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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-12
ROCK WANTED

Wanted to buy 1000 cords of rock by
the city of Wausau, to be delivered
tn the stone crusher on or after Mon
day, Dec. 18th, 1916. dl2W2
Rv order of the Board of Public Works
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-12
a eoaI He Had Never Reached.

you are the greatest inventor In the
world" said newspaper man once to
Alexander Graham Bell.
aOh, no, my friend, I'm not said
Bell. I've never been a reporter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-12
I os+ = Boarder,

Disease germs are everywhere"
well. doctor. l was going to your
sanitarium for a month. but in that
case might as well stay at home. -
Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-12
Dramatic Criticism.

did you enjoy the showE
Every much. We got there late and
left early, but we had a delightful
luncheon at the hotel afterward. -
Detroit Free Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-12

The opinions most apt to do rs good
are those we resent-Lfe.
Putnam patriot., 1916-12-15

ttrfs gs4 r1aor
Isrt fiTgTsIs5 sts tloor Main guiidias
Iasss ~ 5000
~ 5ieasrs nd aad Oh Fjoors
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OFFICE fe.seu,is.,l s,h Floor. Centre Bu ding
0rfigF fseseraD 5ih Floor r-nirs 8n1siaz
or ffOTU fgocrg 5th Floor Gentle Batiisg
on Il oTH table nd Floor
OPTICAL geGps Sfr.si Flesr Horth Store.
PhihrS tth fl79T aain 5Hit5ins,
pApaS0LS Ham Floor. horth store
PATTERNS lButlsrichl. 2nd Floor
PHOTO SUPPLIES. Hain Floor. North Store
PICTURES, 5th Floor taln Building
PICTURE FRAMING. 5th Fleos Main Building
PILLOWS bed. fth Floor. Centre Building
PILLOWS lsefal. 9Th Floor. fiain buiiains
PLAfb00h FOR CHILDREN, 9th sioOr.
P0RTiERES. 5th Floor. Ham Be ding
pcsf OFFICE. street floor. Tar,h store
POTTERY 9Th Floor. hain Building
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SswInr SsetIisek ~ -. 80 5sa-ti,rs
SHAVING ACCESSORIES. Street lloor Eorih store
sit1t IS 2ad floor
SHIPPING DEPARTMENT. 3rd FLOOR ksaf Building
SHIFTS. Fam fieof, South at9fe
SHOES linen S-wemsn s-enildrensl Ram flo0r' rear
siLhs md Floor
SuVFRWARE Main Floor North Store
SHIFTS lrd Floor. Main Building
NIppFRS Vain Tioor
sHAII WApsS asin Floor serth S,ors
SMOKING R0nH 9th Floor
SODA FOUNTAIN Hasfuent
SPORTING GoODs an Floor. Main building
STATIONERY hain Floor
sIoSslsss (mensl, street Floor soaih f store.
$50. eur ~ =, = ~ 'i ~
STOVES s1,5i Is. - i & r., ..,,..,
suiTs fmen', And bay,D aain Voc. youth Stare.
Putnam patriot., 1916-12-15
..s DenhoIm & Mckay Co.
-"Boston Store"-
CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND'S GREATEST
CHRISTMAS STORE
STORE DIRECTORY

scoousTy DEPT o.. ssh FIocr Centre ssfiaina
ADVERTISING OFFICE sth Floor. Csnrs Euii4inG
ANDia0AS, oh Floor. hein builains
APRONS. Ind Floor, raia BeiIdiaG
ART EMBROIDERY. 2he flaar. hain buslatns
AUTO GOODS (nssBl, Stree, Floor
AUTO GOODS fvsmsnsl. 5rd Floor. hain Baiidinf
AUTO ROBES. IN Floor. hsin Bvaldins
AWNING CLOTH, sth Floor. hsin Building
BABY CARRIAGES, aih Floor nsis suIdinG
BAGS Hand. rsin Floor
BAGS fTrsysiias). 4,h Floor
BApaER SHOP fthiidrsnsI. 3rd Floor
sAskETs 9Th Floor. hsi4i Building
BATHING SUITS fmeBij. Street Floor.
BATHING SUITS fSome n ST hildrensD. 7nd Floor.
BATH ROBES fnsn's end boJS }. Street >s1r.
Bath ROBES (somsn's-childrens 7Aa Floor
BATH POOH SUPPLIES. 4th Floor. nsin BsiidinG
BEDS 9Th Floor. Centre Building
BEDDING 9Th Floor. Centre baiIdinf
BED SETS Sth Floor. Main Buiidiat
BED CLOTHING lad Floor
ELLIS fchiidrss's). ssn Floor, North Store.
BELTS linen and boys ,. hsin Floor. souss Store.
sfLIS fwornsnS1. hsin Floor. North Store.
BICYCLES. eth Floor Main Building
HfAhhETS. 2nd Floor
BL0Usfs (boys1. Street Floor South Store
HOUSES (vortn'sl 5rd Floor. Main Baildias
BOOKS. hssa and Ind Floor
BoYs CLOTHING Street Floor. South Store.
spAlDs, street Floor North Store
BPAsS WARE. sth Floor, hain Building
sR0NzES ath Floor hasn BaiIdnE
BUfTEPich PATTERNS. Ind Floor, nais Building
BUTTONS. End Floor
cAnERAs, Stree, Floor. North Store.
cAnpETs, 3th Floor. Centre saiidias
800. ors,rr q. H.. 800 s,rs,.s
SsrSsNe fp.,T,I,p ns,,m,n,
cnflDREks pLAYR00r. 9th Floor.
S,,eopaay - ~. -. Ra,Is,ns
SipSfn sTiss I, tspaey sain floor eoy,h Bsieenx
eioehs, tth Floor, Rain Building
COATS lehiidren !. up 20 years.. Enn 'ieof
COATS tmtssss Ord Floor
t0AIs tsomea,l 5rd floor ram saholns
eOAIs lmsn and beys J s,rest 100, NSr'h ''"'s
CONCERT HALL, sh Floor. hain buhdine
cQkssIs. Ind Floor
CofstI NhIsIs lthiisfsn ". INC f'och
tosIunEs 3ra floor
COUCH cOvEks sth Floor Main Building
CREDIT DEPARTMENT sth Floor. Centre Building
CREDITS (aeeounisl. sth Floor Centre Building
CR0CKERY. 9Th Floor. Rain Building
CURTAINS. 5ih Floor. Main Building
CUTLERY eth Floor hsin Building
DAnash tabs, IND rioer .....,
DAhash gqphois.sryl 5,h tioos nAi1 oen a,3,.<
DELIVERY ptPNihhsi. ora f'oe'' rear ps''eias
DsSh III I'M, n.e f,oor
DOLLY an Floor hsin buiid.ns
DREssEs (nfsns to years.. Ind Floor.
ppEsSES (womsn's snd nisss1. Jrd Floor.
DRESSING AcQUEs Ind Floor
EHBR0iDERiEs Ind Floor
''
FANS nsin Floor North Store
FAv0aS. Basement
fiPE-PlAcI GOODS. sth floor, Main BeildinS
FISHING TAcHlE, nh Floor nein Buiidiae
s sssnsls ID, a's s, s,s'i Hal. building
Putnam patriot., 1916-12-15
Visit the New Store
See 1t in It's Christmas Splendor

the New Make Worcester Headquarters
lenLie
matron while shops
I the Beautiful Sixth Floor Restaurant.
Special lunches a 45c and 60c daily, 1130 to
Orchestral
Elevator Service, 11.30
with bright merchandise
complete for the sale
merchandise
Putnam patriot., 1916-12-15
Acres of Gift Thugs for Every M,
Der of the Family Displayed in
Great New Store of tn Most
Modern Typ

Vast Stocks-Superior service-Beckons You Here. An
Salespeople to Serve You Promptly
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
BUTTE AND SUPERIOR.
Failure as Copper Mine Becomes the
Greatest Zinc Producer.
Mining WprI1O

From a dismal failure as a copper
mine to wonder zinc producer in a
little over six years is the comeback
record made by the Butte & Superior
Copper company. 1t will be remem-
bered that at the time the property
was taken over by the Hayden Jack
ling interests its shares were selling
at IS cents, or $3.50 on the basis Of the
present stock which was given In eX-
change for old Butte & Superior
shares on the oasis of 1 for 10. To-
day shares are selling at an advance
Of practically 700 per cent over the
merger price. On December 80 the
company paid a dividend of $2,237, 404,
making the fourth quarterly dividend
for the year, totallng $4,907,937, with
net working capital at the end of
the year amounting to approximately
SIS, 000,0 900. Some record for a prop
erty that few years ago had but lit
tie value in sight.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
SPLIT LOGS WITH DYNAMITE.
Easy and Exciting Sport When a
Fellow Knows How.
(DnPnnt MagaZinel
DUPONT Magazine)

Splitting wood with dynamite Is
easy and cheap and is lots of fun for
fellows who like fireworks. 1t is done
in this way: With an auger, bore
hole with a small hard wood stick
about third or one-half through;
remove the cartridge paper from the
dynamite, crumble the explosive, and
with a tablespoon pour one to two
spoonfuls of the loose dynamite into
the hole. Then after crimping the
cap onto the piece of fuse, bury the
can in the dynamite and gently lamp
the explosive into the bottom OF the
hole with a small hadr wood stick
having a squared end Then on top
Of the dynamite lamp in moist clay
to the top of the hole, leaving about
one inch of the fuse protruding. Light
the fuse and retire to a safe distance
and watch your timber split into three
to five parts. The size of the charge
If course. must be governed by the
size of the log. If it is long log, that
is from IL to Is feet, one bore hole In
the center probably will not split 1t
II Is better to bore one hole in the
center and two other holes near the
ends.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
MINING IN PERU.
An Irish Prospeeter Tells Why Flota-
ton Failed Down There.
Engineering and Mining Journa

Engineering and Mining JournaD
A news dispatch from Bridgeport,
Conn.,, describes little farm called
'Toadhurst." where It is said that 1900
educated toads play an important part
IN the daily routine, being arranged in
regular drill formation. This tale
bears a faint resemblance to an anec-
cote related by an old prospector of
the tropical genus. "Wanst
we was workin' at the Estrella de Orc
mine down in the jungles av Peru.
thryin' to install a flotayshun plant
PETROLEUM bein expensive, we had to
use cocoanut lie to mix with the ore
We only worked the little mill in the
daytim, maxim about half a ton av
concentrates each day for q week:
but livery mornin the concentrate bin
was empty. Diyil a futprint av the
thieves cud we find, at all, at all The
next week ben' mostly fiestas, We jist
crushed all the ore on hand down to
Whin the holidays was over we found
a pile av tailin's on wan side av the
bin, but the sulphides was plumb
missin'. After full investigayshun we
found that the high graders was big
band av these here leaf -cuttin ants
They had started in takin' the concen-
trates on account av the cocoanut lie
flavor, an whin the concentrate bin
was empty they jist nacherally tackled
the raw ore an picked out the values
on suspishun. We saw wonderful pos
sybilities in catchin' thin ants an
eddycatin' thin to do all the mill
work. But whin We finally tracked
thin to their nests we found that livery
blame wan ay thin had worn out his
jaws thryin' to crack the raw ore to
get the lie they expected to find in
side"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
MINING ENGINEERS.
New York Promises to Show Visitors
a Good Time at Small Cost.


The introduction to the announce
ment of the A. I. M, E, meeting this
year (Feb. 14-17) would be sufficient
without the further details of the pap
ers which are given. This introduction
is as follows:
This folder is meant to be read;
take it home with you and let your
wife read it, too.
We want you to come to the New
York meeting of the institute this
year.
We are doing things in a new way,
and it is because of this change that
we want you to attend and to tell us
If you like it.
In the first place, the idea is to make
the meeting more informal, to get bet
ter acquainted with one another and
to have a good time while We are get
ting acquainted.
There will be the usual program, OF
course-technical papers of great in
terest; discussions by prominent men,
as we have always had them.
But this year we have planned a
series of college reunions, where you
can meet your old classmates. We
| tried this last year and were very sue
cessful. This year we have gone a
step farther. If you are interested
write us about 1t.
We have planned an excursion that
will meet with your approval: The
navy department has promised us a
boat for the day and will take us tc
the navy yard and to the Sandy HOOK
proving grounds You can not afford
to miss this. Does not cost you 9
cent.
We will have smoker with severa
new features for one evening. We
can promise you an extraction OF ~
per cent on this evenings entertain
ment
And the ladies' committee has som'
plans that will interest your wife
There are excursions, theater parties
visits to art galleries, afternoon teas
thees dansantes-all free to out-of
town visitors. Does your wife wan
to go shopping? The ladies' commit
tee will see that her wishes are graft
fled.
Expenses? Do not worry about II
There are plenty Of hotels In Nev
York city, really first class hotels tina
you never heard Of where you can b
very comfortable without feeling tina
your bills are outrageous.
} If there is anything you want t
know about this meeting, any ar
rangements you would like to MAKE
any people you would like to NEE
, write us and we will see that you ar
taken care Of.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27

ing the past year and Is estimated as
suIncieht to run the mill at the present
rate for about Is months.
Mining Equipment and improvements.
During the past year a large cleo
trio pump was installed on the 1900
foot level. This pump is more than
adequate for our present requirements
and it is estimated will take care of all
water that may develop for a good
many years to come and relieves a
dangerous condition that existed on
account Of insufficient pumping capac-
ity.
Additional storage yards and ground
needed for other work was acquired by
condemnation proceedings, also two
new mining claims acquired by loca-
ton. The following new machinery
was installed: A new drill sharpener,
an efficient intercooler and close
coupled drive on compressor which
reduces power required approximate
ly 20 per cent, a new 24-inch by 16-
foot lathe, and considerable more
small equipment.
Mill.
During the past year the mill has
been painted inside and outside, fire
protection improved, remodeled table
floor and drier plant, divided the mill
into sections and installed motor
drives; added clasifier return pumps,
with clarifying tanks. Replaced three
tables and other mill machinery with
new and modern machinery. These
have put the mill in the best physical
it has ever been and at the
same time has improved results as to
recoveries and costs Other improve
ments are being made and experiment.
al work carried on in an endeavor to
further improve metallurgical results.
In conclusion will say mine and
mill are in best physical condition at
any time in the history of the property
and that no material improvements
are considered necessary in the near
future. Development work for the
year 1916 will be vigorously prosecuted
which will include sinking the shaft to
the 1900 level as soon as possible and
the opening up of that level
Very respectfully,
p. J. GEARON,
President and General Manager
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.

Albany Lead Mining co.-Levied on
December II, u mill, payable Janu-
airy 20 to A. G. Kerns, secretary Wal
lace. Delinquent sale February 10.
Atlantic Mining co.-Leyied De-
cember 81. u mill, payable January
81 to Otto A. OLSON, secretary treas
urer, Wallace. Delinquent sale Febru-
airy 81.
Belmont Mining Co.-Leyied Janu-
airy Is, mills, payable February Is to
f. p Hess, secretary treasurer Wal
lace. Delinquent sale March IL.
Big Elk Mining Co.--Levied Decem-
Der 20. l mill, payable January "a to
A. II. Featherstone treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale February 10.
Clear Grit Mining co.--I.eyied No
vember 8, II mills, payable December
ii to o. W. Lewis. secretary treasurer
Wallace. Delinquent sale January 5.
Postponed to January "a.
Cedar Creek Mining G. Development
Co.--Levied November 81 cent, pay
able November q to VIM. Becker,
secretary treasurer, Wallace. Delln-
quent sale January 80.
East Hercules Extension Mining Co.
Levied July 6. u mills, payable on
]
August 10, to w. II. Macfarlan, secre-
tary- Sherwood building,
Spokane. Delinquent sale September
10. Postponed to November H. Post
poned to February s.
Empire Mining G. Development Co..
Levied November 30, 5 mills, payable
January Is to Ida Scheave, secretary,
Wallace Delinquent sale February Is.
Enterprise Mining Co.--Levied Janu-
airy s, 2 mills, payable February to
w, L. Penney, secretary, Kellogg. De-
| linquent sale February 16.
Four Timbers Mining Co.--Levied
November 20, l mill, payable Deem
Der "a to S. E. Kilham, secretary, Col
fax, Wash. Delinquent sale January
90
Idaho Nevada Exploration Co.-Lev-
ed December 7, mills, payable jan
lary to e. r. Turk, secretary treas
lrer Wallace. Delinquent sale Feb
uary l.
Idaho G. Los Angeles Mining g. Mill
ina Co.-Levied October 25, 5 mills
payable November rs to A, j. Dunn
secretary treasurer, Wallace. Delin-
quent sale December 27. Postponed tc
February 10.
Imperial Mining Co.-Levied Janu'
airy 10, mills payable February 10 t.
Homer G. Brown, secretary Wallace
Delinquent sale March 90.
Index Mining G. Milling Co.-Leviet
January 6, az mills, payable Februar!
6 to Thomas Gilbert, treasurer, Kel
logg Delinquent sale March 6.
Jack Waite Mining Co.--Levied DC
tober II, / cent, payable to H. T
Ahrens, secretary, Union, Idaho De
linquent sale postponed to February %
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
(Reported by Shoshone Abstract Coz

w. H. Smith to John Highlund,
deed, parcel of land, Mace, $65.
John Highlund to Ida Mattson,
deed, parcel Of land, Mace, $347.50
Estate Ida Franklin to A. c. Wal
ters, deed, lots 3O-81-32, block B.
Mace, 500.
w II. Smith to Brady Brand, deed,
lot 6, block D, Mace, 81.
]. B. Brand to John Jerngan, deed,
lot g. block D, Mace, $500.
John D. Jernigan to Albert C. Wal
tiers, deed, lot 6, block d, Mace, 5000.
Alexander Shannon to J. W. BUTLER,
deed, Never Miss lode, Hunter, 500.
H. C. Butler to ]. w. BUTLER, deed,
First Hit lode, Hunter 500.
]. T. Argyle ct al to Roman Catho-
lie diocese, deed, lot IS, Midnight ad-
dition, Mullan, 81.
Rothchild Bros to Rosa Cohn, deed,
lot 16, block 10, Wallace, $6214.40.
Harry Morrel to S. L. Brown, deed,
IA interest Jim Blaine group, Yreka,
5000.
George S. Lesher to Catherine e.
Lesher, deed, lot 8, block 3, with fix
lures and drugs, Murray, $1,000.
Angus Sutherland, sheriff, to Bel
mont Banner M. Co., deed, sundry
lode claims, Beaver, $692.SS.
Frank Hosier to H. D. Lance, deed,
sundry lode claims, st. Joe district,
81.
A. e. Lance to H. d. Lance, deed,
sundry Iodes, st. Joe district, $40.
Gary C. Burke ct al to Mrs. ]. w.
McGrane, deed, lots rs, block 1, Rut-
ter's End add, Kellogg, 81.
A. e. Ford to Edw. Rutledge Tmbr.
Co., deed, lots 3-4-5-SE4NW4, 6-43-4
E., 81.
Arthur ]. Flint to same, deed, So
tSW4, S2SE4, 36-44-2 E., 81.
VIM. J. Ross to same, deed, lot 2,
S2NE4, NE4SE4, 6-42-2 E., 81.
Alex Multo to Herman Roore, deed,
e 100 acres of SW4, 4-4S-2 E., 81.
VIM. Scheave to Belmont M. Co,
deed, sundry lodes, Evolution, 81.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
POSTAGE IN EARLY DAYS.
It Cost $40 Per Ounce to Send Letter
From East to San Francisco.

The first settlement on the present
site of San Francisco dates from 1916.
1t consisted of a Spanish military post
(presdio) and the Franciscan mission
Of San Francisco de Asis In 1886 the
settlement of Yerba Buena was es-
tablished in a little cove southeast of
Telegraph hill. The name San Fran
cisco was, however, applied to all of
the three settlements. The United
States flag was raised over the town
in 1916, and the population rapidly in
creased, reaching perhaps 900 in May
1848. The news of the gold discover
les was followed by crowds of fortune
seekers, so that by the end of 1S4S the
city had an estimated population OF
20, 900. From that time on San Fran
cisco has grown rapidly. The first
regular overland mail communication
with the east was established by pony
express in 1860, the charge for pos
tage being IS for half an ounce. In
1869 the completion of the Central
Pacific railway to Oakland marked the
beginning of transcontinental railway
communication.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
New Jersey factories employ more
than $4,000 workers.
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

OInce OF Ine Tyler Mining ana Mill
ing Company, Limited, Burke, Idaho,
December %, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
The Tyler Mining and Milling Com
pany Limited, held at the Office of the
company in Burke, Idaho, on the 23rd
day of December, A. d. 1915, an as
sessment of one Q) mill per share
was levied upon the capital stock OF
the corporation payable on or before
the 28th day of January, 1916, to AL
bert Hausaman, secretary treasurer OF
the company, at Burke, Idaho,
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 28th day
of January, A. D. 1915, will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at pub
lie auction, and unless payment is
made before, will be sold on the 2Stf
day of February A. D. 1916, at 7:0C
D. m. of said day to pay the delin'
quent assessment thereon, togetheI
with the costs of advertising and ex
penses of sale.
ALBERT HAUSAMAN,
Js-27-4t Secretary
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
TYPHOID FEVER.
Ravase of the Disease Being Stopped
by Removing the Cause.

Reduction in typhoid fever and inn
provement in sanitary conditions have
| followed the intensive Investigations
of rural communities carried on by the
u. S. public health service in cooper
alton with local and state health OFF,
GERS, according to the annual report of
the surgeon general of that service,
During the past fiscal year 1889 rur-
al homes In s different states We're
visited and many OF them revisited,
In each of these homes information
was obtained as to the prevalence of
disease and insanitary conditions and
complete sanitary survey of the
premises conducted. This was follow
ed by reinspectlons TO determine If
remedial measures had been institut-
| ed. In but relatively small per-
centage of the cases did the persons
concerned, after having their atten
ton drawn to the danger of a partic-
ular unhygenic condition, fail to in
augurate corrective measures. Slim
illus was given to the work by means
Of public lectures, the formation of ac-
tive sanitary organizations, and the
enlisting of all public spirited citizens
in the campaigns for reform. Public
buildings were also inspected and To-
cal authorities given expert advice in
solving such sanitary problems as the
disposal of excreta, the prevention of
soil pollution and the maintenance Of
pure water supplies.
The surveys made during the year
1914 had shown that in rural COM
munities less than ! per cent of the
homes had sanitary toilets and that
more than so per cent of the people
were using water from polluted
sources. This condition, according to
the public health service, made the
rural sanitation question loom large
among the matters vitality affecting
the welfare of the nation. Following
these studies and as a result of the
interest aroused, the typhoid fever
rate, an excellent indicator of the san
itary status of community, has In
some places frequently been cut to
ne-quarter of it's previous figure In
Berkeley county, West Virginia, the
cases of typhoid fever were reduced
from 249 to As in one year. In Orange
county, North Carolina, the rural SAN
itation campaign resulted in reduc-
ton of the cases from SO to II.
The tangible results of operations in
rural sanitation indicate that marked
advancement in maintaining hygenic
and satisfactory surroundings in the
country districts is possible by the
application of the common principles
of preventive medicine, Insanitary
conditions exist largely because they
are not known to be such. Actual
demonstrations Of their harmfulness
together with definite recommends
lions for their correction, remain one
of the most gratifying and successful
methods for instituting reforms and
has been, in the experience of the pub
lie health service, invariably accom-
panied by definite and measurable re-
suits,