The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-01-01
START new YEAR
WITH new LAW
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ORDI-
NANCE FOR TUBERCULIN
TESTING OF DAIRY cows
Colville Taking Stride in Provision
for Quality and Sanitation In
City Milk Supply

Next Tuesday night the city coun-
ell will have for its consideration
again the proposed ordinance to re-
quire that the city's milk supply
be fully protected in quality, clean
illness and free from contagion. In
asmuch as this is a new movement
for Colville, although not for many
other cities of this class, the citizens
| are asked to make any expression of
opinion they desire to their represen-
tatives sitting on the council
The important part of the proposed
ordinance is that which requires all
milk sold in the city to come from
cows which have been tested for
tuberculosis. 1t is known that about
one-fourth of the tuberculosis among
children under l6 years of age is of
the bovine type, and this results in
the many cases of hip and Joint
diseases among children. Spokane
creameries will not buy milk unless il
comes from tubercuin tested cattle.
The Maurer herd of about 90 cows
west. Of the city and the b. T.
Denrl herd Of F., cows north of the
city are both tuberculin tested, but
this has been about the extent Of
testing in the vicinity Of Colville.
Investigations have showed that from
Is to 800 of the dairy animals in
northeastern Washington will react
to the test. The validity Of city or
dnances regulating sales of milk has
beav upheld by supreme courts and
by the United States supreme court.
Proposed Ordinance
Following is an outline Of the Or
dinance as it has been introduced
before the city council:
An ordinance resuIatinE tn sale o.
n1ilf and cream in the City of Colville
and providing penalties for Tn" viola
ton of this ordinance and repeating
all ordinances in conflict .S herswith;; her,
| vile. do Ordain as follows;
Section /. II shall bc unlawful for
| or cream in the city OF Colvlne, unless
the same shall nave come from
dairy or dairies which are kept and
maintained as provided by this or
dinance.
Section .. For the purpose of this
ordinance, normal milk or cream Is
defined as milk or cream:
|. Which is free from any foreign
substance or substances whatsoever.
2. Which is pure, healthy wholesome
and uninfected.
;. Which is free from cOlOrinE mat
ter or preservatiVes.
4. Which is free from all patho-
genie bacteria or germs pus cells or
blood coils.
5. Which is produced by cows
which are healthy and free from all
kinds of disease and kept in healthy
ana sanitary condition and fed upon
wholesome food
6. Which is not produced by a COW
fifteen O5) days before or flvc co
days after porturition. or in any case,
before fever has left such cow.
Standard milk is defined as milk
which contains not less than twelve
less than. s.75 per cent of solids sx:
elusive Of fat and not less than 8.25
per cent Of fat: except milk sold or
,pt in the manner and conditions
prescribed for the sale of SKINNED
Standard cream Is defined az cream
containing not less than eighteen t1B)
per cent Of butter fat.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for
any person: by himself; & or his servant l;and
in his custody with intent to sell.
milk or cream below normal and
as normal milk containing less than
32s per cent of fat and containing
not less than 80 per cent Of solids.
sell nseeo" or offer for M Sale sale In the city Of
colvilie, any milk or cream from
cows which have not within one year
prior thereto been subjected to the
tubercuin test in the manner ap-
proved by the department Of agricul-
turs Of the unte6 a. states 5y ,hs sr
laws laws Of the state Of washington.
Section g.. Any person violating any
Conviction. be punished by ane In
any sum not exceeding one hundred
(s100) dollars. or be imprisoned in
ceeding Gee thirty tso1 days. or BY both
such fine and Imprisonment.
It is likely that some changes will
be made, and it is possible that
holders of certificates Of tuberculin
testing shall be required to present
them to the city physician for his
approval before they will be allowed
to sell milk in the city limits.
Facts About Bovine Tuberculosis
III TIE carly oVS Iiic uiSSoFCiy Woo
made that enabled those who believed
that milk was at times responsible
for the spread of contagious diseases
to speak out convincingly and at the
same time present the case to the
public in tangible form. In 1882
Koch brought out solid culture media
which SO advanced the technique OF
psychologists that in 1884 the
specific germs of several Of the
diseases were isolated and grown out
side the body, among them tuberculo-
sis.
1t was possible to inoculate these
germs in milk and observe how they
behaved. 1t was found that they
live in milk and most of them null
tiply in It. Milk is as good food