Show CONSPICUOUS IN DONKEYH003 r The following written by a member mem-ber of the Lower House of the Utah Legislature to his home papdr I the Grand Valley Times is an awful example ex-ample of reckless Impudent and criminal ignorance parading In the I castoff and tattered garments of an oldtime prejudice Just such stupid folly was heard too plentifully in JcnncVs days Needless to say no such facts exist as are stated by Mr Mohr Here Is his ridiculous letter Sni Lake City Feb rt isoi Editor Grand Valley Times Dear Sir In the isytio o tho Times o the Sin Inst t I notice under the head ot editorial notes an argument Ir favor of compulsory vaccination vac-cination Loading out wlin several erroneous er-roneous statements cit to tho merits of vaccination and further slating thru Grand countyK Representative classed himself with tho opposition and ought to he ablo to present a conclusive ai jhient for opposing the same I therefore Inko the privilege to explain myself regarding the matter In ns few words as possible As 1 stated previously that I did not believe In vaccination 1 am glad to state now that I am still ot iho same opinion for the following resinous First that it IB only a fad started by L socalled M D who himself never gave reasonable explanation ex-planation regarding vrgclnajlon nor does any medical text book oven attempt to explain the effects of vaccination Second Thnt It Is a cruel and dangerous danger-ous operation and only JIM Imaginary pre vcnlatlvc md dOCs no more prevent 01 even ameliorate an attack of smallpox that n straw will save 1 drowning man Thoao facts are nrovon hv the Ijirins number of people who sustained permanent perma-nent Injury to health loss of limb und who have died from smallpox after having been subjected to vaccination Why I did not vote comjiulbory vaccination vac-cination First BccaUHe It Is a known and demonstrated dem-onstrated fact that vaccination often ciuses dangerous blood poisoning tor nilnnilnpr In permanent Injury to health lOss I of limb and often resulting In the ilualh of the patient consequently I would not stoop HO Iowa to I cast my vote for u measure that would compel a fcilow being lo submit to a useless cruol and I dangerous operation which might result In dcithil am not ready or willing to ho the executioner lot l it he nn open question I and let everybody act according to their own judgment For these reasons and for tho rciiaon that I am of tho opinion that tho majority of I the pcoplo of Grand county und tho Stato of Utah agree with me f voted for the McMillan bill Yours very respectfully fully A P MOHR |