Show TYPHOID EPIDEMIC Five Hundred Oases O Said to Exist in adville L Denver Colo Cole Ja Jan Claude E ECooper ECooper ECooper Cooper secretary S of the state tate board of health he has returned d from lU where he has barn been investigating the t typhoid situation there He said there was wan no question que of the diagnosis of the epidemic and that the th situation was I serious not only oal because of the rapid spread of the disease in itt but I from the fact tact that there is danger of the waters of the Arkansas ns river be becoming becoming coming contaminated which would jeopardize the health of the towns town along the borders bordera Secretary Cooper said saidI there were cases case of typhoid In Lead Leadville I ville rUle now and expressed ex r the tho belief that I within the next week or two the num number I her ber would be greatly increased While the cause of the epidemic has ba not been determined Secretary Cooper inclines to the opinion that the water supply I of Leadville has hs become impure |