Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06
Statement of Dcs Moincs PLY.
sician Claimed to BE En-
tirely Untrue
DETECTION OF FoRmALDEHyDE
Many Believe Law Should Go Furthcr
Than It Does and Give Dairy Com
missioner Authority to Employ a
Chemist to Analyze All tho Samples
Of Milk Taken.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Molnes, Jan. 6.-frhe statement
Of 81 Des Mones physician that milk
men In this city are using formalde-
hyde In the milk Is taken with a grain
OF salt at the office of the state dairy
commissioner. The possibility Of such
u thing is not doubted. but II any one
has Information or knowledge OF such
fncts they should make an effort to
prosecute the offenders or else notify
commissioner is prosecuting such
cases wherever he finds them and the
last week three men of Council Bluffs
were fined $25 each thru Investigations
of the state dairy commissioners Of
fee. The statement Of the Des Moin-
es physician that there but four milk
inspectors to the entire state Is, how
ever, entirely untrue. There are four
teen. The state law authorizes milk
| inspector In every city Of over 10000
population and there are fourteen such
cities in the state. These cities are
Burlington, Cedar Rapids. Clinton.
Council Bluffs, Davenport, Dubuque,
Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Keokuk, Mar
shalltown Muscatine, Ottumva. Sioux
CITY and Waterloo. 'Fomaldehyde Is
easily detected in the milk. The In
spectors Of the dairy commissioners
office are instructed to put certain
quantity of milk in a glass bottle made
for the purpose and furnished them. A
quantity Of s,llphuric acid Is then plac-
ed In the bottle and the bottle sllak-
en-. II there Is forrnaldehyde In the
milk 1t will turn a bright purple. III
there is none 1t will turn brown and
then. black. It Is believed by many
that the law should go farther and give
| the dairy commissioner authority 10
employ a chemist to analyze all the
samples of milk taken. IL formalde-
hyde Is detected by the agents IT IS
necessary to employ an expert chemist
first before prosecution In the courts
can follow. The law authorizes this.
The agents get the milk from the
wagons as they are making the rounds
and make two inspections each month.
one agent is employed in each Of the
entire time to the matter.
Howard Tedford Of Ringgold county.
state binder, will probably make an
immediate and hurried trip to the state
capitol. I fact if .he arrives IN Des
Moines before night today 1T Will not De
any surprise to the governors offlce.
The word has gone out that the gov
ernor is considering applications for
the appointment of a successor TO Mr.
Tedford, The law requires that state
officials must file their bonds within
specified time If they do not quaify
within the specified time the governor
is authorized to appoint their success
sor. Mr.. Tedford has not qualified ac-
cording to the law. His old bond holds
him responsible to the state for all
purposes till his successor Is appolnt-
ed but he has not qualified and the
governor could at once proceed to ap-
point a successor to him. The fact
probably is that Mr.. Tedford has for
gotten the matter. 1t will probably
cost him nothing more than a right
! good scare, hurried trip to Des
Moines, and several boxes Of cigars.
According to the reports made to the
state board of control there are prac-
tically 1000 cases Of tuberculosis In
the state. This was the first estimate
placed by Judge Kinne. OF 1882 phys
icians in the state 2,416 have been
heard from up to the present time. Or
these 1882 report no cases since June
80, 1904, while 1884 report 4,512 cases.
According to this proportion If all the
physicians of the state reported there
would be about $500 cases in the state.
Secretary of State Martin is sending
out the bound volumes Of the reports OF
state officials, to members OF the leg1s-
lature. There are eight volumes this
wear. Last year there were but sew
en-.
The argument of the attorney for b.
S. Blydenburg convicted of the murder
i of his wife at Eldora has been filed
with the supreme court The case is
destined to be an interesting one and
the decision will be watched with inter-
est. The death of Mrs. Blydenburg oc-
Cured May 90, 1903. Blydenburg was
coffee and was sentenced to life I'M
prisonment. One of the strongest ar
guments of the attorney for Blyden-
burg is that DR.. Gethman. who was
first called gave her arsenic tablets,
that the testimony of the Ann Arbor
specialist who examined the stomach
and vital organs after they had been
exhumed at the Ohio home, showed
there was about $50 grains of arsenic
in the liver while the liver is
capable of absorbing but ten grains at
the maximum while the person is alive.
1t is therefore argued that the poison
was absorbed after death from the in
jections by the undertaken.
Judge Bum to Retire.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 6-Judge Ro-
manzo Bum, of the United States
tot oF