El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
WITH
CIVILIAN CLINIC
Commissioners Hear Pro
posal of Health Service
to Treat Disease.

/ A civilian clinic. FOR the treatment
I Of men and women suffering from
/ diseases incident 10 the social evil.
viii probably be established In FL
/ Paso in the very near future. through
the patronage Of the United States
public health service and the Red
Cross and the cooperation OF the
/ county commissioners. and. in all
probability, the city council
Dr. VIII Rogers, county health Of
fioer appeared at a meeting of the
county commissioners Monday after
noon and explained the plans o. she
public health service He presented
correspondence between Dr. J. W.
Tappau, local federal health officer.
and the surgeon general at Washing
ton. DR. Iappan had recommended
Dr. Rogers 10 be in charge Of the
clinic The proposal Of the govern
menL which planned TO make the area
about the military camps safer for
men. SO that more could be brought
here in the opinion Of DR. Rogers,
contemplated the following;
Would Last Six Months
The public health service To pro-
vide ard pay q specialist whose ser
vices would be given free locally
the army 10 provide the necessary
probation officers TO bring patients
10 the clinic when they need atten-
ton; the Red Cross TO provide nurses
and materials. while local authorities
provide for the clinic and police-
women. The clinic would remain
about six mOuthe, or longer Il neces-
sary.
The county commissioners accorded
the plan ready approval and eI-
pressed their desire 20 cooperate in
every way, doing all the conditions
imposed on them DR.. Rogers LETT
saying that he would confer with Dr.
". l. Brown. of the local Red Cross
society. and Dr. Tappan as TO carry
ing out the details Of the plan.
Morgan to Build Bridge.
on report Of county engineer Z.
A. White on the bids Tor constructing
the bridge on DOniphan'S drive be-
tween the cement plant and the
smelter. i- was decided the bid OF ]
r Morgan. S144I-s0, was the lowest
The county attorney was instructed
TO prepare the necessary contract
Bids for surfaciug the road from
Socorro to Clint via san Elizarlo.
were opened and the proposals OF
Dudley q orr Pete WetZeL Lee
Moor Contracting company and Joe
Wellington We're referred 20 the
engineer, TO be compared
DIT Rogers reported there were IL
deaths II the county hospital dur
luE NONeIuuEE-
A supplemental bond for $4,000.
given by the First National bank as
county school depository. was 1p-
proved The main bond had been for
S15O000
Wants salary Made Good
C. W. Mckinney. district clerk. re-
ported total receipts OF his office
for ghe fiscal year 20 have been
s725S-69 with disbursements al
S6le5.gU. leaving as his salary
s1O5-.-g. whereas the law allows him
q maximum Of $3.50. The small sal
airy accruing during the year was
caused by the fact that many fees
were PAYABLE TO his predecessor IN or 7
flee il was said. He petluOneC the
board TO allow him an amount SUI Z
fcieur To bring his salary up 10 the j
p maximum of $3.50. The small sal /
for services performed eEotflclo. such /
as keeping minutes and the like. Tor .
which there are no fees. The petition /
was referred to the county auditor. F
Wants New Ambulance
y. +. Sterling. superintendent Of
the county hospital, presented bud i
get for the fiscal year tIst started II /
called for total expenditures Of $751; I
l5S. against which $4,000 estimated in I
come is set off. The high expense fig ]
ure is caused by the fact that new
ambulance is TO be purchased and 4
payments must be made on the E-ray .
outfit recently purchased for the hos I.
picaL
Manuel Medina. san ElizariO justice /
Of the peace, filed his annual report I.
showing three cases tried during the F.
year, with total fines of 81.