The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-12
NO! THERE IS NO
 SMALLPOX IN MENA
Rigid Quarantine Against People of Le Fibre County, Oklahoma. In- fected Distriet-Disease Seems
 Under Control
MENA QUARANTINE

l Fibre county, Ok., must have a
 certificate of recent vaccination,
 be in good health, and not
 been exposed to the disease.
 In addition the action of the To-
 cal board was called to the atten-
 ton of the Kansas City Southern
 railway, with the further request
 that the conductors and all trainmen see to it that no person l from Le Fibre county or the in- fected district without such cer-
 tifcate be allowed to get on any
 train passing thru Polk county.
 No one coming from any infect
 ed district will be permitted to
 get off the train at Mena without
 being fully certified.
 There is no smallpox in Mena and what is more. we don't want any.
 The first fact was ascertained Wednesday after calling upon all the local physicians, health officers and others for information on the much discussed subject.
 That the second fact is true is evil denced by the drastic steps taken by Mena authorities to keep out all pos sible sources of infection. Which de- sire explains the rigid quarantine now being enforced against any travel that comes from the infected area of I.a Fibre county, Oklahoma.
 Local Officers on Job.
 To date the only quarantine line is at the Kansas City Southern railroad Officers met all incoming trains from both north and south and insist up- on visitors not known to be residents ! s,f +k, oil ..-l,., L,s thru Le Fibre county, to show either a certificate of good health and recent I vaccination, or n desire to comply with the local protective regulations. b. R. Jackson, as special quarantine officer, is doing most of the work of questioning visitors, but has been ably assisted by Chief of Police Will lis Hungate. Both officers have done double duty, being on the job both day and night. raad If, In addition to examining travellers on the trains who pay their fares and ride regularly the ohaVes been particularly keen in watchinen for the patrons of the side-do0Is 1sul4mafis. This class of voyagers have been icofnL pelled to stay on thei tfainsp and keep on going. Those .ayho9 landed have been giving marching orders and sent | travelling on tie tickets. .sT99iifo fmod
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 llDr. k. F. Parks district health ofz ficer. reported that the health oEIicer at Potean, OK. had informed him late THesd lay afternoon there had been no new cases of smallpox at PoEean with in the past eight days, and that the death toll to date was 13 persons, st
 "The death toll lat Poteapr the, cen, ten of the, epidemic IS 13,9 There are now IS cases in Poteau. Mrs. J. E, Mcclure, wife of ehief, deputy sherjH Mcclure ,5a who F died Monday, died there Tuesday. Fielder E, Jones, sa a, prisoner at the. county jail and. Benjar min Peters, a barber also died Tuesr, day Two children, the last remainr. ing members of the J. E. Mcclure, family, are not expected to live thru Tuesday night.vIf s. t18 HIT TIa1
 Oklahoma Regulations. r
 The official order If the 0kiahoIiis state health officer regarding travel ip and 9eut of Le Fibre eounty,ais as follows:
 Whereas. it has come to my know ledge thru the county health officer of Le Fibre countysin the State of Oklahoma that there now exists @ number of smallpox cases in said I.e Fibre county. Now therefore. l, 4. k. LewissIa state commissioner of heslth for Oklahoma in 1he, interest of public health and safetylin andnuuLi der the laws and Htatates of che State of QkAshofnas governing anfectiolss diseases do by the poninf invested m me, order that any person er pefsanss leaving sand La kiore scaantY shaI proeune health dertkfezas frnmza a legally hceNsed 4riaxtitiiie phYsifiaH showing a recent smallpox vaceiuali ton. nnu sf aa ftH{ eH tHk
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