Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-17
At Coming Meeting Quarantine
Rules Will Be Revised and
Made Easier to Enforce
LAWS LAME AS TO BILLS
Corporations and Hotels Furnishing
Water for Public Use Must Submit
Samples for AnaIysis--Cold Tea as
Cure for Typhoid Fever savase's
Exhibit at State Fair.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Aug l7.-When the
state board of health meets next week
1t will make an effort to complete the
task of revising the rules and regula-
tions regarding quarantines and the
general preservation of the health of
the people Of the state. 1t is an enor-
nous task and the board made only
start at 1t at the meeting in July.
1t will attempt to finish the work at
the meeting next week and then some
time during October. the date to be set
later, will call in the mayors and Off
GERS of the health departments of all
the cities of the state for a school of
instruction on the question of SANTA
ton and enforcement of the quarantine
laws OF the state.
The board at this meeting may also
take some action looking toward Sc
| curing from the Legislature some more
definite authority. The law now gives
the board unlimited authority. 1t
! provides that if the local boards of
health do not enforce the quarantine
regulations the state board of health
can, but If the state board does. the
entire state board has to go to the
scene of action and the board of su-
pervisors Of the county can refuse to
pay the bills. If they do, the state
board has no money with which to
! pay.
| The state board will probably ask
the legislature to provide that the
supervisors must" pay the bills. This
will then be a club over the heads Of
ssthe local board to obey the regulations
and enforce the quarantine rules, since
it will be more expensive to the coun-
ty If the state board steps in.
| The only rule thus far promulgated
by the state board is In regard to
water and this Is published in the Iowa
Health Bulletin, issued by the board
today. The rule provides that all COR
! porations furnishing water for the
public, as we'll as all hotels, restau-
rants and boarding houses, must sub
nit samples of the water furnished the
public some time between the first day
Of August and the first day of Mo-
vember Of each year and at such other
times as called upon either by the state
board or the local board of health.
| This sample shall be analyzed by the
state chemist for which he shall be
paid fee Of $40 to be paid by the
corporation, hotel, restaurant or
boarding house A report Of the analy-
sis is to be filed with the secretary
OF the state board and one with the
local board If the water Is found
to be polluted in any way, the local
board is directed to investigate the
cause and report to the state board
of health. which shall at once take
steps to remove the cause or see that
| it is removed.
Drink cold tea, is the advise OF the
state board Of health in the Iowa
Health Bulletin, the monthly publica-
tton issued by the state board. 1t is
recommended because on investigation
1t is discovered that typhoid bacilli
cannot long survive in cold tea. The
| tea is supposed to be made in the or
binary way and then allowed to cool.
1t is claimed that within four hours
typhoid bacilli placed in coldN tea be-
come greatly diminished and after 70
hour it is impossible to recover any.
| If there is any doubt as to the purity
| of the water weak cold tea should be
drank instead of the water and there
will be no danger Of typhoid fever.
There will be no army maneuvers
next year, such as were held this year.
This announcement is made to the
Iowa National Guard In a. letter from
Acknowledgement Thrift. Following the
successful maneuvers this year many
of the guard wanted to follow it up
with more maneuvers next year. Gen.
Thrift has announced that there will
be no maneuvers. 1t is too much of a
strain In preparation and too much
of strain in execution Furthermore
one year is enough of army maneuvers
and next year the effort will be to get
something different.
Down in Van Buren county there re-
sides William Savage on little farm
on Big Cedar creek near Stockport.
That Mr.. Savage is genius will be
evidenced to the visitors to the state
| fair when they come to Des MONIES lne
last of this month Thru the efforts
Of Edgar r. Harlan, assistant curator
Of the historical building Mr.. Savage
has been Induced to send to the state
fair for exhibition purposes a collec-
ton Of paintings Of birds which he has
| prepared during a life time residence
on his little farm.
Mr.. Savage is eccentric as we'll as a
genius He lives in an out -the-way
place and for sixty years has studied
Iowa birds. His little farm has af-
forded him living and with no other
ambition than that to study birds he
has reveled in riches. Many days with
gun in hand he has tramped 10 and 20
miles thru the fields and woods after
bird and never stopped till he had
captured his bird. In this way he has