Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-11
SOME PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN
PART OF STATE BECOMING
LAZY.
uNsANlTARY CONDITIONS
CONDUCTIVE TO SPREAD
Communities Whore People Have No
Toilet Facilities at All, Especially on
Farms--stats Veterinary Depart.
ment Shows Its Value by Manner Of
Handling Foot and Mouth Disease.
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Des Moines, Nov. 11-Also the hook
worm has invaded Iowa and some Iowa
people are in danger of becoming lazy.
DR.. Littig, formerly Of the state uni-
versity, who has made a considerable
among some southern people, lectured
at the west high school the other night
and impaired the information that as
q matter of fact the hookworm has
been recognized as actually existing In
some of the counties of southern Iowa.
Now the hookworm is known far and
wide as the cause Of an illness In the
south which looks more like laziness
than anything else. 1t can never be
Indigenous to Iowa, for 1t doesn't
thrive we'll where the frosts are heavy.
The further fact was brought out by
DR.. Littig and by DR.. Kepford. that
there are communities in southern
Iowa where the people really have no
toilet facilities at all. especially on
farms, and that there are schoolhouses
in Iowa that are not even provided
with outdoor closets and retiring
rooms. Under such conditions the
hookworm finds people an easy prey.
The immense value to Iowa of the
prompt action OF the state veterinary
department in getting ready for the
foot and mouth disease is low appar-
ent.
DR.. Gibson, stats veterinarian, long
before there was any thought OF dan
ger in Iowa, went to the Niles district
and personally investigated. An ac-
count Of his trip there was published
in this correspondence long before
there was any suggestion OF an out
break in Iowa. But he had never seen
the foot and mouth disease and he
wanted to be prepared so that he would
know it if 1t came to Iowa. Because
Of that trip into Indiana and Michi-
gan he was ready for the situation IN
Iowa and met it promptly.
1t seems probable now that the cpl
demic will be confined to just few
counties in Iowa. AT present there are
only two places where it is certainly
existent in Iowa-Jones and Iowa
counties. All the other places are as
yet but suspected.
The government is having difficulty
securing men to be assigned here
They had eighty men at Niles and
vicinity. The calls for men have been
SO great that only a few have as YET
been assigned to help in Iowa. The
veterinary and executive departments
Of iowa are cooperating to limit the
area in this state affected and 1t is
likely there will be only a limited
amount of the disease here.
It would seem as IL there was no
end to the trouble between shippers
and the railroads over the limitation
of liability clauses In shipping con-
tracts. The railroad commission had
presented to 1t yesterday by F.. g. Wy
lie, Of Des Moines. the latest phase OF
the subject. which is that as to all in
trastate shipments the liability liml-
ton be entirely eliminated.
There is in the code Of Iowa clear
and explicit prohibition Of any limita-
ton of liability and a declaration that
the shipper may recover actual value
Of property lost regardless Of any linn
itation clause. This was passed a
number Of years ago. 1t has never
been repealed.
The Iowa supreme court held it to
be good and proper. The supreme
court of the United States held that 1t
was no good as applied to interstate
shipments. Then congress. it will be
recalled, tried to fix 1t. and made mat
tiers worse. but is again thinking Of
fixing it some more. In the meantime
the libility clause is found every
where.
Now Mr.. wylie wants the Iowa COM
mission to declare that as to business
wholly within the state the liability
clause will not apply, especially as to
household goods. on which it is claimed
there Is great injustice by reason of
the requirement that the shipper or his
agent. shall declare value and be linn
tied to recovery by the value SO de-
clared.
The treasurer of Polk county is
about to sell the whole capitol extern
sion tract, so far as purchased by the
state for taxes The attorney gem