Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-11
The board of health met at o'clock

this morning-and adjourned.
The secretary of the board of health
Of Pine Bluff is said to be suffering
with ennui.
The particular offense with which
the board of health was charged Fri
day morning was that Of meeting fer
the purpose of taking some action
relative to the local quarantine. There
never was a greater slnder perpetrat-
led upon local organization; the
board didn't act.
After spending one hour and thirty
minutes in a fruitless discussion of
nothing, the board proceeded toad
journ.
When President H. F.. Williams call
ed the meeting to order at 9 o'clock
ten members answered to the roll
call of Secretary w. H. Blankenship.
They were Drs. H. E. Williams, A.
w. Troupe, G. K. Caruthers, b. II.
Gallagher, w. H. Blankenship, Messrs.
7. B. Talbot, VIM Burke, A. S. Hon
net. H. c. Bluthenthal, U. w. Poss
The cast of characters also Included
railway attorneys, railway agents,
wholesalers and jobbers of the city,
newspaper reporters, the chief OF po-
lice. the sanitary officer. two or three
others without any vocation. one small
dog and two colored persons.
Cant. Lavat of the Arkansas state
guard was also present: but Capt
Layat deserves a paragraph to him.
} self.
The mayor was also very much
present.
And the mayor deserves two para
graphs.
President Williams announced that
the object of the meeting was to dis
cuss the local quarantine. and stated
that Capt. Lavat of the state guard
was present and would address the
meeting.
Cant. Lavat addressed the board at
some length, explaining the objects.
the purposes and particulars of the
state quarantine against the infected
points in Louisiana. and asked that
the local authorities cooperate with
the state authorities in maintaining
! the quarantine. He said that the state
had uuarantined against all infected
points in Louisiana. and that the
{ state board had stationed the state
/ troops at the state line to carry out
I the provisions of that quarantine
That these provisions were being car
ried out, he was ready to testify. He
didn't want any local guarantees to
interfere or conflict with the state
quarantine. and for that reason he
! was here to talk the matter over with
the Pine Bluff board.
Gen. H. King White took the floor
and was not long in letting it be
known lust how he stood with regard
to the local quarantine. Gen. White
only against the infected points in
Louisiana, whereas the city of Pine
Bluff had quarantined against the
whole state of Louisiana. He regard
ed the state quarantine as a farce,
and was most emphatically in favor
of maintaining a rigid local quaran-
to+a 0f icio
Mr. Talbot wanted to know if the
authorities permitted freight to be
shipped out of New Orleans and the
other infected points in Louisiana.
and if the quarantine officers at the
state line permitted this freight to
pass through.
Capt Lavat replied that freight
was allowed to be shipped out of New
Orleans under strict supervision of
the United States quarantine officers,
after being thoroughly fumigated and
the cars sealed under their direction.
The Arkansas officials permitted this
freight to pass their lines.
Mr.. Burke said he was not in favor
of raising the local quarantine exact
ly, but he thought freight should be
permitted to come through.
Here is where Gen. H. King White
got in his "unruly member" again,
and in little tilt with Mr.. Burke
said that no freight should ever be
permitted to enter the city if he cou.i