The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-06-07
IS
SOME PEEvED
Considers Discharge of Myhre
Act of Discourtesy Toward
Board of Health.
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From Saturday 8 AdVertlSer.)
President Mott-Smith of the board of
health is not at all pleased over the
sudden action of the board of super
visors Thursday night in canning Milk
Inspector Myhre. In fact, he is con-
siderably peeved over it. He considers
that his department has been most cav
alierly treated by the sudden super
visors and that past favors on his part
have been rewarded with but scant
courtesy on the part of the city and
county fathers.
"Mr. Myhre has been entirely salts
factory as milk Inspector said Mr..
Mott4Smith, "and the news that he has
been let out came as a distinct and
disagreeable surprise to me. 1t seems
to me that something might have been
said to me about it before any such
action was taken. When the question
of transferring dispensary work to Doc
tor Sexton of the board of health arose,
l consulted the supervisors about it
although they were mighty slow in TAX
ing any action. And now they go to
work and fire Myhre, who though paid
his salary by the city and county, is
really member of the sanitary depart
ment of the board of health working
under Doctor Duncan, the food inspec-
tor.
"The situation is rather complicated.
Doctor Duncan is the employee of both
the federal government and the Terri
tory. Myhre was Doctor Duncan IS sub
ordinate and the two were working in
harmony. AS a matter of fact, Doctor
Duncan has the right to inspect and
examine all milk if he wants to.
"The idea has been that the Terri
tory and the city and county should
work in harmony in such matters, but
this unexpected action on the part of
the supervisors does not look to me
much as if they were trying to work
in harmony with us. Understand, am
not saying anything against MIR. Rich
ards, the new man appointed by the
board of supervisors. He may be all
right for all know, for I don It know
him at all. But / do think that if any
change were contemplated, 1 should
have been consulted about it first. "
| The truth of the matter appears to
be- as nearly as can be gathered, that
Myhre was fred largely because Doc
tor Mackall did not approve of him.
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for some time, although he did not have
anything to say against him along the
lines of efficiency except that he could
not get along with Myhre, that the lat
ter interferred with his plans and
stirred up considerable discord among
the dairymen.
It is said that politics also had 9
good deal to do with Myhre's loss OF
his job. Some of the politicians die
not look upon Myhre as a man liable
to win many votes for them at the
coming election. Logan was the only
member of the board of supervisors wht
Twas opposed TO his being let out, anC
when the matter came up Thursday
night Logan, according to his own state
ment, saw that he could do nothing anC
therefore acquieseed as gracefully al
possible in what he saw to be the in
eyitable.
The hasty, though long calculated nc
tion Of the supervisors in firing Myhre
is liable to have the effect Of creating
breach in the already somewha
strained relations between the super
yisors and the board Of health.