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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08
War Nurses Seek to
Work for Community

Demobilizing nurses and fitting them into the
proper branch OF civilian service is as impor-
tant task as finding jobs for discharged sol
diers. and is even more complex, for although
the women continue In their same profession.
they no longer desire to be absorbed by the
confining fields OF private and institutional
nursing to which they had been accustomed in
pre-war days. Work at the front and in the
devastated areas OF Europe has shown them
the possibility OF group and community activity.
For these women the Red Cross Bureau Of In
formation for Nurses is suggesting the field of
public health nursing.
Il don't want to go back to caring for private
patients." confided a nurse with two service
ehevrons on her sleeve. she spoke with Miss
Y. G. Waters. supervisor OF recruiting private
health nurses for the Atlantic Division. Il
frank to confess find it tedious and too mar
row for me after the work I have done with
soldiers at the front and in the civilian hos
pitfalls in Europe. I want to have part in the
life of the community
The woman repeating the words of hundreds
dissatisfied with their former activities,
fmm msdiately enrolled for public health nursing.
Considering the fact that public health organ
izations were forced to relax their efforts and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08

to relinquich their corps because of exigencies
of the war. Miss Waters and all those inter-
ested are encouraged by the frame OF mind Of
the returning nurses.
1.-THE service" said Miss Waters. is being
widely developed in both rural and urban
communities We going to show the nation
that it is worth while to be healthful and these
nurses are coming home anxious to preach the
gospel of 4 clean. careful, disease preventing
country
"Our nurses to-day want not only to cure,
but to prevent the need for cure. We are CO.
operating with all the State, city and country
health and education organizations. Through
the various Red Cross chapters visiting nurses
are being provided in communities where they
needed.
Home hygiene and care Of the sick should
be part of the education of every in the
country. Public health nurses to be the
teachers. If the community of itself will not
obtain their services, the Red Cross Chapter
will found and finance local health bodies to
demonstrate their value by their results
Even a casual thought in the direction of
the public health situation of the last year will
impress one with the necessity for the widest
possible extension of the movement which the
Red Cross in cooperation with numerous
health bureaus, is fostering. Influenza in 1918
killed nine times many persons were
killed among the armies of Europe In the
same year approximately $4,000 persons died OF
Most nurses are better equipped for this
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08

who recently wrote this informing letter to
his sister in New York.
Dear Ss:--Thank you very much for that
birthday present 1t is the best thing I could
use and am very glad for that means $40.
more in m savings. Mother gave me nice
new suit, good pair of school pants. a good
leather strap to belt up MY books with: Andy
gave me very nice nccStie and made me some
ice cream. Pop gave me a quarter and bot
tie soda, and / forgot, to tell you MON gave
mo two nice cakes. / earned 81 80 last week
cutting grapes vines and 75 cents for doing
work Tor doctor arr altogether this winter
about s0OC. out.
Last niSht fiTenans night they had
flowers fancy work ring the cane, knock
down the cats and you get cigar one fellow
got down thrce cats out of four and he got
about twenty-five cigars; break the balloon
and you get quarter ice cream cakes and
hot dogs also auto rides. got 10 cents ice
cream. two hot dogs. and long auto ride.
/ vaa arrested four times for,riddinG on the
sidewalk fine S7-5J. but fsr they were only
warnings o Andy and have certainly got
to keep out of the Officers way Until about
Janury next year
I wert fishing one day caught two 20
size sunny's, brought ther1 home alive C.s
MON says: What do want with them -.
fish take them bacN' 10 / had 10 go all tae
way back to the crirE std iEVe the plea
of putting them back aGsIr. / bet They nese
glad FISH.
"iIcpe you are well and Pop and Nom
send love, Herb"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08

vice after having been abroad The work is
urgent and capable persons viii be placed al
most Immediately: Already the Red Cross
Bureau has enrolled hundreds
The Red Cross has its finger the pulse Of
the country 1t is ready TO place nurses where
they are needed. 1t recently appropriated
100000 for scholarship funds and an additional
$500 loan fund to be applied in behalf Of those
interested but Inexperienced This work opens
up field offering upward from SlSol 4 year
to qualified nurses"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08

piano backs. Each car holds 5000
pieces. The wood II 80 inches long
and by inches In size. 1t is clear
spruce. This is the first time that a
southwestern oregon mill has filled an
order for spruce piano backs and Il
opens new market for this class OF
timber which abounds In the lower
Tmppua river country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08

ing a thorough examination, the school
case IS serious and no complications
Of a serious nature have appeared, but
is was deemed wise to take this pre-
caution to forestall and possible epi-
demic. The directors of the public
and high schools have also closed
those schools until may 20, .-.-.---
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08

DEEDSPORT. May s.-Spruce wood
to make backs for $3.50 pianos is be-
ing shipped from the johnson mill at
Reedsport to Chicago piano firm,
The order Is for three carloads OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08
NORMAL Is CLOSED AS
RESULT OF JNFLUENIA

Students at the OreEon Normal school
have had mild attacks of the influen-
"a. on recommendation Of DR.. Nc,
Gallon. county health officer, follow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08
SIZE IL SHOES
JUST FIT FEET

PORTLAND. NAV 7.-Portland has
the largest snoe factory in the United
Staies-that is. a factory that makes
the largest shoes. ~ makes EN- for
4 sheephearder in Butte, Mont. and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-08

reeds needs shoes he merely writes In
and the factory builds them for him.
The man IN question stands 2 feet 6
inches and weighs 365 pounds. The
shoes now cost him 325 "A pair. \ new
pair were shipped out to him recently.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
A German Deal.

Robert w. Boynge, president of the
New York Republican club, said the
other day:
"It's a good thing 10 write a square
deal for little nations into the peace
terms. Little nations in the past have
certainly got the small end of 1t.
They've been treated, especially by
Germany, as Jobbins was treated by
Battling Bill.
Battling Bill borrowed Jobbins'
best black trousers from him, and then.
or one excuse or another, wouldn't
give them back. A month passed, and
Jobbins sent an urgent messenger to
Bill.
"'He must have them trousers back
today, Battling said the messenger.
He's going TO a funeral
"'They amt fit to wear to q fu-
neral now said Battling Bill. I've
been workin' in the boiler shop In
EN-
"'Oh, dearv said the messenger.
What Is poor MI. Jobbins to do, then? ?
dor said Battling Bill. why, let
him do the same Is l done-borrow q
pair"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
Cinnamon Oil for Influenza.

Oil Of cinnamon has a very favor
able effect on the temperature and
shortens the convalescence period.
Patients who usually suffer from mark
ed weakness for several days after
an attack Of influenza regain their
strength very rapidly when treated
with cinnamon oil, and are able to
take up their occupations on the sec
ond or third day. Twelve drops OF
oil are given In half a tumberful of
water, and the dose is repeated In one
hour, then ten drops are given regu-
larry every two hours until the tenn.
p%erature has dropped to normal. When
the fever has gone ten drops should
be given three times a day during the
following "a or AZ hours. When In
luenza Is thus treated from the very
outset-that Is, within the first three
or four hours-the temperature be.
ONE normal within II hours; If the
treatment is begun late 1t may require
"a or SO hours to obtain this result.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
Get New Kidneys !

The kidneys are the most overworked
organs of the human body, and when they
fail in their work of tltering out and
throwing off the poisons developed in the
system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is pain or stiff
ness in the lower part of the back; highly
colored urine; loss of appetite; ,indiges-
tion3 irritation, or even stone in the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate a condition
that may lead to that dreaded and fatal
malady. Bright's disease. for which there
is said to be no cure.
Do not delay a minute. At the first in
d~ication of trouble in the kidney, liver,
bladder or urinary organs start taking
Gold Medal Harlem Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before it is too late. Instant
treatment is necessary in kidney and blad-
der troubles. ~ delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal Harlem Oil Capsules.
For more than 200 years. this famous prep
a%ration has been an unfailing remedy for
all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles.
1t is the pure, original Harlem Oil your
great-grandmother used. About two cap
.ules each day will keep you toned up and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and
1t it does not give you almost immediate
relief. your money will be refunded. Be
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxes. three
sizes.-Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
REMARKABLE CASE OF FEAR
Illustrating How Panic Will for q
Time Unnerve Even Soldier Of
Proved Bravery.

A French lieutenant Of artillery,
Pierre JaRdrop, who distinguished
himself at the battle OF Verdun and
was subsequently decorated with the
croix de guerre for bravery in rescu-
Ing a comrade under fire, told the
writer OF a peculiar case of fear,
which apparently was %cowardice. 1t
proved TO be otherwise.
II have studied psychology; I am
interes' In the how q man act under
fire and / want t know the rizzon he
act So" he prefaced.
THE shells burst here, there, all
where; there was plenty Of noise. A
shell bust here Indicating n nearby
spot on the foor) and a poilu put his
hands up and ron away. That is
fonny,' / say to me.
II ron after him. What for you
ronT l say. He do not answer. So I
pull his hands down. His eyes are all
white. He dom know me; he afraid
all over. What you call heem In Eng
lsh? All. yes, re panic. He 'fraid,
yes, but he are not a coward. No, he
lose heemself IN ze noise. He what
you call In re fOnny papers, Nobody
home,'" he laughed.
1T is re Noise" Jandrop resumed
seriously. "He ron away from re
noise; not from re shell, re bullets.
No. no." he continued with an ex-
pressive fip Of his hands. One had
but half q quota Of fingers. II say,
Come wiz me, we 60 back We 60
back. And ze boche, he suddenly stop
re shells. No more noise. But he
commence wiz the machine gun. When
re large noise stop, re man forget to
be 'fraid, and he pomp away at re
boche wiz his rifle. He laugh and
shout Pig! = at re boche.
Apparently the man was afraid Of
the noise, not Of death; for later he
courted it, Jandrop said, by exposing
himself to attract the fire Of the boche,
who, when he fired, would be exposed,
too.
Lieutenant Jandrop was the only
one of nine officers to survive when
an enemy shell dropped in the middle
Of their breakfast table. He was
buried alive. dug out, and rushed to
q hospital, where he remained for
months, part Of the time speechless,
slghtless and deaf from shell shock;
he sustained three wounds In addi-
tion.-Eugene L.. Harrison In Physical
Culture.
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Easily

1t was q zoology class ut n Santa
Monica primary school. They had just
been studying the rhinoceros, and had
been enthusing over his wonderfully
armored hide.
"Ani what Is this?" asked the teach,
er, turning to a picture of a giraffe
"Well, Johnny, tell u.s." In answer to
an eagerly raised hand.
Its a Unicorn. You can tell by its
bloomin' periScOpel |"
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"0ouohboY."

There seems to be very little known
on the subject Of the origin Of the ap-
pellation "doughboy." An English at
tempt. however. has been made to
trace It's origin, but with Indifferent
success. Colonel Repington. In the
London Post Of October 8. ultimo.
says: IF I have a preference, 1t 10
likely for the 'doughboys,' the dough
ty American infantry. I believe that
the name comes from a Spanish word,
and vas given by the American cav.
airy to the infantry during the old
Mexican war. because the infantry
was usually covered with dust. II
does not matter, but d~oughboys they
are and will remain. They are mighty
fine infantry. They are soaked with
the offensive spirit"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
CANADAS NEW
DEVELOPMENT
After the War a Period of Pros
perity.

It is evident that the Government Of
the Dominion in its programme of re-
construction and development Is I'M
%dertaking a work of tremendous i'm
portance. There will be available the
labor for work that has been silent
since 1914, and the rehabilitation Of
this labor will entail the thought and
energy Of most capable heads. The
transition period from war to pence
will be rapid and thorough, and, in
stead of Canada sinking into a state
Of lethargy, there will be q continued
period of wakefulness that will give
employment to the unemployed, INT
render to the capitalist and producer
ample return for his money, effort
and enterprise.
The agricultural potentialities Of
the great Canadian West possess Him
table acres OF the best Of soil, capable
Of producing millions Of bushels Of
the best of grain. The cost of grow
ing this Is lower than any place on
the continent. There will be a greater
demand than ever for these lands, the
consequent production will be heavier
and the profits attractive. Cattle
industry will be n Of the chief de-
v~elopments, and the encouragement Of
1t will lie in the continued high prices
that beef products will bring. Euro.
pean countries have been depleted Of
cattle, and the demand for beef, cattle
and dairy products will tax the efforts
Of the producer for years to come.
Western Canada offers ~unequaled
opportunities for development in this
line.
In the Canadian West plans are be.
ing laid for the development Of cleo
cheaply. There is an abundance Of
coal and water power that could be
used in developing this useful energy.
What cheap power produced in this
way will meal to the farmer and de-
velopment of industrial enterprises
cannot be estimated in figures.
More extensive development Of the
water power at Niagara, on the st.
Lawrence and at waterfalls all over
the country, is ready to be launched.
Peace will see new mine fields
opened up, and it is equally certain
that shipbuilding, railway equipment,
steel production, and many of the in
dustrieS will go forward with q
bound.
Canadian industries will be required
in the reconstruction Of Europe, and
already the Canadian Government has
sent across the e q commission for
the purpose Of securing orders. Can
ada took an early and prominent part
in the war, and in the days of peace
will be found equally active. She feels
that by the valor and loyalty Of her
people she has earned a large share
Of the business and prosperity that
Will follow the war period, and she
proposes to get it.-Advertisement.
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gases, low forms Of animal life, min
b~right-colored, fibrous masses and
scums, and especially when water is
Of peaty or swampy origin, impregna.
ton with iron. In short, Investigations
indicate that only a small minority Of
farm water supplies can be classed as
unqualiledly safe and desirable.
Diseases From Poor Water.
Among the ailments caused or in
fluenced by contaminated water are
typhoid fever, tuberculosis, hookworm
disease, cholera, d~ysentery and diar-
rhea, and certain obscure maladies
that may be traced eventually to the
poisonous effects Of drainage from hui.
man wastes. Figure 2 shows in q
striking manner how increased use of
pure water in Massachusetts has been
followed by decline in the typhoid.
fever death rate. Frequently a home
or village supplied with water from a
mountain spring or canyon is a center
Of goiter, although the possible rela.
tionShip Of such water to this disease
has not been proved conclusively.
Among ailments Of live stock, hog
cholera, anthrax, and foot-and-mouth
disease are spread by moving water,
Hence sick animals should not have
access to streams, and dead animals
should not be left exposed in fields or
buried where drainage may carry in.
lection to streams and water supplies.
Ones duty to himself and neighbors
should obligate him to confine all sick
animals and burn the of
dead one or bury them deeply in
spots remote from streams, wells and
springs, and urge his neighbor to do
the same.
The vital things to remember are
that ground water is not stagnant but
moves usually, though not always,
with the 'lay' Or slope Of the land;
the character Of wells and springs;
that 1t is not an inexhaustible reser-
voir, but that q given we'll yields only
as it receives; and that continued
pumping will not improve the water In
a well if the sources from which 1t Is
fed are permanently at fault. In
short, ground water is natural drain
age ~variously modified in its move.
ment and character by subterranean
conditions.
Safe Location Of Wells.
Wells cannot be located in all cases
SO that there may not be some pollu.
ton, but the great safeguards are
clean ground and as wide separation
as possible from the probable chan
nels Of any impure drainage. 1t is not
enough that a well or spring is 80,
100, or $50 feet from a source Of filth
or that 1t is merely upon higher
ground, although even moderate re-
moteness and elevation of the source
Of supply are of service. Given porous
or ~gravelly ground, seamy ledge, or
lOng-continued pollution of one plot Of
land, the zon of contamination Is like
ly to extend long distances, partieu.
larly in downhill directions and at
such times as water supplies are low
cred by drought or heavy pumping.
Only when the surface of the water in
a well or spring is actually at a high
er leved at all times than any nearby
source of filth is there positive assur-
ance of safety.
Upon any farm q wood lot, grove.
or windbreak is highly desirable, not
only to supply fuel and small timber,
but for It's beauty and the protection
1t affords.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10

Take EATONIC and get rid OF your
Acid Stomach. This wonderful mod
ern remedy actually takes the excess
acid out of the stomach. 1t quickly
and positively relieves bloat, heart
burn, belching, food repeating, sour,
gassy stomach, and the pains Of indi-
gestion. Makes the stomach cool
and comfortable-keeps it sweet and
strong. Banishes all stomach trou-
bles so completely that you forget
you have q stomach. You can eat
what you like and digest your food
in comfort, without fear of distressing
after-effects. EATONIC helps you
get full strength out of every mouthful
you eat-and that IL what you must
have to be well and strong - full
strength from your food.
Get q big box Of EATONIC from
your druggist TODAY. We authorize
him to guarantee EATONIO to please
you. II Il fails in any way, take IL
back; he will refund your money. IL
your druggist does notkeep EATONIQ,
write to rs and we will send you q BID
600 box. You can send us the Soc after
you received IL. Address III. L. Kramer,
President, Eatonic Remedy Company,
South Wabash. Chicago, I'LL.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
A "PoemeSSO

An Indianapolis s~tenographer was
much given to the writing Of rhymes.
His family was so accustomed to this
accomplishment that they took little
notice of it, but it was quite new and
interesting to her little niece Virginia,
who had come on q visit. She
watched auntie in wonder as she COM
posed several jingles. And then, "Oh,
auntie." she exclaimed, "why aren't
you a poemess instead Of a stenogra-
pher?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
Takinu No

Herman Wright OF Woolwich, Me-,
who makes two or three trips a day
over the state road while hauling wood
to the Bath market, drives a horse
drawn cart, but to avoid being run
down by speeding a~utomobllists, he
has a looking glass rugged on q tall rod
so that he can keep an eye out behind,
and when he gets anxious he sounds
an auto horn beside him on the seat.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10

neutrality-suspicious. stom-
achs- bloated ,gassy stomachs- belchy,
miserable-feeling stomachs-these are
Acid Stomachs.
What a lot Of misery they causel
How Acid Stomach, with It's day
after-day sufferings, does take the Joy
out of lifel Not only that - Acid
Stomach is always undermining ones
heath. Think of what acid does to
the teeth-how the acid eats through
the enamel, causing them to decay.
Is it any wonder, then, that Acid
Stomach saps the strength Of the
strongest bodies and wrecks the health
of so many people?
You see A~CID-STOMACH victims
everywhere always ailing. They can't
tell exactly what Is ths matter; az
they say is, II don't feel well''-'I'm
all in; tired, sickly." II they only
knew it, nine times out of ten it Il
Acid Stomach that is ailing them.
Il surely makes good digestion diR-
cult, causes food to sour and fer
ment in the bowels, weakens the
blood and fills the system with poi
sons. 1t prevents one from getting
the full strength out of their food.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
Soldiers Rarions Costly.

According to figures given out BY
General Smith of the quartermaster's
department.. 1t costs almost three times
as much to feed an American soldier
today as 1t did In the Spanish war.
The cost In 1893 was 1881 cents a day.
Now II Is 80 cents. The ration Is q
axed standard, and accordingly the
cost figures have mounted steadily In
recent years
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
A Cool One.

81 worry so over your shortcomings
that my dresses no longer fit me-"
"Yes, num-" said the cook. Then /
suppose you wouldn't mind giving me
one or two?"-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
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WATER CHARACTERISTICS

Water for domestic use should
be clear, l%ustrous, o%dorless,
colorless, wholesome, soft, Meth.
er strongly acid O alkaline.
and its temperature for general
farm purposes should be about
so degrees f. These character
istics, however, must never be
deemed proof Of purity, for q
glass of water may possess them
oil and yet contain millions of
disease-producing germs. Any
suspicious water should be re-
jected until both the water and
the surroundings where 1t is OBJ
tanned are passed upon by COM
petent sanitation authority, gen
orally the state board Of health.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10
The Time.

"Pop, when are peoples salad
daysY" "When they need dressing
down, son.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-10

The prices Of cotton and linen have
been doubled by the a Lengthen
their service by using Red Cross Ball
Blue in the laundry. ALI grocers, &c.