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Show ENTHUSIASTIC FOR HEALTHJAMPftIGN REPRK8KNTATIVE CITIZENS ARE PLACED IN CHARGE OF SALE OF CHRI8TMA8 SEALS. Countlei of the State Being Organized by Executive Secretary of Public Health Association to Secure Quota Expected of Utah. A flying stnrt toward a whirlwind finish has been mndo by tho Utah Public Pub-lic Henlth association In Its Christmas seal Balo In sccurlnfl tlio ucnlccs of former Governor libber M. Wells, In cbargo of Salt Lako City and Ogden, and of Mra. A. J. Gorhain, as chairman chair-man of women'e actlyltloa durhtu tho salo. GoTcmor Welle and Mrs. .Gorham, In co-opcratlon with James II. Wallls, otecutlro secretary of tho Public Honlth association, who la In chnrgo of tho stato cambalgn and who Ims been busily working on plana for tho salo relative to providing n ooaipro-heaslvo ooaipro-heaslvo health program for-next year, ospress gratifying satisfaction over en-thnslnsm en-thnslnsm being shrown throuuhout tho state. "Iteallzlng that th,o funds raked in the seal tele, with tho oxccptlon of a meager 10 per cent, will all be used at home, a generous respooao la being met with In spite of tho fact that tho sale comes In tho midst of two national drives," stated Mr. Wallls. 'flio seals go to support tho national and stato movement for the fight against tubor cnlosls, from which thero aro 1000 vletlms suffering In TJtah at tho present pres-ent time, and two million throughout tho remainder of the United States Nlnoty per cent o. tho money raised In Utah will go to allovlate the suffering suf-fering of those WOO victims, while the other 10 per eent will be Utah's share to (tie National tuberculosis as-soclatloa." as-soclatloa." The National Tuberculosis association associa-tion has been fighting the "wblto plagno" for tho last twolvo yoars, and although tho deajh rata In tho nation Is still alarmingly high, It lms boon materially decreased In those com-mnnlties com-mnnlties which have become awako to tho neccseOr for vigilant war against It, according to Mr. WallUi. The healA seals have boon sold In Utata stoce 1010, darUa which Owe the Utah Public Health association lute been founded with representative cltlsens frou att parts of the state on I tn board of dlroctfbra standing sponsor tor Hie expenditure ox Us funds and Hie manner oft 1U health campuUu. Tile aeocly ha toatalled the modera healUi eraMde in io pubUc schools of Bhe sutrv wiercby providing aa attractive sdocner for the foundation founda-tion oc health haOlU by boys and I'lrls, which wlH serVa m a life-long safe-gaard safe-gaard against dlsoaoe. Twelve thousand thou-sand children have already been enrolled en-rolled la the crusade, with the prospects pros-pects of 80,000 more before the school year expiree, according tto Mr. WnllK Public health nurses have boon Installed In-stalled In thirteen counties at the Instigation In-stigation and through the co-operation of the Utah Public Hoafch omocI-atlon, omocI-atlon, with the school authorities and state board of health. Counties which cannot afford a nurse nor even pay part of her expenses have bees presented pre-sented with Uits most valuable bit of community service through the nsso-elation, nsso-elation, the aesoctatton paying the entire en-tire Mueases In so&h casea. Indicating tne unftrecodqntcd Interest Inter-est being tikeu In tile health sale this year are the contributions from lustl-tatloni lustl-tatloni already received. Through President Ileber J, Greet and. members mem-bers of the first presidency of the L. D. I. church, a check for $1000 hua been received. "Tho asnoclatlou Is Indeed grateful for such enthusiastic support," sup-port," said Mr. Wallls, ntio Interoet In our work which prompted the givine; of snch a largo sum of inoncf augnnng well for tho public co-operation In our plans for next year." The Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Llfo Insuranco company has pledged tho sale of two thousand dollars' dol-lars' worth of seat through their thlrty-slK soiling agents during tho drive, which opens Thanksgiving day and continued ntH Christmas eve. Pledges of co-opcratlon have also boon received from the Bervlco Star legion, the American legion, Ktato Nurses' association, 8nlt Lake Presidents' Presi-dents' club, Ministerial association, Utah Hankers' association, IlcHilve girls, Hoy Soouts, Stnto Board of Kdu-cation, Kdu-cation, National Itotary chilis, SnJvn-tlon SnJvn-tlon army., and from Livingston Par-rand, Par-rand, chairman of the American Ilea CroHs. Hack of the national movement move-ment stand the prominent men and women of the country, headed by President Woodrow Wilson. Governor WWs. who his direct rherge of the sate la Bah Lake and Ogden, win raise 125.000 In those two cities, the balanee of tlie state quota, Stft.OOO, will be raised throughout the stato. This coUi for 10 cents per capita for every man, woman and child In Utah. Alt ether oeuntiea of tho stnto nro being oroanlrod under the personal supervision of Mr. Wallls. Ulch was tne nrst county to oompleto Its organization, or-ganization, wbloh, tn the unique man- T.or..on,a'r bttUtn crnlval, has pledged Itsolf to raise lim on that dHy. This will bo accomplished through ilmlla proerama carried out In the four towua. Garden City, Ran-dolivh, Ran-dolivh, Woodrufit and Laketown, Do-cembor Do-cembor 10. Beginning with aa auction auc-tion sale la the forenoon of donated goods, ranglttg troto household brie-a-brae to llveatoefe, followed by a cafe-Iwla cafe-Iwla luncheon at noon, a parade In the afternoon all tho school (till-dron, (till-dron, nsrayod as modern heallh mi- SA rf'if 5l5t PMOC tho playlet. 'Good Health Wlai? and a grand 1ml In the oyeoing. Rich county has plunged In In a most enthusiastic mim-ner mim-ner to ralso their quota. I Othor counties bnvo worked out nt-tractive nt-tractive plans also for ruling ihcli ' quotas. "The Intorest displayed In the seal solo In all portions of the state la a splendid UjdVoation otf the awakening of the public to the grave menace of tuberculosis." stated Ur. Wallls. "X means that Utah may continue the tuberculosis tu-berculosis asrvey bogoo In Weber connty. This ta of vast hnportanee to the ntate, because the moat fgormld-able fgormld-able obstacle Id (he campaign ncalnst tuborculosls is the undiscovered vase, the person who baa tuberculosis and doesn't know It When the United States entered the great war, the draft boards and the army doctors found more than 120,000 such cases among the young men who thought themselves them-selves physically fit for military service. serv-ice. Tho National Tnbercuronla association asso-ciation and the Utah Public Health association, as-sociation, both of which are financed principally through tho sale or the little lit-tle penny seals, plan to search out every undiscovered case In Utah, as well as the country at largo, and put tho nffllctod person In tho way of obtaining ob-taining proper treatment. Onco that Is done, control of tho dreadful plaguo that now kills 150,000 persons every l years will bo certain," declnred Mr. Wallls. "Tho purchase of seals or a health bond is n nuarontoo of n cleaner, stronger and happier people." |