The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09

| hea adquarters at 52I North Kansas
avenue and at the Auditorium. At the
latter place cots and mattresses were
furnished last night and apout nifty
refugees slept there and the same
| number are being. fed today. At the
| Provident association building, Fourth
| and Jackson streets, the day nursery
| is prepared to care for all the children
| who are taken there while their pa
rents are settling in the new quarters
| to which they have been driven by the
| food, and for mothers with very young
| babes who need shelter and care.
Cases of sickness reported to the as
| socation will be cared for at the asso-
| citation building or at the hospitals.
Look After Sanitation.
| AS soon as the water in North To-
peka recedes some Dr. S. J. Crumbine,
secretary of the state board, and w G.
Hoad,/ sanitary engineer of the board,
will begin a personal investigation of
the sanitary conditions. They will
| inspect the sewers of Topeka ana
other towns which have been flooded
and see what the damage is. They
will require the sewers to be repaired
at once so that the sanitary conditions
| will soon resume the normal condi-
tions. The state board will also re-
quire that the local boards see that
the water is drained Immediately ana
| that none is left standing.
thing for the health of the people, -
said DIR. Crumbine this morning. 1.-THE
water gives the bottoms good scrub
bing and takes away all decayed mat
ter. After the last flood I made an
extensive investigation of the health
conditions and 1 found that the gem
eral health, as far communicable
diseases were concerned. was better
after the flood than before ana the
records in my office prove this.
"The people realize that the water
is usually bad in all wells after flood
and they are careful in using it, boil
ing 1t before drinking or treating it in
other ways. With careful treatment
of the water before using and the re-
moval of the waste matter should i'm
prove the general health. OF course
leaving the stagnant water and filth in
the streets and yards would cause dis
eases, but I do not look for anything
like this, as the local boards Of health
are usually prompt, and look for them
to be prompt in cleaning up this year.
This department will see that all sani-
tary sewers are repaired and put into
good working order at once so there
will be no danger from this source"
Why River Falls Slowly.
Weather Observer Jennings said:
ssThe Kaw river will fall slowly at this
point today, perhaps not more than
an inch an hour and the rapid fall will
not occur until some time late tonight
or towards morning.
1.-THE water is held back by the crest
of the rise which is somewhere near
Lawrence this morning. and there will
be no rapid fall in the river at this
place until this crest reaches the Mis-
souri, river and spreads out. The time
it reaches the Missouri depends some-
what on how much that stream has
backed into the Kaw where it emptfes
expect that commencing Wednesday
morning shortly after midnight the
fall will be much more rapid than it
has been during last night or will be
today
Reckless Driver in Danger.
One of the humorous incidents which
might have proved tragic occurred at
o'clock Monday evening when J. H.
Hartman who runs small feed store
! in the flooded district near Crane
street broke through the line Of officers
guarding this district on the plea that
he was going to his store. He was
driving a blind horse to light buggy
which was loaded with three bales OF
| hay and a sack of bran.
He did not turn in at his store but
headed for the water which was rush.
| ing across Crane. street and despite
the shouts of the officers urged the
blind horse into the current. When
half way across, the current caught the
vehicle and the outfit started down
crane street at the mercy of the
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