The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-31
Typhoid Cases Reduced Under DEM
Ocratic administration.
PURER WATER SUPPLY
PARLEY's CANYON BUGABoo
COMPLETELY oBLITERATED.
Comparison With the Reports of
1897 Show Great Improvement In
Health conditions-John siddo-
way Roasts Geddes and His Bottle
Democratic Meetings.


The Parley:s canyon bugaboo of the
Hannaites was exposed in forcfble
style at a rousing Democratic rally in
the Second ward annex last evening
The utter lack of truth in the state
ments that have gone forth from the
Lannan camp were shown, and figures
We're given which were conclusive
proof of the falsity of the Republican
claims.
Arthur #. Barnes, Democratic candi-
date for mayor, brought forth some
facts regarding the alleged prevalence
of typhoid fever and it's connection
with the water from Parleys canyon.
He said: You have been hearing con-
siderable of late about the water in
Parley's canyon. You have been told
that it is the cause of much of the
typhoid fever of the city. Let us ad-
NIT that for arguments sake, for i'm
pure water is conceded by the piIysi-
clans to be one of the chief causes of
typhoid. Our Republican friends claim
that the water of Parley's canyon is
foul and that its condition is due en-
tirely to Democratic lack of legislation
l went to the office of the board of
health today and 1 have gotten some
facts on this question, which are in
teresting. The records of the board
show that during the year 1897, during
a Republican administration, there
We're 163 cases of typhoid. The Re
publicans- claim that typhoid in THE
city is due largely to the water from
Parley's canyon. Let us see how the
condition .of the water. as manifested
in the presence of typhoid, compares
with the past two years. In 1898, there
were 12S cases, forty cases less than
during the Republican administration.
And this year, the time that they are
making their charges, there are only
sixty-two cases. up to the Goth of
October. Figuring upon that ratio by
the first of the year there will be
eighty-two cases, which is a decrease
of 40 per cent from the number during
Glendinning's term. The fact is GER
tainly significant, ana shows that the
water is purer and better right now
than it was when the Republicans
We're in power"
Dressed Geddes Down.
John. siddoway also punctured the
Lannan bubble. He said that he had
inspected the canyon and
that the water was better than it had
been for the past ten years. He dressed
Geddes down as follows: when a
man so far forgets his honor as to go
up the canyon. with a bottle and fill
IIldJ pOIlIei Win water from q corral, ]
and then brings that down to the |
good people of this city and tells them
it is water from the creek, then it is /
time for that man to pause and ask /
himself who he is and what he is do |
ing. That is the same man who three |
years ago, when he was a county COM
missioner, used to take long walks and /
then put in his bill for mileage. It is |
the honorable A Geddes 1 speak of |
He lives on the other side of town, and |
perhaps you have heard of him.
Referring to Colonel Lannan's argu-
1ent With relation to the issuance of !
gold bonds by the Mormon church, and
he charge that at the next issuance
IF bonds by the city, the Democratic (
members of the council would vote
or a gold clause, Mr.. Siddoway said:
What an argument it is! And yet it
s a characteristic argument
Good speeches We're also made by
Fisher Harris who was in one of his
lappiest moods, H. 4. Smith, John
gallagher, Noah Sheckells, Gustave
e.. Backman and John B. Timmony
The Imperial Mandolin orchestra also
several musical selection in
ctIyIp