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Show RABIES NOW PRESENT IN TRREE COUNTIES MISSTATE Salt Lake, May 24. Dr. T. B. Beat-ty, Beat-ty, state health commissioner, in an address yesterday at the regular week luncheon of the Rotary club at the Hotel Utah, deeply Impressed tho members of that organization with the need of intelligent, vigorous warfare against the madness commonly called hydrophobia, introduced into this state by rabid coyotes from Nevada. At the conclusion of the address the club adopted resolutions pledging the organization to co-operate with public authorities in preventive and exter-minative exter-minative measures. "It seems well nigh impossible," confessed Dr. Beatty, at the outset of his address, "to get the people of this state to realize the danger of rabies and the importance of curbing tho disease. They do not realize that rabies is hydrophobia, a terrible madness mad-ness that "is fatal to all animals infected in-fected and to human beings as well unless the Pasteur treatment can bo administered to them." Several Deaths Resulted. Dr. Beatty said that California had had the Infection for six years and still has it In that time livestock valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars has been destroyed and 1S0B human beings have been bitten by mad animals. There have been a number of deaths from hydrophobia In California, in instances where the Pasteur Pas-teur treatment was not administered in time. The health commissioner also quoted from statistics and from letters and utterances of Governor Boyle of Nevada and other officials in localities where tho rabies epidemic has spread. The commissioner recited the warnings warn-ings against the infection issued months ago by the state board of health and the apparent apathy of local citizens and officials to combat tho disease. He said, that when sheep were returned this spring from the Nevada ranges, rabid coyotes followed them and gained a footbig In Boxelder county. Two children have been bitten bit-ten In tho county and aro now undergoing under-going Pasteur tratment, to save their lives. He also said that Hydrophobia has now been reported from Cache, Tooele and Utah counties. "Tho east," said Dr. Beatty, "occasionally "occa-sionally gets quite excited over Jmad. dog scares.' The situation is much more serious in the west, because predatory wild animals, such as coyotes, coy-otes, are very dangerous carriers of the disease, and yot tho people can-J not bo aroused to do anything. Thoy should be made to realize the serious- , H ness ot the situation here. Ordinances 81 H should be passed, regulating domestic J' fl dogs and unremitting war should bo fl made on coyotes. These animals have fl brought hydrophobia to Utah." ' S Resolutions Aadopted. H The resolutions adopted by the Rr- S tary club follow: H "Whereas, Rabies or hydrophobia H has made its appearance in Utah, and fc H has become prevalent in several coun- fl ties of the state; and, H "Whereas, Unless persistent and S vigorous action is taken, the losses H both In human life and In flocks and -H herds suffered In other western states will soon be suffered in Utah: S "Therefore, Tho Rotary club pledges itself to use all reasonable efforts H to co-operate with the public author!- H ties to create a public sentiment that H shall insist upon preventive measures fl to lessen the spread and tho lavages jfl of this very serious malady." jH |