive study of the infsatito I k often found in the tonsils; it
paraiyala qasstioa, has writtaa may be swallowed and p a s s
the following article, which
Is
published ta order that * better
eaderstaadiag of the disease may
be given to e ll.
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In fan tile paralysis is new con
sidered a general systaartr taitta
NF W J O R K „ Oct.
(U»)r - k f o a ..d ae ( • virus thqt attacks Ss^
Twesrtyothree year 'eld Rath M U - Ttoetally the
er is somewhere over the ocean tern. The dl
today on her way to Paris to do ent ta some
her fa ll shopping and to he hall- <*>ters of th
ed as a heroine— the only woman * nd summer
to fly successfully over the A t- of gveateat
lantlc— maybe.
vutif
t0 NoTe
A t 15:80 a. m. the Elder
plane “American G irl’’ if still ta
the a ir should have been around
the fortieth parallel of longitude
heading over the main A tlantic
steamer land northeast toward
the French coast aad Paris.
The plane in which Miss E ld ir
and her pilot. George Haldeman
started from Roosevelt Field,
LOV GKHRIG HONORED
Mo* omet
l®w five ya
do
!•
the* ■•»•eapH
tBe «fcHd gv
tBo epidemic
sis of 1916 ii
of 9005 CBB#
were B
year» ° ■
Bootleg Stuff
through the intestinal tract, to
be discharged by the bowel, re
sisting the action of the gsstine
and intestinal secretion.
battle.
'T h e virus, a fter entering the
naee pharynx, multiplies; and in
Tmsea that recover, it disappears
within 16 days to two weeks af
te r the acute attack. In some rare
Mr«. Denton M id the
■ STATEMENT OF
’ '
children
EX TS
C P U f lf k T P A A D R *ny period during
B V l l U v L l t t V A t t - L r a year ago and
check of all
the school term
that a strict
colds, and a ll
i Reasons for Continuation of “ Bt,— "BB
School Given in Home
? ° W,T
Duckies,
Experiments prove that
files Idaho, met with Fred
become carriers by getting
the director of Boy W ork in North
virus oa tbslr feat and traveling ern California and Fred Han<
may become infected by files and
the Virus reach the nose a n d
throat through, the food. I t has
been, found that aa* a general rule
ih e nasal aecretjon of the healthy
adult neutralises the virus; bu^
thia is not true in children. This
(s one reason why children are ao
flinch more susceptible to t h e
disease than adults. A weak first
line defense la almost a l o s t
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B u lle tin
might be a slip somewhere sad
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flted the Instance where on Mon-
School Board.*» Decision and dajr a hl*h acheol girl assisted ta
Reasons Therefore:-*-
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'< ^ 8 * tor Mr*- ffixplyu Fifi|$o,
tary for ' the Pacific Comcfl,
"Ashland’s schools w ill go on r * 4* * death oeeurred Tuesday
both of San Francisco, to lay r in the usual way."
*
T * * day’ « « •
pjays for the conference.
Reasons-
Ponton stated. the girl was 1a
Dates for the affair ware gam * 1 — City Board of Health and
J 8Ch° o1 * “ d
w 1 * h
ed January 87, 28 and 29, and
City c u . e n
U
the Conference is to be held in
« . . School B e r d « . . . the cchcoli „
w
Portland. An attendance of 800
beo
ke^t
°
pe^
,
v
O
«
enburg, however, stated, that the
is expected according to ,Crosby,
®r- . 8t.r,i er,',v SecreUry girl was not at that ttme an active
who with ■ committee of ra il
State Board of Health, in an in- carrlar of tha disease, or at least
road men w ill be in charge of
tervlew w ith Hal M cNair recom- ftot any » o re an active carrier
arrangements for the affair.
mended that the schools be kept U a n many other
who nu-
The Railroad Employed Boys
open.
aware
of
their
contact
with
the
work has become an extensive
3— In sickness all of us „call rlrus which causes the paralysis,
activity of the Y. M. C. A., ac
physicians and follow their dl- ara on taa streets.
cording to Mr. Croaby and has the
rections; It is sensible now to
q
Briscoe, superintendent,
support of railroad heads of all
follow the advice of the Boards «>f schools, was much opposed to
the main lines in the northwest.
of Health.
the closing of schools at the p r se
Vocation guidance with charact
4— The children In. the schools ent time and gave the following
er building as an incidental re
are closely supervised by the attendance percentages: H i g h
sult la the main purpose of the
nurse and the teachers.
When school, IS
per cent:
Lincoln
organisation which reaches the showing any illness in school, school, »0 per cent; ‘Junior high
young men employed in shops, pupils are s u it home to remain school, »8 per cent and Waahlng-
offices and on the roads.
there until well again.
ton « * o o l 80 per cent.
The Southern Paciric, Union
Cautions:
Df- B A - Woods, representing
Pacific, Santa Fe, Western Pa
1— Table soda and hot water
city council said that Ilka Dr.
cific. Great Northern, Northern makes a good gargle and nose Swedeabarg, after aa intensive
Pacific. Milwaukee and Seattle. wash.
Use morning and even- • tndy of tha ffooetton aa praaaat-
(
ad by specialists, ha would say
2— Regular daily m
o v e m
e n t to « * «•«»*» *
of b o w .,, should b«> maintained.
u
a M
„ .» lyP*
e ,tabltoh*d— yet .poke
turn, p upil, should not atop in
>ublJ<s opln,o, M yto<
groups, especially where there ,,#Te<, that th#
of
are strangers.
lend were M pectiag the schools
4— Children kept at home be- t0 be
'
cause parents fear to send them
Jt A Churchill, president
of
to school should stay in their g||» Southern Oregon Normal
own yard».
Whan they return School, said ha had been ta school
to school, an opportunity w ill be work for many years and paeaod
given them to make up missed through epidemics, and would de-
wqrk but the teachers can not far to medical authorities ta ro
bs held responsible ’ for results, yard to the closiag of the eehool.
8— Mingling of children and Ha said ha did aet believe there
young folks in groups where per- was jauch to be g atn ed b y quar-
sons of different communities and antine, but Ilka Dr. Woods spoke
strangers are present should be ° t »»M ie sentiment wktoh Is ta
Ml«. Mildred
avoided.
evidence In favor of ctoatag the
Editor
6— A ll pupils having colds or ««bools.
,
Siikiyou
in any way (soling „1 should ha
8wsdenburg sad Dr. Weeds
Miss Mildred Oyger was named kept home until they are wall * * d’ * ’» •< ,aMth oa the ua-
tare of the disease—each aa- U
editor of "The Siskiyou" Normal agaln
school publication at an assembly
DR. BWEDBNBURG— For City de,C^.bed ,B a a a ritoto written hy
meeting held Wednesday morn
Board Health.
Tidings this »” ^‘ 1
Mn. Dae-
ing, when a committee appoint
ed several days ago lo select the
O. A. BRISCOE for School
rJa|t#d #r-ry ,„uto o T t a e
staff offered her name fo r this
Board
/
two grade sehooto each day aad
position. Albia Beck was nam
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cheeked
ap ea the ehuuateuu had
ed business manager.
A. C, S trin g * w ill act as edi
M A N D IE S A T H O SP ITA L
She stated that
aad
torial advisor and A rth u r S. Tay
D. Looney, who tor the
last use of a mouth waah area hataff
lor as business advisor of the
month has been la the vicinity o f emphasised and that eoopSruttaa
pabllcettoa.
Miss Helen Lyon,
Ashland died this morning
at which the children gtva ta thu
vice-president of
the student the Community hospital after an wprk to qalte remarhaMa.
>
body preelded s i the meeting.
Illness of several weeks. H 1 a
A fte r »«y— *-g to »>+ e a il^ m
The senior ctaaa at' the Nbrmel borne is in McMinn vile. No fu- j r» n t s f l by Dr. WhedR B sp
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will hold election of officers at a nersl arrangements, nor a n y —,-----—
senior assembly. «
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