The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-02-20

An influenza epidemic is predicted
in Butte.
The fact that garbage is not being
collected is given by Mayor Maloney
as the reason.
The financial condition of the me-
tropolis of Montana has put the city
where it is unable to pay for the col
lection of garbage.
And the ''interests' are yelling for
fire protection and demanding that
the firemen's warrants be cashed
while little attention is being paid
to the garbage rotting in the streets.
Mayor Maloney says human life is
at stake and life is worth more than
property. And unless the health
board acts at their meeting tomor-
row night and arrangements are
made to collect the city's garbage
the mayor proposes to issue sweep
ing order that will place Butte where
ii was a few weeks ago when the lid
was on i'll earnest.
Influenza cases, reported Satur-
day, Feb. Is, 1919:
Irene Clark, 21S South Washing
ton, DR.. Stanley (Quarantined).
William Keane, 622 Clark street,
DR.. Moore. fQuarantined).
j. II. Fisher, 645 West Quartz
street, Dr. Moore. (Quarantined).
Monday, Feb. II, 1910.
Fred Mole, 2210 South Montana,
DR. Moore, (Quarantined).
Irene Mole, 2210 South Montana,
DR.. Moore. (Quarantined).
| Mrs Middleton and daughter,
! 1910 Harrison, DR.. Tash. (Quar-
| antined).
Helen Matson. sol West Copper,
DR.. Tash. (Quarantined Murray
hospitaD.
Steve Furman, $40 West Diamond
| Murray hospital).
Mrs, Rowe, SIT West Broadway,
DR.. Mcdonald. (Quarantined)
Helen Rowe, SIT West Broadway,
DR.. Mcdonald. (Quarantined)
James Rowe, SIT West Broadway,
Dr. Mcdonald. (Quarantined)
| Marguerite Ball, DR.. Tash. (Quar-
antined Murray hospitaD.
Robert Ball, DR.. Tash. (Quaran-
| tined Murray hospitan.
Tuesday, Feb. 1S, 1919.
| George Curtis, 334 South Wash
ingtop, Dr. Moore. Quarantined.)
Mary Cato, 222S South Montana,
Dr. Matthew'S (Quarantined).
Seyeria Gatto, 222S South Mon
tana, DR.. Matthews. (Quarantined)
e. b. Wesley, 2236 South Main,
Dr., Matthews. (Quarantined)
Ethel Moore, 1881 Placer street,
DR.. Maillett. (Quarantined.
Norma Cole, AIS West Porphyry,
DR.. Tash. (Quarantined Murray hos,
pitaD.
Virginia Wilson, sol South Jack
son, DR.. Tash. (Quarantned Muir
ray hospitaD.
Henry William Coons, sos South
Jackson, DR.. Tash. (Quarantined
Murray hospitaD.
Mrs. Coons, 3o6 South Idaho, DR..
Tash. (Quarantined Murray hos
pitaD
DR.. Matthews quarantined nine
cases Wednesday, Feb. 10, reported
by school nurse for investigation
Eight cases, rather eight families,
reported by school principal for in
vestigation, Feb. 10, 1919.
Mayor Maloney at a meeting last
night of the city council came
through with another threat in a
campaign which he has inaugurated
to compel the business interests of
Butte to bow to the people in the
matter of cashing city warrants,
without the mayor or the council put
ting into effect such economies as the
Topping off a number of political de-
partments as was asked by the busi-
ness "interests''
Now n navpr boc FIN caara
spite the fact that county officials
last night had "heard of no flu epi-
demic recurring Mr.. Maloney set
loose his charge after advising the
ways and means committee that the
financial crisis into which the city
had got itself must be considered and
measures taken to insure additions.
revenue, the chief executive sug-
gesting Il revenue from the business
institutions based on percentage of
earnings which he claimed by some
process of arithmetic was due the
city.
: Then with the grenade overhead
the mayor declared that it was his de-
sire that all business houses, amuse-
ment places and financial institutions
be closed because of the danger of a
recurrence of the flu, which he al
legged was spreading. This informa-
: tion was news to Butte, likewise to
the Murray and st. James hospitals,
both of which institutions last night
! denied there was a recurrence of the
flu epidemic in Butte or anything
that sayored of it. and both hospitals
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