Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-27

The per capita consumption OF
milk in all cities Of Ohio is below
normal and should be raised at
least one pint per capita a day &C
cording to DR.. Walter H. Hartung,
director of the state department of
health He pointed out that quart
of milk supplies almost as much en-
ergy as pound Of steak, aboit
twce as much as a pound of chick
en-, and provides three fourths OF
the calories needed by a year~old
child, one third Of the calories re-
quired by ten year~old and about
one fourth of the calories required
by the average man or woman.
"All authorities agree Director
Hartung asserted, "that a growing
child should have at least one quart
of milk a day and that adults should
have at least one pint. And 1T
should be remembered that when
price comparisons are considered,
milk is the cheapest and best of
all foods"
Registrar Frank West Of the bu..
reau of motor vehicles reported that
S,VOI OulO luoIol 1918 hel'C AA~A
their driving rights revoked under
the financial responsibility law,
since the law became effective IN
August, 1895. During the period
total of 1852 cases were reported
in from the courts. Two hundred
and fifty cases were dismissed for
various reasons. and 828 drivers
filed proof of financial responsible
ity and saved their driving rights.
At the present time there are 532
cases pending the thirty day pc
riod in which proof of financial re-
sponsibility may be filed. The
amount of bonded protection for
the public covering the S28 persons
who furnished proof of responsible.
ity is $9,108,000, Registrar West
said.
The American Wildlife federation
last week asked DR.. T. H. Langlols,
chief of the bureau of fish man
agement of the Ohio division of con-
servation, to assume charge of the
fish management section of the fed
eration's national convention which
will be held in Baltimore from Feb
ruary IA to IT, Associates termed
the appointment significant in that
it gives national recognition of the
successful accomplishments OF the
Ohio bureau under the direction o1
DR.. Langlois.
Disclosure that the government
hopes to make the Muskingum wa
tershed projects in eastern OHIO
! "the worlds greatest laboratory for
the study of flood and erosion con
troll was made here by DR.. Car
Watson, state administrator OF
WPA, on the anniversary Of last
years disastrous floods in the Ohio
valley. He said the Muskingum
watershed is, in fact, becoming a
"climatologist's paradise where
science will be brought into play in
search for the villains in the flood
and erosion crime mysteries con
| fronting the nation" At the pres.
ent time there are more than SOC
lWPA workers scattered over tho
I23 counties of the watershed gath
! ering food and erosion data fol
scientific study in cooperation with
| other government agencies. More
than 1O,0OO,OOO observations have
been cataloged, DR.. Watson related
Chief Henry j. Berrodin of thu
division of aid for the aged an
nounced that total outlay of ap
proximately $33,75O,724 will be re
auired for Ohio's old age pensions
during 1898. The figure represent:
an increase of about $4,3OO,00O il
comparison with the 1897 expendi
| ture. The federal government un
der the federal social security act
will continue to finance half Of the
pensions.