The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 21, 1916, Page 9

F ood Shops” HE North Dakota food depart- ment, in a bulletin just issued by the North ,Dakota Agricultural Experiment - station under - the ° .dxrectlon of - Food - Commissioner: E. - F. hat Are Kept Clean Food Commissioner Ladd Issues Report Showmg Rolls of Honor and Dlshonor Hughes Brothers, Bismarck, 96.5; Fargd {5 bakery, Fargo, 96; Mrs. Lynch, Havana, 95; Home bakery, New Rockford, 963, Bon ' Ton, -Fargo, 94; Broadwayy Fargo, 94. Ladd, gives the result of the last- year’s inspections in North -Dakota ef restau- - rants, hotel ‘kitchens, bakeries, confec tioneries, meat matkets and slaughter houses. Ot ‘the *whole the mspectlons shoWed improvemmts. in- the sanitary 'conditions of -all but- the medt markets and - slaughter - houses, both of which classes of business fell behind the scores of prior years. A . very serious condition was found in the case of slaughter houses. The inspectors visited 170. of these and the average score was only 64.86 points, out of a possible 100 points for perfect. ‘This class of business was therefore only about 65 per cent: sanitary as a whole. No' slaughter louse with 100 . points, perfect; was found ‘in- the state, and the scores ran down as low as 38, with only 13 of the 170 -visited scoring. above 90. Tlurty fell below 50 per eent sanitary. ' COUNTRY TOWN HOTELS MAKE GOOD RECORDS In sconng places where food is- handled the deparhnent uses a. system which - glves a certain number of points for ‘various parts of the business estab- lishment and ways ' of handling food. The total of possible: points is 100. In the case of restaurants, for instance, a maximum of 66 points is given on the sanitary conditions found in the front.and back rooms; 12 points on the cellar or basement; 10 points on backyard and ™ Do the food shops you deal wnth appear on the sioner ‘Ladd’s report?- .3 honor roll for cleanlmess, as shown by Commis- i If net, maybe a hint will : ~ help. Clean food shops help to stamp out disease - . 'as. much as good docters. most effeetive samtary weapon. Public interest is the It pays to buy " where the food is kept clean. perfect, while four in the country.towns achieved this. ‘With much ‘better facil- ities for making their places strictly sanitary, city' meat markets were beaten by the.country town butchers.’ The- food department is expected - to take 'some action in the case. of the slaughter houses: ‘The average was only 64.86, with a maximum of 98 and a minimum of 38. -Last year:the slanghter houses averaged 79, showing that the sanitary - condition -has ‘been allowed to run down during the last year. A list of the leading establishments in the various lines outside of those: with perfect scores, as shown by their sani- tary condition, follows, the 10.or 12 with the best scores being taken in each case: THESE EATING PLACES SHOW HIGH RECORDS Restaurants—J, W. Knutson, James- town, 99; N. P. Lunch room, Mandan, 99; P. J. Cavanaugh, Mott, 99; C. F. Altenberg, Valley City, 985; G. N. Lunch room, New Rockford, 98; Strat- ford Dairy Lunch, Grand Forks, 98; Pirie i Lunch,.- Fargo; 98; Mrs. N. Wright, Casselton, 97.5; Harry Macklin, Streeter, 97.5; Crawley’s Grill room, Fargo, 97; First Avenue Dairy Lunch, Fargo, 97; Elgin Dairy Lunch, Grand Forks, 97; Mrs. G. Miller, Kulm, 97. Hotel kitchens—Villard, Dickinson, 99; Walker, Anamoose, 98; Fargo house, Fargo, 98; Gardner, Fargo, 98; Waldorf, Fargo, 98; Dacotah, Grand Forks, 98; Frederick, Grand Forks, 98; Northern, Grand Forks, 98; P. S. Washer, Beach, 97.5; Grand Pacific, Bismarck, 97.5; L. B. Molander, Harvey, 97.5; T. Howard, Wyndmere, 97.5. Bakeries—City -- Bakery, Lidgerwood, Confectionery stores—Waverly, Minot; 99; Geist’s, Grand Forks, 98; A. Smiker,' Faxrmonnt 98; F. Marquards Cooperse town, 97.5; Thomas Kady, Grand Forks, 97.5; Hermnn’s, Jamestown, 97.5; H. Cf Guenther Rolla, 97.5; G.”A. Selvig, Bise marck, 97; John L. Walter, Edgeley, 97§ Bon Ton, Fargo, 97; N. P.:Fruit storey Fargo, 97; Olympw,, Fargo, 97; Pirie’s,y Fargo, 97; C. B. Gillispie, Gra.n(i Forks. 97. 2 \ ' MEAT MARKETS OF STATE ' ON THE HONOR ROLL Meat markets—Brown & Jomes, Bige marck, 99; George Gussner, Bismarckd§ 99; John C. Hauser, Grand Forks, 99¢ People’s Market, Fargo, 98.5; City Mea§ Market, Williston, 98.5; John B. Bere ' ringer, Dickinson, 98; A. H. Nelson, Finley, 98; C. E. Bowlby, Edgeley, 97.53 Muralt & Co., Lisbon, 97.5. Slaughter houses—(Only the following 13 out of 170 scored above 90) C. Bowlby, Edgerley, 98; City Abattoir, Grand Forks, 98; J. C. McVeety, Donnybrook, 97; J. C. Parker & Sons, Dickinson, 95% Gus Sandell, Gwinner, 94; Charles Horst; Glen Ullin, 92; South Side Market, Jamestown, 92; Farmers’ Cooperativd Store, Plaza, 92; Hugo Eberlein, Harvey, 91.5; Valley City Meat Markets, Minot, 91; Jorgenson & Son., Page, 91; Kir~ chof & Cooper, Devils Lake, 90.5; Model Market, Williston, 90.5. ; 98.5; G. R. 'Williams, LaMoure, 96.5; surroundings of - the building and 12 : : points on toilet and washroom accom- modations. % Restaurants to the number of 305 were visited in the state for the year. Four received perfect scores; 110 scored above 90 and 27 above 95; 24 had such poor sanitary arrangements that they scored below' 75. The average score for the 305 was 86.26. The country: towns throughout the state made good records. Outside of Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and Bismarck, 72 restaurants were found ~v with scores above 90 and 17 above 95. The four restaurants in the state w1th perfect - scores on this inspection are: Copper 'Kettle Inn, Fargo; Elgin Dairy Lunch, Fargo; Y. M. C. A., Grand Forks; M - B P X Redmer, Jamestown. { Hotel ’kitchens as a whole scored g better than restaurants. Of these 114 4 were visited and the average score was 90.36, with 70 scoring above 90 and 24 above 95. Onmly 5 fell below 75. One perfect hotel kitchen in sanitary accom- modations was found, that of the Ven- dome hotel, Fessenden. This hotel beat all' the hotels in the big. cltlea none of which scored perfect. Bakeries as a whole averaged 84.7 per . cent perfect, with three out of the 70 inspected © scoring - 100. Twenty-one scored above 90 and 6 above 95, while 6 fell below 75. Bakeries thh perfect scores were the following: Geist ~company, Grand Forks; L. M Hardy, _Grand, Forks; Lisbon bakery, Lisbon. + " None in Fargo were. reported perfect in sanitary condition. - SR Confectionery stores aversged -86.72 i per cent perfect as a whole, 137 ‘in the state being reported. Two were perfect, 67 ranked above 90 points and 24 above 95. 'Thirteen fell. below 75. The per- - fect: confectioneries were Black’s Purity Sweet Shop, Grand Ferks, and the H. J. 3 ... Geist company, Grand Forks. AVERAGE OF MEAT" MABKETS \ e ————— o " e S A N % & IS'BELOW LAST YEAR e i e e Administmlon building at the Agncultnnl sollses. ‘ e _ “Meat ymarkets as'a’ whole in ‘the state ¢ s SR ¥ | . S 83.38pereent perfect; 220 being raw material. This may -not appeal to .(3 - during. the- year Four: per!ect - our Twin City friends, but should appeal . o5 Tanked Abave. 00 mod ‘to. every- loyal - eitizen of ' the state.~s 1 NEW:ROCKFORD STATE CENTER. /;3 L CSMIGHTYGO0DMHING " A new daily for the state to be pub« | lished at Fargo and backed by the Non« % () Beatmg, Out the Rust 'Demon two .years qgo, whm the average was 86.8. The meat markets:-have not been improving. their sanitary conditions -as ' a whole but letting them get worse. ; La mefourmuhetsthhloopomum - in: seeuring - 25 ; i 3 ; : partisan forees is:a possibility. An in« smplesoftwohusbelsmhfromdflw . 'KEEP WEALTH.IN STATE dependent danypaperfor North Dakots With' the advent of teunmil elevatom Yo -