Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 10, 1919, Page 6

—_— i ROUTES J. D. Clarkson, Manager of the Highway, Designates Proper Road BETWEEN BAGLEY AND First Brook Trout Fry Is : Planted in Creeks of . ° H g Clearbrook (By United Press.) Clearbrook, Oct. 10.—There is no real good reason why the Indians and especially the Red Lake Indians, should - be continued wunder the {‘wapd” .system, or you might say “bondage,”’ unless it is that they have beent'tos good to the whites in letting him gake all the land he wish- ed in would-be treaties in days of yore; hénce present punishment. In their encampment at St, Paul last week they made it pretty plain what they wanted, and now it is up to the men in charge, especially congress, to see to it that the Red Lakers be placed on par with gther men in this section of Minnesota. Even the ne- gro has equal rights with the “white folks,’ ’and in view of this fact why should not the only real, true and original “American,” the Indian, be given his freedom, which we the ‘‘white’” people have robbed him of by our intrusion upon his domain. It is time for us good people to give this a serious thought, and none the less our “congress!” The county commissioners of Clearwater county met in regular session at Bagley, Tuesday, and quickly . performed their regular work. This was regarded by many as one of the most important meet- ings.of our county dads for some time. At a formal meeting they had passed a unanimous resolution that they woulg support and construct the Jefferson Highway on the road which J. D.-Claphksen, the manager of the Jefferson -Highway would -hame as the proper road to take between Bag- ley and Clearbrook, in order to settle forever the quarrell which had aris- .20 between two factions between “hére and Bagley, as:to which was the proper road to comstruct and which was- the Jefferson Highway. Mr. Clarkson chose the original laid out route running over the state high- way, between .these two points. Now that this point has been finally set- tled, nothing remains but for our commissioners to proceed and con- stract the highway as per the resolu- tion' now on file, that this eye sore, a Dlot on'the fair name of our county, may be done away with at an early date. It cannot be done too soon, nor too well, that we may once more regain our good name and standing with the association and the state at large. On the east bound passenger train Tuesday morning was unloaded 25 -cans, or about 5,000 brook trout, fry size from the Glenwood Fish hatchery. It was the finest shipment of brook trout ever received here. ‘They were planted in the Clearbrook .streams, which pass through the Clearbrook townsite which will in- sure the rodmen here fine fishing. "These fish were planted and ordered under the supervision of the Clear- brook Game, Bird and Fish League or association of which Carl W. Jensen is president. John H. Norby, one of the live and active members had the planting of these fish in hand, which insured quick and careful work. L. Jensen and Olaus Henderson from here and Albert Kaiser of Bag- ley delegate of the Jefferson Highway club from this community attended the state meeting at Little Falls, “Thursday. We understand that some of our commissioners accompanied them down, but not all, which is very much to be regretted, as the full county board had been invited by the county association to attend. The officers of the county association are: I.. Jensen of Clearbrook. president; George T. Hamery of Gonvick, vice president; Dr. C. G. Forrest of Clear- hrook, secretary; E. Randahl of Clearbrook, treasurer, with George Burfield of Shevlin, Ole G. Lee of Bagley and Olaus Henderson of (‘,learbrook, directors. These prom- inent and well known and original Jefferson Highway ‘‘boosters’” insure action and co-operation as never be- fore, and the county members as a whole are to be congratulated upon their happy choice. The delegates on their way to Little Falls will be en- tertained by the Bemidji association -of good roads boosters. The Dorcas society -had a splendid n'leeung Wednesday at Randahl’s as- sisted by Mrs, Ella Pevey. Thirty-nine acres of potatoes grown near Clearbfook have succes- Tully passed three rigid inspections and will be certified as pure, disease free, seed potatoes.. ;These potatpes were grown by Herbert Johnson; ‘Hans Dahlberg, Hogen Tollefson, Arthur Lund and Gabriel Anderson, all farmers residing near Clearbrook. Thirty. acres of Barly Ohios and nine acres of Bliss Triumps ate included in_the total . A. G. Tolaas, chief-in- spector for the State Seed Potato Cer- CLEARWATER C0, EVIDENTLYRAS | W THE JEFFERSON { . NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR| FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1919’ 'FLU” EPIDEMIC If There Is Reourrence It Will Not Be as Severe as Last Winter. F-‘D NO POSITIVE PREVENTIVE Previous Attack Brings Immunity in Percentage of Cases—Enferce- ment of Sanitation and Aveid- .ance of Personal Contact Necessary Precautions. (Authoritativa Statement Issued by United States Public Health Service.) Probably, but by no means cer- tainly, there will be a recurrence of the influenza epidemic this | % year. i} Indications are, that should ¥ it occur, it will not be as severe as the pandemic of the previous 3 winter. ) 4 City officials, state and city ¥ boards of health, should be pre-. 3 pared in the event of a recur- g rence. The fact that a previous at- X $ tack brings immunity in a cer- tain percentage of cases should allay fear on the part of those afflicted in the previous epidem- el Influenza is spread by direct and indirect contact. g It is not certain that the germ i has been isolated, or discovered, and as a consequence there is yet no positive preventive, ex- cept the enforcement of rigid rules of sanitation and the avoid- ance of personal contact. A close relation between the influenza pandemic and the con- stantly increasing pneumonia mortality rate prior to the fall of 1918 is recognized. ' It is now believed that the dis- ease was pretty widely dissem- Inated throughout the country before it was recognized I its epidemic state. This failure to recognize the early cases appears to have been largely due to the fact'that every interest was then centered on the war. £7Above ‘aré’ the' tmportant facts dé- veloped by the United States health service after a careful survey and in- vestiggtion of the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, carried on in every state and important city, and even in for- eign countries. . No one of the many experts of the service would make a more positive forecast of the all-important question, Will there be a recurrence? All agreed, however, that a recurrence was not unlikely, and in the faece of the known facts, that it would be wise to be pre- pared, more with a view of being on the safe side than actually anticipat- ing danger. The following excerpts from the government report are published for the benefit of the public and health officers in the hope that this will serve to set at rest the daily publication in the newspapers of statements. which on one hand are calculated to lull the public into a sense of false security and on the other to unduly cause alarm. Contrary to the opinion expressed frequently during the early weeks of last year’s pandemic by a namber of observers, the studies of the United States public health service indicate that the epidemic was not a fresh im- portation from abroad. Careful study of the mortality statisiics of the Uni- ted States shows that there were a number of extensive though mild fore- runners of the pandemic during the previous three or four years. The ep- fdemic was generMly of a mild type and has since been almost forgotten. It occasioned, however. a noticeable fncrease in the recorded death rate from pneumpnia. Rise in Mortality. In the spring of 1918 tuere was an- other sharp rise in_the mortality rate tification board announced this deci- sion last week after making the third and final inspection of these fields. Growers of certified seed potatoes in Minnesota are already receiving twenty-five cents above the regular market quotations. One half the applications, in Min- nesota, for certification this year did not pass the first inspection. In Clearwater county not one of the ap- plicants failed to pass all three in- spections. This proves conclusively that northern Minnesota is well adapted to the raising of potatoes. RED CROSS IN POLAND. Paris. (By Mail.)—The Inter- Allied Medical Mission to Poland is at Warsaw, to investigate the situation in regard to typhus and other epidem- ic diseases with a view to stamping out these scourages and preveuting their spread across Western Europe. The mission was sent by the Red Cross at the request 6f the Polish Minister of Health. It is composed of Col Hugh S. Cummings, chairman, representing the United States Public Health:Service; Dr.; Aldo Castellani of -Ttaly, Professor 'in the London School of Tropical Medicine; Dr. George S. Buchanan, Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health of Great Britain; and Dr. Wisbecq, Medlcine Prineipal-of the French Service-de Sante. ) LL BE MILDER rom pneumonia and influenza during THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Ifram pneumonia. In the larger cities | gccompanied last year's pandemic. of the Atlantic seaboard these increas- | Commufities should make plans now es occurred during January, February | for dealing with any recurrence of the and March. In the rest of the coun- | epidemic. The prowpt recognition of try, especially the central and west- | the early cases und their effective iso- ern states, the increases occurred In | jatjon should be aimed at. In this con- April, 1 month during which pneumon- | pection. attentioh is called to the fact ia mortality is generally on the decline. | that the cases muy appear to be just This increase was sufficient to-indi-| ordinary colds. A recent extensive cate o strong departure from the nor- | gutbrenk of what were regarded as mal. The increased mortality rate ex- | «gymmer colds” in Peoria, Illinols, tended into May and in some areas | proved on investigution to be an ep- longer. {demic of a mild type of influenza. This occurrence has, it is belleved. | gyperience indicates that these mild a definite significance In relation to | apidemics are often the starting polnts the influenza epidemic. In the United of more severe visitations. Tence ev- States in the spring of 1918, & num- | ory gffort should he made to discover ber of definite local .outbreaks of In- | gy early as possible any unusuual prev- fluenza were observed: alence of “colds.” The rise in mortality from pneumon- | Fo¢r municipalities operating on a 1a, this very similar type of disease,| pydget basis, it is important that all in the spring of 1918 is so sudden, 0 | gelay in providing the necessary finan- marked and so general’ throughout the cja)” support to the health authorities United States as to point very clearly in deallng with a recurrence’ of the to a definite relation. Everything in- | epidemic be avoided by setting aside dicates that the increased mortality an emergency - epldemic fund. This from pneumonia in March and April | pay prove of the greatest value in car- of 1918 was the consequence of a be-| rying out important preventive meas- ginning and largely unnoticed epidem- urgs in the early days of the epidem- ic of influenza, the beginning in this | e, at a: time when their beneficial ef- country of the pandemic which devel- fect is greatest. oped in the autumn of that year. . ' The most promising way to deal with In the British cities the epidemic a’possible recurrence of the influenze manifested three distinct waves—the | epidemic is, to sum it up in a single first and slightest in point of mortal- | word, “Preparedness.” And mow it ity occurng in June and July, the second and wost severa in November; the third — Sixteen-inch, mixed hard and soft slab weod for sale. $3.00 per load. Bemidji Mfg. Co. Phone 481. TFtf in February aund March.| Data, which need not be cited here in: detail, indicate that the course of the| epldemic in ‘western Europe generally was similar. In the United States the| epidemic developed more largely in| a single wave during September, Oc- tober and November. The prevalence of a serious epidem- ic of influenza was first recognized in and around Boston in September of 1918.° Within about two weeks it was | general in the Atlantic seaboard, de- veloping a little later among cities fur- ther west. Rural districts were usu- ally attacked somewhat later than large interests in the same sections. In the cities east of the line of the || Appalachians the excess mortality the weeks ended September 14, 1918, to March 1, 1919, was approximately 5.6 per 1,000; in cities between the Rocky mountains and the Appalachi- ans 4.35; and in those of the Pacific Coast 5.55 per 1,000. Concerning the important question of immunity conferred by an attack of influenza, the evidence is not con- clusive, but there is reason to believe that an attack during the earlier stages of the epidemic confers a con- siderable, but not absolute immunity in the later outbreaks. Transmitted by Contact. In general the pandemic of influenza was largely similar to that of 1889-80 in its development, first a- mild form, later on-a severe world-wide epidemic, in the rapidity of its spread and its high case incidence. It has however been notably different in & much high- er mortality, especially among young || adults. Such evidénce %s has been gathered confirms the conclusion pre- viously reached thut it is transmitted directly and indirectly by contact. It appears, probable, however, that the infection was already widely dissem- inated in this country sometime be- fore a . serious epidemic was recog- nized. Despite the fact that there is still || some uncertainty as to the nature of the micro-organism causing pandem- ic influenza, one thing is certain, that the disease is communicable from per- son to person. Moreover, judging from experience in other diseases, it is probable that the germ, whatever its nature, is carried about mot only by those who are ill with influenza, but by persons who may be entirely well. - Everything which increases per- sonal contact, therefore, should be re- garded as a factor in spreading influ- enza. Much was heard last winter of the use of face masks. Though the use of suitably constructed masks will re®uce the interchange of respiratory germs through inhalation, it must be remem- bered that there are many other paths by which such germs are transmitted from person to person. Soiled hands, common drinking cups, improperly cleaned eating and drinking utensils in restaurants, soda fountains, etc., roller towels, infected food—these are only a few of the common vehicles of germ transmission. The use of face masks appears to make people neglect these other paths of infection, and so the use of face masks has not been attended with the success predicted for them. If we would be more suc- cessful fm combating -influenza great- er attention must be pald to the fac- tors just enumerated. The question of most practical and immediate interest is the probability: of recurrence in the near future. Re- currences are characteristic of influ- enza epidemics; and the history of the last pandemic and previous ones would seem to point to the conclusion that this one has not yet run its full course. On the other hand this epi- demic has already shown three more or less distinct phases and has been more severe, at least in mortality, than the three-year epidemic of 1889-92, facts which justify the hope, though not the conclusion, that it has run its course already. Recurrence s Likely. It seems probable, however, that we may expect at leas® local recurrences In the near future, with an increase over the normal mortality from pneu- monia for perhaps several years; and certainly we should ‘be, as far as pos- sible, prepared to meet them by pre- vious organization of forces.and meas- ures for attempted prevention: treat- ment, and scientific investigation. . 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