The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-28
VISITING SWAMP LANDS.
Dockery Finds That Ranchers
Allow Their Stock to Feed
in Such Places.
The Milk Inspector Makes Another
Early Morning Raid, With
Excellent Results.

Milk Inspector Dockery made another
raid in the small hours of yesterday morn
ing. He was after the dairymen who come
to town by the San Bruno road. The milk
laden wagons were stopped under the cleo
trio lights at Army street, near the Pest
| house, ard examinations revealed the fact
! that the lessons of the past few weeks
were having their effect.
| Only one man had his load dumped. A
| Pontaca of the Bay View Farm was the
single dishonest dairyman discovered. He
| had eighteen three-gallon cans in his
wagon, all but one or two of which were
badly adulterated with water and coioring
matter. A warrant was sworn out for his
arrest.
The raid began about o'clock yesterday
| morning. Sixteen wagons were stopped.
The drivers said, "Dockery? Oh all
right" and pulled up, making no objec-
| tion and aiding the Inspector every way
in their power.
The driver of wagon labeled "Swiss
Dairy" had tale of woe.
"There are three Swiss diaries" he said.
'Twice already my milk has been tested
and found all right. The other fellows
have bad milk and the papers say the
| milk was dumped and then my customers
they kick like -"
The complaining driver used a term
more strong than polite. His employer
| was J. Tscheinen. The milk of this dairy
was again found to be OF good quality.
For while it was thought that there
would be two loads to dump. John A.
Christien was observed by the lookout to
stop his wagon and empty something from
either one or two cans out into the road as
soon as he saw the wagons delayed by the
Milk Inspector. Christien protested that
he was only dumping gallon of water he
was carrying to rinse his measures. His
milk was put through very severe exam
nation, but was found to be all right
Shortly after 2:30 o'clock, a double
| decker wagon loaded with empty cans
passed the Inspector going up the San
Bruno road. The driver evidently warned
the other milk wagons for they ceased ap-
pearing.
Mr.. Dockery then went to rendezvous
at Mission and Twenty-first streets where
the milkmen gather There are two large
water troughs at this corner. Seven loads
were tested here and all found satisfactory.
During the afternoon Mr.. Dockery visited
the swamp lands on the San Bruno road
| and adjacent territory. The object of the
impromptu call was to learn if possible
just how many dairymen continued TO
allow stock to feed over the death-dealing
marshes.
The inspector discovered enough to au-
thorize him in keeping an extra eye on
half dozen or more ranchers, with the
possibility that warrants for their arrest,
charging them with violating the pure
| food law, will be sworn out to-day. There
| is a section of the City ordinance prohibit
| ing owners from allowing their stock to
| feed or Craze on marsh lands, milk givers
| being named particularly.
| On the tour yesterday Mr.. Dockery dis
covered at least hundred cows grazing
on the rank poisonous weeds incident to
swamp lands. In this connection it may
be mentioned that it was just this kind of
thing that created the epidemic among the
school children of Oakland several years
ago.
Mr.. Dockery found six dairymen who
allowed their stock. or at least portion,
to Craze on these lands. Their names are
John Burgess, Henry Youneerhaus, A. de
Sauters, B. Mozetti, II. Spaight and E.
Barry. The last-named gentleman claims
that only very few feet of his ranch is
embraced in the swamp lands, and fur
Their, only dry cows are allowed to feed
there.
Into this marsh flows the refuse from
the chemical works, offal from Butcher
town and the contents of the Army-street
sewer. The inspector proposes to stop all
this and he thinks the best way to do it is
by adopting vigorous measures from the
start.