Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-01
DEATH LIST IN 1903.
tuberculosis Claimed 5000 VIC
Tins During the Year.
kEPFoRD's MONTHLY REPORT

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State Lecturer Says Il 10 Worse Than
Folly for intelligent People to
Permit Tuberculosis TO De-
stroy Such Vast Number.
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Des Moines. Feb. 49, State Tuber
culosis Lecturer A. e. Kepford has is.
sued his regular monthly report touch.
ing on the situation in this state.
He calls attention to the fact that
the dread disease issiill reaping its
harvest in this state add that within
the past year 5000 persons have sue.
cumbed to 1t. thiQ bItng he says, q
conservative estint b, His letter fol.
lows:
"The report Of the state board u
health concerning the number Of
deaths from tuberculosis Is startling.
There were 1,515 persons reported to
have died from tuberculosis last year.
II 1915 were the whole number It
would be bad enough, but 1t Is believ-
ed by those in position to know that
this number can be multiplied by two,
thus making more than 5000 persons
who died in Iowa last year from .
preventable disease. And 1t would be
Interesting, indeed, were 1t possible
to make an analysis Of these deaths.
We would find no age or condition
had been spared, and that while tn.
berculosis is disease Of the poor.
yet the rich had not escaped. We
would ind young mothers smitten In
the midst of cooling babyhood and
playing child; the wage Garner. the
man who does the heavy work has
been destroyed; the minister. lawyer,
doctor, banker, farmer, editor. in fact
every profession and trade has been
compelled to walk the great white way
to death. What awful havoc! What
needless waste Of human life! What
tragedy Of sorrow! What cause OF
crime! What problems for charity!
What financial loss!
II the economic aspect alone were
to be urged as reason for the aboli.
ton OF tuberculosis 1t would be sum.
cient as the loss to Iowa last year
appropriated more than 100000.
The large number of these persons
who died were young, just at the high
est point Of ehiciency and greatest
value to the state and the financial
loss involved is appalling indeed. This
disease reaps the largest harvest OF
all contagious and infectious diseases
put together with possibly the excep-
ton of pneumonia and We have come
70 the time when the people must act.
ut is worse than folly for intelli'
gent people such as compose the citi.
zenship Of Iowa to permit tuberculos-
is to destroy untimely this vast mum.
Der.
Let the people read the startling
figures given here. Let them think Of
what the future must hold for many
children, then let the children be tax
en- care of and society protected BY
restrictive measures.
Good Roads Program Issued.
The program for the state good
roads convention to be held March
and 9 in Des Moines has been issued.
1t was prepared by Governor Car.
roll, the good roads committee OF the
Commercial club and the state high
way commission.
Prominent men OF the state who
have been Identified with the good
roads movement or who are interest.
ed in It, are scheduled for addresses.
The second day Of the convention
Joint sessions will be held with the
Iowa Transformers association
association which is in convention
here March g..
Bio Collection Of Taxes.
In the last six months nearly H..
100000 has come into the Golfers Of
the Polk county treasury from the
county, city and special taxes. The
exact amount is $950.545.67. Of that
amount, $110,2561.61 is from taxes on
farm property. $736,321.37 from city
taxes, and $103.967.69 from special
taxes collected by the tax ferrets.
James conroy 10 Dead.
After twenty-five years continual
residence in Des Moines, James Con.
roy, pioneer contractor, died at his
home, 663 Twentieth street, aged 81
years. Mr.. Conroy had been i'll but
. few days, having contracted a cold
which rapidly developed into q Sc,
we're case Of the grip.
Girl Who Figured in Elopement, WEEDS
Miss Florence Holly, student at
Drake university, daughter Of promi.
nent Marshalltown family, who fgur.
ed in an attempted elopement to this
city last fall with Clinton Bueghley
Of Liscomb, has been united marriage
to Wyllis Nichols.
Gets $500 Judgment.
Maggie Losh has been awarded
$500 Judgment in Judge Brennan's di.
r.