Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-08-20
MEAT QUESTION IS
 CAUSE 0F TROUBLE
Town Council is all Stirred up By a Sort of a "Tag'
 Your It," Game

phraseology of Kid Brown, there "was some class" to the proceedings at Mondays meeting of the town coun- cil. Meat, tainted and otherwise, why it becomes so ard whose the blame, and what the remedy for the same formed a topic for argument that ended in committee. Just what the outcome will be is problematical but result to date is to emphasize the fact that more or less meat not ex- actly adapted for home consumption is peddled in Valdez.
 Butcher B1ames Carrier
 The little party started when Coun- cilman Grigsby brought before the council the necessity of having an in- spector of meats. Mir. Grigsby dwelt upon local conditions with regard to the meat question, expressed his opin- ion and his desires in this regard and then sat himself down. Into the si- lence intervening sprang Councilman Whitley who is butcher and who therefore felt that upon him fell not only the onus of the charge but the burden of defending purveyors of beef, mutton and pork, ct al.
 Councilman Whitley used to oper- ate cold storage plant by gasoline power but he recently substituted electricity and then discovered that [ gasoline is a menace to the town, said discovery prompting him to oppose in counciI the granting of permission [" us" gasoline lighting plants. In ! view oi this fact Councilman Whit | believes that the meat inspection 1 project is aimed at him and he so stated. Councilman Whitley believes that forewarned is fore armed and he said so, and that he knew the meat inspection business was coming up and so came prepared with the draft of an ordinance.
 Councilman Whitley said that as a butcher who for several years has been selling meat in Valdez he knows that much bad meat comes to town. He has known it for some time and after all these years of pondcring con
 
 convinced that an inspector of meats is quite essential. As a butcher ! Councilman Whitley is sure that the fault lies wholly with the steamship companies bringing meat to Valdez and he so announced last night. Health Officer Talks Councilman Grigsby, who is also agent for one of the steamship lines denied this and affirmed that the bad meat is bad when it is shipped out of Seattle. This led to several retorts courteous between Councilman-steam- ship agent Grigsby and Councilman butcher Whitley, each being careful to state that nothing personal was 1 intended.
 Health Officer Dalton is, in the pre- posed ordinance, made inspector of meats and he was called upon. Health Officer Dalton expressed the belief that the inspection of meats will take a lot of time and that under existing conditions it is hardly practical un. less one devotes much time to it. The proposed ordinance fixes $1O a month as the salary of inspector of meats and the inspector of meats in embryo suggested that better way will be for anyone finding themselves in DOS session of suspicious meat to bring it to him and take formal steps toward prosecution.
 It was finally decided to place the matter in the hands'of committee, af- ter every one was convinced that the meat condition needs Immigration of some character.
 Assessor Is Named
 Early in the evening the council disposed of the gasoline question by amending section 2 of ordinance 38 so as to provide that instead of ten only one gallon of gasoline may be stored on premises within the town limits. This was done on recommendation of the police and fire protection commit tee which had obtained as many sig natures in protest as had been ob- tained in favor of gasoline lighting plants.
 The committee having in charge the question of taking q census so that if the population is found to be less than I ,0OO the liquor licenses can be reduced to $500 reported that sen timent Is against such procedure but recommended that if the liquor deal CTS will stand the expense and also pay the $50 due for the census taken at their request last year the census be takon. The liquor dealers were not represented and the question was laid