The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-27

seven Of these cows at the municipal
slaughterhouse in Moorhead.
In a letter to b. Kipples, who had
charge of the municipal slaughter
house at Moorhead, the pure food in
spector asked him regarding the
slaughtering of these animals at the
place where he had charge. Mr.. Kip
pies replied to this letter stating that
on the week beginning Jan. 8. there
were nine COWS killed from the John
Hanson herd and, that two Of these
were condemned Jas unfit for human
food, which We're sent to the zervas
tallow factory He stated that, all the
nine cows Were tubercular, but only
two of them were condemned.
Under the same date Commissioner
Ladd wrote a letter to DR.. ]. w. Dun
ham, the. city milk and meat inspector
of Fargo asking him regarding the
killing of the cattle at the Eggert mar
ket on Friday, Jan. Is. He placed a
number of pointed questions at the city
inspector and asked for a reply to
these, as they were necessary pieces
of Information regarding certain COM
plants lodged with the pure food de-
partment e
In his reply DIR. Durham stated that
he was at the slaughter house on the
day named and assisted in the post
mortem of six cows which were slaugh-
tered that afternoon. However, he
stated that he only condemned two of
these on the grounds of generalized
tuberculosis (while according to DR.
Schalk all were suffering from dis
ease). DR.. Durham stated further,
however, that he had at various times
examined the cattle in the Hanson barn
and found certain unsanitary condi-
tons existing, and that he had recon-
mended changes to better these condi-
tions.
DR.. Laid also addressed letter to
John Hanson, the owner of the dairy,
notifying him to appear before the food
commissioners to answer the charge of
violating the pure food law of North
Dakota. The letter gave Hanson the
opportunity to appear in person or by
an attorney, and show cause why he
should not be prosecuted.
About this time Inspector Congdon
was notified to visit around and find
out what had become of the six tuber
cular animals. He did so and on Wis
iting the Eggert cold storage on Broad
way during the morning of Jan. 10,
found the four beeves which had been
butchered at the Eggert slaughter
house the afternoon and evening Of
Jan. IS, hanging on hooks in the cold
storage plant. He visited the slaugh-
ter house and found the other two
missing and on learning that they had
been taken to the. .ZerVas rendering
plant, he went there and he found and
distinguished the two diseased cattle
in question.
letter was also addressed by DR..
Laid to DR.. r. H. Tracey at Bis
marck, Inspector in charge of North
Dakota, asking as its main point, if the
meat market Of G. f. Eggert was ex-
empt from inspection by the United
states officials, and If so, was it ex-
empt because it did no interstate COM
merce business. Several other ques-
tons regarding meat inspection were
put forth in this letter.
To this letter Dr. Tracey replied
that the interstate movement of dis
eased animals was prohibited accord
ing to an act of congress. He stated
that Mr.. Eggert held certificate, how
ever. which permitted him to do inter-
state business to the extent that he
could retail meat to householders in
Moorhead.
Or. ]. l.. James. the federal inspec-
tor located at Fargo. was also written
regarding the inspection of meat at the
Eggert slauShterhouse and asked If
certain things relating to the inspec-
ton Of this meat had been done by
him as "a federal inspector. There is
no reply to this letter published in the
bulletin.
On the strength Of the information
received that a Minnesota officer had
recently visited the Moorhead diaries.
DR. Ladd wrote to DIR. S. Fl. Ward. of
the Minnesota live stock sanitary board
at St Paul. He made reference to the
rumored visit of this official to Moor
head and asked for information on the
subject
| Or. Ward replied In three letters