Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-28
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER
travelling Msa Organizing = MamuslA
GLIB Parity 81 nissl.sippl Water
Cheap TuFkey


ST. LouIs. No. Dee. There Is nos
anywhere 10 the United States 4 elab
house owned entirely by commercial
travellers and devoted 70 their uses, %,
there will br one AZ soon as the hand.
some building now being plA nnsd b.
architects. for the Traveller Pro,ec.
tive association. is erected in 81, L.1ulG
II viii cost half million doliar1, an4
wall DO the sNsllrst place 81 this soa
outside ~ London. both ~ 10 Its 81.
terror appearance aud It's appoint
meats inside onc novelty Ia ihp ar
engagements 81 the elub Which has
been proPoacd Is 20 be a cab scryiss
The club is - own is Calls, and thsy
arc not only - be a. tralns for pss q
members, but they arc also 10 b. a.
tbs beck aud cali u any Of them who
may want u drive ab5at the city
The rapidly flowing water D, ,hs
Mississippi river has swept away shs
theorists who began when tbe cholera
scare ran over the country this ycsr 70
cxAort the people To drink only water
that had been boiled. A. that tine,
q eourae, 81 Louis took ali trris Of
sanitary precautions, which. ny he
way. are tiill Ia effective operation
and among them warned these wig
lived ia the tenement districts not 70
use well water. Every body thea re-
sorted 10 hydrautA About this time
arose tho cry u tho medical men who
insisted that ali running water mni'
be boiled II the dribkcE would prevent
the coming OF cholera, lyphoid fever
and other dtsagrseablr sialturs Of thai
kind. Everyone knows how dlfbcul
II "a 10 household 20 boil all The
water that Is uscd ~ . family, and
careful folks sighed AZ they weni
about the new duty thus Laid on then.
Fortunately about this Iime, party
OF microscoplsLa from the smith
sonian institute visited 81 LOUIS
They were examining the water supply
Of all the large citica- They found
that Sic river water used IN 1t LOUIS
was not only pure but wholesome ana
they promptly announce that aau'
ing that IL was better than that 81 any
other large city where they had been.
The st. Louis Medical society wan'ea
10 be sure that the Eastern scicnus~
were right, ana appointed coHmif
tee o. miscroscopisLs from Us owe
members 70 examine the water Inc
examination was made this week, ana
the conclusion reached was the same
as that announced BY the Smithsonian
institute men. Tho housetccp1rs are
oycrjoycd, and the Troublesome water.
boiling in tho kitchens all day long
has ceased.
Here Is bit Of information for the
house-tccpcrs that will make them Ah
want to live in St Louis Turkey ON
Thanksgiving bay sold in the narkets
here for 10 cents y pound, and iresn
vunisOn for 20 cents; and there was
much more OF both kinds OF tho meas
than could bc sold judging from WV
81 the stands late ths'
night. Not only on Thanksgiving Dsy,
but AL the year round, housc-kcepe's
in other parts Of the country have goou
reasons 10 envy their sisters here oe
Louis Is Ia the center of enormous na'
uIh game anu hhh pIhhNi FS'- ~.
hunting and fishing clubs of the cry
are numbered by hundreds lhfiu
the eight months Of the year, bSh
abundant ON the market sHi'is
at insignificant prices, nnd iGr
tho other four months, game y
really cheaper than good beef lno
mechanic here lives ns we'll as the pro
fessional man Of moderate circum'
stances in New York, Boston or On,
cago. A comparison OF housekeepers,
figures would show that tho cost o.
living 10 e5 per cent cheaper here thaA
In either OF thnRa citieA