The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-08
APPROPRIATION
FAR TOO SMALL
Says it is Not Great Enough
to Properly Care For
Seventy Patients.
LOCAL
NEED IMPROVEMENT
Makes Suggestions-Physi-
clans Speak on Tuberculo-
sis at Other Churches.

Declaring that both the building
and appropriation were inadequate.
Rev. Homer Nj. Cook, pastor of the
First Baptist church. yesterday norm
ing attacked the states method Of
handling and promoting the tuhercu-
losis sanitariu,n at Dunscith. His tu-
herculosis Sunday address also ON
tanned q numbe of suggestions for
'bettering conditions. in Grand Forks.
tuberculosis sunday was observed
in several other local churches. II
every phase of the disease. it's cause.
cure and preventive measures, was
discussed.
Mr.. Cook WAS h only pastor who
spoke on the White Plague" the 9TH
err pulpits being filed by physicians.
After speaking of the physical. mem
Mr.. Cook launched into a description
of the inadequacy of the s%anitariuln.
Equipment Poor and Inefficient.
I'VE have in North Dakota" he
said, about 5000 tubercular subjects.
and vet that santariurn is constructed
to accommodate only seventy. And.
furthermore, the state appropriation is
mot adeduate to even care for that
F. many. The equipment is very poor
and not sufficient 10 properly treat the
subjects. They lack beds. bedding,
undertaking, hot water bottles. Their
mometers and many other things nee
essary to properly care for the pa
TENTS"
Following his Mr.. Cook touched
on local conditions. He declared that
Grand Forks needs to do much in the
way of making it a more sanitary city.
Abolish Open Soy, or.
''1he east end Of DeMers avenue"
he said, SHOULD he cleaned Ut at
npro Thar oman Sou,or which &c nm.
der water, should be taken away en-
tirely.
Some Poor Ventilation.
Buildings in this city are poorly
Ventilated and many of them are alb
s%olutely unsanitary. l think, judging
from a health standpoint, no one will
deny hat a new high school should
he built as soon as possible 3. The
churches should be better ventilated.
and so should the store buildings of
the city. There r several unsani-
!ary buildings on DeNIers yenue that
should be z at once"
Ruediger Feature Prevention.
Or. Ruediger, of the university pub
lie health laboratory. spoke at Ply
mouth CONGREGATIONAL church. He
touched on. the various phases Of the
Giseasc. telling first how it Is con-
tracted. He made special feature of
the preventive measures. He also gave
q brief summary Of some of the things
that have been accomplished in sue
cessfully lighting tuberculosis. as well
as several other diseases.
EdncatiGn the Solution.
DR.. J. Grassick. secretary of the
state board Of health and president of
the Anti-Tubercu1osis association,
spoke at the Presbyterian church last
night. He declared that tuberculosis
is a ~preventable and curnhlc disease
and that right living is the keynote
to its eradication He also declared
! THAT in the education Of the masses
lies the solution of the problem.
In speaking Of educating the massee
he said that the better classes Of PEG
pie are reached through the press and
acknowledgements literature. but that
the personal element had to be used
in spreading knowledge among the
lower classes. Visiting nurses. he
said. are an efficient element in the
work of education and eradication
The sa%nitarium, he declared, had &
double duty to perform in the curing
of the disease and in educating the
people to fight it. The sale Of RED
Cross stamps gives every one a chance
to take part in the fight, he said.