Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-19
Commissioner wallis
fContinued from First PagAl

There was platform connected with
| the screen door on a level with the
floor from which a trough carries the
blood and other refuse from the
slaughte house into the stream men,
toned. Tho deeomposed heads Of hogs
| which had been skinned were lying
along the side Of the chute or trough
which emitted . stencil that was un.
bearabIe besides being covered with
flies. n few feet away was
tub, or other similar vessel, which was
full Of blood, located inmedi ateIy un-
derneath the small platform whore the
hogs were slaughtered.
Water Polluted.
The water Of the stream mentioned,
| as also the rocks In the bed OF the
| stream were discolered with the refuse
from the slaughter house. Two head
OF cattle were in pen Immediately
adjoining the slaughter house, which
had been placed there, according to our
Information in the day time OF Aug ~,
while four or five hogs were about 20
feet away in another pen. There were
several dead chick ems lying around and
a few feet from the double doors Of
the slaughter house, which were in a
| ucCOf1pOSeQ Stdte ana IIy- DlOWn.
! Tho Lard House.
about 81 feet from the slaush-
ter house was the shack which was
used for rendering lard. II was in
very dirty condition. II was full
Of flies, both dead and alive, a.
we'll as mice. rhe kettle in which
tho lard 10 rendered showed that
it had not boon cleaned out since
last being used. There were q large
number Of cans Of lard on the floor
Of different sizes, several Of which
contained dirt, dead and alive flies,
mice exersmsnt, and insects re-
semblins worms. Most Of the lard
had been emptied into buckets.
Some wers covsrsd and some were
uncovered. The rendering tank
was not only filthy but was Gov.
cred with flies, dead and alive.
| Two Of the TO- pound buckets were
placed under seal and taken away
by the state inspector, and in addi.
ton to this the lard house itself
was sealed up.
ABOUT 100 yards from the
slaughter house was bed Of offal
from two to three feet deep and
about 20 by 80 feet in width. This
was one mass Of masgots and gave
a stencil that was almost unbsar-
able. The chickens kept at the
slaughter house were feeding on
, the massots. There were no evi.
dsness Of the offai having been
) destroyed either by fire or other
: means.
; Takes Reporter Out.
! "The next day, Aug. IA, State In
. spector Wallis invited the state hu-
) name officers to accompany him and
, his deputies to see the conditions, more
) especially with reference to the cattle
which had been penned up without wa
: ter and food. In the party was State
; Inspector Wallis, Deputies DIR. Smith
Z and ]. X. White. the Misses Irwin. Mr.
Taylor, a reporter Of the Capital News
c. Lee French. clerk In the pure foot
7 office, and his father, c. L. French. the
, latter two having been on the ground.
all day by direction OF the state in.
spector in order to see what time tn,
animals were killed. We reached tn,
E slaughter house about the same time ..
Y evening previous and foun da man a
) work dressing a beef which had jus
, been slaughtered. Other animals has
!. been killed before We got there. TIL
r first to be slaughtered being at 2:l
{ p m. which n . violation Of section %
, which prohibits the slaughtering o
! any animals between the hours Of
! q. m. and .. m, unless by specia
: permission.
10 "Thsrs was effai piled On che I
. floor Of the slaughter room, On
10 which swarms Of flies were I
III q foadin0 ttAso ar theoo fast avvav