La Junta tribune., 1907-01-26
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met in regular semi-monthly convo-
cation and held . prolonged session,
much business coming up for con-
sideration. Mayor Bomgardner pre-
sided and all the aldermen with the
exception Of the coal man were
among those present
The first business transacted was
in relation to providing ways and
means To start the work Of improv-
ing the site Of the new city park
sonth Of town. Every member of
the park commission was present at
the meeting of the council. and
President McNeen announced that
that body had gone as far as il
could go. He wished some assur-
anee from the city council that IL
would approve of a boad issue. 10
be submitted 10 the people at the
coming spring election and also
that the city fathers would extend
the water mains through the park
at once. After some discussion the
park commission was assured that a
bond issuewould be submitted at the
next city election and also tina:
the water mains would be extended
through the park some time during
the month Of February.
About twenty residents Of Home
Place submittei plat Of that two
hundred acre tract and requested
that il be incorporate within the
city limits. Twenty or more resi-
dents Of the same section submitted
a protest, without any plat attached.
requesting that the petition for adj
mission be denied. IL was SO or
derei. the petition being pigeon
holed by being laid on the table.
The protest cited the fact that Home
Place was sparsely settled. and that
it would not be to the interest of
property owners to be made a part
Of the city at present. In addition
to the state. county and school tax
the residents of Home Place have to
pay the heavy tax of the Otero lrri-
cation District. and as the city
would be unable to supply water
mains for some time there would be
no advantage in becoming a part of
the city at this time.
City Health Officer S,uSbs sub
mitted report which reads as fol-
lows:
AT the request Of his honor. the
mayor. | in company with George
Barr. spent the afternoon of Janu-
AIRY 9th inspecting the diaries which
furnish milk for the city.
'All we could do was to make a
general inspection. taking special
note of the health of the cows. the
cleanliness Of the barns and the
manner the utensils used in caring
for the milk were cleaned and kept.
| am pleased to state that we found
no sick looking cows. and were
agreeably surprised at the general
cleanliness found.
I'VE visited Hedges. sheppard.
Cook & Emerson. Russell, Arm
strong and Franklin. The latter
was the cleanest place We saw. and
we could find no fault with any part
Of this dairy. At one or two places
we found separators that have evil
IDENTIFY been used. although the own
ers declared that they only separat-
ed enough milk to supply cream to
their customers. In two Of the
places the barns were not as clean
as theyshould have been. but taking
them all in all there can little fault
be found with general conditions.
1T Is my opinion that the city
should get in touch with a compe-
tent chemist. and at irregular inter-
walls take samples of milk from the
wagons and have an analysis made
to determine the percentage Of but
ter fat, and also to ascertain wheth-
er preseryatives are used or the
milk adulterated in any way. Our
city is growing 50 rapidly that we
can no longer use the methods Of .
village with safety. and on account
Of the great damage that might
result from impure milk. especially
to infants fed upon it. We should
knsw ~ Tie supply Is pure snd
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