Show EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES twenty houses under quarantine I 1 throughout the valley up to late hour I 1 there here is an epidemic of measles in tho the valley and while the county and city officials are doing everything possible to get it under control it is sure to spread from the fact that so BO many peo pin were exposed to the contagion when it first broke out up to tho the hour of going to press 20 houses had been placed under quarantine it is the opinion of the health officers that some pupils in miss brannons Br annons room in tho the central school attended school infected as some of the cases now quarantined include children from that department at present the children have mild attacks and with proper care there may be no fatal and probably no serious results dr garrett odonnell advises the proper auth authorizes orites to see to it that all children are kept at home she feels sure that a number of snail arball children that have been exposed have been carried around by their mothers to places where they have come in contact with other children not before ex posed of course the homes of those people could hardly be put under quarantine under tinder the circumstances all parents and guardians are earnestly re quest pl to use every to prevent the spreading of the disease and to co operate with the officials in stamping it out all the schools throughout the city and county have been closed until f urther further notice us as have the church es ea and sunday schools in fact there are to be no public gatherings of any nature m whatever and the sheriff and city marshal have notified noli fied all leaders of such gatherings and all proprietors of dance halls to that effect so anxious are the authorizes auth orites in this matter that they hs haa 0 requested the people to suspend for the present card parties at private houses horses while it works a hardship on lovers of social functions the request has been complied with to a great extent mrs L PI woodard had made every preparation to entertain the five hundred club at her home last tuesday night and at a late hour was requested to call it off which she did the queen esther opera company had a meeting on for the same night for the purpose of attending to some important business in connection with the free public library and that meeting was also postponed the members of the company will bo be notified about the date in indue due time |