Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-21
IOWA HEALTH BOARD
Session Of Disrupted Body To Be
Held July 1921
SMITH TO SUCCEED DECKER
q. 3. L. Eiker, Of Leon, Senior
Member Of the Board, 10 En-.
titled to the Presidency Of
the Beard.

SU0 00DtOs
Des Moines.-The Iowa state board
Of health recently disrupted by the
sudden and unexpected designations
Of President A. c. Moerke, Of Buri
ington, and Dr.. George e. Decker.
Of Davenport, will hold it, annual
meeting for the purpose Of electias
officres and organizing for tho next
years work, July 1921.
DR.. George A. Smith, Of Clinton
has been named by Governor Car.
roll to succeed DR.. Decker.
The governor has appointed no
ono to succeed Dr.. Moerke.
II Is anticipated that tho Affairs
Of the board wih b turned upside
down ut the annual meeting. Mem.
bers Of the board have stated that
they are gene1llly disguised with
the appropriation made BY the last
legislature-$5. o00-which they brand
a. trining.
The fact that the assembly grant
ed the board only this sum was CIV.
en- by President Moerke and d..
Decker % the cause for their resie
nation.
DR.. B. L. Eiker. Of Leon. senior
member Of the board. Is entitled to
the presidency Of the board under
the time honored custom Of honor.
ing the senior member.
Two examinations win BE- con
Quoted under the auspices Of the
health board this month. The
nurses examination viii be July ~.
Is and rs, and the embalmers viii
take examinations July ~. % and
20. Up to date seventy-one persons
have applied for registered nurses
Certificates.
Summer Apples Free Of WormS.
Wesley Green. state Horticultural
has issued q statement showing the
growth of Iowa crops during July.
Apples are smooth ana free from
worms, but the entire crop Of horti.
culture products shows decline Of
10 per cent from the June report
Berries and vegetables declined from
10 to so per cent during the month.
Apples. peaches and grapes improv'
ed from one to two per cent over
the June report. Tho hot. dry
weather is the cause assigned TO the
ruin Of the berry and vegetable
crops. Summary Of per cent Of
normal crop follows: Summer Up.
pies, rs per cent; fall apples, u per
cent; winter apples. 65 per cent;
pears. 81 per cent; American plums.
81 per cent; domestic plums. s. per
cent; Japanese plums, 81 per cent;
peaches. IL per cent; grapes. SO per
cent; red raspberries. 46 per cent:
black raspberries. 50 per cent; black.
berries, IS per cent; currants, 60
per cent; gooseberries, 81 per cent
Liquor Men Ask Rehsarins.
Notice of a petition for . rehear
ing Of the Winneshiek liquor cases
involving the question Of the effect
Of withdrawal of withdrawal to
Q liquor consent petition, was Aled
with B. w. Garrett, clerk of the su'
preme court. Attorneys for Otto
Drexel filed the notice: The court
will not sit until September 10Th. "a
the question cannat be considered
until that time.
This raises the question Of the
validity Of several saloon consents
over the state. If the court refuses
to grant a rehearing. thus STANDING
by its decision Of recent date. then
dozens of saloons over Iowa will be
permanently closed. If q rehearina
is granted II is then a question OF
whether these saloons can operate
until the court hears the case . SEQ
ond time.
Good Results from Seed Testing.
That the test your seed corn
campaign in Iowa has been q great
success is evidenced by the fact tina.
the state dairy and food department
has not received solitary complaint
this year alleging fraud in the sale
Of seed corn.
Last year the department received
no less than 500 complaints.
II can not account for 1t in any
ether way than that the farmers OF
tho state have been needing the
warnings given them" said Commits.
sioner Barney. They have undoubt
edly taken great care in the selection
Of their seed corn. There has also
been but little il any sale Of seed
corn not up to standayd. Tho only
prosecutions for the sale Of bad sesd
corn that this department has had
to make this year are cases based
on sales made last year"
SECOND oUNsoAT TO HAITI.
American Minister At Port Al Prince
Asks Further Protection.
Washington, July 19.-At the re.