Morris tribune., 1920-07-16
COUNTY HEALTH NURSE
TO BE MAINTAINED
Commissioners Appropriate Funds to
Red Cross, to War Records Com
mittee, and Farm Bureau

The services of a county public
health nurse for next year have been
assured by the action taken by the
county commissioners on Tuesday,
July 20, when they appropriated
$4,000 to the county Red Cross for
the purpose of maintaining nurse
for the period extending from Nov
The expenses incurred up to Novem-
b ber will be betrayed by the county
>ed Cross.
A committee had been appointed in
Morris, and one in each village of
the county to present the matter to
the commissioners at the July meet
ing, and about twenty-five members
came before the board on Tuesday
afternoon at two o'clock, with J. H.
Devenney acting as chairman.
Mr.. Devenney opened the session
by speaking briefly "for the little
fellows who cannot speak for them
Selves" the children, stating that in
giving them every opportunity for
growing up into healthy men and
women, the county is merely doing
it's duty, and that which is being
done in all parts of the country. He
also stated, that the fairest method
of raising such funds was by tax
alton, since that places the burden
upon all property owners of the coun-
ty, whether resident or nonresident;
and since there are many improve
p ments which are financed entirely by
residents, altho the non-residents
profit thereby as we'll.
DIR. Caine spoke Of the good effect
which health education has upon the
population, and of the influence
which the teaching of health habits
to school-children, has upon the en-
tire family.
Miss Labrie was asked to give an
outline of the work which the county
nurse is expected to do, and told OF
the examination Of the school chill
dren, of the tuberculosis work, and
of the infant welfare work. In
speaking of the more common phys1-
cal defects found in school children,
Miss Labrie stated that of the 1928
children whom she had examined in
Stevens county, 81 1-3 per cent had
defective eyes, IL 1-3 per cent de-
fective ears, 321A per cent nose trou-
BILE which caused defective breatn-
ing. So 3-4 per cent throat trouble
Is per cent defective teeth, and
"a 2-3 per cent suffered from malnu-
triton.
Mr.. Devenney called on members
from the various villages to give
their opinions of the matter, and the
sentiment of all who spoke was en-
phatically in favor of maintaining
one county nurse, at least.
A motion was made by the COM
missioners to grant the $4,000
asked for, and was carried, immedi-
ately at the close of the joint session
of the commission and the committee.
Members of the public health nurse
committee who were appointed to
present the request to the commits
sioners were:
Morris: J. H. Devenney, R. S.
Roberts, Theo. Utne, DR.. Caine, F.
R. Putnam, Mrs. c. W. Nash' MRS
L. G. Spooner, Mrs. J. W. Harris
Mrs. J. G Morrison, P L. Spooner'
G.. w. Beise, ]. J. Gaffney; Hancock:
C. G. Benn, c. J. Bordervick, MRS
Conroy, A. A. Roberts, Supt. II. N
Peterson. Miss Catherine Glow, Mrs.
Mcclellan, Miss Eva Blackmun, Mrs.
M. L. Ransom; Donnelly: c. C.
Erstad. F. ]. Arkel1, Mrs. J. E. Peter
son, Frances Mclaughlin, Mrs. j. q.
> Whittemore, J. E. Peterson, J. E.
! Lunduuist, Mrs. J. P. Steinfort, G. A.
q Overson; Alberta: L. J. Schlattman'
L. M. Larson, Prof. Grafelman, Mr..
Schultz, Chris Cudrio, T. Holslin,
C. J. Eystad, Mrs. L. P. Norby, Chas.
Bruer, Mrs. Fougeron, L. P. Norby;
Chokio: Mrs. Lee Eddy, L. c. Dor
weller, Mrs. Tom Conroy, F. Ship
man. Oscar Peterson, Tom Johnson,
L. L. Larson, Mrs. E. G. Miller, Jas
Robinson.
At the invitation of the Stevens
County War Record Committee, the
board of county commissioners on
Wednesday inspected the collection
of war records and relics In the
library. Mrs. W. c. Light was
in charge, as Mrs. Hancock, the
chairman, is not in town. An ap'
preparation of $500 to carry on the
work was asked for, and granted by
the commission.
An appropriation to the amount Of
$1,000 was granted for the main
tenance of the County Farm Bureau
Leroy Matteson Married.