The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-30
MEAT EXAMINED
BY DAVIS GOOD:
NO IMPURITIES

eminent bureau of mines at Fair
banks and pronounced free from i'm
purities. A verbal report of the
examination was received over the
phone this morning by Engineer
! in Charge Fred'k D. Browne and
the formal written report will be
mailed for local filing.
Superintendent John H. Davis in
! formed Mr.. Browne that the meat
had been subjected to careful an
alysis to ascertain if the usual COM
mercial preservatives had been used,
such as sulphites, boric acid, salicy-
lie acid and formaldehyde, but the
presence of none of these was de-
tected, the meat being entirely free
from foreign substances such as
might prove injurious to health.
The samples OF meat were sent
to Fairbanks for examination as a
matter of precaution, following the
development here of a food poison
ing case similar to the cases which
resulted recently in the death of
number of persons at Dawson.
The samples included three pieces
Of beef, two pieces of mutton and
one piece of pork.
Mr.. Browne is also in receipt
of a message from Dawson inform
ing him that the meat shipped
down river this spring from that
point had not been condemned
The meat was shipped through to
Fairbanks under seal and there ex-
amined by the government physi-
clan before any Of it was released,
and pronounced pure and whole
some. None of that meat was IN
loaded at Nenana and none has
since been received here, the Ne
mana shipments having come from
the cold storage plants at Ruby and
Tanana
Mr. Browne stated that he had
no reason 10 believe the meat re
ceived BY the Commission this wear
is less wholesome than usual, but
in view of the many reports in
circulation, he desired 10 make sure
Of the condition Of the meat before
permitting further use Of il by en-
ployees of the Commission.
Cold storage meat, explained Mr..
Browne, when properly looked after.
can be kept for an indefinite time
without material deterioration. h
suggests, however, that the quality
can be improved by careful trim
ming Of the outside of the cuts and
by removing the bones when prac-
ticable.
Ralph Waechter, local representa-
tive of Waechter Bros, when ques-
toned today regarding the approx
mate date of the storage of the
meat now in the camp, stated that
none had been in storage for a
longer period than thirty months
or Whereabouts. He says all the
meat is tagged when if goes into
storage, and these tags show the
date. Mr. Waechter also states that
none Of the meat brought down
from Dawson this spring has been
offered for sale in Nenana. either
by him or by the Commission. The
meat received here, he says. came
from the lower river.
Il requested that none of the
Dawson meat be sent TO Nenana,"
explained Mr.. Waechter, because
of the belief, entertained by some
people, that the Dawson deaths were
caused by cold storage meat, not
withstanding the fact that an ex-
animation of the Dawson meat fail
ed to disclose the presence of the
mysterious poison. The meat was
pronounced wholesome before It left
Dawson and again after it reached
Fairbanks The only evidence thus
far produced to show that the Daw-
son cases were caused by diseased
meat is the statement of Outside
specialists that the illness is similar
to certain cases recorded which are
known to have been caused by meat
poisoning. A very large part of