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Show PURE WATER IS BETTER THAN DRUGS Kolks with tho price in their pockets pock-ets and a fashionable dlscaso somewhere some-where about thorn spend small-Blzed fortunes traveling to Europe, Hot Springs, French Lick or West Badon In search of tho water cure. For centuries good water and plenty of It has been recognized as ono of tho best medicines within tho reach of man. ' The reason why those living In our own blessed portion of tho universe uni-verse are so healthy Is no doubt dU3 to tso excellence of the water which underlies our limestone Bolls. Wha, I under normal conditions, however, should be regnrded as a blessing, can very easily wih a little neglect be-como be-como a curso. The very waters which ' come to our wells and springs from long distances underground may carry with them the deadly typhoid and other Ills almost as deadly. ' Every precaution should bo taken to see that tho source of water supply sup-ply of tho family Is not only pure bu; protected In every way lrom contamination. To many, any clear, cold water Is regarded as pure, oven though It may have an odor, which to tho stranger Is particularly often- ( slve. Poor platforms and well curbs, bad locations nnd lack of common-sense common-sense precautions In tho location of outhouses are more to blame for unsanitary un-sanitary drinking water than j,nJ.. . filing else. " I Frequently an entlro family can bo found, every member of which seems fo bo In poor health, duo to some mysterious cause. Rarely Is contaminated water blamed for tho trouble, yet the chances nro that If pure water was provldedomany of these Ills would cease. Now that the uso of concrete is so fully understood here Is practically practic-ally no excuse for the unsanitary I well cure. No only can waer tight wells bo built but collars of concrete con-crete so planned ns to make absolutely abso-lutely Impossiblo tho-entrance of a single drop ot surface water. Locking the stable door after tho horse has disappeared is about as wise as cleaning out the well and repairing a doah or two from typhoid typh-oid or a long Illness duo to seme mysterious stomach rouble. Forfcunntely good, pure water Is very easily secured on most farms. No expense should be spared In protecting pro-tecting it, for It Is much cheaper than doctor's hills. o |