The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-29
Inspector Sherlock Makes Trip TO
Close Dairy But is Informed by
Owner That no MIX is
Being Sold.
INDIFFERENT TO LAW
Filthy Stables Where Milk Was Kept
Before Being Delivered to keo- !.
kuk Consumers is
Closed.

Saturday afternoon DR.. w. P. Sher.
lock, dairy inspector, accompanied by
a representative of The Gate City, in
spected the dairy of A. II. Linnenbar-
ger, two miles west of ISeokuk, which
was reported to be in bad condition
the Inst time that the inspector had
visited.
DR.. Sherlock said that the last time
he was there he had given them a
few days to improve the conditions
around the place and unless they
had been improved as he had ordered
he would close them up Immediately
AT his former visit he said that tho
milk was allowed to stand all night
uncovered, in the barn where the COWS
were kept.
When the doctors machine was
driven into the yard at the dairy no
one made any move toward welcom-
/ ing him, carrying out the inspectors
statement that the dairyman was de-
cidedly antagonistic toward the Off
GERS. After looking over the barn
which was found in fairly clean con-
! di;ion DR.. Sherlock went to the house
where he asked for the owner.
Mrs. Linnenbarger came to the
door and answered some questions
asked by the inspector in regard TO
three cans of milk which were stand
Ing on the porch. After examining
these and finding great deal of sed-
1 linen. in them the inspector took a
sample and started to his machine.
All the time he was examining the
milk Mrs. Linnenbarger and her
daughter stood watching him. The
former talked great deal about the
cleanliness of the place and the way
the milk was handled.
Mrs. Linnenbarger declared that
the doctor was. deliberately running
their business and that there was nc
reason for 1t. When he started away
tho daughter declared that the physic
ian was no gentleman and that hel
father was the person to whom ne
should talk. This the doctor told hel
was impossible as he had tried to SEE
her father upon numerous occasions
but had been unsuccessful in his eff
forts.
After cranking up the machine tn
doctor waited for Mr. Linnenbarger
the owner of the place, who had beef
around the barn all the time, accord
ing to his daughter. Finally he pu
in his appearance and wanted t
know what and who the visitors We're
When he was .,old he became defian
and said that if there was to be an
complaint he would quit the mil
business as he had plenty of none
to live on without that. In fact h
said tina. he had quit Friday mornln
and was not selling drop of mil
now.
When told by the inspector that h
would have to haul some rocks an
cinders and fill cesspool at tn
rear of the barn, he said that ''po
silly he could" but his manner col
viewed the impression that he was IL
\ different.
Linnenbarger was asked by the il
I spectcr if he was feeding any brewer
waste and he admitted that he wa
4 feeding it to about fifty head
/ cattle, The mich COWS among then
He said that he had never seen
\ copy of the state dairy laws and d
1 not know that there was heavy fir
imposed upon milk dealers who use
\ brewery waste for mich COWS
Among the customers served I
The Linnebarger dairy were sever
l Keokuk people, all of whom are no
l securing their milk from other place
e according to the statement OF u
4 90 tho ,,laca