Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-01
BOARD
WILL
RESIGN
Horse Editor Thinks the Tow,
viii Not Tip Over on
That Account

The Salem board Of health Ia,
up its individual and collective ri,s
resign. As an aggregation it win ..,..
to exist, and, will, metaps s,;.,r.
speaking, turn its little pink ,o.,
to the roots Of the daisies Tss a..
nal regrets to chronicle this fact.
grets that it will be called uvo, 1.
write the obituary Of the BODY. AZ A.,
Death in any form, or Of anything -
NAL, vegetable or even Of bodis, l.,,l
though artificial, savOrs always q ~
ness, and to see salem's health bs,,,
die Of inaution, when it should 1.
lusty and healthy youngster Of IN,
years old, is indeed touching. The lniI
vidual members Of the board are clsvr
gentlemen, and good citizens, and \.
doubt, each and every one Of them hu
the good Of the city at heart, but, q,
collective body, they remind one Il
that puzzling question, "why Is /,
mousei" As q matter Of fact thego /
no particular reason for the boarais 81
istence; there is nothing for It 10 "a
unless to receive the report Of tie sss
active health officer, whom the urts.
nance provides must be a police off.s.
and pass It up to the council Yet n,
board has some authority. It esn y
port on and compel the abateusat (
nuisances, and can authorize the ervss
diture Of money in sums not to ezes.i
s25, in looking after the health Of tAs
city. It can really do about all Tia,
is necessary to make Salem grow sni
maintain her health, but the trOub,
seems to be that the board is Of IN
opinion there should be a hospital o
some arrangement for caring for per
sons with contagious diseases, thn
there should be an ambulance and gaIb
age cart, and other such things, all =
which the city government deems, n
present, at least, unnecessary. Tal
board has been in existence for aboa
two years, and there has been no strsa
uous activity required Of It. The sy|
has logged along all right, and It !
quite probable that the great maiorirl
Of Salem,s citizens retired at nigf
without specially remembering NJ
board Of health in its prayers, and 'sA
their morning coffee without wcfryi4|
what the board Of health would Y
next. II is doubtful even IL the friea4|
Of the individual members Of the bolrA
and that means everybody, reme1bsrsi
as they greeted them in their daily .
tereourse, that. any Of them belonged 2
the board Of health. OF course, no o,'
will blame them for resigning, not =
they feel that way, but, gentlensi
what's the usef The mayor viii Aa''
to appoint, or the council elect, s'z'
other Of Salem's citizens Why hH
cause all this trouble' No one is fi''
ing any fault with your managens'i
and Jim Lewis is looking after Ting
in satisfactory manner True, -
might not be able 20 diagnose disea''
contagious or otherwise, but its safe =
say he can prognostieate a dead eai y
fore its stage Of ripeness prevents ~
being shipped. He can locate 'e"''
that needs fixing before it become con
fluent and can, and does, examine Ih'
alleys and bye ways, where a phy'ien'
would hardly go. The Journal res''a
to see the board of health resign, f'r
is as good a board as salem can 81
but, should it do 50, the health OF -
city win probably run along at SOou
its usual high per cent, and not 'an'
any serious relapse from the shock