The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-08-15
Capital
sGossip
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED At
ST. PAUL.
Especial Correspondence,

for this season OF the year, and unless
stringent methods OF quarantine arc
adopted over the entire state there will
be, In all probability, a. general cpl
dernic as winter approaches; an cpl.
demic which will be far more democrat
szIng and fatal than has been that Of
smallpox during the past two and q
half years"
| This was the statement DIR. Bracken,
secretary OF the state board of health,
made upon his return, with DIR. West
brook, OF the state METEOROLOGICAL lab
ratory, from an investigation Of diph-
liberia cases at Park Rapids.
'.There seems to- be growing and
exceedingly dangerous carelessness in
the. quarantfnfng OF diphtheria cases
DR.: Bracken continued This is utter.
Nv inexcusable. with the labratory
methods now In vogue 1t is possible to
state absolutely the time when quar-
antine can be safely removed The
state labratory is second to none and
is always open to aid In diagnosing
disease. and the regulation Of quaran-
tine. s . a
| .T have found FIAT common idea
prevails; that anti-toxin removes all
danger OF Infection through exposure.
This Is, great mistake. After Its ap-s
plication symptoms should readily SUB
side, but the germs remain long al
terward and nothing but an analysis
Of discharges from the nose ana
throat will tell absolutely when pa
tient Is free from the disease.
aDiphtheria spreads very rapidly
when 1t becomes epidemic. About one
tenth Of all cases are fatal. Before
anti toxin treatment was discovered
nearly half the cases terminated In
DEATH It comes on insidiously and
acts very rapidly. Patients are often
almost beyond help before they con-
slider themselves sufficiently sick to
call a doctor.
1.-THE disease has appeared in almost
every section OF the state, but more
particularly In the northern district.
where lumbermen last winter spread
II. far and wide. There is occasion Tor
alarm at the present large number OF
cases, since this is the season Of the
year when there should be minimum
of sickness from, this cause. From
October to February the disease is gem
orally most prevalent. Unless proper
measures are taken, at once and the
disease stamped out whenever It APP
pears there is very great danger that
the winter will bring an epidemic at
tended with great mortality. aHis
Village health authorities, as well
as those Of the larger towns and cities.
should make the greatest effort to
check the disease before school opens.
Both ST. Paul and Minneapolis, have
an unusually large number Of cases.
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The board of control has awarded
contracts for dry goods and hardware
for the several state institutions. The
board will insist on the use OF q better
quality of tea and coffee than was
formerly used. and the meat will be
the best that can be purchased. About
A cents more per pound will be paid for
coffee and tea. The former price paid
for tea was rs CENTS and for coffee 10
cents.
The bids for dry goods aggregate
$4,000 The following bids were ac-#
cepted:
Wyman, Partridge g. Co, Minneapo-
Iis--State prison; school for deaf, Fari--
bault; hospitals for the insane, Roch-
ester, ST. Peter and Fergus Falls.
Finch. Van Slyck, Young & Co. ST.
Paul State training school, Red Wing,
and insane hospital Hastings.
John B. Farwe1l 6 Co., Chicago
ASYLUM. feeble minded, Faribault.
Carson, Prize, Scott s. Co.. Chicago
Asylum, Anoka; state public school.
Owatonna, and school for the blind,
Faribault.
The successful binders on hardware
were.
Hackett. Hardware Company. st.
Paul - Fergus Falls and Hastings
asYlums.
Farwell, ozmur Kirk & Co, ST.
PauESt. Peter. and Anoka asylums
and Owatonna public school.
Al. Treadway. e Son, Dubuque, Iowa
ST: Cloud reforrnmtOry ard Red Wing
training school.
Hibbard. Spencer, Bartlett & Co,
Chicago Faribault schools for the
deaf. Blind and feeble-minded: state
prison att saltwater, and Rochester
asylum.
q. r. Sherwood, the first dairy and
food, commissioner of South Dakota.
spent day recently inspecting the
work OF the Minnesota State dairy and
food department. The South Dakota
department. has only been in operation
since, March. and Mr.. Sherwood tsr
seeking Information concerning the
methods used by the best departments
of other states
Seven years ago, Mr. Sherwood saya,
South Dakota had no place in the list
Of Dairy, states. In 1894 the first cream
cry was established. and its product
gave the state standing among but
tsaliraRers The recent growth OF
creameries has revolutfonfzed farming,
creating. a demand for cows, diversity
ing crops and breaking the lefg set
tied and disastrous policy Of exclusive
wheat raising.
The Industry has become sor 1mpor~.
tant that dairy and food Department.
was deemed necessary and was Gre.
ated by the last legislature The de-
partment is stir small, brs the iis,.
ereasing importance of the creamery cry
! industry of the state will bring ahssixe
| a rapid enlargement.
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