Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-13

sent to the dairymen and to the
health officer and board of health
so that the STANDARDS may be en-
forced by the latter. .. A quail
fled person TO collect such SAM
pies and to inspect wagons,
cenSeS, etc"
Job Too Big.
Then he goes on to say it is unfair
to criticize the city bacteriologist for
not earning his $3.50 year because
the job is really too big for him.
There are only three dairies in Bis
marck, but DR.. Bristol states that we
cannot expect to get adequate inspec-
ton from Mr.. Winslow because his
first duty is to the state laboratory
and the physicians who send in ma
tcrial for examination. Yet the state
university does not hesitate to take
the city's money to help defray the eX-
penSes of maintaining baCteriOlO-
.gist here.
It is common knowledge that the
bacteriologist has little medical analy-
sis to do here. One of the firms OF
physicians maintains it's own bacteri-
illogical laboratory, rather weak
commentary upon the efficiency of
the sub-laboratory maintained here by
the University of North Dakota.
Equipment Not Adequate.
The city bacteriologist has admitted
that he has not sufficient equipment
to make proper analysis. Physicians
on the slope know this and most of
the work is sent to Grand Forks, Far
go and the Twin Cities.
There is an excellent field here for
a health laboratory under proper sup
ervision, but the University Of North
Dakota has failed lamentably in its
health work, chiefly because the state
is now trying to maintain three dis
tincr health departments. Why we
do not know.
Probably the physicians can tell?
Is it to deprive North Dakota of
efficient inspection? We trust and
hope this is not true for many physi-
clans have interested themselves in
trying 70 secure better health regula-
tons But the fact remains, the state
is frittering away its. money without
getting adequate protection.
AS parting shot. Dr.. Bristol says
in his letter:
"If this local work and revenue
are taken away from the Bis
marck branch laboratory, it will
probably bring about closing OF
the laboratory on account of lack
Of money to support it, and all
specimens from doctors in that
part Of the state will have to be
sent to the main laboratory at the
university"
Dr. Bristol forsets to mention that
the laboratory is established here by
law and before it is moved the state
board of regents may have something
to say. The legislature appropriated
money to maintain this laboratory
and if Dr.. Bristol cannot give us ade.
quate service, the board Of regents
may be prevailed upon to see that he
does
l. is time for Bismarck to resent
the attempts of the University Of
North Dakota to penalize this city,
because our delegation in the last ses-
sion attempted through the passage
Of a board of regents bill to rescue
our educational institutions from To-
cal control and restore that control to
the taxpayers, where it of course be.
longs.
1t is time for DR.. Bristol to come of
his high perch and realize that the
slope country has few rights as
against the Red river valley.
Those who have been quietly inves-
tisating matters know the influences
at work to discredit Bismarck and the
slope country. Capital removal agita.
ton is only one evidence of the Chi
canery that has been going on
Before DR.. Bristol puts wheels I'M
der the sub-laboratory as New Rock
ford would under the capitol, the
board Of regents and other officials in
higher authority might have some,
thing to say.