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Show SANITARY sewen agitation has begun In earnest, and the people of Salt Lake aro watching tho developments with tho keenest interost. This city has becomo too large to permit of further dallying with this problem. No well can -be said to be frco from infection from tho myriads of cesspools. Tho health of,tho-clty Is greatly great-ly jeopardized each summer. And tho feeling that .somcthlug should be dono toward safeguarding the people and preventing pre-venting an epidemic of typhoid is very general. There should be no division of sentiment on tho question of a complete sanitary sewer system. P 4 After a conference between tho Democratic Demo-cratic nnd Republican members of Council Coun-cil on tho patronage question Wcdnesdaj forenoon, attention was attracted to the seeming harmony of tho partisans as they walked down Second South. In tho" lead was Coun'cllmen Tuddonham and Barnes, their faces radiant. Councilman Hobday brought up the roar carrying a pot or two of choice flowers. It is not known whether the flowers wero for a political funeral or to celebrate a party victory. It must be acknowledged that Councilman Hobday seemed to wear a worried look. But there Is no friend ot the flowor-boai'cr who will feel that Mr. Hobday got much the worst of tho con-i'crence. So many complnlnts are made against the irregularity of the streot .car servico that It might be a good idea for, the company com-pany officials to adopt a plan now in vogue in one of an Eastern city's great department stores. A man Is employed whoso business it Is to come forward whenever there is a comnlalnt filed, sul-mlt sul-mlt to a sharp reprimand from the manager, man-ager, and "get the bounce!" The victim Js discharged many times a day. but he plays hjs part with a cleverness clever-ness that often wins for him' sympathy. Indeed, the complatnunt ofton Insists that the manager be not so severe, or Insists that the victim Js not the offender, but the manager is obdurate and declares that ho has offended before and. that If not tho right person In this specific instance, that ho deserved all he has got. ' The effect of till system Is to lessen tho number of complaints, or.. In. some instances, in-stances, to gratify those complaining souls who arc constantly looking for a place to "kick." The street railway employees have been working under great disadvantages during the past throa months because of the heavy rains and snows. Tho failure to run cars on schedule possibly -osnnot be avoided. Sovcral Eastern ONchangs have been passing a story along, tho substance of which is that a "Utah polygamist froze to death a few weeks ago "between his two wives," It is explained, however, that one of the .women lived In Salt Lake City and tho other at Brlgham City, and that whilo on bis way from the one to the other the husband, was caught in a blizzard and lost his life. . t ' "Boll your drinking water!" This is the advlcn given, with emphasis, bv one of Salt Lake's -nost thoroughly informed in-formed physicians. It Ih not so Important that those who u$e hydrant water do so. although this i? advisable, but no family using water from wells should fail to .observe .ob-serve this almonltlon. Tho excessive nows and roins during the present season have carried Into the wells preat quantities of forelpn matter. At this time, whep the wells are filled, the poisonous matter is so diluted that tho danger is minimized. When the dry months come and the water level Is lowered, low-ered, the disease germs enter Into every drop of the water u.ied, and the result is sickness nnd possibly death.. Tho people of Salt Lake. In the opinion of this physician, will be fortunajo to escape es-cape an epidemic of tvphold this year. The danger will be ureatly lessened, If not wholly dissipated. Jf every hbusekcep-er hbusekcep-er will provide for the use of the family ample quantities of water that has been boiled. o "Cral-lfl always cheapest about tho first of liay," lemarked a provident Salt Lakr. "I have made ft a rulo fqr several years to lay in my supply somo tlmo In "that month because there Is a general spring reduction following the great demand de-mand of the wlrter months. The mines at this tlmo of year are producing more than the demand. There Is a piling up of coal until tho bins and yards nro nllcd to overflowing. Then, In order to keep the mun in employment until thero lb In creased demand, tho operators cut tho prices. The spring reduction seldom lasts beyond the first of Juno. Then there Is a steady increase in the demand until tho high water mark is reached about the holl lays.'.' If you ever travel through the country districts and have occasion to put up at one of tho small "hotels," it will be well to take advice from the following incident clipped from a Miesourl exchange: "A traveling man slopped one night In a hotel In a small Ozark countv town, and askd to be called at 3. CO o'clock so that ho might catch a train. In order to accede ac-cede to the guest's request, the landlord had to remain up all night, as ho had no clerk and no alarm clock. Ho found it hard to keep awake, and when 3.00 o'clock finally' did come he was In a surly frame of mind. Knocking on tho guest's door, ho said: 'Git up. It's 3:30.' In a sleepy tone of Yolce tho guest repliod: 'Oh. I guess I'll let that train go and sleep until 7 o'clock.' 'Well. I guess not,' said tho landlord. 'I've stayed up nil night to git you up and you're goln' to git up.' Tho guest caught tho early train." Council should attempt to find a wav between this and next winter to amend tho street railway -franchise ao as to compel com-pel tho company to put In boat lines for spring service. to Mayor Morris has abandoned his alleged movement to consume the smoke and now he in Jollying tho Commercial club because of Its efforts to sccuro for the city a better bet-ter water supply. Many of the churchos aro preparing excellent ex-cellent Easter programmes for the "Sunday "Sun-day services. Some of the musical features, fea-tures, it is claimed, will bo unusually fine. Resolutions of Respect. At the meeting of the Suit Lake County Medical society last Monday evening the following resolutions were adopted: s "Inasmuch as Dr. C. M. Garrison has been removed from our midst by an untimely death, be it. "Resolved. That the Salt Lake County Coun-ty Medical society has sustained a great loss by his death; be it further "Resolved. That this community has lost an honorable citizen, society a valued val-ued member and the profession a worthy wor-thy representative; be It further "Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions res-olutions be spread upon the minutes of this pociety, and also that a copy be sent to the dally press. "By the committee. "DR. E. V. SILVER, "DR. A. S. BOWER. "DR. J. N. HARRISON." |