The smallpox epidemic throughout the Valley is a source of worry and inconvenience to townspeople and officials. Coaldale residents have decided to establish a smallpox hospital with the assistance of the L.C. & N. Company.

The Centerville School will be utilized as a hospital.Five new cases of smallpox and 14 new cases of measles were reported this week.Communities are spending hundreds of dollars weekly to pay watchmen guarding the houses where the disease has been confirmed.