Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07
new ORDINANCE
TO INTENSITY
DAIRY CONTROL
Proposed Radical Measure
Has First Reading in
Council.

Bees, Pigs, Uniforms, Slot
Machines, Sidewalks, Street
Grading, Etc, Discussed.
Al the regular monthly meeting OF
the city council last night, a new or
dinance for regulating safe OF
milk and cream within the city limits
had it's first reading. incidentally. it
dinance. covering IL 1-2 closely type
written pages. il passed and APPROX
ed, will be the longest OF all city or
dinances.
The ordinance aims at preventing
fraud in the sale Of milk and cream
and danger to the public health. and
when it had been read to the council.
purposes of the document, as well as
some Of the features which distin-
cuisines it from the present
and supplementary amendments.
According to the proposed ordi.
nance, the regulation of h sale OF
dairy products will be considerably
s~tricter than is possible under the
control of cattle is to be made more
thorough and the application OF h
tuberculin test still more efficient
than it now is. Various sections pro-
vide for the regular inspection OF
diaries and milk houses, and mucn
attention is paid to the necessity OF
maintaining sufficient contro! OF the
places where milk is produced and
prepared for sale to the public.
In general, the ordinance supple
ments that which is now being en-
forced and materially strengthens 1t
in many directions.
Bees Is Bees"
DR.. e. J.. Davidson. recently elect
ed a member of h council. explain
ed the application to cattle OF the
tuberculin test and discussed various
phases of the sanitation question in
regard to cattle.
During the evening h aldermen
were asked to delve into the fields
of entomology. as we'll as zoology. and
to decide whether or not bees ana
pigs were really public nuisances.
Complaints had been a to the
council that the bees kept on the
Rusche form on Skidmore avenue
had annoyed neighbors a great deal.
1t appears hat an agreement was
made last year between Mr.. Rusche
and the board Of health to the effect
that the bees might be kept for 1917
provided they would be removed IN
the spring OF his year. H. Thomson.
who lives on Seward avenue opposite
the Rusche farm. appeared before
the council and made complaint NAT
the bees practically destroyed drying
clothes on the clotheslines in his
backyard, and in proof Of his griev-
ance exhibited to the aldermen sew
eral partially ruined sheets an. ped
spreads.
No Bee Legislation.
Acting City Attorney Geo. r. Rob.
bins said that there was no ordinance
which specifically referred to bees
and that these Insects were not e
mentioned in the compilation OF NUS
ances. Mr.. Robbins did think. how
ever. that as domestic animals an
subject to certain controls within tn
city limits. a way might be found II
which to abate the apparent evil.
Az to the actual damage done b,
the Industrious bees there was some
difference Of opinion. as it was de-
clared by some that bees become 9
nuisance only during two or three
days in June or July. whereas TIT
complaint before the council referred
to constant and consistent destruction
done by the insects.
The matter was finally left in thu
hands Of the board of health and tn
city attorney. and h owner OF TN
bees is to be invited to appear be
fore the council at its mex meeting
to state his side of h case.
Some Pigs Excluded.
The board of health recommended
keeping of pigs in the city be sus
pended during the peroid OF the war
with the understanding that eacl
family was to be permitted to keel
one pig. provided the usual sanitar.
control was cxerted.
It vas expressly stipulated that thu
would in no manne whatsoever in
clude that more or less extinct specie
commonly known as blind pig
During the discussion following tn
resolution of the health hoard. it wa
brought out that the city ordinance
seemingly did not contain n dlrec
prohibition of the keeping of pigs
but a. there was insufficient time TO
a study of the question from its lega
angle, the motion was recalled an
the matter postponed until h mex
meeting. at which time it is expects
that an opinion from the city attor
ney's office will solve the problem.
Many New Buildings.
The annual report Of City Enginee
+. J.. Smith was presented 10th
council and showed. among othe
thingsssthat the value Of new strue
lures in the city aggregated $iS3,99!
also that ga building permits ,ha
been issued, and that inspection ha
been. made OF l1s new buildings du.
inE the past year. Furthermore, a
signs and biilboards had been in
Apected by the, city engineers d.
partment.
The street and alley committee r.
ported that II had awarded the Cor
tract for laying concrete Sidewalk
during the 1918 season to John Yves
lund At rate Of "A cents per squal
foot Tor sidewalk. and 10 cents ps
sauare foot for crossings.
The newly acquired street grade
and Scartfier wilt be tested. this aftel
neon IL O'Clock. It ~ reporte'
8 committee was asked to be pre-
eft IL the tool house at hat hou
ma Mayor wheeler. who preeided
the meeting. suggested. that all men