The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-07

munira,ion "f the near future. we may
predict that the next pantlelnic. sllO,,l.
''nr arise. will extend with the swift
ness Of an airShip
Moreover, not only is this rate al
! spread determined hy the nature oi
the transportation facilities If the re
/ gi"n ar the era, bur towns and villages
mainland and island. are invaded early
ar late ar preserved entirely from
attack according as they lie within
or without the avenues "f approach ~
are protected by inaccr>Sihility. as Il,
instances "f remote mountain settle.
4 ment> and Of islands distant from
! ocean lanes or frozen in during winter
/ periods.
To Avert occurrences.
/ 1T is desirable. in the interest uf
clear thinking. to carry this cOnSitlpra-
'i"n IF the characteristics If epidemic
influenza Il step further. A feature
"f the epidemic disease If particular
significance is the tendency to rccur
that is. to return tn Il stricken region
after an interval. usually of months "t
relative unie>ccnce.
Thus the heginnn. of the last nan
! 'i"nir in Europe and the United States
/ has been traced To sporadic eases AZ
prarin" in April. May and June. pos
>ihly even earlier in certain places
Will" the destructive epidemic ragged
dHi'ln. Srp1eniher. uctnher and \ovcnl-
Der "f l!1S There are very good rc:.-
sons for believing that in itself in
/ flu"nHn i not Il serious disease. but
that lis sinister character j. given hy
the remarkable frequency with which
4 il Is followed under particular circum-
>1anH'e> by Il cnncumi,ant ar secondary
pneumonia infection I" which the So
we're effects anil high mortality are
fraceahlr"
The manner in which to fight dis
eases "f This nature is. accOr,lin. IL Dr
fl'Nner. one W central rather Than
! rerirh"ra! centred" that is. ti.htin.
III" disease II lis >u,lrr. rather than
Wagino II series nj campaigns against
II after il has spread In di>ian, cen
'"r>. In quote:
According to this prn,n>:,l mn Of
fort NJ control Amounting even Ia even.
/ tlal Grad cation If tie diseases in the
regions nt their endemic survival would
he undertaken. IN Fort indeed not
"c"n>f"nnl AMI in'cnSivrly ~,,a>modic
rs during the pandemi,. excursions
''n' continuous over relatively hong
periods. in III" hone that The seed
beds. rs il We're. nj III. disease might
he destroyed
That such I'M effort M the .raIfca-
zion of II serious epidemic ai>.aS. NAV
he carried through successfully. HE ex.
per'"n'e with yellow fever ;.ln,tlan,ly
proves. In attacking than dtS"ase. the
combat wAS not lnlt If until its .ni-
demir spread had begun and until new
territory. such US New Orleans, Jack
Sonv'lr and Memphis. had been in.
va'l"l: hut the ntra..k Mas made. on it's
sources II, iinvanH. Panama and now
G'ayaqniI I" whi'.h endemic points the
extensions int" nc'v and neutral terri.
DRY had been traced.
More Victims Than War.
''ln promising /" strive for ,h.. high
achievement. not merely If rarryiny
the blows struck hv Destructive pni-
denies. hui "f rendering. them I'M
potent /" strike in the future, We mny
p'u>" for ~ moment ~ reflect on the
different ways in which n.up'.S rnoct
t" great calanliti"s. such rs those
brought by war and by disease. As the
results "f n cr,lel and ,l"va>iiny war
r"r"iiri"n> in governments Su,pOs.,,l
III" most stable may occur; no such
result follows on Sill more dpyastat.
in. "ni'l"mics. TIL" recent epidemic ~
Influenza claimed. puS>ibly. more Vie
Tins than did IN" great war. and the
losses I" The world in emotion spent
Treasure consumed. and progress i'm.
p"'!"d are incnlculahle Yet, thrOuch
Il f"rtnt"uS circumstance of psychol.
o-y, from the one calamity the world
may emerge rhnS'enrd perhaps even
h"t1"re'l. white from the other. because
of II depth "f ignorance amounting oft.
en- I" fa'ali>m. mankind may largely