The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-18
DR, ARNSON HEADS
|A,OF G.. COMMITTEE
IN MEDICAL SURVEY
Present Conditions Affecting
Sanitation and Ills Here
Will Be Coditied
|PRlzes FOR IMPROVEMENT
Municipalities Of Country d.
yidcd Into Test Groups; No
Other IN North Dakota

The United States Chamber OF
Commercc is putting on a health con-
servation contest all over the country,
In which all the member chambers.
|commercial clubs and associations OF
commerce are invited to participate.
The Bismarck Association OF Com
merce. out Of commercial bodies In IL
cities in the state. is the only member
organization In North Dakota to SIG
Nifty such participation.
The association has placed the local
entry Iii the hands Of q committee
| consisting OF Dr.. J. @. Arnson. as
Echairman, and associated with him
are Mrs. G. w. Moses. Mrs. F. L.
EConklin and Cert Finney. all stauiich
public welfare opponents.
Haelth BODIES Cooperate
The health conservation contest Is
~ successor to tho fire prevention con-
tests heretofore sponsored by the U. s.
EGhamber. Like those contests. this
--latest Is on a prize basis. It Is n OF
kthc chambers major projects.
The state health department under
ID. A. A. Whittemore has taken a
&friendly attitude toward the compe-
Fulton and will do all possible to make
|1t Z success. It will give It's assistance
kthrough the Bismarck Association OF
kCommerce, unless ether city CONNER
Eclal bodies enter.
Y n fact. the public health service.
the American Medical association and
an state health departments are ex-
*tonding assistance and support to n
smovement. The evaluati0n Of their
cooperation will Be based on the
|tAmerican Public Health associations
form.
!: Cities Compete by Groups
Z In conducting the competition the
~. s. Chamber Of Commerce has d.
,yided the cities Of the country INTO
Sclasses. Group ! will comprise all
3cities above 100000 In population. and
.cous1sts Of five such.
! droup Z embraces cities with p0pu-
lations ranging between 100000 and
$4,000. Of which there are Is. There
!, also are Is cities In group 3. In which
: are classified all cities from $1,000 to
! 100000. Group 1 embraces those be-
/. tween $4,000 and $4,000. and numbers
5 10. while group 5 comprises q cities
! under 10000. !,
Dr. Whittemorc has written to all
! chamber Of commerce cities in North
Dakota, but so far has failed to re-
J. ceivc a reply from any except Bis
|. marck, which. as said. has appointed 9
committee to administer the work o.
the contest.
Desire Other Cities Enter
The first activity Of the contest Wall
be III the nature of q fact-finding
survey to determine the present Status
Of health conditions In each city. Out
Of this will be selected the particular
activity to be put on. Prizes will be
awarded at the close Of the survey
and competition on the basis OF the
greatest Improvement shown.
The state health department IS
hopeful that Fargo. Grand Forks,
Devils Lake. Minot. Jamestown, Man
dan and Valley City will enter the
contest. Each has special problems
Witch It could make the basis OF It's
activities. Public health would not
suffer In any Of the cities by the ex-
periuaeut. And attention on 1t would
Sc concentrated BY the participation.