Show DEPARTMENT TO BE OVERHAULED tench in Health Department Unbearable Even to Reform Reform Reform Re form Party CLERK lANSING I-lANSING ON CARPET f fo o t Act Ion In III Causing to In o I HI I II I Ins Has Ar Aroused 5 Major layor to Action J IO tot c of rottenness In the time I II 1 department as ns operated under cutler tit til American reform administration ca norm yesterday In such a aa a way th t seems almost Inevitable tho th jt t there will be bo an early carly revolution re in u to purge It of oC pet pt graft aWl and flagrant Irregularities thin thai jh have S created a n stench that pcr- pcr ie entire city administration R. R fumigator of oC the tIme depar department t has resigned and Mayor Thompson Im has lins asked ed him to recon recon- sider under the thc tyrannical yoke joky of the he acting clerk of oC the time do- do F. F U. U and Dr DI M M. I. I It U St Stewart yarl head Air Mi that tat he could no longcr In harmony with the time present pros pres out ent f ls Ills His work wurl a as fumigator Is sul said I t h have he e hen boon entirely satisfactory and ig h dr w 65 a month for fOI his ser ser- vices Ill acting clerk has been heon er very Inee Dr DI Stewart vested In him fl of authority and Mr Ii 1 action i IM likely to be bo followed fol tol- el- el lowed 1 mem members I of oC the department de- de J unless there them is Js a chan change o In Inthe Inthe the time hd o officials j Major 1 UI Urges Him it to tn Stay The r of Mr 11 Woodard made maliC ble the ho appointment of or James Flynn FInn an InH emergency r enc man who Is now now the work of fumigator It has been known for 01 some sone time that resign but hut th the tho paper was not placed in the Uw hands of tho the Vc Wednesday Since Sluice that laYOr Thompson Thomson is is- said hl to have urged the tho young young- man to retain his pin pia promIsing certain reforms Back f C Woodard's J resignation sl Is a astory astory astory story that illustrates s the the dog flange tactics of the tho department Mr worked after hours for COl th schools s fumigating the various arlous rooms room Oftentimes he ho worked work work- ed d late Ight The school authorities authorities ties tics furnished the formaldehyde and antl other and materials and paid W a nominal fee fcc for Cor his work money h he received was sas paid u upon of oC the acting acting- clerk of nt th Health department Mr h and 1 Jn In n accordance with a custom has been followed for Cor years Hanging ln flakes Trouble oO ald would not submit sub- sub mu mit to arD Ir authority of or the acting act act- lug ing cler went vent to lo certain f the city schools and stated state I tha thaW W had no rl right h t to collect m JIk done for COI the tho schools Pt stated that there was mo mo other way In which to have havethe I Ithe the tue Schools fumigated and that time the timework work was as always s 's done dono ono after artel hours Ho However they suggested that If ir th the Health department would do o It for nothing they would dispense with willi pay Co for I the work Trie TJ-im Health department did not make mak an offer to tb do the thc work free an anel maMan maM iff he present fumigator atol Is not doIng do- do Ing It t for Cor nothing There Is a rule Iule In that If the fumigator atOl car cares s to do the tho work vork on his own time lime there there- will be lIc no objection TIle Thie acting clerk did not know lenow this when his n fight ht on rea reached hed the ears ean of or tho Limo former fLumE ruml- Sat gator r the resignation was t P R. R Is acting clerk put Jut the In ollice by Dr Stewart who has nO to appoint the tho clerk oCth of oC th department unless s 0 time the ap- ap be bo confirmed by hy the coun- coun c SF The fhe ell city ordinance on tho the subject reads read a The The board of oC health shall Khali have th the power to a clerk cleric subject to tot t th thc of the tho council at a salary of 1080 per her annum payable m monthly as s al' al aro the tue salaries of other elf city cia I NOVeL CI h lm of has to the tho council for confirmation confirmation con con- l never vel nc no although the tho incumbent of or life Uw draws the I salary and antl is really head of or the department department- th the active o at It is n It well velI known fact that Han Han- gs g's app appointment will not be approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved by the council Ie has as occupied the of oC clerk for or or several everal months has installed dictatorial methods that have won the contempt of his bus associates and has ha tile the department Into such a slate of oC Incompetency that irregularities of at atone ties lIes tIes are arc appearing at the rate ono one per pel hour They are arc minor Cast at matters rs of course but they are arc wreck wreck- the lite department Back Dack of or Stands Dr DI Stewart the thc accredited t head of or the health board hoard has a received not only tho the support but hUt the f the ir operation co-operation of his superior I The rho fact that relations to r nil have some Rome cf- cf are arc may the ell city Y el on 00 his pay The Tho city has paid Without question his salary alan although legally authorized to do so by the K not council The Time que will prObablY probably city and this be bo brought up In council ably wl will 1 precipitate the the question question as to Han- Han fitness for fOI the office Recent developments In tit tub tho healtH show not only his unfit unfit- but the time incapability of other ethel I In the department Situation Is It The situation as an regards is It Is also ver very ery humorous peculiar S quite typical While draw drawing ng and the thelast thelast lot for board a as clerIc clerk of or tho the salary the last t few months month he has overlooked that he ho is not entitled to the fact act without the tho of oC the o nce Sell council At tho the same mme time ho he In- In dorset the bills of the tho fumigator paid pail pailLY the school chool board and then thon objected to w LY the fumigator making money after h hOur complaints have been received from to tune time In the tho health department depart depart- lime of nuisances that exist through through- ment the time city The manner In which it out would S complaints are handled these tho the theory that the early dispute c clearlY clean cleanthe nt health department Is PresE of fact tact the time city As a mattel matter jOg department de de- health that the time only thing 00 the he Is really cleaning l the city rV and it is Js doing that to a fare fare- well nIl well j B. of huts this the One of or the complaints visited for Cor the time ye yes yes- department There Is a ce at tit It tho mo Rod Rod- of or the thc residence of or William rear South street kelt West Yest Third It has been an annoyance for or months month and Is as us nul now ax as It over tr was wa I Th The stench Is almost unbearable Bearable not only to tile Lime Ro family hut hilt in to th the iu neighbors s as ut 11 wro entered with such Jeh persistency nc that Dr DI t and other members or of tIme the from time lime to time vl visited time the place The Thue I cesspool still tho tue health of I and annovi tug an entire neigh neigh- I Time The lec lt family dm not turn lurn waste Int Into time the se sewer ser r lot for fear of oC being from th th II premises by ti the of this kind have havo to 0 the tho come with lar ty Sometimes Incessant reg- reg the they aro are loves loves- tho they are not it in I merel another evidence of tho or of work vork In the department s' s slip shod o |