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What Cities May Do in the Combat Against Disease
Suggestions in Connection with Municipal Measures of Prevention of Invasions of Infectious Diseases By John Monro Banister,
A. B., M. D., Colonel Medical Corp3 U. S. A. Read Before the Oaiaha-Douglas County Medical Society on November 22, 1910.
The time la rapidly drawing nlch when imd administration of such a municipal
the efficient control of diseases endanger
In the happiness and secur ty of our coun
try as a nation, and of our clt es anil
Mates, will be as"iimd by th gnnTal gnv-imm-nt
on the one hand, anil by stale and
municipal authorities on the other, and a
rigid application of the teaching! of mod
ern aantary icimre will he f.rmly en
forced for the protection of our popula
tion, both urban and rural.
I fe-l, therefore, that the time ripe
for representative medlrnl men all over our
country to be directing their attention to
the problems Involved, the aolut on of
which will soon be demanded of the c en
title sanitarian, who must with propriety
bo looked fur in the ranks of the medical
profession.
This, then, la my excise for offer ns to
th! association of representative members
of our profession In this populous commun
ity the following crude suggestions alone
the lines Indicated.
It may be assumed as an ax.om that no
sanitary authority can be of benefit to a
community unless possessed 6f the iwwrr
to enforce its own provisions. I'nen
forced sanitary tawa upon the statute
books are productive of bad. instead of
good results. In that. In consequence of
their non-observance, thtre Is engendered
in the m.nds of the messes a contempt for
the authority Issuing them, and among the
educated classes a feeling of false security
caused by the belief that the laws in ex
istence are fully protective.
A sanitary system, however perfect it
may be In Us Inception, can be of no value
to a disease stricken community when the
Individual members of such town or c.ty
are left to exorcise their own untrained
and Ignorant discretions as to whether they
will carry out the provisions of such sys
tem or not. To be effective, sanitary con
trol must be upheld in every detail by the
firm, unyielding hand of the law.
It la just In this regard that m.litary
sanitation, la able to accomplish so much
mors than civilian measures of disease con
trol. In the former military discipline and
respect for authority and orders, work to
a definite successful accomplishment, while
In the latter political oons derations, com
mercial policies and Interests, Ignorance of
and contempt for the laws of personal and
pur He hygiene on the part of the masses,
and a general feeling of hostility on the
part of the population towards sanitary
provisions for the publlo weal all have a
most decides nullifying effect upon the
most earnest efforts of the health authori
ties. The scope of thia discussion, however,
does not embrace military sanitation, but
Includes only the measures of disease pre
vention applicable to civilian communities.
It rray be said, however. In passing that
the more closely the sanitary systems of
such communities be made to approach to
the military standard the greater will be
their practical efficiency.
Suggestions concerning methods of dis
ease prevention on, the part of individual
communities. .
(1) The general organisation and func
tions of the health department.
Each town or city should have its board
of health, it also, composition and func
tional varying with, the Use of the commu
nity', and - other present conditions. The
chairman of the board of health should
be the health' commissioner of the city,
and he and the other members of the board
should also be members of the city coun
cil. The board of health should be sub
ject to the call of the health commis
sioner and should act upon all matters of
publlo sanitation before their submission to
the city council. The health commis
sioner should be the official head of the
health department under the mayor and his
department should embrace the following
. tub-departments, vis: chemical, bacterio
logical, veterinary and sanitary inspection
departments. All orders to his department
should emanate from or pass through him
and all reports from his subordinates to
higher authority must follow the same
channel. The heads of sub-departments In
the health department must be responsible
to the health commissioner for the proper
exercise of their respective functions and
must hold their subordinates to a similar
responsibility to them.
The functions of the health department
should be crystallised la explicit reguuv
tiuns and Its sub-departments should be
welded together Into one efficient, com
posite, thoroughly organised whoie. Fur
thermore, H should be co-ordinated with
the other departments of the city admin
titration to such a degree that It would
work In harmony with them and responsl
blllty for commissions or omissions be
easily placed. What Is everybody's busl
nesa la nobody's business and In all or
ganixed administrations extent of function
and limit of responsibility must be ao
curately defined.
The duties of the chemical, bacteriologi
cal and veterinary sub-departments need
no discussion in a meeting of medical men,
as their functions can be well understood
from the mere mention. I think that
sub-department et sanitary Inspection
would prove a most valuable addition to
any municipal sanitary scheme, as It
would act aa the eyes of the health au
thorities. At the head of this sub-depart
meat and under the direct supervision of
the health commissioner there should be
a chief sanitary inspector, and under him
the necessary number of sanitary inspect
ors, one for each ward or district or other
portion of the corporate limits ot the city,
as may be deemed necessary, together
with the required employes.
It should be the duty of the sanitary in
spectors to make daily Inspections of ail
premises in their respective districts Includ
ing publlo buildings, hotels, private resi
dences, markets, dairies, alleyways, vacant
'ots, and streets, and report kanitary defect
and nul.ani.es to the chief sanitary In
spector, who wiil refer matters of moment
to the health commissioner for his action.
The removal of garbage, suppression ot
nuisances, cleanliness of the streets, and
of the city generally should be under the
jurisdiction of the street cleaning depart
ment, to the head of which department the
health commUsioner should refer for cor
rection unsanitary conditions reported by
the sanitary Inspectors, and at the next
meeting of the city council this official
should submit a. statement of all matters so
referred since the last meeting of the coun
cil, with the action of the street cleaning
department on his recommendation.
Ia cases ot neglect on the part of the
street cleaning department to correct sani
tary defects so brought to Us notice by the
health commissioners, such official action
by the latter would place the department
desi&nated on the defensive, and the re
sponsibility could be easily fixed.
The sanitary lnipectora should have the
authority of a special police force with the
power to order on the spot the correction
of those glaring sanitary defects aud error
of a character to be easily remedied by
the individuals concerned. To fully demon
strate la deUll the intimate oiganis&tion
tanltary scheme, would be beyond t'-.e scope
of tli.s paper, which can denl w'tn susten
tions only. In thus connection, however,
it should 1 e slated that ilete rln penalties
should tie prescribed by the ciiy council
for breaches i f the code of sanitary laws,
find the same rigidly enforced without re
gard to individuals or localities,
tl'). The Management of tne W iter Supply.
It may be stater as nn ail, in that the
typhoid rate of a city la in dl.ert projHir
I.OB tp the condition of its water supply
In the matter of pollution. The occurence
i f a nuralier of other diseases of the water
borne type is also In direct agreement
with the degree of pollution, as for Instance
ce.taln diarrheas, dysenteries and cholera,
when the latter disease is ep.demic. The
Inhabitants of no city with a polluted water
supply tan be free from danger of In
fection of a serious type. The business in
terests of any city are also directly af
fected by the condition of the water fur
nished to the Inhabitants. It may be as
sumed, therefore, that the possession of a
wholesome water supply Is a necesf-ary
condition to the happiness and prosperity
of a community.
The water supplies of cities and towns In
this country are derived as a rule from
their general sources, namely. Impounded
reservoirs, where certain areas of coun
try are converted by dams into artificial
lakes; ground water as furnished by spring
and wells, and surface water from lakes
and streams. The latter source ia thai
most In use In cities, and Is a very dang
erous source of supply for the reason that
such waters are very liable to be polluted
by sewerage or by human and animal
excreta from the water shed.
Sanitary experts the world over are
agreed that river water in a well settled
district, subjected only to sedimentation, is
not fit for drinking purposes. The uni
versal dictum of the best authorities is
that such water must be subjected to fur
ther treatment before its use la free from
danger, and the method of treatment,
which is best In every way, which has
stood the test of experience, and which at
reasonable cost can remove 99 per cent of
the contained bacterita, la continuous sand
filtration.
It is estimated that the use ot sand fil
tration by means of fllterbeds, while of
Inestimable value to a city In the matter
of the reduction In the rate ot disease oc
currence and mortality, may be assumed
to add only 10 per cent to the cost ot the
water to the consumers. In many of tne
large English and continental cities of
Europe, which some years ago were veri
table hotbeds of typhoid fever by the
adoption of sand filtration alone this dis
ease has been nearly exterminated, and.
In a few notable Instances in our own
country, nearly similar results have been
secured.
As Instances I may mention London, Ham
burg, Berlin, Breaiau, Zurich, and in our
country Lawrence, Mass., (Haxen). An in
teresting point In this connection Is found in
this, tnat although the supplies ot tne
European cities mentioned are drawn from
sources polluted to a high degree, yet one
can visit all ot these cities and, use tne
water from the public. .water-supplies witn
no fear of Infection.
This method of water treatment Is most
effective, also, as a protection against
cholera infection in so far as the convey
ance ot this disease i due to the water
supply, as shown by the great Hamburg
epidemic In WH2, when in that city, the
water supply of which was drawn from
the Elbe and delivered to the consumers
with no preliminary treatment besides
sedimentation, 20,000 cases of cholera with
I.OuO deaths occurred In One month, while
in the twin city of Aitona, separated from
Hamburg by one street and drawing lis
water supply from the Elbe below the out
lets of the Hamburg sewers, cholera was
scarcely known, such few cases as did
occur being as a rule in persons who
worked during the day In the city just
mentioned while having their homes In
Aitona. The difference betwoen the water
supplies of the two contiguous, and really
continuous, cities was simply this; that the
Aitona water drawn from the highly pol
luted and infected Elbe below the sewer
ot cholera-stricken Hamburg was subjected
to sand filtration before distribution, while
that ot Hamburg was not.
Two million gallons per acre dally may be
given as a good standard output for water
thua efficiently treated. More than 2,57
million gallons per acre per day in the case
of supplies drawn from American rivers la
now considered an excessive and undesir
able rate. Open sand filters with masonry
walls and of good construction, have. In
the United States, within the last decade,
averaged about $tt),000 per acre, building
cost. Covered filters have cost halt as
much additional. (Hasen). As before men
tioned the coet to the consumer has been
Increased about 10 per cent by this treat
ment In no city of any Importance In our
country should this relatively trifling In
crease In expense be allowed to weigh
against the Immeasurable gain to the com
munity resulting from a wholesome water
supply
3. Tho removal and treatment ot wastes.
The successful management of the wastes
of a city. Including in tbs term "wastes"
human dejecta, animal manure, the refuse
of manufsctorles, liquid and solid, and
domestic refute as slops and garbage. Is
one of the greatest problems of scientific
sanitation. The human dejecta and liquid
refuse of a well-sewered city are carried
awsy from the Immediate proximity of the
Inhabitants thereof only too frequently to
be returned to them in their drinking
water, or at least to be a source of pollu
tion for the water supplies of cities and
towns further down stream. Wbti It Is
considered that the sewer systems ot the
cities and towns of the United States' empty
as a rule Into the streams and rivers, upon
the banks of which they may be situated,
the degree of pollution of such water
courses may be Imagined. In this way,
and by tributaries, swollen by rainfall, ,
which bring di wn pollution and Infection !
from their thickly populated and highly
cultivated water rheds, our rivers and
larcer streams generally, are rendered un
fit a sources of water supplies without
treatment The opinion Is fast gaining
ground throughout the civilized world that
this excessive pollution of rivers by sewer
aeo stwuld be prevented by law, ard In
England and Germany there has been
much legislation on this subject. In many
cities In England and on the continent the
sewerarre Is subjected to treatment before
being discharged Into running streams.
As a rule, the object of t.ila treatment Is
the removal of tho crcante matter, both
rolld and dissolved, from the sewage,
thereby destroyinK Us putresciblllty with
the prevention of nuisance. Incidentally
there is a diminution in the number ot the
pathogenic bacteria present These micro
organisms, while greatly lessened In num
bers are not thoroughly removed by any
method of land filtration or treatment of
sewage by the to-called biological methods.
To secure such destruction of the patho
genic bacteria methods of disinfec
tion. In addition, are necessary. In
the proportion , of one to 10.000
chloride of lime Is able . to remove
the great bulk of the pathogenic germs
from the effluent of the septic tanks of
modern biological sewage plants. Schwarx
has shown that chloride of lime added to
crude sewage In tho proportion of 1 to 5.P00,
and allowed to remain for twn hours, is
capable of destroying the germs 'of cholera,
typhoid, dysentery and similarly sensitive
micro-organisms. At the present moment
the most promising method of sewage
treatment with dlslnfectatlon, which re
moves both solid and dissolved organic
matter and destroys the pathogenic bac
teria as well. Is the septic tank method
with treatment of the effluent with-chloride
of lime and subsequent sand filtration.
At the rate of 1.250,000 gallons per acre per
day, this discharge being within twelve
hours. Works have been constructed on
this principle at Hamburg and are stated
by such an eminent authority as Dunbar
to be producing a disinfectant effluent
and similar results have been obtained hr
the Indian government in ' experimental
works on the Houghly river.
If the cities of this country should be
compelled by law to adopt some efficient
method of sewage treatment before Its
discharge Into streams, and then to purify
the river water by sand filtration before
supplying it to their Inhabitants, we would
see a cessation of the disgraceful epidemics
of typhoid fever so prevalent In our munici
pal communities, and epidemics of cholera
would thereby be rendered almost impos
sible. Manure, garbage and solid refuse should
be removed from the limits of a city with
promptness and destroyed, preferably by
burning, which may be conducted either In
pits or In Incinerating plants. Dropping
of horses and cattle furnish the favorite
breeding material for files, which pests are
also attracted In swarms to collections of
decaying garbage during the warm months
of the year. The guilt of the domestic fly
as being a most ubiquitous and dangerous
carrier ot infection Is too well known to
require more than passing mention In this
assemblage ot scientific medical men.
Every effort should be made, therefore, by
the health authorities of a city to destroy
Its breeding facilities, and to exterminate
this pest as nearly as possible. I J very and
private stables, diaries and the garbage
receptacles of hotels, restaurants, public
institutions and private residences should
receive dally attention with this end In
view, as in the sanitary scheme roughly
sketched In this paper.
As a protection against ths spreading of
infection by means of files a strict sani
tary supervision, on the part of the health
department, should be maintained over all
markets, or stores, where meats, vegeta
bles, or fruits are sold, and such wares
should be required to be kept screened
during the months when these pests are
prevalent .
Fourth To prevent the spread of diph
theria, the acute exanthemata, and other
contagious diseases, careful and frequent
Inspections of the city schools should be
made under the authority of the health de
partment and In all cases of such diseases
a strict quarantine should be established.
enforced and maintained In the affected
families, or Institutions, until officially dis
continued upon the authority of the health
commissioner.
In the case of dlptherta, antitoxin should
be furnished by the health department
without cost where poverty would Inter
fere with Its purchase by the families af
fected, and the use of this remedy In all
Infected families both as a preventive In
the case of the well, and as a treatment In
In the case of the sick, should be required
under penalty of the law. Similar rules on
this score should be applied to boarding
schools, orphan asylums, or other Insti
tutions for children.
(6) All dairies be kept under close sur
veillance both as regards the health of the
milch cows, and Id the matter of cleanli
ness of surroundings.
The method of milking should be con
stantly Inquired into by the sanitary In
spectors, and special attention paid to the
cleanliness of the vessels used, and to ths
condition of the hands of the milkers, and
the tests of the cows.
Ths after treatment ot the milk should
also be carefully watched, as well as the
cleanliness of the milk cans, which should
be treated with steam or boiling water.
8) Expectorating upon the streets. In
street cars, and upon ths floors of publlo
buildings should be put down by firm
measures of repression, as being one of the
most active means by which tuberculosis
Is reaping Its harvest and the deadly pub
lie drinking cup should be banished by
law from every public building and city
fountain.
(7) Realising the Important role played
by the mosquito in the transmission of
disease, especially In the rases of malaria,
yellow fever, denicue and filaria Inf, ctb n,
the health departments of cities, where
such pests are wont to be prevalent, should
make use of every means to prevent their
breeding and to exterminate them. With
this end in view ail stagnant ponds, open
water barrels or cisterns, or other ct llec
tion of standing water must receive careful
attention.
Ponds and marshy land should be
drained, or, when this Is Impossible, treat
ment by crude petroleum should be syste
matically applied. All vacant lots should
bo kept free of weeds anil brush, cr high
grass, and property owners held to a rig d
accountability In this resard. In order tha:
tiie breeding places of mosquitoes may be
thereby uncovered and exposed to the sun's
lays with the resulting removal of damp
ness and consequent extermination of the
larvae of this dangerous pest.
(S) The up-to-date modern city should
have Its hospital for contagious diseasts.
and Its Institution for the care and treat
ment of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
occurlng among the members of the In
digent class,
Such institutions are required not only
from a humanitarian standpoint, but also
in consequence of the necessity of afford
ing protection to the community.
It Is a sin against the practical
and established teachings of modern
medicine, and the principles of sanitary
clence as viell, that the Ignorant and care
less victims of pulmonary tuberculosis
imong the poorer classes should be per
mitted to wander about the streets and
cheap lodging houses cw a city spreading
the infection of their fearful disease wher
ever they may go. The ravages of the
great white piague will never be lessened
until the authority and assistance of legal
Intervention be Invoked.
(9). In concluding these suggestions upon
municipal measures of disease prevention
Yield of Precious M?tlj Indexed in
Dividend Distribution.
THE SHOWING OF NOVEMBER
f Mines aatl
a somewhat tender spot on the arm, which
Is rarely troubles me and disappears In
twenty-four to forty-eight hours," as
stated In the report noted. In the case of
the 11.S.H1 cares In the army proper three
cases of typhoid fever with no deaths, have
occurred up to the present time.
The first case evidently became Infected
while the man was crossing the continent
before the vaccination had been completed.
The other two cases were so mild that In
the absence of blood cultures the dlagnoels
was In some doubt. In this connection It
must be mentioned that the Widal reaction
is of no value In those vaccinated against
typhoid, since the reaction makes Its ap
pearance Immediately after such treatment
and persists for a variable time, so that
blood cultures have to b? relied upon. In
some cares vaccinated, over a year and a
half ago the Wldal reaction still remains.
The value of this preventive measure may
be chown by the following comparison of
the fever occurrence 'among the unvaccl
nated and vaccinated members of our mili
tary aervlce:
Rate Per
Number. Cases. 1,0"0.
fnvncclnated 74. 4M 306 4.11
Vaccinated 11,318 I .26
The occurrence of the disease among the
unvaccinated Is nearly sixteen times as
high as among the vaccinated, as stated
by the surgeon general, who goes on to
say that the protective value of preventive
vaccination against this disease Is as per
fectly demonstrated as any fact in medi
cine, and he recommends that the array be
given the benefits of this protection and
that It be required as a routine procedure
throughout the service.
The suggestion that this measure of pre
vention merits the careful attention of the
health authorities of our cities and towns
Is hereby made by the present writer In the
belief that the time will come when anti
typhoid vaccination will hold a somewhat
similar position in the sanitary admtniatra-
PAYING MINES LOOK GOOD, viula Consolidated. 11 ftO,ft; lloston A Mon
tana. J1.4''.; Arlsona, ll.fts.017.
melt lea Profits.
Seven metsllurglrsl companies during the
year distributed dividends totaling $14 4.S -4CI.
bringing the total for this branch of
the industry up to HW.W.M. On their
issued capitalisation of ISS.491.IW this re
cords a return equivalent to 4" per cent
Leading among the securities holding cor
poration is Phelps. Dinlge Co.. with dis
bursements during the eleven months of
the vAr totaling .ro.(W.. Amalgamated
I second with :t.077.7M. American eVourt
tles third with $1V'0 and tlusgenheim
Exploration fourth with ll.TUMW.
Sovemfcer rmldends.
The accompanying table give the divi
dends paid in November, with the date of
payment and the amount per snare.
Amt
Moaey-Maklnsr n-rd
Works la the United !
and In Mexico and
Canada.
I m...t ...l,n,i .v.- .... ..I D
" , oy "'"jtlon of communities to that now occupied
medical corps of the army in the matter of K ,., . . ,,
prophylaxis against typhoid fever by In
cculatlon with killed cultures of the typhoid
bacillus.
To the medical corps of the army belongs
the credit of having taken the first steps
in this country in the line of such experi
mentation and the results obtained have
been most satisfactory and valuable. These
Inoculations were made In the cases of
officers and enlisted men who volunteered
for the experiment Just as In Cuba the
means of the transmission of yellow fever
by the mosquito was similarly proved by
the board of medical officers of the army.
i. p to the date of the surgern general's re
port Just Issued, 11,338 officers and en
listed men have volunteered for the pro
tective Inoculations. Of this total 580 were
officers, ai being officers of the medical
department In addition 433 outside of the
officers and enlisted men of the army have
oeen vaccinated under the auspices of the
medical department making a grand total
of 11.771 so treated. In all 31.556 doses were
administered, it being the practice to give
three doses to as many persons as possible.
No undesirable results have been repined
as following the administration of the anti
typhoid vaccine. The following table taken
from the surgeon general's report will
show concisely the severity of the general
reaction following each dose:
Dose. Reaction-
Absent MUd. Mod. Severe.
62 7 S2.0 4 6 O.T
Second ... 68.6 25.8 6.0 0.
Thll 7.0 16.7 4.1 0.2
"Fully U5 per cent of the men have little
or no reaction or discomfort, aside from
In conclusion I desire to make this state.
ment that any city which shall adopt the
measures of disease prevention demanded
by the principles of modern public hygiene
and oanltary administration In the matters
of a water supply subjected to continuous
sand filtration, a Bystem of sewsge treat
ment and a thoroughly organised and au
thoritative health department which shall
efficiently perform Its functions along the
lines Indicated will be in a condition not
only to protect Its Inhabitants from pre
ventable sickness, suffering and death, but
also to stamp out In Its very Inclplency
any commencing epidemic of virulent In
fectious disease.
J. M. BANISTER.
Anlhor's Capricious Sweetheart.
Mr. Isham. the novelist, found himself
one day in a little French cafe In Saigon,
the capital of Cochin, China, and follow
ing his wont he called for a paper and
Ink. The waiter, an Inquisitive mortal,
noticed that Mr. Isham numbered his page
of notepaper 104.
"That is a long letter. Monsieur," this
expatriated garcon permitted himself to
murmur. "Monsieur must have a very
exacting sweetheart?" "She la," answered
the writer, "the most exacting, and, one
might add, the most capricious." The
waiter looked sympathetic. "Ah, Men Dteul
Did he not know? Could he not commis
erate? Did he not have his own capricious
Marie back In Bordeaux. But what Mon
Dieu! was Monsieur's sweetheart called?
"Mademoiselle Public," - said the author
man, and the garcon, who did not see the
point, again murmured sympathetically.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The dividend declarations ot American
mines and metallurgical works during
November, though not as large as for
some other months this year, Increased to
a considerable extent the year's total. A
number of companies which, according to
past performances, were expected to make
a November disbursement postponed the
event to a later month. The eleven months
of the year, however, have a record of
dividend disbursements which continues
to prove that mining Is an Industry com
parable to any other In point of profita
bleness.
By careful compilation the Mining
World ot Chicago Is able to show that dur
ing the eleven months of 1910 there was
paid to holders of the stook of 135 Ameri
can mines and metallurgical works, IM.94.
409. Not Included In this amount Is the
$1644,4511 disbursed by hlne securities hold
ing corporations, which look for their
profits from stocks owned In other cor
porations. Since incorporation these 135
mines and works paid out in the shape of
dividends the enormous total of $701.S1.2SS.
On the Issued capital of these companies,
which Is sn,?13.734. this Is a return
equivalent to 114 per cent and a return to
shareholders. In excess of capitalisation, of
t8S.538.EM.
At the head of the dividend list for the
year stand the companies classed as gold,
silver, lead and a'.nc producers, for 102 of
these have, so far this year, divided among
their shareholders. J9,357.S09. making a
grand total since Incorporation of 139,490,
861. This Is equivalent to an 85 per cent
return on the outstanding capitalisation of
$056,230, 170.
Of the 101 companies mentioned above
sixty operate properties In the United
States, and they contributed to the eleven
months total. $17,783,631, and to date $147,397,
199. and 86 per cent return on the outstand
ing $170,461,315 share capital. The com
panies leading In disbursements for the year
rank as follows: Golfleld Con., $7.11S.19il;
Tonopah, $1,500,000; Homestake. $9H1,W0;
Bunker Hill t Sullivan. $925,350.
Canadian and Mexican Mines.
Sixteen Canadian companies have so far
this year paid In dividends $7,14.582 and
since Incorporation, $22,401,125. a 43 per cent
return on their outstanding share capital
of $51,524,006. The leading Canadian con
tributors to the year's total rank aa fol
lows: Nlplssing, $2,100,000; Crown Reserve,
$1.061.!fS; Yukon. $1,060,000; Kerr Lake,
$900,000.
Mexican campanles, to the number of
twenty-four, contributed $4,178,530 to the
year s total of $29,023,809, and since Incor
poration they have divided among snare
holders $45J0,0e7. a return of 159 per cent
on their combined issued capital of $20,023,
63. According to the year's total the lead
ing payers rank aa follows: Dos Estre'.las,
$000,000; Esperamta, $694,000; Mexican Mines
of El Oro, $436,009; El Oro. $413,000.
Although ranking second for the year in
point of dividends paid, the copper proper
ties, numbering twenty-four, all but one
operated In the United States, have divided
among shareholders since their Incorpora
tion the grand sum of $361,781,613. This, on
their combined Issued capital of $124,691,614,
makes the remarkable return of 289 per
cent an achievement duplicated by Twit
few companies operating in other lines ot
industry. These twenty-four companies
have paid so far this year $22,031,199. In the
lead for the year and according to their
ranking are the following: Utah Copper,
$3,47,726; United Verde, $2,475,000; Anaconda,
Company.
Alaska Mexican
Alaska Treadwell
Alaska United
Alinoloya. Mexico
AmalKaniated. Mont...
Amparo, Mexico
Arlxona Copper. Arts..
Huston A Montana
Buffalo. Ontario
Hunker HIM
Camp Hird. Colorado...
Colorado tl. Or
Frontier. Wisconsin ...
Hecla, Idaho
VI ..tvieMt A kft
International Nickel, pfd 1
Jerry Johnson, Colorado., in
Kendall. Montana 23
Le Rol No. 2
I.uckv Tiger. Mexico 16
Mexican lead. Wd 1
Montesuma Lead 5
Parrot Montana 2S
Rohotnhcrr-Walton 30
T. H. B., Ontario 12
Temlskamlng. Ontario ... 10
United Verde. Arnona.... 3
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ONDERFUL CURE
OF SORE HANDS
Skin Peeled and Flesh Got Hard and
Broke Blood Flowed in Fifty
Places "Single-Box of Cu
ticura Ended Suffering."
"About eleven years ago I was tron
bled with sore hands, so sore that whew
I would put them in water the pain '
would very ntMtrly set me erar.y, the skia .
would peel off and the flesh would g
fcsrd and break. There would be blood
flowing from at least fifty place oa
urn hand. Words could never tell the
suffering I endured for three years. I
tried everything that I was told to una
(or fully three years, but could get no
rMief. I tried at least eight differeni
doctors, but none of them seemed to
io me any good, as my hands were as
lad when I got through doctoring as
when I first began. 1 also tried many
remedies, but none of them ever did ma
one cant s worth of good. I wss dis
couraged and heartAore. I would feel
o bad mornings when I got up, to think;
I bad to go to work and stand the paia -for
ten hours, and I often felt like gir
Uie up my position.
7' Before I started to work mornings
I would have to wrap awery finger up
separately, so as to try and keep thero
soft and then wear gloves over the rags
to keep the grease from getting on my
work. At night I wouldJiave to wear
gloves in bed. In frwt, 1 had to wear
gloves all the time. .fter doctoring for
three years, and spending much money, a
ingle box of Cuticura Oiiitr.t ended
all my sufferings. It's been eight year 1
since I used any and I don't know what
ore hands are now, and never lost a day 'a
work while using Cuticura Ointment.
Thomas A. fJlanoy, 810 N. Montgomery
6t.. Trenton, N. J.. Not. 11, 1909.'; '
4 slnrte set of Cntleora Soss and Ointment M
Cten nrntienl. rtndnriB It tlie most erniimirl
retrnmt tor t!ectlon of the tkln and rli. Sols
ttirouiliout th vorid. potter Unit chem. Oora
Kule Props, 1U Columbus Art. Battun. Li
No Man is Stronger
J nan His Stomach
I 9L
A stroag nan is strong all swer. No man caa be
strong who is suffering from weak stosnach with its
consequent iaditioa, or from some other disease
of the stomach and iis associated erf ins, which im
pain digeatioa and autriuoa. Fir whea the stomach
M weak ac di Mated there is a loaa ot the nutritioa
aaatatnad ia food, whicfe is the souxee of all physical
treagtb. Whea a saaa "doesa't feel juet right,"
whea be doeaa't sleea well, has aa uncamfortahU
seeling ia the stamsoh after eatiag, is laagutd, aervous, irritable sad despoad
t, he m losing the aatritioa needed to saaka strength.
Sac m mmm mmaulii asa Dr. fierce' a Gel4ta Masficaf
Olaaarerr. It cares a Js cases ml (aa tlsastl mad mttttr
erdaoa af efgearisa asa matritlma. It arlckm (Aa saocf,
-rgerafea U isar, sfreagrfteas ra kl4mv, moaiimmua
'"' VIl'ES HEALTH HSU STUUXUTU TO
ItiEWHOLti BODY. t
Yoo eaa't afford to accept a crr aoetruas as a substitute for this aoa-
eMwootio sncaictoe or known coyroimoN, ot evea rhouU tha arse at
aaay therapy take a Luis bigger profit. lagredicuU priatad aa wrapper.
90 DAYS OF SELLING TO BE CROWDED INTO THE NEXT 30 DAYS
POSITIVELY THE LOWEST PL'SES IK YEARS' OFFERED YCU KOW
Our inability to aeciire a renewal of our lease compels us to resort
to exceptionally DEEP PIUCE CUTTING in order to reduce this im
mense stock. We are actually compelled to force ninety days of ordl.
.nary selling- into the nest thirty days. We believe it FAR MORE PIIAC
TICAli, and we know it la a great deal easier, for us to sell GOODS AT
ACTUAL COST If necessary, than to have to stand the enormous cost
and probable big damage, which would result in our attempt to move
this gigantic stook from one building to another.
THERE IS KO AITEOITIYETCE WE MUST VACATE JANUARY 1ST
-These wordi tell you briefly the story of our condition. To attempt
in this short space to HluHtrato or describe the WONDERFUL OFFER
INGS and the REMARKABLY LOW PRICKS that we are compelled to
make would simply be impossible. Suffice it to say that we MUST
REDUCE this stock practically one-half its present siee by January 1 st
You will be GREATLY astonished and MOST AGREEABLY surprised,
when you call to see the WONDERFUL opportunities you can obtain
at this ODMPVLSORY REMOVAL SALE.
CACH OR VERY EASY PAYMENTS EXTENDED TO ALL
Mi
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Site of Dressers
1S. 00 Dressers, made or carefully selected
stock, three large drawers, French pUte
mirrors, sale Q rTpT
price pO 4 O
$17.40 Princess Dressers, made of American
quarter-sawed oak stock highly polished,
extra large French plate C"f 'TfT
beveled mirror, sale prioe.
122.60 Dressers, made of solid oak, swell
top drawers, pattern plate French beveled
"prtoe"!.'!1': $14.50
130.00 Dressers, massively constructed, full
swell frorcts. highly polished, heavy hand
carvings, pattern plate mlr- 8" T 7Bt
rora, sale price ....?-'
Pttfl.r FsrnittTe
$2S three-piece parlor suites, heavy ma
hogany finish frames, upholstered In
selected material.
sale price jJAa-Wts
S0. 00 three piece parlor suites, massive
frames, genuine birch, finished In a beau
tiful mahogany, richly ornamented with
VrE."1."''. . $17.95
$87.60 three-piece parlor suites, highly
polished framea. upholstered In Chase
feather, most exceptional
value, sale price V"-"J"
$76 three piece parlor suites, frames of
genuine mahogany richly ornamented with
hand carvings, upholstered In rich Verona
Velour loose cushions, Czlr tfl
sale price V1-,JU
Tor Tiua
Handsome
$20.00 Oomblnatloa Book Oasa
aad Writing Desk.
JU8T LIKE ILLUSTRA
TION and made of selected
qusrte.r-sawed oak. finished
In a beautiful golden. lias
large book compartment and
writing - desk, with interior
cabinet. All other library
and combination book cases
at from H to V off.
Ail our Couches
and Bed Davenports
at from 's to 'x less
than usual.
Sale of Rajs
14.00 Ingrain rugs, size tx
ft., good quality, pretty
patterns, aale Of J
price p.ij
$7.00 Art reversible rugs,
size 12x1 ft., can be re
versed and used on either
side, sale CO nQ
prSca tpO.tO
$1176 BRUSSELS rug-,
alze x ft., a special fine
quality, good patterns:
$0.85
$22.60 Tiger Brussels rugs,
size 12x9 ft., an extra
fine quality, pretty pat
terns and colorings, sale
ZZ." 912.50
$27.00 Wilton Velvet rugs,
size lSx ft. extra fine
quality. Oriental and aet
prtc,:?":..". 15.98
$30.00 Axmlnster rugs, size
12zt ft., deep rich pile,
luxuriant patterns; aale
SZ 9-1.50
I
V -V' sf afr M M i
$12.50
roiTxiiiLuiim
$17-0 D&XJIBsUa.
EXACTLY LIKE ILLUS
TRATION and a most superior
value, lias two small drawers
and two large drawers, and
pattern plate French bevel
mirror of high lustra
Sale cf Staves
$10.00 Soft Coal heaters,
extra well made, heavy
cast Iron base and top,
heavy nickel trimmings,
pVTc.?. 't'.. 93.95
$15.00 Soft Coal heaters,
heavily constructed, blue
steel drum, screw draft
regulators, heavy nickel
trimmings, sa.e 4Q7 QK
price ?
$10.00 Base Burners, guar
anteed first-class heat
ers, heavy fl repots, auto
matic cal feed, richly
nickel trimmed. sale
price ar Kfh
only ipJ,i)J
$40.00 Oold Coin Base Burn
ers, the most powerful
and economical heater
t constructed, patented cold
air flues, sliver nickel
trimmings, at
price
$$5 00 Steel ranges, large
square ovens, duplex
grates, upper warming
cluset, nickel trtmlmngs.
price 47!1
sale
y cgoti
ilcrf!
y r mi m d
!T r i
920.95
925.50
For This tiasslve 513.53
China Cicsat
Festively the finest -value
In the city. Made, of genuine
quarter-sawed oak. heavy
bent glasa ends of double
strength, and grooved shelves
for plates, highly polished.
Iran end Crasi tzit
$1.60 Iron Beds, nn be had In all sizes,
well made and durable enamel. 1R-t 'TO
sale price only ipM.,tU
$7.60 Iron Beds, heavy tubing, choice of
vernla marten or enani.l finUn fancy
design, sale (?Q r
price Sty
$12 60 Iron Beds, very massive, fancy
scroll design, vernis marten 4?rj ff K.
finish, sale price ' fV. f O
$169 Brass Beds, large tubing, heavily
lacquered, alrongiy constructed, s special
value, sale
price
All our Bedroom
and Library Furni
ture from y9 to
off.
911.75
1512 & fARNAM STPLETS. OMAHA,
(The Veoples rarattasw aad Carpet ee. Bet. 1SST.
Extension Tellies and Rockers
f S 00 Extension Tables, strongly con
structed, six foot extension slides, sale
y 9" 50
$160 Pedestal Extension Tables, large
square tops, massively con- en err'
structed, sale price .ipcF.Scs
$22 60 Pedestal Extension Tables, large cir
cular tups, American quarter-nawrd o;tk
stork, sale 421 Trr
price px. 4 J
13 BV Parlor Itockera, made of - American
quarter-sawed oak, wood
seat, sale price
.91-80