El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-28
PASTEURIZATI0N WINS; CITY IS SAVED
FROM A CHEESE AND BUTTER FAMINE
Postmaster J. A. Smith Tells Board of Health It's Pro
posed Action Would Make Butter Cost $15O
Pound and Hard to Get; Mexican Dairymen
Agree that the Postmaster's Ar
gument Is Good.

went on the postmaster, Butter will
be selling for $3.50 a pound, and you
may not be able to get it at that"
Some one suggested that in addition
to that, all European cheese would De
cut out, and wanted to know what
about that
Dr. J. A. Rawlings got up and agreed
with the postmaster thatthe pasteurized
stock was all right He read a report
by a number Of New York, Boston and
other experts. The postmaster and
Capt Franklin nodded every time the
doctor mentioned one of the names.
The best in the country" said the
postmaster.
THE brains of the country" ac-
guessed Capt Franklin. He knew the
addresses of soma
PaSteurizatiOn Endorsed.
The substance of the report was that
the experts were all agreed on the eff
ficacacy of pasteurization when it came
TO killing tubercular bacilh The ma
jority OF them went further and said
that even certified milk ought to be
pasteur1zed- Then the city council
wanted to pasteurize all milk from the
local diaries, have the work done under
It's supervision, and at an appointed
place.
Capt Franklin admitted that the ex-
perts knew more about milk in one
day than he or anyone else present
knew in a week. He thought their re-
ing that he did not believe the board
Of health constituted all the brains in
the United States, yet he was not
@ agTeea26le to the proposition Of pas
council decided to do that or not he
SAID that he would sell certified milk
I'm the city?- asked DR.. W. H An
dersOn, city health officer.
Yes, in the city" the captain de-
clared, and the courts would uphold
me"
We have pretty good legal advice"
said the mayor.
There are $50 lawyers in this town,
and you can't get any two of them to
agree on any one thing" declared
postmaster Smith.
On account of DR.. Witherspoon the
the pasteurized and unadulterated pro-
Mexican DaIrymen Agree.
Sanitary commissioner Joe Dunno
explained the pasteurized proposition
to the Mexican dairymen, and they
thought it was all right, although one
posed ordinance printed in Spanish, so
that they could understand IT.
-, City attorney Joe Nealon then read
the sections down to No. s, which re-
quires brands to be placed on all dairy
cows If tubercular, T. B. on the left
side If suspicious. S. on the left hip.
Franklin did not agree with the loca-
ton of the brand IS" Then, too. he
OEanO
on a COW might slip and brand her in
delibly.
DR.. Witherspoon. seeking to gain
compromise, suggested the letter S. be
a hair brand, a mere touch, and after
three months the animal was to be
inspected again. If found all right
tubercular then T. B.
would that suit your" the doctor
asked, turning to Capt Franklin.
Yes, If you would put it in black
and white and not in hot air" replied
the captain
4 don't like these personalities" de-
fell and the reading Of the sections
continued
Think so Fee Too High.
Section four, providing a fee OF SO
a day for the COW inspector. the Mexf-
can dairymen thought would result in
the inspector finally owning all their
their stock until they had 20 in the
herd and then drive it to a given spot
where the Inspector would do the in
specdng at so cents head One Mexi-
can, having one COW, and living in the
smelter precinct, figured that by such
a process he would be deprived Of the
days. Neither the board of health, Joe
Dunno or the city council could ap-
trying and took up other sections of
the milk ordinance.
What was agreed between Capt
Franklin. the board of health and the
erinarian should be appointed tubercu-
lar inspector. The board of health and
the city council agreed with the post
master on the pasteurized products.
The Mexican dairymen agreed that a
tubercular COW should be kept Sepa-
rated from the balance of the herd by
a distance Of so feet, and that it would
be wrong to sell a COW after she had
been pronounced tubercular, to another
dairyman. They were unanimous on
Ordinance to be Redrawn-
The result of the milk ordinance
meeting is that the ordinance will be
redrawn with the suggested changes
agreed on incorporated in it: a copy
he will have one week to study 1t,
when il will come up again for a fur
Their discussion.
The final point brought out, as to
whether a man with one COW IN chi
huahuita should first obtain a per-
nit before he should be allowed to
sell her milk, was never settled 1t
ing suggested by dairymen with more
than one COW that it was the duty Of
the officers to locate the lone COW and
the man selling her milk without a
permit The officials thought the cit1-
zens ought to ferret out the COW and
her owner and file complaints
The city council did agree to pass an
ordinance protecting the milk bottles 0ies
of the different dairymen- any dairy
man found using another dalryman
milk hottie will be fined under the
protective clause, If it is adopted
We can sell you sasn doors at panel
door prices. Lander Lumber CO.-Ad"
Tertisement.