The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-11

saw III to kill the ordinance introduc'
ed sometime since to require the meat
and milk offered for sale in this city
TO be inspected The ordinance was
fathered by the medical fraternity and
board OF health. As result of the
action OF the council In killing the
ordinance. the Ardmoreite after hear.
ing number of complaints from peo-
pie who live in the neignborhood and
who know of the conditions under
which beeves and hogs were butch
cred. began an investigation ON It's
own accord to see II there was any
necessity for such an ordinance to be
passed. and II the meat that is being
sold in this city for consumption was
butchered under sanitary conditions.
one butcher pen was visited twice
BY n representative OF he paper and
the result of that visit made public
yesterday afternoon, another large
slaughter pen was visited 1t is not
the mission OF the Ardmorcite TO
knock anybody. or any business, and
neither Is 1t the business Of the Ard
moreite to keep mum when II finds
out that matters concerning the health
OF the city being undermined by
unsanitary conditions In the prepara-
ton OF food to be offered for sale
to the citizenship @, this city for con.
sumption. In the two r.'yuUs items
much caution was used In preparing
them to be read so as to state facts
as they were found, and the same
caution Is used In this article.
The slaughter pen visited yesterday
so far as arrangements for butchering
meats are concerned. were somewhat
better than the first place, only so far
as having larger quarters, the cleanli-
ness of the two places are about on a
par.
An Allwisc Providence alone has
KEEP, this city from being visited by an
epidemic Of either black plague, ty-
phoid fever. or any other disease
due to the eating OF unhealthful food
The English language has not the vo-
cabulary sufficient to picture condi.
tons as they are at present
The surrounding pen holding about
twelve or fifteen large porkers being
fed on ofral from cattle butchered,
and from slinks taken from cows, all
of which Is allowed to remain III the
place until destroyed perhaps. and
under the rays OF tn broiling sun to
decay The pile of bones near by. just
outside of the pens. with lots of de-
caying meat on them the clean con.
dition of slaughter house itself with
filth on the floor. and the throwing OF
the In side fats on the floor along with
the ofal. The swarm of blow ni's
all over everything shows cleanliness
indeed, and near by In another room
not more than two steps hides were
being salted down. and then opening
into the slaughter pen was the cool
ing room. with several beeyes hang
ing up ready To be brought to town
swarmed with flies. In the same room
hanging around on hooks We're the
NvcrG OF the heeycs butchered
with flies. In the cooling room an oN
cusc of a smoke was rising from fire
built of bones. This excuse OF smoke
Is suppo oscd to keep flies on Of the
meat and succeeds about as wen a.
man would succeed who eudnavorcd
To dam Niagara Falls without o"y
help but his own hands.
Just outside of the house in which
the butchering is done, is located the
rendering kettles. exposed q the rays
of the sun and the flies.
The slaughter men were engaged In
the task oi butchcring two cows
Friday when the place was visited
and the proceedings were uninter-
rupted. as the modus preparandi want
ed TO be investigated thorough The
men engaged in the task understand
their business and were working with
rapidlty. The huo's. and oTol immed,
lately after having beon taken from
the carcass was thrown down the
shoot leading TO the ben on the out
side In which were the hogs, and push
ed on down into the pen For consump-
tion.
No arrangements We're made for
screening the place and no cudeavor
made to keep flies out Immediately
after the carcas-es We're skinned they
We're put iu the cooling room The
fat secured from the Intervals which
Is used as cooking fat We're thrown
on The Hoor au' allowed to get mixed
with the blood and other Gl'h. and
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