Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-06
MILK INSPECTION
AGAIN DISCUSSED
by CITY COUNCIL
Supervisors Will Be Asked
To See That All Diaries
Properly Inspected

The question of the inspection OF
milk that is sold in Bisbee, and of
dairies that are outside of the corpo-
rate limits of the city. was discussed
at some length at the regular meet
ing of The city council last night. The
question was brought up through the
report of protests on the action taken
by the city council at the last niece
ing in disseminating an appropriation
to DR. r. b. Durfee, city bacteriologist.
of $50 month to cover the inspec-
ton of dairies that are outside of the
city but that supply milk to the CITY.
Mayor Jacob Erickson explained his
point of view. In the first place, he
explained, that the action of the city
had been mistaken by many who
thought it would mean the elimina-
tiop of the meteorological tests OF
milk that is sold in the city. This is
not the case. DR.. Durfee is retained
by the city as city bacteriologist. In
this capacity he will continue 20 ma.e
milk tests, said the mayor.
Mayor Erickson said that the APP
preparation of $50 month was made
several months ago to enable DR.. Dur
fee to undertake the inspection of the
diaries in connection with his work as
city bacteriologist, but with the I'M
derstanding that he would endeavor
Ito secure the position of county health
officer so that he could inspect the
daiIies in the county on county pay.
! Mayor Gives Views
! Since that time, il was pointed ou:,
/ DR.. Durfee has been appointed county
I health officer with authority to in
/ spect the, dairies. The mayor held
/ That regardless of any inspection OF
/ the diaries. milk that is sold in the
4 city of Bisbee is inspected by Dr.
Durfee. He held that dairymen that
do not produce pure, wholesome milk,
that comes up to the required test,
can be restrained, under the city or
dinances, from selling milk in the
l city. The mayor and members of the
city council pointed out that in pay
ing DR.. Durfee for the inspection of
diaries outside of the city, the resi-
dents of Bisbee are paying a double
tax in that they pay the same county
taxes. as residents outside Of. the city
and yet pay for the inspecl-on of
diaries that sell a large part of their
milk outside of the city. They held
That as far as the city is concerned
the sale of nothing\ but pure milk cab
be insisted upon by rigid enforcement
OF the city ordinances through bac-
Theological tests of the milk
For the sake of the community at
large and for those sections lmat are
not within the city it was held that
the county should see to it that the
dairies are properly inspected. A mo.
ton was adopted authorizing the city
attorney to- draft a letter to the board
of supervisors suggesting that the
county health officer BE required to
inspect and be paid for the inspec-
ton of dairies in the county. In the
mem time the city bactei iologist, DIR.
Durfee, was instructed to continue
with the milk tests and enforce the
requirements for milk that is sold in
/ the city.
! Protests Are Read
DR.. w. G. Bryan, city health officer,
explained that DR.. Durfee, as county
health officer, receives a salary. OF
/ $500 yeag and is required to inspect
the diaries only once year. He said
that the county has made inadequate
provision fox the inspection of the
diaries, but held that it is essential
that the inspection should be made by
someone. The mayor and the mem
! bers of the city council agreed that
the diaries should be inspected but
held that as the city has made provi-
sion for its own protection it is
matter for those communities. outside
of the city to take up with the board
or supervisors and agreed to take it
up with the board of supervisors for
the sake ofSthose communities.
Communications were read from DR..
n. c. Bledsoe and Dr. George Bridge
protesting against the action OF the
city council in disseminating the nro-