Show thirty cases of smallpox found this thi week at payson thirty cases of smallpox were dis covered in payson a few days ago when the health officers of that city city made an investigation it appears that persons suffering from the dis ease in a mild form have been walk ing around the city and in this man ner many persons have been exposed the whole trouble started when one of the physicians appa r e a t 11 I 1 y through ignorance diagnosed the cases which q came to his attention aa as a B sun klu disease ot of little or no conse quence and allowed his patients to expose others the members ol 01 the state board of 0 health are now acting in conjunction with the health authorities at pay son and an effort la Is being made to prevent further spread of 0 the dis ease by a strict quarantine of all who are afflicted or who are known to have been exposed there seems to be some danger ot of this epidemic of smallpox spreading to other nearby towns and the re porter believes that the board of health here in eureka should be on the alert to prevent the disease get ting ling started in this section |