The Alaska citizen., 1913-01-13
DISEASED MEATS.

The present grand jury broueht in
tour Indictments against the meat
dealers OF Fairbanks two AGAINST
he White Market and two aEairs
he Independent Market. one OF
the indictments against each ct
the MARKERS charged them With hay
inI brought into the territory Ger.
tain numbers Of hogs having ,ontas-
lous diseases. and the other against
each OF the markets was for dis
posing OF the meat OF diseased hogs
10 their customers.
DemurIers We're interposed by the
attorneys for the defendants To each
af these indictments and The de-
murrers We're all sustained. and Their.
have been rumors going the ROUNDS
70 the effect that the decision Of
,hc court in slainng these demur.
rers amounted 10 i holdina tia there
mas no law AGAINST the bringing il
of diseased meat by dealers ANA dis
posing OF the SAME To their custom
ers
This is simply another instance
OF the Kind OF false rumora that *,
circulated in this country, and thu
sensible people residing here SHOULD
make il warm for the gossips that
start such rumors and peddle them
about from one 10 ano her
In the Iirst place the decision OF
the court upon these demurrers sim
ply went 10 the extent OF holdiH4
that in the case OF the bringing in
II diseased hogs the iudictmen 5
We're unGrr the Law pertaining to
Alaska and not under the Pure
Food Act and that under the law
pertaining 70 Alaska in such cases.
the district court had 10 juris-
diction, nc the statute gave eNeiusiv,
jurisdiction To tte commissioner and
eX-ofticio justice OF the EeGCe and
tsitit liz iiid IL y as III Tit y lillr
court and the decision merelE let,
it discretionary with the district
attorney as to whether he should pro.
eeed under ihr PIre Fooas Atj er
whether he Noutd .oMYIy TO Jhe
act referred to ard have TIE mattel
brought in the commissioners COurt
As To the Otter indictments chaIHg
ing the defendants With HaNiHs dis
posed OF diseased meats 10 tnsir
customers. the decision went merel,
10 the extent OF holding thai shc
indictments did not de scrihe the
crime with sufficient detiniteness
or eearness in other words that
the charging part OF the indictments
did not bring the matter within the
statute governing the matter and
the court merely held that the mat
ter should be re-subnitted 10 the
grand jury that is now in session
for the purpose OF having the oharg
ing part OF the indictments made TO
conform witt! the statue governing
the matter
The fact is that there has been
40 decision upon the merits OF the
controversy and there has been Ia
intimattOn by thp court tnat there is
no law covering the subject, but o..
a at h.,
court recognizes the fact that there
are laws covering the matter ana
hat the court insists upon having
the matter preSrGted TO jury il
such a manner that there can be nc
question upon technical grounds
raised against the Indictments
We believe thai the time has come
in this community When all good
people should first inquire carefully
into the facts OF any rumor that
circulates before jumping 10 con.
cluSion and that those certain I'M
holy male gossips be given to uii-
derstand that this community coulu
we'll get along without their pres.
ence If this community wants to
get together and have sell-respcct
and be recognized as self-respectine
community, it must first learn the
lesson that to be respected il must
be respectable, and that it can neve.
be respectable as long as it gives
credence to the despicable gossip
peddler.