pOLVIGÄ DURHAM
ONE BAK 10 SMALLPOX
tAWYERS
I hat is Vaccination, Says Stale Board ol
Health Bulletin bescribinq Outbreaks
In Oreqon and Defending Preventive
Measures is Issued.
Will practice in nil the Courts ol the
State
W . W Calvlg, JackMavllle. lie«. II. tkartua. üraaitPava.
25,000
Smallpox in Oregon—the story of its
outbreaks and testimony as to the value
! of vaccination— is the subject matter of
DENTIST
a bulletin just issued by the State Board
All work equal to the best to be had in
of Health,
Forms of this disease
Portland.
mentioned are "Cuban itch,” "Manila
Crown». Bridge work and Artificial Teeth
itch,” ‘ "Bean itch," "Dhobie itch,” black
on either rubber or celluloid plater.
Jacksonville
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Orason I measles, i,” "black chickenpox,” Filipino
Also a full line of all kinds of Nursery stock.
itch," "
__ itch," etc.
'nigger
Delivery grounds in rear of Warner & Davis’ store,
“Absolutely the only barrier against
smallpox,” says the bulletin, "know n to
the medical profession after at least 2'88)
UNITED STATES LAND COMMISSIONER years of experience, is vaccination, l.et
vaccination fall into abeyance in tile
Filings and final proof* for homcMead*
healthiest community in the world, and
and limiter claim* made.
in one generation there will lie a soil for
repetition of the horrible epidemic of the
Jacksonville
Oregon Dark Ages. The inculmtion period re
quired for a full development of smallpox
I is from eight to 14 days. The time re- from either Culm or the Philippines.
, quircil for the development of the short I Most authorities now agree with Dr.
er lived vaccine germ is, however, only Probst, secretary of the < thio State Board
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LAWYER
i from three to five days, so that if a | of Health, iu tracing the carlist appear
patient who has been ex|a>scd to small ance of the disease to Florida, earlier in
Office opposite Court House
pox can be vaccinate.*, within three days ' |W8, before the war had Iteen declared
J*ck»onviUe
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Oraron after his exposure, the slower and more <>r any tr«M>|»s had even set Mil for Culm.
serious infection will lie, so to speak, The name appeared to have originated
short-circuited,
ami he will have his vac among the ignorant negroes in whom it
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cine reaction la-fore the smallpox can first appeared, and, wheather there is any
develop. This, in seven cases out of ten. truth for it or not, it if is difficult to state.
IVe carry a full and
will entirely prevent the development ol "Manila itch" spread so rapidly during
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
small pox, and in the other three cases l8!Man.l IBM), that by the close of the
well assorted line of
practically insure his not dying of it. In latter year it had appeared in well nigh
A. E. Reames, district attorney,
every state of the Union. Its course was
deed,
in
tnauy
cases,
vaccination
five
and
1st Judicial District.
Fine Stationery, Per
even seven days after exposure to small mainly up the Mississippi Valley and
Jackson* Ule.
Oregon pox will prove an effective weapon.
along the lines of its tributaries: in Lou i si-
fumery, Toilet Soaps
"One vaccination practically insures ana, Mississippi and Texas, and north
Sponges, Magazines
against death by smallpox, ami two vac westward; and to Tennessee, (thio mid
cinations complete immunity from the Indiana, in a northerly and northersterlv
Blank Books and
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PHVMCI4K and Kl'Ui'.k'OK
disease. In precise figures the mortality direction. A considerable part of our in
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PHYSICIAN
and SURGEON.
of all epidemics of well-marked types of fection aptieared th have come by way of
School
Supplies.
Office in Orth's Building.
the disease is, among vaccinated vic Texas, California, Nevada ami Southern
Idaho.
The
disease
hud
become
fairly
tims, from one-half of 1 per cent to 3 per
Hours: 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. in.
cent, and among unvaccinated victims spread in Oregon by the middle and
i latter [xirt of IKHH. Prom Oregon it
Jacksonville
Oregon from 2D to 40 per cent.
"It is difficult to appreciate the chill i ’ appears to have spread to Washington,
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
and panic which runs through a plague- * ! and from Washsngton to Utah ami the
TO PRESCRIPTIONS.
stricken sommunity after they have seen Dakotas, ami thence into Minnesota, Iowa
their dead. The shadow of death seems and Indiana am! Ohio, finally reaching
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KFV-AT-I AW
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
to lurk at every corner, men stand hud- : | the Eastern Seaboard States, where it is
Will practice in all courts of the
I died together in nervous groupa in the ; now raging with great fury, especially in J. W. ROBINSON, M. D.
state.
Proprietor,
: streets in broad daylight, and glance New York mid Pennsylvania.
Office on California street one
"That Manila itch is smallpox is shown
Jacksonville, - Oregon
! fearfully over their ¿holders like fright
block south of the court house.
| by the following consideration:
Jacksonville,
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Oregon ened children. If any one wonders at
"First. While cases may show no thor
this let him go look upon the face of one
' who has died from the touch of Maya's ; oughly characteristic pustule and leave
| spear. I say 'face,' but it is a figure of , no scar whatever, vet in almost every
I speech—there is no face, but simply a I group of more than four or five cases of
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: swollen mass at the end of a bloated I the disease, one case will rxrcur which in
fever and pitting is unquestion
| body—no eye, no nose, no forehead, are I eruption,
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Watches and clocks repaired
smallpox.
’ to be seen. The li[»s only are discerni- ably
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promptly and all work guaran
"Second. Scarcely a neighborhood can
ble bv the bloody froth which bubbles in
teed.
and out of them at each horrible, creak - | l»e
' found in which out of 50, 75 or 100
Office opposite U. S. Hotel.
form -- of vour
friend Ci”*s there has not been five to ten cases
ing respiration. The ------
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Having opened Strain Cleaning
" furious,
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‘‘| m x . The dis-
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confluent
smallj
Jacksonville,
Oregon has Ixrcome a swollen, hideous mass of
ami Pressing Works in Medford,
carrion, which—horror of horrors—still «“* w'11 run apparently in its mildest
we arc prepared to do anything
! breathes.______________________________ i type «nd almost unchecke<!, when sud-
in our line with neatness and dis
"Bloated like one who has been ten dcnly, without any warning a case infect-
[Mltcll.
days drowned, covered from scalp to ed from one of the mildest [Mrssible tyjies
We make a specialty of ladies*
■ sole with a dark brown crust, through will develop a malignant form, perhaps
work, ami guarantee satisfaction
hemorrhaeic or "black” smallpox and
I
the
cracks
in
which
the
pus
bubbles
np
Veterinary Surgeon.
in every respect.
and sinks back again with every laboring •lie within a week, in spite of everything
Work called for and delivered.
I breath; so horrible offensive that it re that can Ire done. In at least four cases
Apply for our club rates for
quires the utmost determination and self- out of five, at some stage of the disease,
gentlemen.
somewhere Upon the body, a thouroughly
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Medford,
Oregon control to remain in the same room; you characteristic
pustule or |>atdli of pustules
cease to wonder at the terror that small
METROPOIITAN
pox has always inspired in all ages of the { will >>e found.
STEAM
CLEANING
fit PRESSING WORKS,
"Third. Vaccination, if sufficiently re
world and the panic that runs through a
cent,
absolutely
protects
against
it.
community even today at its approach.
Upstairs, Opposite Postofflc«.
"Fourth. Those who have bad the dis
It is not because the disease is so exces
MEDFORD,
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OREGON
sively fatal—a severe form of diphtheria, ease will not respond to vaccination.
A FINE BARGAIN, SOUTH pneumonia, or even typhoid fever will
"Fifth. Those who have suffered from
WEST MEDFORD—2^ acres land,
show a higher mortality than it can, and, smallpox in earlier epidemics arc abso
fenced all around with picket fence,
of course, since the days of vaccination, lutely immune.
one-half under cultivation, suitable any one of these diseases claims from
"Sixth. In certain regions this epi
for garden or chicken ranch; about
three to 20 times the number of victims demic has suddenly developed malig
1(8) fruit trees; good 8-room house, 28-
that smallpox does. It is the horrible, nancy almost equal to tnat of the classic
x28 feet, well finished at a cost of and, until seen, almost incredible disfig type, as for instance, in Pennsylvania a
¿1000; barn 30x48, cost J400; new
ured it inflicts upon its victims days be I year ago; in New York at present where
chicken house, 10x12; good well with
fore it kills them. Almost any other dis the mortality is something like 15 or 21)
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pump on porch; 4 blocks from school
ease decently allows its victim to die be per cent instead of the barely 1 or 2 per
house; one-fourth mile to postoffice
cent
as
in
our
Shaniko-Prineville
out-
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fore he begins to decay; smallpox literal
and depot. Great bargain if sold
ly reverses the process. It is this living | break.”
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quickly.
The bulletin narrates the career of Ma-
putrefaction which makes the horror of
it. Put your hand upon what was once j nila itch in Oregon in 118)1-2, and de-
GOOD PROPERTY IN TALENT
your friend, try to life it from the couch I scrilies the disease as it existed at Moro,
Praying and heavy
—Good house, 28x28, hot and cold
into the coffin, and it slips from your Prineville, Shaniko, Coos Bay in Douglas
team work. Light
water with range and pipes through careful hold, leaving a handful of flesh County, and at other places in the state.
express t ra ns fir red.
out the house; lW bearing fruit trees,
in your shuddering grasp.
10 acres of good alfalfa ground, or can
Prompt delivery to
"Never before, at least in modern
When You Have a Cold.
be cut up in town lots; good barn, 30x
times, has there been an epidemic at once
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parts of the city
48, and other buildings.
So widespread and so mild as in the last
The first action when you have a cold
three or four years in the United States. should lie to releive the lungs, This b
Ohargog Roasonabto
So few have been the fatalities, that it best accomplished by the free us< <»(
has been exceedingly difficult to induce a Chamberlain's Cough remedy.
This
large percentage of the community to re Remedy liquifies the tough mucous and
ORDGON
PHOENIX,
gard the disease as at all serious, or even causes its expulsion from the air cells of
as smallpox at all. Many cases have the lungs, produces a free exjiectoration,
never called in a physician, and all have and opens the secretions. A complete
What Are They?
been most unwilling to submit to any cure soon follows. This remedy will
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver thing like strict quarantine regulations. cure a severe cold in less time than any Professional Carpet Weaver
Tablets. A new remedy for stomach To this must be attributed a large meas other treatment and it leaves the system
Has a new Flying Shuttle Loom
troubles, biliousness, and constipation, ure of its spread. Contrary to the gener in a natural and healthy condition. It
mid is prepared to do strictly first
class work on carpets an<( rugs
and a good one. Price 25 cents. For al impression” Manila itch” was not counteracts any tendency toward pneu
brought back by the returning troops monia. For sale by City Drug Store.
sale by City Drug Store.
EAGLE POINT
P)R. T. T. SHAW
IOHN
S.
YELLOW NEWTOWN PIPPINS
SPITZENBURGS,
JONATHANS
ORTH
FOR
SALE BY
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R. N E I L
A
E REAMES
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G. GALE, M. D
(GUS
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L. B. WARNER, w
City
Drug Store
NEWBURY
W. H I C K E L
Clothes
Made Like New
/. H. Messner,
FOR SALE!
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CHAS. DUNFORD
JACKSONVILLE
TRANSFER
M.
CALHOUN
Mrs. A. L. PEACHEY
OREGON