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gularly to mere homes la Har
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nmns for your advertisement.
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at Harney County where it baa
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VOL. XXXII
EURNS. HRNEY COUNTY, OREGON. NOVEMBER 2, 1916
NO. 1
(WilvJt C4JIW
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FIRST HAND INFOR
MATION ON THE "FLU"
Lieutenant J. S. Saurman, M.C.,
U. S. N. Write From Hamp
ton Roads, Va. Dr. Saurman
Outlines Course to Follow.
Having been intimately associated
Willi the present epidemic of lnfluen-
gut involving several thousand cases
within the boundary of tbia District.
1 feel that by making known some of
.the knowledge gained in such work
. Mimr benef it may be derived by the
people of Hafaey County, should the
county be so unfortunate as to be in
fected by the dleasae.
Regarding;, the history of this Ill
ness, it Apparently existed as far back
as over 400 It. V. Hlppocrltes and
Livms refer In thlr writings to an
epidemic whose character was such
as to make ua believe it to have been
one of influenza. Dating from that
time to the pesent influenza has ex
isted as occasional cases or a small
number of cases practically through
out the world. During this period
also the entTfe -world, at times, has
, been subjected to large epidemics
.-in ii si the present, and it is during
this time that lnfhienza becomes In
deed a serious problem. The last
epidemic occured in 1889, the first
out lire;, k being in St. Petersburg and
from there moving In lines of travel
to Berlin, Paris, Brussels. Copenha
gen, London, Vienna, Rome, Madrid,
Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
In each place the epidemic occurs it
gen erally runs its course in about
six or eight weeks, the disease being
so contagious that by this time all
who are not naturally immune andiot lt- alla for thiB reason the follow
who have not become Immune thro- j '" -suuld "- strictly ebserved: Up
ugh previous attacks are soon Infect
ed. This present epidemic made its
8"; aranee first in Spain, from which
ii re elved the name of "Spanish
flu ' ami subsequently spread thro
ugh all of Kurope including Italy,
Frame, England and Ireland and af-
ting from 30 to 40 per cent of the j
!
population. Th" old fashioned grippe.
Influenza, Spanish influenza and flu
are all names fo the same identical
disease.
Tlie cause of influenza is a bacteria
known by the same name as the di
sease This bacteria Is carried in the
mouth, throat and nasal passages of i ,,ed at leaHt rour das ttfter u,e ,'"1
people suffering from the disease. If Pasture has been normal for a Per
th Is fart will be carefully borne in ,od ot twenty-four hours, and then
mind, the possibility of spreading j i( ul'" -liig out ot bed. the pa
and contracting the disease will be I t,e,lt te,!'M Hll5itly dizzy, weak or
rerj much lessened if everyone will i liazv '" memory he should again go
be ireful to cough, sneeze or yawn j lo bed a,,1 remain there three or four
'hind a handkerchief. Particles of ,laVH
the mouth and nose secretions will i The al,ov'' are lvu" wt,h lht'
mghed or sneezed a dlsUnee of ,nal tut,y I,,a' cloar u" doubtful
several feet in the air and finer par- oll,lH about lh, I'reseni epidemic
tide, carrvlng the bacteria will ex- '"ay vlate some of the worn
1st hs ,.rv fnr ....rioti of thirtv nr naturally felt when people are deal-
more minutes.
Snould the disease appear In a
community, not only should the
above facts be carefully noted, but
all crowds or congregatlona of people
should be avoided, In fact ne con
gregating of people in churches and
si hools. lorices theaters, etc. should
I- prohibited by municipal aethorf-
ties. A frequent source of Infection
-luring an epidemic is that of barber
.hops. Restaurants are not so dan-1
K'tous, as people eating are not
great sources of danger.
In the care of cases In private
homes, those attending or remaining
In the room of a case should never
be without the use of a mask. This
should be worn ovpr both nose and
South, and can be made by taking
not less thun three thicknesses of
buttercloti or four of cheesecloth or
' ', lit or ten of gauze. This "hIiouIiI
b" cut into sizes fl In by 4 III and tape
attached to each corner The tape
hhoiild be long enough so that the
i places can be brought over the
and tied behind the head, the
lapes tied at the nape of the
ecg The value of this precaution
ii be too strongly emphasised
i ii followed win prerenl many
1 l of influenza developing among
i tubers of a family who arc in con
I i With the patient Without Its
'i com rail lug of the disease by a
.'..in percentage will be a positive
let
i he disease may be transmitted
the dishes, knives, forks, etc. used
bj the patient, these after being
ashed thoroughly, should have
poured upon them boiling water
winch contains about two tablespoons
Of h ashing soda. They can after-
tarda be rinsed and dried. j
The patient should be given pieces
of gauze or cloth Into which to
sneeze and he should protect those
about lilni by so doing. Those In at
tendance in the alck room should
wash their hands after leaving the
room before handling anything which
they place in their mouth. Where
more than one In the family be. (una
111, wherever posatble they should ,!
kept in different rooms, but where
they must be confined in the same
room, precautions should be taken
to prevent their coughing Into each
others face. For this purpose the
beds should be placed with the foot
of one bed opposite the head of the
other. This precaution la absolutely
necessary for the vital reason that
this Is the way pneumonia Is trans
mitted, and it la not the influenza
from which the cases die, bat the
pneumonia which follows these cases
in about SO per cent of all cases of
influenza and of these pneumonia
cases 30 to 40 per cent die. One case
of influenza is just as dangerous to
another case of the disease as Is a
case of influenza to a healthy person,
causing what we term cross infection;
that Is, one patient coughing aird In
fecting the other patients with germs
u'usiug pneumonia. Never place two
patients In the same bed.
Oftentimes people are worried be
cause for a day or so they have been
feeling ill and think they are con
tracting influenza. This fact should
bo plainly understood that an onset
of true Influenza 1b ao sudden that
practically no illness is felt at all,
the patient becoming suddenly and
thoroughly ill. It must be ever
borne in mind that the danger to life
in contracting this disease is not due
to influenza Cut due to the contract
ing 01 pneumonia at tho latter pun
on hemming ill do not attempt to d
any further work or remain upon the
fuel, but at once go to bed and send
immediately for u physician. The
i'i ond great danger point is after
two or three days of Illness when the
patient is feeling much better and
tfcer ore " -lua of torn, cones-
qtteutly there Is an attempt to resume
the usual duties. It has been the con
stant history of this epidemic that
these an- the very cases that con
tract pneumonia many of which
prove fatal. All cases, no matter how
well they may feel, should remain in
iug with something which Is not en
! tirely lamiiiar to them and be the
means of preventing at least some
I cases of the disease and the possi-
! bllity of pneumonia which follows.
j Let it he fully understood that the
points given above are mentioned be
cause they are of vital Importance if
'"' w,HheB to ,,rotect n,mse,f from
' '" nd " .sequences.
ad thal tlle,", "0,,,,H "avo ,,ee" V'
"d lrue thousands f tlnie d"
Ihu nri'Kciil cnidclnic
" '
No faith whatever should tie plac
ed In nasal sprays, mouth washes or
the vaccines found on the market to
day in preventing the contraction of
this disease. If there had been any
value in these remedfes thoy would
have been used since the beginning
of this epidemic as a preventative
for our soldiers and sailors.
The only vaccine Which seems to
have any value at all is on" which is
now being made under military sup
ervision and one made under the
Jurisdiction of the New York Board
of Health. At present none of these
vaccines are on Hie general market
for the civilian population. Tie
ficancy of these la not even as vet
fully determined.
UBUTKNANT J. 8. SAi'K.M.w
M. ' . U. S. N.
Hamilton Roads. Va.
"
The society column of this great
religious weekly Is somen hat scarce
this week. None of our neighbors
have been permitted to come to town
and the town people have not been
allowed to get together at lunch
the picture house, at Crawford's the
fool Hall or elsewhere just had to
atay In our own dooryard and saw
wood.
QUARANTINE RAISED ON
ADVICE HEALTH DOCTOR
Representative of State Health
Board Finds Cases of Spanish
Influenza in City ar.d Confers
With Doctors ane Au horities.
On advice of medical men the city
dads of Hums placed a strict quar-
antine in effect -last Tuesday agalnat
the outside because of the epfdemlc
of influenza. This worked quite a
hadshlp on the people of the com -
munlty who were Inside the city get that such things have been done
llmlta as well as those outside. It before and that the prealdent has a
took the time of the City Marshal . perfect right to do as he has.
McDonald with several helpers to j Following ta the President's ap
guard the entrances to town and see peal:
that the people of the country were "My fellow ceuntrymen: The Con-
supplied with what they wanted from
the business houses of thla city. The
action of the authorities had the ap
proval of the citizens with but few
exceptions unci each one tried to aid
in every way possible. At the time
the quarantine wont Into effect it
waa not known that Burna had a case
of Spanish Influenza and It was the
hope that It might be kept out until
the epidemic had subsided and the
danger of its spread less.
Yesterday Mayor Mothershead tel
ephoned to the representative of the
State Board of Health, I)r. Douglass,
who wuh at Crane, asking that he
come to ilurns and consult with lo
a! physicians In the matter and ob
icrve some suspected raaea, accord
ingly Ur. Douglass came up and In
company with Dr. Smith visited one
or more cases and at a meeting with
the city council later announced that
there were cases of influenza In Burns
and advised that since the epidemic
van already here the quarantine was
jf little avail and advised that It be
raised Inn to keep patients and In
OateS of the homes where the Influ
uizit has already appeared uii.I.t
luaraiitine. Consequently this was
ohowed ,v Hie city dads after con
suiting with Dr. Douglass who has
hd experience with the epidemic.
Dr. Douglass waa of tho opinion that
this section would witness an epidemic
:is It now had such a hold and was in
arreraJ places and under the circum
stances he suggested that we pre
pare to combat the disease.
The Tinies Herald has had no op
portunity to Interview Dr. Sinllli
since the state man was here as he is
Seoul flic busiest man In all of this
lart of the country, therefore It does
lot really know bow many cases
have been reported definitely. Dr.
Douglass strongly recommended vac-
dilution unci sent up 500 doses from
Crane this morning and wired for
1500 more to follow. As u conse-
ciuence Dr. Smith's office reseiii-
bles the front of a popular theatre
lust at opening time, us his front
yard and the street in front of his
office, is filled with people waiting
ci "get scratched."
Three more deaths have occured
at Crane since our last Issue from In-
fluenzu and other cases have devel
oped hut according to Information
the situation there Is much Improv
ed. Dr. J. W. t;-ary has been con
stantly on the Job at Crane since
early In the week and has had the
assistance of the State Health Doctor
and a Bed Cross nurse.
Buy a War Saving Slump.
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PRESIDENT WILSON
ISSUES STATEMENT
Frankly Tells Voter His Views
And Urges Election of Men
Favorabte to Administration.
Criticised . ut Within Rights.
President Wilson has taken a per
sonal interest lit the coming election
and has laaued au appeal to the I
voters over his own algnature. It has;
' caused "Teddy" and a few others to,
1 "throw few spasms' but they for
gresslonal elections are at hand. They
occur in the most critical period our
country has ever faced or la likely to
faee in our time.
"If you have approved of my lead
ership and wish me to continue to be
your unembarrassed Spokesman in
affairs at borne and abroad, I ear
nest.ly beg that you will expreas your
self unmistakably to" that effect by
returning a Democratic majority
to both the Senate and House of
Representatives.
"I am your servant and will accept
your judgement without cavil, but
my power to administer the great
trust asalgned me by th Constitu
tion would be seriously Impared
should 'your Judgment be adverse,
and 1 must frankly tell you so he
cause so many critical Issues depend
upon your verdict.
"No scruples of taste must In grim
times like these be allowed to stand
in the way of speaking the plain
truth.
"I huve no thought of suggesting
that ii ny political party Is paramount
in matter.' of patriotism. I feel too
deeply tin- aaclflces which have i g
made In this war b) all our c'lizons,
Irrespective ol party affiliations, to
harlerr Such an Idea,
"I ntMui Only thai the difficulties
and (lenr-aclrts of our present task ure
of a sort thut makes It tmporsttvely
nc,Sary Uiat the Nation should give
Its undivided support to the Oovc-ru-ment
under a unified leadership and
that a Itcpuhlican Congress would
divide the leadership.
"The leaders Of tfcs minority In the
present Congress have unquestiona
bly been pro-war. but they have been
antl Ailinin! ti.it ion At almost ev r.
turn since we entered the wiir they
have sought' to take the bolce of
policy and the conduct of the wur out
of my hands and put It under In.'
control or Instrumentalities ol their
own choosing.
"This .is no time either ior dlvldud
council or for dlvid-d leadership,
Unity of command is us necessary
now In civil action as it Is upon the
field of bottle. If the control of the
House and the Senate should be lak
en away from the party now In pow-
er an opposing majority could ms-
sumo control of, legislation and
oblige all action to be taken amidst
contest and obstruction.
"The return of a Republican ma
jority to either house of the Congress
would moreover be Interpretive on
the other side of the water as a re
pudiation of leadership.
"Spokesmen of the Republican
party ure urging you to elect a Be-
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A p
rw vmbsl Mm,,,,,, M
WJMJLJ
publican Congress In order to back
up and support the President, but If
they should In this impose upon some
credulous voters on thla side of the
water, they would Impose on no one
on the other side. It Is well under
stood there as well as here that the
Republican lenders desire not so
much to support tho President as to
(ontrol him.
"The peoples of the allied coun
tries with whom we are associated
against Germany are quite familiar
vvuh the significance of elections,
They would find It very difficult to
believe that the voters of the United
Htutl.ll hftll el, ,,,, In ,,,,.r,s,l .I.!- '
President by electing' to the Congress
a majority controlled by those who
are not in fact In sympathy with the
attitude and action of the Adminis
tration. "I need not tell you, my fellow
countrymen, that I am asking your
support not for my own sake or for designation of military relief as dis
tbe sake of a political party, but for , tlnguiehed from the work done in re
the sake of the Nation Itself In order Keying and caring for the families
that its Inward unity of purpose may of soldiers, conducted by the home
be evident to all the world. service branch.
"In ordinary times I would not "Thla work was begun as soon as
feel at liberty to make such an ap- the United States entered the war
peal to you. In ordinary times dlvld- and men were called to the colors,
ed counsels can be endured without On February 13, 1918, a general or-
permanent hurt to the country. But der was issued by the war Depart-
these are not ordinary times. , incut, outlining certain approved ac-
"If In those critical days it Is your tivlties of the Bed Cross and tho
wish to sustain me with undivided form of organization for their con
minds, I beg that you will say so In duct. Since that time much progress
a way which It will not be possible to has been made In building up and
misunderstand either here at home perfecting this organization,
or among our associates on the other "The appropriation for camp ser
side of the sea. I submit my dlffl- vice work from the time It became
iiiities and my hopes to you. active up to June 30, 1918, was
"WOODKOW WILSON. $2.03f.,713. The appropriation for
o the six months ending December 31,
CURE ANNOUNCED Hlt NPAMNH
PNEUMONIA
San Jose, Cal., Oct. 30.---Head-
quartan at the base hospital, Camp
Fremont, today unnoiinces the dls-
",very of a positive cure for the
pneumonia which fOllOwa Spanish In-
I'lueiiza and Which lias nlways been
the fatal stage of the disease.
The treatment consists of intra-
venous bisections of coagullne am'
ha?, been found. It was announced, to
prevent hemorrhages of the lungs
wh,ch characterize this new type of
pneumonia.
The report given out ut Fremont
says:
"As u result of numerous autopsies
performed on the bodies of soldiers
who have died from the disease, the
surgeons have found that the pnou-
nionla developing from In.lucnzii Is
Ih no way like the ordinary pneumon-
a.
"Th" patfenl undergoes no crisis
aiiil Instead ol the luii.s tilling with
mucus, they become uo weakened
aud the blood becomes so l bin that
upon the least Irritation thoy bleed,
resulting In the suffocation of the
patient.
"Heretofore the surgeons have
been unable to stop the flow of hiood,
but It was found that with tne use of
coaKullne the brood could be thick
ened within 20 minutes of the first
Injection and the great danger of
hemorrhages prevented. Already
over 300 cases have been cured ut
the hase bospitai.
"Diphtheria varctne has been used
to good advantage. It not only coun-
teracts the germ, tout also helps to
thicken the blood" Oregonlun. 1
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jM fs 0jaai ACROSS THE POND
Lovlsvllle, Kentuckey,
October 22, mis
l-'rlend Julia 11:
Will let you know thut I am still
on deck. 1 unlisted the first da of
July in Portland, Oregon, the see-
omi day of July I was transferred u !
Fori Luwton, Washington and on Hie
eleventh day of July was transferred
Lo Camp Taylor, Kentucky and lo-
morrow morning gi four o'clock will
board the train for over ens 1 do
not know where bin from the clot lies
WO must he going where it is cold
I never had better health In my
life and I don't think I ever worked
any harder, but it is for a good cause.
I have only met one mini that
Over saw before and that is Byron
Parks he has had bad luck as he
bus had Hie rhumultsm and been in
the hospital most of the lime.
Well, I will write you again when
I gel In Hi" end of the siting (iive
niv regards to all. Well goodliy to
Herns) county mi after the ear,
J. B, JOHNSON,
4th llattallaii, Over Seas Replace
nielli Depot.
o
Buy a War Saving Stump.
RED CROSS WORK IN
THE CANTONMENTS
Information Sent Out for Pub
lication Ur.de r Authority to
Show Assistance Furnished the '
Soldiers in the United States.
The War Council of the American
lied Cross authorizes J be following;
"This section of the report of the
activities and expenditures of the
American Hed Cross, which Is being
made to the American people in
weekly installments, covers the acti
vities In connection with assistance
furnished the soldiers In the camps
and cantonments In the United States
and its territories. It Is work which
is being done for the soldiers them
selves, and is conducted under the
1818. amounts to $3,470,000.
"Up to July 31, 1918, the Bed
Cross had distributed to the soldiers
i the United States and territories.
exclusive of what was distributed In
the wur zone, 2,240,f14 sweaters,
770,(115 mufflers, 1,054,814 wristlets,
0 4 r . 9 0 1 helmets 2,14:5.921 pairs of
.socks and 419,822 comfort kits,
These articles were produced In lied
Cross work rooms by the women vol-
untecrs of the country. They are not
Intended as substitute for any of the
equipment Issued by the U. S. Army
authorities, but as supplementary to
Hi" ar.ny equipment.
"! 'his connection It should bo
under toad that In all Its activit.e.t
the Ameril au Hed Cross is doing only
work supplementary to the greater
activities of the army and navj I -
purtmetits, whether in relief work on
the field, in camps, or in the hospt-
ta,H- .
"As example of Bed Cross camp
service 11 was able to evppiy immedj-
ately approximately 20.000 blanket:;
at Camp Howie last winter when I c-
Ogttee of a "Norther" an epidemic of
sickness wus threatened. In very
""" cases medicine and bospitai
equipment of various kind hae n, -n
provided lo meet immediate and urg-
,'"1 needs, before !bey could ha e
been Obtained through lii r s)uS'
channels,
"The following is from a Ced Cross
worker at a point of . inbari nticd:
'Dine upon ,1 tliuo, Dns orker
writes, there came in here a hutta-
"on of engineers who had seen the r
whole freight car of barrack bags
burned up tho nig'it before. They
hal nothing left but their packs.
Their commanding, officer telepbon-
ed me from embarkation headqiiar-
,en, lo ,ne otl posted th-re
thut the distributing depot was here
for Just such emergencies. There v. .Is
little lime as the men were hei, g
loaded on the boat.
"'I filled trunks with swaatera,
gloves, comfort bags, (wo pair of
socks each man and helmets and a
mora grateful crew of lumberjacks
"n l,HV' never known. Win 11 I dim
'''' down Into their troop ami to' 1
ll"'"i personally of the gift, the;
were so grateful that it made rfti
Klad I was able to belong ta 111 01
ganisatlop, which made sin ,1 ihim
poaslble,
'"I'o prov ide for the eomfori 01 so
(tiers en 1 ouie 10 ihe front, or froj .
one camp to another, over ,'ue , ., 1
tOOM have been established OH
railway lines of this country and : t
embarkation points, At the more In
porlant slutions, meals are served OH
telegraphic requesl from oommai 1
ers of (roop (rains, eniergoncv ri
is also furnished the sick ami woui 1
ed eu route. If necessary, llok r
WOUnded soldiers are removed from
the (ruin unci tukeu to a hospital, Th
volume of Ibis service has been lurt. .
Approximately 55,000 women rolui
leers ure engaged in this work.
(Continued on pure four 1