The weekly soliphone., 1917-08-23

The WEEKLY SOl.IPHONE, THURSDAY Al
suits The mayor the policemen and the health officer
loath 10 complain arrests when such be
avoided, but under present conditions 1t would be moth
ing short of suicide not to enforce rules that recog
nized essential to the preservation of health and the
prevention of additional sickness Typhoid is raging
like pcstience Within the past few weeks not less
than fifty have been recognized within the city.
DR.. White, federal surgeon who came here and made
but superficial investigation, of the opinion that
either the milk supply open closets, contaminated
ter is responsible for the disease. We do not yet Know
what his findings will be- Specimens taken when he
turned to Little Rock will be analysed and report made
But while DR.. White is doing laboratory work the pco-
pie of Paragould work in still another department.
Cooperating with the mayor the police officials and
the city health officer they can see that the city is thor
oughy cleaned up
The Daily Press hopes to assist as best it may in
this work, and offers free space to the authorities for
use in the carrying of campaign of education. In
addition, the paper will be glad to turn over
to the authorities any individual complaints that may be
made, and if necessary from time will call public aten-
ton to the complaints if they of nature justifyng
such publicity 1t frequently happens that some indvid-
M feels that his her neighbor is careless in mat
tors affecting sanitation than he she should be, but
on account of family relations dislikes to make
port for fear Of creating i'll feelings. The Daily Press
viii be very glad indeed to act intermediary in
Such cases. and if individuals who think themselves ag-
greved will only make their complaints to this paper
the editor will personally refer the matter to the health
authorities, with whom The Press is energetcay COOP
Grating The city health officer frequently finds himself
hndercd in the performance of his duties through dis
inclination OF one nelghbor to complain against another
Furthermore, the columns of The Press are open to
public discussion of the serious conditions confronting
us All who have ideas of value which they care to dis
cs through the paper invited to write frankly stat
ing their observations This invitation has reference on
y to discussion of matters touching upon sanitation
If you are "sore' at official merely want
iamhast some one, the communication will not be
ceivcd The officials going to do their duty and it
will not be necessary for the people to charge all man
ner Of crimes against them In distressing times like this
lit is but natural that look about for some one to be
the goat. We don't need a goat at alive need a
thorough cleaning up-a cleaning up that cannot be
made complete without the wholeheared and enthusi-
astic support of and child the dogs
and the cats, the pigs and the chickens They all must
help The NANCY cat should be killed There are a lot
of dogs running around that should be kept "a hours in
who personally dirty as these same dogs Public
laws prevent the of any such radical treatments but
they can at least be made to keep their toilets clean
weeds cut and decayng vegetables out of the back yard
Fifty per cent of the residences in Paragoud breed
ing places for flies and mosquitoes Some of the homes
IN the SO-called elite social sections haven't had the
bIchenS entirely clean since the houses built.
cleanup suggestion does not apply to any particl-
lar locality 1t more often happens that in the poorer
homes where the housewife does her own work. more
intelligence is displayed than is the case in homes where
indifferent help is used.
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