The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-06-05

Editor News:
Biology, chemistry. medicine, surgery
aud bacteriolosy In their evolution
contributed to a new branch Of science
whose subsequent development has
been Of inestimable Importance to each.
~ well ~ 4" the preservation Of the
public health.
Indeed, sanitary science u an Illus
t%rotion, whereby miIions 1T lives have
been saved. Sanitation like other great
achievements, has been slowly progress
sing. Oftimes ignored aud misrrpre
scented lr to this date We have 10
c%alitlrs where sanitation l. neglected
aud ignored. In such localities you
will find twu GLASSES that oppose SAM
tatN sewage and progress Ut civilization
One through fear of bonded debt aud
the other through ignorance. The tor
mer de- not stop 10 think that when the
time comes for a plague to break nut.
that uut little enemies will make ~
distinction between rich and poor. The
latter, however, have not the intelli
gcnce To think that far ahead. These
" classes prohibit u third class who
are earnest workers ~ the cause 81
sanitation aud civilization.
Among the early Grcrks We find
A~naNimnnder Mill. Olympiad lblu
Il. e. Of Milc,us, held the theory that
animals are formed from moisture. Elm
pedocles, OF Argcntum 400 g. c. j.
not ~ general ia his views Ut the suh
ject, hut asserts that sonnet ines auimrls
are formed IA purifying soil, ~ ~.
times ~ plants. sometimes ~ fund, ut
other animals. At present this last l.
no more o superstition, hut, - fact, a
fact which We have gained through hit
ter exreI icnce, aud great devastation Ut
population. Epidcmics aud plague, OF
every description are ~ every day ur
curtenc.. aud found only ~ such places
where sanitation aud sewerage are neg
l"ctcd aud ignored.
HH''N A'T' Y lhNffN'' hfHAl NfflllN u
haN" been the first to doubt tina, the
maggots familiar IN putrld meat arose.
Watching meat ~ IT, passage from
freshness 10 decay prior to the appeal
ance 81 mHggotS, he invariably uh
served IIcls bUI.iug around the meat.
aud frequently aIghting on It The
] TtannaIG la. thYtulY s.t.It -. I'll. l.It
developed progeny uf these flies. l'lac
my fresh meat Ia n jar covered with
paper, h" found tnut although the meat
purified ~ the ordinary manner It
never bred maggots, while meat Ia an
open yaI SOL swarmed with ihctu. Foi
the paper he substituted ID fine wire
meat could rise. over 1t the flies
buI.ed and On It they laid then eggs.
but the meshes being too small to per
nit the eggs 10 TALL through, no mag
gots generated ~ tue meat. they were,
On the contrary, hatchcd on the gaulc.
by a series Of such experiments Red
destroyed the belief IN the spontaneous
generation OF mnggOts IN meats, aud
with At many other related beliefs. Now
how many of out citizens who oppose
sewerage" whl experiment to ascertain
whether they are lust u unjust, other
than experience pain months before
bonds ATE 'uiri, Ton fear they might Ice
forced to live under sanitary rundI
tIUns.
The upper layers of the S"n contain
bacteria IN proportion 10 their rIrhnc,-
ia organic matter. This oIgauIr mat
ter must bee disposed Of. IN" r"srarchr,
OF fluggc {. frannrl aud others show
tina, the bacteria de- not penetrate deep
iN. but gradually decrease IN number
until ia" depth 81 a meter d, reached,
then rapidly diminish until At - mcrr,
aud a quarter the! abruptly disappear
aus noes tu s"uw that ia" rNrrcmrut
ui human aud animals have fnr III,
most part Ia DO with the dimuuitIou ~
lncrrse al organic matter OF the super
''"' '"F'AH w Nv WIZ aN'N AH'Ht ~
town ana city, where large roupregH
tons ~ humanity where the rxrremrnr
of thousands ui Iruplr II daily di-sim
mated throughout the streets, whrr,
millions upon millions oi different kiud,
If bacteria are daily distributed, eau
not but eliminate into n dungeon ul
plague. II j. "niy a question of tim,
aud We Will get the same dose tina.
New Orleans got q few year, bach.
The puthugenic bacteria -. disca-,
producing bacteria, found IN the ~
crrment uf man, are 81 numerous thai
viii only "udcuvor to halne a few
Oi the important ones, such ~ cholera
prrsINtant diorrhrH, ~typhoid fever an,
tuberculosis. Crsspnols aud pits are NJ
means by which to alternate, diminish
OF destroy the rGrremeut uf man. ~
the other Maud they form one ~ III,
best mediums Tor bacteria to grow ia.
The only method by which We ma,
eliminate the dangers aud maintain uu
health II wholly through sanitation an,
sewerage.
) Therefore, So must unite IN ouT ef
: forts 10 ge, average for our city an,
p lay aside the fear of being taxed. Nov
~ our only opportunity III being taxed
for after W are swept away by th