The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-12-24
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III which to live and there are num-
peerless farmhouses, especially of the
iafm-oWner class, that possess most
excellent modern sanitary V
fences. Still it is a fact that there
are also n~umberless other farmhouses
especially of the tenant class. and
even numerous rural schoolhouses
Ilat DO not have the rudiments of
sanitary arrangement. Health con-
oltlons In many parts of the open
country, therefore, are in urgent need
OF betterment."
! me problem of rural sanitation
calls for consideration from two
points OF view: that of the possible
danger of Objectionable surround
lngs and unhygienic practices to the
individual on the farm and his i'm
mediate %neighbors; and that of the
menace which insanitary farm condi-
IONS may present indirectly to urban
communities. The sanitary relation
OF the farm to the city involves al
most entirely the possibility of the
spread OF actual infection from coun-
Try to city through milk, vegetables,
and other farm products. A few
years ago it was not uncommon for
farmers to meet with a spirit of re-
slstance any suggestion of hygienic
improvements which we're planned
to diminish the danger of the farm
as a starting point for the spread of
disease. At times there has actually
been aggressive opposition to pro-
posed regulations the object of which
was defensible from every unbiased
point of view. The milk industry
could furnish many instances in re-
cent times of actual refusal on the
part OF farm communities to supply
an essential food to the market un-
der conditions that to-day are every
where accepted as rational and neces-
sary.
A few years ago the apparent in
difference of the rural communities
to the needs of the urban population
dependent on the farm for a health
full food supply could be excused on
the basis of ignorance. To-day there
IS no excuse for apathy toward the
teachings of modern sanitation. The
campaign of education that is being
waged throughout the United States
by all manner of forces-municipal.
and nationally agencies o n
with the Public Health Ser
nee, the Department of Agriculture.
he experiment stations, the state
Universities, boards of health, civic
organizations and the public press
'ught to win its way into every ru-
al home that has any ties whatever
With civilized communities.
The better understanding of the
armer's unavoidable responsibility
oWard his distant fellow citizen has
turn reacted to advantage in re-
pect to his own environment. AS a
writer has expressed it: For
lnately with the general advance in
standards of living in recent
ears there has come about a con-
Iderable awakening of interest
mong farmers and representatives
I rura! communities along these
mes, as we'll as among the public
) a whole. Modern methods of COM
+~unlcatlon and travel have to a great
brought the rural districts in
closer relationship with the towns !.
I'd cities. The farmer learns of the .
approved general health and reduc- -.
In the death rate resulting from .
e decrease of the ravages of con- i.
'glous disease, which has been d.
ought about through the introduce .
OF such preventive measures as .
sanitary water supply. proper me- !.
DDS for the disposal of sewage and .
and mosquito and fly ex- !.
rmination, and wishes to avail him.
IL OF these benefits. !
The country medical practitioner
ell realizes the futile idealism of !
UGH that emanates from an urban :
SIX. Sometimes the most elemen- j;
ry sanitary conditions offer puz-
Ing problems when the expense and :
aslbility of the proposed remedies :
e carefully studied. Too often the ;
y reformer forgets the enforced !
onotony of diet, the lack of recre- i!
on and the excessive hours of work p.
llch farm conditions entail in !
me sections and at certain seasons. !
lere are social as we'll as economic !
rces involved in farm life, says the :
urnal of the American Medical AS :
The reform of rural san
Itlon, which is ~undeniably called
In some parts of the United States o
not overlook the personal ele- h
ent so strong in the country dwell C
With the eXigencies of the situa- T
N Kept in mind the campaign for h
.provement in rural sanitation is tt
,ely, In the words of a recent writer c.
do much to make farm life at once Il
IRE profitable, more healthful and II
IRE attractive, and by so doing CON d
butte to safeguard the food supply, a
d therefore the health and eficien- Ia
of the nation. O.
A pleasant dance was given Thurs t;
y evening at the l. o. o. F. by a n,
mber of the young ladies in honor II
Miss Ruth Hart who left this d
for her home at La Grande. ST