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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 14. 1909.
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Pure Milk Problem Solved
Altmito Plan of Fighting Germ- Starts at the Dairy Fares end Continues Throttgh tht
Plant Until Delivered Pure at Consumer ' Door.
TESTT.VO FOR PUR1TT AND BUTTER FAT BEFORE PATRON8 MILK IB ACCEPTED.
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6 HOW t NO MILK FlWINO FKOM POOLFR INTO ENAMEL FILLER AND
CAPPING OF BOTTLES ON THEIR WAT INTO REFRIGERATOR.
VIEW OF BASEMENT SHOWING ICB PLANT. VAT8 AND CHURNS.
BHOWINO FILTFU THROUGH WHICH ALL MILK IS FORCED BEFORE EN
TERING PASTEURIZER,
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View of the pasteurizer, bhowino complete process of
RiZATION. .
PA8TEU-
OFFICKR8 of the Alamlto Sani
tary Dairy company now pride
themaelvM that they bays tha
moat modern and up-to-data
plant for haodllnc milk, cream
and but tar Wot of DetroiL
Pasteurisation In lu moat approve!
fotm haa ben adopted by the Ala mi to. and
that it la meetlns with Un heart y approval
of tha public of Omaha ia ahown by tha
wonderfully Increased bu air era of thla pro
gressive firm. A glance over tha Journey
cf milk from the farmer to the consumer,
through the medium of the Alamlto, would
socn convince the most sceptical that no
method for greater purity could be devised.
Tha source of the milk Is first looked
after. Farmer who supply this milk are
all bound by Ironclad contracts which
guard against a chance for impure milk.
A few of tha provisions set forth in the
contract are: That tha barns where the
cattle ar kept must be whitewashed; that
the dairy barn must be aeparate; that If an
employ on the farm la sick the Alamitj
must be notified: that the farmer must be
careful of his feed for the cattle; that the
company reserve the right to throw out
any animal of a herd, and if the owner ob
jects the company may send A veterinary
surgeon to examine the cow. The require
ments of the city of Omaha are that milk
which ia sold In Omaha should contain I
per cent of butter fat the AlamKo con
tracts require from 94 to 4 per cent from
their patrons. The milk la hauled from
nearby farms In cans which have been
washed and steamed before they are sent
to tha farmers and which tha farmers ar
also required to clean. Reaching Omaha,
the milk ia taken to tha plant of the Ala
mlto at UU Farnam street, where cleanli
ness I the watchword.
From the moment the milk entera this
home of sanitation until It leaves In tha
form of butter, cream, milk or buttermilk.
It la bandied by the most modern methods
with machinery which Is sterilised and
kept In a state of cleanliness which would
maka the moat careful housewife look to
her laurel.
Each can of milk is tested to see that
It cornea up to the requirement of rich
ness, purity and flavor If it does not it ia
returned to the farmer. If a can of milk
pasaee the test it Is poured through
a strainer Into a conductor and car
ried t the receiving vat. where it la
thoroughly stirred to Insure a uniform
grade for all milk. These vats hold
$00 gallons, and when one housewife
thinks her neighbor Is getting richer milk
than she does, she is mistaken, for It all
comes from the same vat.
From this vat the milk la forced
through a filter In order that any Impuri
ties may be taken out. This Is done as au
extra precaution, for the Alamlto requires
clean milk from tha farmers - who supply
tha milk,
After passing through the filter the milk
Is pasteurised, which is nothing more or
less than heating it to 100 degree and then
cooling by running over pipe through
which cold brine ia, passed. Many think
that the pasteurisation process consists of
putting: in soma foreign substance, but that
, 1 not the case, aa it la simply heating the
milk to kill any possible germs or bacteria.
uch a typhoid, diphtheria, tuberculosis or
other baccillua. Tbe milk is than cooled to
S degrees. The city of Chicago require
that lu milk shall be pasteuriaed, tha
government has recommended that It be
required, and Nathan Aran, who has
made an exhaustive study of the subject,
who reduced the mortal 11 ty rat In New
Tork City by placing plants among tha
poor. Where paaturised milk could be had
at cost, and who has recently returned from
London, where he was called to help
In the establishment of pasteurised plants,
says that state Inspection of dairies spells
Improvement. BUT PASTEURIZATION IS
NECE8SART.
Officers of the Alamlto point with pride
to tha fact that although several epidemic
of typhoid have broken out from tbe use
of milk, not one case can be traced to
Alamlto milk.
Cleanliness Is followed In all parts of tha
plant, and the public ia cordially Invited to
inspect the place at any time. In the auto
matic bottle washer tha bottles are washed
and sterilised, a case at a tlm. under high
pressure, and Inspected after they come
out. They are carried to th cleanser direct
from the wagon by a conveyor and after
a thorough cleanelng are ready for filling.
After the milk I cooled it I conducted '
to a most modern, up-to-date enameled
bottle filler, which fnia automatically a
dosen quarts and twenty pints at th earn
time and which has a capacity of sVOOt
bottle an hour. It la then conveyed au
tomatically Into a large, modern refriger
ating room, from which tt Is leaded into
the thirty clean Alamlto wagons to con
tinue lu Journey to your door.
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STERILIZATION AND EXAMINATION OF BOTTLES.
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SHOWTNG OFFICB AND FORCE. WHERE COURTEST AND ACCURACT,
WATCHWORD.
kllk OF. THE EARTHQUAKE
"Region of the Eecent Trembler ia
' , Southern Italy.
ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGE DOSE
Carefal Celeelatlew e Leea et
Life mm Deetreetioa ef Freperty
Threegh the XeMlaa '
District.
ROME. Feb. I Prof. Rlcco. director of
th Etna observatory and on of the lead
ing seismologist In Italy, recently explored
th earthquak area, and he ha prepared
th accompanying chart, which give an
approximate Idea of the Intensity and ex
tent of both the earthquake and th tidal
wave of December U.
The chart show the isoseUmic lmes
marking the different area wher th
dlsturbancea on th earth' surface had
an enual intensity. Th Mercalli scale, so
called after Ita inventor, which is divided
into un grades, I used to show the in
tensity of tbe shocks in each section. -
The line of the utmost Intensity, marked
10. Include the area wher the destruction
of life and properly was complete. Within
it ar Messina and Reggio and th smallei
towns and villages on each side of the
trait. Th area It Include ha roughly
peaking a diameter Of about forty kilo
meter, and I more or less of an elliptical
shape.
Outside of it come th isoselsmic Un.
marked t, showing wher the bavoo
wrouch was considerable, but , not com
plete nd the loss of life was not so great
Tn line passes near Santa Teres dl
P.lva aud Mtlasso In Sicily, and Roearno
nd Mlleto in Calabria. It la also ellpllcal
tad I? greatest diameter la about seventy
kllometur.
Th third line, marked t. Include the
place where the earthquake damaged
building and the number of dead was
snn. Its shape Is an elongated oval and
It diameter about ISO kilometer. The
fourth line, marked T, passes through Cat
tanlsetta and Augusta in Calabria. It in'
elude th area where the shock wa vio
lent but th damage caused alight. Its
diameter ia about 300 kilometer.
Th next line, marked (,. Includea the
area where th aback was very strong but
no damage was caused. This llue could
only be traced so far In Sicily, through
PoUlaa. SerTadifaleo and Syracuse. The
other Isoaeismio linea, marked i. 4 and i.
Include areas where tbe earthquake was
respectively strong, mediocre and slight.
Intensity Was CeeUaiised.
Th Intensity of the earthquake, which
bad as IU 'centrum tbe Strait of Messina
and a dlreetioo from northeast to south
west, rapidly diminished outside the central
Isoaeismio area. . Prof. Rlcco is convinced
that It was of exclusive tectonlo origin, and
he saya that Its direction was Identical with
the geological structure of - the Strait of
Messina, which extends la a northeasterly
direction through all the strata down to
the primitive crystalline rocks.
The tidal wave that" accompanied th
earthquake struck the western and south
ern coasts of Calabria from the extremity
of Calabria to Gerace. and in BlcUy from
Termini Imerese to Syracuse. Th wave
was from nine to eighteen feet high.
The economist, Ognor Nitti, a member of
the Italian Parliament, haa attempted to
measure in a general way, but on a scien
tific basis, the loss resulting to th country
from tbe earthquake.
Slgnor NltU reckons the wealth of
Messina at 172.800,000' and that of Reggio
at tl00.G0o,000i By wealth be mean very
thing that baa value land, houses, money
and movable property.
In calculating th loss of wealth he dis
tinguishes lost by the siat from that lost
by private individuals. Th state has not
been a heavy loaer. Th land in th dis
trict ha suffered a great depreciation, but
this does not constitute a loss to tha state.
as desplt th depression in trade due to
th falling off in the exportation of agrl
cultural products both in Sicily and in
Calabria, tbe value of land had increased
out of proportion as a result of emigra
tion.
Heterned Emigrant Hit.
Calabria and Sicily have for many years
past Jurnlshed a great contingent ot th
emigrant to America, in fact some pro
vince, especially Reggio, Catona. Cannl-
tellu, Bagnara and Santa Eufemla, were
practically depopulated. The ideal of all
emigrant wa to make enough money
broad to enable them to return and live
on it tha rest of their live. All bought
land ea their return and built bouses.
The Inevitable result was that the value
Of land increased considerably, and this
increase was artificial, aa It did not benefit
trade. Now the loss resulting from bouses
being destroyed by tbe earthquake Is felt
by the owner and not by th slate. The
stat lost th income derived from land
taxes.
Tha total amount of capital invested in
buildings at Messina Is calculated at about
H.0U,(K, at Reggio at $I0.00v.ouO, and the
greatest portion of this capital Is irrev
ocably lost. As regards the loss of niov
able property this is also subdivided be-
3SMHKT
And many other painrta and
distressing ailments from
which most mothers suffer,
can be avoided by usin
Bather's Frleni. This rem
edy is a God-send to expect
ant mothers, carrying them
through the critical ordeal viih safety. No woman vho uses
12 ether's Frlasd need fear the suffering incident to birth; for it robs
the ordeal of its dread and insures safety to life of mother and child,
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iween tha loss of It by tbe state and that
suffered by private Individuate.
The wealth ef (Reggio and Messina was
not so considerable as was at first Imag
ined. The money invested in state bonds
Is not lost, as even If the bond were pay
able to bearer, and tha bearer la dead, the
capital Invested which become the prop
erty of th state is to be used on behalf of
th survivor, especially orphan. The
money lost either In coin or note doe not
constitute a loss to the state either.
The real loss consists In furniture, house
hold goods, valuables and Jewels, a, great
portion of which have been stolen and hence
were not destroyed, but changed hands.
Signor Nittt does not consider the loss sus
tained by Insurance companies a very
great, at least not aa regards Italy, since
the majority of these companies were
foreign. .
. Another great loss is that of th trade,
which can never be measured, even ap-
mllitary rule meant to be adopted in a
conquered country, not a dead one, crushed
th survivors and drove away every human
aentlment and feeling from them. They
were dead tq all intents and purposes. All
th effort made to help them were useless.
Fierce Flghtlasr tnr Feed.
They fought over their food like animals.
The prohibition to recover their dead or
search for their missing relatives exas
perated them; the order to evacuate the
ruined city drove there to fury. Signor
Micheli compares the state of the earth
quake survivor at Messina to to that of a
tree shattered by a storm. Its leaves scat
tered far. its branches broken, but its root
stilt clinging to the soli. The tree 1 not
dead, and if left by Itself gradually under
th action of the aun will put forth new
leaves aud slowly but surely live again
green and strong.
Tbe evacuation of Messina would hav
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proximately. But the greateat loss of all.
a loss which escape all calculation or
measurements, is that of life. The value
of human life Is but an empty expression
when applied to 300,000 persons killed in tbe
space of a half a minute.
Desstr Ulekell'a Great Wsrk.
There waa a man at Messina who did
more for the earthquake sufferers and af
forded more practical aid than all the gov
ernment apd army officials who Were sent
there to organise th rescue work, dis
tribute food, cloth and shelter th sur
vivor and mitigat as far as possible and
In the quickest way th effect of the great
disaster. This man was a member ot
Parliament, th Deputy Michel of Parmt,
a very modest farmer and a fervent
Catholic
He did auch good work at Messina that
even th anti-clerical and socialist news
paper praised him highly, an unprece
dented thing in Italy. Signor Michel! has
low returned to Parma, where a friend
succeeded la interviewing him.
Th earthquak. said Signor MlcheU,
killed Messina and all tt inhabitant out
right. Of course there wse survivors, but
these were morally kilted too. They lost
completely all eaergy and hope. The sud
denness ot th dlastr killed the reason
of all the survivors; saany are still mad.
whist other, th Majority, remained dased
under the blow.
Tbe panic, the lack of clothes, toed and
shelter, tha horrors of the surroundings,
the IwoUxa crime and the irea hl et a
mounted to a crime. It wa like taking
the life out of the shattered tree. Yet it
waa decided on. Tbe last stroke which
would have killed the soul of the ruined
city had all but fallen when a handful
of men Bignor Micheli. Count Zelerl of
Parma and an old, Infl m priest, the arch
bishop of Messina among them decided to
avert it. ,
They made the survivors hope. Little
by little the survivors were Induced to
work at building huts with iunber picked
from the wreckage, and gradually a new
city rose in th midst of the dead one.
In Plasxa San Martino many buts were
built and the survivors inhabited them.
Gradually th encampment grew.
Those who fled in the country returned
and settled, a new life sprung up. the
numbers Increased day by day until tb
evacuation of Messina became an Impoe
aibillty and tbe proposal waa abandoned
by tb military officer. Then signor
MlcheU returned to Parma. But for blm
Measina today would hav been bom
barded and its remaining Inhabitant scat
tered all ever Italy Instead of being en
gaged In rebuilding the city.
Cletbee Kaeegh fee all.
Be much clothing ha been sent to Italy
from all over the world tor the earthquak
sufferers that if it wer properly distrib
uted every person in Sicily and Calabria
would be provided with new clothe. Still,
strange to relate, the survivors In the de
vastated area of th refugee scattered
ever th country, ar coat j Wining that
they are not provided with sufficient cloth
ing. In the ease of tbe survivors In Calabria
and Sicily, many of whom are still wear
ing military overcoats, tha fact la ex
plained as follows: A naval officer who
Is In charge of the distribution of clothes
reported to headquarters that tb women
refused to accept any colored garments
and insisted on havlpg black.
"We are all In mourning here," they
say, "and cannot wear colored cloth. A
the army overcoats ar dark blue they can
not be substituted for black, but It would
be an Insult to our dead If we wore light
clothing."
A peasant woman In Calabria refused
some cotton sheets, ss she said ah wa
accustomed to sleep between linen.
Tbe refugee ar not o exacting. They
generally take what ia given them, but they
invariably complain that it la not enough.
The committee In th principal towna
where clothe ar distributed ar oblige:
to watch th refugee very carefully, as
they have often found on woman wearing
enough clothing for a whole family. A
woman in Rome had no lea than seven
undergarments of th same kind on her,
besides four skirts, and when reproached
she calmly answered that they war all
given to her, forced on her, rather, and
eh hsd not the heart to refuse them.
"I am wearing them all." h added, "a
it Is easier than carrying them In a bun
dle." atal la tie Taint Is Present.
The fatalistic frame of mind in which
the majority of th earthquake survivor
are content to remain ia tha subject of
bitter lament on th part of tbe Roma cor
respondent of th Milan Secolo, Neo of
the refugees, he writes, wanta to work. A
typical case is tbat of a doctor of Mesiina.
who, with his family had been saved and
brought to Rome.
As- he professed great anxiety at first to
work for a living his Roman colleagues,
with much effort secured a practice tor
Mm. In tbe meantime th victim and his
family had btcome the recipient of much
sympathy and charity In Roma, and when
the new earn tbat an excellent and lucra
tive practice was waiting for him bg re
fused the offer.
"And now he leads sn idle and easy life
on charity," the correspondent adds, "wait
ing for the distribution of th million sub
scribed by the public.
"Those millions are a veritable obsession
with all pf tbe refugees. They greedily
watch the figure rise and they all know
the latest figures as soon ss tbey ar mad
public. They all dream of a leisurely ex
istence, without any necessity of a thought
to" the morrow,
"They never think of doing their shsr
In the restoration of the ruined cities,
which alone will involve millions. AU they
seem to car about ia freedom from finan
cial trouble forever."
original way. It is original because h
fitted up a tenement directly eppoaiu his
own large farm house, into which hs puu
beds for the tramps. After giving them
uppers he would shelter them ' and then
give tbem their breakfaaU; but In no in
stance would be accept their labor In pay
ment for bis hospitality.
But on night several of the ungrateful
hoboes stola the beds and departed with
them, and then Mr. Mensch hit on th plan
ef putting iron bar at tb window and
locking th door securely so that his guests
could not "skiddoo" at night, even it tbey
had a mind to.
Mr. Mensch is known all over eastern
Pennsylvania, and especially among the
Mennonile sect, as the owner of a library
exceedingly rare because It contains Bibles
and commentaries on sacred literature
from 100 to 400 years old. H has almanacs
of each year from 1750 to the present tithe,
the nucleus of his collection having been
laid by his grandfather and than added tt
from year, to year by his father and him
self. '
Recently former Governor Penny packs
visited Mr. Mensch and wss so Impressed
with the value of the old Biblical and lit
erary work that he made aa effort to buy
some of them. But the old preachsrwbg
is well-to-do, declined the offers, and said
so long as he lived no money tn the world,
could break up the collection, which he
holds sscred and above price.
Mr. Mnch I 74 years old. and although
bis form Is bent and be sees tbe shadow
of life growing longer as evening- falls, h
still Journeys every Sunday to the littl
meeting house on the crest of the ridge
Just beyond his home to preach tbe word in
German. Philadelphia Press. ,
LOYAL FRIEND . OF TRAMPS
rcaaaylvaala Parses Shelters as
Maay as Three Heedred
a Year.
Known as the "friend of tbe trasaps." be
cause hs has fed sad sheltered them for
years many as e In twelv months
lb Rev. Jacob B. Mensch. a plain Mennon
ile preacher-farmer of Pennsylvania, has
woo for himself a warm plat tn tbe heart
and affections of tb friendless and bome
leaa wanderers who cam his Way.
Down in Skippack township, Montgomery
county. Mr. Mensch has lived for mora tbaa
forty year a. and In all tbat time be be
dispensed, hospitality la hi own uit and
MONDAY'S BARGAINS
In Our
GRAND CLEAN-UP SHOE SAL
Will De Fully Equal to the Cplondld
Bargains off Yesterday
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Johnson ft Murphy's $6.00 French
calf bal. double sole C
now
S. ft M.'s 15.00 patent colt
blucher. double
' soles,
now
S. ft M.'s 15.00 winter Una,
double sole, new c
.II toll
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now
Boy den's JS.50
wing Up, double
sole
now
winter
Boyden's 6.00 vie! kid. kid
lined. Bos
ton last, '
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S. ft M.'s 15.00 Tlcl kid blucher.
Tid kid lined.
double sole,
now
Howard ft Foster's $4.00 patent
colt, button and
blucher, while
they last
363 pairs men's $3.(0 and fi.00
gun metal and patent C
ntt iIiam lare and v
button, go St
4.45
ttent colt
3.85
nter Una,
3.85
iter Un,
4.45
kid. kid
J4.45
tid blucher.
$3.85
4.00 patent
2.95
and $4.00
2.95
Laird. Scnober'g $6.00 patent telt.
button end lace
now
4.45
an Rtgl
3.75
1 tan Basils
ipoleon top. r am
and lace. Z.Vj
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'3.75
.'2.95
'2.95
es of ,$1.00
'2.45
Zlegler Bros., $5.00 tan Htien
calf, wave top,
button and lace,
now
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Lindner ft Co.'g $4.00 Un Basils
calf. Napoleon top.
button
now . .
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Wright ft Peters $5.00 handsewed.
patent colt button and
lace, new perforated
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Zlegler Bros., $4.00 patent eoli.
button and lace
extension sole,
now
All of Fry'i tt
gun metal calf,
button, go, at .
All the broken lines of
gun metal and
kid shoes,
go. at
34S pairs women's $3.(0. $4.0w
end $5.00 shoes, size 3 to1; 8.
motttly narrow
widths, go at
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S THE DISPLAY OF BARGAINS Li WISDOMS '
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