Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-05
AoREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN
WESTERN STATES REGARD.
ING QUARANTINE.
THREATENED RETALIATION
BRINGS ALL INTO LINE
Iowa Key to Situation In South and
Wsst-FederaI and State Depart
ments to Cooperate in Conservation
of Human Life and Health-Sani-
tary Survey in Dallas County.
Special to Times-Repu5lican.

nm state veterinarian, reported to a
meeting Of the Iowa animal health
commission today on the results of the
conference in Kansas City last Satur-
day. which will have the effect OF
number of orders Cor relaxation OF the
stringent regulations es to shipment OF
livestock to number Of western
states. There was at the meeting some
talk of retaliation on the various
states that have been ulduly strict
about quarantine. This Will not De
done. however but chere will be ma
terial modification Of the rules in va
rious states.
At the meeting today an order PROB
ably will be issued permitting snip
ment into Iowa of livestock from any
free territory. This will open up near
~ half of Illinois TO shipments to
Iowa.
At present there are but twelve
counties in Iowa under any form OF
quarantine regulations. The area is
being rapidly diminished.
wyoming has just announced inten-
ton of permitting shipment from Iowa
of cattle. Special permits are issued
where the cattle have been inspected
md come from free territory IN TINS
state Iowa has been literally the Key
ITO the situation for all the south ana
southwest and has had 10 bear the
brunt Of the whole ight. But Iowa Is
coming out of it so nicely that 1t will
Se of material help all thru the west.
It IS not possible yet to ship livestock
to California and the far west and
none of the stuff intended for the ex-
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Federal and state health depart
ments will cooperate to demonstrate
what can be done FOR conservation OF
human life and health on the same
oasis as the conservation work Tor
other sources Of wealth. Something
has been done already, more will be
done; and. in accordance with an
nouncements made some weeks ago,
iowa will get some Of this new work.
At a conference between Secretary
Sumner, of the state board OF health;
DR.. A. w. Freeman, Of the United
States health bureau: DR.. Henry AL
pert. head Of the meteorological lab
oratory at Iowa City, and Engineer
Higgins Of the state board, It was de-
cided that work should commence
about the 18th Of this month. The
..sanitary survey in contemplation
will be In Dallas county this year.
The federal bureau has conducted
similar surveys in one county each OF
.our other states-Miunesota, Indiana,
Maryland and West Virginia
On behalf of the federal bureau Dr..
freeman agreed that it will direct the
survey and pay expenses OF two persons
during the season. The state board Will
also pay expense Of two persons. Use
will probably be made of some of the
advanced students or recent graduates
Of the state university medical school
The plan of the work. in general, Is
70 have the representatives of the
bureau visit every farm home in the
entire county, to inspect as to condition
of the buildings as to health, the water
supply and its probable purity, the
sewage disposal, the condition of the
barns and stock pens, and all such
matters that have a bearing on health
conditions There will be no orders
issued nor demands made, but simply
the agents of the department will re-
BORT on these conditions and offer Sug
yestions for improvements and changes.
They will deal with the people in per-
sonal way The work will be strictly
rural and the town work will be
. handled in a different manner. The re-
suits will be published at government
expense.
The supreme court listened to the
arguments made in the case against
Matthew O'Donnell, of Lee county,
under sentence of death. The argu-
ments contained nothing sensational
nor even interesting, the chief claim
oeing that the evidence was circum-
stanIial and not conclusive as to the
guilt of O'Donnell. Practically nothing
was claimed as to any error on the
part of the court on the trial Of the
case.
The fact that Des Moines court has
sentenced jitney driver to thirty days
in Jail for operating a car while drunk
and running down a woman, will have
some tendency to sober up the users of
cars. 1t is said to be the intention of
the authorities to become very strict in
regard to the use of cars. 1t is known
that great many Of the jitneys are
being operated by men of little re-
sponsibility or reliability.
It has been decided by the members
of the homeopathic medical society that
they will continue their efforts TO in
duce the legislature to permit of the
erection of special hospital for the
homeopathic at the state university. A
bill for a special appropriation was
urged upon the legislature but did not