Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-13


A34D & A36E vaIencia ST., San Francisco, Cal.
KINDLY MAIL THIS to ssassas Wild CANCER
are anxious for hospital, modern in
equipment and appointments, in Salem,
which should have at least $50 beds. A
hospital is not supposed to be money
making institution but an eleemosynary
one and should be conducted on the
most careful lines, compatible with ef-
ficiency and should furnish means
of securing most thorough treatment
and care of those in its care. Our hos
pitals are not fully equipped in the most
modern manner and if it were not for
the constant vigilance of the managers,
the results obtained would not be as
good as they are. There certainly is
great need for a new modern hospital
in Salem, and I am inclined TO think
that if the proper persons would en-
courage the matter and utilize all re-
sources, a movement could be started
which would result in the erection of
hospital adequate to the needs of the
people here for a long number of years
The instruction of the public to co.
operate in procuring safety in the in
dustries, and the securing of personal
and collective hygiene and sanitation
must be the result of governmental,
federal, state and municipal action, al
lied with civic agencies.
The following declarations Of inten-
tions are copied from certificate of
membership in the American Life and
Home-savers' League. Can anyone esti-
mate the amount of good such declara-
tion would be to the city Of Salem, if
every resident would keep, to the best
of their ability, every vow in the whole
list:
l. I will not spit on the sidewalk.
2. I will not spit on the walls or
floor of any building or any ear.
3. 1 will not put garbage in any
alley or open lot unless in covered
metal receptacle.
4. I will not allow any rubbish or
waste material to accumulate in any
basement, attic, or closet on my phem.
ises.
5. I will do all in my power to ex-
terminate rats, mice, and bugs in my
house.
6. I will do all in my power to. keep
my yard, alley, basement and attic clean
and in healthy condition.
7. I will do all in my power to pre-
serve the life of my fellow man, when
endangered from any cause.
s. I will not handle or permit amy
woman or child to handle loaded pis.
tol or gun in my house.
8. I will see that coal oil and gaso.
line are kept in metal can and in a
safe place, outside the house, and lamps
and stoves are all filled by daylight
only.
10. / will see that the furnaces or
heating apparatus is carefully examined
and believed to be entirely safe before
leaving the house or retiring for the
night.
IL. will remove all waste paper,
packing material and rubbish from the
premises daily.
12. will keep matches in metal
boxes in location where little children
cannot reach them, and where rats and
mice can do no harm.
13. will remedy any defects on my
own property that jeopardizes life or
property.
IA. l will encourage the discontinuance
of fireworks within the city limits.
10. will report to the proper author.
tiles any defect, which to my mind
should be attended to, or which jeop.
ardizes either life or property, or which
will benefit the sanitary condition in
the locality in which l live.
These declarations are all practical
and not burdensome.
No one even after having studied
many years along this line Of work.
could give us better advice than that,
and it is not comforting to be told that
even our best schools pay scant atten'
tion to the manifold aspects of hygiene
and sanitation, and that the best teach
ing of today is not in textbooks or in
schools, but in leaflets issued and dis
tributed by certain leading boards OF
health and life insurance companies
Criticism becomes a reproach when II
is never needed and the better paths to
which it points are never followed.
So let us spread and live the gospel
of pure food, pure water, pure air and
sunshine. Let us flood our homes and
hearts with this light, let us realize that
our city has a right to demand that
each individual exert every influence to
keep Salem as sanitary as possible. Let
us feel a moral obligation to improve
not only the condition Of our homes
but that of the locality in which we
live, as well. Health is only right liv
ing made over into life and when each
one of us has learned and applied this
fact we shall nightly increase the
length and strength Of our lives.
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