Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-09


supply for Los Angeles that shall be
beyond suspicion, and the first gun
was fired yesterday morning when the
above resolutions were read. There
was a large attendance, and en-
thusiastic Endorsements earned as
surance that the project will not be
allowed to rest until brought to
successful issue.
DR.. L. M. Powers Of the board of
health addressed the club concerning
the milk supply of the city and il
Illustrated at the close with a series OF
slides picturing dairies OF the past ana
present. the former revealing condl-
tions of filth and the latter showing
COWS SO scrubbed and buildings so
whitewashed inside and out that even
on the canvas each one looked like a
whole spring cleaning.
Going back to the early '90s, DR..
Powers told of the uphill and often
single-handed fight that it had been
necessary to wage before official in
spectors veterinarians funds for
tubercular tests and expenses incident
to the prosecution of the work could
be secured.
"It has all been a matter of educa-
tion," said the speaker. ut was neces-
sary to educate the consumer, 1t was
necessary to educate the dealer, and,
handled the milk.
I'VE have educated the man who
watered the milk, the man who pre-
served it with formaline and boric
acid, and the man who used gelatine
to give consistency to his cream.
Here the courts have helped, for al
though at first it was difficult to Sc
cure conviction and a fine of over three
or four dollars. we finally succeeded
in educating one judge so that one
happy day a trangressor was fined 5000
on one count, and shortly after $100 on
another. After that it was easier.
"At the present time we have five
inspectors employed by Los Angeles.
and one state inspector. who does all
the work south of the Tehachapi.
= "The work has progressed so far
that at the present time all the milk
that comes to Los Angeles is pure
milk. The chemical standard of purity
is as we'll established as in any city
In the United States Our effort now
is for a sanitary standard. For this,
among other things, we must secure
clean and healthy cattle. clean corrals,
the proper cleansing of utensils and
cooling and Pasteurizing of the
milk, etc.
DR.. Powers stated that about $4,000
gallons of milk comes to the city daily
from the large dealers in Orange, Riv-
erside, San Bernardino, San Luis
Obispo, Tulare and Fresno counties,
and about $500 gallons from local
dealers. and that the territory repre-
sented made proper inspection a diff
ficult matter with only five inspectors
With more men, he claims, the ques-
ton of a high count in the semi
monthly report of the city bacteriol-
ogist would soon become a thing of
the past.
IL
AFbell club held the opening meeting
OF the year Wednesday, meeting with
thee curator Mrs. George H. Mosher.
MiGs Alice Milton is leader and Miss
Elizabeth oliver secretary.
After a few happy words of greet
ing Ny the curator, Miss Milton in
trodulced the subject for the morning,
to Naples by way of the Mediterra-
mean, stopping at the Azores and Glib
raltar. excellent papers were given
by Mrs. William M. Sarver on Naples
and CAPRI, by Mrs. George Brock on
Pompeii and Herculaneum, and by
Mrs. VIII Smith on Vesuvius and
At the clo&e of the session October
3 luncheon Will be served.
The address \of the president Mrs.
w. C. Mushet, was the feature of the
opening SGSSIOI VI lHC wednesday,
Morning club. held October 6, and Mrs.
Jennie o. Chambers outlined club ac-
tivities for the NEXT nine months, and
Mrs. H. e. Brett,A curator of the
Shakespeare section,I now entering on
its thirteenth year under her able lead
ership, reviewed briefly the field al
ready covered and told of the work
anticipated for the future
1t is due to the members Of the
Wednesday Morning club that a
branch of the public library has been
established in East Los Angeles and
the club is jubilant over its opening
next Monday.
Cosmos club. now entering on it's
sixth year, will meet In Ebell club
house October 13 and 27, the programs
being respectively lecture and a
musical
Oficers Of the year are: President.
Mrs Ralph p. Howell; first vice pres
ident. Mrs L. B. Mcclure; second vice
president Mrs. c. w Murray; record
ing secretary, Mrs. P. W. earn; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. j. c. Stock.
well; treasurer. Mrs. A. j. Bledsoe; di-
rectors, Mrs. George W. Jordan, Mrs.
Charles Stansbury.
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Galpin Shakespeare club has issued
its year book for 1909-'10. an attrac-
tive little volume in purple covers in
scribed in gold and outlining a de-
lightful itinerary of literary wander
ings with the Bard of Avon.
The club win meet the second
Wednesdays The Shakespeare class