The Wolf Point herald., 1921-01-06

public of Montana, while Butte has
used five inspectors for the city
only.
Startling I'm Frankness
Mr.. Shea's report, which does not
say anything about his own efforts
and the battles he has fought with
great food manufacturers as well as
with dealers, is startling in his frank
resume of food inspections in Mon
tana in the last two years. He is
high in his praise of many local
health officers, many of whom work
for nothing, others who receive $255
every three months, and for the few
fulI-time health officers. He adds
that the unpaid and part time Off
GERS are der endent upon the public
support for their living but have the
courage to enforce laws, although
making many enemies when they af-
feet the pocketbooks of wealthy men.
He also mentions the difficulty of
getting convictions when county at
tornews are unwilling. He praised
the attorney general and his staff
cases in both state and federal courts.
That Restaurant Taste
He speaks interestingly of the
restaurant taste"
Mr.. Shea said the division of food
and drugs, in addition to making
3,231 inspections in two years and
collecting $1,700 in fines for viola
tions of food laws, says that with
the exception of five and one-half
months in two years the state in
spection was carried on by one man
only. He recommends two full-time
inspectors for the state in addition
to the director.
In his report he says:
practically every section of the
state was visited twice during the |
past two years as matter of rout-
inc inspection work, and many spe-
cial inspections were made as the
occasion required.
Grocery Stores
eff Rip Van Wrinkle we're to ar
rive in a Montana town or city today
after a 20-year vacation,- he would
have difficulty in locating a grocery.
They have undergone as great change
as that of the old apothecary shop
to the modern pharmacy. The ma
jority of foods formerly sold in bulk
form are now sold in sealed pack
ages, and for those that remain in
bulk form, dust, fly, rat and cat proof
have been provided in
neat and attractive designs.
Hotels
''It is not believed that climatic
conditions in Montana are particular
Iy conducive to the health or longev-
ty of bedbugs, yet many complaints
are received from travellers each
year stating that their slumbers
nave been disturbed by such vermin. I
Poor ventilation, insanitary toilets, ;
,oiled linen, and insufficient air
space in rooms are further causes of i
Owing to the high price |
If building material and the cost of I
umber during the past two years, {
very few hotels or rooming houses s
lave been erected. There has been :
travel and consequently in I
;reased demand for hotel rooms. !
each succeeding summer brings an S
increased number of tourists to the t
tate, and if Montana is to realize a t
desirable reputation throughout the t
ountry for good hotels, more atten- c
ion must be given to the regulation
nd control of such places through :
fficient inspection. t
with only one annual visit from b
state Inspector, it is not expected
hat this generation will even become
Unfamiliar with such relics of pion- b
er days as the roller towel and the b
ommon drinking cup. f
''It is obvious that the state should t
ot be obliged to license man to f
un a restaurant in a building that t
, suitable only as a refuge for cock b
caches and other vermin. In the in C
erests of economy to taxpayers a re-
Orm is demanded in the system of b
censing public places. p
Butchers Conscience e
"It is a strange state of affairs b
hen people living in the heart of p
attle country must pay freight sew il
raj hundred miles on fresh meats h
D order that they may be reasonably d
ssured that the article is wholesome S.
D nature. The establishment of mu- r.
icipal abattoirs by some of the lar 81
er Montana cities might be an ex- a
eriment we'll worth trying. By this tt
meant place where licensed meat a
callers might slaughter stock under p