Show vL l t YS HI HOUSE CM T. T ORE OF MENAGE MENACE THAN TWAN RAT Little Litle Danger of ROdent Carrying Disease to Salt Sat ait Lake City Cit Common house cats arc are more mora of ot a n menace to health than thau are arc rats rt said ir Dr Samuel G. G Paul city health commissioner com corn missioner tota today During the last few months mouths numerous numer ous oils complaints have havo been mado to tho the cit city commission and to tho health department de ile department of hordes o of rats rat in the southwest south southwest west and southern parts part of Salt Sal Lake JAke City Upon a number of occasions the commission has ba been a asked ked to take action acton ac ac- action tion ton looking toward ridding the dt city of tho the pest pet Some time ago a personage who ho claimed to t be an nn expert rat rt catcher appeared before the commission and offered offered of of- to clean clan the tho ct city of rats providing provid ing a certain bount bounty was mi-as offered The Tho commission sion took tok nu no definite definite- action acton U ii Uthe i the matter In speaking of tho the city offering of- of 0 A I ferin fering mater a b bounty on rats Dr Pal Paul today to- to day dav referred to the action achon taken jakeD by b- I II I the th- d city ck- council counci several years ars go ago o when I the city ci offered a bounty of f 5 f cents cent each cach for rats killed in Salt S Lake City Cit and anti app appropriated 1000 to start tho the fund Dr Dm- Paul said air that thai less ess than 30 50 O of tho the amount was ever e r e claimed as s. s the tho people 1 apparently did not caro care caro whether the rat rats rata were cro dead or alive Discussing tho the r rat t question from a health standpoint Dr Paul declared point that there thoro was little or oi 01 no 10 danger of tho the rats carrin carrying 11 bubonic onic plague as asfar asfar asfar far inland as Salt Lako Lake City even eyen if they did come from front the Pacific coast theY Ho said saimi that th the th Pacific coast cost cities 10 were watching this phase phae of the rat question carefully and he saw aw no reason teason tea rea son queston for alarm among t te o people of Salt Lako Lake City Dr Paul Pall said aid that there thor was far more danger from front the house Itemise cat to ay say nothing nth nth- noth noth- lug ing of the thc f fly than from tho the rat 3 Ho declared that tho the r rat t would not infect t a 3 decaro strictly saniar sanitary houi or lot as it i would be he unable to find fine anything on omi onI which to live c. |