Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-20
Only Fourteen Smallpox Cases
in Whole State.
They Are at Shiloh, Portland, Spring
vale and freeport.
Commissions Issued to Five New CT.
ficers Of Guard.

h cihatlhS the men stopping at thu
boarding house of the American Ic,
|, Company. During Tuesday ant
/! Wednesday they Vaccinated 80 ode
! persons. Ten or 4 dozen escaped. how
ever. and could not be found. The
! local board offer free vaccination ant
DR.. Dorr will go to the homes of the
people in the town for the purpose a,
any time.
/ DIR. Young told the men at the board
i ing house that it was better for them
to remain where they are rather thar
! go home to their friends or families
until after it is definitely ascertained
whether the vaccination took or not
At the end of four days the doctor will
again visit the place and will examine
i every person who was vaccinated and
if it has taken they may then go away
in perfect safety. Those who require
it will be re-vaccinated.
SO far as known there are cases of
SMALLPOX in only four places in the
State. There are seven persons sick
with the disease at Shiloh. five in
Portland. one i'm Springvale and one
in Freeport, making IA cases in all.
THE State is very Fortunate" said
DR.. Young. yesterday. with small
pcx all around us we have thus far
escaped any real epidemic. 1 do not
anticipate any spread of the disease.
Precautionary measures have been
taken everywhere with splendid effect.
AS things now appear there is no dan
ger to be apprehended.'
| Commissions duly signed have been
forwarded to the following newly
elected officers of the National Guard
who recently passed perfect examina-
tions before the military board: Cap
tain Harry P. Carver, First Lieutenant
Hal II. Eaton and Second Lieutenant
James NJ. Palmer. Company c. Au-
burn; First Lieutenant Frank B.
Crosby Company II. Waterville: Sec.
ond Lieutenant Harry w. Warren
Company +, Dover.
The question Of the placing Of IL
cense upon nonresident spOrtsmen Is
still under discussion. Some of those
who are the most Interested in this
ma tier welcome this discussion, as
they say It will be better for all the
points, pro and con. to be discussed in
advance of the meeting Of the Legisla-
ture which will convene in January.
| 1909. Some Of the prominent men are
not yet convinced that the license
would be the best thing. although
| they admit that, when most all the
other states which have game place a
| tax upon those who hunt the large
game. 1t certainly cannot be argued
that Maine Is setting the example. The
| fact that through thie license sufficient
money could be secured with which to
protect the big game is strong argu-
ment in favor of the proposed license.
and one which is taking with the peo-
pie. The matter has now got into such
stiope that there will certainly be bill
introduced for this purpose in the
Legislature.
\ John n, Maxwell and Mrs. Maxwell
(of Llvermore Falls, were visitors at the
Capitol. yesterday
Chairman Carleton has gone to
Caribou to visit the fish Matching es-
adjustment there.
4 Governor Hill. accompanied by his
chief Of staff, Major General Augustus
3. Fnrnham. and the inspector gen.
eral of rife Practice, Col. Elliott c,
Dill went to Biddeford. yesterday
afternoon. He will be Joined there by
| Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Hale,
Lie utenant Colonel w. M: Aver,
ErIgadier General Frank l.. Hoyt,
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Ander-
son and Major Holman r. Day. on
Friday the Governor and his staff will
go to Orono to attend the grand mill
tary ball to be given by the students OF
the University of Maine.
pr. Young in the Sanitary Inspector
thus answers q correspondent upon ar
important subject:
Il am sorry that 1t is necessary fol
me to give an opinion against the ad
visibility Of usirg the old well as &
ccsspooi. My reasons for 30 doing art
these: When offensive matter In &
liquid form or dirty water II poured
upon the surface OF the ground 80 tina
the air and the sunshine can get at 1t
a pretty rapid chemical process goes OF
which converts the offensive and dan
gerous matter into forms which ar
less dangerous or are innOcuOus. Tn
| roots OF growing plants have consider
| able to do with this process. but still
the organic matter In sewage and othe
polluted water are the Ritrifying bac
terra Of the soil. The result of the ac
II ton of all these natural forces is tn
Il conversion OF the organic matter, frs
into ammonia. then into nitrites. an
Eventually into nitrates. In our wor
Jtcf water analysis when we find iarg
quantity of ammonia II indicates
, source OF pollution near the well. Whe
on the other hand, we find an absenc
or a small quantity Of ammonia and a
excess Of nitrates. the indication is tina
the polluting organic matter has bee
Ioxjdized. or rather nitrified as we no.
say, by its passage through intervenin
strata OF soil. The resulting nitrate
lare entirely harmless. They indicate
remote source of pollution. and the or
lily unfavorable indication Is the suggsi
ton whether the soil or ground may
all times in the future be able thus e
fectualiy 10 act as filter. This nitr
8 flying process In carried on only In II
upper part of the soil. AZ we go dow
below the surface, the successive Ia!
ers have a rapidly decreasing power I
= taking care Of the polluting matter. ar
e long before we get to half the depth