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S Kendall, Montana, June 9, 1903 TRANSMITS DISEASE: That Mosquito Carries Yellow Fever Is an Established Fact. Surpriainp That the Theory Was Not Hit Upon Long Ago -Quaran- tine Methods Will Probably Be Modified. The yellow fever symposium of the American Public Health association was a most interesting contribution to sanitary science on manj points convincing to the laity. A disease which caused America many thou- sands of lives and many disturbinq panics in the past was stripped of most of its horrors and sheelvn to he one of the most easily' controlled and protected against. When we read from the history of yellow fever- the thousands of theories advanced in re- gard to it, ; the wonder is that the re - vent discoveries made of the trans- mission of the disease by mosquitoes was not stumbled on long ago, says the New Orleans Times -Democrat. For years the qtlieetidn whethct. quarantine did or did \not keep the fever out of a country was diactissed, and at different times the quarantin- ists and anti-quarantinists were \on top.\ The commissiOn appointed in 1833 to investigate the epidemic of that year was doubtful on most points, and was convinced on only one, that the disturbance of the earth,. excavations during lee hum- mer, tended to cause the spread of the disease, and as a restalt of this report nearly all public improve- ments were seriously handicapped. The fats were, looked -ori with suspi- cion,: then filth, decaying vegetation, an excessive rainfall, the - wet ply, and a dozen other ; causce were cited for the disease. la marly cases these theories were apparently sup- ported by the prevailing conditions, but another yeiir the,, T eonditjun s , changed and theories formerly up- held and apparently built upon rock, were completely sbatterid.- It seems s:rar.ge, cone!dering how often and how carefully thç . subject was investigated, that the recent dis- coveries in regard to the mosquito and yellow fever were not made. There were some vague hints on this poin:, but nothing attract general attention or bring ar.out the accept- ance of the mosquito theory by phy Helens and eanitarians. Yet as soon as this idea was, advanced it was sees' that, alone of all the theories, it filled every condition of the disease and explained every apparent pecult- arity about it. The discussion before the Ameri- can Public Health association fully confirmed what has already' been said t.ri this . subjeet. Toe matter is no Iprger a theory, but an established fact, as thoroughly demonstrated as vny scientific question hasoever been. Practical experiments made iv half a dozen different 1.,alities all brought the same result, and micro- scopy explained and proved therm The convention was unaisippous or he point that the mosquito could atiti did transmit yellow . fever from a person affected by it to another, Doctors from Cuba _ and Mexico agreed with the physicians, of CAA country, and the evidence was -sq! overwhelming that no otie who has investigated the mattec, can longer entertain a doubt. This makes protection against the fever far simpler than we have es -r thought it to be, and does away with the complicattd, expensive, and oftee brutal quarantine . systems whicit have frequently been resorted to in Ihe past. The annihilation Of the mosquitoes in It community wthild as- sure it complete immunity if meisqui- toes are the sole means of transmit- ting the disease; or if this annihil.s,- impossEle, an oidiraty mom- quitri bar . for : the person s:y1 low fever. so as to, prevent the frioa- quit( es from getting at him, and thu; becoming luieuteil—lat—the souree el danger to others, is . the simple tection needed. It will be noted that cen one we not the members of the association not fully agreed. All accepted the mosquito theory, that the bap* could transmit yellow fever. A Mai- jority were of the opinion that the disease was transmitted ,only in this way, but the minority, while un....1alp to produce any very strong evideneb to the contrary, refused to accept that proposition and favored the Scotch verdict, \Not proven.\ In other words, while the evidence is strongly and, indeed, convincingly ih favor of the mosquito theory, it tidei not prove that the disease cannot be propagated by fomites or in other ways. To a lay mind this conclusion seems to be a prudent if not a cor- rect one. It is not pretended that the mosquito creates or generates the disease, but simply that it trans- mits it from one person to another. The origin of the fever is, therefore, due to some other cause, and it would seem- that this cause which orlt natty produced it may produce it again. It would seem wise, there- fore, not to go too far, not to aban- don all the safeguards of quaran- tine, but to keep up an investigation which has been productive of Elie . ' excellent result8 . and which we may hope to see sooner or later explain all the mysteries of this malady. There has been perhaps too great . willingne.s of late to accept new sci- entific theories as proved in all ticulars. We saw this in the theories advanced by Koch and others relat- ing to tuberculosis. Let us go a lit- tle slowly in the matter, as nothing can be lost by doing so. - • WIPS GAS METER. \'\ Iliblipriatig It en Ike 4Impree• Dew- -and- M_Waign. Puss'. I. Her., • . \This observed W%, - Itisliei line° a box -like affair from his trunk, \is one of the gre.-test wo n ders of America.\ • \It doesn't took very wonderful,\ commented Tai Ann, tucking one foot up where she could It on it and the • throne at the same time, relates se Chicago Tribune. \No but even in America no one can understand it. Listen. ' \Don't put that thing to. my ear,\ cautioned Tsi Ann..\ is this another., of those telephones?\ \0 no. This is worse than the .tele:. phone. It is a gas meter.\ \A gas meter; . What does it do?\: \The consumer?\ . \How does it Work?\ . \That is a mystery. 1tiaonlyhaowi that it works 'always and uhtiringly. It works while ycli sleep and while. you wake. It nO , er stops:; It is. con- structed afterthe;Nevstottidin theory of creation. ,It,,bas sometli4 in it that . just keepe,itlwhirling,cui.and Ln, at so much per revolution, aud g uobcdy knows what movin . g..aud . no- body can stop it.\ \That's fanny.\ \Funny yes. But very sadin Amer ice. Listen to. it. Hear It running!. right along. Theink Confucimeand the 900 gods of the Pile Geeen mauntains The gas compnr never will get the chance to reaS vhat this -meter: IMa recorded.\ \But said the empress, \is there no escape from this in Americar , \None.\ \It must be Itiorse than manifest des. tiny.\ ' \It is.\ \Wu remarked Tel Ann, with that intelligent amile Which has enshrined her in the b'tarts of curio collectors,. \Wu laps giad 3 -4 1 ., were sent to Amer- ica. Atone . .ttree T almost had,decided to become eiv1I7ed.\ \filo•Imd I,\ edged Wa. \but the bite of the dcg. as t h• foreign dev- ils put if, .010441 rtftlii the hair.\ Mother--Joirrmy, your pop ain't well, so you bet ter run foe the•Ooetor. :Johnny-, ' : \An' Johnny, stop, on o nnt.r.,,,,ay the tHsrist's an' tat him h6itit Mite.. Reit charge fur a pillar o' white flowers with .!My . Husband' in red on Philadelphia Record. • :'..1 , 4.4 .. ....... . - .— — —...,— . BUSINESS AND -) - Tia4141$ , RESIDENCE LOTS SALE . FOR -Kendall Investment CO. , Kendall, Montana We are now in the new bank building and ate prepared to show to the public a splendid chance for investment in both business and resident lots. Special terms will be given parties wishing to secure slies — for risiden- — .- ces. Quite a number of such lots have been sold in the past few diys, . • and several very neat ,eottagss,we, .. ., ..... .,(11 now being erected in the residence portion. The town of Kendall is an assured fact and people on the outside are beginning to realize the importance of securing property. The mines are known to the whole mining world and are spoken of in great favor. The town site is beauti- fully situated. . „ • . One of the finest hotels in the I . . state is now completed and doing • . a first-class business. . • . Call at the office and get prices on -. property. Maps and other informa- , tion for the use of the public c.an be hat. • Communications from the out= side cheerfully answered John R. Cook . Presideh , t •• . John Jackson, Jr. • Secretary,
