The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-08-03

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ST. H,'SJS anu ONE ae"'n' we
' "s""S'' 'HI't" ue
,.,, pn'Sic'ah murderer, ana
S'%II'u "'N in'o prison Tor HE. And
VIM o"'."s ,"o . pahiSh.Nmcrlcah war
80 I"'hIy H'o hundred OF the boys Il
." man "''o Hccu'cS5Iy slaughtered,
,''~'1 ~ '"'n u! 'yPuoiu' we denounced
Al ',"'"'s 'e''.S IHuhe uhclas whose
'e''"e9o unu 'hcoinpetehcy caused
,"o ""s,u!' hut we near with hpso.
Iu'e ""'"efehco the statement that
SenIS 'no poHuuoh OF our water n
tuu,Its He'piesoy causes more than X
t'''ooV Hphoiu Illnesses and 1000
U'H'N@' we pay no need I" the TACT
I'M year "'tF year IN the United
0'"'eS seven umes MS many people are
Nlou'eS'iy III OF typhoid fever aa there h
IeIe to'u'eFs wounded In the battle Of
Net'ySDHrE. and three times Us many ksxz.
s'''o"s neeaIeSh.y die from typhoid
80 uS met ue"'H IN that tragic struB.
s'r,
10 U'' o'u' Ola story Of the mote a
NiH inv D'"m' we DO not sec il" cn0r
H"' o. ,h'' terrible wrong, because We
H'o ourselves 'he authors Of IT, We are Just
as responsible for those $1,000 yearly deaths
as our army officers were for the tragedies
IN our spanish war camps. And our motive
is Just MS mercenary as WINS that Of the physI.
clah who gave typhoid germs to gain . her
haGe for we, too. are actnated by financial
reasons VIC are unwilling to pay the price
81 water publication. So we continue 10 smjte
the rocl, Of polluted water supply and there
EHshes forth sewage. And when our children
Aak for water We give Thorn poison
10 be sdiiab"-lant s, 10 be potable and
NJ Tor domestic use-watcr must be- practi.
caIly free from rnlhCconic germs color. scdi
AIcnt, odor, taste and tufbility Hardness
makes laundering difficult Iron svos linen
Carbonicncl ras turns water Tlprs brown
A!gao make water taste bad Water supplies
diNer widely as human beings Pure, whole.
some water" the term set forth in so many
water contracts, Is, then, wholly n relative
term. Rvnlly pure water Is rare thing be.
cause th'ro hardly exists IN nature water that
does not contain some foreign ingredients
Not all Of fheec are harmful however. so that
water TINT is NJ to drink is az common ne
really pure water is rare. So that generally
speaking the question Of a good water supply
IL merely question Of being willing to spend
the money necessary to obtain t. Hence
there ought TO be no community IN the United
Sta'es That does not have plentiful supply
OF perfectly wholesome wator.
Anything but wholesome however. Is the
quality OF the water that all too often we
hctunlIy get Dr. + w. Shumwny, reporting
on water conditions In Michigan says in part:
'OI tho ninetyniue replies received, 70 per
cent reported the WntCr az good, II per cent
as iair' md 10 per cent as of bad quality.
Iho replies from l2i localities indicate that
IN ~ Ter cent Of these localities the public
water supplies are In danger Of contamnn.
Uoh,' Ut z, q. sutherland discussing water
conditions In Wisconsin. says that In his state
nearly cvcTy stream used for any kind Of
supply Is contaminated 10 romo extent by
sewage Health Commissioner G. a. Dading,
speaking OF MilWaukoe's water supply, says
Nht most OF the citys water comes from Lake
Michigan, hut that there are still 5000 wells
IN existence, III Per cent OF which have been
SHOWN TO In contaminated. Lake Michigan
Is the eour'c OF water Tor many other towns
near II. une OF ire tributaries OF Lake Michi.
gan IL inc HrlnG calumet river And here Is
what Health Commissioner w. A. Evans OF
NElc'go' mas 10 say OF tho Grand Calumet:
Inc greater part OF the sewage from tho
business ana feSidentia! districts tof Ham.
mona, ma emptIes into tho Grand Calumet
WhIch, MS u Hows through Hammond Is al
most un6peakably vile aud putrescent. And
'his stream empues into the lake only 5000
rect from the waterworks Intake" DR.. Ed
ward BnTtow anaiyzing conditions in Illinois
says that an examination OF the untreated
lahe water SHOWS mat unsatisfactory water Is
frequently delivered nt Evanston, Lake For
est, Glencoe, North Chicago, Waukegan, VIII
met'e ana Ninnetka. And that the wa
Ter supplies OF all cities which use uniiltered
'ahe ""ler nre SHOWN 20 De impure AZ times