The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-31
Typhoid Cases Reduced Under Derll-
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 ParIey's canyon bugaboo of the
Hannattes was exposed In forcible
style at a. rousing Democratic rally In
the Second ward annex last evening.
The utter lack of truth in the state
n1ents that have gone forth from the
Lannan camp were shown, and figures
Were given which were conclusive
proof Of the falsity of the Republican
claims.
Arthur i. 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 Parley's canyon.
He said: You have been hearing con-
siderable Of late about the water in
Parley's canyon. You have been told
that 1T is the cause of much of the
typhoid fever of the city. Let us adj
nit that for arguments sake, for i'm
pure water is conceded by the pnySi-
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 Ell
tirely to Democratic lack of legislation.
l went to the office of the board of
health today and / have gotten some
facts on this question, which are in
teresting The records of the board
a Republican administration, there
were 163 cases of typhoid The Re-
pubiicans 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 125 cases, forty cases less than
during the Republican administration.
md thic tho time thai thayr
making their charges, there are only
sixty-two cases: up to the 30th 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
were in power
Dressed Geddes Down.
John. Siddoway also punctured the
Lannan bubble. He said that he had
personally 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
that bottle with 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. 1t 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-
ment With relation to the issuance of
gold bonds by the Mormon church, and
the charge that at the next issuance
of bonds by the city, the Democratic
members of the council would vote
for a gold clause, Mr.. Siddoway said:
What an argument it is! And yet it
is a characteristic argument"
Good speeches We're also made by
Fisher Harris, who was in one of his
happiest moods, H. <. Smith, John
Gallagher Noah Sheckells, Gustave
H.. Backman and John B. Timmony.
The Imperial Mandolin orchestra also
rendered several musical selection in
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