The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-01-13

CITY is UNDER QUARANTINE
State Board Of Health Issues Procla-
mation-Embareo New In
Effect.

n Only one new case of smallpox has
developed since last Tuesday.
This fact causes the doctors AMI
health authorities to feel more hope
full than at any time since the presen.
epidemic manifested itself, as it is
taken as furnishing good evidence that
the worst has been passed and that
lenceforth a gradual subsidence OF
the disease may be expected. Good
reports are heard from all those who
are down with the malady. Those at
the two isolation hospitals are show
ing signs of speedy recovery. A few
days ago one or two were in what
was considered dangerous condition5
but they are now reported to be much
better and will recover. AT the old
hospital man named Russell, a re-
cent arrival from Colorado, was said
this morning to be quite low, but hope
in his case had not been abandoned.
He was said to be very sick, still it
was expected that he would get well.
In the case of those quarantined in
their homes the news was of the same
cheerful nature. Two or three who
were considered in danger have i'm
proved rapidly during the last couple
of days and it is now only question
OF time until they will have fully re-
covered.
Care and Caution Urged.
Although satisfied that the climax
has been passed and that no cause OF
undue alarm exists, the doctors con-
tinue to advise care and caution The
quarantine regulations adopted will
| be kept in force and the same stric1-
ness exercised as though no reason ex-
listed for belief of an abatement OF the
scourge. Extra sanitary officers have
been employed by the mayor and the
system of observation and surveil-
lance instituted at the beginning will
be continued. The county and city
are working in conjunction in caring
for those who are not possessed of the
means to provide themselves with
medicine and other necessaries, and
no cases of suffering are known. They
are supplied with everything needed
for their comfort and welfare.
Postal Authorities Act.
All mail now dispatched from the
city is fumigated before sent to its
destination. Notice is posted in the
postof1ce calling attention to this and
advising that nothing likely to be in
| jured be placed in letters or parcels.
The placing of mail matter in mail
cars or into the boxes at the passen-
ger station is forbidden. Everything
intended for the mails must pass
through the postoffice.
Railroad Men Prisoners.
! Acting on his promise to the state
boald of health, Superintendent Boyle
of the Montana division of the North
ern Pacific has issued a bulletin to all
employees under his supervision that
they must not leave the company 5
right-of-way while in the city. The
order states that tomorrow number
of tourist sleepers will arrive and be
placed on a sidetrack for the use OF
the train and engine crews and that
the lunch counter will be kept open
night and day for the purpose of fur
nishing the corralIed men with meals.
A like order has also been issued
by the superintendent of the Yellow
stone division.
The men affected by the orders do
not take to them kindly. They say
while they are prohibited from leav-
ing the right-of-way and going into the
denied the right of coming to them.
Citizens take meals at the lunch coun-
ter and go without hindrance any
where about the yards and offices of
the company. Such a one-sided quar-
antine. say the railroaders, is not cal
culated to protect them from the dan
ger believed to be existent here.
Sale OF Tickets Continues.
Forsyth is the only city in the state
that pretends to maintain complete
quarantine against Billings. Its au
thorities have notified the railroad