The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-01
CITY HAS ROTTEN
MILK SUPPLY"
THESE ARE WORDS OF PREsI-
DENT HuNTooN OF CONNER.
clAL CLUB AT A MEETING HELD
LAST EVENING - MooRHEAp
HAS NO WORTHY INSPECTION.

| The commercial club of Moorhead
learned something about milk and
meat inspection at a meeting held last
night. After hearing the report of
the special committee appointed to in
Yestigate the milk and meat inspec-
ton of the city of Moorhead and hear
ing a statement by l.. A. Huntoon.
president of the commercial club and
a discussion on the same, the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
| Believing that the milk and meat
inspection that we have had previous
TO this time has been wholly made
quate, we urge upon our city council
the adoption of such measures as will
make. it what 1t ought to be-
Il. +. Mackall, vice president of the
club, was in the chair for the reason
that President Huntoon had business
on the floor and had an important
statement to make The report of the
| special committee on meat and milk
was that of the joint committee of the
| club and council and was signed by the
respective chairmen, Hubert Zervas
and Alderman Lamb After recfting
| the efficient work done at the city
slaughter house, where all killing of
meat for food must be done, under the
| provisions of a stringent ordinance
and under the supervision of Mr. Kip
pels, an expert butcher, the three last
sections of the report read as follows:
Fourth. That with DIR. Fulton's
careful tests Of dairy cows and fire.
quent tests of milk, pure and
wholesome milk supply is assured.
Fifth. That with Mr.. KippeIs'
watching the cattle being slaughter
ed and upon the least sign of disease
notifying DR., Fulton, which is Mr.. |
Kippels bounded duty as licensed pro- |
prietor of the slaughterhouse and DR.. |
FuIton's prompt responding in passing |
upon the slaughtered animals the peo- |
pie of Moorhead and vicinity buying |
meat of cattle slaughtered at our Mu- |
nicipal slaughtePhouse are assured of !
pure and wholesome meat supply. |
Sixth. That If the city of Moor |
mead had an ordinance compelling all |
cattle, whose meat not being govern |
ment inspected and offered for sale In |
our city. should be slaughtered at our
abbatior and be there inspected or else
show certificate of having been in
spected and passed by duly authorized
inspectors at the premises where the
animal was slaughtered; the matter of |
meat inspection would be settled for
all times and INSCRIPTIONS vendors of
diseased meat shut out.
Following the reading of the report
and prefacing a statement he was
about to make, President Huntoon
said:
AT former meeting Of this body
/ made the statement, that up to that
time Moorhead has had no milk and
food inspection worthy of the name,
and / am here tonight, in face of the
report presented by the committees
from both the council and the com
mercial club, to back my assertion
made at this time. During the past
three months there have been a large
number of cattle condemned for being
tubercular, over 100 In number.
THE fact of the condemnation of
this number of cows from therdairies
that have supplied the city with milk
testifies that Moorhead has a rotten
milk supply. The process agreed upon
by those who are trying to clean up
conditions is the tuberculine test"
Continuing, Mr. Huntoon then re-
ferred to the report of the committee
which had just been read and said:
Il /
Ing their Investigations and report {
have had in mind that someone has !
taken up a gun with which to go after {
Dr. Fulton, the present inspector. :
we are not dealing with 6
individuals tonight, but with condi- I
lions. The report of the committee ]
deals almost wholly with extoIling I
the merits of DIR. Fulton's work, but so q
ne h. sAA. |
either hasn't done its work in finding G
out conditions or in doing it it has s
overlooked the conditions. g
81 accompanied the editor of The t
Moorhead News, for he was the one /
who made the statement publicly that I
he charges, referring to my statement 1
n regard to milk inspection, had fallen ]
lat, down to the office of the city clerk t
his morning and together we went s
over the reports of DR.. Fulton in re- c
gard to the milk and food inspection. b
Not one of these reports had a seal t
Ipon it and there was not a report il
here for every month. The reports S
'how that in ten months, that is, up to
he time of the Wadum herd in De-
,ember, only four cows had been re-
ported tested. Q
1T will be stated that during that h
ime Dr. Durham had been making the q
esta. However, at the city Office
where they properly should be, there
s no record that DIR. Durham, whose
ests Dr. Fulton was accepting, ever
made report to DR. Fulton. Never =
heless. DR.. Fulton, as milk and food q
Inspector was approving the milk Ii =
enses that were being issued. II
Report Ridiculous. cl
"These being the facts, especially ar K
er more than roo cattle had been con- m
emned in the past three months, the al
eport given here tonight by the COM
nittee that none need fear but that W
he milk and food sold in Moorhead a,
J absolutely wholesome, Is absolutely al
idiculous and / again say that there bl
J no milk and food inspection In Ell
worthy of the name. We
ave been supplied for year at least 81
nth unwholesome milk and there is no II
ope that this condition will not con- | II
niue IL the practice of replacing con-
emned cattle with cattle which have :.
OF been tested is allowed to go on" :, =
After some explaining BY Editor !,
richards and remarks by Mayor Davy, z
.ttorney Witherow and others, in
7hich the statement was made that
Moorhead had no meat inspector at
resent the resolution given herewith T.
yas adopted by a unanimous vote Of OF
he members who are out in large
aembers. The resolution was intro :,