Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
STOP SPREAD OF CONTACION
Conference Of Health officers Dis
cusses Means to that End.
INSPECTION OF THE SCHOOLS
Statistics show Large Increase In the
Salaries of Teachers since AdOp-
tion of the Present Law
Regarding Certificates.
fFron a SAD Correspondent.l

From q staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Oct. T7.-CSpecial)-At the
general conference Of the Iowa health Off
GERS. mayors, township clerks and the mem
bers OF the state Board of Health today
the discussion turned largely upon the great
need of srousing public sentiment In the
direction of aiding in the prevention of
contagious diseases. DIR. A. N. Linn, presi-
dent of the State Board Of Health, in a
spirited address, declared his conviction
that in time there will be much less need
Of quarantine and that by invention and
discovery methods will be devised for car
ing for all contagious diseases without the
bother of separation and isolation Great
progress has been made in that direction
already.
! Another topic much treated OF today was
that Of the need Of medical inspection In
the schools. DIR. George Decker urged that
the laws be so amended as TO permit OF
compulsory inspection Of children in schools
He believed that in this way much could
be done to put a stop to many kinds OF
epldemics which start in the schools or are
spread through the public schools. An at
tempt has been made to introduce the sys-
tenn in the Des Moines schools, but the
Board of Education has been opposed to
tho same.
This afternoon a demonstration was given
Of the methods of meat inspection as carried
on by the government. with suggestions as
to improvements and how to secure greater
cleanliness at local slaughter houses.
The Iowa Association of Health Officers
elected M. c. Terry Of Brighton as presi-
dent; DIR. swazey Of DEBORAH, vice prest
dent, and Henry Albert of Iowa City, secre-
tary and treasurer.
Indicted "BucketshOp" Men Caught.
Officers are on the way to Des Moines
from Belvidere, ILL.,, with o. M. Olsen one
of the men indicted here for having con-
Quoted an illegal stock dealing operation.
Olsen had closed his office and departed
and his bondsmen sent after him. 1t is now
believed the conducting of bucket shops
will be broken up in Iowa.
Buys Masonic Temple.
The old Masonic temple in Des Moines
has Leen purchased as a newspaper office
, for the Des Molnes Capital. The offices
are at present In a part of the building.
The .Masons are planning to erect a new
2 temple further up town and the sale will
enable them to proceed at once to build the
) finest lodge building in Iowa.
Increased Salaries of Teachers.
Reports to the State Department of Edu-
!, cation show that the new Iowa law in res
gard to teachers certificates has had the
effect Of adding a great deal to the total
of salaries of the teachers in the common
/; schools. The law has resulted in increasing
the aggregate wages for Iowa school teach
ers for the year ending July l, 1907, in the
5 sum OF $Sss, S9O.69 1t has increased the
aggregate wages for the two years ending
last July s7se. 1855.
Tblo pauy gfata laW IL the one which
abolished the custom of county superin-
/ tendents granting second and third grade
certificates. Now the teachers are given
examinations in the various counties by the
superintendent from questions furnished
from the office OF the state superintendent
The papers are then examined by a board
of examiners appointed by the state super
3 ntendent and certificates are issued from
, the state department.
Superintendent Riggs urges that this rails
] ing of the standard Of efficiency among
teachers has had the effect to raise the
5 aggregate salary of teachers. He reports
that county districts that formerly paid
but $50 per month for teachers are now pay
ing $50 and even more, with prospects for
other increases.
Raising Champion Corn.
At the state farms in southern Iowa the
Board of Control has been makipg expert
ments in corn raising, and this year, espe-
E cially at Clarinda and Glenwood, some of
E the finest corn ever grown in the state was
I raised. The seed was procured in Illinois
e from a farmer who had selected his seed
for many years. The state farms have this
r year produced some of the finest potatoes
I ever seen in the state.
: Not Much Money for Campaign.
/ A committee appointed to represent in
: Iowa the national republican committed in
$ the collection of funds for the campaign,
sent out 10000 letters to Iowa men and
: firms, asking for contributions. About 400
s replies were received and 1920 secured in
/ this way to be used in the national cam
: paign. The state committee has been hard
pressed for funds during the entire cam
. paign.
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