The Logan Republican. [volume], December 21, 1918, Page PAGE ONE, Image 1

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FUNERAL HELD
FOR MRS. J,
W. NELSON
Impreaslve funeral services vera
j'" held orer the remains of Urs. jW.
5iNliSttlS 'WSfiesiiayafternobn otttfiS'
'ffiifelawn In front oFth family- resldenca
i'aljon First Sotuh street. Where a
Hjju great many friends and relatives
W'X gathered to pay their last respects
K, to itm deceased, lady who was a re-
B cent victim of Influenza. The ser-
B vice, were conducted by Bishop J.
W li iiiiiiiiH
H. Watkins of tho Seventh ward,
ft and. wero commenced by the selcc
H tlon "Let the Lower Lights be Burn-
ng," by a quartette consisting ot
H Blder Calvin Fletcher and company.
M Prayer was ottered by President
H S. F. Balllf which was follqwed by
H a solo "My Father' Knows," by Elder
m Calvin FLetcher, Words of consola
m tlon were given to the breaved fftin
K lly by Elders W. D. Crannoy, H. K.
B Merrill, H. E. Crockett and Bishop
H Watkins. Mr. and Mrs. Luthtr Ball
B oy sang "Sometime We'll UuWr-
'B stand." Benediction was pronpunc-
"H rU by Elder Jos.. E. Cardon. A largo
'4A cortege ot automobiles then followed
B Wtho remains to the Hyrura cemetery
B mbcro fiorvlces were held at the
B' , Vr Jrnveslde, and presided over by Blsh-
'B' opTjli. A. Allen, Services were com-
B nienced'by n, double quartette shig-
Hjs lug "Bister, Thou Art Mild and Lovo-
H& ly. Hrayer'-was offered by Elder)
flwv Lawrenco Peterson and tho quartetta
B. then Bang "0n "rls35lsnop
Hi A. A. Allen and Elder Charle;ci;Pet-
BH'' .r?i spoko of the girlhood days 'or..
HB'i the deceased; la(V in irrum, and'ol,'
HB' her gqod; work In those early yoars
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MAKE THE
OLD APPLE
TREE NEW
Oraft an applebrchard on to the
old apple tr.ewM .m :tl.ly bit
of advieesentjfrom the UUh Agri
cultural College by the agricultural
experts there that form the commit
tee on Agricultural Production of
the State Council ot Defense. It Is
an easy 'process, says 'the committee.
All you need Is an old apple tree with
a sound trunk. But bask a branch
or two and graft on a good variety.
Next year graft on another variety
and the next' repeat. Soon you will
hare a tree bearing several kinds of
apples producing bothearly and late(
synopsis ot the committee's ad
vice to the Utah farmer is as follows:
"Old, ugly orchard and "shade
trees should be removed and the
ground used for productive purpos
es. If trees are desired, it may be
wise to take out the old one and re
plant. Old apple trees that have
soundtrunks may be cut back a
branch or so each year and budded
to a good variety. Next year another
variety may be started on a second
branch.-, and so on until in four?' or
five years the tree ma ybo bearing
that many varieties ot apples which
ripen at' succeeding periods, thereby'
affording fruit for many weoks. In
case, however, that the Interior of
the trunk has become rotten, tho
whole trefi should be taken out by
the root and replaced with a young
tree or tho ground sown to another
crop.
J "Many homo orchards on account
ot being planted too close when the
I roes were set Out Save becomo un
sightly. Tho trees are so tall, mts
shappen and entangled Into each oth
er at) to becomo verltablo jungles
which are' ndfther productive nor
beautiful. When these trees wore
planted, land was plentiful and cheap
but now It, has becomo so high priced
aato render necessary the produc
tion of a valuable crop, either of
fruit or of potatoes and gardife
stuff,
"In addition, old non bearing fruit
trees nr old and gnarly sbado trees
harbor Insects and plant diseases.
Rough bark, holes, cracks in Nio
trunk, creVlcea In the rt8, harbor
.codilng moths, nphffee and scale In
sects In ahnost conutless numbom
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Influenza And 'The Mask.
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The above is a chart showing Svhen the Influenza
started in Logan and how it hits acled since, with refer
ence to the total number of cases in :he city each day, the
total number of places in quarantine and the total nuinber
of deaths which have occurred. !From this chart the
condition for any day can readily, be' determined. For'
example takehe 21st day'of November. The chart shows
that there was a total of 123. cases, and a total of 97 homes
in quarantine in the entire city on that day. The death
curve shows that there had been five deaths from the dis
ease up to that date, but that on the 21st two more deaths
occurred making a total of seven.
Until the 16th day of November there had been only
one or two cases of the disease developed in the business
district of the city, but upon that date there was ten or
twelve cases developed in the business houses on Main
street. It therefore became evident to the board of health
that further precautions would have to be taken if an
incerased rapid spread of the disease was curtailed. An
ordinance was therefore passed on the 18th, becoming
effective on the 20th, making the universal wearing of
gauze masks compulsory.
' It will be rioted from the chart that there was a rapid
increase of cases and quarantines for four days after the
mask was put into use or until the 24th day of November,
at which time the masks apparently began to become ef
fective. Since that date the story is told by the chart.
From the 24th day of November until the 11th day of De
cember, a period of seventeen days, the total number of
cases in the city dropped from 136 to 13, and the total
number of homes quarantined from 105 to 10. Nearly all
the cases which have developed since the 11th have come
in from out of town. .
The Logan Board" of Health feels that the masks were
put on the public just at the, time when a severe epidemic
was just getting started and that' they have not only
saved the public from an extreme Condition of the disease
and saved many lives, but that they have practically
stamped out the epidemic here.
That the epidemic had reached its severest stage from
about the 16th to the 24th is not only clearly shown by the
"Case" and the " Quarantine" curves, but it is indicated
by the number of deaths which occurred between the 21st
and 24th inclusive, as shown by the death curve. Ten
deaths occurred between these dates out. of a total of six
teen deaths in the city from the disease. The masks were
put on, without' question, at the beginning of the most
critical time of the epidemic. Four of the cases which
died in Logan contracted the disease elsewhere and were
brought here suffering from pneumonia.
This, chart does ont represent or include the condition
which existed at the Utah Agricultural College The Col
lege was under' the supervision of military officials and
not under the supervisison of the Qity Board of Health.
There was 234 cases of influenza which went thwugh
the hospjtal at the College and atotal of six deaths occur
red there. The disease was entirely wiped out there some
four or five weeks ago. The doctors who had the disease
in charge at the college claim that they wiped it out by the
compulsory wearing o masks In infected baritacks the
boys werp put to sleep with the masks on.
In conclusion it might be said that comparing Logan
with most oiher cities of the same size, we e apparent
ly rather fortunate in not having, more cases of influen
za. While the mask has been the chief factor in control-
BOYS AT THE
U. A. 0. BEING
MUSTERED OUT
As fait as their pay canfp JiQUnJ&j
led -outTludthelr discharge paplrir
Elgnod, the men ot the Students' Ar
my Training Corps at the Utah Ag
ricultural College aro today being
mustered out of the service ot Uncle
I Sam. Tho final step in demoblllza
'tlon began this- morning at seven
o'clock and before night overy one
'of the six hundred and forty-three
men in the corps will be again a ci
vilian. Military work has been carried on
jin tho .organization intensively and
continuously every day sice the in
stallation of 'the corps on September
30, ad with the exception ot an en
forced stoppage of two weeks, due
to Influenza, academic work has al
so continued.
Physical examinations conducted
Thursday end Friday showed not a
trace of Influenza in the battalion, no
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REORGANIZATION I
OF RED GROSS
TAKES PLAGE
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'' The Executive Committee pt th , .''vBB-
WnTCouhlyaW
Cross has found It necessary to make. . - ;H
rather sweeping changes in the or- V' BBS
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ganlzatlon ot tho work at the Bed - ,H
Cross House, due in part to the H
change In tho personell of the com- ',, ''
mlttee, and in larger part to the H
changing ot the work. 'fl
Hereafter . there will be no gauzo -. '
work, muslin work, or bandage work '; t B
or hospital garments. Three of our . '!!
most important committees then- J, '
fore disappear In addition-to the j , ';'i
knitting and refugee garment 'work- lB
which still continue, la work on in- H
fant layettes. H
The former five committees there- i
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fore are compressed Into three; knit- "B
ting, layettes and refugee garments. IH
The old knitting committee will be -,
enlarged. The former gauze and - , ;H
muslin workers will form tho nuc- ' BH
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ling the epidemic, it is only fair to state that a strict quar- H
antine of the homes, wherever the infection has appeared, S
has been maintained practically ever since the disease H
first appeared here on the 9th day of October, every H
member of the family having been kept in. All the doc- H
tors were instructed by the Board of Health to report all H
cases, not only of Influenza, but of colds, grippe, or any H
other ailments that might develop into influenza and the
homes were immediately quarantined. H
At the very beginning an organization of nurses was fl
effected under the supervision of the Board of Health and fl
the Ied Cross, and' up to the present time, it has been ,
possible to furnish all families who needed it, with nurs- fl
ing help. JThe nurses' organization has without question 'n
saved many lives here. A guarantee of $15 per week was M
made to them in the beginning for their services. , 'jM
There was also established under the supervision M
the Red Cross an organization which took the response- mj
bility of supplying soup to families which were sorely rp?
stricken with the disease This organization distributed Kg
hot soup daily to all families that needed it. Much credit vjL
is due the people who were good enough to do this work. -IS
Immediately after the masks wero put on some ad- s
vertising was carried on throughout the city and the M
county inviting. popple to come out into th business dis- ;fe
trict and do their shopping, assuring them that the mask ,li
would be complete protection. The scare was immediate- , tg
ly takeo out of the people and confidence established. ijm
Business picked up immediately with all concerned, with -stS
the exception of probably only those concerns which deal '.$
irt gents furnishings. We believe that ifr communities m
where the epidemic is on and business has dropped down '$
that there is nothing which will stimulate feusino3, and tffl
improve it so quickly as the universal wearing of masks. i.H
THE LOGAN CITY BOARD OI HEALTH M ll
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