The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-06
WILL TAKE ACTION
IN BAD MEAT CASE
State Inspector Peterson Will
File Complaints Against
Barton and Herbert.
THREE CHARGES TO BE
MADE AGAINST DEFENDANTS
Investigation of Evidence Salts
fled Authorities of Ground
for Prosecution.

Complaints were sworn to yesterday by
State Food Commissioner John Peterson
again r NJ Herbert and II \. Barton
pruprietors of the hog ranch on the cast
side. preferring against these men three
charges, any one Of which constitutes
m.sdemcanor under the city ordinances
and the statutes OF the State. This Is the
Information released Sunday night by As
sistant County Attorney Willard Hansen.
who since ;he matter was laid before
him, hos lost 40 time In getting down 10
business,
Nature of Charges.
After carefully going over the evidence
in the case. which wns largely secured
through tho efforts Of The Tribune IN
FIRST presenting To the public and the In
spcctora the real facts In connection with
the operations OF the ranch the officials
have decided to bring against Barton and
Herbert three charges Committing u
misdemeanor b. permitting the bodies OF
dead hogs TO remain where they woulu
pollutc waters used for domestic put-
poses, Offering for sale and selling dis
cascd pork. unit FOR food; selling live
hogs from diseased herd without reveal
ing their condition to tho purchaser.
Attorney Investigated.
As soon as Assistant County Attorney
Hansen had the case presented 10 him
he sent out an officer 10 cover the same
ground that had been gone over, first by
Tho Tribune and later by State Food
Commissioner Peterson. He found cNi-
dence SGbstantiating every charge made
by The Tribnuc and thereupon advised
the bringing OF the action
Statement of Facts.
Following Is n brief resume Of the facts
in the case which viii be brought out at
the hearing. T. NJ. Herbert and II. A
Barton operated the hog ranch on Twen-
ty-first East street, near Eleventh South.
They fed their animals upon swill from
restaurants and upon this diet the hogs
became sick. About seventy died and
were thrown into the dry end OF Emigra-
tion canyon. where the water passing
over the dccaylng bodies would run down
10 springs that are used for domestic
purposes
Sold OFF Herd.
At the same time during the month OF
January that these hogs were dying of
what Barton admitted To City Food In
spector Frazier to be pneumonia and
cholera. the proprietors OF the ranch were
taking animals from the herd and slaugh-
tering them for consumption In the local
market. There Is evidence that some OF
these animals, which, according to the
statements OF Arthur Waller. who as
sisted in tho killing, were badly diseased
at the time they were slaughtered, were
sold on the local market. About January
81 all Of the herd that remained alive,
with the exception OF three. were de-
livered to a local slaughtering house. al
though the animals had been refused by |
q local firm
Will Be Thorough Probing.
Every matter connected with the man
agement OF this business, which appears |
TO have been conducted in negligent, |
careless Indifferent and culpable manner, |
Will now be thoroughly probed by the of |
Ncials conducting the investigation. and |