The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-25
GREAT FALLS As 4 SANITARICM

GREAT FALLS AS 4 SANITARICl
There is an old proverb which read.
in this wise: 1.-THE proof of the pudding
is in the eating thereof" That is supposed
to mean that one can determine the
value, or efficacy, or desirableness of any
given thing by testing it, for proverbs
have a general application. For instance
the proverb above quoted may be ap.
piled In measuring the health of d
locality, or it may be slightly paraphrazed
so as to read: The proof of the health
fulncss of a city may be found in the
poverty of its graveyard. This is quite
as true as that 1.-The proof of the pud-
ding is in the eating thereof" and as it
brings the subject suggested by the head
lines of this article to immediate con-
81 ~ieration it will be taken to show that
Great Falls is the healthiest city of it's
size in Montana; that in fact, as a SAM
tarium, it stands without a peer in the
west.
1t may be stated in the outset that
continued good health depends upon Ger
tain continued conditions, among which
are pure air, pure water and wholesome
food. These three are primary essen
tials to healthfulness. Wholesome food
is within the reach of every intelligent
man and woman; pure ar and pure
water are not, and their absence is
marked by disease, sickness, death and
a fat graveyard. These are indisputable
propositions. This being SO it follows
that a city situated say at an altitude of
5000 feet above sea level, exposed to
sweeping winds from almost bounlless
plateaus and with an abundance of pure
flowing waters at its doors is a naturally
healthy place. These conditions tit
Great Falls, and that is why we say it is
without IA peer in the west as a sanitarium.
Its elevation insures a pure, bracing.
health giving, life-giving atmosphere.
The broad Missouri carrying great vol
umes of almost chemically pure water
from which the city derives its supply,
gives it an abundance of that wholesome
necessary, while its exposed position in
vites the gentle zephyrs from surround
ing plains. and the more vigorous blasts
from the snow capped Rockies. each
bearing joyous health and renewed life
within their ever welcome embrace.
Over the hill toward the rising sun the
comparatively tenantless cemetery at
tests the infrequency of the visits of the
pale spectre to the hearthstones of our
citizens. Within the last three months
"A season of the year when disease and
death are the unwelcome landmarks to
nearly every large city - the records
show less than a dozen deaths, and this
in a city of 5000 inhabitants. Can more
convincing proofs be adduced to show
Great Falls is the natural santa
of Montana?
1t is true that the recent heavy rains
have swollen the waters of the river and
filed depressed places in the city with
pools. The former will soon subside and
the latter car be easily controlled by
municipal action. But neither Justify
the throwing of danger signals before
The eyes of the public and creating a
'ear harmful in it's results than a
Destilence. A little fable tells an in
'tructive story. "Where are you going
and what do you want:" asked the gate
Keeper of an Asiatic city to a pestilence
IS it knocked for admittance. II am 60
ng into your great city to kill ten thous-
md people," How is this" inquired
he gatekeeper upon the return of the
pestilence, you said you would kill ten
thousand, one hundred thousand have
True" replied the pestilencc' ~
lilled ten thousand; fear killed the rest"
The moral is obvious. What the TRIB-
NE proposed to show is that the
sanitary conditions of Great
Falls are such as to preclude the pos
of its becoming an unhealthy city
rs long as its streets and alleys are not
made dumping grounds for filth of all
Kinds. No city in the state can show IA
bill of health, a less death rate
n proportion to its population and a
eaner graveyard. For after all the
graveyard is the test of a city's health.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
HERE is a solid chunk of truth from
he Kansas City Times: "All the foolish