Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-15
SUPERVISORS HAVE
TILT over N ON T \
TO TEST 7. B. COWS
$4,000 APPROPRIATION FOR CAR.
RYiNG ON INSPECTIONS MEETS
WITH SUPPORT AND OPPOSE.
TON WHEN PRESENTED BOARD.

Heated discussions were INDUCED In
ut tho morning session OF the board of
supervisors today when the matter of
appropriating $4,000 FOR government
inspection of herds of La Sale county
cattle, was brought up. Yesterday DIR.
Lintner, n federal employee who Is en-.
gagged in the inspection of tubercuar
cattle addressed the board, telling
If they would give $4,000 to put this
matter thru the state would give S10,.
600 in turthering the work in La Sale
county.
Supervisors Thomas Haskins, of La
Sale, and J Ward Smith, OF Utica,
made speeches In favor of making the
appropriation while Supervisors NJ. j.
Charley, of La Sale, and Calvin
Spencer, of Marseilles, opposed the ap.
pronriation.
After the four men had made their
talks. the matter was laid on the ia
Bile until this afternoon
Calvin Spencer of Manius, was the
first supervisor to give his opinion of
the proposition today From pam
phlet published by the state of Illinois
he read many articles stating that the
pasteurization of milk is the vital thing
and If ii was enforced IL would do
more TO decrease disease than any
thing else. The health department of
Illinois advises he said, that all milk
be pastcurized as IL is the item of
vital Importance in the health world
of today. It is advised by all health
departments and is very easy to be
done at homo as common Oat meal
cooker will do the work and safeguard
health. Over 40C epidemics of typhoid
fever have resulted in the United
States because of failure to pasteurize
milk. Thirteen epidemirs have occur
red in Chicago but not one since the
compulsory pasteurization of milk be-
gan in 1916. Chicago is the first large
city In the United States to compel
the pasteurization of milk and is now
one OF the most healthy of the large
cities in the United States
or the cities in the United States
with populations ranging around 5000
inhabitants IT'S have an ordinance
compelling the pasteurization of milk,
while $50 cities have their milk pas.
teurized by law.
Mr.. Spencer concluded by stating
That he believed that pasteurization
of milk would do more to decrease tub.
erculosis than anything else known in
the line of DR. Lintner and said he
was whole-heartedlv against an appro.
priation of this kind.
Supervisor O'Donnell then made
motion that the matter be referred to
the finance committee
Supervisor Haskins who Is for the
bill stated that he would like to know
IL Il statement that he had heard was
true regarding the story that veter-
marian was first hired at a salary of
1890 year and then let go and an
other hired for $1,000 an increase of
$500 over the previous fixed salary.
supervisor Smith of Allen, then
took the floor and attempted to ex.
plain the matter. He stated that a
man must be government examined
to hold the job and the government
part of it calls for more salary. It
was also stated by Mr. Smith that no
veterinarian had been hired as yet.
He stated that his sentiment was for
the appropriation as was that of the
majority of farmers. OF the farmers
III MS bNHSulp, lUG want Inelf cattle
tested. He also said that 312 farmers
had volunteered to have their cattle
tested without being requested to do
so. When asked about the size of the
farm bureau he stated that the bureau
had 300 members. This shows that
only 10 per cent, Of the farmers signed
contracts
Supervisor Haskins then took the
floor and said the board was acting
like group of hungry misers' by re-
fusing to pass the appropriation and
pass it Immediately. He proposed
special committee to act with the farm
bureau to see that the money was jul
diciously spent. In closing he declar-
ed that $4,000 is drawn by the super
visor for few hours work and if they
cared to be so saving in financial mat
ters he proposed that they cut their
salaries and that they do some of the
saving there.
Supervisor Spencer again took the
floor and stated that he was farmer
and was opposed to any bill like this
one He declared that Mr. Haskins