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Show j CHRISTMAS SEAL SAIJ1S Of all the ills and diseases to which humanity appears to be Tieir. tuberculosis, tuber-culosis, known as "the Great White ( Plague," is without doubt the most terrible. It claims its victims annual-1 ly by millions our own nat'ou yield-j ing up an annual sacrifice of nearly I 1 00.000 lives. Our fair Utah contributes to this dettih roll almost 200 each year. Yet ;' e developments of science positive-' ly guarantee that not only is th 1 disease dis-ease practically presentable ihroug'i proper care, sanitation, food and an intelligent systematic manner of liv-' liv-' ing. but also in thousands of oases I it is curable. Surely such promises ; must make a powerful appeal to every ev-ery well-wisher of our race, and i should meet with a warm response , from every lover of mankind. TV , fact that the residents or these higti I and healthful valleys are not so sud- jeet to this disease as those who are less favored, and who live in more j congested localities, should move us to a livelier gratitude and to a more ; generous response to the humanitar-jian humanitar-jian appeal. At the same time, con-, con-, ftant vigilance s the price of ot.-: ot.-: tinned immunity, for invest ige.rio"? demonstrate that ther are ntr-v more cases of this dis ase in t"iah .than any of us know about. I The Ttah Public Health association associa-tion has been doing v.it'ant work in the campaign against this disease in our State, and it must, by every pos sible means, continue the fight. Its sole revenue is derived from the sale of Christmas Seals, !I5 per cent ot which is spent in our State in clinics, nurses, child health education, clean school contests, health exhibits, health moving pictures, illustrated health lectures, literature, bulletins, and in other valuable educational activities. ac-tivities. We earnestly hope that the little penny Christmas Seal will be bought by every man. woman and child in ihe State, and that fae desired sum of $50,000 for Utah may be raised during the thirty-day period between Thanksgiving day anc; Christmas. This only amounts after all to an average av-erage of about 50 cents per family and it should be reached without t rouble. Let us all move forward full-armed and irresistible to the splendid goal which its promoters and friends? have in mind for it. Samuel O. White Jr. chairman; M. ). Poulson, Dr. Joseph F. Mc Greg-or. Greg-or. .Mrs. Susan J. Murdock, Mrs. Mary Ma-ry J. Goodwin, J. P. Barton. Members State Seal Sale Advisory Committee for Beaver County. |