Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-07
VERY MANYlOWA BABIES Dill
Hot Weather Causes Death Of Big
Percentage Under One Year.
ONE.TH1RD HAVE BEEN LOST
hoard OF Health VIII Issue Bulletin
Designed 10 Give Instructions on
the Preservation of Their
eHa1th.
lTrom a sad correspondentl

(Trom Staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Aug 6-(speciaL) 1.-The
secretary OF the State Board of Health has
made the startling discovery that one
third of the babies Of Iowa under a year
ola have died during the recent hot weather
and that the mortality from ell causes has
been unprecedented. The recent epidemic
OF infantile paralysis has caused a part
Of this loss, but not the larger part. 1t is
planned by the Board OF Health to issue
special bulletin, entitled save the Babies"
which will give Instructions how to pre-
serve their health. During the month Of
July there were thirty-one deaths Of in
fants in Des Moines alone.
City officials have announced that II is
certain there will be an increase in the
city law levy next year Of more than the
entire state levy amounts to because Of the
extraordinary expenses OF the last year.
While the city has made a record Of not
running behind, 1t has authorized the ex-
peiditure Of large sums of money. and the
council Is being criticized for extravaganza.
Crusade Against Had Cones.
The state dairy and food commissioner
has begun a crusade against ice cream
cones that may be injurious to health,
and today filed suits against number of
dealers, both retail and Wholesale Among
them are A. Metzgar & Co, John @. Wood
ward & Co. and /. Musci Council Bluffs;
the Logomarcino- Grippe Co., Burlington.
r. " Lawson, Keosauqua, and Roberts
Bros, Cantril. 1T is claimed that the
cones are made with saccharine instead OF
sugar because of its cheapness and then
that borax is used as a preventative and
this forms a substance that is dangerous.
| A IL t. oarrfod
all over the state to compel the dealers
to use healthful substances in making the
ice cream cones.
Seed Corn Case Transferred.
| The seed corn case against e. ID. Roberts,
a farmer OF Montgomery county, has taken
new turn. 1t is alleged he bought ordi-
nary corn from the farmers and sold 1t
as selected seed corn at high prices and
that 1t was not good. He was prose-
cuted In Benton county. and on conviction
appealed. Now the state food commits
sioner. has commenced action at Red Oak
against him on account of seed sold at
Silver CITY, as he appealed on the claim
that the Justice in Benton county did not
have jurisdiction. q
More Cases OF Paralysis.
Two cases of infantlle paralysis were
| ANpOAhcO W AhS oNdtC DOdhu Va ACaANh lOOt1y
from Jasper county. They are both in the
families Of farmers, and there is no ex-
PLANTATION of why these isolated cases have
appeared DR.. Frost, the United States sur
geon making the investigation in northern
Iowa Of the epidemic, reports new case
i at Rockwell, In Cerro Gordo county. II
is also found that last summer number
of cases appeared in northern Iowa,
New Elevator Comnany.
The Farmers Elevator company Of Craig
Plymouth county, has filed articles of in
corporation, with $4,000 capital; onno
Groom, president; A.. P. Noble, secretary
There was also filed the articles for the
Hawkeye sand and Gravel company OF Des
Molnes $4,000. The Muscatine Produce and
Pure Ice company increased its capital t.
$4,000.
Debate on Equal Suffrage.
: Senator Gillilland of Mills county and
Miss Gertrude Won Petzold of England will
this month debate the question of woman
suffrage before Chautauqua audiences in
J different parts OF the state. oskaloosa, Red
Oak, Aurora, Indianola and Bloomfield are
E included in the territory. Miss Won Petz.
s old has been appearing on the chautauqus
platform with Senator Gilhlland in South
Dakota Kansas, Minnesota and Missouri
, She has also been supplying the pulpit a
1 the Unitarian church in Des Moines during
the absence of the pastor, Rev. Mary SAT-
ford.
Ready to Begin suit.
The State Railroad commission. through
the office of the attorney general will soor
! be ready to commence the long contem
plated suit before the Interstate Commerce.
commission on behalf of the Des Mone
Jobbers, to compel the railroads to makes
complete revision of the Iowa rates. 1t Il
the claim OF the jobbers that there is very
much discrimination against Iowa all along
the line. The suit will involve all the road
and much OF the rates OF the west. Worl