Emery County Progress | 1902-02-01 | Page 2 | Fighting Smallpox in Canada

lighting smallpox in nil the health autho u ot ontario are trying to keep smallpox small pol out of their lumber camps where the disease makes terrible ravages nee it atta a foothold already the owners ol 01 forty two camps have arranged for medical attendance and have erected suitable buildings in which to isolate the patients in case smallpox appears in the ramps the disease Is scattered through a large part of ontario and the other canadian provinces and the precautions are well considered the czar wears a ring in which he believes Is imbedded a piece ol 01 the true cross it was originally one 0 the treasures ot the vatican and was presented to an ancestor of the czar tor diplomatic reasons some aars ago the cear was traveling from at petersburg moscow he suddenly discovered that he had forgotten the rin ahe train ft as stopped immell bitely and a special messenger sent hying back on an express ensine tor it nor would the czar allow the train lo 10 move until several fours after wa d the messenger returned with the ruru