Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-21
IOWA GETS INTO
MEDICINE BUSINESS
State Board Of Health Buys Anti
Toxin at Wholesale and Dis
tributes Il to Doctors at Cost.
GOOD RESULTS ARE REPORTED
From . staff correspondent.l


DIES MONIES. Ia, oct. 2.--(sDecial)--
The Iowa state Board Of Health is do
ing quite a business In handling anti
toxins and vaceines The plan Of bug
ing these disease repellants In wholesale
quantities and selling them TO the ply
sicians through local drug stores. known
as distributing stations. is saving the
people from % 70 Is per cent on the
cost Of these supplies, according to the
statement OF DR.. sumney. State Board OF
Health secretary.
The board ~ now handling typhoid
vaccine. diphtheria and tetanus anti
toxin. A few years ago the legislature
made an annual appropriation OF 5000
20 carry on this work. in order that the
people might have access to these sup
plies at q low cost.
Now the board 10 sending out eonsid-
cradle diphtheriA anti-touR. Not that
diphtheria IL especially prevalent. but It
Il always IN evidence. soon after the
schools open In the fall. DR.. Sumner
states. Yesterday the board sent out ak
ty-three immuniEing and fifteen curative
treatments The total cost OF these TO
the people through their physicians win
be gf1.B, whereas at regular prices these
seventy-eight treatments would have cost
te6p6. The large hospitals report that
this anti-toxin has robbed diphtheria Of
tia terrors and the fatalities from this
disease are now less than 10 per cent,
whereas they formerly were more than
j 70 per cent.
The board IL having some trouble in
getting q supply Of tetanus anti-toxin
because Of the demands Of the war.
Oldest Newspaper sold.
The Davenport Democrat and Leader.
Davenports oldest daily paper, controlled
by the Richardson family for the last
fifty-seven years. has been taken over
BY a stock company. J. J. Richardson,
the present pubiishsr, has retired from
active management. but win direct the
enditorial policy Of the paper. The menu
bers Of the syndicate which bought out
the heirs OF ID. n. Richardson, former
owner Of a half interest In the paper. and
large amount OF stock owned by ]. J..
Richardson. ere Frank d. ThrOoD. pres
ent publisher Of the Museatine Journal;
Icharies II. May, Chicago, formerly pub
Usher OF the Peoria Herald-Transcript;
lP. T. Walsh. millionaire railroad con-
tractor. Davenport and Max e. ochs.
wealthy real estate man.
Municipal Court.
The petition Tor a special election to
vote on the question Of establishing mu-
inicipal courts In Des Moines TO do away
with justice courts was filed with the
county clerk with S.5e2 signatures. This
lis i.s5s more names than were necessary.
Tho special election will DO called for
November q. at which time the new
street car franchise will also be voted on
Tho authority to establish a municipal
court was granted 10 pes Moines and
other large cities in the state by the last
general assembly. The establishment OF
- municipal court would automatically
abolish the four Justice offices and the
police court. Instead of electing these
five men the people would be callon upon
20 choose four municipal court judges.
whose salaries will be $500 each per
year.
BoOstinE Apples.
Davis county IL boosting the apple In
dustry and hopes to join the ranks oi