Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-12
une |, 1909; dropped by complainant; closed

Tune |, 1893; dropped by complainant; closed
Adler. attorney, against Chicago. Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad Company and
smoky Hollow Coal Company; petition for
order requiring respondent companies to
Smoky Hollow Coal company to Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy tracks. Application
dropped by complainant; case closed July
". S. Hill against Chicago, milwaukee,
z 81, Paul Railway Company; application
for better train service at Elwood. Filled
June T. 1903; railway company refuses to
stop interstate train; complainant SO ad-
1909.
j. r. Mckee, East Peru Ia. against Chi
cago Great Western Railway Company;
complaint in regard to leakage from pipe.
line belonging to railway company. Com
Psny agrees to repair pipeline complained
F. W. Commey against Chicago, Milwau
kee & st. Paul Railway Company; appli-
cation for order requiring railway company
of Of f tbs board NSi Il tS az a aomDa Ia; o At Suggestion hn
request; case closed July s. 1909.
Ketchum & CASTOR Company, Marshall
town, against Adams Express Company;
application for agency at Abbotts CROSSING
AT suggestion Of commissioners the express
company agrees to establish agency: case
Druggists Want Laws.
"A 10 SCAAS AAAAROAN dhk HCBNDadNlOu
affecting the status of pharmacists In
Iowa at the next session IL present plans
OF druggists are carried out. And It will
not be along lines proposed by the admin
~stration to the last general assembly. What
the druggists are going after is legislation
that will more clearly define the field
for the pharmacist and give him virtual
control of that field. There will be no
subordination of the drug business to that
of the physician and no turning over to
doctors the delicate duty of enforcing the
pharmacy laws of the state.
At the meeting held last week in
Ottumwa there was a good deal of talk
about the future of the profession Of the
pharmacist! 1t was agreed that within
the scope of the laws in Iowa there has
been some progress made, and the reason
able and rational enforcement Of the phar-
macy laws the last ten years was COM
mended. But It was agreed thai the time
has come for asking for some legislation
that will give the pharmacist something
in return for what he does for the state
The druggists were thoroughly aroused
by the spirited talk given them by Charles
NJ. Carr, editor Of the Notes the national
association organ, published in Chicago,
Mr.. Carr felt at home talking to them
I DGCauS6 he WAS TtdItu at bOOllts oOIle
years ago he was editor of the BLACK
Diamond" a newspaper published in the
city of Angus, then a town Of 1900 and
now a cornfield. But at ottumwa he
spoke for the work OF the national as
ISOLATION among the druggists.
Protection for Druggists.
What do l think of the plan TO turn
the whole pharmacy law matter over 10
the State Board of Health, OF a board OF
doctors?' he repeated after an inquiry as
he stopped off in Des Moines on his way
TO his old home. It's rotten. Instead
Of abolishing the pharmacy commission
and abandoning the pharmacy laws, the
Iowa druggists need some new and ef-
fectIve legislation that will protect them
and give them something substantial In
return for their outlay, The work of the
national association is TO urge this. And
as for doctors, it seems incredible 10 ne
that they, or any considerable number OF
them, should indorse any plan to be OF
injury TO the druggists Of the state. The
druggists and the doctors, so far as they
have national organizations, work in har'
mony for the upbuilding OF both, and tC
bring about a condition in which eacf
profession confines itself to It's proper
sphere.
The pharmacist Is in a sense an ofrcel
Of the state. He Is and eertf
fled and the state insists upon certain
qualifications. He pays his Zee for his
certificate. He supports the pharmacy
board. What does he get in return? AM
doctor can mix medicines or start a drul
store and fill prescriptions. Any depart
ment store can cell proprietary medicines
by the carload. Amy peddlsr can get