Salt Lake Herald | 1893-06-29 | Page 4 | Local News

IT is a mistake to call the various deices de-ices for abating the smoke nuisance by I the name of smoke consumers Smoke cannot be consumed but can be greatly lessened through condensing the soot Smoke thus freed is much lighter and will readily rise in the air and be carried away but laden with soot and ashes it becomes heavier than air and naturally settles toward the ground where high buildings prevent the wind sweeping it away This sootladen smoke is the cause of nearly all of the throat and lung diseases