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Show I TYPHOID DUE TO WATER. Analysis Shows That Gunnison Is Supplied With Tainted Aqua Puraf Water from the wells at Gunnison, Utah, shows unmistakably that it Is contaminated by the typhoid germ. It is at this place that the epidemic of typhoid ty-phoid has been severe, and, from the analysis of the water In that section by State Chemist Herman Harms, which reached Dr. Beatty yesterday, this epidemic epi-demic is undoubtedly due to the drink-Tho drink-Tho particular water analyzed was from the well of Mr. Roper, at a depth of forty feet. One quart was put in a sterilized bottle. The water was of a bluish color, with a slight odor, which became more pronounced upon heating. It looked fairly clear, but had a peculiar, pecu-liar, rather salty .taste. Its total volatile vola-tile matter per gallon was 10.501, and its actual mineral matter, 110.263. The amount of solids in It Is unusually large. Following Is the opinion of State Chemist Chem-ist Harms: "This water contains a very large amiunt of solids. Characteristic is the very large proportion of sodium chloride, chlor-ide, which is due to the geological formation for-mation of the country whence the water is taken. Originally consldered.Tthe water wa-ter Is of poor quality. Nitrates are present, pres-ent, and the yield of albuminoid ammonia. am-monia. Is quite high. Equally unfavorable unfavor-able results were obtained in the bacteriological bac-teriological examination. "In my opinion the water is hlghly susplclous of contamination and proper precautions, mich us boiling the water, ehould be observed whenever used for drinking and household purposes. The large amount of solids, alone, render the water an undesirable one for general gen-eral household uses." |