Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-08-29
Food Inspector for Tonopah
To Be Stationed Here Soon
To Watch All Commodities

Tonopah Is growing so rapidly that
The department of weights and meas. |
ures which is charged with the ad-
mlnistration of the pure food law, is
considering the expediency Of sta. !
tioning regular agent here to en-
force the law in southern Nevada. At
present the burden falls on the head |
quarters at Reno. but the work has
grown so arduous that it is deemed
wiser to have an agent stationed
here.
Silas f. Ross. deputy commissioner.
chief inspector and chemist of the
bureau Of weights and measures re-
turned here yesterday for the pur.
pose of being present at the hear
ing Of several cases against manu-
facturers of butter The complaints
we're heard by Judge Dunseath, who
decided he would write letter to
two OF the manufacturers, telling
NAi'AN AAA's AAAHA AbthHl9 WIN TIE law
In the future and that If they would
make good the shortage to Tonopah
retailers with the understanding that
the butter was to be sold by them
by weight and not by roll the butter
would be released II not it would
be condemned
Promises to Do Better
Mr. LaBard OF the Bishop creamery
appeared before the commissioner and
stated that he had just acquired the
plant and was ignorant Of the law
but would in the future adhere to It,
He made good the shortage and the
retailers will sell the butter by weight
and not measure.
The section which applies TO the
sale OF butter is as follows, and the
retailer is as much responsible for
the goods they handle as Is the man
ufacturer and in the future 1t is the
intention Of the commission 10 so
hold him from now on:
Sec 13. Butter In standard
package or container, sold or offered
for sale in this state, shall weigh
one pound and a standard package
contaner OF butter need have no
statement of the net weight OF its
contents thereon. Whenever butter
is sold or offered for sale in a pack.
age or container, the net weight of
which is more or less than one
pound, such package or container
shall be labeled in plain intelligible
English words and figures with the
correct net weight of its contents
together with the name Of the manu-
facturer and iobber"
The department is paying partc
ular attention to lard as the practice
OF labelling lard as g. and 10 pound
when in reality the consumer only
obtains 2 lbs. o., lbs, and lbs
is very common.
The ruling in regard to correct la
beling as to net weight was to &c
into effect Jan. /, 1913, but on ac
count OF the number of the dealers
who had large quantity Of lard Of
hand the commission allowed unit
May /. 1913, for complying with thi
law.
Now those who have lard on han,
will have to use labels giving th
correct weight unss the cans whicl
they handle are marked correctly.
Restaurant Inspection.
The last legislature passed a lay
which provided for the sanitary il
spection of restaurants by the con
mission. This inspection win il
clude not only the food stuffs ser'
ed but the manner of serving an
the sanitary conditions in genera
This is in the nature of mission
AIRY trip along these lines. Mr.. Ros
is offering suggestions and on h
next trip expects to find them ca
ried out. II conditions still renal
unsanitary the inspector has u
power to close the restaurant unit
II is put into a sanitary condition.
The commission also has to inspe
the drug stores of the state and Sc
that the druggists are licensed by u
state board of pharmacists, that eaC
is registered that their certificat
are registered and that they ha'
renewal cards and each one has re
istered these certificates and car
with the county clerk
That a record Of all poisons
cluding antiseptic tablets, etc, is Ike
by each druggist.