Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15
Meeting Of Iowa Health Officers
Expected to Take Action to
Secure Changes
sTRIcTER SANITATION CONTROL
Board Of Health May Ask for Powers
to Prevent Pollution of Streams With
Sewage - Unusual Activity Among
Temperance Forces Campaign to
Force Resubmission of Question.
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Des Moines, Oct. IA meeting
which it is believed will lead to great
good for the state opened this morn
ing of the health officers association
of Iowa. This will lead naturally into
a general conference of all health Of
ticials of Iowa tomorrow. 1t is planned
that by and thru this meeting steps
will be taken toward securing some
material modification of Iowa laws
looking to better sanitation. The state
board of health has taken the lead in
this movement and it is pointed out
that the laws really need amendment
so that local boards may adopt strict
regulations for sanitation. One of the
matters which need special attention
is that of the pollution of the streams
of Iowa with sewage, and at present
there seems to be no way of prevent
ing This.
At the meeting today Mrs. Eliza
beth Baird Dickson, secretary OF the
Iowa Humane society, discussed the
social problems and their relation 10
health, following paper by Dr. Y. w.
Losh. of Des Moines. The presidents
address was given this afternoon by
E. W. Doolittle, of Garden Grove, ana
Mayor o. L. Ingledue, of Marshalltown,
presented paper on "a Clean CITY.
This evening, DR.. Kepford, lecturer
for the state on tuberculosis, Will give
an illustrated lecture on that subject.
The program for the two days is ex-
tensive and it is expected the attend
ance will be very large.
The usual activity of the temperance
forces of the state at this time is
beginning to attract attention and 10
cause some interest in the attitude OF
the legislature. 1t is learned that
conference of all the temperance or
ganizations held here decided upon an
aggressive campaign to compel the
next legislature to agree to resubmit
to the voters an amendment providing
for constitutional prohibition in place
of statutory prohibition, and that the
secure the signatures to petitions. Sew
eral general assemblies have ignored
this demand, but the temperance peo-
pie believe that there will be gen.
eral change of policy at the state house
and that they will secure what they
want At the same time there is some
interest in the movement for stricter
enforcement of the law in all parts OF
the state. The other day the Cass
county grand jury indicted the agent
of an Omaha jobbing house for solicit
ing liquor orders in Iowa. The claim
is made there that under recent de-
cision by the supreme court OF the
United States such soliciting comes
under the state regulations and can be
prohibited.
Maurice D. O'Connell, has been sub
stituted for President Seth Lowe OF
Columbia university as the speaker at
the republican meeting at Iowa City
Friday afternoon and at Grinnell In the
evening. 1t was found today that Mr.
Lowe had been billed for Illinois cities
and that his schedule could not be ar
ranged so that he could be In Iowa
lHlS WSeh.
Mr.. O'Connell Is solicitor for the
United States treasury and is fine
and polished orator, a man of hne ap-
pearance and thoroughly conversant
with political affairs and the policies
of the government. He will speak else
where in Iowa during the remainder OF
the campaign.
Republican rallies are being held in
nearly every county of the state night
ly. and reports coming in to the state
central committee indicate that the
speakers are drawing large audiences.
There appears to be particular inter-
est in the tariff issue and there is
constant demand for men who can talk
intelligently and clearly on this sub
ject.
The announcement that Secretary
James Wilson of the department OF
agriculture will come to his home next
week to spend most of the remainder
of the campaign is being received with
acclaim in all parts of the state and
there is a great demand for his serv-
ices.