Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-06
C[ EAN BILL IS
GIVEN CITY WATER
BY LABORATORIES
Incompetence Of Joseph Winslow
Is Shown Up in Three
Reports.
DIR. STRAUSS APPEARS
BEFORE COMMISSION

Three reports from different labor
atories presented to the city commits
sion last evening exploded the at
tempt Joseph Winslow, bacteriologist
of the local branch laboratory Of the
health department of the state univer-
sity, to injure the high rating Of the
city's water supply. Ever since Mr..
Winslow's arrival he has made sys-
teH,atic. campaign against the water
supply. Last evening, in the face Of
reports from leading bacteriologists.
he admitted the falsity OF former re-
ports by turning in an analysis of the
city water in essential features SINH
lar to the ones received from other
authorities.
Dr. Strauss, city health commission
er, appeared before the city commits
sion and explained the reports. He
stated that a sample of water taken
by Mr.. Winslow Immediately before
and Immediately after the samples Sc
cured for the three laboratories re-
porting last evening was analyzed by
the city bacteriologist and that he re-
turned an unfavorable report. When
it became known that his analysis
was being checked up, Mr.. Winslow
swung into line and gave the water a
clean bill.
Reports Differ Greatly.
It also developed that the chemists
to which the water was sent gave the
number of colonies in the water as
high as 11,OO0. In one report Wins
low gave the colonies as only IS
which either brands him as dishonest
or completely incompetent to make
analysis.
Three samples of the city water
were gathered sometime ago in the
presence Of H. T. Murphy of the Wat
er Works company, DR.. Strauss, city
health officer, and Mr.. Winslow. They.
were sealed up and taken to the ex-
press Office and sent to laboratories
secretly as far as Mr.. Murphy and
Mr.. Winslow were concerned until
Mr.. Winslow by stealth entered the
local express Office and read the lab
els on the containers.
Three Samples Sent.
One sample was sent to the health
laboratory at Wisconsin university.
This point was selected for it is here
that Mr.. Winslow secured his train.
ing. Another was sent to the Beebe
laboratory at st. Paul, one of the best
meteorological laboratories of the
northwest. A third sample was sent
to the city health laboratory of st.
Paul.
No one but Strauss and Winslow
knew the destination of the contain
ers. The reports all agree that the
water is free from pollution and give
the lie to the reports given monthly
by Mr.. Winslow who has been deter
mined to create the impression that
Missouri river water is unfit. He has
been assisted in his crusade by a few
disgruntled. physicians.
Winslow Becomes Active.
When the river was frozen four
feet deep and the possibilities for con-
tamination were about one in mil
lion, Winslow, was sending in vicious
reports upon the water.
As soon as he learned that the city
health officer was suspicious. Mr..
Winslow became exceedingly active.
He traced the destination of the
samples and evidently learned the
conclusions of the chemists for his re-
port filed last evening with the three
others is as different from his others
as night is from day. Mr.. Winslow
did not appear in person to explain
his sudden reversal.
The entire matter has been referred
to Mr.. Chris Bertsch, commissioner
of water works.
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