Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-28
NOTICE TO STOCKMEN.
Protective Measures Of the Colorado
Kansas, Panhandle and Territory
0attlemen.
Cattle Raised or Wintered in South
Texas not Allowed to be Held or
I Grazed on Their Ranches.

+ KANSAS C1IN, MO-, April 2l,-Ihe
attention of all parties interested is
respectfully invited to the following
resolutions, adopted at meeting of
committees from the various ascot
ations named therein, held in Kansas
City on the above date:
Whereas, there are large numbers
of Southern Texas cattle being for
warded by rail and trail to northern
ranches, and
Whereas, past experience has con-
clusively shown that such cattle inn
part to ours the Texas, splenic or
Spanish fever, involving last season a
loss of $500 600 in Colorado, $500, 600
in Kansas and the Indian territory,
and 5000, 900 in the Panhandle OF
Texas, in addition to heavy losses sus-
tanned on beef cattle shipped to East
,ern markets. In consequence OF which
the states of Kansas and. Colorado,
and the territories of New Mexico,
Wyoming and Montana have passed
certain quarantine laws prohibiting
the introduction of such cattle into
said states and territories until they
shall have been held for ninety days
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fourth degree OF north latitude, and
Whereas, the same reasons exist for
protection against this class of cattle
being driven over or held upon ranges
represented by us, we, the undersigned
associations, do earnestly and solemn
ly protest against the introduction
into our country of cattle from the
south and east of the line adopted by
Da hn aponntofiAY, ~.
ton assembled, April l, 1855, and
Whereas, the high-bred cattle upon
our respective ranges represent the ac'
cumulations of years of toll and in.
dustry, we can i'll afford to suffer them
to come in contact with cattle which
invariably communicate disease to an
extent liable to annihilate our entire
herds. While doprecating the use of
force, self-preservation is the first law
of nature, therefore be 1t
Resolved, that we, the undersigned
combined associations, acting as q
unit in committee assembled, do here
| by pledge our respective associations
| to resist by all legal and necessary
means the encroachment Of such cat
| tie upon our ranges, and noticei is here
! by given that any attempt to hold or
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the trail will be met with prompt and
united resistance by the associations
| here represented.
! Signed. Panhandle Stock associa.
ton; Western Kansas Cattle Gl overs
association; Cherokee-Strlp Live Stock
association; Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Cattle association; Bent County, Col,
Stock association.
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adopted:
Whereas, an effort is now being made
to lay out and open up new trail fol
Southern Texas cattle through what Il
known as the neutral strip, lying be
tween the north boundary of Texa'
and the south boundary OF Kansas
said trail 10 pass westward through
said strip from point on the For
Griffin and Dodge trail to the Colorado
trail, and
Whereas, no trail has ever existed
and does not now exist through sale
strip, the country having been occu
pied for many years past and beini
now occupied to its fullest capacity by
highly improved cattle, which will
inevitably become diseased and die ]
the passage of Texas cattle through
these ranges should be permitted, anC
Whereas, large number of TIN
members OF this association have thei
herds of cattle located upon said stril
and in the northern part of the Pau
handle OF Texas, and the establish
ment OF this trail would render 1t al
, | impossibility to drive to market tn
, improved cattle from the Panhandle
lying south of said neutral strip; there
, fore be IL
Resolved, that with the formal
! pledged assistance OF all the cattle at
sociations in the Indian territory an
the Panhandle of Texas, and of tn
Bent County association, OF Colorado
we will defend our ranges against tn
establishment OF any such trail an
Q our nerds against disease consequer
upon such establishment toy ever
means necessary TO prevent the passag
g of such cattle. Signed)
/, WESTERN KANSAS CATTLE GROW
Frs ASSOCIATION.
3 Endorsed Panhandle Stock asst
Y citation; Bent County, Colorado, Stoc
association; Cherokee Strip Live Stoc
8 association; Cheyenne and Arapaho
4 Cattle association.
t The quarantine referred to above /
t the resolutions as adopted by the Pal
! handle association, excludes "cattI
a raised or wintered south OF the Tex'
Pacific railway and east of line rul
3 ming south from Red river with IL
!, eastern boundary Of the counties
willbarger, Baylor, Throckmertol
K Shackleford and south to the Tex
. Pacific railway"
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