The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-26

p famous document Thomss 5ef
srsea e1uaeiated tbe princigie thai
mea are By aatrre endowed pitb eer-
ain iuslienable rights and eamons
shese are life liberty and the pursuit
q happiness
4 very simple eiemsntary proposl-
tipa q th - much 81 thar W. are
disposed To oy~slook Il because VI fha
very faet that & is y eommon.p'ane
We reoogpize tae oug of ihs Sat ~
gaaFd 0ur liberties 5at Va Ne Dat
sufficient stress upon the protection "
lite and bealth, Hbieh AFRO first requi-
sites s. tsle pursuit ~ happiness VIZ
are very Jealous of our property rights
snd aRy enort of "fobber trust of
li-consideFed LEGISLATION ID interfere
with our bassnesz Immediately pro
Foies protest., but are We equally sen
sitlYe 10 The necessity Tor constant care
y safeguarding our phySicsI seIl-be.
mgr
e IS 4 common saying that life IL
he'd cheap nouaoays and Il seems to
p true. bat aiibin the past few years
We hare beer waking W 70 TIE im-
ls9rtanee of 9he greatest of All ixgues
fae conservation o. human iife. IA
tional and state societies have been
formed for she purpose of stamping
ogt ths great white plague" and tbe
educational campaign ihat is being
conducted through these agencies IL
hound ~ bear fruit The aeitation
agaiast the disease bearing w and thea
MOSQUITO rs another example III the ef
fors fl the sanAe direction. Municipal
health authorities ARE also giving
more attention taan eyer before TO
sanitation and other methods 81 r..
eueing disease % 4 minimpm.
n neW country Ike Oklahoma.
where the people peftorce 81 clrcum.
stances have had their attention ab-
sorbed BY the problem of developing
a commonwealth % the material side.
me tendency has inevitably been to
overlook many of the things which "a
older communities are considered on
1fei Importance We have had many
things % do and It was Impossible
g % FL Of them Al once and do them
thoroughly While We have our health
boards and sanitary regulations and
through these have accomplished
much, 4 cannot be denied that We have
not yet al communities achieved tho
RESULTS which We must have ID order
p give the needed protection 10 lie
and health.
Consider the small BOX epidemic
through which chickasha. Oklahoma
eiiy and other cities have passed dur
ing ine past six months. We don't pre-
iend y be medical authority, but we
venture the assertion that # chickasha
1ad been properly prepared to take
care Of the first case, the epidemic
could have been stamped out within
siz weeks, instead 81 extending oyer
months. Hundreds of dollars OF direct
expense which fell on the city would
have been saved, suffering would have
been saved and. above ali, number
of lives would have been saved. Shall
se moi as community take broad
humanitarian view civilized view ifl
you please, and carry out the steps
which are necessary 10 prevent repe
'ition q the same thing a the III.
tufe7
Il Is not worth while 70 dwell on
ne past II makes no difference now
q 70 who u 10 blame Or whether any
body but the community as a whole 4
responsible for what has come TO
pass. The only important matter Is to
% The things now that the situation
'aquifes and 70 look TO safeguarding
De future.
Some Of our best physicians tell as
hat compulsory vaccination should be
.lgidly enforced. Il can easily be done
Z every citizen VIII lend his aid. And
hen We must have On ndequatd pest
louse and detention camps. decenily
.qulppea suitable places for caring FOR
aeh and poor. Then We can tighten
p our quarantine rules, as efecting
y contagious diseases We must look
9 our physicians for guidance and our
municipal authorities must see that al
iealfh laws are faithfully enforced.
fallzins constantly that tho lives and
lealih q tae people are IN their hands
of protection