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Show STATE CHEMIST CONDEMNS MANY SAMPLES OF ICE State Chemist Herman Harms, after analyzing: a number of samples of lco from various districts of Ogden. submitted submit-ted the following- report to the State Board of Health, Thursday: "All samples submitted possess an uninviting un-inviting appearance, the water being cloudy and containing considerable sediment sedi-ment matter of organic character, and nitrites are indicated in ' each sample. The residue of eacli emits a foreign odoi and chars and cinders considerably, and over one-half of It is composed of organic or-ganic and volatile matter. The yield of free albuminoid ammonia, as well as oxygen, oxy-gen, Is very excessive In all of the samples, sam-ples, amply confirming tho contamination contamina-tion of the waters by organic' matter." Mr. JIarms, therefore, declares that tho waters are filthy and unfit for culinary culin-ary and domestic purposes. |