The producers news., 1923-11-30
WHAT DOES IT COST
FOR RACOUNTY NURSE?
County Superintendent CrOne Figures
Out That It Costs Four and One
Half Cents Per Thousand Dollars of
Taxes to Pay County Nurse Salary.

like to figure, and occasionally
] make a problem for myself. The
other day / asked Mr.. Hare, the
financial clerk at the Clerk and Re
corder's office. for the total assessed
valuation Of Sheridan County. Upon
receiving it, l did little figuring.
I knew that Sheridan County at one
time paid half of the Public Health
Nurses salary, at a cost Of nine hund-
red dollars per. year to the County. /
also knew that the County Commits
siOners, some time back, decided to
let the nurse go, because the people
Of. the County protested against the
great expense Of our Public Health
Department ,and the County Com
missioners did not at that time see
their way clear to better economic
in any other way. / wish to know
just how much per thousand assessed
valuation each taxpayer must pay in
order that this nine hundred dollars
per year might be raised A little
figuring and found the amount to be
a little less than four and one half
cents per thousand dollars. l was
surprised to find the amount so small,
ard feeling that others might be as
interested as | in the figures decided
to publish them in this article.
Fortunately for me, my own nurse
and doctor bills UP to date have been
next to nothing. Checrfully and with
q sense of gratitude at my own good
fortune | therefore contribute my bit
in the way of taxes to the support of
the Public Health Nurse in Daniels
County, where most of my taxes are
paid, in order that those less FORUM
ate than myself may profit by her
help and advice. doubt if there is
a taxpayer in Sheridan County who
would not cheerfully give at the rate
of four and one half cents a thous-
and dollars to assist in the cure of a
little girl who had sat for months un-
able to walk because of a tubercular
ankle, daily growing worse, or a lit
tie boy, who, because of ricketts, would
only crawl instead of walk or Of a
paralyzed girl who could not move a
finger, nov do I think any would OBJ
object to paying the same in taxes,
would they understand the good they
do thereby. The girl with the tuber-
cular ankle walks now, and so does
the ricketty boy. The latter is grow
ing so fast chat he Outgrows his
clothes before the cutwears them.
The paraiyzed girl can also walk a
little. These are only three instances
of the many benefits which have been
made possible to unfortunates thru
the conscientious efforts Of Miss
Braden, our Public Health Nurse OF
more extensive value than the cures
are the preventions. which Miss Brad
en- travels many weary miles and
works many weary days in making
possible. We have no way of meas
uring the good results of her endeav-
ors along this line, but there can be
no question about them. Leaving out
of consideration altogether the person
al element that might enter in, and
looking at the proposition from a
purely business point of view, does it
not appear reasonable to figure that
we might expect more real benefit
from the nurse who gives all her time
to Public Health improvement, than
from a doctor or two who devote most
of their time to private practice, with
only an occasional service to the
County and then only to certain
classes specified by law? Miss Bra
denis services are free to all alike.
Let us think along these lines and be
prepared at all times to form our own
judgments in accordance with facts,
and to defend them accordingly.
(Signed) EMMA CRONE,
County Superintendent of Schools.