Daily inter mountain., 1900-11-13
MUCH SICKNESS.
THE WATER SUPPLY MAY B1
THE CAUSE.
WANTING THE VOTES COUNTED
A Close Fight Over Election, With
Returns From One Precinct
Sealed UP.
Bozeman, Nov. 9.

surprisingly large number of our
people are suffering with slight attacks
of illness, that is, are under the weather
to greater or less extent, though the
majority are able to be about. The
trouble seems to be of the variety that
affects the stomach and bowels. The
cause has not been definit tely located as
| yet, but is evidently in the water sup
| piled, which comes from a. gulch about
| two and half miles east of town and
| appears first as an immense spring that
bursts forth from the lime rock about
| half way up the gulch and then flows on
down the mountain for about mile and
half before it is piped. The past sea-
son having been so extraordinarily dry,
it is suspected that the water has in
someWay become contaminated, with
the result that the users of it, who are
in any way susceptible to disease are at
once attacked, and these attacks range
| from typhoid to dysentery, with any
amount of intermediate complaints of
less grave and dangerous character. For
| tunately SO far none of the typhoid cases
have terminated fatally, while the rest Of
suffering humanity manages to get along
in some way, feeling utterly miserable,
and not having much interest In life. The
! sewer question is another Of the burning
questions of the day. Heretofore the
great expense has deferred the city So
Ions from considering this, question as
eXhaustively as they might, yet it is only
| question of very short time when
| the matter must be taken up in earnest
and disposed of. The town is covering
altogether too much territory to make
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| superfluous moisture and the many wells
and cesspools, while not harmful to ap-
! pearances, do have a decided effect on
| the health of the citizens of a town
where this system is the only one In use
The board of county commissioners
will meet on Monday and canvass the
/ votes cast at the late election. Several
4 candidates who are now occupying seats
on the anxious bench will then earn their
| fate Particularly is this the case be-
| tween. a democratic and republican
candidate for county commissioner. As
matters now stand. the republicans lead
the democrats by two votes. with a pre-
cinct to hear from. the results In which
are not known, as the judges counted
the votes and without making any menu
orandum sealed the package and sent 1t
to the county clerks office. where 1t re-
poses sereneiy, holding a story that
would cause a great deal of relief were
it only definitely known what that story
| might be.
| DR.. Garrett L, Hogan, city health off,
| Ger, at a special meeting of the city coun-
Gil, last night, resigned that office. The
council Immediately filled the vacancy
thus caused by appointing DR.. r. B.
Whitefoot to the position.
Mr.. Jean Decker, who for some time
occupied the position of editor of the Gail
| latin county republican, has resigned
that position and accepted similar one
on the Billings Gazette. Mr. Decker hav-
ing settled his business affairs will leave
| tonight for his new home accompan MED
by Mrs. Decker. Both the young people
have made a great number of frfiends
during their stay in Bozeman and their
departure is generally regretted. They
have the we'll wishes of all who learned
to know them.
| Doc Hogan is as proud as a man can
weM be. There are several boys in the
| family, and when on Wednesday morn
| ing girl baby came to joint the COM
pany, the doctor was the most tickled
man in town. The news was so good It
could not be kept and he was kept busy
shaking hands and thanking his friends
| for their congratulations.