The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-27
ARE IN A CLASH.
Board of Health and Food In.
spector Disagree.
Former Wants to Regulate the
Latter.
HE WON'T STAND 1T.
Say He Is Not Under Jurisdic-
tiOn Of Board.
No Milk Licenses Are Now Being
HE WON'T STAND 1T.
No Milk Licenses Are Now Being
Issued.

At the meeting of the board of health
last night, Sanitary Sergeant Wander
pool submitted a report on the subject
of licenses for milk dealers, in which he
scorched the city food inspector. J. W.
Farnsworth, to a crisp crust
He declared that the food inspector
had put on his war-paint and left the
reservation; that he refused to abide by
the ordinances and the regulations of
the board of health; that aforesaid food
inspector had stamped City Physician
Judd's name on a lot of milk licenses
without authority, and was proceeding
to issue these licenses contrary to the
peace and dignity of the state of Kan
sas. In short, the sanitary sergeant's
report opened wide the old sore of con-
fiicting authority, which appears to ex-
list between the board of health and the
city food inspector.
City Food Inspector F'arnsworth de-
clares that he is at the head of the food
obliged to report to the board of health.
or anybody else.
Meantime. there are no milk licenses,
and since last June not a single milk
dealer in town has been legally doing
business, because no licenses have been
issued since that date.
DIR. L M. Powell, president of the
board of health says: "All we ask is
that the food inspector shall comply
with the ordinance. The ordinance re-
quires that the food inspector shall re-
port to the board of health on the con-
dition of diaries, and that the secretary
of the board of health shall issue Ii
cense where the report of the food in
spector shows everything to be all
right
AS matter of fact. the question of
who shall issue the licenses to the milk
dealers is of very little consequence.
There is no money in it for anybody. 1t
is the old, old story of conflict between
office holders. Each side wants to be
sit"
When DR.. Peers was city physician he
had a lot of milk licenses issued
cordance with the ordinance mentioned,
make a test of milk and furnish samples
of the same to the board of health, who,
if the report is satisfactory and the milk
ter required by this ordinance. shall issue
to the person registering a permit to sell
December next thereafter
But as a matter of fact the licenses
We're issued through the food inspector.
He the man who was obliged to sign
his name to the license to make it good
same practice hold under the new admin
fstration- He does not want to be con-
sidered as an underling of the board of
health.
But in his desire to carry out this plan
wanted to get the name of Dr. c. q. Judd
for that of DR.. Peers on the
old licenses. He did not ask the board
of health DR.. Judd to make the change.
He simply went to the sanitary depart
ment office, picked up DIR. Judd's rubber
stamp which was lying on the table and
proceeded to change about so of the Ii
censes before he was stopped by Sanitary
Sergeant Vanderpool. Mr.. Vanderpool is
said to have delivered some rather point
ed remarks to Mr.. FarnSworth, to which
Mr.. F'arnsworth replied by informing Mr.. |
Vanderpool that he was not going to be
bossed around by any sanitary sergeant
that ever lived, words to that effect |
DR.. Judd present when this scene oc-
Cured but did not feel called upon to
I'VE have no desire to interfere with |
the food Inspector said c. E. Judd. sec |
rotary of the board of health, in speak |
ing of the matter today. All want |
is to be given the privileges which the |
ordinances provide. We don't care any
thing about the scale business or coal |
weights, or anything not connected with |
Mr.. Farnsworth said in defending the |
position which he has taken: 1.-The board |
of health tried once before to make me |
handle the work of my office through |
them. I propose to continue issuing milk |
licenses in the future as 1 have done In |
the past. The board was trying to take !
the work out of my hands last summer, |
and the result was that no milk licenses |
at all were issued for June. The milk |
dealers have been working entirely with |
out restraint The thing has been drag |
ging along the same way this winter and /
now I am going to go ahead and issue |
the licenses. 1 have stamped all 1 need |
for the work with DR.. Judd's name"