The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-10-20
HEALTH OF CITIES
League Of Municipalities De-
votes Last Session to Dis
Cussion of Problems.
ALL HAD A CHANCE TO TALK
Sewage and Garbage Seem to Cause
Most Trouble-Pure Milk
Campaign Popular.


Porter, president of the Kansas League
of Municipalities, began the meeting
| by throwing down the bars for free
discussion of all questions.
1t was a crossfire for two hours of
| one city with complaint hearing how
similar troubles were handled By fell
low members from other cities. In
these free discussions one city prob
lem stood out above all others the
cities of Kansas are vitality agitated
over the health question. Sewage and
! garbage problems occupied consider
able time, and practically each city
represented in the interchange of
views was having trouble with an anti
quated method of garbage collection,
All the cities, however, are entering
into the milk supply campaign with
zest. A few present believed the only
sure and safe way to protect the milk
supply was to require pasteurization.
Others wanted raw milk for the table
and were insistent that it was up to
the city officials to force tubercular
tests and rigid requirements on all
diaries and milk dealers as the best
plan to solve the impure milk trou-
bles. This plan is being carried out
under the direction of the state dairy
inspection department.
The school this year has grown to
represent 1913 Kansas cities.
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gineer of Kansas City, urged the city
officials to discuss freely the worst
health menaces of city. He said:
Health statistics of your own city
graphically show on a slide, even
showing poor results, serve to stimu-
late interest in lettering conditions
Slides showing the typhoid rates OF
other cities with pure water supplies
emphasize the need of action in your
own city. Typhoid and many other
water borne diseases are preventable
diseases, preventable by proper pre-
caution in water supply, food and sani-
tation. The time is fast coming when
the sheriff and police officers will in
vestigate and fix the responsibility for
every case of preventable disease"
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School at Clyde Burns.-The pub
lie school building at Clyde was de-
stroyed by fire the other day. A fire
had been started in the furnace the
first time this fall and it is supposed
the blaze started from defective flue.
The whole building was ablaze about
ten minutes after the fire was discov-
cred, but all the children were saved,
although their wraps and books were
lost.
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Boy Accidentally Shot.--Hyland
Clark, Is years old, was accidentally
shot by his younger brother at At
Gibson and probably fatally wound
ed. They were returning from hunt
ing trip when the accident occurred.
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Seeking Typhoid Source.-State
hea tn authorities are in charge of an
inv Stigation to determine the mys-
terious source of typhoid fever cases
which have developed at Kansas
University student boarding house. In
addition to three cases in the hosp-
al, it has been announced that four
students have gone to their homes
threatened with the disease and two
more are under the observation of
physicians.
Wild Bees Have Been Busy.-Wild
Dees in western Kansas have stored
thousands of pounds of honey this fall
md bee hunters are making good re-
urns collecting it, Near Minneapolis
lne hunter has collected more than
800 pounds of honey from hollow
trees.
Killed Under Motor car.-John
Gredeo, of Whitewater, was killed re-
Gently when the motor car in which
he was riding with party of friends
overturned into ditch east of New
ton.
Bread Price Up in MePherson.-
The bakeries of Mcpherson an
nounced recently they have raised the
price of loaf of bread from five to
six cents, and that of buns to twelve
cents dozen.
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X. v. Ciassmen Name Officers
George Since of Wakeeney was elect.
ed president of the X. U. seniors
Theodore Richter is the new junior
president; Justin A. Blount of Larned
is sophomore, president, and Mark
Adams, president of the freshmen.
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Woman An Acid Thrower.-Because
1t is said she was jealous of an
other woman, Mrs. Grover Plummer
dashed bottle of carbolic acid in
the face of Rogers Evans, a motor.