Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-10-19
THREE ROADS NAY
Be ONE FOR RATES
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n. n. AND WAREHOUSE COMMITS
SION BEGINS HEARINGS ON
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.
HEALTH RULES ARE ADOPTED
State Board PASSES Regulations to Pre-
vent Blindness Of infants and Dis
poses Of Other Matters-To Ask
No New Laws Of Legislature.
HEALTH RULES ARE ADOPTED
sc. Paul.

commission has begun hearings or an
order to the Northern Pacific. Mime
sofa q International. and Big Forks q
International Railway companies to
show cause why they should not be
treated as one line for rate making
purposes following the supreme court
decision that the North Western q
Omaha roads should be 20 regarded.
The answer OF the companies 10 that
the roads are Independently owned and
that further reduction OF rates, under
those established under the Cassman
distant tariff law. would be confisca.
tory.
The Backus-Brooks company and ID.
w. Backus, the latter as an individual
and also q trustee. intervening, claim
to own 80 per cent OF the Minnesota d
International road. and maintain that
line Is managed, operated and owned
independently OF the other companies.
To Check Infant Blindness.
The state board OF health has Just
passed regulations, which have the ef-
feet of law. to prevent blindness
among infants and to protect the city
water supply In st. Paul. modified
those relating to transportation OF the
dead. and disposed OF numerous minor
| matters.
The regulation to prevent blindness
among infants requires physicians or
others In attendance at births to treat
the eyes OF every new born babe with
a one per cent solution OF silver nj.
trate" Midwives are required to call
q licensed physician when infiamma.
ton develops in both eyes Of the in
FAINT under their care.
The policy OF the board in the next
Legislature will be simply to carry on
its work and 1t will introduce little OF
no new legislation, 1t was announced
The subject has been one OF some
speculation following the organization
OF various agencies to formulate new
bills relating to public health In the
state.
with these various organizations at
work." said DR.. III. M. Bracken, ex
ecutive officer, "the board did not feel
| that much activity is demanded from
1t although we expect to be consulted
on the subjects as they claim atten'
ticn from the Legislators"
Food Quality improves.
Sixteen years fight by the Minnesots
Dairy and Food Commission agains,
the use OF injurious preservatives and
other adulteratives has affected q
marked Improvement in the whole
someness of food products sold In Min
nesota, according to Julius Hortvet
state chemist. Only one OF thirty
samples of tomato catsup. for example
he said, was found illegal, while more
than so per cent of the samples were
outside the law" in other years. Sal
icylic acid, sulphates and coal tar dyl
have entirely disappeared since tn,
state began allowing 4 harmless.
amount OF preservatives, the chamis
said.
State Aids Stammerers.
G. q. Schulz. state commissioner U
education, has notified George r. Won
rath, business superintendent q
schools, that the state aid for specia
work for stammerers. deaf childrei
and special classes conducted in tn,
Minneapolis schools will this yea
amount to $12,451.65. This 10 appor
t10,285; for the work with deaf chill
$1,000. Miss May e. Byrns has SUP
schools.
Projects For sanltorla Safe.
Delays In pending projects for thre
new county tuberculosis sanitoria
threatened. accord to reports at tn
capitol, by = new clash between tn
state board Of health and the stat
tuberculosis advisory commission lik
that during the last Legislature, wer
avoided under an agreement reache
Mt conference Of interested stat
officials.
To Ask Explosives Law.
The use OF explosives In agricul
ture and other peaceful pursuits ha
increased so rapidly In recent years
Robert w. Hargadine. state fire maj
shall, said that he plans to recommen
to the next Legislature the passage o
law establishing safety zones aroun
places where dynamite and other ez
plosives are stored In Minnesota.
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Plague Probe Ordered.
Special investigation Of the handlin
Of an outbreak of infantile paralysi
1T Brainerd last August has been ord
cred by the state board OF health. Dl
A. ]. Chesley Of the division OF pre-
ventable diseases, said sudden death
Of ave or six children were reporte,
In that city about the time OF the RI
ported outbreak, that II was stated n
attention was paid to quarantine req
ulations aud that there were indica
tons of the existence Of cases othe
than those located later by board q
psrts.