The San Francisco call., 1897-01-02
LIVELY TIMES IN !.
THE MILKY WAY
Several Dealers in the Lac
teal Fluid to Be Ar.
rested.
Dockery Will Make a New.Year
f Raid on Various Places
To- Morrow.
The Board of Health Will Be Sharp
After All Persons Who May
Sell Impure Food:


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Milk Inspector Dockery will open the
new year with vigorous action against
those whomay be concerned in furnishing
impure milk to the ublic. To-day he will
swear out, warrants for the arrest CT a
number of dealers. The following Mr..
| Dockery expects to haYe arrested on a.
charge of selling adulterated milk: Pro-
prietor of the Mill Valley Dairy, corner of
Hyde and O'Farrell streets; H. Ehle, gro
cery, 1900 Webster street; Silva & Bar
dona, restaurant, 2130 Fillmore street;
| Vennebolt Brothers, 1924 Pacific avenue,
grocers; NJ. D. Meyer e. Co.. 1923 Devisa-
dero street, grocers; D. w. Bates, 22o4 Fill
more street, dairy produces A. Hartmann,
I722 Devisadero street, restaurant.
In addition to this Mr.. Dockery says
| that he viii swear out warrants upon the
/ charge of selling milk without permit
| against the following: r. Robohmt 1852
| Golden Gate avenue, grocer; A. Hart
mann, 1922 Devisadero, and Silva d. Bar
| dona, 2130 Fillmore. Nor are, these all
against whom warrants will be out, fol. ali
| those who are concerned in selling adult
terated catsups are down on the list also.
Inspector Dockery said yesterday that
all.tbe food-inspection stations are now in
|. perfect run ming order. Milk is inspected
| day and night at the stations. For fear
/ milk will be adulterated .sfter the dealers
| leave the stations Inspector Dockery and
two assistants are actively at work secur-
| ing samples of milk from hotels and res
taurants. AL persons who sell adulter-
ated milk are liable to prosecution. An
arrest would promptly put stop to the
dealer purchasing milk supplies from any
| dairy selling what is determined to be an
| adulterated article. -.
There were gathered in nineteen, sam
pies of milk Thursday from various
/ sources. An analysis OF these sam pies
will lead to seven arrests, the parties to be
\ apprehended being Those who have been
| mentioned in the foregoing, for selling
adulterated milk, and three for selling
without permit.
i According to Mr.. Dockery impure and
adulterated foods must run the gauntlet
of inspection that will be rigid and thor
ough, this applying TO many articles be-
] sides milk. The Milk Inspector tests the
milk first when the samples are brought
i in.and an. analysis is also made by DIR.
] Wenzel. Then if it is shown that there
are disease germs DR.. Spence makes an
/ examination to discover and determine
the bacilh.
There is no doubt that the Dairymen S
Association will go to the Legislature to
| get some laws through, as the result
of the crusade: against diseased cows,
which has eliminated in the condem-
nation to death of many diseased ami
mails. The diseased-cow crusade was
started last spring. The Board of Health
intended to follow up the matter, 80 Mr..
Dockery says, but the dairymen made
much complaint and followed this up by
sending committee and an attorney to
the board, and it was understood that the
crusade would be suspended until the
Legislature could have chance to con-
slider the legislation to be proposed by the
dairymen and to take such action as the
lawgivers may see tit.
The probability is that the dairymen.
who have secured data from the Eastern
States, will move for the enactment of a
| law similar to one now in force in the
| State of Massachusetts. "That the mat
ter may be set square," said Mr.. Dockery
] "the Board OF Health intends to approve
| of such wholesome measures as the dairy
men may desire to have incorporated into
law and to advocate the adoption of such
legislation. The board does not intend,
nor do I, to hurt any mans business un-
necessarily. The last few years have sup
piled abundant demonstration that tuber-
culosis in human beings comes from
diseased milk and diseased cattle" :
Whenever the matter shall have been
disposed of by legislation the Board of
Health will begin a vigorous crusade
against diseased cattle. Dir. O'Rourke,
veterinary surgeon of the Health Depart
ment, is constantly in "Butchertown" en-
gagged in the inspection of cows that are
killed Yesterday he sent seven carcasses
to the tank to be turned into fertilizers
During the month OF uecem Der forty cows
we're condemned by him after they we're
slaug Uttered. This is the biggest months s
record yet made.
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