Show SAFETY FIRST TRAIN OPENS ITS DOORS TO 10 THE PUBLIC Government Exhibit on Wheels At Attracts arge Crowds SHOWING IS UNIQUE M Means ans of Protecting Life and Health Are Shown in Helpful Way I would like to urge every resident resident resident resi resi- dent of Utah who can possibly do so to visit the United States Safety First train which is is now in Salt Lake Nothing like it has ever been seen in the West and andI I hope that the citizens of Utah will not overlook the great opportunity opportunity opportunity that is presented to them G Governor Governor William Spry Every person who is interested in the health of the public and the prevention of disease should visit the public health car of the government train All of the train should be visited but I am especially es es- es especially especially interested in the health exhibit exhibit Dr T. T B. B Beatty state health commissioner If the people of Salt take Lake could only realize the opportunity that is presented to them the train would be crowded every minute of its stay in in Salt Lake City Commissioner H. H W W. Shear Shear- manA manA manA man A child can learn as much on this train in an hour as he or she could learn in school in in months of study I hope that every school schoolchild schoolchild schoolchild child in Salt Lake will visit the train Dr Dr E. E A. A Smith superintendent superintendent superintendent of schools I I The The United States government Safety First train arrived in Salt Lake yesterday and was open to the public c from 1 t o'clock in the afternoon until 9 o'clock last night It will be open to the public public public pub pub- lic the same hours tomorrow Monda Mon Mon- da day The train trait Is operated by the government government government gov gov- and the Union Pacific system system system tem and amI is parked on on- track nine at atthe atthe atthe the union station The train will not be open to the public today it being one of the rules that no visitor is allowed on the train on Sunday Before the train was opened to the public yesterday afternoon a party of state city and county officials to together together together to- to gether with a few other ather Invited guests were shown through the train Cost Half Million The train left Washington May J. J This traveling school is is' composed off fourteen all steel cars cars with a gross weight of 1600 tons and a length of 1480 feet The exhibits cost the government government government gov gov- more than a half halt million dol dol- lars lays Each car is under charge of an ex expert expert expert ex- ex pert who explains the contents of the car car as the visitor passes through the train It was announced yesterday I that 1100 persons could be handled in inan inan inan an hour without crowding the train tram The invited guests yesterday united Inthe in inthe inthe the opinion that a week could be spent to advantage iI in the train and they would still have much to learn The first car is filled with pictures of scenes in the national forests to together together to- to gether jether with information as to what the r reclamation service is doing for forthe forthe forthe the redemption of arid lands The man manIn manin manin In charge will inform you that the government government government gov gov- has already reclaimed 1000 acres of Western Vestern land and that I the work ork is still going on Next Neat the visitor is shown a model of of-a of a forty-acre forty farm arranged on the plan that the government suggests for such a tract Then the bureau of mines car Here Hereth th the visitor the visitor is shown every modern ap applianCe appliance appliance ap- ap known to science for the savIng saving saving sav sav- i ing of the life of entombed miners One of the Interesting features of the I exhibit in this Is Is' Is cages cages containing ca ca- The visitors are told that the canary plays an important part in the saving of entombed miners where poisonous gases are encountered The birds are re soon oon overcome by such gases and give ve warning to the men that their lives are in danger and that it Is time for them to use some of the safety appliances appliances appliances ap ap- ap- ap or seek fresh flesh air The birds are carried to fresh air and quickly revive Weather Bureau Exhibit In the next car is the the- United States weather bureau exhibit with a large larg-e map and the weather forecast for the next twenty-four twenty hours This car is also equipped with a wireless telegraph telegraphs s bet et by which it is in daily communication communication communication cation with Washington D. 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C Next comes the bureau of animal industry in industry industry in- in car and the exhibits of th the forest forest for for- est service with instructions on forest fires flies and other information about the national forest Then is seen the navy exhibit with a model of the battleship Vermont the model having cost Here is also shown a gun from which can be sent four hundred bullets a minute minute minute min min- ute and a full fult sized torpedo which cost In the next car is shown the army exhibit with a lesson on what Uncle Sam is doing in the way of pre pre- The next car contains the interstate commerce commission ex exhibit exhibit exhibit ex- ex hibit which is of special interest to railroad men The next car is given ov overto the Red Cross and marine hospital hospital hos hos- pital service Health Safety Keynote Health safety is the keynote of the hibit f of the United States public health J service Persons dead ead of typhoid fever ever malaria or other preventable pre pre- disease disease are in the same class as tho those e killed through the use of f faulty bumpers inadequate crossing signals or the careless handling of ex ex- ex plosives Cause and effect are acting In Ii either instance and the hazard to life similar is Is But where one person dies from Irom accidental causes ten perish from preventable disease All of which toes to prove that safety for health I is is even is-even even more essential than any other other variety Particularly is thi this true in rural communities where proper health protection is seldom afforded The major portion of the exhibit of th the health service relates to typhoid fever a disease which annually kills over persons in the U United States For over ten years the service ha has hag conducted a a. vigorous campaign aJ against this disease of filth th the chief cause cause of which is the improper dis dis- dis of human excrement Various types of sanitary sanitary- toilets and sewage disposal tanks are displayed The role of the house fly in the spread of this infection Is important hence the models of this disease bearing Insect in different stages of development Of interest to farmers and dairymen are the large models of ot an and anda and anda a sanitary dairy The lesson these models teach is an important one Oftentimes contaminated water is re responsible responsible responsible re- re for the spread of typhoid Just how this contamination is brought about is illustrated in a striking model of interest to every resident of a rural community The improper and proper methods of well construction are also demonstrated Malaria another preventable disease is transmitted solely by the mosquito Enlarged models of the eggs larvae and adult forms of this insect are ex ex- The various methods of mosquito mosquito mosquito mos mos- quito destruction are also depicted depleted most graphically Models Are Convincing Probably the most convincing exhibit ex exhibit ex- ex hibit is that relating to smallpox Two children one in ht the eruptive stage of smallpox the other presenting every appearance of health are sitting side sideby sideby sideby by side The secret of the second childs child's immunity rests in the vaccination vaccination vaccination vaccina vaccina- tion mark fhe The models were vere made from photographs of actual cases Inthe in inthe inthe the wards of a smallpox hospital A second model of this depicts the dangers arising from the use of the common roller towel toWE Those who are arc careless In the disposal disposal disposal dis dis- dis- dis of garbage will wi profit from SEEing seeing seeing see see- ing a cross section of n house and a nearby garbage barrel barre The actual conditions within the walls of the house are brought to light and ono oho realizes what rodent infestation means As an accompaniment of this model others are shown depicting the methods of construction of rat proof houses and stables A feature of the health exhibit of offar offar offar far reaching value is the distribution of pamphlets on health topics The Care of the Bab Baby The Transmission of Disease by Flies What tie the farmer can do to prevent malaria are some of the titles of the literature dis dis- The last of the exhibit cars is given over to the U. U S S. S coast guard exhibit Following the inspection yesterday afternoon the special party were the guest of D. D S S. S Spencer general g passenger agent for the Oregon Short Line at what Mr Sp Spencer announced was to be he a little luncheon Just what Mr Spencer would call cali calla calia a banquet is something be beyond the understanding of the guests Here is th the menu that Dining Car Conductor W. W W. W White served Crab Meat Cocktail Bullion De Celery Olives Salted Almonds Brook Trout Sliced Cucumbers PommeR Chateau Rott au Gras Gra chateau Stuffed Tomatoes Duches Potatoes Orange Sherbert Fillet MIgnon Chateau Briand Asparagus Tips French Peas Salad De Season Baked Alaskan Souffle au CoI Roquefort Cheese Crackers Cafe Cate Noir The government agents In charge of the train will be the guests of the Short Line today at Saltair tomorrow they will be taken on a sight seeing trip about the city but will return to the train in time to open at 1 The train will wi be closed to visitors promptly at 9 o'clock tomorrow night and a f fw w Jw minutes later will wi leave for the East on the return trip to Wash Wash- ington n. n l |