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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1927)
HOW CLEAN IS A "NEW" MATTRESS (From State Board of Health.) Every good mattress should fulfill the following requirements: it must be sanitary, clean, free from filth, oil, vermin, and the possibility of disease transmission; it should be t rm ani level and yet elastic enough to be springy, and it should be made of pro per material to retain its elasticity and shape. While the last two re quirements are important it may readily be seen that the one most in need of attention is that dealing with sanitation. How can a purchaser know whether the material is clean on the inside of the mattress? Appearances may point toward cleanliness, yet the practice of unscrupulous dealers and manufacturers who cover used ma terial with fresh ticks and sell the resulting product as new, naturally raises the question. Old, discarded mattresses frequent ly form a considerable part of the business of junk dealers. They dis pose of such material to a mattress jenovating plant where covers are re moved, the contents reworked and new covers used. In many of these estab lishments no attempt is made at ster ilization of this material which may have been discarded from hospitals or other places where communicable diseases existed. They are then sold to the unsuspecting purchaser as new mattresses. Reputable manufacturers have long tried to control this evil, but find it is a difficult situation. The state of Oregon enacted a law in 1923 provid ing that all used and contaminated material must be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized before being offered for sale. The goods must bear a spec ial yellow tag giving name and ad dress of firm doing the sterilization ind the date of sterilization. In 1927 the law was amended to comply with the model law in conformity Trith recommendations of the Better Bed ding Alliance of America. This model law includes in addition to bedding, overstuffed furniture. The enforce ment of this law will protect the pub lic from infection that might be transmitted by second-hand articles of bedding and upholstery. Penalties for the violation of the bedding and upholstery law apply to the person selling or offering for sale renovated or remade bedding mater ials that have not been sterilized. The law also provides that all the bedding sold shall be labeled to show its true contents whether it is new or has been renovated. Funds for the administration of this law including inspection are derived from the sale of tags to the manufacturer, which they are required to affix to each piece of bedding put out. These tags are obtainable from the State Board of Health. Many problems of sanitation are en countered in the use of mattresses. Through long use mattreses become soiled or dirty and need cleaning. This is particularly true of the older mattresses, the tufts giving an ideal collecting place for dust and dirt. Newer mattresses are made by se curely joining separate rolls or com partments of mattress material. Second-hand mattresses are frequently infected with vermin, and once these insects become established they can be eradicated only by disinfection with an insecticide as well as a bac tericide. The role of insects in disease trans mission is well known and the extra ordinary vitality of bed vermin which enables them to live for extended per iods under the most adverse condi tions is conducive to the spread of disease. The greatest danger lies in thi cheaper mattresses. The apparent monetary saving is due to the fact that the cheaper mattresses are filled with old clothing ground to a fibrous condition but not cleaned, or old stuffings from a mattress some one else has thrown away. The health problem involved by common use of second-hand bedding is a problem that the State Board of Health is facing. The new act con cerning bedding and upholstery has been a necessity for the protection of the public health. MORROW COUNTY, OREGON. CLERK'S SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT OF BUSINESS TO JUNE 30, 1927. CLAIMS PAID FROM GENERAL COUNTY FUND Allowed by County Court Sharkey Dempsey Expense of Amount Election $ 41.92 Current Expense 320.03 Countv Court 1,561.22 Sheriff 3,007.21 Clerk 1,942.27 Physician 486.00 Assessor 2,338.08 Treasurer 547.02 Court House 1,754.21 Circuit Court 2,724.15 Justice Court 75.52 Superintendent 1,333.49 Widows' Pension Fire Patrol Poor Jail Sealer Audit Bonds 375.00 38.25 997.37 107.30 53.58 250.00 290.00 County Agent 1,275.00 4&.UU 48.55 474.20 326.39 85.53 70.50 227.25 Health Juvenile District Attorney Watermaster Surveyor Coroner Tax Collector TOTAL $ 20,795.04 $20,795.04 Claims paid from Roads, Special Roads and Bond Funds..$ 56,787.32 Claims paid from Market Road Funds 42,30.09 Claims paid from Miscellaneous bunds h,uii.u. Jessie Estelle James Ji 2, dm -w yy.:v.r-.y.y Bss-s mm The hold former champion Jack Dempsey has on ring fans was reflected in the big advance sale of tickets to the Dempsey-Sliykcy battle in New York, July 21 as "Jack the Giant Killer started the "comeback" trail for another battle to regain his title which he lost to Gene Tunney last fall. TOTAL $103,184.53 SUMMARY OF WARRANT ACCOUNT Outstanding General Fund Warrants, December 31, 1926..$ 43,595.98 Outstanding Road Fund Warrants, December 31, lyb ..... Outstanding Market Road Warrants, December 31, .. Outstanding Miscellaneous Warrants, December 31, 1926 General Fund Warrants Issued January 1 to June 30, 1927 Road Fund Warrants Issued January 1 to June 30, 1927.... Market Road Fund Warrants Issued January 1 to June 30, 1927 42,370.09 Miscellaneous Funds Warrants Issued January I to June 30, 1927 4,027.12 LIQUOR CASE SETTLED. In the cause of the State of Oregon vs. Roy Oleschlager, noted in our col umns last week as continued to the 26th inst., settlement was reached Thursday, July 14. Llyod Matteson of Ritter, accompanied by District Attorney S. E. Notson, presented him self at the office of Judge Robinson and plead guilty to the charge filed against Oleschlager the possession of intoxicating liquor. Judge Robinson assessed a fine of fifty dollars and costs of the court proceedings, $5. The total of which fine and costs was immediately paid in cash. lone Independent. RED RASPBERRIES, $2.60; Caps, $2.75, postpaid. R. S. LOW, Estacada, Ore. Black LUD- Tudor Ford Sedan tion; will sell cheap. Heppner. in good condi Eph Eskelson 16-19p. 993.70 1,329.43 205.04 20,795.04 56,599.21 TOTAL . $169,915.61 General Fund Warrants paid January 1 to June 30, 1927 ..$ 19,031.02 Road Fund Warrants paid January 1 to June 30, 1927 bbjai.il Market Road Fund Warrants paid January 1 to June 30, 1927 43,bb.4U Miscellaneous Funds Warrants paid January 1 to June 30, 1927 4.U2.12 General Fund Warrants outstanding June 30, 1927 45,360.00 Road Fund Warrants outstanding June 30, 1927 805.59 Market Road Fund Warrants outstanding June 30, 1927 .... 31.12 Miscellaneous Funds Warranst outstanding June 30, 1927 205.04 Wanted to buy good fresh milk cow. Geo. Dykstra, Heppner. 15-17 NOTICE OF SALE OK ANIMALS. Notice is hereby given that H. C. Robertson has in his possession the following described horses, to-wit: One black horse weight about 1400 lbs.; One grey horse, weight about 1400 lbs.; that said animals were left at the livery stable of the undersigned on June 9th, 1927, and that the under signed has a lien on said animals for board at the rate of $1.50 per day from June 9th, 1927, making a total of $49.00. Said animals will be sold on the 23rd day of July, 1927, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M, at the front door of the livery barn belonging to the undersigned at Heppner, Oregon, for the purpose of paying said lien for hoarding said animals, the expense of keeping said anmials from the date !"reof and the expense of advertise me,. and sale. Dated this 14th day of July, 1927. 11. C. ROBERTSON. J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I lilliil 1 t- TOTAL $169,915.61 CASH ON HAND IN VARIOUS FUNDS JUNE 30, 1927 General County $ 18,840.99 General Roads 2,121,79 General School 12,841.81 Trust Fund 1,081.65 High School Tuition 4,792.68 Fire Patrol 4.ih Union High School 1,515.98 City of Boardman 9688 City of Heppner ia.o City of Hardman 20.61 City of lone 5.39 City of Lexington 7-69 Special School Districts 41,393.29 Elementary Schools 8,237.05 West Land Irrigation -00 West Extension, Construction .00 West Extension, O. & M 8,278.62 John Day Irrigation 3,149.29 Motor Vehicle 11,019.84 Market Roads 6,983.87 Special Road District No. 1 5,213.57 Special Road District No. 2 . 392.04 Special Road District No. 4 230.92 Special Road District No. 5 26.32 Special Road District No. 14 391.90 Stingle Canyon Road 249.87 Lena-Vinson Road 165.20 Ione-Boardman Road 568.09 Lexington-Jarmon Road 55.99 Fuller Canyon Road 2,523.7 1 Jordan-Rhea Creek Road 886.15 Butter Creek Road 1,689.17 Prohibition 182'i Rodent Bounty 3,683.82 Bee Fund 3035 Dog Fund 687 -97 Fair Fund 60185 Road Bond Fund 5,109.88 Bond Sinking Fund 72,877.97 Bond Interest Fund 5,965.42 TOTAL $222,209.94 O.D. Grand-daughter of the notorious Jesse James is now in Los Angeles to play the part of her great grand mother, or the mother of the James brothers, in a movie of the lives of the West's famed had men. STATE OF OREGON, ss County of Morrow, J I, Gay M. Anderson, County Clerk of Morrow County, Oregon, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct account of all claims allowed by the County Court of Morrow County, Oregon; the funds on which said claims were drawn and the amount of out standing warrants not paid, for the six months period ending June 30, 1927. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the county Court this 19th day of July, 1927. GAY M. ANDERSON, (SEAL) County Clerk. ANNOUNCEMENT On and after July 5th my offices will be in the hotel building on the ground floor First Door East of Main Entrance to Hotel Heppner. J. 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