The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-16

places and kept close watch as to
cleanliness and sanitation as far as 1t
was possible to comply with the law.
AT he converting OF the last ses-
sion OF the legislature the pure food
department Of the Women's CIVIC
league appointed a committee to cali
upon the city attorney for the purpose
Of having him draw up a bill that
would give North Dakota cities the
privilege Of bonding for a municipal
slaughter house. This he did and
shortly after it's passage all local
slaughter houses were condemned by
the city board of health on the grounds
OF uhsanitary conditions and a menace
to the public health.
For slaughter House.
From then on the ladies Of the pure
food department of the Women's Civic
league worked necessarily for the new
slaughter house. It was not an easy
task n there were many in the city
council and other influential bodies who
fought the question on the grounds Of
higher taxation, hat 1t would not be
a paying institution and various other
weak reasons.
Three times this department Of the
league went before the city council,
July 7, II n 81, and after their sec
ond visit he mayor appointed a COM
mittee of councilmen to go to other
cities to make observations. Their re-
port resulted in the council authoriz-
ing the bonding Of the city for $12,-
600, and a special election was called
for Aug. IL, when the citizens vote fav-
ored the plan by a 2 to 1 vote. Twenty
thousand dollars was the amount ask
ed for. but rather than lose or have the
matter Indefinitely postponed, a COM
promise was effected.
THE commercial club showed it's
support and interest by providing slides
at two of the moving picture theatres
during the campaign, which showed ex-
listing slaughter house conditions and
what the same should and would be If
the bond issue was favored at the
election. The theatres showed the
pictures gratis and the daily newspa-
pers gave columns Of space to the
campaign. The board of health pro-
vided 1000 circulars giving statistics
and. information on the cost, mainte-
plant which were distributed before
the election and /. also made d canvass
of all butcher shops to secure exact
figures on the killing done annually
with the following result:
From July /, 1912, to July l, 1913:
Beef 1908; hogs 1905; sheep 725; veal
1881, and fowl 1900.
lie SIlSCL 'I1ldC IOOu dlid HID lhSL III
spection has had upon health condi-
tions in Grand Forks Is remarkable and
when one considers the improved con-
dition in just a few years time, no
time should be lost In making a start,
no matter how small a city Or town
may be. When inspection was taken
up in Grand Forks the Women's Civic
league was but a handful of women in
terested In the welfare of others, and
TODAY tho inEnnrfnr 10 So1a rioH nv the
city and her work Is given the support
Of every organization.
inspection is carried into every
place in the city where foods are
manufactured, stored or offered for
sale. Meat is closely watched and
only a few months ago the condemn
ing of over 5000 pounds of meats
shipped in by a packing house brought
on a, law suit. Needless to say the
offender vas found guilty n fined
500. This consignment which I con-
deulned and ordered destroyed includ-
ed 1900 pounds minced hams, 275
pounds picnic hams, 700 pounds Ureka
hams, 200 pounds Dakota Pride hams,
so pounds liver sausage. 80 pounds
dried beef, 172 pounds veal, so pounds
summer sausage and so pounds Of
fresh shoulders.
"Since this arrest and trial I have
been given the privilege by city
ordinance Of having all condemned
food hauled to dump grounds by city
teams and burned at the expense of
those having such food in their pos
session. Tainted or spoiled food Is
condemned by means of the food in
spector's stamp and rendered unfit for
use with a kerosene hyperdermic.
T. Other examples of meat violations
which are found almost monthly fol-
low;
lat one place six whole pork loins
tainted and a box of smoked hams
which rats had been into; 1870 pounds
quarter of beef tainted; II pounds Of
bologna sausage. and box of other
sausage; three whole lambs shipped
in by express; g, mutton that cats and
dogs had chewed; four quarters of
beef that hung in open place with no
protection from dogs.
"On my regular trips to the various
markets in the month of September l
condemned the following food stuffs:
Five hundred pounds wormy wall
nuts found in n wholesale house; %
pounds wormy walnuts found in one
confectionery store; 6h pounds
wormy walnuts found in one grocery
store; Is pounds wormy shelled wal
nuts at a factory; 80 pounds, raisins
~ u oENS . 11fO SSS az
grocery store; graham flour, pearl
barley n split peas in kitchen of a
hotel; 20 pounds ham contaminated
by. rats in a packing house; fourteen
swelled cans of tomatoes in a restaur-
ant: dray load. of swelled canned
goods from a wholesale house; twenty
four cases Of canned strawberries at
same. house were allowed shipped
back to factory as the guarantee had
not expired.
"As I have said before our state
food department under Prof. E. F.
Laid. commissioner Is doing a Won
derful work and with the help that
the club women can dc the result to
the health Of our state could not be
over estimated.
f. Morning Session.
The second days programme for the
federation meeting proved to be even
more interesting than the programme
yesterday. The session opened at 8
o'clock this morning with a piano solo
by Miss Bowers. ,w-a -r.
Miss Nelson, president Of the
federation then called the meeting to
order and reports of the district vice
officers were heard. Mrs. A. M. OCon-
ner of St. Thomas reported for the
first district. In the absence of Mrs.
w. J. Reynolds. Mrs, II. A. Presler of
Valley City gave the report of the Sec
ond district; third district Mrs. David
Dinnie of Minot; fourth district Mrs.
E. l.. Kinney of Hankinson; fifth dis
! trict Mrs. w. B. Wanner of Wimble-
don; sixth district Mrs. J. w. Bush
of Cakes and seventh district Mrs. T.
D. Casey of Dickinson. o.
Conservation Report.
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