Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-29
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, March 20. 1901.

Des Moincs, March %, 1901.
J. +. Vincent. owner of the Des
Moines stock yards, has had CON
4 ference with William Agar, who is to
manage the local branch OF the Agar
Packing company, on the advisable
ity of the Agar Packing company buy
ing it's product through tie yard in
stead of sending out buyers to take
the stock from local shippers. 1t is
understood that 1t was practically
agreed they will cooperate in an eff
fort to build up market in Des
Moines. The policy agreed upon is
thattfor the time being the Agar com.
pany will not only buy stock on the
Vincent market, but will send men
into the country to make purchases
with q view of turning shipments
from the territory surrounding this
city away from Chicago and Omaha,
When stock commences to move this
way it is the intention to take these
buyers off the road and to make all
purchases through the Vincent yard.
1t is believed that with demand
for 1000 hogs day and as many fat
cattle each week in Des Moines re-
spectacle market can be built up at
this point and that other buyers rep
resenting Chicago and Iowa packers
will come to, the Des Moines market
to furnish competition and take the
surplus hogs. The creating of local
market for fat cattle it is believed
will also tend to increase the demand
for stock cattle, a large number of
which are sold each year on the local
market, and bring them to Dcs
Moines.
City Physician Schiltz. in an inter
view said: 'If the people of Dcs
Moines do NOT rouse themselves to
the necessity of taking precautions
against infecil N, half of the popu-
lation will be down with the small
pox before another month has
passed. / speak more particularly
of people who have not been vaccinat-
ed. Vaccination is the only remedy
and my advice to the public is to be-
gin at once. Out of all the eases Of
smallpox we have had, only s per
cent were patients who had been
vaccinated, and of this s per cent
nore of the patients had heen vac
cinated during the past fifteen years
and many of them went as far back
as twenty and twenty-five years ago.
The other 90 per cent who had or
have the smallpox have never been
vaccinated. Not more than 20 per
cent of the people Of Des Moincs
have been vaccinated. I believe, now
that there is possibility of an cpl
denlic, that employers should insist
hns no tad
and insisting on it to the point OF
discharge if they fail within reas-
enable time to present Il certificate
of vaccination. Otherwise there is
strong probability of their places
of business being quarantined, in the
event that one of their employees
catches the disease. The public
school buildings should be fumigated
every week and thoroughly washed
out with germ destroying solutions.
The street cars should also receive
the attention of the board of health
and every care should be exercised
to prevent Infection"
Smallpox has crept into the schools
of this city and orders have been
issued by superintendent Hiatt and
Shcakley closing every door for one
week.
Reports coming in to the Office OF
the secretary of the state board of
health indicate the small poX cpl
demic is serious at Mason City. Seven
persons have died recently of the
disease. This is the largest number
of deaths to be reported from any
one point in the state since the ut
break last fall. The number Of
deaths in Iowa, however, is larger
than generally supposed. Seventy
five persons are estimated to have
died from small pox in Iowa since
last October. Two deaths have Just
other death was reported from Thur
man. In the meantime, the number
of eases reported daily to the board
Of health continues large.
Justice Iris has notified every pro-
prietor of every esta blishnent in
which slot machines are worked that
the operation of such machine is
gambling, and unless stopped at once
he will issue warrants for arrests,
according to the statute prohibiting
gambling. This notification has re-
suited in the closing of every machine
in West Des Moines.
A general canning plant will prob
ably be established in Dcs Moines in
the next few weeks with Il plant at
tached for the man,lfact ure of cans
and boxes and capacity for putting
up couple of million cans of vege-
tables and fruits each year. 1t will
probably be located on the Rock
Island tracks between this city and
Valley Junction.
The city council has directed the
purchase of Tracy Home for Il small
poN and contagious disease hospital.
The hospital costs $4,000.
S3O,OOO,OOO IN CLAIMS.
Aggregate Amount Wanted by Americans
Is Enormous.
Washington, March 2S.-The Span