The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
CIVIC BODIES THROUGHOUT MIN,
NESOTA TAKE RECOGNITION
OF HAMMoND'S MESSAGE.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important happenings
OF the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven-
ience of Busy Readers.

oApSCI lIOm tu6 observance or IlGI
day." he said, will come from thel
impression given the children as toI
the necessity of preventing fires. By!
this means we can reach the parents
also.
Civic bodies took recognition of
Governor Hammond's proclamation
by urging the people to clean up Their,
premises and watch for defectiveI
electric wiring.
I'VE are spending millions each
year keeping up departments with
which to put out fires and a few thou
sands on fire prevention. The tables,
should be turned so that the larger;
amount be expended in preventing:
fires.
This department is allowed $4,000.
this year. Half of it must be spent in,
vestigating fires after they have oc-'
Cured The remainder we can use to
prevent fires as much as possible. 4.
Care should be exercised in the
homes to prevent fires, especially now
that furnaces and stoves have been
started for the winter. Storekeepers
end owners Of property can be more
careful in keeping their places free
of combustible material"
Health Hints Aid Parents.
Through the efforts of the state
board of health and the department
Of education to protect the health of
school children many Minnesota par
ents have been brought to the realizaI
watching public health matters, DR.,
H. NJ. Bracken, secretary of the health
board, said.
The health officers are working I'M
cooperation With the education ofi4
Gals in seeing that water supplies
and sewage disposal plants of the:
schools are properly maintained. Dri
Bracken said that in many cases the
health board went into village,
where the schools were being sup.
piled with water from the municipal
water plant, and declared the water
unfit for use of the school children.
This action brought the villagers
themselves were using water that was
unfit for the school children. Such
revelations of conditions, DR.. Bracken
said, have served to bring about i'm
provements to the benefit Of the en-
tire population.
Schools with bad water supplies
and poor sewage disposal plants are
oil tn x,h oh
would be entitled.
The examinations are conducted by
H. A. Whitaker of the division Of
sanitation in the health department
and the cost is charged to the local
school districts.
Criticizes Drainage System.
Criticism of the present system OF
state drainage is included in recon-
mendations made by E. V. Willard,
state drainage engineer, in answer to
the request of the efficiency and econ
omy commission. suggestion is
made that all plans for future drain
age be based on sea level and filed
with the state commission in all cases.
"The present practice of embracing
small areas chosen in a haphazard
manner after being selected by few
interested petitioners should be dis
couraged," says Mr.. Willard, "and
the requirements of the entire water
shed should be carefully studied be-
fore any operations are undertaken.
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Disease Census Prepared.
A disease census of all school chill
dren in towns in Blue Earth and kooi
chiching counties has been prepared
| because of the prevalence OF scarlet
| fever in Mankato, Carlton and Big
Falls, according to report to the
state board of health, prepared by
DIR. A. ]. Chesley, head of the bureau
of preventable diseases.
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| Buttermakers Scored.
| Eleven Minnesota buttermakers
scured more than 4 per cent on their
entries in the educational contest con-
Quoted by the state dairy and food
department for the month of Septem-
ber. Theodore Peterson of Maple
Plain made the highest score in the
whole milk and butter class.
Road Congress Success.
G. w. Cooley, secretary and engi-
neer for the state highway commits
sion, has returned from Cedar Rapids,
where he has been attending the
| Northwestern Good Roads congress,
as president. "It was one Of the most
successful road meetings ever held
in the Northwest" said Mr.. Cooley.
There were seven states represented,
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan,
Indiana, North Dakota and South Da-
kota. The place Of the next meeting
will be decided by the directors some.
time this winter.
Three state boards replied to In.
uuiries made recently by the effi-
cheney and economy commission as to
how improvements might be made In
state departments, and only one OF the
boards had a suggestion tosoffer. The
state board of control suggested that
the purchasing bureau, which buys
supplies for institutions under the
boards charge might extend its &C
tivities and make purchases for other
departments. The board also recon-
mended that the support Of ins=ns
persons be charged 70 relatives where
any existed.