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MEDFORD MATTi TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREO ON, SATURDAY. MAY 11, 1012.
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General Conditions Good But Viola
tions of Ordinances Pointed Out
for Correction School Houses in
Bad Sanitary Condition.
Two Physicians Refuse to Report
Contagious Diseases Number of
Houses Without Sewer Connections
This report la In tlio nature of a
finnltnry mirvey of the city of Moil-
ford. It Is closely allied to tlio sur
veys nindo by Mrs. Caroline Dartlett
Crane in a number of cities of the
south and middle wont. For this work
Mrs. Crane is usually hired by the
cities by common councils and club
organizations for n thousand or flf-v
teen hundred dollars in order that
the authorities may secure a condens
ed review of tlio whole situation for
their own official use. Cities have
regarded such surveys as actual ser
vlco for which they have gladly paid,
and whero ono person, as Mrs. Crane,
performs tho sirvlco tho cost of hir
ing several parties for the prelimin
ary survey is avoided
In tho" same way, as nearly as its
ability permttrti the Inspection com
mittee of the Greater Med ford club
has aimed to perform an actual ser
vice for Old city In this report.
From tho report following tho Itv
dividual names of violators arc omit
ted but are contained In the report
filed with council.
Work Is Impersonal
The work of tho inspection com
mittee Is entirely Impersonal and dis
interested and its aim is not com
plaint but co-operation 'with the city
in Unenforcing of certain ordinan
ces; not prosecution, but statistical
Information for the use of the city in
tho Interests of sanitation, clean
food, and individual responsibility.
From a sanitary point of view the
general appearance of Med ford per
mits a favorablo Impression. The
streets of tho city aro each night
washed and cleaned, and there are no
openly located heaps of decaying
fruit, vegetable or animal matter.
It would add to the comfort of the
citizens, if adequate provision could
bo made for laying the dust on the
residence as well as business streets,
during the summer season.
City Drnlnngv
"Wo have found that contrary (o
tlio generally prevailing impression,
no sewerage is drained into Dear
creek; that only tho overflow taken
caro of by tho storm sewers empties
there; and that tho sewerage has
been adequately disposed of, until the
present by the septic tank provided
for that purpose, and that upon com
pletion of tho second septic tank now
In process of construction, the future
in connection with this problem :s
well taken care of.
In view of tho amount of surface
to be drained and tho possibility of
very heavy rains during tho winter,
2.59 miles of storm sewers would
appear to bo wholly inadequate for
the needs of tho city.
Tho danger of overflowing from
tho mains might be very considerable.
Alleys
Wo find alleys In the city, especial
ly in tho business district, to bo very
generally neglected. Quantities of
highly Inflamahlo material, constitut
ing a fire menace, havo been allowed
to uccumulato in unsightly heaps
along alleys noticeably In tho re
gion directly back of the new First
National Bank, back of the row of
tmloons and restaurants on South
Front street and ulso along the alley
joining North Central avenue with
liurtlett street, between tho Medford
Phurmucy and Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company.
CoiiUigloti Diseases
Wo find that according to tho city
health officer, Dr. It. W. Stearns,
thero aro many cases of violation of
flection 5 of ordinance No. 129, re
lative to the reporting of contagious
diseases. Two supposedly reputublo
physicians refuse to report such cases
to tho health officer and thero are
many other cases of neglect of this
Important duty.
(iurbugu
Wo havo found specific violations
of ordlnauco No, 319 providing that
"Every person conducting or running
a restaurant and other places In the
city of Medford whero tho public are
supplied with food shall mulutain ut
nil times U gaibago can or cans, hold
lug not moro titan twenty gallons,
which shall bo constructed of metal
and filial) bo water tight and fitted
will) nlr tight lid, and said cun shall
nt all times bo kept securely covered
with Bald lid, and said can shall at
nil times securely covered with said
lid, except when bolug filled uud emp
tier." Thon follows u list of viola
tions among restauiants. No fault
Is found with the sanitary conditions
of any restaurant or hotel kitchens,
merely with tho garbugo depositories.
Condition of Toilets
Tho following brief reports on this
subject were submitted for complin
Hon by tho several members of the
Inspection cemmittee:
Tho following report includes tho
sanitary survey of the business por
tion of tho city on the south side of
Main street from Central to Holly,
and the streets Intersecting that
side of Main street.
I found all places In this district
connected with the sower either dir
ectly or indirectly. In soma cases the
firms of adjoining buildings being
obliged to use tho same toilet. While
I found somo Milldlugs whero the
toilets were kept In a wholesome,
sanitary condition, by being cleaned
dally, many of them had little or no
care, and were consequently very un
sanitary and obnoxious, thus forming
tho most favorable breeding places
for files and typhotd germs.
On Main street between Central
avenue and Holly street I found
things in a very sanitary condition
excepting the insufficiency of toilets
in each building. Some of the stores
havo no toilets and the employes arc
obliged to go next door or farther
aw ay.
A chicken house was used for
slaughtering fowl, and thero was
a receptacie or depository for
the entrails and all refu.se
made by dressing fowls for
sale. The odor was unshakable uud
this whole group df back buildings,
which Is In the most crowded part
of the business section was the worst
thing that came under my notice.
H. O. Cl.AKK.
I'luiiibliig
This ordinance prevides: 'No per
son or persons shall within the cor
porato limits of the city of Medford
erect or maintain or suffer to be
erected or maintained upon premises
owned by him, her or them, any privy
or cess pool upon any lot or parcel of
land abutting upon any street In
which there has been constructed and
Is beings maintained a public sewer."
Sufficient of the city was covered
In the following reports from the
several members of the committee as
was deemed necessary for indicating
the geuernl percentage of violations
of this ordinance herein referred to,
and for tho purpose, such as were
deemed typical districts of the city
"were chosen for the survey.
Having been assigned to investi
gate the sanitary condition of Jack
son and North Roosevelt, I submit
iho following repert:
On West Jackson street tliere are
four houses which have outside priv
ies and no connection with the sewer.
On North Roosevelt avenue there
aro four houses which havo privies.
B. Y. CLARK.
The sanitary conditions embodied
in this report wero made- dnring
March, 1912.
In general I might say that the
southwest portion of the city, ap
proximately between West Tenth
street and South Hamilton, inclusive,
has been very Indifferently consid
ered by the citauthoritIes having
tho matter in charge. For example,
West Tenth, weBt from Hamilton, has
neither sower nor water. While
Hamilton, botitli from Eleventh has
water but no sewer.
The following lists will show how
tho sewer ordinance demanding con
nection has been taken care of.
On West Ninth street between
Orange und Hamilton, six houses are
not connected with sewer.
On 11th street between Hamilton
and Oafcdalc avenue, seven houses
are not connected with (ho Hewer.
One small square between Tenth
street and Eleventh street, Hamilton
und Plum streets, has eight outsldo
toilets and four barns. An Al camp
ing place for flies. Sewer and water
are In on Eleventh Btreet but no
whero else. It should bo put In that
block ut the end of West Eleventh
street.
Ono street In tho west end of town,
Hensou, has sewer in but no water.
Weaver truct at ond of West Tenth
stieet uud Eleventh street is rented
quite ectensively to campers. No
provision is made for sanitation of
any kind. Nino houses In this section
have no sower connection.
EDNA II. DAVIDSON.
Fourteen housos on North Central
avenuo have not yet been connected
with tho sewer.
Eight houses on Fourth avenue
West aro unconnected.
Public Hchools L'liHjuiitmy
Inspection of plumbing in tho pub
lic schools makes known unsanitary
plumbing In nil schools save the high
school. At tho Washington, condi
tions aro bud to tho degree of consti
tuting un uctual menace. Moreover,
the toilets at tho Washington school
stand open to public uuo, Ordinary
janitor attention should at least bo
equal to keeping behoof toilets clean.
That thero Is very great need of more
thorough plumbing Inspection is very
obvious, and tho inspector should be
a competent .man, thoroughly uwake
to his responsibilities. Thorough en
forcement of tho sanitary ordinances
will go a long way toward making
typhoid fever a thing of tho past In
Medford.
I iv (.'iviint Depots,
Wo find that no loo cream shop In
tho city Is equipped with any modern
apparatus for sterllUlng Implements
for preparing, or tho receptacles of
Ice cream. Wo found the candy nud
ice cream kitchens to bo only ordin
arily "kitchen clean," as housewives
understand It.
Conditions surrounding tho pie
paratlon of Ice cream should be care
fully Investigated and supervised on
account of danger of ptomaine In
rusty receptacles and unsanitary sur-louudlngs.
Protection of I'immN.
Section 19 of ordinance No. 129 !s
openly violated. This section pro
vide.: "It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, to carry, convy
or haul through, or upon, the public
streets or alloys of tho city of Med
ford any frosh moats of nn kind, or
any fresh fruits or any fresh vege
tables of any kind, offered for sale or
Intended for sale within tho limits of
the city of Medford, unless tho same
shall be securely coveiod, so as to be
protected fioin flies, dust or any un
wholesome matter."
Meat Is dally curried through the
streets and nlleys without covering
from dust and files. Section No. 'JO
of ordinance No. 129 Is alike Ignored.
Food stuffs, such as dates, figs, cand
led figs, and honey tiro exposed to
files in practically all groceries In the
city where they are offered for sale.
It would seem to bo apparent that
a moro adequate food Inspection is
greatly neoded.
City Water Supply
This Is most plentiful and with
frequent nnalsls and attention could
bo kept In an exceptionally whole
some condition.
In the hope that the foregoing data
may prove of use and oven value to
the city authorities, and In tho spirit
of full co-oKratlon, the above ropoit
Is made.
Respectfully submitted,
THE GREATER MEDFORD CLL'l)
By Inspection Committee,
Mable H. Parsons; Chairman
MONEY BACK
ifynmrl Is Cituirantocil to End tlio
tlio Misery of Catarrh, Colds,
Son Throat uiiil Croup
Get a HYOMEI (pronounce It Hlgh-o-me)
outfit today.
Pour a few drops from tho bottle
Into the little hard rubber pocket In
haler that comes with each outfit,
and brcatbo It four or tlvo times a
day.
Immediately you will know that
HYOMEI soothes and heals the In
flamrii and Irritated membrane.
But HYOMEI does moro than
soothe and heal; It kills the germs,
those persevering pests that are the
root of all catarrhal conditions.
A complete HYOMEI outfit which
includes an Indestructible pocket In
haler costs only $1. If you now own
a HYOMEI inhaler, you can get an
oitra bottle of HYOMEI for only 0
cents at Chas. Strang's and druggists
o.ery where.
Get a Lawn Mower Early
Don't let the grass and weeds
get the start. Keep the
grass down and it is a
pleasure to keep your yard in
good condition.
Buy yourself a lawn mower
this season. Buy from us
if we have what you want
at the right price. Come and
see.
In the East $16.00
$12.50 Here
The Norleigh-Diamond
Mower
Absolutely Guaranteed
Wo Do This Simply to Atlieitlse
MOWERS $.1.00 AND UP
F.W.Shapleigh Hardware
' li8 Sou tli Central Ait:
Main 1(11. MKDFOHI), OREGON
"What joii nut,
When j ou iwint it."
How Far
Dollar
Will a
Go?
It is largely a question of food know
ledge and food sense. An intelligent
selection of food means less waste,
smaller grocery bills, better health, bet
ter nourished bodies. The least nutri
tious foods are often the most expensive.
No Better Groceries
Than Ours
erin l)e found anywhere. So you will save both time
and trouble by coming bore directly to fill your
needs. You will bo well paid for your visit hi I bo
superior quality of fbo goods you obtain.
Wo also carry everything in fruits and vegetables.
Our Bakery Goods
market, are made at our own
aro
the best on the
bakery from "Pure
vou.
White Flour" and will satisfy
Allen Grocery Co.
South Central
Both Phones
ICE
as clear and hard as diamonds
Storage rooms right for all
tttt .kinds of goods.
Our wagons deliver to all
parts of the city.
Phenes: Pacific 2641, Home 240
Medford Ic (8i Storage Co.
First
National Bank
OF
MEDFORD, 0REG0X
CAPITAL STOCK $100,600.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits $65,000.00
United States and Postal Savings Depository
We solicit your business, which will receive our
careful attention.
F. K. DEUEL, PRESIDENT M. h. ALFORD, CASHIER
OUIUS CRAWFORD, ASSISTANT CASHIER
Nearly a quarter of a century under tho same
management
THE
County
Bank
Jackson
Medford, Oregon
It; has succeeded because of
Soundness of principle
Economy of management
Safety of investment
Courteous and liberal treatment
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $tf5,000.00
W. I. Vawter, President O. U. Lindlcy, Vice Pres.
0Wf McDonald, Cashier
MEDFORD
THURSDAY
MAY 23
people or all climes in native costumes will be shown in pnrnde.
Two shouu daily afternoon nt 2, night nt 9, doors open at 1
and 7 p.m. Waterproof tents. Admission 25 cents lo see it nil.
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Phone
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WHAT IS DISTILLED WATER?
Distilled Water is water that has been condensed
into steam, then converted back to its natural state,
thus hilling all genus the water may contain.
WHAT IS FILTERED WATER? '
Filtered Water is water that has passed through
filtering beds, t hereby purifying itaclf of all foreign
substances.
WEINHARd'S ICE is made rmm Distilled, "Filtered
Water. Kndorsed b all physicians.
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