The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-25
EVERYBODY MORE OR LESS AFFECTED

Two Representatives of the depart
ment of food, drug and hotel inspec.
|tion have been in town since Tuesday
morning M. S. Parker of Boise an
DR.. M. w. Smith of Wendell, and ex.
|pected to finish their work and leave
on Thursday night. They are work
ing under direction of State Inspector
James H. Wallis, whom we have SC
often reported and quoted in his cam
paign of educe tion to eliminate the
things that make disease.
This department does not treat dis
ease but works entirely to prevent
disease by removing those hings that
breed flies and filth and poisons in
ways known and unknown to people
Their work is spoken of as a cam
paign of education, for they instruct
in every way that will be helpful,
and the press of the state is cooper
ating with them in passing informa-
ton on to the people who cannot re-
ceive it at first hand from the com.
missioners.
| They are empowered to search and
inspect property and premises, and
to question the occupants as they see
| fit in the pursuit of their work, and
such persons are required, under pen
Ialty, to answer questions and furnish
Jail available information. Where 1t
is necessary to make arrests they
have the local officers do it on writ
ten complaint filed in the regular
way, but they always give the offend
Ter the option of going to court and
|elntering a plea without the formality
Iof the arrest and the complaint and
the attendant expense which neces-
|sarily comes out of the pocket of the
person in custody. They do not charge
for inspection as is frequent
ly reported they do, but in their in
|spection Of hotels and rooming houses
they generally collect the annual state
|licence fee which is now required by
the state. All fines go into the state
treasury to the credit Of the pure food
department, and in this way the work
lis made self-suppo. ting.
1t is the purpose OF the department
to inspect the source of supply of
meat, milk and water, and look after
drainage, sewerage and the feeding
grounds for flies and vermin. In their
visit to Blackfoot six weeks ago they
made an inspection for an hour or
SO between trains and resumed it
this week. They found that the Sing
Wong restaurant which thcy issued
orders to at that time had violated
the order, and they were fined $25
and were required to close up and
clean the place. Following is a list
of others who were inspected this
week for tho first time, and were
fined as indicated below:
T. A. Hayes, garbage in rear of
building, SIS.
Wallace Tolman, sediment in milk,
$40.
S Livario, insanitary conditions at
boarding house situated opposite
Gibbs Livery barn, SO.
DeKay & Davis, garbage at rear Of
store, SIS.
E. A. Doud, sediment in milk, $40.
Nogues & Lyon, insanitary restau-
rant, SO.
john Oborn, insanitary conditions
at store and market, $25.
A. M. Hoover, insanitary soda foun-
tain, -15.
T. R. Randall, sediment in milk,
SO.
J. H. Ashton, garbage at rear of
hotel, SO.
The slaughter house at the Asylum
was inspected and condemned, the
slaughter house of Miller & Stone
was pronounced fairly good, and they
are using it pending the completion
if new modern building. The slaugh-
ter house of L. B. Dore of the Central
Meat market was found in excellent
condition, that of VIM. Killian fairly
good. that of Temp Hopkins of the
Idaho market in excellent condition.
John Oborn violates the law by but
cheering out Of doors and he was in
structed to suspend the meat business
until he got slaughter house and
"a sanitary market, none of tho meat
markets In town were closed or re-
|duired to make any important
|changesg ip a andiing stheir goods,
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