Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-12
BIG TUBERCULOSIS CONFERENCE
RECOGNIZES LEADERSHIP
OF HAWkEYE STATE,
SETTING PACE FOR
ENTIRE UNITED STATES
Program Committee Of American AS
soeiation Of State Fair. in Session
in Des Moines-eIodsett Continues
TO Attack Courts De.pit. Repeated
Defeats and Rsbuffs.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct 12-It was at the
Nbig meeting in ST Louis the past week
where the people interested in the fight
states, that the judgment Of hundred
men was unanimous as to the high po-
sition among all the states of Iowa III
having and making good with social
program.
Every time q comparison Was made
as to methods in the :,Tedt fight against
tuberculosis ana the Iowa. way was
cited, the, retort came, back, But you
have a diiferen. people II: Iowa., or
that You DO Things differently iii Iowd
from any other std,t II was all but
get into the same class with Iuwa. Ev
eryone recognized Iowa as the leader
in the work of e:;u.atins the peopie
for better health ana III systematic
state handling os the big pro3lems OF
humanity.
This was the meeting OF the Missis-
sippi valley conference on tuberculosis
organized at the last national meeting
of the charities ana corrections con-
ference at Memphis. DIR. A. e. kepfOrd
and others from Iowa attended. There
We're 1856 persons registered. Something
is being done or planned in all the
fourteen state Of the valley, from North
Dakota to mississippi OILY one
ct.fn ho ed
sibility in state way, like Iowa, and
has organized 2 board to get busy on
the problem. But they all looked to
Iowa for example and percept. They
all recognized that it was I.wa that
had set the pace for the wnole coun-
try.
Among other things where was warm
commentator for the manner in which
there has been reorganization of the
state health board of Iowa in such
way as to assure effective work for
the health Of the whole people. Many
of the states are struggling with the
problem Of reorganization of their
health boards The fact that Iowa has
provided that the governor and others
of the executive council snail be mem
bers of the state board of health was
commented on favorably. In fact,
among people interested only in the
general welfore of the people, Iowa
was looked upon as state With Won
derful people aud admirably organized
for good work.
- A meeting of the program committee
of the American Association of Fairs
and Expositions is in session in the
state house today arranging the pro-
gram for the next meeting which is to
be held in Chicago at the close Of the
international stock show. President
Cameron of the Iowa board of agricu,-
ture is head Of this association am; On
the program committee. Toiln Sinap-
son. of ST Paul, is also OF the COM
mittce.
The men interested in fairs and ex-
positions hold big meeting each year
and discuss matters of mutual inter-
est. This association has been growing
in Importance and value number of
wears and it is largely because of this
fact that so many of the big fairs have
developed wonderfully in few years.
1t is supposed that D. T. Blodgett
will continue to keep himself before
the courts in connection with the
Lockard case. He has worked out the
supreme court, has gone back to the
district courts and at Fort Madison
was again bowled out of court, and I.
is supposed he will try to break into
the federal courts with his accusa-
tons against the courts.
Blodgett is preparing petition to
be signed asking the next Legislature
to impeach the members of the SUI
preme court. The petitions run against
the four members whose terms do not
expire. as Blodgett says he expects to
defeat three members. The legis-
lature will be asked, as the last one
was in the Blodgett case to impeach
the judges for refusal to let Lockard
out on technicaiities
Some time ago it was suggested to
Blodgett that he takcra different tack
in trying to effect reform in the court
procedure in Iowa. il there is need of
reform to assist his client. He replied