Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-07-30
Boil the Flies.
Cedar City. July 20.

often eaid THAT reminds me.
just at present there are q numbe=
OF our citizens whom, With all due re-
spect, we might term faddists, some
on one thing, some on another One
that strikes me most forclbly just at
present IL the boiled water cranks.
tReserve your brick bats please, for !
admit may be- somewhat Of crank
on perhaps more than one thing my
self. Let us reason out the point
at Issue before passiug FINAL Judge
ment that debsrs ali appeals. You
say the doctors say 90 boil all drink.
ing water. Very we'll, let's see II the
doctors theory IL we'll founded.
His argument was to boil drinking
water ss preventative of the dead
Typhoid fever 90 prevalent here. rs
phoid fever, rs VIC are ell willing 10
believe, IA germ very minute. In
deed 90 emall that Ia looking at one
through twelve hundred diameter
microscope one could just tell the
shape an movement OF IL. Recently
In one Of the finest equipped lsbora-
to-ies OF the east the acientlsts there
took six million microbes from the
body Of one common, innocent lock.
ing house fly. Quite heavy load be
carried, wasn't itP
DO you know where house dies
come fromS I'll tell you. The next
shower we have just 90 out In the
barn yard, and II there 10 a pile OF
stable manure, just scrutinize il
closely and you will observe hun.
dreds. may thousands OF tiny white,
or rather. yellowish worms crawling,
wrlggliug and tnmtling on the sides.
Go out again Ia few hours, espec-
Tally II the sun Is shining hot on it,
and you will observe flies even
more numerous than the worms were.
That 10 the house fly. The next won.
der Ia where all these files come from
Ia the kitchen. for they seem TO be
thicker than ever. Yon say the rain,
then warm sun seemed TO bring them.
For once your random guess was
right. Suppose yon have Ave hundred
flies ana put the estimate at half
Whist the soientists put II, viz: three
million germs 10 the fis. q eat
smoke, what lot, ave hundred mil.
lien germsl Aud Mr.. ny is not par
tioular at all where he lights; 90
your face, hands, In tho food. la the
milk oh but you say, we boil all
ous milk - On, aud do you drink IL
boiling hot, aud IL tho cup boiling
hot from which you drink the mlik.
Flies also light on the babies face a
great many times In a dav aud you
kiss and fondle him scores OF times u
day End you don't boil him either.
Boiled milk Anh what do you
get out OF II pray about as much
uourishment as there would be to boil
wheat STRAW aud drink the ten, Not
as much, IN fact because that has
some nonrishment and boiled milk 10
40 near nothing so far us nutriment is
concerned na any food we have. You
doubt that statement? Ask any sol.
eDtiHo expert what you gvt aud he
will tell you that you set some boiled
water, a little line. small preeent-
age of ash, for the portieds have been
destroyed, aud YOU have killed aud
destroyed the very elements that made
II u life sustaining food, DO you
boil the bread, the fruit aud the tab.
10 ware previous to all mealsy And
yet, why notg A Nv, nay, perhaps
scores OF them, have he on the bread,
etc, aud yet nothing thought Of that.
II these facts we're not self evident
why do the boiled water faddls,s get
typhoid, which they have done re.
psatedly in about tho same proportion
as the one who does not take that
preoautlon, Why then IL there more
OF this dread fever now than former
Ivy FIRST, the population IL greater
second, there IL not enough sanitary
preoGtlona taken In proportion to that
increased population, Why. bless
your soul, would 1t oome within the
scope OF your back yard when cay
there are mangre plecoa end ourrals
In this city that need disinf,ctlug
aud oleaulug as had as any small pox
ilstrict ever didy
Let's 20 back to the germ question
Did ca dld not ,he DEBTORS realize the
scope OF tha argument boil the
Natsry neliero they we're thorough
Is conscientious 10 their statements.
aud said il for What they believed 60
be the best
hut " we believe the learned mau