The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-06
State Board of Health

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State Board of Health
The state board of health had an ap
preparation for its maintenance and the
equipment of the state laboratory of
$23, $4,000. The state dairy, food and
sanitary department had an appropria-
ton of $40, 100000, making grand total
for these two departments of $50, 14O. 90
for two years. These two departments
ought to be consolidated, which is only
following the example of some of the
older states which have tried this and
found it very satisfactory There
should be placed atsthe head of this de-
partment competent physician under
whose authority the health and pure
food department should be conducted
In the place of an appropriation of
$63,140.00 an appropriation of 1872 900
would be ample and saving of $31,-
10000 could be made in these two de-
partments without impairing their eff
fciency
The meteorological station now locat-
ed in the capitol building should be re
tanned. The chemical department
should be removed to the State uni
versity at Moscow, which is we'll equip
ped to do that kind of work without any
cost to the state 1t would encourage
the students to do real work and to
become acquainted with the actual
conditions and application of the sci
ence for which they are fitting them
selves The state now has five chem
ical laboratories, as follows: One at
the State university; one at the Lew
NAL; one at the Academy of Idaho and
one at Boise, all of them doing the
same work and none of them as we'll
equipped as it should be. The State
university is the proper place to have
the chemical work of the state done;
it can be done there without any addi-
tional cost to the state.
Pure Food Department
The pure food department had an
appropriation two years ago of $40,-
0000O 1t has spent about all of the
money. There is nothing to show, in
any out of the ordinary way for the
expenditure of this vast sum. Now
comes the head of this department ask
ing for an appropriation for the bien-
NAL period of 1915-1916, of only $780,
000.00-just one-half what his prede
cessor had appropriated The official
asking this $20,0O0.O0 is satisfied that
one-half the former appropriation is
sufficient to run the department. |
believe from investigation that ST.
10000 will do the work thoroughly in
place of the $40,000.O0 for the preced-
ing two years.
In the state board of health the same
conditions exist-one-half of the ap- |
preparation of two years ago would be
sufficient and the same efficiency main
tanned. The consolidation of both will |
make it better department, stronger
and more efficient, and saving of
$31 10000 will be made.
Bank Examiner and Insurance Com
missioner
The state bank examiner had an APP
preparation of $24,S00.00. The insur-
ance commissioners had an appropria
ton of $11, 10000 "a grand total of $685.
10000 These two departments should |
be consolidated. The head of the de-
partment should be a. competent bank
er. He should be allowed an assistant |
a deputy to perform the duties here
tofore performed by the insurance
and a stenographer.
These four persons ought to be able to
take care of these two departments,
and saving Of at least 100000 may
be made by these consultations and
more efficiency be obtained thereby.
The various department of the state
have grown and multiplied to such an
extent that, even with this new CAPT
toll building, there has not been room
enough to accommodate the various Of
ficers and attaches of the state of Ida
no. The state has been compelled to
rent office rooms in the last two years
in some of the office buildings in Boise.
Some of the officials, such as the Of
ficers of the National Guard and the
state highway engineer are yet located
outside the capitol building and are
still paving rent 1t is time to abolish
md consolidate enough offices so that
his magnificent building, erected at a
cost of over one million dollars, shall
De large enough to house the officers of
he state of Idaho. Besides this, the
I'D capitol building is also occupied by
officials. The people intend
ID, when they built this building, and
assumed the cost thereof, that it would
,e large enough for the business of the I
tate for years to come, and not be fill Q
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