Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-12-01

CITIZENS OF; WARREN ORGANIZE
ANTi-TUBERcULosis SOCIETY,"
EVERY VILLAGE AND TOWN.
SHIP IN THE COUNTY SHOULD
DO LIKEWISE

~Ao are interested In Waglng de-
termined fight against the dreaded
disease consumption, met at the city
hall on Monday evening and proceed
ed to organize the Warren Anti-Tu.
berculosis society. DR.. G. S. Wat
tam. who had been instrumental IN
calling the meeting, was chosen to
preside as chairman, and Mrs. J. p.
Easton served as secretary. DR.. Wat
tam in an able speech called atten-
ton to the prevalence OF the disease
in this section of the state and to the
necessity of combating it by every
means at our command According
to the mortality statistics of the Red
River Valley counties, the deaths due
to tuberculosis, in the cities and viii
lagos, are fully ten per cent land in
the country districts they reach as
high as IA per cent of the total num-
ber of deaths. That means that one
person out of every ten in the towns:
and one out of every seven in the
country die from consumption. 1t is
high time therefore that the people
wake up and try to check the ravages
of the disease. tuberculosis is a
germ disease, and as such is prevent
able and in it's early stages also cur
able The only way it can be COM
municated from one person to another
is through the sputum from persons
afflicted with it. Fresh air, sunlight
and cleanliness are it's enemies. 1t
was rather strange that the disease
should be so prevalent here when our
climate is less favorable to the dis
ease than anywhere else on earth.
The causes must be found in the
mode of living of our people. A cam
paign of education is necessary to
teach the people how to live properly
themselves, and how to care properly
for those afflicted with the disease SO
as to avoid communicating it to 9th
ers Dr. Rratrud emphasized what
DR.. Wattam had said in regard to the
prevalence of the disease, stating that
the percentage of deaths due to tu-
berculosis was undoubtedly even
greater than given in the statistics, as
many deaths primarily due to tuber-
culoSis are attributed to other causes
in the reports.
Rev. G.. Wahlund was called upon
to say something upon the subject.
He said he had often wondered why
the disease should prevail now to
such an extent, as he did not believe
the people nowadays lived in poorer
houses or paid any less attention to
ventilation than did our forefathers.
He thought one cause might be the
wearing of cheap underclothing and
other clothing, made in sweat shops,
by people in all stages of the disease.
After the addresses, the Warren
Anti-Tuberculosis society was organ
lied with the following officers Rev.
G. .Wahlund, president; L. Lamber-
son, vice president; DR.. G. S. Wattam,
secretary, and o. H. Taralseth, treas
urer. Executive committees: Mrs.
A. L. Robinson, Aug. Lundgren, Rev.
E. 0. Chelgren, Mrs. A. Grindeland
and Rev. A. A. Meyers. Finance COM
mittee. Mrs. j. P. Easton, Chas. Wit
tensten, H. L. Wood.
A resolution was passed to the ef-
feet that this society will cheerfully
coOperate with similar societies or
ganized elsewhere in the county with
a view of merging these into a Mar
shall County Anti-Tuberculosis soci'
ETY.. All villages and townships in
the county are urged to organize 10
cal societies at once in order that an
effective campaign of education may
be started with a view of roofing out
the disease from our fair state. 1t
can be done, if everybody will coop
crate ta.