Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-01
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UuRltkoroN FARMER sGLLs OF.
COMPOSED conn TO COUNTY
FOOD OFFICIAL.
Also e,AoRrwGloHrEp TO
E.rENr or 7 Pen CENT
William Timms, Arrested On
chsrss q Selling speilsd ossds and
Alss Must Answer chsrss q Short
wslshtins--cern sass Made Under
csmpuisien A. War Penalty.

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\ csmps,sisn AZ War Penalty.
Burlington, Jan. 1.--What is declared
by officials OF the state pure food
bureau and the state and county, food
administrations as the most brazen
and perhaps the most ludicrous at
tempt n protiteering at the expense OF
the state food laws that has occurred
! In Iowa. in many years, and by the
|. Dcs Moincs county war club officials
ras a vain attempt to defraud the war
chest, was disclosed here Monday when
an information asking the arrest OF
William Zimmerman, living ut 1908
south Central avenue, but who con-
ducts q farm six miles south OF tho
city. was filed with Justice OF the
4 Peace w. W. Babb by State Food In
K spector M. T.. Flynn.
y Zimmerman is charged with the Of
A Tense OF selling corn so decomposed
and putrid that it is unit to feed 10
amy animal to County Food Admin
I istrator Horace n. Rand. But on top
: Of all that. Food Inspector Flynn
4 found, after an Investigation, that
Rand had also been short weighted
nearly I per cent Of his purchase.
Charged with the violation Of the
state food laws Zimmerman will be
3 placed under arrest this morning and
! brought before Justice Of the Peace
w. w. Babb for hearing.
Much in Store For Zimmerman.
And from all indications. when the
Justice OF the peace finishes with Tint
/ norman on the charge Of violating the
state food laws he may also be called
before the county council OF DEFENSE
or the Des Moines county war council
to explain his action which issstated
as being in direct disregard Of the
government laws covering the sale VI
foodstufHs.
Zimmerman Is former proprietor
OF a meat market at 1905 South central
avenue. Food Inspector Flynn in COM
menting on the practices OF the man
while in business, declared that he was
forced to arrest him twice to his
knowledge for violations OF the food
K law. In one instance he was selling
s aduIterated lard, preparation made
Of lard anA beef tallow. and another
time he was accused of selling ham,
bureer made Of decayed meats. but
Kept fresh IN appearance by a. pre-
sentative.
Corn Fer ths War Club.
When the war club campaign was
On. Timmerman refused to give.
Hex explained that he was too busy
4 farming to think Of war donations.
Hailed before the council OF defense, 1t
was suggested to him by that body
! that he put in his best ticks on the
\ farm but that hee donate twenty
bushels Of corn to the war club. To
this Zimmerman agreed. end Horace
s. Rand volunteered to buy the corn
At the market price. turning the check
over 70 the war chest.
5 East week Mr.. Rand ARRANGED for
the purchase OF twenty bushels OF
fAed corn from Zimmerman. The corn
was delivered later at the barns OF the
Rand Lumber Company. on Hawkeye
street. The condition Of the corn was
not discovered until two days after
It was delivered. when Will Gantz.
Vi arn foreman, attracted by the odor.
inspected the corn. He reported the
matter to Mr.. Rand.
Food Inspector NJ. r. Flynn was
called in on the matter and after o
short inspection OF the grain. he de-
clared that Il was old and absolutely
unfit 20 feed to animals OF any kind.
SItsswaa badly rotted and decayed and
gave forth q sickening odor. 1t
scrumbled in the hand as II either very
old or exposed greatly to the weather
or damp SHELTER. It bore mold in
4 many cases.
Shortage Next Disesvsrsd.
4 The food inspector had little
thought that the farmer would have
short weighted the purchaser Of such
corn but he decided to go thru the
usual tests. He was astounded to find
that instead Of twenty bushels OF corn
lin the pile there were but seventeen.
H 1T is the most unusual case that
\ fas come under my attention during
s the years that have served ats food
" Inspector. Here man sells decom-
posed corn. product that you could
"a not throw into the cutter and dis
& pose 81 Il successfully for the stencil
would prove too much for you, but here
4 tho seller not a. i:sent win .GpostnS
IN; the decaysi & IN. even a',o:twslshts
4 the unlucky purchaser. But the best
\ part Of the whole affair is that he Sc
8 :cctcd tho scnniy food aani!n,stratcr.
lilo une mal VIII above all OF Ter, In
\ the county has been chosea to safe
6Yard the pars,e against this very
thinsl. IT'S sure good isn't II I" and
1 Inspector Flynn was forced to emit
i suffaw as he finished tros outburst.
Hold Upon One Charge.
The charge Of short w.irhins was
+ not placed ay,.,nst the man by Mr..
Flynn. II is believed that the food
inspector Is aoldtng> this churee IN
4 allegiance penl'pg the outcoidn Of the
a hearing on The ether charge which is
thnt Of selling ice :npo1ed grain unit
4 as food for any animal
s9 Only Thjnss TINT prsvalI.
whit i fallacy~ to deAne riches %
VI anythins sensual For III that II Of
III fhe Aesh leshy and Of the earth earthly
Y mt one tlax perish like weeds that