Show COUNTY has baa asked the legislature for appropriation an of 1000 to assist it in caring for its lepers in this ibis case cage the appropriation asked when the purpose is considered is ridiculously small leprosy is of all human ailments the most mo it terrible it condemns condemn 3 the sufferer Euf ferer to a living death he lives until his fingers fin gere toes eyelids ears cars and nose have rotted off death coming to his relief only when no point of attack but the vital organs is left he lives long after life has been bereft of all hope or happiness for himself and he is an object of pitying but shuddering abhorrence to others in countries where the disease is common familiarity has by no means bred contempt and the lepers are care carefully fally segregated being kept in settlements by themselves s where a rigid quarantine can bo be maintained the tooele thoele abes cases were imported by natives of ae he hawaiian islands the ex existence lt of the disease not being suspected at atthe the time of their immigration ThediE the disease cais ia absolutely incurable able and its iti victims are doomed it is also contagious though some gome physicians say only I 1 by y close C contact while no unreasonable fear need be felt of the disease becoming general every precaution should be taken to completely isolate existing case capes and the appropriation for that purpose should be made ample as it is ie a question of the greatest importance to the entire state if it were possible to deport the vic victims i shipping them bark back to i their own country where they could be properly cared for in one of the tha leper settlements the state of utah bearing 0 the expense that would probably be ba the best chead cheapest est and safest plau plan |