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The Washington times., 1901-12-29
Profit in Impure Milk.
Thrrn are other reasons:

There are other reasons:
The purer milk is the less the
dairyman's profits are.
The mere negligent disease
producing conditions tolerated,
the more the dairyman's profits
are.
Pure milk costs the producer
much more than impure milk, but
ii costs the PUBLIC the same-S
cents a quart
\ dairyman must do Il large
business to make money selling
pure milk. An ordinary milllman
is not satisfied with the limited
profits in sanitary milk.
4 man with Il few ill-fed, un-
clean cows in a tumble-d0wn shed
can make money selling unsani-
tarv milk. He can feed them any
old fodder that will keep them
alive. give them water out OF the
nearest cesspool, let dirt accumu-
late on their fianks till it cakes
and falls off: use milk pals and
cans that have not been sterilized
since he bought them, and still if
his milk contains Il lawful percen-
tagc of solids and fats get just as
much for it as if il came from
Ashburn farm.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
HShburn Farm.

Ashhurn farm is the new dairy
farm over in Virginia which Is
demonstrating what can be done
to supply Washington with pure
milk, carving out the recon
mendations of the health hoard.
1t has been supplying the prin-
cipal hospitals and hotels for
some time.
1t is owned by Il company which
has selected Senator William NJ.
Stewart as its president. The Sen
ator's interest in milk is largely
public. the same rs his interest in
the school question. which result
eI iasi wear in Congressional ac-
tion that greatly improved the
school system of the District.
Leading physicians like Dr. Sow
ers and DR.. kober called the Sen
ator's attention to the milk sup
ply Of Washington some time ago,
and he made an investigation that
resulted in his heing willing To ac-
ccpt the presidency of the com
pany that is making a revolution
in milk.
The Senator is a practical
farmer.
He spent his boyhood on farm
and with the wuodsman'S aN and
haymakcr's scythe earned the
money 10 educate himself and his
sister. When Stilla hoy he man
aged the herdin@ OF drove OF iif-
teen hundred 5attle from Ohi0 to
Phiiadclphia
| asked the Senator. interview
ing him al the office of The Ash
burn Company, just why he ,ooil
up milk.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
Milk Men Who Do
Not Use Clean Cans

\ man who used to he in the
milk business recently told me
how the farmers milk their cows,
and send the milk over to the
depot in biz cans to stand around
for hours waiting for the milk
train, freezing in winter and sub
ject to all kinds of contamination
in the summer. And this milk
man is also authority for the
statement that the average dairy
man never strrilizcs his milk cans
or his milk pals. because he does
not have the facilities and cannot
afford them. and there is no law
that can compel him to put them
in.
Driving over to the farm in the
Senator's carriage the Nirginian
who held the reins said that Ash
burn iaIm was really two big
farms, one of 600 and one of 500
acres, that used to be a big dairy
farms years ago. but got run
down and neglected, until the
Ashburn Company bought it, and
put in fine herd of 300 high bred
mich COWS. built sanitary barns,
ANA put in pumps and machinery,
and hired Il lot of people. and
made il the finest milk farm in the
Gtltp
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
Enough for a
Thousand Families.

~ thousand families with a
quart day. If many families
take more than a quart, we could
not supply over eight hundred
homes
rs all milk now supplied to
Washington impure"
No, not all Of ii. There are
some two or three dairies that are
run as they should be. \ dairy to
be run as it should be must do
mere than deliver milk to the con
sumer just it comes from the COW.
Even under the most careful con
ditiOns dirt gets into milk and
must be taken ont Of the milk be
fore the milk can be said to be
pure. At Ashburn farm we put
our milk through separator,
which drives the dirt out of the
milk. When YOU see the dirt
which accumulates at the bottom
of the separator YOU will probably
be astonished, and if this dirt GETS
into the milk at .Ashburn farm.
where everything is just as sani-
tary as it can be, YOU can judge
how much dirt will get in under
the conditions usually prevailing
in dairies. You can take the solid
dirt out of milk by using a separa-
tor, but you cannot take out the
intangible dirt. For instance, the
odor of an unclean stable once in
the milk, it is there to stay, and,
therefore. at Ashburn farm we
see that there are no odors to get
into the milk"
The Senator told me to come
down To Ashburn farm and see
for myself. | went down one Sat
urday night. 1t is an hours ride
on the Southern. y long milk ear
on the train put off milk cans all
along the road. and | compared
the immaculate cleanliness of the
cans put off at Ashburn with the
condition of the cans put off at
other places. OF course, every
body knows that to keep milk
can clean it must be sterilized in
boiling water or steam. There is
no other way the dirt can be re-
moved. or the germs of disease
that breed in the milk left in the
cans can be killed. Very few of
the cans on that train bore evi-
dencc of having been sterilized, or
kept scrupulously clean by any
other method, nor were they the
kind of cans that are sealed when
the mill; is in them.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
AShburn House.

In one end of the big, old-fash-
ioned farm house the Senator has
his library and office, with books
on all branches of farming from
horseshoeing to ensilage, and Il
shelf dedicated To Dumas and
Bulwcr Lytton. his fayorite au-
thors. while over the mantel a
Savage rifle fitted in with the Sen
atOr's stories of early days on the
Pacific slope, which will make Il
book that Will run into the hun
dred thousand edition if he ever
finds time to write them out.
Ashburn farm house is Il mod
ernized and immaculate farm res
idencC. Ii has more bath rooms
IN ii than most city mansions.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
To Supply Pure Milk to Washington
OUT BOARD OF HEALTH IDEAS
Clean milk from clean cows. fed OF clean food,
drinking clean water. MIXED by clean men in
clean barns, sent to Washington i'm clean cans
and delivered TO families in sealed bottles.

In all the leading cities the milk
question is being agitated. The
New York newspapers have taken
up the subject as vigorously as
he reform movement that elected
Mayor Low.
The Washington Times has
published many articles upon the
question during the past few
years. Congress has taken the
matter UP. The physicians of
Washington have urged immedi-
ate action that will compel deal
ers to sell pure milk.
Impure milk is the source of
disease and death-typhoid fever,
diphtheria. scarlet fever, and con
sumption, says the District
Health Officer.
1t is clearly proven that most
milk comes from unsanitary cat
tie, is sold in unsanitary cans. fire.
guently diluted with water con
tanning germs of disease, and pre-
served with dangerous drugs. 1t
is also demonstrated that no milk
can be guaranteed pure unless it
comes from clean COWS. fed with
clean food. and drinking clean
water. MIXED by clean men in
clean barns, into clean milk pals,
then cleansed 10y separator of
the dirt that gets into milk even
under the most sanitary condi-
lions: then sent to market iH seal
ed cans and delivered 10 the con
sumner in sealed bottles while still
prre and fresh. Legislation can
not compel dairymen TO do all
this, even if each dairyman had
S50.0G0 with which to equip such
a plant.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
An Interview With
Senator Stewart.

"RecauSc il is one of the most
important questions before the
public. | have seen many of the
dail-ies that supply milk to Wash
ington and their unsanitary con
dition calls for immediate action.
We do not expect 10 make money
AT AShburn farm. If We come ont
even We shall he satisfied: but W.
propose To give Il portion of the
population pure milk al the price
that they are now paying for i'll
The Washington times., 1901-12-29

pure milk. although there is Il
great difference between the first
cost of pure milk and impure milk.
Pure milk is comparatively expen-
sivc, and selling it at the same
price people pay for ordinary milk
does not leave much of Il margin
for profit"
why don't YOU charge more
for il ~
We have never even thought of
doing So
How much milk can you sup
ply"
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
The Stable Railroad,

The fodder is carried about th"
barns by u small railroad system
running through Ashburn barns
to carry the milk from the milking
to the dairy, etc.
The first milking takes place at
the unearthly hour of 1 a. III.
About half-past 3 in the morning
| was awakened by hair-raising
shrek from Il steam whistle. |
thought the farm was ON fire, but
they told me the next morning
that it was the signal for the milk
ers To tackle the cows. did not
see them tackle the cows that
morning. but waited until 4 in the
afternoon, and ii sturdy set of
young farmers | found them, in
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
The Dirt in Milk ,

They took the separator to
pieces before they put milk in il to
show that it was entirely clean.
After running twenty gallons
through they took it apart again,
and down in the bottom there waa
Il Shiny mass. the constituency
and color of modified mud. The
separator man showed me that it
was composed of dirt, sand, and
dust and all manner of little frag-
ments that would naturally be
shaken into the milk in the pro-
cess of milking. no matter how
clean the cows or how careful the
mixers are.
There is Il little germ that
cakes up the end of the teat and
is apt to drop into the milk" said
the Senator. Therefore. the first
milk that comes from each COW is
thrown away But there are other
things that no one can prevent
getting into the milk, and which
never can Be taken out of it, ex-
cept by Il separator. Once we
have purified the milk we never
allow any inipurity to get into it
again. for it is sent up to Wash
ington in sealed cans that have
been thoroughly sterilized in.
steam. and it is delivered to
homes in scaled bottles"
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
4 24OO ACRE DAERYFARM

white jackets, on proverbial three
legged stools. with the milk pour
ing from the uddcrs in two strong
streams, making that milking
noise that Kipling cculd describe,
and the delicious oGor of warm
milk rising upon the pure air.
They work on Il succession of
COWS, and their pals are emptied
into long cans and sent ON Il small
railroad to the dairy, which is sep
arate from the barns--a sacred in
stitution that is guarded from
contamination, and elevates the
milk to the absolute purity of san
itary science.
a Sanitary System.
1t is strained through a wire
sieve and two thicknesses of fine
cloth. Then in room where the
floors are cement, and the walls
are immaculate, and the air is FL
tered, and the milkmen are all in
white, the milk goes through the
separator and the cooler, and
some of it through the pasteur-
izer. Ashburn milk is either pas
teurized or not, as the consumer
wishes. Its pdsteurizer is Of the
brand endorsed by the University
of Wisconsin, and the pastenriza.
ton is so carefully done that Just
the right temperature. always
within two or three degrees Of 155
Fahrenheit, is maintained. This
brings out the milk with better
taste than it had before. and in
fluences It's sanitary qualities,
which is particularly important in
summer.
The separator is also very i'm
portant. 1t is a little machine
that does wonders. Discs reyolve
inside of it ffty-six hundred
times a minute. and the ccutrifu-
gal force sends the dirt in the
milk to the button. the cream to
the top, and the skinned milk
half way. The cream comes out
of one spout rich and pure, and
the skinned milk out of another
spout. The-skimmed milk and
cream unite again as they 90
down a sterilized toboggan slide
to the cooler. when full milk in
stead of cream is being prepared,
and leave behind the dirt that
was in them.
The Senator said that would
he surprised at the dirt-and |
was.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
HeavY Investment.


.AShburn farm to run the pumps,
grind the fodder. and run the ma
chinery of the dairy In fact, the
company has spent a great deal
of money in Perfecting its pure
milk process. First. it costs a
great deal to buy high-class cows.
The Ashburn cows come of the
best herds in the country, raised
in Loudoun County, the best
St0ck-raising county in Virginia.
Ashburn farm itself is Il valuable
piece of property, consisting of
woodland and meadow in the
combination that makes an ideal
dairy farm. II takes Il large mum
ber of employees to do the farming
and care for the cattle and handle
the milk. Every detail is expen-
sive. and the wonder is that the
company should offer it's milk at
$ cents a quart, the same as any
other milk.
At this price the demand for
Ashburn milk has developed,
until at li06 Pennsylvania Ave
nuc. where its city depot is, orders
are coming in so fast for both
milk and cream that it will not be
long before applicants will have to
20 on the waiting list, for, big as
Ashburn farm is, it would take at
least a dozen such to supply pure
milk to the whole of Washington.
If all the people Of Washington
went down to Ashburn farm. as [
did, and also visited the dairies
that supply most of the milk of
Washington. the demand for Ash
burn milk would Immediately be
many times greater than the sup
ply. THE INVESTIGATOR.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29

The milk is in them.
The Washington times., 1901-12-29

Hyon wish 10 be supplied with pure
milk from Ashburn Farm apply az
i406 Pennsylvania Avenue, or Teie-
phone Main 1852.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13
Boys Brigade DOincs.

A gathering of over two hundred
boys, members of the various compan-
les OF the Boys Brigade. met In the
Y. NJ. c. A. hall last evening to be
present at an entertainment arranged
especially for them under the direc-
ton Of Theodore Richards. the presi-
dent, and John Waldron, the superin.
tendent. There were vocal selections
recltations, physical drills. gymnastic
practice with rifles and plain talks tc
the boys on the evenings program
Major Wilson was In command OF tn,
boys who came from Kapalama, Ka
kaako, Punchbowl, Kauluwela and Ka
lihi.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13

For one week only commencing Sat.
urday, November 10, our entire stock
will be offered at reduced prices on
account Of removing to Robinson Blk,
Hotel street, on Saturday, November
%. Give 10 a call and convince your.
self Of our low prices.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13

A letter from DR.. Hubert Wood of
Waialua asked II he had authority to
act I'm the matter of Chinaman selling
fish out of ponds used for the raising
Of ducks. This created little amuse-
ment and the executive officer was
finally instructed to write DR., Wood
that such matters were hardly within
the jurisdiction of the Board of Health.
A letter from DR.. oliver, resident
physician at the Molokai leper settle
ment, was read. There had been four
teen deaths at the settlement during
the month Of December. One was
causd by drowning. The attendance
at the bath houses and dispensaries
had been up to the average. There
had been eight cases of chicken pox'
making 1t necessary to close the
schools for number OF days. Fever
had shown up again. The present
form was very much like the recent
epidemic. The former fever was ac-
companied In many cases by dropsy OF
various parts of the body while In the
present form, erysipeias was the at
tendant disease. Jaundice was also
fond In some cases. Inc epidemic pe-
gan In July last. Since that time, there
had been 132 cases and nine deaths
The report OF DIR. oliver was accepted
The report OF FOOD commissioner
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13
POI NOT DELIVERED
6. R. REYNOLDS THINKS
SOMETHING IS CROOKED
Matter Laid Over Until Later On
DIR. Russell Takes DR..
Blake's Place at
0laa.


A short session OF the Board or
Health for the transaction of routine
business was held yesterday afternoon,
President Sloggett was in the chair.
Others present were: Attorney Gen
eral Dole, DIR. w. L. Moore, +. A. Mott
Smith and Executive officer Pratt.
The first order Of business was the
reading of the following hurriedly
written letter by c. b. Reynolds, SUI
perintendent Of the leper settlement at
Molokai:
"J have IN report that the paiai
schooner has not arrived vet, and was
not visible when we left Halawa Point
at daybreak. find that Saturday at
noon she was abreast of the Molokai
light. with a fair wind; Sunday she
was abreast OF the settlement, and
that Is the last I can hear of her ex-
cent that at Halaya I heard she was
seen making towards Kahului yester-
day. or course. we will have two lots
of stale paiai dumped here after having
served ont n ration of flour. | think
there must be something crooked in
working Of the schooner, for / am told
that with the prevailing wind OF Sat-
urday last she ought to have reached
Sunday morning."
Dr pratt said that tho scbooner
Waia,uo was dine nj Kabumi IN Thurs
saw last but that she did not leave
| tYa,,,,,,, ,n,,, tho, aoy Che sbould
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13

Every Day Affords New Proofs of the
peculiar effects Of PAIN-KILLER. In
cases where disordered condition OF
the stomach, liver and bowels Is COM
bined with great debility. nervous
weakness, and intense melancholy, is
effects are most beneficial and wonder
full. II should be kept by every family.
Avoid substitutes, there Is but one
Pain-killer, Perry Davis. Price 25c and
soc.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13

Get your periodicals bound at the
EVENING BULLETINS Bindery,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13
Appeal withdrawn:

Appeal withdrawn:
Tong Chong Tai selling decomposed
sausage: appeal from District Court OF
Honolulu. Nolle prosequi entered.
A sample of water used by a poi
maker in Kalihi was examined and
found to give. on analysis. the follow
ing figures:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-13
Parts per

Parts per
million.
Total solids ...................15 10000
|CnlOrlne ..................' oV'VoV
Free Ammonia ............ Oi2O
Albuminoid ammonia ......... O.52O
NltrateS ................... E.ooV
Nitrites. trace. Required oxygen. 5000
This water was taken from an open
ditch in taro patch. and carries in
suspension considerable organic mat
ter. so that an anlysis was hardly ne
cessary to determine its character,
which consider bad.
This water. in addition to being used
for making poi. is used for drinking,
etc. by large number of people re-
siding in that district. and while the
fact that these people use II apparent
lly without harm, would prevent its
being condemned the fact remains
that this water Is exposed to infection.
both from animals and human habita-
lions for considerable distance above
the point where the sample was taken.
and single case of an infectious dis
ease In the upper part of the valley
would he menace to considerable
portion of the community.
| Eleven samples of syrup and molas-
SEES partially reported on before were
examined for the presence of bleaching
agents. and such found in one sample
only. pelican Open Kettle Louisiana
Molasses." obtained from Chun Yung
Fishmarket. was found to contain an
undue amount Of sulphuric acid pres
ent as a sulphate. The amount of sui
| phuric acid present was 0.27i per cent
OF the weight of the molasses.
A sample Of Hawaiian salt. on par
tial analysis, gave the following
figures:
| Per cent.
Sodium chloride (salt ........ 95.i
Lime 1892
Maghesla .................... O.35o
Sulphuric acid ............... 0.692
Moisture, dirt and matter insolu-
I Die III water ................ 3.166
The amount OF other salts than com.
mon salt in It will be noted to be very
small.
A sample OF canned lobster labelled
Star Brand Picnic Lunch Lobster.
Portland Packing Co.." obtained from
Wing Lee, Nuuanu street, was found
TO be in bad condition, decomposition
having set in and the inner surface of
the can corroded. The stock of this
brand in this store. thirty cans. was
condemned as UNIT for food.
One sample each Of powdered cam
tharides and extract of cantharidea
were examined: no adulteration found,
One sample of graduated sugar ex.
amined; no adulteration.
One sample of lard examined: na
adulteration.
One sample Of pills proprietary OK.
amined; no adulteration.
Respectfully,
(SignedD f. c. SHOREY.
Food Commissioner
The report OF the sanitary inspector
at Hilo. showing 512 inspections dur.
ing November and tendency on tn,
part OF Hilo people to live up to tn,
health regulations Of the Board, wa,
read and accepted.
The secretary was instructed to cal
{ for bids for the supply Of drugs for tn,
Board Of Health and adjournment wa.
then taken.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-06
P0WHATAN COUNTY COURT.
The People for Montague for Governor and
Ellyson for Chairman.
Especial Dispatch to The Times. J

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
POWIATAN C. H. March 5-County
Court Judge Thomas NJ. Miller presiding.
met yesterday The most Of the day was
occupied in the application OF the Pow
hatan Clay Manufacturing Company for
a reduction of the assessment recently
made by Mr. w. U. Kennon. the late as
SCISSOR OF lands in this county. and, also,
of the assessment made by W. S. Goode.
Commissioner OF the Revenue, on ma
chinery.
The case on machinery was continued
until the April term and the assessment
of land was heard and the Judge takes
the matter under consideration.
The Clayvilie Company was repre-
sented by Mr.. Joseph P. Sadler. OF this
place and Judge Watkins represented
the Commonwealth.
Politics were on the boom yesterday
Candidates for Governor and for the Con-
stitutionai Convention were the topics OF
the day.
It was plainly seen that the people by
large majority are in favor of A. j. Mon
tague for Governor and J. T. Ellyson for
State chairman.
AS yet no one has announced him
selves from this county as candidate for
the Constitutional Convention.
The Dernocratic County Committee will
meet here on the 18th of this month to
arrange and plan for the coming contest.
If Powhatanr fails to have a candidate
for the Constitutional Convention our
speon!e will support Judge ]. Il. Ingram.
Of NIanchaste~ and Judge B. A. Hancock,
OF Chesterfield.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-06
BACK FROM THE INAUGURAL,
Richmond Troops Much Pleased With Their
"Trip TO Washington.

The srecial over the Chesapeake and
Ohio which brought the mem bers Of the
Seventeen Virginia Regiment from
Washington, reached this city about 8
O'Clock this Il or.illS. The special was
DELAYED considerably over an hour in
getting out of the National Capital thus
causing the late hour Of arrival i'm this
city. The men, though tired from their
long trip and delay, We're in good spirits
and jubilant over the favorable reception
and many courtesies which they had
beer, the recipients Of Monday. The
men We're marched to the armory and
dismissed.
In Washington the Richmond COM
panies, as was to be expected MAIN
tanned their splendid reputation.
Companies y, Is, Il and II of the First
Battalion Wore the gray uniforms, and
Company c the blue as the latter did
not have enough uniforms TO furnish
all of its men.
A matter of considerable amusement to
the boys were the frequent remarks made
by people along the line of march, who
mistook the Seventeen Virginia for the
Seventy-frst New York. and. as result.
the NirginianS in several instances We're
Kissed. Among those who did recognize
them applause and highly complimentary
remarks We're given with a gratifying
generosity.
Owing to the crowded condition of the
quarters. Company l.. Fredericksburg,
Captain Rowe commanding, was assigned
accommodation in the Patent Office, by
courtesy of Captain Litter, Company 3,
Third Regiment. National Guard of Penn
sylyania. who was officer Of the day.
A very great compliment which was
intended for the Virginia boys fell ~