Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-11-19
EXPLAINS WORK Of
\. D. HEALTH BOARD
BULLETIN PREPARED BY DR.. 1RIs-
ToL CONTAINS GENERAL INFoR-
NATION OF DEPARTMENT..
NEWS LETTER FROM CAPITOL
Interesting News Of State House Hap.
peninas and Reports Of Officials
Arranged for Convenience
Of the Busy Reader.

DR.. L. L. Bristol, director of
the State Public Health laboratories
has just completed a bulletin dealing
with the work and object of the public
health department of the university of
which he is the head. The bulletin
deals with the history and present
status Of the laboratories and explains
the manner in which the work is car
ried on, both in the main laboratory
and in the two branches. This in
cludes the pathological archaeological
and chemical work. He takes up the
fees charged by the laboratories for ex-
aminations which are not strictly pub
lie health work. This section is add
Cd to the bulletin for the reason that
many persons throughout the state are
now sending in material for examine
ton which is not strictly the duty of
the laboratories to examine, but which
has been done heretofore free Of
charge. The regents have just made q
ruling which will allow a regular fee
to be charged.
The manner in which specimens
should be sent to the laboratory for
examination and the proper places to
write to for containers for specimens,
is also taken up.
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Board To Await Decision.
The adjourned meeting Of the state
immigration board was held in the
Office of Governor Hanna. The board
is practically an official organization
now, but is tied UP in 80 far as work
is concerned by the pending litigation.
Attorney General H. ]. Linde told
the board that he did not think they
were justified in making any expen-
ditures, from the immigration appro-
priation, until the case now pending
in the district court is decided. An
effort will be made to have the case
now pending in the district court plac-
ed on the December docket, SO that
q speedy decision can be rendered.
Commissioner of Agriculture R. F.
Flint was authorized to get up bud
get of all the needs of the board, and
submit II at the next meeting.
No expenditures will be made how
ever, until the pending legal questions
are finally settled. Attorney General
Linde told the board, however, that he
thought the constitutionality Of the
immigration bill would be held up by
the courts, as bills for the past Is
years have been drawn in identically
the same manner, and no question has
been raised.
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Or. Ladd Makes Report.
Dr.. E. F. Esa, state food commits
sioner and chemist, has just finished
his twelfth annual report to the gov
ernor which has been published In
pamphlet form. The report covers
the work of the department for the
past year and contains many things
of great interest to the people Of North
Dakota.
The report on food sanitation is
highly interesting to the general pub
lie and is, in part, as follows:
During the year much attention
has been given to sanitary matters
pertaining to places where food pro-
ducts are manufactured, handled or
distributed. Over / 100 business places
have been inspected and the scores
taken as showing the sanitary con-
dition Of the places. AS indicating
to some extent the improvement that
have been made through inspection
give the following summary for the
years of 1909 and 1914: