Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1909 — Affects Hitchrack War. [ARTICLE]

Affects Hitchrack War.

Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, gave out an interesting statement on Bloomington, Ind., and its conditions Tuesday that may lead to the settlement of the much-mooted hitchrack question in that city. According to Dr. Hurty, the new health law says It is unlawful to maintain any conditions which may, in any way, transmit disease. He said he wrote the law and had the Bloomington hitchrack in mind when it was prepared. According to this new law, Dr. Hurty says, the health officer may arrest the county commissioners if they try to replace the hitchrack this faH. Not even an injunction suit is necessary to stop it, he says.