The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-17
HELP INVALID SOLDIER
HEALTH CONFERENCE cALLEp
BY STATE BOARD.
Meeting viii Be Held At the stats
Capitol Building on Thursday,
Jan. a.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Steps to establish an edu.
cational bureau In connection with
the Colorado Health Board are to be
advanced at conference at the capi.
tol called for Jan. "a. The object Of
the bureau IL to comply with the re-
queat of the War Department in car
ing for tuberculous soldiers who have
been sent home. To date the Army
and Navy Departments have sent
back 175 soldiers.
The conference will be held between
members Of the health board, Dr..
Erlo e. Kennedy. secretsry; city and
county health officers, county commits
sioners and officers Of the local med
ical societies throughout the state.
The presence in the city Of county
commissioners and other officials to
attend the National Western Stock
Show has assured Secretary Kennedy
Of . large attendance at the confer
epce.
The health board at its last meet
ing passed a resolution urging Gov.
ernor Gunter to appropriate $4,000
from the war funds to aid In the es-
tablishment of the bureau and to rem
der medical assistance.
The proposed bureau is based on
the recommendation Of the War De-
partment and indorsed BY the health
board AZ follows:
1. Establishment Of q bureau for
tubercular and social diseases by state
health departments.
2. Provision in principal cities for
the suppression Of social evils and the
isolation and treatment of individuals
in public institutions.
3. Commitment to institutions Of
diseased persons for industrial train
ing.
4. Compulsory and systematic
treatment of all infected persons
when necessary for the protection Of
health.
5. Establish In principal cities 80
cial disease clinics.
6. Posting certain placards in var
ious places.
Z. Lectures and educational exhib-
its by health board.
8. elimination Of advertising spec
ialties OF mems diseases and sale Of
disease nostrums.
An especial appeal to Colorado for
the adoption Of the foregoing program
has been made by the United States
Public Health Service; the War and
Navy Departments; Rupert Blue. ser.
geant-general Of the health service.
and DR.. Franklin Martin, chairman Of
~::he advisory committee Of the Council
Of National Defense at Washington.
No Registered Man Eligible to Enlist.
Many men Of draft age have mis-.
interpreted the conditions Of army
enlistment at the present time. MAJ
c. N. Barney said. mo registered man
is eligible for voluntary enlistment In
the regular army, except medical, den.
tai. veterinary and engineering sts-
dents who are already enlisted in the
reserve corps. to be withheld from the
draft. and men who have been passed
by the examining board to be aviation
cadets" Voluntary induction into mil.
itary service. through the draft law,
into the ordnance, quartermaster and
aviation sections. has been closed
since Jan. 1. according to telegram
received by Mai. w. A. spangler Of
the provost marshals staff.
Naturalization Of Thevsanes invalid.
The first papers In naturalization
granted several thousand foreign.born
residents OF Colorado and perhaps
500 900 such residents Of other states
previous to Sept. -. 1906. when the
present naturalization law went into
effect. are invalid. through . decision
OF the United States Supreme Court.
according to . bulletin received by
Paul Lee Ellerbe. Colorado agent Of
naturalization Of the Department Of
Labor. Mr.. Ellerbe notified clerks to
all naturalization courts to refuse TO
complete the naturalization Of foreign.
born residents who took out their
first papers before this date.
Mvster In First Company etsts Guard
The first company Of fifty OF the
State Department Of Safety was mus.
tered In by supt. Frank Adams. and
members Of the department 70 far &C.
cepted are from all parts Of the state.
The men Of the first company have
been selected with special care. Rep.
resentatives from many walks Of life
are among them. and they were re.
quired to stand rigid physical exam.
ination before being sworn In.
Approve otatS war Bond pvrehass.
The state Land Board unanimously
approved the purchase by State
Treasurer Higgins Of state war bonds
to the amount Of S465.0Q0 with cash
| In the state school fund.
Would Peeee osrsnaNs 70 Nsip.