The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26
PURE SUPPLY MILK
THAT is THE MAIN OBJECT OF
THE CITY HEALTH BOARD.
Commissioner A. o. Bjelland Presents
to the Council a List of Dealers
Who Have Obtained Licenses; What
Has Been Accomplished Since the
Test Ordinance Went Into Effect.
From SATURDAYS Daily.


A step forward was taken last night
by the city administration in carrying
out the milk ordinance. Health Off
Ger Bielland presented the applications
of number of the milk dealers for
licenses under the milk ordinance The
applications are for licenses for the
year beginning Dec. /, 1908.
Dr. Bjelland made II statement to
the council as to what had been done.
He said that last year nearly 1900
COWS were given the tubcrculin test,
and veterinarian had been hired for
year, and rs COWS had been con
demncd. The cost was Il little over
$500. There had been received 203
applications for the testing of COWS.
The condemned cows were mostly from
a few herds, and these were usually
dairy herds. The latter were more
liable TO have the disease, owing to the
crowding together of so many cows,
lack of sanitary precautions, etc. There
was less tuberculosis among the COWS
out in the country. Less than ten per
cent of all of the cattle inspected had
been condemned. which was SPLEEN
did showing, as compared with other
places. Around Albert Lea, for in
stance, the per centage of COWS con-
demned was much greater. This year
che test has been made only where
tuberculosis was found before There
were fifty-five or sixty applications
The health department was beginning
to put the milk ordinance into effect.
1t was a wonderful thing for the pco-
pie, but there was still room for i'm
prOvement One needed amendment to
the ordinance was to let the health
officer issue the licenses, and he should
also have absolute power to confiscate
milk sold from any suspicious place,
so as to make the ordinance more eff
fective. i@w~EXx
Disgruntled Legislators Active.
Dr. Bjelland said that a few dis
gruntled members of the legislature,
and few who have an axe to grind,
and some dishonesty mixed in, had
placed the tuberculin test in danger.
This action would not affect the Man
kato milk ordinance in the least, as it
protects the concumers from tubercu-
lous herds, even if it cannot require
the killing of affected cattle. These
cattle are q danger and a menace even
If segregated. The milkmen as a rule
are living up to the ordinance, but a
number have been a little careless as
to cleanliness. Some of them need not
have opposed the milk ordinance, as
there is no graft in it, nor is any re-
test necessary. Recently six cows out
of herd were condemned, and when
they were slaughtered the dairyman
saw that they were positively diseased
The test was usually a sure thing. as
had been amply proved from time to
| time
These Get Licenses.
DR.. Bjelland presented the applica-
| tons of the following milk men fol
licenses, and they were granted:
William Jones, John F. Johnson
Mrs. j. Lindquist, Victor Tenney, Pete,
| Tompson, w. H. Writ, Henry Spicer
| Mrs. Theodore Schmidt, J. r. Ashworth
Iver Drae, j. Gustafson, G.. NJ. Filing.
son, T.. Robinson, II. p. Johnson, Fuller
| Bros, Joe Krautkraemer, Mrs. G.
Johnson, I. Lambert, S. NJ. Shoemaker
l.. L. Davis, Mrs. Philip Leindberg, Mrs
August Hollmichael, L. Lindsoe, Car
Carlstrom, Andrew Lndah, Mrs. Rose
Oberlander, Olof Rosequist, A. G. An
ton. NJ. b. Wood, James Poi
land Fl. II. Studt, August Halter
IF. Wiedeman, Sophie Hoffman, Joe
Dauk, Albert Schmidt, William HoT.
man, w. S. Adsit, G. w. Watts, Ras
musson & Nilsson (Sanitary Dairy
G. H. Strobcl Lester Duffy. Ed Miller
Nathan Brooks. John holman, W
II. Pcttis, George Hoerr.
Two applications were laid over unit
the conditions arc improved.
The following persons supply milk
to the Sanitary Dairy, and their COW:
have been tested:
John Brunder, Herman Eichstaedt
w. Watts, James and Columbus Bal
lard, Lester Duffy, Daniel Williams
AL. Herbert, Jerry Jones, G. A. Hutton
eren, John Jensen, Charles Peterson
IL. \. Johnson. D. Gustafson, F. S. Ed
ney, William Hoffman. Albert Schmidt
III. Dauk, Ed. Miller. J. Hauch, F. Wild
man, A. Halter, III. Stundt, Fl. Hof'
man, l.. Strobe. b. I.amm, NJ. r. John
son. d. Oster, John holman and w. II
Pettis.
j Tests Approved.
4 AID. Bradley presented resolution
khat is officially published elsewhere
in this issue. endorsing the tuberculil
| and maline tests and disappearing o
tany legislative action tending to ham
per the board in making the tests
This was carried unanimously, and tn
recorder was directed to send cop,
to the members of the Blue Fart
county delegation, Lieutenant Governo
Eberhart and the speaker of the house
DR.. Bielland reported that all dea
animals are being buried.