Show TIME TO VACCINATE HEN THE TIIE HEALTH AUTHORITIES U were urging g W V Vaccination tion and quarantine measures last Jast there was a disposition ion to belittle their anxiety because be it waS waSa was asserted a the malady then prevalent was not serious and would soon disappear The such an idea is being demonstrated now with a force that t at cannot be overlooked and unless s the he people of oj the city and state tate awaken waken to the seriousness oi of the danger that t confronts ts them tb thy ey will vill pay for their negligence ce vastly vasty VJ more 4 r than they t ey calculate Report various various localities indicate that smallpox is is spreading ve aJ rapidly e in the smaller country citry com coin communities where no o precaution has been taken take to isolate affected subjects ts The history of the disease elsewhere is repeating rep ting itself Beginning with ith a mild type one ope season it maintains its foothold unless promptly stamped out and recurs next season with in increased creased malignance Exactly this state of or affairs confronts us usno now no and wd it is wiser to face the truth and take vigorous measures me to confine fine the disease It has not yet got td to the point where other states Mates and communities can institute a rigid quarantine against Utah but unless prompt action is taken by the authorities with the th hearty cooperation of the people the state will suffer heavy financial a dat loss be hampered in its commercial operations and have bave havethe the odium of an epidemic when there is no no excuse se for it The Herald believes that it would be good business bugin policy as aswell well weB as a lifesaving measure to enforce vaccination In Iii In the ab absence abe sence euce e of the legal authority for such a proceeding it urges those who woo have not been vaccinated to to it at once Then a aP P rigid id quarantine should be instituted and maintained not only 3 known cases c of the disease but buin in every case e where there tl re ret is t for ar suspicion that the patient has been exposed and is 15 II likely uk y to b spread the contagion If this is done the malady will willbe soon be d and Its ravages limited with ith a prospect of ces r within a very |