The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06

peasants in that part of the world show
in the choice of food. They will eat
almost anything.
Sanitation Necessary.
81 In my opinion, cholera and other
contagious diseases could be prevented
If the government would issue an order
making the people keep their places of
abode clean and sanitary. The gov
ernmcnts of the countries afflicted with
cholera could easily appoint inspectors
for each district, whose duty il would
be to visit each house III his district,
see that all sanitary precautions are be-
ing taken and to inquire what manner
of food the people were eating. Unless
action of this nature is taken, Europe
will some day be in the grip o. plague
of contagious diseases that will wipe
out whole cities.
All Due to Mules.
"it S all on account Of mules. For
many years we have been glued to the
tradition that Missouri has been a sort
OF Garden of Eden for the mule. There
is no doubt that the Missouri mule is
competent and efficient animal. But
he costs a whole lot on the hoof and
free on board BY the time he gets to
the Pacific coast he is luxury, and
we grade him by troy weight. Now
it s becoming evident that we arc going
to be saved from the domination OF the
Missouri mule by the aid of foreign
and yellow nation.
China a Competitor.
g Several shipments Of mules have
been made from China to various ports
on our Pacific coast within the last
year The Chinese mule seems to be of
q good sort, gentle aud a hard worker.
He answers the purpose very we'll. al
though he is usually not so handsome as
reaches the soil of the free aud the
brave. You can buy "Chink' mule
and get him embarked at Tientsin or
Chefn for about 800. The ocean freight
added to his value gives him a good
lead over the Missouri product. If it
were not for the fact that tho demand
from Africa on account of the epidemic
among the draught cattle in many sec
t,ons of that continent is so pressing
there would be general invasion of
Chinese mules into the United States
And the coast won't insist OIL any ex-
cluslon laws so long as the mule drivers
don { come along
Epidemic of Paralysis.
"The Pacific ocean kept lot of ba
bies alive last summer in our part of
y
of many Of OUT physicians said G.
T. Brubaker of Seattle. t'I don t mean
on account of the sea breezes, the open
air and all that sort of thing, either.
Since | arrived in the east | have
learned that you have had an epidemic
of infantile paralysis here within the
last few months. There was the same
sort of an epidemic in Seattle. The
physicians worked overtime, and there
al c{
was brought into service to mbat the
disease DR.. Crichtou, the commissioner
of health, suggested the remedy It
seemed TO be the opinion of many ply
sicians that the epidemic was fostered
by dust.
Flushed With Sea Water.
Acting On this theory, the commits.
sioner Of health ordered the streets to
be furnished with flush of water from
Puget Sound. Tho superintendent of
the streets obeyed these instructions
and Seattle was covered with sea water
There are several grains of chloride
of sodium to each gallon of sea water.
When the water ran into the sewers,
film of this sodium chloride. The ac-
ton of the sun s rays converted this
into chlorine gas. which is one of the
most effective disinfectants known. The
dust was laid and the atmosphere was
purified. Ii would have cost I'm nm.
told amount to have disinfected the
city thoroughly with chemicals The
flushing of the streets with sea. water
did not take much time, and the expense
TO the city was comparatively light.
1t was the general belief that this meth
Cd of purif-'ing the streets Increased
the general health of the city, and pre-
vented a number of cases of infantile
paralysis. -
"When il comes TO talking about the
yellow peril said Robert p Walsh of
Seattle, 81 the Pacific coast is not the
only section that should sit up and take
notice. Missouri is threatened now, and
In few years the threat will be worth
considerin0 -