Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-27
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH PLANS
TO REDoUaLE EFFORTS TO
SAFEGUARD HEALTH.
WILL WATCH POSSIBLE
SOURCES OF INFECTION
-oca! Health Boards Urged to Make
Frequent Analyses Of Water Supply
Of Cities-Paro'e Board Wins Latest
Attack, Made BY William r. Fsrsu-
son, Lawyer Serving Sentence.
ecial to Times-RepubIican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. PA campaign
for pure and wholesome drinking water
for Iowa people is on the program for
the state board OF health. At the ses-
sion held here this week it was decided
that efforts should be redoubled to
safeguard the health of the state by
keeping close tab on the water. The
state bacteriologist and his assistants
are to be kept busy watching the posi-
BILE sources of infection thru the
streams and the water systems. An
other was added TO the list of assistant
state ba cteriologiSts in the person of
DR.. W. NJ. Shirley. of Waterloo, who
will act for that immediate vicinity.
The local health boards are to be urged
to have the water supply analyzed fire.
quently. There has not been as yet
much complaint but conditions are said
TO be seen that danger may be appre-
hended at any time.
a new member of the board sat with
it this week, DIR. Sever. of Centerviile.
who took the place of DR.. Moerke, Of
Burlington. who resigned some time
ago. DR.. Sever will hold until in jan
uary when an appointment will be
made from the southwestern Iowa dis
trict
The parole board comes off un-
scathed from the latest attack which
as made by William R. Ferguson, who
was convicted in Sac county of break
ing and entering a building for pur-
poses of theft. Ferguson is an unknown
character, but appears to be law
yer. for he filed with the court the
most elaborate and com plete argument
in opposition TO the whole parole law
that has been made. In fact he pre-
sented q good many questions which
none OF the lawyers who attacked that
law had thought Of, and he cited old
authorizes in surprising way. But he
insisted his cases should be considered
by the parole board without the neces-
sity Of his having filed a sworn state
ment as to his past life. From his
refusal it is inferred that he has a
record that would not help him in Sc
curing a parole The supreme court
denied Fergusons appeal.
G. S. Gilbertson. ex-state treasurer.
mas returned from his trip to his farms
in northern Minnesota. The death Of
q man who had charge of these farms
was the occasion for his trip. He states
that he was in blissful ignorance of
the desire of the street car arbitrators
to draft him as third man until he
received a telegram, which he prompt
~ replied accepting the trust provided
they could wait until his return. Ny.
Gilhertson has devoted himself strictly
to business in recent years and has
recov cred to a large extent from the
serious illness which for long time
threa tened his life.
State Mine Inspectors Rhys and
Jeffreys go next week TO Pittsburgh TO
attend the great demonstration of mine
work under the auspices OF the federal
bureau OF mines. The program laid
out is the most elaborate ever pre-
scented for the information Of all per-
sons interested in coal mining. An
abandoned mine has been purchased
for use in making the demonstrations.
Governor Carroll was not convinced
that a suirreptitious Des Moines d.
vorce and marriage should be bar to
prosecution for wife desertion in In
diana and so issued requisition to take
F. D. Bruyneel back to Indiana for
trial. The attorneys had quite an argu-
ments over the matter but the COVER
nor could not see how anything done
by the Iowa courts or Iowa ministers
could affect the application Of the
criminal laws of another state