The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-09
tPAfD ADVERTISEMENT
HOW TO Catch A BUBONIC rat
AND
THE QUARANTINE DECISION
May the Quarantine Live Forever Cleanse Humanity
and Make 1t Whole.

The quarantine must not be dis
credited: ii is a new thing in this
state and not understood by some,
while others are abusing IL; still 9th.
s-sFS nave been grating on it, which
seems always in order in Seattle
"Graftiis" has become chronic, deep.
seated and malignant here.
The great benefits to the race re-
sulting from n proper and humane
quarantine cannot be measured in
dollars and cents. and the abuses OF
the quarantine in Seattle can only
be measured by the anguish in n hell
on earth. know because l have
spent time and money in an effort
10 get the facts, and when l have
finished my work. Seattle's quaran.
tin> will be what 1t ought to be:
First, to protect the public: and, sec
ond. to save and reclaim those who
are quarantined. where there is
life there is always hope"
Last week l promised to tell how
to catch buhonic rat. My reason
for doing this is to call the attention
of the people OF Seattle to the fact
that the Health Department OF this
city has always had n hard time TO
find n way to spend the peoples
money.
8 Probably the cleverest work ever
done in Seattle was the fake catch
-3nG>Sf bubonic rats, and. of course.
some necessity. either real or imag
I inary. had to be given by the Health
Department for spending thousands
OF dollars of the peoples money in
this enterprise and making them like
II. II bounty OF two cents on every
rat had been given, our city could
have cleaned the rats out for two
cents apiece. whereas l presume 1t
cost over $500 apiece TO have our
Health Department catch them.
Now. IL you desire to catch n bu.
bonic rat. this Is the way to catch
one. Send to San Francisco. unless
you can obtain the bubonic plague
culture in Seattle. then catch your
rat in an ordinary rat trap. Get a
big. Fat. old rat. IL you can. Now
put II to sleep with chloroform. then
inject the bubonic plague culture
into the rat Watch closely and in a
few days your rat will begin to show
large glandular swellings. especially
in the neck, under the jaw and in
the groins. Now, when Mr.. Rat gets
| good and fat and well bloated put
him to sleep again with chloroform.
touch up his ears and tail with sui
7p4U4ec acid and make two or three
nice large spots on his body which
In a day or two will develop into
isores. Now take your rat-trap with
tA{~ prthnnf- N ~, N
.s4ck and plant II behind some hotel
nor in some woodward where the city
sTat cr-tcher has his trap set. Take
the rat catcher's trap away. then the
lrat catcher will get your big. fat,
bubonic rat All that will be neces-
sary now will be to bring him down
to the City Hall. call in the newspa-
per reporters and then $4,000 more
of the peoples money can be spent
in this enterprise without them say
Ing one word against it. Save the
peopleD
At the present time Seattle is
spending s. 200 per month feeding
informed people and somebody is do
Ing business.
The people who are informed con.
trfiu tiial AhtF bfAhb Atd OA
spoiled fish. putrid meat, and mush
with reaches and worms in IT. We
all know that s.. 900 will buy vast
amount of spoiled fish. putrid meat
and worny mush; and catch a few
EE
OUR SUPREME COURT. IN IT'S
RECENT QUARANTINE DECIS-
ION, HELD AS FOLLOWS:
FINALLY, we hold that 1t is within
the power OF the legislature in deal
ing with the problems of public
health TO make the DETERMINE
TON OF A FACT BY A PROPER
LY CONSTITUTED HEALTH Of
FICER FINAL AND BINDING UP
ON THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS
UPON THE COURTS.
Having so concluded the writ will
issue" "a writ of prohibition deny
ing quarantined persons the right to
have physicians appointed by the
court to examine them)
Signed and written by
JUDGE CHADWICK.
and Judges Main, Fullerton. Hol-
comb and Mount concurred in the
opinion.
In the case OF state ex rel. Syver-
son V. Foster, 81 Washington 61-2,
decided February. 1915. our Supreme
Court, speaking through Judge Chad
wick. said:
'-rhe right OF personal liberty Is a
right strictly natural, of which the
right to have a writ OF habeas cor
PWsto bring the body of one detained
before a court Of competent jurisdic-
ton TO inquire into the cause and
nature of the commitment or doten-
ton is a guaranteed remedy"
This principle has been carried
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