White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-30


mously adopted the following:
THAT as precautionary measure
against the spread of contagious dis
ease it is ordered that in the City of
of Ely all picture houses be closed
all public dances be prohibited, and
the boxing contest billed for May 5th
be postponed. This order to be in
effect until further notice.
All persons interested please take
notice.
"R. H. RICHARDSON, Chairman,
County Board of Health. .
The resolution was eoncurred in by
the other members of the board. con-
sisting of the county commissioners,
John Weber, d. C. Mcdonald and r.
c. North, and the county sheriff,
c. S. Grain
Co-incident with the action of the
county board of health, the Nevada
Northern Railway company has is
sued TO its officers and employees
Circular AZ. which says in part:
As a First Aid to the situation
now existing in the Ely district. and
the prevention of further spread of
contagious diseases, the State Board
i of Health has ordered the Nevada
Consolidated Copper Co. and the Ne
vada Northern Railway Co. to pro-
ceed at once to have all of their Off
GERS and employees vaccinated.
Pursuant to such order all Off
GERS and employees of the Nevada
Northern Railway Company. located
or operating between McGill and the
Concentrator on the one hand. and
Ruth. Copper Flat and Veteran on
the other, will be required to be vac
cinated. between the period of the
date hereof and July 1st, 1915. This
order will not be compulsory upon
the members of the families of en-
ployees. but the Chief Surgeon and
his assistants will perform such work
If so desired
1T is the intention that this or.
der shall also cover employees who
are located or operating north of Nc
Gill Junction to and including Cobre.
The vaccination of such employees
will be cared for as promptly as the
situation permits.
"All persons entering the service
of the Company in the future will be
required TO produce a certificate of
vaccination within ten days after date
of such employment"
The orders issued by the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company are in
the main as follows: Employees re-
siding at MeGill and the mines are
requested to take the precautionary
measure of vaccination. At the pres
ent time there are no cases of the
disease at either of these places. EN-
ployees of the company residing at
Ely. East Ely or Central Ely and
travelling back and forth to their
work at the mines or at MeGill, are
required to he yaccinated.
The foregoing represents fully the
crastie steps taken By the county Of
lcial5 and the leading employing in
dEstries OF the district TO stamp oIt
.tte sprn ID ef contagious disease
here are those who maintain thas
the measures are too drastic and that
the situation does not warraLt sIch
summary action. This argument IS
net by the several officials With d
steadfast adherence TO their stated
telief that even though the local sit
uation is by no means alarming the
proper way to stop the eontagion that
already has found foothold is to take
extreme and up to date action, as the
quickest and surest way of again Civ
ing Ely district a clean bill of health
In this the county and corporation
officials should have the hearty sup
port OF the entire community, and
made to comply as far as possible
With the requirements of the health
embargo. Granted that there is no
cause for worriment, two or three
weeks of preeaution will see the dis
ease effectually stamped out, and the
experience of Ely with a minimum
number of cases. will be in contrast
to the situation in Salt Lake City
where it is said there are 156 cases
of contagion at present in quarantine.
To present the local situation ac-
curately and from the technical and
professional standpoint OF physi-
clan. the News has secured an inter-
view from DR.. W. S. Holmquist, state
health officer, Of Ely. DR.. Holmquist