The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-16
10 DgsrRoY BAoiLLl.


L ROM WASHINGTON comes the an
/ nouncement that George T. Moore
and Kari F. Kellerman of the agricul-
turaI department have discovered a
copper solution that viii destroy ty-
phoid and other germs in large bodies
o. water. The expense attending the
operation is said never to exceed IS
per million gallons Of water. including
the cost of labor. Experiments have
shown that this copper solution, very
much diluted, win eliminate from wa
ter at an ordinary temperature viru-.
lent cholera as well as typhoid bacili.
Says an account OF the discovery;
AT ordinary temperature one part
Of copper sulphate 10 100000 parts Of
water destroys typhoid and cholera
germs in from three to four hours.
The ease with which the suIphate can
then be eliminated from the water
seems to offer a practical method of
sterilizing large bodies Of water when
this becomes necessary.
The use of copper sulphate for the
prevention of disease is regarded as
incidental and is not designed in any
way to supplant the efficient preventive
measures now in use. Tt is believed,
however, that Up TO this time no salts
factory means OF thoroughly. rapidly
and cheaply sterilizing a reservoir has
been known. Since the seIective tox-
lefty OF copper sulphate renders it IA
tai to psthegenic forms peculiar to wa
ter while the saprophyuC- bacteria are
unaffected, the method is particularly
well adapted for this purpose"
The first question the average indi-
viduaI win ask in this connection is.
Does the use of the copper solution so
impair the taste of the water as to
render it uudrinEable2 The answer Of
the experts IS a negative one. They
declare that the water IS not only not
rendered undrinkable but that, so mild
is the solution, fit does not change the
taste Of the water in any way. II all
that is claimed for the process is true
it would seem that in it lies the pos
sibility Of solving one of our greatest
problems. the rendering Of the water
supply Of cities absolutely free from
harmful germs.
The experimenters say that care and
prudence must be exercised in the use
OF the solution. The same percentage
of copper viii not do fo- all water.
Before it is used it is necessary TO
ascertain the quality of water. the sort
Of germs &c contains, its temperature
and other important facts. Each body
OF water. it is said. must be treated
with reference TO the special cOudi-
lions surrounding it. The bulletin soon
to be issued by the agricultural de-
partment on this subject viii be read
with interest throughout the nation.
We are authorized to deny indig-
nantiy that the recent increase in the.
price of eggs has anything TO do with
the Press clubs Ham show" which
is TO be given IN the Theatre tonight
and tomorrow night Besides. only
fresh eggs have gone up.
There is great anxiety among the
Russians as to where the Japanese
commanders viii strike next. Wen.
they az least have tha consolation of
knowing that the soldiers at the point
where the Japanese do strike viii be
incapable Of any anxiety foreyermore.
-a
Governor Cha5terton Of wyoming is
going to demonstrate the proposition
that 1t is not always safe to so clear
across the ocean and there libel an
American. lie has sued q Frenchman
for Ibeliug him ana the chances are
that he VIII collect a big judgment.
The salt Lake girl whose mother
locked her out because she sat on the
porch with a young man until $3.50 in
the evening has d legitimate kick com-
ing. Nine-thirty is hardly the shank
of the evening
The assessed value Of Salt Lake
county is something over S45.oo0,Ooo
That looks as if ne were growing very
nicely. thank you.
Those ST. Petersburg explanations
read - thuuEh CorbctGs press agent