From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 13, 1915:

• “To classify milk into four grades is the plan of Mrs. George H. Hoxie of the Consumers’ League of Kansas City, Mo., who has taken an active part in the fight for pure milk in that city during the past two years and six months. Mrs. Hoxie spoke on ‘The City Milk Problem’ before students, professors, and housewives at the second annual meeting of University student chemical engineers on the hill yesterday afternoon. Her idea is to carry into effect the scoring system, used in many eastern cities, whereby each dairyman is graded, so many per cent being allowed for clean milk, healthy cows, healthy employes and the like, until after the totals are added up, a perfect dairyman would be graded 100 percent…. Dr. E. W. Burgess, assistant professor of sociology at the University, gave a brief resume of conditions as he had found them in Lawrence after a personal inspection. ‘I went over the records in the city hall of the deaths of babies, and I found that one-third of the babies’ deaths here were due to various complaints that relate themselves to impure milk. A group of us decided to inspect the dairies, and while conditions were not as bad as in Kansas City, still there is much room for improvement. We found one or two sanitary and modern milk houses, but the others were dark, dingier, and dirty, and the bottles were placed on the dirty floor. In one case we found horses in the barn where the milking was done.’ Mayor Francisco, who was present at the meeting, promised the support and co-operation of the city officials in any efforts made to clean up and purify the present milk supply.”
• “With the snow melting so slowly the streets are in bad condition and the city officials this morning set their men to work hauling the snow from Massachusetts street. The street is in bad condition on account of the roads being so muddy, large quantities have been carried on the pavement by vehicles coming off the roads. It is probable that the street will be flushed as soon as the snow is removed.”
• “Harris Kleinfeldt of Macon, Mo., will buy a dozen mules in this vicinity if he can find them. Mr. Kleinfeldt owns a large tract of wheat land in Logan county, and needs the animals in his operations out there. The Missouri supply of the best mules is about exhausted because of the demands of the European war.”
• “An executive session of the county commissioners was called for this afternoon to consider matters relative to allowing the Heim Electric Interurban Railway the right of crossing the proposed concrete Kaw river bridge on the line being constructed between Bonner Springs and Lawrence. In company with his engineers, J. J. Heim came to Lawrence this morning to be present at this meeting and present in person his proposition for this desired permission.”