Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-22
DR.. linn IAKES CHARGE
Board Of Health Physician to
Take Charge OF Tama
Smallpox.
One College in Iowa Older Than
Grinneli-.Harlan Was Its
President.
Fletcher Howard Knows OF Only
One Change Needed in
Pharmacy Law.
snec;a1 10 T;mes-Republican.

Snocial TO IlmeS-GeDuDl
Des Moines. Nov. o2.-Dr. Linn goes
from this city to the Musquakie reser-
walton in Tama county for the purpose
of taking full charge of the smallpox
situation as the representative OF the
state board of health for the purpose of
giving to the people surrounding the
reservation the best possible protection
from contagion This was decided last
evening just before the board adjourned.
A telegram had been sent to Commis-
sioner Jones. of the Indian bureau. ask
ing for authority for the state board of
health to assume full charge and this
was granted in telegram received soon
after. The board had heard reports from
the Indian agent and from doctors who
have visited the Indians, and had deter
mined that something must be done to
protect the people. They demanded that
the government must take action'or give
the board power to do so. When the fa-
Norable telegram was received from the
Indian office it was decided that a spe-
ciai committee should be appointed to
look after this matter and DR.. Alexan-
der NJ. Linn. of this city, was chosen to
take up the work. DR.. Linn is an erer
setic young doctor of Des Mones, the
newest member on the state board, ana
entirely competent both as physician
and as an executive. Just what the pro-
cedure will be can not yet be known.
tut the board is determined that there
shall be rigid quarantine and IL posi-
bic some measures to stop the ravases
of the smallpox among the Indians.
Our reports" said DIR. Commit. of the
board, show that there have been about
thirty-fiye deaths out of sixty-five cases.
This shows they have got the real. old
fashioned smallpox in it's worst form.
There is no Cuban itch about it, And
this indicates pretty well what happens
where there is filth and refusal to ac-
cept vaccination. But for the preventive
measures in force the experience OF
whites might be as bad as that of the
fnGsgls.
Are the Laurels of Iowa College about
to be wrested from her by Iowa Wes
leyan? Iowa College. of Grinnel. has
ton of higher education in Iowa. Iowa
College is proud of a long record of use
fulness. But it was not the first. Some
time ago Superintendent Barrett sent
out to the heads of colleges and univer-
sites asking that they send short
sketches of their institutions for SYM
postum on Iowa colleges and universi-
ties for the next report of the state SUI
perintendent. One that was slow in re-
spending was Iowa Wesleyan Univer-
sity. at Mount Pleasant, because DR..
Hancher. the president, is new to the
place and not familiar with the history
of the college. But the history has been
prepared and 1t shows pretty conclu-
sively that Iowa Wesleyan has a legal
history going back beyond the days
when Iowa College commenced to strug-
gle at Davenport. The date of the be-
ginning of Iowa College is supposed to
be 1916. and actual school work was COM
menced in 1858. But Iowa Wesleyan was
chartered by act of the territorial leg
isiature in February. 1874. AS to what
work it did at that time the records are
incomplete. but James Harlan, after
wards senator and member of the cabi-
upon his duties in 1874. 1t is probable
that with Harlan at the head the insti-
tuition did some real work. 1t could not
lie idle with MIN interested. 1t was
called the Mount Pleasant Collegiate In
stitute. In 1855 the state legislature
passed a bill amending the former meas
IRE and changing the name to that
which the university now bears. Har-
IAN became TIE first president, which
shows that it had continuous existence
in fact thru the eleven years previous
to the blossoming out as a university.
Thus Iowa Wesleyan is able to count
years of usefulness in Iowa
work.
There is only one thing in the phar-
macy law about which i have heard Sc
lious complaint" said Fletcher Howard.
OF the pharmacy commission, "and that
IS in regard to the paragraph in the law
which compels court to revoke a GER
tilicate or permit to sell liquor on evi-
dence being presented thai the law has
been violated In any particular. The
court has no discretion. Three persons
may file information and procure evil
USNCe lfldls tIlSi law mas aDGtl III
some slight particular The court may
know that the druggist has tried to obey
the law and has violated it inadvertent-
ly but the court has no option. Now the
law is so complex that 1t IS practically
impossible for one to do business under
it without III some way committing an
OF the law. Hence it is easy
enough, where persons are so disposed.
to take the permit of druggist away. /
have had judges tell me that they have
been compelled under this statute to re-
woke u permit where they knew it Was
.n injustice 1t has been suggested that
the court should be allowed some discre-
ton. The clause is intleXible now. In !
sertion of q few words would make it so
that druggists would not be at the mer-
cy of an enemy or one disposed to ind
fault without reason"
The case Of Thomas Carver against
the NJ. & St l.. Railroad Company,
from Webster county, is to be heard by
.he supreme court. Carver was knocked
down by the mail sacks thrown from
train ait Otho. He was standing there
to deliver the mail from othc, kalo and