The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-19
HEAL I'll OFFICE ACTS
 IN BAD MEAT CASE
Constable Warner Asked to Get All the Facts and Re-
 port Them.
Final hearing by Relief Board on Saturday.-Redding Ridge Fire Department Makes App peal to Public.
Special to The Farmer )

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 Special to The F'armer)
 Bedding, Feb. 19-The case of the diseased cow recently killed for beef by George Poyse of the Center hav- ing come to the knowledge of County Health Officer Hill of Bridgeport. 1 probably from the publication in last Constable D. R. Warner requesting him to investigate the matter and re- port all the circumstances. In per fornning tnis task Mir. Warner learned that tho quarter Of the beef bought by Will Couch had been returned to Poyse and the money paid for it re-I funded, Couch having become qualn isll when there was pointed out to
 him patches of the tuberculosis ab- scess which were apparent sJim Sweeney who bought another quarter, insisted on retaining it, saying that Poyse was also willing to take back this quarter and return the money. In his possession there were still three quarters Of the beef, most of which he was preparing to salt down. but at the constable's suggestion he prom ised to defer doing this until MT. Hill was further heard from. MT. Warner is still awaiting the health officers final say in the matter and expects that it will be an order to have the beef sprinkIed with kerosene and buE- jed. The cow cost Poyse $35 and he paid SIS more for meal for six weeks
 feeding.
 The final meeting of the relief board
 for hearings will be held on Saturday
 of this week, this being the last date
 allowed by statute. The board is to hold a. subsequent session to make
 decisions. At last Mondays session. there appeared only one petitioner.
 q
 by raise of S200 on his buildings,
 making the total s$1s 300. There would
 probably have been other appellants
 present but for the unpleasant wealth CT. Some of those inclined to criticize
 Assessor Connery for the increased. Valuations may not be aware that he
 made considerable raise in the vaIua- ton of his own store stock and also in that of real estate owned by his mother Therein his course differed
 from that Of not a few of his prede-
 cessors who sealed their own posses
 sions down ward rather than upward Undou ubtedfy an explanation of the ap- parent inequalities of some of this year s valuatfonssds to be found in the 1 Hurried and incomplete way in which they did the attempted work of per l sonaliy inspecting property. That the inspection was spotty and inadequate i is evident from the fact that they did l their entire work in eight days while l last year the board held twenty-two meetings and spent only small part Of the time in travelling around.
 An appeal is being made by the Reading Ridge fire department for contributions with which to discharge the debt of s1s0 thatsremains due on l the apparatus from the original cost Of $500 It is necessary that the money be provided soon and if ali those who have so far failed to aid and are 1 within the territory which the depart I nent can serve will do their share 1 the required amount will be readily l forthcoming. The engines have shown their capacity for effective service and have also demonstrated the capacity 1 to cover a. much wider field than was 1 first contemplated, such expansion of service being made possible by horse l instead of hand traction. Within the 1 last few weeks the engines have an I swered three long distance calls in l good time and they win be able to do l consi derab1y better in this respect | when equipped with devices for being | directly hooked up to a horse. At I present they have to be attached to a I wa gon. President Muennich and those rnent have worked hard and unsel- | hshly for the success of an enterprise 1 designed for the benefit of the entire community and the community as a whole ought to respond in a spirit of
 true cooperation and practical help | fuIness Such response would be in no sense matter of charity, but one Of enlightened self interest.
 1 Last weeks cold wave brought rec I ord temperature to this section. the I thermometer at MT. Fishers bungalow on Mt Tom just west of the Ridge registering 24 below on Thursday morning At the Center 1t was 20 be- l low Saturdays snow storm and its blinding drifts caused an interruption to the mail service for the drst time this season. Rural Carrier Stone l started out, but the blasts across Sun set Hill forced him back to Bethel l Carrier Ward, after getting about half
 way over his route, had to put up and
 some digging through snow banks was
 necessary before he could resume his I Journey the next day.
 E With three horses attached to a. sled
 a man named Dukes, employed by William Fisher of the Ridge, tried to 1 draw a two ton load of feed from
 Bethel on Monday. an almost inpos-
 sible task owing to the conditions oi
 travel Hne forward horse, after fa1f-
 ing several times, was taken to Mich
 ols' livery stable apparently sufferine .