The Springdale news., 1914-03-20

sick, and is of the hemorrhagic or black" small pox type.
 As to the nurses and medical at tention: I was sick when the epi- demic first broke out, but the first cases were seen and attended by Drs. Martin and Christian of Spring dale Later 1 attended Bert Carson and his family, MT. Brown and his family, Zan Phillips. Henry Hollo- way, Rell Aaron and Jesse Hollo- way
 Drs. Cooper of Elm Springs and Christian of Springdale attended Ci- ccro Reed. Dr. Martin attended Harien Phillips. l do not know who attended Bettie Phillips, Mrs. Hollo- way and Mrs. Carson.
 The nurses in the Carson home were c. o. White and wife, Mrs. George Bement and John Shaffer.
 In the Holloway home were J. H. Johnson and MT. Geo. Bement.
 In the Brown home were Mir. and Mrs John Holt, Mir. Carter and Mir. Jordan.
 In the Phillips home were Frank Phillips, Jim Downum, Alex Down um and Mrs. Tennie Wiswell. There is phone in each house.
 All nurses assigned to these cases have had small pox and recovered from the disease at some time ln the past. Whether or not the above mentioned doctors and nurses are to be considered competent IS a matter to be decided by the inter tested parties: that is, the patients; but it is my opinion and the opin- ion of the families involved, that your charge of neglect is ill founded,
 Deputy Sheriff Will Fergus of Elm Springs Township has spent most of his time in enforcing the quarantine regulations and relieving the material necessities of the saff- ering families.
 trust that you will correct the comment made in the issue of the 18th and feel that the best way you can do so is to publish in full both of my letters, as have tried to avoid duplicating what l said in the first except so far as necessary.
 Whether intentionally or not, you have misrepresented the conditions as they now exist and have existed in the Elm Springs neighborhood; something that I feel no selfrespect- ing newspaper can do without mak- ing every effort to make amends.
 have no desire to enter into q controversy with you or any other paper n case you see fit to pub lish this, kindly send lie copy Of the paper containing it.
 Mosttruly yours.
 FB. Young.
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 A careful reading of the above will show the great value of vaccination as preventive of smallpox, even Mr and Mrs. Phillips, who were vac cinated fifty years ago, having as mild an attack as Alex DoWnum, who had the smallpox the same year.
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 Didn't Get It Here.
 The report was recently publish ed that Lee Downum of Harrison was ill with smallpox and that he contracted the disease while visit ing near Springdale. Dr F. B. Young wrote the health officer at Harrison for particulars, and re- ceived in reply the following;
 Harrison, March 9.-Dr F B. Young, springdale. Dear Doctor: Replying to yours of 9th in refer ence to Lee Downum having the smallpox. He has it, but he says that he did not see his father-in-law, but seems to think that he con tracted the disease somewhere on his trip to Springdale. but rather links he got 1t at Seligman from q tramp.
 He is getting along nicely and think we have the situation under good control We isolated every one that had been exposed, and vacci- mated them All that never had been yaccinated are taking nicely So