The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-08-24

The Herald is not an alarmist. 1t
has no patience for throw-the-scare-
of-the-devil agitators, but it does be-
ieve in safety first. Also, it believes
in the old agage that an ounce OF pre-
vention is worth pound OF cure.
Sank Centre has not had a case OF in
fantile paralysis this summer. How
ever, the disease has cropped out In
all directions about the city-to the
north and south and east and west.
Sank Centre has remained immune.
Why? Because it is clean town and
because parents have been careful
with their children. Let's keep it up
and avoid a visitation of the dread
disease. AS stated before the Herald
is not an alarmist and it publishes the
following from the st. Cloud Times
only as a warning to those parents
who might become careless or those
who, in innocent Ignorance. might
contribute towards contagion and ep-
idemic as in the instances cited:
Tt is up to the parents. DR.. w. P.
Green says they will be responsible
for further spread of infantile paral-
ysis in this section of the state. 1t
will be because the parents have not
placed the proper restrictions upon
their children.
"They are allowed to travel and go
to public places too MUCH said DR..
Green, who was in St. Cloud Satur-
day night. Il never saw the like OF at
in any other county in the state. On
the train between St. Cloud and Sank
Centre children were travelling just
the same as ever. Parents do not
seem to realize that every time they
take their children out they are ex-
posing them to the disease"
"Dr. Green declared that children
should be kept at home as closely as
possible from the dust and that they
should not come into contact with any
living thing which might travel and
transmit the disease.
"There is an amazingly large in
crease in the number of cases in this
section of the state. The increase, OF
course, is not confined alone to
Stearns county, but there is very
large percentage of the cases right
AROUND here.
IF the parents will watch their
children carefully for six weeks long
er the danger Of infection will be
practically over, said DR.. Green. by
this time it would be the first of Oc-
tober and cooler weather. The dan
ger of getting the disease would be
reduced to minimum by. that time.
"sI should like to see children sep
arated,' the health expert said. Chill
dren of one family should not be per-
mitted to mingle freely with children
of another. Of course, this is rather
hard to do, but it is the safest plan
for we do not know where malady is
going to strike and the symptoms do
not show until the child has had the
disease for some time, and then it is
too late to keep the children apart.
"Some of the most unusual cases
ever recorded here have developed
during the last tour Of inspection of
DIR. Green, since. he was here over a
week ago. At Deer Creek village a
man and woman between the ages of
40 and As years contracted the dis
ease, getting it from their children or
from vi5itors.
AIn this case relatives came up on
July 4th to visit. It was at the La
Barge family and a few days after
ward two OF the -LaBarge children
showed symptoms of the disease. The
parents did not know what was WRONG
at first and the children were permit
ted to run about and Mingle with
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