Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1914)
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Notes on Health and Sanitation 10 PENALTY of going bakefoot. BARE feet and legs are especially attractive to the hookworm lar vae. They cling to the skin when brought in contact with it, and bur row through it In a few minutes, thereby producing a local inflamma tion which is called "ground Itch," or "dew itch." This condition is transient. But meanwhile, the Indus, trious larvae have entered the tiny capillaries and are circulating about in the blood streams. Eventually they reach the vessels In the lungs which are too small for them to pass through. So they be gin burrowing again, reach the air spaces of the lungs, pass along to the throat, and eventually are swallowed and become permanent residents and egg producers in the Intestinal canal." This is their indirect method of entering the body. But frequently they get into the digestive tract by clinging to the surfaces of fruit or vegetables. Hookworm disease is easily de tected, easily prevented and easily cured. The presence of the worm in the excreta is positive evidence of the disease. They may be prevented from entering the body by proper sewerage systems, well-cooked food and feet protected by shoes and stock ings. The disease may be cured by alternate use of Epsom salts and thy mol, combined with a little judicious dieting for a day or two. Health Pointers. "Some are born with good health others are educated up to it." Two thousand feet above the sur face of the earth air is free from germs. Ventilate buildings freely and avoid doing business with the under taker. A recent court decision in New Tork upheld the compulsory vaccin ation law for school children. A city reflects its people. It is a mirror, reflecting what the citizens are doing for public health, improve ments and affairs generally. Tuberculosis, pneumonia and other diseases of the respiratory tract fre quently result from improper hous ing conditions and impure bouse air. Women should not consider it dis graceful to appear as robust as men. They should glory in their pink cheeks, pure blood and athletic ap pearance. About all some soda fountain em ployes and bartenders give to the matter of cleansing glasses and spoons is a dip and a guess, with a silent prayer. Don't buy of dirty people. "The public health is the founda tion on which reposes the happiness of the people and the power of a country. The care of the public health is the first duty of a states man." Lord Beaconsfleld. It has been reported on good au thority that a single fly speck has been found to contain 5000 germs of consumption. . It is not uncom mon for a fly to deposit a speck every four and one-half minutes. Beware of the common cigar cut ter when you clip the end of your cigar. Sputum from the man who precedes you may be transferred, be cause he, quite likely, moistens the cigar in his mouth, then clips in the common cutter. Dotv't take unneces sary chances by following him. t Don't buy meat from a butcher who tolerates flies, expectorates on the floor or puts his finger in hi3 mouth and moistens it each time he reaches for paper to wrap your pur chase. Such a butcher does not de serve your patronage. Consider if there are not more deaths every year from preventable disease than from the present Euro pean war. If this is true, there Is a greater money loss too, but because It is more gradual and no publicity given to it as there is to the war, nothing is thought of it. "Oh, every fly that skips our swat ters, Will have five million sons and daughters, And countless first and second cousins, And aunts and uncles, scores and dozens, And fifty-seven billion nieces; So knock the blamed thing all to pieces." Walt Mason. nWGEUS FltOM OVERWEIGHT. EVERYONE knows that excessive fat lessens the chances for longevity. But life insurance and hospital records show that even rel ative thin, layers of adipose may be disadvantageous at certain periods of life, although beneficial at others. Thus It appears that the "best mor tality" among children and young adults, to use an Insurance phrasing, is found In persons who are somewhat over He accepted standards of aver age weight in proportion to height. After middle life, however, the slen der person's chances for longevity are much better than those of his portly neighbor. In this connection Dr. William J. Mayo recently reported that "of all the cases of gallstone disease oper ated on in the Mayo clinic, age for age, the patients average heavier weight than do the average patients with other diseases." In other words, fleshy person? are more likely to have gallstones than slim ones. And this disease is only one in many that threaten the overfed. Obviously, then, it behooves every person to avoid overweight after middle life, not only for his own per sonal comfort, but as a means of pro longing life. This is a difficult task, which requires sustained effort and will power of a high order. But if one will persist in taking moderate exercise, and has the stamina to re sist excessive quantities of sugars, fats and starchy foods, and to refuse "second helpings" of all kinds, it can be accomplished. Don'ts at School. Don't allow your hands, and face to be dirty; always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water be fore eating your meals. Don't spit if you can help it, espe cially on a slate, floor or sidewalk. Don't wet a finger in your mouth when turning a leaf of a book; don't put the fingers in the mouth at any time. Don't put pencils to the lips to wet them. Don't put money, pins nor anything into the mouth except food and drink. Don't wipe your nose on hand or sleeve. Don't trade candy, apple cores, half-eaten food, chewing gum, bean blowers, whistles, harmonicas, horns or other things that have been In tbo mouth of another. Don't sneeze, cough tir blow into another person's face. Cover your face or turn it to one side. Dou't stay in school with wet feet; tell the teacher and get permission to go homo and change your shoes and stockings. Don't fail to report sore throat to teacher. BUSH & LANE Pianos Stand the Test of Time louse of Originality Bush ft Lane Pianos are built to sustain the reputation we have spent years In es tablishing. This reputation for piano qual ity Includes every detail of superiority tone action durability, etc. We back this claim with a guarantee as broad as It 4s binding. You MUST be satisfied. Some exceptional values in standard Pianos taken In- trade for $100 and up. Bush & Lane Piano Co. Washington Street, Cor. of 2tb. Portland, Oregon. MAffl'FACTl'RERS WHOLESALERS RETAILERS .1 . k.T , V Y" ' 0 K' House of Originality Be Prepared for Opportunity GET THE BEST BUSINESS EDUCATION THIS COLLEGE offers a complete Kusiness course 1 in au Dusincss orancnes Stenography, Accounting, Type writing, Banking, Dictaphone Operating, Etc. Expert Teach ers. Positions guaranteed or money refunded, Day anil Night School. Write at once for com plete Information and terms. College Journal Mailed Fire. II. r 1 u LINK'S BUSINESS COLLEGE TII.KOHD DLDG. A. T. LINK, PRINCIPAL PORTLAND, OIIBGOX Don't attempt to crowd the child through school too rapidly; better let him have extra play than encourage him to carrv extra studies. IMPORTANT EVENTS Free 1914-15 AT I COLLEGE One Month Music Lessons Choice of Any Instrument The Amtkin School of Music iiention eours of personally supervised Instruction h ft exctteu the admiration and fuvofrjbio comment of the best instructor! and tenner vator(s. You cun't (to wrong p'.an entirely new method simple. Evr Instrument taught. Price of entire course lower than any local instruction you couia get. 1011 can't fill). We RUarante It, and leave you to be t)i Judge. Nothing could be fairer. Writs today. BENU I OK BIO FREE CATALOGUE NOW. American School of Music Sixth and Ankeny, Portland, Or. WINTER SHORT COURSE JAN. 4-30 Agriculture, including Agro n o m y. Animal Husbandry, Dairying:, Hor ticulture, Poultry Husbandry, In sects, Plant and Animal Diseases, Creamery Management, Marketing, etc. Home Economies, incl u d i n g Cooking, Home Nursing, Sanitation, Sewing, Dressmaking and Millin ery. Commerce, Including Business Management, Rural Economics, Business Law, Office Training, Farm Accounting, etc. Engineering, Including Shopwork and Roadbuild ing. FARMERS' WEEK FEBRUARY 1-0 A general clearing-house session of six days fpr the exchange of dynamic Ideas on the most press ing problems of the times. Lectures by leading authorities. State con ferences. EXTENSION SERVICE Offers lectures, movable schools. Institutes and numerous corre spondence courses on request. Ml'SICt Piano, String, Band, Voice. No tuition. Reduced rates on all rail roads, For further Information address, THE OREGO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, (tw-12-l-to-l-l) Corvaltla, Oregon. We Pay PURE MOUNTAIN STRAINED HONEY Fmtaq Wm XL finn Pur Mountain Stralaed Ilnnev for 11.2.1. tm - . . " - " " ' n.n Pfietorra 1 Gallon Pure IHountala Strained Honey for $2.00. Pontage paid 1 UdlagC 10-Pound Saek Emtra Faaey Walnut 2.0O. Postage paid Remit cash, or, If so desired, will ship C.O.D. Postage patd In all zones to and Including the Fifth Zone. Ask about prepaid Xmas packages for Kast- PKOOIJl KBS-TO-CON8l'MERS SUPPLY CO 230 H 8. Sprln t.. Lot Aniteln, Cal. Light Your Home With a Magic Light At Less Cost and Danger Than Oil The Underground System. SUNSHINE AT NIGHT IS EVERY ROOM Gas for Cooking. Let us Tell You All About It. A Postcard Brings Full Information. THEDA BROS. CO., 013 Ilekum Building, Portland, Oregon HILL MILITARY ACADEMY Every time you buy from advertisements in this paper you help to make a better paper. A Elect Non-Sectarian Boarding and Day School for Boys. Military Dis cipline; Small Classes; Hen Teachers. Careful supervision secures results that are not attained elsewhere. Send for catalogue. 821 Marshall Street, Portland, Or, STENOGRAPHERS WANTED Good Salurlea, Rapid Promotion You can learn by mall. Write today for full Information. SUC CESS KHOKTIIANn SCHOOL, Liberty Bldg., Seattle, Wash, Opposite Postofflce. HOTEL EATON ur.Ti7i apitiv W. Park and Mar. St., Portland, Or. OW AlLl vlVLl I Rates, II up; with bath, $1.60 clal rates by the week, located 'in the RATES, "" 0 "pel -week' ip WUh prfi heart of the city, vate bath, 4 up. clean outside rooms.