The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-30
DRUGGISTS VISITED
BY STATE OFFICIALS
A. F. Sala, President State
Board of Pharmacy Gre
ates CONSERVATION.

CONSERVATION was created In the
ranks of the Gary druggists when A.
r. Sala, president OF the State board of
Pharmacy. arrived IN Gary and started
to investigate the local pharmacies.
Mr.. Sala was attracted to Gary by COM
plants that some of the ruggfsts were
conducting their places in violation of
the state law. The Official began the
day by making an arrest and others
are expected to follow.
John M Steele, proprietor of the es-
tablishment of Fifth avenue and vir-
ginia street was arrested on the
charge OF not being registered in In
diana This morning in the city court
STEELE was fined $500 and costs and
was given a warning by Mayor Knots
not to violate the laws in the future.
Others Hurried.
other druggists VINO ala not have
licenses as registered or assistant
pharmists hurriedly made application
to be registered and thus avoided ar
rest This is Mr.. Sala's first visit to
this part Of the state and he declares
that he had found that conditions In
Northern Indiana are far better than
any other district with the exception
of Indianapolis.
The drug stores" said Mr. Sala .-tn
this part OF the state are more up-to-
date and their proprietors more pro-
sressive than in Southern Indiana The
fact that Gary is a new city Is respon-
sibie of the violation but 1T will learn
as 1t grows older. Down in the south
ern part OF the state the druggists
have been in business for years. Their
stocks are antique ana a good many
OF them adhere to the old fogy meth
DDS of the early seventies Some of
them in the countrytowns down along
the Ohio river keep no regular BUSH
ness They close and open their places
just as the within takes them In fact
this condition prevails in some of the
rural districts in other portions Of the
state. During Mr. Sala's Investigation
he found that half a dozen Gary drug
store owners and EMPLOYERS lacked
their registration papers. However
since his visit they have all gotten
busy and just as soon as the examina-
ton can be taken the Steel CITY" will
have all of it's drug men registered.
Every city and town in northern Indf-
ana is to be visited by Mr. Sala after
he Is through with his work in Gary
He has issued a warning that he Will
invoke the full legal penalty for every
violation OF the law that comes to his
notice.
WhaS she Law Is.
The state law requires that all drue
stores must be in charge of a register.
ed pharmacists and a registered assist.
; ant. When the former is absent the
; | shop is not supposed to do bushes:
unless the assistant is on hand MANY
druggists fave been in the habit o.
leaving their places in charge of in
experienced clerks and the result ha:
been that numerous fatal mistake.
; have been made in the prescription,
compounded by the amateurs. In ord
; er to secure a license 1T is necessar,
|. to make application to the state board
A fee of five dollars must accompan,
: the application All applicants are re
required to attain a general averag.
of 75 per cent and they must not hav,
below so in any one subject Shout,
a garde higher than rs be gained tn
successful candidate for registratio,
can practice not only in Indiana blu
has the privilege of practieing in TWEEN
ty-seven other states without furthe
examination.