The record-union., 1899-08-24

quires an inspection Of the Railways
and stairWays. Fire escapes should be
so clearly located that they could be
found in the dark 1t may be necessary
to try the halls. In that case X is best
to stoop low to escape the smoke and
neat, and the person descending the
staircase should move near the wall.
A rope in room is considered good
enough by Chief Bonner if a person
knows how to take half turn around
the leg and slide down slowly, using
the foot as brake. He advises against
any attempt to go down hand under
hand The person on the rope should
not look down lest dizziness ensle. If
the Hames are advanced and no escape
possible the best plan is to hang from
the window sill and wait for the fire.
men. When the door and transom of
the rooms are closed the chance of res
cue are good if the strength holds out.
The Chief says in conclusion that it
| takes swift fire to beat the race of
firemen to rescue any person hanging
from the window sill. Nevertheless,
his remarks emphasize the desire for
fireproof buildings and an abundance
of fire escapes, easy of access and easy
to descend.
ENFORCE THE LAWS.
Shasta Courier: "Polluting the river
is the cry raised by some on account of
the Shasta Retreat Association being
intent on drains to run the refuse and
offal of that campground into the up
per Sacramento near Dunsmuir, the
sewers and conduits being about ready
to spew reeking, fostering filth from
the camp into the channel of the stream
whose waters have for years been
spoken of as the pure and crystal.
1t does appear pretty tough to pioneers
to see such pristine waters reinforced
by such fetid matter as mingles with
the sluggish liquid flow of the Illinois
River, now merely one of the drains of
Chicago, but what are the decent peo-
pie going to do about it? Shasta Re-
treat, with her headquarters Christian
banner unfurled, the alien Mountain
Copper Company at Keswick, and other
establishments, corporations and towns,
defling and poisoning the waters of the
stream and pouring floods of the germs
and essence of ill-health, disease and
death therein-wouId seem to call for
some positive and self-protective move
ment and action by communities and
enough to realize that they are still
alive. There are legal remedies made
and enacted into laws for the proven
tion and suppression of nuisances in
furious to the health and comfort OF the
great public; and why not apply them.
MAKE THEM OBEY THE LAW.
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat: The
last Legislature passed a law intended
to protect the purity of dairy products
in this State and the officials will do
we'll to see that its provisions are car
ried out to the letter. The State Dairy
Bureau is sending out copies of the law
with the idea of making the public as
familiar with its requirements as pos
sible. The first section reads as fol-
lows:
NO person or persons, firm or cor
poration, shall sell or offer for sale, or
have in his or their possession for sale,
any impure or unwholesome milk, or
any article of food manufactured there
from, or of any cream from the SAME.
or milk drawn from cows either Gf-
teen days before or five days following
parturition, or from COWS fed on un-
wholesome food, or from cows affected
with any disease of live stock, conta-
gious, infectious or Otherwise, capable
Of producing such pathological changes
as will cause the products from said
animals to become unwholesome for
food"
Other sections of the Act provide
for an inspection of dairies, dairy
products and all establishments
where dairy products are offered for
sale. The appointment of inspectors
is also provided for and the matter of
salaries and expenses is duly regu-
lated The penalty for infringing
any of the provisions Of the law is
specified with commendable distinct
ness and as the Act is already in effect
dairymen and others affected by its
provisions will do well to govern
themselves accordingly.
Investigation has shown that un
cleanliness in the dairy and careless
ness in the handling of its output is
prolific of many diseases. Under the
circumstances it would appear to be
nothing but the part Of good judg-
ment for the purchasing public to
satisfy itself that the law is being
strictly complied with in every in
stance. A man is justified in demand
ing that when he orders q Quart of
milk the milkman does not leave a
quart of microbes or a quart of liquid
tuberculosis instead