The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-08-26


md coast. the citizens have arme
themselves with shotguns to reenforc
the quarantine regulations that tn
Lone S,ar state has SO far failed 4
back up with the rifles and bayonet
and cannons OF Its militia. Borde
towns In Alabama and Arkansas hav
also met the refugees from louisiana
with shotguns and turned them bacl
or imprisoned them In quarantine
camps. Even as far north as Tennes
see and southern Illinois the quaran
tine Is maintained to a certain extent
but In these latter districts II Is |
modifed quarantine and without tn,
menacing adjunct Of shotguns or bAyo
nets. Memphis II may be recalled. hal
as much reason as any city In tn,
world to impose. q rigorous quarantine
In times Of danger from yellow fever
as, with perhaps the exceptions of New
Orleans and Philadelphia, no other city
in the world has been scourged sc
dreadfully or so nearly depopulated
from yellow fever as has Memphis. In
the yellow jack" epidemics of gen
Grafton ago, when the people Of New
Orleans were dying like flies, the pop
ulation of Memphis was being deci-
mated almost equally as fast. But that
was before science had come to the
rescue by stepping to the front and
showing that this greatest Of yellow
perils might be controlled and elimi-
mated by simply controlling or exter-
minating a certain fiy-the female Of a
certain mosquito family which science
discovered was the only possible prop
agator of the deadly. but as yet uni
Identified, germ of yellow fever.
Draining of swamrs contiguous to
this city and the raising of the grade
of its streets to height that would
permit drainage by underground sew
ers, to replace the present surface sew
ers, are advocated by many as desira-
BILE steps in the crusade against the
infectious Mrs. Mosquito. Indeed. there
are many improvements of this sort
planned and portions of them are in
course OF construction. The pro-
gramme is for complete sanitary
system OF water works and sewers, the
cost to be sl6.O00,000. But it will take
hree years or more before this great
and much-reeded Improvement can be
finished.
May OF All Swamps.
Whether any plan may be found for
rendering the great swamps to the
southeast and south Of this city unGe-
sirable places as breeding grounds for
the countless myriads of mosquitoes
that swarm into or streets and homes
and business houses when the wind is
blowing inland must be considered ore
OF the greatest problems that New Or
leans and the state of Louisiana will
nave to deal with in the near future.
Outsiders may consider that we are
never immune so long as we are ex.
posed to these two things-the capri
ciousness of the winds OF heaven and
the fecundity Of the mosquito tribe
that domiciles in the irreclaima5la
swamps of oUr coast. But our case.
nevertheless, is not hopeless. ms
great state will find way to meet all
dihicuities. Ii is rich enough and en-
terprising enough to oil all the swamps
OF our coast every year and ii may do
that very thing If this years test of
the mosquito theory" proves it's en-
tire correctness.
FEDERAL Government in Charge.
In response to the appeal of the city
or New Orleans. the federal govern
ment promptly ;cok charge of the fight
against the yellow fever. and Surgeon
General Walter Weyman, head of the
United States marine hospital service.
and his splendid corps of trained help
ers, are waging a battle royal day and
night to stamp out the scourge. The
city authorities are lending the hearth
est cooperation and the defense fund Of
$15OO00 asked by the government to
exterminate the disease has been
raised.
Though generally people are willing
to submit to the regulations of the
health authorities, there are some who
refuse to believe in the mosquito
theory and VINO oppose the oiling of
their cisterns end the cleansing of
their premises. The Era club members.
who are women. have Volunteered to
proselyte among this class of the COM
munity.
There Is mosquito ordinance that
requires landlords to screen cisterns.
Fine'or imprisonment is the penalty
for refusal to obey the ordinance. Very
few houses in The city are without els
terms. and 10000 to $4,000 of them will
be screened. The city Is now spending
$16,OO0,000 upon water and sewerage
system which, when completed. will
require the Abandonment of all els
terms. 1t will. however, be two OF
three years before this system Is in
operation and III the interval the oil
ing and screening process will be es-
sential II the breeding places of the
fever-bearing mosquito are to b.
wiped out.
Famous Investigation in Havana.
The famous investigation made ir
Havana in 1900 and 1901 by the Ameri
can military commission, composed o.
Maj. w. Reed. NJ. D.. and Drs. J. Car
roll; A. Argamonte and Jesse w. La
A.