Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
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If one desires to NOW about all that
has been learned of the relation Of milk
to public health, it can be found IL the
report on the subject which Surgeon
General Wyman has lately made to the
Secretary of the Treasury. In passing,
it may be remarked that 1t seems
strange for Il health officer TO be n sub
ordinate of the chief financial officer
Of the government, and have to make
renorts 10 him. The surgeon-generafs
Investigation was made at the direction
Of the President. who wished TO direct
attention to the need of protecting the
milk supply of the cities from contamin-
ation, and to the Importance of Sc treat
ing the milk given to young children
that their lives might not be put in
danger. The report, OF course, recon-
mends pasteuriaation, that is, raising
the milk to Il temperature of one hun
drcd ana forty degrees, and keeping it
there for twenty minutes. This kills
the common Iiscase-germs without in
Turing the milk. Tuberculosis, typhoid,
scarlet fever and diphtheria are com
municated by milk. to say nothing Of
the infantile bowel troubles. Seventy
two cases of diphtheria were traced
last year to Il dairy where a milk
cooler was washed by a person attend
ing a diphtheritic patient, He did not
mean to give the disease to others, nor
does any m~ilk-producer deliberately
Neglect The proper precautions against
Contaminated milk. He usually sins
through ignorance, but he time is rap
idly passing when such ignorance can
be excused.
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The interstate Commerce Commission
has issued a special report made in con-
nection with the preparation of a uni
form system of accounting for all inter,
state railways. 1t shows how the rail-
roads have been interviewer into vast
systems of stock control, n makes
possible a uniform balance sheet. Fol-
the first time it gives official statistics
of the amount of stock in the hands or
the general public. Out of about S1S,-
Gee. 0O0, 900 of outstanding railroad Sc
curities. $500, 10000 is held by the
corporations, leaving in the hands Of
the public 81, 100000, 900 Of funded debt
and 81. roo, 100000 Of stocks.
In order to make room on the flag
for the forty-siXth star, which must
shine there on the Fourth of July, the
rows will be entirely r~earransed.
There will be six rows, four containing
eight stars each and two containing
seven. This leaves W. vacant spaces
for future occupation. A change In the
flag involves an expense Of many thou
sands Of dollars. The army will need
about thirty-five hundred new flags, and
the Treasury Department will have to
supply about four hundred and fifty for
federal buildings throughout the United
States.
An Indian fight took place on the
Aoor of the United States Senate tho
other day. OF curse neither Indian
lost his scalp. Senator Curtis OF Kan
sas anc OweL Of Oklahoma, both Of
whom had Inu1an ancestors, disagreed
over the propriety of designating MI.
Owen az a ward Of the government"
The necessity of treating the Indians
as national warda is disappearing rap
idly, and the controversy between
Cherokee and Kaw on the floor of the
Senate is a picturesque reminder Of
what is taking place.
The President in a letter to the At
torney General has directed proceed
ings by injunction to compel certain
railroads of the South, where Jim
Grow cars are operated, to furnish
equal accommodations to white and
colored passengers, as ordered by the
Interstate Commerce Commission. He
refers particularly to the case of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railway, which has not complied with
the order.
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In recognition of the growing intima-
cy between the regular army and tho
national militia, Acting Secretary OF
War Oliver has issued an order Gre
ating a new division in the War De-
partment, to be known as the division
Of militia affairs. Col. Il. Fl. Weaver,
Of the coast artillery, has been named
as chief. 1t will supervise and partici-
pate in national guard affairs.
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Representative Scott of Kansas,
chairman Of the House Committee on
Agriculture, proposes the establishment
Of 100 experimental farms of n acre
each in every county in a group Of four
Western agricultural States for the
purpose Of giving the farmers a prac-
tical demonstration OF the best meth
DDS of growing different kinds of crops.
The Signal Office of the war Depart
ment has received ten bids for the con-
%struction Of a dirigible balloon. the
bids running from $4,000 to $4,000.
The specifications cover the construc-
ton of a balloon to carry a combined
weight of $50 pounds and at least 100
pounds of ballast, and TO have a speed
e .o,& ,~iIns hour Tn etiIJ n;.