The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-06-04
NEWS CULLED
IN THECAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
"ReforestratIon Not cure-AII."


Prof. Sherman told the conservation
congress, which met here Wednesday
under the auspices of the state agri-
cultural commission, that if the pres
ent 100000 acres of woodland that
remain in Ohio were doubled there
could be no positive assurance against
a repetition of the disastrous floods OF
the spring of 1913. However, the va
rious experts differed widely in their
views of the beneficial influence of
forests in preventing foods. Director
c. E. Thorne of the Wooster expert
ment station believed more firmly In
the deterring effect of forests upon
foods than Prof. Sherman. He recon-
mended the establishment of forest
reserves. There was general agree
ment that Ohio should give greater
attention to forestry conservation.
Warns Against Typhoid Fever.
In a general warning to Ohio people
against typhoid fever dangers the Ohio
state board of health advises all who
contemplate vacation into regions
where they are not certain of the
purity of the water supply to become
vaccinated with anti-typhoid vaccine
"All soldiers in the United States army
are now vaccinated and typhoid has
practically disappeared from the
army" the health bulletin of the state
health board says. The state health
warning further says: milk and water
are both fertile sources of typhoid. To
guard effectively against infection milk
should be pasteurized. Water which
may look pure and clear may be,
nevertheless, dangerous, but can be
made perfectly safe by boiling. Flies
also carry infection and screens and
| fly traps should be used constantly"
However the state board in addition
to urging the use of precautions ad.
vises typhoid vaccination whenever a
person removes into unknown terri
tory. The state board incidentally is
making a sanitary survey of the state
to determine the cause of various
sorts of diseases and epidemicS and
will later report on it's findings.
Hogs Get More Attention.
The federal and state govern.
ments have mapped out the zone
in Ohio in which they will joint
ly make tests to determine the
most effective methods to use in stamp
ing out hog cholera, which causes mil
lions of dollars of losses annually in
the country. The territory for these
tests will take in all of Allen county
and the townships in the surrounding
counties which adioin the county. 1t
Is expected that the citizens will CO.
operate with the federal and state Off
cials in their work. DR.. l.. P Beechy
inspector in the federal department Of
agriculture, and DR.. Paul Fischer, state
veterinarian, will direct the work for
the federal and state governments
"We expect to begin operations next
Monday, when DR.. Beechy will arrive"
said DR.. Fischer. There is $4,000
available for experimentation. The
government and state bear the expense
equally and each will furnish three
men to work in the field all the time
1t will take three years or more for
the working out of our plans" A sys
tenn of strict quarantining is to be
maintained. 1t is probable that meth.
DDS used by the state in experiments
it has been making in Fayette county
during the past year to develop the
most effective means Of combating
the cholera will be employed in the
federal-state movement. Congress ap-
propriated half million dollars at
the recent session for nationwide
campaign against hog cholera
Railroads Liable for Loss.
If railroad gives pay check to a
person not entitled to it the railroad
is liable for any loss which may thus
be caused, so the supreme court holds
in the case of the B. & o. & S. w.
against Benjamin Aarons from Ross
county.
Cost of Keeping State Wards.
A good idea of the cost of maintain
ing Ohio's growing army of wards and
dependents is given in the statement
of the state administration board re-
garding the increasing weight of the
cUstodial responsibility. The state
board shows that during the six
months just ended the population Of
the 18 major state institutions was
increased by 497, until now there are
20,799 in all. But more enlightening
is the boards estimate that the in
crease of 497 will entail an added ex-
pense during the next year of 100000.
The increase itself again calls atten-
tion to the growing menace of over
crowded state institutions. In early
days the present number of depend
ants was not dreamed of. Hence the
inadequacy of most of the state insti-
tuition buildings.
Want Sears Reappointed.
Graduates and former students
throughout the state are writing to
Gov. Cox requesting that Waiter j.
Sears of Columbus be reappointed
trustee of the Ohio State university.
His term expired two weeks ago.
Sears is an alumnus of the university
and has had one term as trustee. He
is president of'the board. Recently op-
position developed to his reappoint-
ment, and it was reported that Joe
living, the alfalfa king" Of Mechan-
icsburg, was being considered for the
place. The governor has not indicated
what he will do.
Convicts Have Holiday.
i Memorial day was day of real
! pleasure for the penitentiary prison
|ers. Not single inmate was re-
Iquired to do any work on that day ex-
i cent the dining and kitchen squads.