Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-09
State Board of Health Wants
Law to Compel Cities to
Send Samples Monthly
BOARDS RULE IS IGNORED
Effort to Enforce Order for Samples
Not Generally Observed and Lesisla-
tive Edict Is Demanded-state Lab
oratory for Preserving General
Health Also Wanted.
Special to Times-repuplican


| Des Moines, Dec. 9.-Every city and
municipality in Iowa will be required
| to send monthly sample of Its wa
terssupply to state board of chemical
examiners If the legislature enacts the
law to be recommended by Secretary
Louis A. Thomas OF the state board OF
health in his annual report to ba filed
in the course of few days with the
! governor.
Mr.. Thomas recommends that the
LEGISLATURE make an appropriation for
maintaining q chemical laboratory In
connection with the state board OF
health department at the state house
Then he would have a law requiring
city authorities thruout the entire
stata to send in monthly samples or
their water supply for examination.
There is now rule to this effect
promulgated by the state board burt 1t
lis quite generally ignored and the
board would have it made a law. From
the samples collected turnout the state
the astounding announcement Is made
that in over so per cent OF the tests
the presence of sewage was discov-
cred. The board contends that with
such law as proposed people could be
warned, the water boiled and much
disease prevented.
The state board also asks for an In
creased appropriation for conducting a
crusade for good health turnout the
state. Secretary Thomas in his report
calls attention to the fact that the
state board OF health was organized in
1850 and made an appropriation OF So
600 for it's support. AT that time this
represented per capita tax of three
mills. Since then the population has
increased 6 great deal. Tho appropra-
ton remains the same and now repre-
sents but two, mills per capita. Secre-
tary Thomas has taken the population
of thirty states and their appropria-
and figured the per capita expendi-.
lures. Florida has the highest at 113
mills. Iowa has the lowest and only
one other has less than a three mill
apportionment. That is Mississippi,
Nebraska has A mill. Missouri 5.
Wisconsin y, Minnesota 6, Illinois IL,
Kansas II and all nearby states.
much greater appprtionment, He rec
ommends the appropriation here be
doubled or made $40, GEO..
Establishment of an Iowa tax COM
mission was today recommended by
the Iowa Tax Revision association that
closed its annual convention here. 1t is
extremely likely a bill prepared
by the association will be introduced
ins9the Coming session Of the Slegisla-
ture. Members of the association also
favor repeating the tax ferret law and
abolish taxation Of mortgages. This
afternoon Attorney G. Vi Powell, of
Des Moines. read o paper on Taxa
ton OF Banks National, State and
Savings" Last night Editor Charles
Mclean Of the Dubuque Times-Jour-
nal, spoke in Taxation of Mortgages"
Hon. Glen r. Kinball, city attorney at
Council Bluffs, spoke on Terminal
Taxation of Railways" Hon. G. j. A.
Erickson of Boone. state senator and
banker. spoke on Taxation of 'Corpor-
alton Stock
DR.. ]. v Convict, of Dubuque has
been appointed a member Of the state
board of dental examiners by Cover
nor Garst to succeed DR.. w n. De-
Ford, OF Des Moines, who resigned to
accept position with the faculty of
the Drake dental school. DR.. Convict
was recommended as an eligible for
membership on the board by the state
dental society.
All the Iowa apples now being dis
played at the state capitol here at the
meeting of the state horticultural So
ciety by fruit raisers from all parts of
the state. will be shipped to Council
Bluffs next week to be entered in the
fruit contest of National Horticultural
congress- to be in session there from
De-. IA to 10.