Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
STATE ANTI-TUBERcULosrs
ASSOCIATION
DIR. j. @. Mahr, secretary.

DIR. J. @. Mahr, Secretary.
Many inquiries ore received by
the State Bear dof elTelth from those
who are afflicted with consumption,
or have members of their family af-
flicted with some form Of tuberculo-
sis. They request information on
how the disease can be cured. The
inquiries cover wide field.
One mother writes relative to lit
tie. son with tuberculosis Of the spine.
She does not want to see him become
hunchBack. One writes fol-. help
for her daughter. She is without
money but she will work to support
her daughter. One wife writes that
she is making fight to get we'll.
She has family Of three children
and she is afraid that her husband
is also infected. The future does not
look bright for her. She is afraid
that the three children viii in short
time become orphans. A school teach
er writes that in her room last year
was a very bright and promising pu-
pill, young girl of sixteen years Of
age. He missed her this year and
soon started an investigation to find
why she was not with her class. He
soon found her. She was confined
to her bed with consumption. She
and her mother lived together IN a
dugout and her mother was taking in
washing.
There are large number OF such
letters. Now, what is Oklahoma go
in gto do? We have proper penal
institutions where we can confine en-
emies Of society. They cost the state
an immense sum of money. We have
proper elemosynary institutions and
these cost large sums of money. We
are meeting the expense of our mag.
nificent educational institutions, but
what benefit is an education to a
young man or young woman who will
die soon after graduation with con-
SUMPTION
Is it not just as necessary to look
after the physical health OF society
as it is to protect it from the GRIM
inal? Is It not just as necessary to
lieve those who are sick with con-
sumption and provide suitable places
for their care and treatment as il
is to provide and care for those who
belong to the. elemosynary institu-
tions?
Do not think that the crusade on
the White Plague is fad for it is
not. There was never crusade en-
titled to more credit than is due this
crusade. nor one that has done more
for humanity. Don't be Indifferent
and grow to believe that thero can
not be as much consumption and tu-
berculosis as the health officers, pub
lie speakers and news writers are
claiming. 1t is only necessary for
you to make an investigation in your
community and convince yourself it
is in and around you. You y6u may
be fortunate and at the present time
no victim of the disease in your fam
lily, this may not always be the case.
Don't be selfish. Remember that you
should also be interested to some ex-
tent in your neighborhood. 1t takes
all classes of people to make good
government. Everyone has his or
her place and are needed. While you
may not need your neighbor today
you cannot afford to be indifferent
toward him and his family. for he
may not be able to protect you and
your family from the infection exist
Ing in ais household. To protect your
own family you should assist him in
order that he may be properly cared !
for and that he may be able to pro-
tect you and others.