The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-10-19
Special Columbus CORRESPONDENT.
Columbus.

coil in the good old Buck
eye state much cheaper than in
many of the other states. The
average cost of a funeral in Ohio
today is from $3.50 to $780, while a
few years ago it was around 800. The
high cost of living is responsible for
the higher cost of dying. Delegates to
the annual convention of National
Funeral Directors association, now
meeting in Columbus, say that folks
are demanding more elaborate funer-
ais now, and this adds to the expense.
Dying is more expensive in California
and Arizona than elsewhere in this
country. There the undertakers charge
from $50 to $3.50 for embalming, while
in Ohio the charge is about IS. Cofins
are twice as high out there, too. Thurs
day the undertakers gave an exhibi-
ton showing the latest and most up
to-date style of a funeral. This in
cluded an embalming demonstration.
No Cure Yet Discovered.
That no cure has yet been discov-
cred for infantile paralysis, but that
several treatments now under expert
ment give promise of developing into
a positive cure, was the declaration
of DR.. Lewis R. Thompson of Cincin-
natl, United States health officer Of
this district before the convention Of
the National Association of Funeral
Directors and Embalmers in this city.
Among the possible cures under obser-
vation, DR.. Thompson mentioned the
treatment in which blood serum taken
from the veins of one once afflicted
with the disease is injected into the
veins Of the victim. Releasing the
fluid that causes the pressure, by
"puncturing" the spine, was also sug-
gested as promising treatment. The
United States health officers have dis
covered that the disease never attacks
more than one member of a family,
even though there be many children.
Male children, also, are more liable to
contract the disease than females, DR..
Thompson said.
People Control Road Building.
A ruling that will doubtless have
extensive application throughout Ohio,
as Buckeye roads gradually become
paved in the various counties, has
been handed down by Judge Safer in
federal district court in Columbus in
the case Of the county commissioners
of Belmont county VS.. the Wheeling
Traction Co. The ruling is, in effect,
that the people at all times have the
right to dictate the kind of materials
of which roads shall be built, including
that part of the roads occupied by the
tracks of the railroads. The decision
places county commissioners on the
same plane with city officials, with
regard to the improvement of roads
and streets occupied by tracks.
Decision Holds Up Repair Work.
The decision of the supreme court
that ordinary road repair work does
not constitute an emergency for which
a tax may be levied outside the Smith
law ! per cent limitation will hold
up road repair work in some 20 coun-
ties in which the expenditure of ST.
100000 was contemplated under a
was that such work could be per-
formed under the emergency provision
of the law. The decision prevents
county commissioners from getting
around the limitations of the law by
declaring ordinary repair work as
emergencies" such as the law says
shall not be considered as barred by
the laws limitations.
Plan Uniform Military Training.
DR.. w. C. Thompson, president of
Ohio State university, is to attend a
meeting of college presidents in
uniform plan Of military training
in the colleges and universities of the
country will be worked out. The con-
ference was called by Secretary of
War Baker. The college heads will
be the guests of the secretary and of
the Army and Navy club.
Well Known Doctor Near Death.
Dr. A. Fiel, for many years instruct
or in the medical department of Ohio
State university, is reported near
death at his home in Columbus. He
has been ill for two weeks and his
condition has been critical. DR.. Fiel
came to Columbus more than half
century ago and has been prominent.
ly identified with the medical profes-
sion of the Buckeye capital ever since
He is widely known.
Health Secretary Injured.
n Drohcf 20 buc
for nearly 25 years secretary of the
state board of health, is suffering con
siderable pain from bruises sustained
when he fell while attempting to
board a street car.
Is Serious Waste.
Declaring that the child is "the most
sublime and divine product of the
world, and as such is entitled to g
fair chance" Supt. Francis of the
Columbus schools, in an address
Wednesday, said that placing As or sc
children in one schoolroom in charge
Of a single teacher is a serious waste
Situation Has improved.
In spite of unusually heavy freight
business, the car shortage which has
affected shipping to considerable ex
tent throughout the state during the
past few weeks is no longer hamper
ing the movement of freight in Ohio
May Take Prisoners as Witnesses.
The federal court sitting in another
state may subpoena prisoners from
Ohio penal institutions. DR.. J. A
Leonard, superintendent of the Mans
field reformatory, was directed by the
. federal district court sitting at Louis
vile, KY, to cause Earl Nelson,
prisoner of that institution, to appear
before the grand jury of that court
and the superintendent asked Attor
ney General Turner what he should
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