Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-09-25

Iowa State Modest Association.
r snother year the Iowa State
Medical s'cociation win have a record
o. health conditions in every com.
munity in the state, provided work
undertaken by the public health com
mittee of the association proves sue.
cessful. DR.. M, N. Voldeag of the
Cherokee state hospital, chairman OF
the committee, said that early indi.
cations are it will He was here to
attend conference at the state board
of control office.
Once the committee knows health
conditions in every place in the state
1t is its purpose to improve them. This
to be done through the education
of the people.
"The committee will conduct an ed
ucational campaign" DIR. Voldeng
said. ut will work in conjunction
with county and local medical socie.
ties. The American Medical associa-
ton will provide speakers for public
health meetings. Among the prlnci.
pal subjects to be discussed will be-:
The fly and mosquito; the normal
baby; the public school; tuberculo sis
These are the big health questions
that are prevalent in every commune
ity.
Mr.. Cosson thought some of trying
to get the Van Buren county case
heard at the September period, but he
decided it would be impossible to do it.
Iowa Convention Dates.
The annual meeting and show OF
The Iowa State Poultry and Pet Stock
association viii be held in Des Moines
this year. No definite date has been
set but the show probably will be held
during Thanksgiving week
The convention committee of the
Commercial club has reported that tre
Auditorium has been secured for the
exhibition and that probably 1900
coops will be placed in the building.
The business sessions and institute
work conducted in connection with
the show will be held in the assembly
hall on the second floor Of the Audi
torium.
Beginning Thanksgiving day The
National Science Teachers assocla-
tion will hold three days convention
In Des Moines. The sessions will lie
held in East Des Moines High school.
The association composed of college
and high school science teachers o,
the United States and Canada and
boasts membership of about 1000
The attendance at the convention will
be at least $50. There were that
many in attendance at Chicago last
year.
The conventions committee has an
nounced the state convention of the
w. C. T. U. on Oct. 14-15-16-17.
States Secret Service.
An actual start has been made
since the Fourth Of July in the organ.
ization Of a secret service under az
rection of the legal department of the
state, corresponding in some small de-
gree to the efficient service which the
federal government maintains at the
command of its legal department. At
torney General Cosson has one man
emploed to do detective work, or
rather to attend to looking up evi.
dence and engage in ferreting out
crime. Thus far the department has
been concerned chiefly in the effor:
to trace two girls who have been
lost or kidnapped from the state. APP.
rarently no progress has been madJ
in finding the girl taken from Wav.
erly. but it is the belief of the attoi.
ney general, she will be found some
time and her abductor be brought to
The legislature gave
for start in this work.
To Inspect Maynard Wreck.
An inspection Of the DEBORAH branch
Of the Rock Island railroad will be
made by the state railroad commits
sion. Clifford rhorne and N. S. Ketch-
UNI will make the trip. This inspec-
tion is to be made to determine IL pos
s;ble whether the condition of the
roadbed had anything to do with the
wreck near Maynard Aug. 81. Two
persons were killed and forty were
injured in the wreck.
Evidence obtained by the railroad
and presented to the commission at
a hearing a week ago indicated that
the accident may have been due to
running the train much faster than
schedule time. At the time the en-
gine jumped the track it was moving
forty-five miles an hour, it was re-
ported. The schedule is less than
thirty miles an hour.
Veterinarians Fail to Pay.
More than one-fourth OF the veter-
inarians have failed to pay their re-
newal fees to the state department.
Dr. James l. Gibson, state veterinar-
ian, has sent notices to all the de-
linquents. Unless these dues are paid
soon the names will be dropped from
the list. At present there are SIS
graduate veterinarians and $50 nom
graduates.
Seventy Apply for Certificates.
Seventy applicants for certificates
as pharmacists are taking the amman
fall examination before the state COM
Two more than this number
paid fees to take the tests, but did not
appear. This is large class, but not
one OF record size. Several years ago
l03 took the examination.
Enforcing Pure Food Law.
1t is easier to get merchants to
with the law by explaining It
to them than prosecuting the un-
offender is the conclusion OF
the state dairy and food commissioner.
visit with merchants of Davenport.
Keokuk and Ottumwa last
week caused Mr.. Barney to take such
a view. That he has faith in his
new method Is indicated by his an
that he will hold meet
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