The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
STATE is VERY LAX ON MILK
Consumers Given Protection by Only a
Few Cities, Says a Recent Health
Board Bulletin.

Kansas cities having population OF
more than three thousand should enact
milk ordinances providing for at least
monthly inspection OF the dairies sup
plying milk to the community, and
each city should maintain a bacteria
logical and chemical laboratory for
the analysis OF city milk and water
samples, according to a bulletin of the
state department of health just is
sued
The bulletin points out that of thir
teen cities in Kansas having popula-
ton of ten thousand or more, only Cot
feyville, Fort Scott, Hutchinson, Kan
sas City, Leavenworth, Parsons, Pitts
burg, Topeka and Wichita have milk
ordinances, and that of these cities
Parsons and Pittsburg have no milk
inspectors.
In the investigation upon which the
bulletin is based it is asserted that it
was found that the Wichita milk ordi-
nance, which was enacted in 1907,
conflicts with the state law.
Only two cities in the state have
meteorological analyses of milk sam
PIES" says the report. These are
Topeka and Fort Scott 1t is recon-
mended that all cities follow these two
cities
It is pointed out that among the
thirteen cities in Kansas with a popu-
lation of five thousand to ten thou
sand, only Arkansas City, Manhattan
and Winfield have milk ordinances and
milk inspectors. Only three cities,
Harrington, Mcpherson and Osawato-
mic, out of seventeen cities with pop
ulation of from three thousand to five
thousand have enacted city milk ordi-
nances; but no inspectors are provided
to enforce them.
Fall Fatal to Woman.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Baldwin, 76 years old, is dead at
Salina. A month ago she fractured
her hip in a fall. Her husband and
seven children survive.
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Held Court in Corn FieId.-When
farmers connected with a suit in the
district court at Emporia were unable
to leave their long delayed blowing
long enough to make the trip to town,
Judge w. C. Harris moved court to
the country. The hearing was held
in a corn field, fences and pIows
serving as seats. It is thought the
case can be entirely decided on the
one hearing
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Revenue Office to Wichita.-W. H
L. Pepperrill, United States revenue
collector for Kansas, with headquar-
tiers at Leavenworth, has chosen head
quarters in the Federal building at
Wichita and will move his offices
there July Is. He will bring twenty
| five clerks with him. Wichita pays
more than twice the revenue of any
other town in the state
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Fall Upon Garden Rake FataI.-La-
motto Stanford, a son of Rufus Stan
ford of Reading, died Of blood poison
ing in an Emporia hospital recently.
Several days ago the boy, while play
ing. fell upon garden rake.
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Killed Under Train.-G. A. Broh,
man, 80 years old, harvest hand, was
killed at Arkansas City when he at
tempted to board moving freight
| train on the Midland Valley. bound
for Wichita. He fell under the wheels
His relatives live in Red Lake, Mimi
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A Motorist KiIied.-A motor car
driven by Alfred Gierhart, ran off q
fill on the road between OberIin and
CedarBluffs the other night killing
Joseph Goodrich, a passenger, and
severely injuring Simon Johnson and
Gierhart.
Kansas Judge Dead at e2-Judg.
Robert J. Harper, go years old, i.
dead at Manhattan. He came to Kan
sas in 1859 and served Riley count,
as register Of deeds before Kansas
/ was a state. After serving in tn,
Civil war he returned to Riley eoun
ty and for twenty-three years wa,
probate judge.
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i Safina Pioneer Dead. = Thoma
Holmes, for forty years a resident o
Saline county. is dead at his home il
Salina He was born in Ireland. AM
Icarna fo America when a small T.ov