Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-16
Council Bluffs
PASS NEW MILK ORDINANCE
City Council Requires Permit for
Which There is no Charge.
TEST BY ANY QUALIFIED PERSON
NO bridge to be Built over sIOuEh
ON Twenty-third Avenue
"AIkaIi Ike's" Hos
pltnI Bill.

A new pure milk ordinance was passed
by the city council last night under sus-
pension of the rules. The ordinance was
drafted and recommended for passage by
the committee composed Of Councilmen
Jensen, Morgan and Skodsholm, appointed
at the previous meeting. While the new
measure requires all dalrymen and milk
dealers to secure a permit from the city
before engaging in the business of SELL
ing milk or cream, 1t does not require
the payment Of any fee for such permit
Under the new ordinance the city will
not provide for the free tuberculln test
Of dairy cows, but the dairymen may
have the test made by any proper person
The main provisions of the new ordi-
nance are contained in section four and
are as follows:
The food inspector shall, in addition to
be required to examine at least once In
sixty days the milk products sold,
vehicles depots, pasteurizing apparatus
and utensils of each and every person,
firm corporation licensed to sell milk
or cream within the city of Council Bluffs
and to so examine and Inspect All dairies,
firms or corporations selling milk or
cream not pasteurized as herein provided,
and TO make such examination in accord
ance with the rules and regulations
adopted by the Board Of Health. And
that any person, firm or corporation
licensed as herein provided to sell milk
or cream within the city shall furnish the
food inspector all necessary opportunity
and facility for making such examination
as provided by ordinance That the food
| inspector may take from the llcensee and
shall furnish to the health officer of the
testing that he may deem necessary or
believe Injurious to health and shall act
and shall see that every person licensed
to sell milk as herein provided has his
milk or cream tested by the state deputy
food and dairy commissioner. as Is pro-
| vided by law, and that It shall be the
| duty of the said food inspector to report
to the Board Of Health any infraction of
their rules and to see to the enforcement
of the provisions of this ordinance and to
report to the city clerk those falling TO
comply with the requirements of the ordi-
nances and those who, by failure, should
have their licenses revoked by reason
thereof as herein provided, and the food
which milk is derived by any licensee
unless said milk or cream is pasteurlzed,
examined mine 'i and tested tested for for tubercuiosis % and
to ascertain whether the said animals are
afflicted with any infectious or contagious
the Board of Health any animals which
he finds suffering from any contagious
or bdSa or mas ga %h 70
have not been examined and tested by
some registered veterinarian for tubercu-
losis, and If the food inspector shall find
that the said daires. barns sheds, ami
mails, vehicles. depots pasteurizing appa-
ratus and utensils Of any of said licensees
shall not be kept clean eoF shall be main
tained in an unhealthful manner, or In
a manner dangerous to the healthful
quality Of the supply of milk. or contrary
to the rules of the Board of Health regu-
7 lating the same, he shall report the same
at once to the city clerk and shall give
notice TO the licensee Of such report to
A few of the dairymen and milk dealers
had taken out licenses under the first
ordinance and the city clerk was instructed
to refund such fees to all who applied
for their return.
No Bridge over slough.
The proposition to construct a bridge
\ over the slough on Twenty-third avenue
was reported adversely by the committee
on bridges and city property OF which
Councilman Skodsholm is chairman. The
committee was willing that the bridge
should be constructed at an expense not
to exceed $3.50 provided the property owners
in that neighborhood built the approaches
to it, At the same time Mr.. Skodsholm was
careful to explain that this meant that
the bridge would never be built for the
simple reason that 1t would cost at least
$500 to build approaches and the people
of that part of the city were too poor
to spend this amount of money They
could not afford to expehd $25 on it," de-
clared the councilman from the Fourth
ward. Councilman Jensen wanted to know
who authorized what work had already
been done on Twenty-third avenue. II
would like to know by what authority
material was hauled to the place and some
piles driven" No one appeared able to
offer any explanation and Street Com
missioner Flood, who occupied a seat in
the lobby, discreetly said nothing Fin
ally, on motion of Councilman Jensen, the
street commissioner was instructed to take
up such piling as had been driven and
return the poles TO the municipal Junk
pile. Nothing, however, was said about
the post holes and as the. street commits
sioner was not ordered 70 take them up
also, it is presumed they win be left
where they are.
Disputed Hospital Bill.
Dr. Maerae's bill and that OF the Ed
mundson Memorial hospital for caring for
the negro "Alkali Ike" Taylor, who was
shot and nIortally wounded by Detective
Arnold after he had shot and seriously
wounded Patrolman Horner came up for
another round. so far the city council has
not seen fit to allow these bills and hesl-
tated about taking any action again last
night, Chief OF Police Richmond again
explained how the liability was incurred
and finally, when -the~ council wanted to
shift the responsibility TO the county, he
rose up in his indignation and exclaimed
"The council win kindly take no further
action on these bills, will myself pay
DR.. Macrae's bill, also that of the hos
pitai" From what some OF the couacil-
men said after the meeting it is not likely
they will permit Major Richmond 70 be
out Of pocket for these claims against the
city.
a communication froml Acting Mayor
Burmester OF Omaha. asking the city
council to adopt a resolution requesting
congress to appropriate $4,000 for pro-
tective work on the bank OF the Missouri
river on the Omaha side was read The
resolution was not adopted for the rea-
son that the council was Of the opinion
that II any appropriation should be made by
congress It should be for work on both
the Iowa and Nebraska sides OF the river.
committee composed of City Solicitor
Kimball and Councilmen Jensen, Olson
and Rigdon was appointed to draft a new
resolution including the Iowa bank of the
river.
This afternoon the couHcilmen win meet
as committee OF the whole and Inspect