The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-05-26
FOOD
MEN BUSY
Salem Butcher Pays sos. is
For Selling Rotten Fish.

eIMllllOn--ASSeS a 1lne OF
$50 against butcher for violating
the pure food law, a Salem justice
established a new high record in
the penalty inflicted ON offenders
under this statute. To the above
amount SS.l5 costs must be added
to obtain the total amount which
the butcher is compelled to pay.
The offense consisted in selling a
quantity OF spoiled fish which was
III such condition as to cause illness
III several families. An inspector
of the state food and drug depart
ment reached Salem SATURDAY.
afternoon and the case was quick
ly disposed of, the defendant plead
ing guilty to the charge.
Probably the size of the fine was
largely determined by the fact that
this is the third offense by this
Salem butcher against the state
food law. Some years ago he was
successfully prosecuted for selling
watered oysters, and last fall a
second complaint was filed against
| him on the charge of using meat
which was unfit for food.
Three other cases were handled
by inspectors of the state food and
drug department last week. In
Aberdeen, Saturday, a feed dealer
was fined for selling medical stock
food which was not registered in
conformity with state law. In
Wateftown two grocers were fined
for selling cider vinegar product
which was not cider vinegar.
These Wateitown cases are the
most recent of several cases results
ing from an effort by the depart
nlelt to put a stop to the sale OF
mutation cider vinegar where gem
uine cider vinegar is called for bv
the purchaser.
a short time ago grocers in
Sioux Falls and Mitchell were
successfully prosecuted OH the
same charge The word vinegar
without qualifications has been de
fined by the government as apple
cider vinegar. and this is by far the
most popular vinegar in use in
1 America.
1t is an easy matter to initiate
the color of cidar vinegar and some
manufacturer are successful i'll
very closely initiating its chemical
composition. The food commits
sionel advises housewives to insist
OIL obtaining the kind OF vinegar
/ they ask for from their grocer.
a couple OF our younger gener-
alton while scouting around last
week, evidently in search of things
the spring brings to.us, came upon
a sack containing twenty-five bottles
OF perfectly good wiliskey in g
nearby corntield, giving evidence
OF being cached and forgotten. The
BOYS notified the authorities, who
took the goods in charge, and are
now awaiting a call from the own.
Ell to prove the property Wilmo,
Republican.
No business man in any tow1
should allow newspaper pub.
lisled in his town without his
name and business mentioned
1 somewhere i'm it's columns. This
applies to all kinds of business
general stores. dry goods, gro
GERS, furniture dealers, profes
sional men and in fact all classe.
of business men. This does no
mean that you should have
whole or half or even quarter
of page ad is every issne of thu
pager, but your name and bust
ness should be mentioned if yo,
do not use more than a two lin,
space. A stranger picking up a
newspaper should be able t.
tell just what business is repre-
sented in town by looking a
the business lineup in the pap
per. This is the best possible
|town advertiser Elk.