Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-04-11
City ToResun1e
Battle Against
IyphoidCauses
City Council and Health Of
ficer Will Again Solicit
State Aid.
MAYOR DESIGNATES
CLEAN UP WEEK

Spurred on by the recent recur-
renee of a number of typhoid fever
cases IN the city, the city council, in
session Tuesday evening, decided to
push to final conclusion the inyest;-
cations started by the state board
q health last year. This action was
decided upon after consultation with
and with the cooperation of the citv
health officer, DR.. C. J. Martin Il
was decided that DIR. Martin should
again ask the state board to send men
here IN an endeavor to reach final
and definite action looking to the
eradication of the causes that ara
responsible for the recurring typhoid
cases.
1t will be remembered that the
state board of health sent q bac-
tteriologist here last year, followed
later by doctors, who made careful
Investigations Of the water supplies
Of the community and all public hand
lers OF food supplies. Incomplete re-
ports were received from the state
board but nothing of definite nature
resulted. 1t is felt that the commu-
nifty is not much further along in
the removal of the typhoid menace
than it was before the investigation
was made. 1t is now the intention
again to enlist the aid of the state
board OF health and the state sani-
tary board In an endeavor to finish
the undertaking Certain plans are in
mind regarding some food supplies,
details of which are still to be worked
out.
Must Clean Up City.
1t is pertinent in this connection
to mention the annual clean up week.
Mayor kienitz has designated the
week of April 20 to 27 as clean up
week and urges everyone to see that
all winter accumulations are removed
from ones premises at that time.
Refuse should be placed in sacks or
boxes, along the alleys, and trucks
will haul them away. This is done
free Of charge, a service that few
cities give its citizens. The Wom-
ans Club and former Boy Scouts
have agreed to help in this work.
Mayor Kienitz wishes it empha-
sized that premises should not only
be cleaned up this week but should
be kept clean all the year. Typhoid is
a filth disease and one way to les
sen the local prevalence of that di-
sease is to keep all premises clean
from sanitary standpoint. The may
or and the city council have decided
that premises found in an unsatisfac-
tory condition after clean up week
will be cleaned up by the city and
the cost charged against the property
owner
Dog Licenses Due.
Time for payment Of dog licenses
is past due and the council instructed
Police Magistrate Haigler to look to
the collection Of such taxes. Notice OF
the action to be taken is given else
where.
Horse Racing Prohibited.
Attention Of the city council has
been called to the practice of some
of the boys of the city of racing their
ponies cover the city streets. This is
dangerous practice and contrary
to city ordinance. The boys should
take notice that the chief of police
has been instructed to see that vio-
lators of tfrrs ordinance are prose-
cuted and fined.
At the Tuesday night meeting
George Neils, who has faithfully
served as alderman for number OF
years and who was recently re-
elected, submitted his resignation.
The resignation was laid on the table
by the board.