The Red Cloud chief., 1913-09-04
FOR CARE OF INSANE
CAMPING OUTFITS SUBJECT TO
PURE FOOD LAWS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items Of Interest Gathered from Re-
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.

Readers.
Charges against thirty-one Of the
counties Of the state, amounting to .
total Of 396.0Si. for the board aud care
Of insane patients for several years
prior to 1891. are valid and collectablS
by the state. according to the opinion
furnished Auditor Howard by Attor-
ney General Martin. The counties oD
the auditors list that owe the state
are as follows. with the amount Of
their indebtedness: Adams. $1.939;
Boone, $5.772; Box Butte. $2.003: Burt,
f4,724; Butler, $5,6S3: Cedar. $461;
Colfax. $4.5S4: Dakota. (l.828: Dawes.
$1,661: Gage. s:.92s: Greeley. 1914;
Hayes. $1,O07: Holt, $3.414; Johnson
S12,466; Keith. $1.767: Lincoln. $6,69s;
Logan, $s46; Madison. $7.O07; Mem
aha. $1,23S; Nuckolls. e2S2; PAwnee-
$3.27s; Pierce. $2,s42: Polk, $236;
Richardson, S4.663; Sarpy. S257: Saun-
ders. $10,S35; Scots Blum. 1881: Stan
ton. $2,2l3; Thomas. SIS: Wayne,
1924; Webster. $7,337. Total, $96.Os4.
II the counties do not decide to hti.
gate the matter, those In debt to the
state will probably make levies next
year to provide the money, although
some. where the sum Is very small
may pay it out of their respective gen.
eral funds. II they do not pay the au
ditor will bring suit. :
Unsanitary Food at Cooking Camp.
Camping outfits where meals are
served for money are subject to tho
provisions OF the pure food laws, &C.
cording to action just taken by Food
Commissioner Harman. Following
complaint made by a number of the
boarders at the Ashland bridge cook
shack, an inspector was sent to that
place. The report received by the
state Official verifies all that reached
his ears previously and he will likely
take legal steps in the matter. Cans
Of fruit were said to have been pur-
chased with full knowledge that the
products therein were unfit for use.
The meat Is said to have been In q
bad condition and wholly UNFIT for
table use. The waste disposal Of the
camp. and the refrigerator. where the
perishable food was kept between thes
meals, were also found by the inspect.
or to be highly unsanitary. Orders
OF condemnation were issued and q
considerable amount OF food was de-
stroyed In the presence Of the in
spector.
Two Oays for Work on Roads.
"You bet I'll get down and do
some work on the roads" said Cover
nor Morehead as he breathed in
mighty gasps Of cool, fresh air at the
executive office and explained to news
paper men his intention to call a
two days roadfest for the state dur
ing the latter part Of September. 81
was meant for road supervisor. any
way. instead Of governor" he con-
tinued. IT am right at home there.
There's real Joy in getting out and
working the roads and knowing that
all the people who travel over them
will get the benefit Of your work. The
subject is Of great importance to the
people OF this state and I think that
the half dozen men who we're advocat-
ing good roads few years ago have
increased their number to many thous-
and. As soon as I have talked the
matter over with . number Of the
leading good roads men will set
aside two days when Nebraskans will
get busy on their highways"
viii Test lubrleatino OH.
Tests are to be made by the board
Of control on the various kinds or
iubricating and machine oil used by
the state institutions. The samples
will be submitted to the state chemist
and specifications made for the next
quarterly letting Of contracts for sup
plies will be based on his report. Sim.
liar tests were made q year ago by
Land Commissioner Cowies. and II
was found that several brands Of oil
then being used did not measure up to
specifications. A saving Of several
hundred dollars was made in six
months through utilization OF the fg-
ures gained from the state chemists
record of the tests.
Filings made with the secretary of
state show that the Northwestern road
will acquire four switch engines, 1000
gondola cars. and zoos box cars in the
equipment to be purchased from the
proceeds OF tho $10.000,0OO bond issue
recently approved by the railway COM q,
mission of Nebraska and other states
In which the road operates.
The state board Of control has let
the contract for the building of the
industrial and amusement hall at the
state hospital for the insane at Lin.
coin.
Governor Morehead has received 4.
letter from Governor r. !. Metcalfe
Of the canal zone asking for a picture