Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-10
TWO TESTS WERE suspicious"
But These We're From Water Far Above
The General Intake at the Mouth
Of the Canyon.
STEWARDS THEORY EXPLODED.
Official Trip to the Bullock Ranch Con
vince Dr.. 0dell That There
Was No Typhoid There.

City Chemist Harms today completed
ley's creek water and only two our
of the three contained traces of nltritcs
and were classed as Of suspicious pur-
ity, The other SIMPLE was Of ordinary
purity, None Of the samples contain
ed bacill coli colonies otherwise
known as typhoid fever bacIll on.
sample was taken from Lambs canyon
about 800 feet below Bullock's ranch, 1t
was classed as being rather suspicious.
II contained a faint trace OF nitrit $,
$50 parts Of free ammonia and .085
parts of albuminoid ammonia per nil
lion parts.
Apother sample, which was taken
from the creek at the junction "
Lambs and Parley's CANYONS con
talned faint trace Of nlirltes ,o9S
parts free ammonia and 900 parts al
buminoid ammonia per million parts.
il was also classed as suspicious
The third sample, which was olasse1
ms Of ordinary nurity and was thee-
fore the purest OF all. was taken from
the reservoir at the mouth OF parl Us
canyon. 1t contains no traces % ME-
trites, .055 parts Of albumino,d NM
monla per million parts. According 20
these tests therefore the water uGr1
by the citizens OF Salt Lake Is Of com.
parotive and more than ordinary pur.
ity
NO TYPHOID SAYS DIR. ODELL,
When seen by a News" reporter to-
day pr Odell made the following state-
ment regarding the trip made mp the
canyon yesterday with County Commits
sionnr Standish:
"Our "trip TO the canyon convinced
me that william Bullock, the young
man over whose Illness there has been
go much ado. did not have typhoid
fever We did not see the patient. as
he was not az home but from the state
ment Of his mother It Is clear to my
mind that his anllction was not what
has been supposed In answer TO ques-
lions put to her Mrs. Bullock stated
that her son was sick for about three
weeks during August. but his illness
was not OF such n nature as to confue
him To bed. nor did It take away his
appetite, as he ale heartily an the
while. taking such food as beefstoak.
chicken. eggs and other solids, Even
II he had had walking typhoid such 70
diet would have been impossible con
sequently II seems reasonably certain
that his ailment was not what Il is re-
ported 10 nave been. PRIOR 10 MS III
ness the young man was living at 1869
Eleventh East street where they use
flowing well water but as no cases
have arisen In that vicinity It Is safe
to assume that his Illness was not ty-
phoid as a result Of drinking this
water"
FAMILY GREATLY WRONGED.
DR. Odel further stated that In his
opinion the Bullock family had been
shamcfnlly wronged, as the condition
Of their premises was far from what Il
had been represented to be The yard.
he said. was comparatively clean, the
outhouses We're far removed from the
banks OF the creek and the canyon sur.
rounding was In good condition. The
doctor also said that two years ago Mr..
Roach, who lives In the canyon, had
genuine case OF typhoid and was at
tended by pr Joseph S. Richards At
that time there was no epidemic as
result, although there was just as much
reason for one as there is at the present
time, perhaps more. So far as he knew
no typhoid bacilli had ever been dIscoy-
cred In the waters Of Parleys creek,