Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — STATE BOARDS’ NEW MEMBERS. [ARTICLE]

STATE BOARDS’ NEW MEMBERS.

Governor Announces Several Appointments. Gov. Durbin has appointed the following members of boards: Voting Machine CommissionPrank L. Powell of Madison, Albert R. Thompson 01 Indianapolis and Hugh Dougherty of Bluffton. & State Board of Health—Dr. W. N. Wishard of Indianapolis and Dr. Clark Cook of Fowler. Dr. Wishard was reappointed. Dr. Cook succeeds Dr. E. D. Laughlin of Orleans. One of the new duties of the State Board of Health is to determine when straw board and other plants may dump refuse into streams. Frank Powell of the Voting Machine Commission is a brother of Nathan Powell, who was a Republican candidate for Congress last fall. A. R. Thompson is a real estate man of Indianapolis and a graduate of Purdue University. The law provides that one member of the commission shall understand mechanical engineering. Mr. Thompson is a Republican. Hugh Dougherty, the Democratic member, is a well-known banker of Bluffton.