Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-31


the State Board of Dairy, Food and |
Oil Commissioners, Mountain !
Home, Idaho.
Sir: AS Dairy, Food and Oil
Commissioner for the state, l be-
leave to submit the following bicng
NAL report of the work done by
the department, ending November
10th, 1906.
On April 18th, 1905, Mr.. A.
Mcpherson, my predecessor, ten
dered his resignation and l was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy caused
thereby. / Immediately entered
upon the discharge of my duties
as such officer.
In presenting this report l shall
give only a brief summary of the
work done by the department re-
serving more comprehensive and
detailed report to be embodied in
general report, which the Board
contemplates publishing later on.
The fact that the office of the
State Dairy, Food and Oil Commits
sioner is burdened with three other
departments, viz; State Horticul-
tural Inspector, State Sealer and In
spector of Weights and Measures,
State Bee Inspector, makes it the
more difficult to do justice to the
different departments, as is un-
doubtedly contemplated in the en-
aotment of the law.
1t is the duty of the Dairy,
Food and Oil Commissioner to en-
force the law regarding the manu-
facture or sale of all dairy products,
foods, drink and illuminating oils
or limitations or authorizations there
of. To take samples of any foods,
drinks or illuminating oils, which
he may have cause to believe are
adutierated, misbranded or kept in
violation of the law, and to have
the same tested or analysed by
the state chemist. To prosecute or
cause to be prosecuted any person
or persons who shall sell, expose
or offer for sale, or has in his OF
their possession any criticize adultcr-
ated or misbranded or kept in vio-
lation of the law.
1t has been my aim to drive
out all illegal goods with as little
inconvenience to the dealer, anc
to the trade in general, as is con.
sistcnt with the merits of the case
So far have given the dealers il
whose possession have found lille
gal goods one fair show to comply
with the la " and l shall continue u
do so unless the case proves to be
stubborn or aggravated ore. Blu
if he should persist in violating tn,
law, then / shall prosecute sucl
party or parties. With very few
exceptions the dealer has shown
Willingness to comply with the re
quircmcnts of the law when shown
that such goods were illegal; ant
1 highly appreciate this fact.
l have made only four prosccu
tions and these were cases wher
the parties persisted in the use o
meat preser vatives after l ha
positively forbidden them to us
such prcscrvatives.
In each case the party plead gull
ty and paid the minimum fine
$500.
The fact that we were unable
secure the services of a state chem
list only little more than half tn
time since took up the work hs
caused serious delay in the ar
alysis or examination of samples {
goods obtained for this purpose
So far / have selected about ~
samples to be tested. Out of TIL
number there has been tested 1e
samples with the result that 8
were legal and 104 were illega
A full statement of all sample
tested will be given in the genert
report.
We have about $50 grocery store
in the state. l have visited and il
spected, to date, SCI grocery stores
100 butcher shops, besides mar
creameries, dairies, warehouse
flour mills, slaughter houses, and
connection with my work as Sta
Sealer and Inspector of Weights al
Measures, l have visited as bar
ware stores, many freight war
houses, railway stations and 9th
places where weighing scales a
used. l have tested and seal
as correct, 1143 scales, condemns
90 and given time to repair 15-
have not kept record of the liqu
measures tested but estimate Il
- number at about 1000 and have CO.
demned about 100 out of the 10i
tested. In testing scales have Ike
a record of each scale, giving nan