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XXXII EURNS. HRNEY COUNTY, OREGON. NOVEMBER 2, 1916 NO. 1 (WilvJt C4JIW i i FIRST HAND INFORMATION ON THE "FLU" Lieutenant J. S.

Saurman, M.C., U. S. N. Write From Hampton 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 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 infected by the dleasae. the history of this Illness, 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 existed as occasional cases or a small number of cases practically throughout the world. During this period also the entTfe -world, at times, has been subjected to large epidemics ii si the present, and it is during this time that lnfhienza becomes Indeed a serious problem. The last epidemic occured in 1889, the first out being in St. Petersburg and from there moving In lines of travel to Berlin, Paris, Brussels.

Copenhagen, 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- -suuld strictly ebserved: Up ugh previous attacks are soon Infected. This present epidemic made its aranee first in Spain, from which ii re elved the name of "Spanish flu ami subsequently spread through all of Kurope including Italy, Frame, England and Ireland and af- ting from 30 to 40 per cent of the 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 disease This bacteria Is carried in the mouth, throat and nasal passages of i at leaHt rour das ttfter people suffering from the disease. If Pasture has been normal for a Perth Is fart will be carefully borne in ot twenty-four hours, and then mind, the possibility of spreading i( ul'" -liig out ot bed. the pa and contracting the disease will be I Hll5itly dizzy, weak or rerj much lessened if everyone will i liazv memory he should again go be ireful to cough, sneeze or yawn lo bed remain there three or four 'hind a handkerchief. Particles of the mouth and nose secretions will i The are lvu" lht' mghed or sneezed a dlsUnee of cloar doubtful several feet in the air and finer par- about lh, I'reseni epidemic tide, carrvlng the bacteria will ex- vlate some of the worn 1st hs fnr 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 congregating 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 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 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 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 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 ashing soda. They can after- tarda be rinsed and dried. 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 attendance 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 transmitted, 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 Infecting the other patients with germs u'usiug pneumonia.

Never place two patients In the same bed. Oftentimes people are worried because for a day or so they have been feeling ill and think they are contracting 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 contracting 01 pneumonia at tho latter pun on hemming ill do not attempt to any further work or remain upon the fuel, but at once go to bed and send immediately for 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 constant history of this epidemic that these an- the very cases that contract 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. Let it he fully understood that the points given above are mentioned because they are of vital Importance if to from nd ad thal "avo V' lrue thousands tlnie Ihu nri'Kciil cnidclnic No faith whatever should tie plac ed In nasal sprays, mouth washes or the vaccines found on the market today 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 supervision 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. 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 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 approval 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 telephoned 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, accordingly 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 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 It now had such a hold and was in arreraJ places and under the circumstances he suggested that we prepare to combat the disease. The Tinies Herald has had no opportunity 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 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 developed hut according to Information the situation there Is much Improved. Dr. J.

W. has been constantly 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. stftv fl i 'fv4fcKSBj. 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 leadership 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 Constitution 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 of patriotism. I feel too deeply tin- aaclflces which have i 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 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 unquestionably 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 control or Instrumentalities ol their own choosing. "This 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 majority to either house of the Congress would moreover be Interpretive on the other side of the water as a repudiation of leadership.

"Spokesmen of the Republican party ure urging you to elect a Be- i 1 A rw vmbsl 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 understood 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 countries 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 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 Administration. "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. The appropriation for the six months ending December 31, CURE ANNOUNCED Hlt NPAMNH PNEUMONIA San Jose, Oct. quartan at the base hospital, Camp Fremont, today unnoiinces the dls- 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' been found.

It was announced, to prevent hemorrhages of the lungs characterize this new type of pneumonia. The report given out ut Fremont says: "As 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 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 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 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. JOHNSON, 4th llattallaii, Over Seas Replace nielli Depot. Buy a War Saving Stump. RED CROSS WORK IN THE CANTONMENTS Information Sent Out for Publication Ur.de Authority to Show Assistance Furnished the Soldiers in the United States.

The War Council of the American lied Cross authorizes 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 activities 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 themselves, 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, sweaters, mufflers, 1,054,814 wristlets, 0 4 9 0 1 helmets 2,14:5.921 pairs of 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- "As example of Bed Cross camp service 11 was able to evppiy immedj- ately approximately 20.000 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 provided lo meet immediate and urg- needs, before could ha been Obtained through lii 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 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- lo otl posted th-re thut the distributing depot was here for Just such emergencies. There v. little lime as the men were hei, 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 never known.

Win 11 I dim down Into their troop ami to' 1 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, prov ide for the eomfori 01 so (tiers en 1 ouie 10 ihe front, or froj one camp to another, over 1 tOOM have been established OH railway lines of this country and 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 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.