The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21
CRACKER TESTING
FOR CONTRACTS

II Attorney General Lindsay had not
been hungry or had he not been bless
ed with decided partially for soda
crackers, there is no telling who
would have been awarded the con-
tract for furnishing a six-months' sup
ply of soda crackers for the institu-
lions under the jurisdiction of the
board of health.
At least that is what Kirk B. Por-
ter, DR.. Pratt and the other mem
bers of the board who assisted the
attorney general sample the numer-
Gus crackers preferred by rival baker
ries say.
There were the crackers strewn
around the table and there was no
way for the members to tell which
to choose. 1t looked like a rather
difficult problem to solve, but the at
torney general was equal to the &C.
casion and offered himself to the
sacrifice, saying: Gentlemen, allow
me. am hungry and I do not dis
like SODA crackers, will volunteer
to sample them
Taking courage, the rest of the
board ventured tc nibble the sam
pies with the result that the soda
cracker contract was awarded to the
Honolulu Cracker Company while the
contract for furnishing hard crackers
was given to Loves bakery.
Several reports were read. Mos
quito Inspector Bowman made the fol-
lowing report concerning work done
during the month of May in the Island
of Hawaii:
Mosquito breeding places destroy
ed and removed, 80; total inspections,
1882; number of cesspools oiled, IA;
number of catch basins oiled, 1870;
number of ponds, pools, etc, Oiled 6;
number of ponds, pools, etc, drained,
70; house cutters cleaned and repair
ed, 30; loads of tin cans removed, 8.
The May report of Pure Food Com
missioner Edward b. Blanchard was
read and showed the following inter
esting results. Examined sc samples,
of which 8 were below the standard !
examined 81 samples of ice cream, "a
below standard; examined samples
of butter, no adulteration; examined
II soft drinks, no adulteration; eX
amined samples Near Beer" con
tanned less than 2 per cent of alcohol;
examined "a samples coffee no adul
teration; destroyed SO packages food
stuffs inspected IA provision stores
and &c drug stores.
Pure Olive OIL.
The April report of the food com
missioner was as follows: Examined
q samples of milk, 2 below standard;
examined "a samples poi, below
} standard; examined samples olive
} oil, no adulteration; examined 4 sam
Piles butter, no adulteration; examin
: ed samples soda water all permitted
| color; examined samples meal
beer" l over 2 per cent alcohol eX
, amined samples coffee, no adultera
ton: examined 2 samples vanilla ex
tract, no adulteration; examined
samples pure alcohol, not L. S. p; ex
amined food colOrs, no adulteration
The dispensary report as submitted
, by f. r. Nugent, dispenser showed
the following results on the work fo1
the past month; number cases treat
, ed, including various nationalities
302; number medical cases, f43 nun
Der surgical cases, 1859; number pre-
scriptions filled, 1T; number of ey,
treatments, "a.
Application for a license to prac
tice medicine was granted to DR.. Geo
w Mccoy.
A letter from John F. G. Stokes
curator of Bishop Museum, request
ing the board to permit c. N. Forbes
= curator of botany of Bishop Museum
to enter the lands on Molokai undo
a the jurisdiction of the board of healtl
t for the purpose of the scientific stud
e of botany was referred to Presiden
e DR. Pratt with authority to act.
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