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Show I A WORLD OF MISERY. The story of the Influenza epidemic, In all its distressing features, like the story of the war, .will never be told, because the tragedies have been too many and top often isolated. Today we read of the death of' John Lee, the hero of the novel, "The Riders Rid-ers of the Purple Sage," which occurred oc-curred In the extreme southeastern part of Utah. The bodies of Lee and his companion were found in their cabin where death had overtaken them. In the central part of Nevada is the mining camp of Eureka. Forty miles west of there, lived Alfred Pedlar and Frank A. Loucks. They died of influenza, influ-enza, news of which was brought to Eureka by Bernard Damele, a nuelgh-borlng nuelgh-borlng ranchman. Damelo stated that Pedlar'3 two childron, a boy and girl aged 12 and 14 years, respectively, had gone to tho W. O. Ferguson ranch and reported the deaths which occurred oc-curred two days prior. The children, who were just recovering from illness, explained that their delay in announcing announc-ing tho deaths was owing to their being be-ing unable to catch a team to drive the 14 miles necessary to reach tho Ferguson ranch. Mr. Ferguson rode over to Pierretti's from where he notified noti-fied Damele at Three Bar by telephone tele-phone and requested him to go to Eureka Eu-reka and notify the authorities. What an unnerving experience for two children two days alone in the wilderness with the dead bodies of their, father and another man. From the same source we learn that nine sheepherders were found dangerously danger-ously ill of Influenza, with their sheep running wild over the range. Two of the men died soon after they were discovered. dis-covered. The epidemic, in many of Its phases, has been worse than our experience in the world's conflict. |