The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
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ACE PHARMACISTS NOW
STATE BOARDS BUSY DAY
A Immsnss Amount OF Work Disposed
0e-TWolve Registered and Three
Assistant Pharmacists Anewer
Questions Satisfactorily.

Twelve registered pharmacists and
ehree assistant pharmacists is the re-
suit VI the examinations conducted by
the state board Of pharmacy. which
was In session yesterday. Two of these
are Anaconda men, one. Chesley 5.
Kendall. receiving a full registered
rharmacists' certificate. and Frank w.
Harrison passed as an assistant phar-
macist.
The board met at the Montana yes
ferday morning. There were 16 appli-
cants, only one Of whom failed to pass.
The board made rapid progress in the
examinations and finished its work last
evening. 1t had been thought that at
,east WI days would be required to
nnish the work in hand, but owing to
The convenient method in which the
papeu were handled the board had no
dificulty in passing on h answers OF
h applicants.
Certificates as registered pharmacists
were granted the following: J. l..
Kuker, Miles City; L. T. McKeckmire,
L~ewistown: Gordon Goodwin. Helena;
ID. d. Martin. Butte; Chesley S. Ken
nAII. AnACOnOd,
Helena; 8. II. Folckemer, Missoula;
John p. Cutting. Loren C.. Paxson. w.
Il. Edmonds, Butte: George r. TreVer,
Vaudeville; G. +. kumpe, Great falis'
The following assistant pharmacists
were passed: d. c. Smith. Missoula:
Frank w. Harrison, Anaconda; Daniei
MCGOWAN. Walkerville.
The following persons failing 10 pay
their annual enewal fee. their certifi-
Gates were revoked, under section s OF
the pharmacy law: G.. w. Shoemaker.
Thomas b. Hill. Billings: Samuel II.
Boswell, Anaconda; w. II. A. T. Wal
lace, Helena; George T. Carpenter.
Great Falls: Severn Miller, Helena: w.
H. Bowling, Bozeman; h.. a. Johnson,
NarysviIle: Donald McBeath. Great
Falls; George +. Daniels, Helena
James T. Barry.
These assistant certificates were re-
yoked: Eva ]. Clark, Big Timber;
George w. Herbine. Butte; Chesley ).
Kendall. Anaconda.
James w. Nickum. falling to appear
for examination, his permit was can
celed.
The annual report to the governor
shows there are 265 registered pharma-
cists and 25 assistant pharmacists in
Montana
The board Of pharmacists is COM
posed of three members, who are as
follows: ALI Whitworth of Butte, pres
ident; J.. b. Lockwood of Helena, sec
rotary, and Lee Warren of Bozeman.
treasurer The board meets twice a
wear for the examination of applicants.
for the renewal of certificates and for
the purpose of issuing permits. The
present session is the second one which
the board has held in this city. The
board will meet again In July.
The examination of applicants Tor
certificates is of two classes-that for a
full registered pharmacist and that Tor
an assistant pharmacist. The exami-
nation consists of five papers on the
Following subjects: Chemistry, theo-
retical pharmacy, materia medica, tox-
colog and therapeutics and practical
pharmacy These subjects cover every
thing relating TO the science, n the
10 principal questions, each OF which
is divided into about 10 subordinate
questions. are propounded to the appl-
cant. thus requiring the candidate TO
satisfactorily answer about 500 ques-
tons.
In order to secure an assistant phar-
macist's certificate IL IL necessary that
the applicant should have had one
years experience and correctly answer
an average number of the questions.
II ne does this. upon the payment Of 81
he will be given n license to mix up
drugs for sick people. The full reg
istered pharmacist does not get on SO
light. for he must have had tour years
experience anu DdrE n -
animation, besides paying the sum OF
s..
A person who has not a certificate
may not practice pharmacy withou'
holding himself amenable to the law,
Section IL of the act regulating this de-
partment says: ANY person who shat
unlawfully and without authority un'
der this act. take. use or exhibit tht
title of registered pharmacist or assist
ant pharmacist In the state OF Mon.
tana. shall be liable to a fine OF slo'
for each and every such offense; n III
penalty shall attach TO n assistant
pharmacist who shall. without author
ity. take. use or exhibit the title OF reg
istered pharmacist in the state %
Montana" A fine Of $3.50 is provided
for any person who keeps a pharmac,
and shall not have In his employ
registered pharmacist.
During the session the members O
the state board were entertained NJ
the local druggists. They were shown
about the CITY and visited many point
OF interest. They all expressed them
selves as being most favorably I'm
pressed with the growth and nrosner
Gus anpearance Of the city. and yer
especially SURPRISED by the amount q