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Show YOUR HEALTH cy on H. BISHOP I 4 1 DRINKING W VT1 1 E'er- summer finds more people going go-ing camping or a itomobillng for'theli 1 vacations. Careful preparation usually Is made. In advance for ihe-se excursion.. The right clothing, cooking utensils ml food are provided, but verv often n thought is given to the water supply.; It generally Is fell that waiter can le secured anywhere. With the ever-increasing number. of campers tiaherman and hunters, there Is a correspbn'dlng risk ofth-pollution ofth-pollution of streams and ponds. Iwcn Springs maj i- polluted b; careless ; arid thoughtless tampers. . ter may look and taste good and; it contain typhoid germs. Ono well) In New York Inst year caused muroi lhap 60 cases, some in widely differ, nt 1 localities. 7h: water tasted good, but .1 big rain Washed pollution from some 1 nhacks Into it. Automoblllsts and1 I. .'.hers drank It ami fell ill. To try to go: water from spr.n.s quite ti ' -tunt from dwellings and j camps. When in the least doubt, boil the water for five minutes, place It In a jug well stoppered. In a 1 ! stream to cool, carry it with you and 'use no other. 1 When you find a re.tllv gafe spring llake good enro to keep it clean, not lonly on yom own account, but for the sake of Others. Instead of dipping .1 bucket or other vessel Into It, collect thc water at the outflow even if a ;plpe or trough has to be constructed, j Waste water should not be thrown into the spring or dumped on the ground nearby nnd all other wasto 'should be buried about Inches below be-low the surface of the ground and at a plaro lower than the level of the i spring. |