WHAT IS COU FORM BACTERIA?
Same of the dairy pooplo of the Valloy have
boon rondoring just rhat colifoim bacteria
is since they rocoivod the reports from
milk tosts made tho lattor part of October
and of which the formers recently rocoivod
reports.
According to M; P, Baker, Dcpartraont of
Dairy Industry, Ioea Stato Collogo.coliforn
organisms are aerobic and facultative anao
robic, Gram negativo, non-sporeforming bac
teria which ferment lactose rith'gas pro
duct ion,' This forocious languago, Mr,Baker
explains, moans that they grow in tho pres
ence, us t;o11 as the absenco, of air—that
is indicatod by tho torms aerobic and fac
ulative anaorobic. j
Being non-sporoformers suggests that they
arc not rosistant to high tenporaturos.
Being lactoso fermenters suggest that these
organisms will grow roadily in milk or in
the prosonco of milk remnants such as in
utensils or milk plant equipment whore sue!
material oxi3ts»
These organisms grow in the soil, on foods,
on bedding, etc, Thoy grow in the intesti
nal tract of animals and man, Thoy grow on
dairy utensils, Sorao oven grow in the in
terior of tho udders of cows. Since thoy
grow so generally in tho environment of a
dairy, it is not surprising that thoy arc
commonly presont in raw milk or croom.Thcii
presence docs not nocossarily indicato con
tamination with focal material. Organisms
of this group may bo'far remotrod from that
source, Ihrthermore, he says, their numboi
may or nay not bo on indication of the a
mount of contamination that entored milk in
which they wqro found bocauho oven with a
small initial contamination, the numbers
may’bc large if extensive growth has occur
red.
These colifoim organisms arc commonly pre
sont in new milk—ovon in milk of good
quality. It can be assumod, ho says, that
thoy are absent in milk properly pasteur
ized if no contamination has taken placo.
P7\ TAKES_ ST A MO ON SCHOOL
DISlR/Cl Cont, from pago 1
A voto ras thon takon and it ras unanomous
ly agrood that tho PTA vrould sponsor tho
formation of an Incorporated School Die^ ‘
trict#>
The requiredents nocossary in a procoduro
of this kind noro pointod out as follows:
ffirst, a petition must ho circulatod. This
petition must givo tho boundaries of tho
proposod school district, tho number of
pooplo living rithin tho district. This
petit ion ,which requests tho formation of
a school district, must be signed by 30
residents of that district. It is then
presented to the Judge of Disttict Court
oho Trill-then call an election.
In tho eloction if a majority of the resi
dents vote ill favor of tho formation of
the district, thon a noo district has been
formed,
Porsons qualified to voto aro the same as
in a general election. No proparty quali
fications are necossary.
Five persons are then elected to tho School
——. Cont^, oil page 5, _A
CALLEC ON JURY
Sovcral Paittdr pooplo have boon called on
Jury sorvico and are roquirod to roport at
District Court in /jichorage on Novcnbor 22
Called to servo oti tho* Grand Jury arot
Mrs* Marian Bauer, Mrs* Lou Rasausson, and
Mrs, Ethel Lyons,
Called to serve on'the Petit Jury are:'
Mrfli Vera'Rorrison, David Bryant, L. T7,
Hartley, Carl Hoffnan, Charlog Schaefer,
Stove Ward* Fr6n Wasilla axe: Mrs, Mary
Bergman and Mrs* George Plack,
OR. F. R. SI ms
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