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Show SHOWELL'S DILEMMA His Superior Issues an Order Which He Cannot Execute. CAUSED BY THE USE OF WELL-WATER. The People of Hazel Conrt Are Indignant In-dignant and Almost Mob the Sanitary San-itary Inspector for What They Term the Officious Sleddling f the Health Commissioner The Assistant City Attorney Says Their Point Is Well Taken. S .n'tary Inspector Showell is in a peck of trouble, but with the stoicism for which he is noted he declines to air his grievance to reyorUTS. From another source it was learned that the cause of his trouble is an order issued to him by his superior. Health Commisbioner Beatty, which he can not see his way clear to carry out. It appears that there were a number of typhoid cases recently re-cently in the vicinity of Hazel court, n narrow nar-row thoroughfare opening into Fourth South street, between Fifth and Sixth West, and the health commissioner came to-the conclusion con-clusion that the sickness was caused by well water. He thereupon issued the following ukase and ordered the sanitary inspector to enforce it: ' 2o. Hazel Covrt : You are herftby ordered to abandon the nee of any and all -wells for drinking drink-ing purposes on the premises sbctttiii!! on this ir-et, tue same being dimwpriius and unfit for such uce. T. B. B batty ,M. T)., Health Commissioner. The people positively refuse to obey the order and declare that the water is pure, clearer and better in 'every way than that furnished by the city. Friday evening the sanitary inspector visited vis-ited the court for the purpose of securing samples of the water" for analytical purposes pur-poses and was almost mobbed by the indignant indig-nant women, some of them having the temerity te-merity to curse the health commissioner and a.i his satellites for what they term his officious offi-cious meddling:. The sanitary inspector has counseled with Assistant City Attorney Coad and that official of-ficial informed him that the health commissioner commis-sioner was not standing on tenable grounds and that he can not and will not make out any complaints against the people of Hazel court If they persist In disobeying the order. The sanitary inspector is waiting in breathless breath-less anxiety for the next move of the health commissioner. |