The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-05
THOMPSON \ GOES
OYER 'F0ENEMY:
BEST LOST OUT
City Commissioner Defeated in
Brave Fight for a Puri-
fed Press

AAA0NS AA6AV IVA ~ - ~
fed Press
MUCH ADOO; LITTLE DONE
Commissioner r. L. Best lost q
bonhy bra fight for purified press
last night when at the psychological
moment Commissioner Harry Thomp
son went oyer to the enemy and vot
ed With President Lucas and Commits.
sioner Bertsch in favor Of the publica
ton In the official city paper, The
Tribune, Of q report presented by DR..
,Skinpey, city bug detector, describing
the peculiarities shown by Bismarck
water during the last month. None
but q Byron could do Justice to the
reproach, despair, wounded trust and
resentment contained in one quick,
sharp. glance which Commissioners
Best darted at. Commissioner Thomp
son when the newest member Of the
commission rang, out q clear unafraid
Aye IL. 4: -1| @ 1,s
Best was primed with water when
the commission meeting opened. He
began :spouting the moment the board
was called to order, land he contin.
ued to SPOUT. at intervals, like Old
Faithful, until the lights were turned
out and the last farewells were said.
Mr.. Best had procured from Doc Skip
pey q letter In which the said doc sug.
gested that The Tribune hadn't cor
rectly> interpreted his report at a
previous commission meeting. Mr..
Best desired Skippey's attack on The
Tribune published as a warning to
The Tribune not to intrude ''its own
comments on things that take place
here" in its news columns. Commits.
sioners Lucas, Bertsch and Thompson.
voted for the publication Of skippey's
report, sans his own personal criti-
cism Of The Tribune.
.5Sr Here It Is. a.,
In order that Commissioner Best
and the public at large may know.
what It Is all about, the correspond.
ence and report and comment are pub.
lished herewith:
Report on City water for February:
'"rhe water has been confined to the
required meteorological standards dur
ino the past month, and FROM THIS
STANDPOINT is IN. VERY GOOD
CONDITION.. The turbidity has aver
aged about so parts per. million; this
is not 80 bad, but it could very well be
reduced to 10 or Is parts per million.
The coagulation plant has been in OBJ
GRAFTON WHEN WEATHER CONDI-
T1ON6 PERMITTED; 1t has not been
operating successfully the past month.
Judging from the way the count came
up on January ~, 81, 20, % and "a,
there must have been q few days that
the chlorine was not applied; count
Ing about six days back, we find these
days conferred around January IL, -,
II and rs. Chlorine determination al
so verified this suspicion. Other data,
which at present Is insufficient to be
Of much value, will appear in next
months report-A.. E. Mccoy, Chem.
list and Bacteriologist."
Doc. Skippey's letter: III you will
look over the last months report and
the article In the following days Trib-
une, you will notice that the reporter
misinterpreted the facts to some ex-
tent, f0n there were several days that
the water did not conform to the re.
quirements set by the u. s. Public
Health service. doc. Mccoy said,
THE WATER HAS BEEN CON
FINED TO THE REQUIRED BAG
THEOLOGICAL STANDARDS DUR.
ING THE PAST MONTH Ed Such
q report should not be published, as it
gives the people a false impression of
their safety. II the report is going to
be published, 1t should be Just as you
get is. H. skippey''' ... ,.,':,' ~.
The Tribune's report Of Feb. 10
Bismarck city water Is now fully up
to the health standards set by the
United States, its bacteria count be-
ing well within the naximum prescrib.
ed by federal regulations, reported Dr..
Scheppe, bacteriologist, in charge Of
the capital city branch laboratory, in
q communication to the city commits.
sion last evening. DR. Scheppe ad.
vised that owing to weather condi.
tions It has not always been possible
to treat the water regularly, but that
the bacteria count at no time during
the period covered by his report has
approached the government maxi
mum"
4Sl .5s Want Light. l.1a
William Laist. who resides at the
corner of Fifth street and Rosser, Ill.
ed q protest against the Stygian dark.
ness which enshrouds the county
buildihg, since the commission order.
ed. the: boulevard lights turned off. He
urged athat at least one lamp be left |
btrnt1G at each corner Of the county
sdukfe sinasmuch as no other illumin-
atl6kis provided. He was advised to
pfocNresa petition from other proper
tygh11dg fs and present it to the coun-
tTsG0Mniission. .5.z-,<
.judke NV. s. Casselman asked why
somethink had not been done about a;
light 1t eighth and Broadway, for
which he petitioned some time ago,
and was advised the matter was unded
consideration. II s.
The city weigher reported checking
2,257 loads and receipts Of 3225.70 for
the month Of February. Coal ran first,
with 1892 loads, hay second, with 173,
and ice third, with slO4.
C&o<o Auditor X I ~ III Kosifzkvl nnfi. |