The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-08
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The health conditions of the city
were aired at the meeting of the city
council last night. Health Officer
Bjelland said that lO4 applications hat
been made for licenses by people who
sell milk. These people own 345 COWS
In lower town, fifty-one COWS had beer
found owned by people who do not
sell milk There are 200 more COWS tc
be gotten at, including those on the
routes of the Sanitary Dairy company
and the creamery, which are keeping
the names of the owners still. 1t will
take four or five months to complete
the milk inspection, but the work Is
progressing and will be completed all
right. There are also a number OF
pigs owned in lower town, against the
ordinance, but next spring he proposed
to enforce the ordinance.
Garbage Collection Trouble.
DR.. Bielland said that lot of trou-
BILE is being had with the garbage
man. The contractor did very well
until he was hurt the other day. Since
then, CATER has been doing the work
but the complaints are many. Next
spring he would ask the council to set
tie the garbage question right. Two
or three loads day are taken out
of the city, but the city is growing
and four or five loads a day should
be taken This is more than one man
can do. The garbage is increasing, and
something has got to be done. 1t
would be wise plan to divide the
city and have two men collect the
garbage. The garbage question is a
vital one. The city has got to spend
more money.
City Is Healthy.
DR.. Bjelland said that there is no
contagious disease in the city and has
not been for some time. In the past
three months, only one case of typhoid
fever has occurred, and that was
brought from the outside. He expect
ed that there would be more con-
tagious diseases i'm the city during the
winter, especially smallpox, because
there is a big transient population
in the city, who are liable to bring
anything. There is also a big stu
dent population. All this means a
great deal to keep down contagious
diseases. Theer is apt to be an cpl
demic at any time.
Why Water Smells Bad.
DIR. Bjelland said that the fact that
there has been no typhoid fever shows
that the city water is good.
Aid. Eichstaedt said that the West
Mankato school is using water from a
well, and that the water smells so
bad that he did not think it fit to
drink
DR.. Bjelland suggested that the
smell might be due to sulphur, which
abounds largely, and in that case the
water might be perfectly pure.
Aid. Eichstaedt guaranteed that the
health officer would not himself drink
it after smelling of it.
DIR. Bielland said that there is a
large amount of iron, some sulphur
and other minerals in the city water
but it is perfectly clean. The fact
of sediment or smell did not always
indicate impure water.
Aid. Gary having called attention to
the smell from manure piles in the
alley in block l3, on Franklin street
the health officer said that the in
spectors are constantly at work notify
ing property owners to keep their al
leys clean. As long as there are horses
and cows to keep, there will be
n manure. The policy has been to allow
one wagon load to accumulate at each
barn.