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Show FLet's Be Consistent. ; Editor Bocord: Nino times out of tss a small town ! overdoes things. When a oity of I from ouo to two thousand inbahltuntfl ', gets three or four bicycles In the ', place, tlw city oounoll Is convened ! In extra session to pase a bioyolo ordiaance foiblddlng wbeela the a so of the sidewalks, and the marshal la-forces la-forces this ordinance, even It there Is a water thief to every block, nightly raids on ben roosts, drunken carousals on the street alt hours of the night, aud a dozen other crimes committed every twenty-four boors, agaUst the peace and dignity of the citizens; became, forsooth, the for raer fraoture Is a new thing and there is an air of novelty about It. If a poor, struggling day laborer, with a large family and a long expensive seigo of sloknoia ralflca off a load of wood to try to keep the wolf from the door at home, hr. la hauled up and flood, while the whole populace will turn nut tn a homo race and a great number buy pools or make side beti; tho stores will nil bnvon candy raffle, and most likely nothing will be said, Whou half h dozpn casos, or ovon one or two, of Burne oontaglous dlHPHBo are dlsoovored In town, the health board hastens to close all publlo aatherlugs, schools and places of amusement, and to bring prosecutions prosecu-tions sgalnst tiersons who fail or refuse re-fuse to obey the pereptory orders of the boHrd of oUloers. At the same time people who have no regard for their lives and comfort of their neighbors than to smngglo a contagious con-tagious disease in their family for weoks, are allowed to go unpunished. The blanket order, "Oloso every thing' is expeoted to prove a "cure all" for any amount of oarelomnewa and indifference on the part of the quarantine physician aud members of the board. We are sony to say that Cedar IOIty Is yet one of the-alne of towns above roferred to, at least lu some particulars, aud until we outgrow these childish follies we will never amount to much in tho way of n city. People who huvo mouoy or energy that domnndo tuoii'jy, do not aaro to locate or Invest in a town whom there la this sort of horso-play. It la ddugorouti, aud expouslvo, Aud lu our opinion It Is a matter that should bo taken up and considered by tho Uommorclal Club. Present conditions In Cedar City demand rntloual aud euergetlc treatment. Wo huvo a few cases hero of a dlfKWiso that requires attuntiuu, aud if It receives the right kiud of attention thoro Is uo reason why it cannot bo orHdloatod. Hy far tho moat Important thing to do, Is to teach people a losaon who proslst lu smuggling dlsoaaos iu tholr families, lustoad uf reporting thorn to tho health otUcor. The prluolpal reason for this Is that they do not like tho expense and luoouvoulenue uf quarantine, aud the way this Is evened up In a large city la to arrest every person who la found tp be smuggling a coutaglous dlseasa and lluo him from ono to three huudrod dollars. This has a very ealutory olfoat, aud most pursaua nro anxious to report up any oases that orop up lu tholr families. Ouco you have the luterest and co-operation of tho peoplo lu this way It la easy to con trol tho disease without either vauoluation or dosing everything down. Oedar City is a progressive, go-ahoad go-ahoad little city, aud it is time that wo eradicated some of thoio earmarks of tho backwoods, country village, and made thta a oity In which Lualnose people can have confidence, aud feel sure of consistent, and lm-partial lm-partial adtnlulataitlon of publlo affairs. Aud right here wo want to nay that It any doctor Is a party to or connives at tho smuggling of any disease, he should be handled by the state board, and bis license withdrawn; and on tbo other band, If a quarantine physician neglects his duties, and 1 through orrelessneaa or Indlfforonoo allows a contagious dieoato to gain n foothold tn tho community unnecessarily, unneces-sarily, with tbo tew of vaccinating It out afterwards, he is not deserving tbo confidence and support of the people. Buob charges as these have beea freely made we leave It so the Individuals In-dividuals themselves to decide how far they are deserved. Hut oertaln It Is that the condition requires a little different treatment than they are re oelvlng. Buppose Bait Lake Oity was auhjeoted to this sort of discipline, and all publlo gathering closed every Mine a few cates of some nonteglouB dleeaie appeared. What wonld be tho result? Why, the town would be oloeod up all the time, and would coon be lost from the map. And yet it is much harder to control a a contagious dUesBO in a oity such us Salt Lako Oity than In a scattering country town. Lot's be rational and conservative, aud not allow our buslnooB and school In torestB to bo sacrificed for the sako of producing a Honro that will lnfluenco peoplo to be vaoalnated. JOSEPH T. WILKINSON. |