The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-09-26

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and they get along well together. But
the great surprise to me was that | was
served with dish OF as fine Strawberries
as any one could wish to sit down to.
Think Of it, Strawberries on the 10Th of
September Who can beat that?
Another dish full remains on the vines
awaiting my return to their home.
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L. d. s. Patton-So far l like this
country very we'll have been here
but a short time, and what have seen
OF the surroundings Of North Yakima
believe it has bright future. l have
moved to this place and am just now set
ting up in house keeping again. | came
here from Kentucky and expect to make
this place my future home. Before in
vesting in any business | shall look
about and make sure that Twill be salts
fed before doing anything.
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Health Officer Prank wish, for the
second time this summer, to refute
through the columns of THE HERALD the
assertion made by some people that the
sanitary condition Of this city is ex-
tremely bad and that typhoid fever ex-
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prevailing idea that typhoid exists here
is mistake, and | wish to give my rea-
sons for saying this. First, though,
want to say if typhoid is prevalent here,
as is often stated, have failed to see
case and | will stake my reputation and
years of experience that there has not
been genuine case here this summer
The disease that is called typhoid is
nothing but malaria, such as exists in
the summer months in all irrigated
countries. | will admit that there have
been great many cases of malaria here,
but as to there being typhoid | will dis
agree with the best physicians in the
country. | make these statements as
health officer OF the city and county, and
wish to say that the sanitary condition
of the city is better than it ever was be-
fore. Ny reasons for taking this stand are
based on years OF experience right here,
coupled with the information / have
gathered on the subject from other ply
sicians OF this city. That the fever here
is malaria there is no doubt. The prim-
airy cause OF it is irrigation; the second
airy cause is carelessness on the part of
the people. They do not take the pro-
per sanitary precautions about their
homes. Malaria is the result of a MAS
matte condition produced by stirring up
the new land; permitting water to stand
in pools until it becomes stagnant; de-
composing vegetable matter; rank
growth of vegetation, and the improper
use OF food OF various kinds. Malaria
can be contracted by breathing the mi
asmatic atmosphere and by drinking
water where the malaria germ is propa-
gated. Typhoid conditions are different.
1t is cuased mainly by drinking water
out of wells that have become polluted
from cess pools and bad water closets.
The disease is contracted by taking the
germ into the system through bad water.
If the stomach is in bad condition the
fever bacilli passes through it to the
smaller intestines where they takes lodg-
ment in the mucous membrane and be-
gins to propagate the result is typhoid
fever. Ii the stomach is in good condi-
ton the bacilli die there by contact
with the gastric juices and no harm re-
suits. Now, everybody knows that with
irrigation malaria conditions will invari-
ably exist, unless more care is taken in
the matter Of letting the water stand to
become contaminated There nav be
some bad wells here, but | doubt that
they will cause typhoid germs to thrive.
for the reason that the ground here is
like natural filter and the underground
water has too rapid flow to become
stagnant. j people will take my advice
and be careful what they eat and if they
have to use ditch water to boil il, there
will be little danger of sickness in this
country. Fever i now abating and on
the first appearance Of frost it will disap-
pear entirely. Ii it We're typhoid fever
frost would not eXterminate it. Frost
will drive out malaria, but not typhoid.
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City Marshal Boyle wish once
more to call the attention Of the inerch-
ants Of this city to the necessity OF keep
ing light burning in their stores and to
the better protection Of the rear en-
frances 10 their places OF business.
mentioned this matter numerous times
before, and now wish to insist that
they comply II is no difficult task 10
keep lights burning in the stores. By
having them any one passing along in
front can see all parts of the interior and
note what Is going on in there, ii any
thing. And then ! would advise them
to keep better protection over their rear
windows and doors. A light in the alleys
wouldn't be bad thing. As it is now
they are as dark as a dungeon on any
night and ii a policeman should pass
along he couldn't see burglars, or any
body else in the rear for that matter.