The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-12

The health authorities Of Minneapo-
lis will have to abandon their present
plan of inspecting dairy herds In town
ships adjoining the city or have the
larger part of that citys milk supply
cut off, if the plan adopted at meet
ing between the chairman Of the town
supervisors Of nearby townships and
DR.. H. M. Bracken, representing the
state board of health, is carried out.
Nine townships adjacent to the city,
all of which have suffered at the hands
of the Minneapolis health department,
Eere represented at the conference,
and all joined in the agreement which
is to compel an adjustment of the con-
troverSy between the Minneapolis
health authorities and the dairymen of
Mounds View, particularly, and, incl
dentally, the dairymen of other town
ships and the state board Of health.
The chairmen of the town super
visors joined in the signature of a let
ter to DR.. P. M. Hall, of the Minneapo-
lis health department, stating that they
will not accept the inspection of their
herds made by the Minneapolis au-
thorities. The letter is very brief, stat
ing that the attorney general has rem
dered an opinion that such inspection
is not legal and that the town super
visors will not permit of 1t. The letter
will be delivered to DR.. Hall today.
Township Not Responsible.
The township health authorities will
also send to the dairylnen letter stat
ing that neither the board Of super
visors of the township nor the state
board of health will recognize the test
ing of cattle with cuberculin by the
Minneapolis health department. The
letter is sent as warming that II they
permit the inspecting of their herds by
the Minneapolis health board neither
the state board nor the supervisors
can be held responsible for one-third
of the appraised value of the cattle
slaughtered.
This action makes 1t imperative upon
the health department. to do something.
It will lead eitherz.to an anicable
agreement concerning the inspection or
a fight in the courts. .
Healthy Cows Condemned.
The Minneapolis health authorities
undertook to inspect the herds supply
ing Minneapolis, owned in other town
ships. Many cattle were condemned.
The expense Of paying for the cattle
killed fell not upon Minneapolis, but
upon the state, the township and the
dairymen. 1t was cheap way Of Sc
curing pure milk, and when the dairy
men and township authorities objected,
licenses to sell milk in Minneapolis
were denied the milk vendors. The
state board of health refused to recog-
nize the Minneapolis inspection. A
private veterinarian inspecting some
Of the condemned cattle afterWard
found that . they were. not af-
fected with tuberculosis, a discovery
which confirmed the dairymen 20 of
Mound View in their opposition. 3;E u
DR.. Bracken yesterday stated that he
was ready to assist Minneapolis to Sc
cure pure milk supply if they would
do as St Paul. has done. recognize the
testing Of the herds oby veterinarian
employed by the town. boards and ap-
proved by the state board of health.
The supervisors signing the agree
ment were: c. E. Aman, Golden VAL
ley; w. A. Harrison, Bloomington; A.
Zimmerman, Brooklyn; T. w. Reid
head, Crystal Lake; w. S. Frear, Min
netonka; c. A. Hohag, Richfield; A.
Smiley, st. Anthony; J. P. Lang,
Mounds View; Louis Miller, Rose.