Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-18

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Midland Valley Railroad Company
yesterday appealed to the supreme
court from judgment of the district
court of Usage County, awarding S190
damages to J. ID. Atkins for delays
in the shipment Of cattle, resulting
In a shrinkage of the cattle and the
receipt of lower price for them.
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villages, cities and towns? Shall we
follow the example of our ancestors,
who In the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, simply threw them out of
the windows, out of the doors, and out
Of the houses, into the public streets,
hlling these with muck and dirt, and
making II positively dangerous, at
least risky for passerby lest he get
the contents of a slop jar or q sh
pan from some chamber window? We
congratulate ourselves on having pro-
grcssed further than this. We carry
away our wastes from human habi-
tatioa, using various methods Of sew
lage disposal, refuse disposal and gar
bage disposal
Somehow, someway we get rid Of, or
put out of sight, ashes, paper gar
bage and sewage, our great bugbear,
often the most dangerous and the most
abundant portions of the wastes Of
hab!tatiOns, we provide either cesspts,
cesspools, or sewers. Whe n a small
community introduces sewers, II in
Variably turns to its nearest stream
as a perfectly natural means Of sew
age disposal, for they argue Is not
the stream already polluted with dirt,
rubbish, especially In the spring time,
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and dogs Who win doubt for min
ute that the stream is the natural and
logical place for this somewhat whole
sale dumping OF this waste, which af-
ter all is but a dirty and dangerous
form of dirty water? Thus, at any
rate, communities are apt to argue.
There Is now no longer any excuse for
we might say criminal procedure, since
, the nature of dirt Is pretty fully un-
! Iderstcod. We know now, all Of US,
that dirt, disease and danger are syn
onymous terms and we agree that
there is no excuse for this sort Of sew
age disposal.
The most lasting and impressive
lessons are learned in the hard school
Of experience We have learned our
lesson, we hope, we'll BY experience
we have learned that hundreds Of epi-
denies Of typhoid fever and Aslatlc
cholera have been traced to the u'e
Of drinking water tainted with sewage,
perhaps barely tainted with steathy
little streams bearing small quantities
Of human eXcrement This IL Is which
has given rise to the great problem Of
sewerage and sewage disposal. This
] lG which puts the question urgently:
shall the great state OF oklahoma CON
tinue, or stop, the sewage pollution Of
streams?
/ The change In public opinion In
recent years under the constant edu-
eaton of the people is not only extra
| ordinary but encouraging. and the
time II at hand--if IL has not already
larriyed-when the stain OF sewage
borne by most all OF our streams and
rivers. must be In the natural and in
evitable course of things erased And
to accomplish this work we must first
, look to the people--and especially
must we look to the leaders and repre-
sentatives of the people, our lawmak-
! ers, Again shall we ask the question:
Shall the great state of Oklahoma con-
tlnue, or stop. the sewnge pollution of
streams?