The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

to the present time is due not 10 any dminution
H ncsu the vs1se d e1S of the S@ simply 10 the
tion Of the inhabitants, Buvuma, few years ago
sG fe%r an af al Il s @o 3 "a q GG3
Some of The islands in the Scssc group lost every
soul, while in others few moribund natives crawl
ing abont in the last stages Of the disease, are all
that are left to represent teeming populations
Fighting the Tsetse Fly
The police of science. although arrived late the
scene of the tragedy, now following many converg
ing clues Therapeutic investigation into the treat
meDt and origin of the disease, chronological cxami
@ "3S @ % % nS 0d resp Sm an dangers and d life history
thori'{ are now beng driven sernly forward know-
.ncss is like laying vampire TO make the spell work
five separate conditions must be prcsent-watcr
bushes, trees the tsctsc ly and infected person
Remove any of these and thc curse is lifted But
let them all be conioncd aud tho sure destruction
Of time, '''''''
Tas soG we mn of gan5s pursuing pol
it necessary to come to the lake shores as at En-.
tcbbc the tsctsc fly is banshed eliminated by cut
ting down the trees clearing away bush aud paut-
grass, which, firmly established, holds its own
against invading vegetation Wherever it is pos
cleared of inhabitants And the extraordinary opera,
tlon OF moving entire populations from their old
been actually accomplished,
1T does not follow that the lake shores will have
to be abandoned forever, In very short tjme-somc
say TWO days eleven hours-the infected tsetsc
and disease has been cradcacd from the he
population, healthy people might return and be BIZ
ten with lnlpunitY. Nor, the other hand can we
nope, uni ess some cure capable of being applied on a
large scale be perfected that the mortality in the
Immediate future will seusibly diminish,
One thing is however, above all things important
There must be no losing heart. At any moment the
researches which arc being conducted in so MANY
laboratorles may produce absolute therapcutic We
cannot fail TO learn of the tsetse The humble
black horse fly, indistiugushablc to the casual OBJ
serve" from harmless types except that his wings are
FOLDED neatly like pair Of shut scissors instead of
splaying out eight side of his back is now under
a bright, searching and pitiIcss eye International
commissions discuss him round green tables: crave
men peer patiently at him through microscopes actiye
officers Central Africa plot BIN out on charts
A lnc.spun net rs being rcmorsecssIv arnunI
him. In what places aud for how long will the tscten
continue TO ay as he is wont tho smooth CLEAN
ing water. Just above the reeds and bushes inst bn
low the branches Of the overhanging trces9 "
Town Roosevelt Will Never See.
Two days after / had arrived at Entebbe the gov
ernor took to Kampaa, Tho distance he
twenty-four miles
Along its whole length double avenue of rubber
trees has been planted and behind these on each
side broad strips of cotton plants looking beaut-
full with their yellow flowers or pnky white bols
American upland cotton grown in Uganda actually
commands higher price IN the Manchester market
than when it is grown in the United States.
To tell the truth. has ever seen KampaIa
The Traveller sees the government buildings and resi-
denecs, neat and prim, hill; he sees the kings
house and his ministers houses on another Inon
third. a fourth fifth hill he may discern sue