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Show The prospects for the passage of the pure food1 bill Introduced by Representative Represent-ative William P. Hepburn, of Iowa, seem likely to win during this session of Congress, as It is ordered to favorable favor-able report by the House committor on Interstate commerce and as there Is not likely to be any active lobby against It, for no one could very well appear In opposition to a proposition to secure purity of food. In general, tho bill forbids for-bids adulteration of any article of food which Is transported as interstate freight. The provisions to secure compliance com-pliance with the law arc ample, and the bill will undoubtedly, If passed, prevent many an Imposition upon the public. Thc health report for this city continues con-tinues to show a remarkable freedom from contagious diseases, even when wc count In some cases of Imported smallpox. But these arc all being properly prop-erly cared for In tho pest-house, and there Is no danger of Infection. The birth record of the city for the week reached thc normal figure of thirty-two, thirty-two, and the deaths the abnormal figure fig-ure of thirty. The city Is full of winter sojourners, and they are all having an excellent time In this great winter resort for thc wide mountain region. The bank settlements of ore and bullion marketings in this city the past week reached very close to four hundred hun-dred thousand dollars, which was a little lit-tle below the average, and a falling oft of twenty-five per cent compared with the week before, the decrease being traced to thc absence of thc gold cleanups. clean-ups. The weekly consignments from the copper furnaces amount to about two hundred thousand dollars. Tho year starts very well in Its race toward the twenty-five million mark for thc State during 1901 |