Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-18
lbnIinued from Grit pAge.l

cattle 10 market. In response he adj
mitled that NJ present there was nc
chance for steamboats, ~ compete with
rail- roads in this line. but he
thought the time WIS not far distant
when sucb competition would be poe
s'ble. II the surplus, the disposition
Of which is now worrying the country,
could be Used in the Improvement OF
the great waterway = of the northwest,
The transportation question would un-
dergo ID great change; a. 1t is now the
steamboat lines ar but hide more
than Il check nn the railroads and this
only at competing points.
At this point an order was promul'
gated calling the roundup committee
together RL 8 O'Clock "Wednesday
morning.
Dr. Holloway, territorial veterinar
ian, entering the room ut this zine
was al once called upon by the presi-
hSnA w tSll NhhL ut hhV" Ahab Nohih
be of in crest TO the convention. The
Doctor replied that hIs annual report
was 10 be handed To the executive
committee the next morning and he
thought it hardly courteous TO that
honorable body to anticipate the con
tents OF the report, but be would gladly
impart any information he was pos
sessed OF, If any Que present would in
terrogGte him. Inquiry was then d.
recttd to the subject Of CHAMBERS, OF
which so much Rad been said ut the
lls' annual meeting. DR.. HOl-
loway reported that in the past year
over 200 head Of diseased horses and
mules had been killed under his direc-
ton. That previous to the extra ses-
sion OF the legislature last summe the
law compelled, in case OF the killing Of
a diseased animal, that the owner
should be paid twothirds of the ami
mails value. Under this law but little
could be done, rs ii would not take
long TO exhaust any fund that might
be set apart for this purpose, but I'M
der the law as amended At the extra
session, the diseased condition OF the
animal is taken into consideration in
~apprsising his value, and rs such an
animal can hardly be rated ss of any
value whatever IL is not very difficult
TO meet the payments that are re-
quired TO be made on this account.
DIR. Holloway then referred to another
di-ease-''Malsdie du Coit'-which
had gained u Judgement in Fergus
county aud which was far more dan
gerous than CHAMBERS, and which II
not Immediately and thoroughly ersd-
icated would spread throughout the
territory. This disease was introduced
into Fergus county by a stallion
brought from Washington Territory
and before it was detected had been
spread throughout that immediate vi
cinity. Since then % mares and
stations have died from the "Maladie''
and a number more are infected,
though mostly Inf mild form. DIR.
Holloway recommended the immedi-
ate killing of all animals now suffering
from the disease or known TO have
been exposed o it. Replying TO the
enquiry Of u member as TO whether
glanders Was less virulent In Montana
than in tho east. and whether the dry
and raritied atmosphere of this coun.
try was calculated to modify the
acuteness Of the disease, DIR. Holloway
said that CHAMBERS in Montana was
precisely the same rs glanders in New
York. II had its inception 10 a germ
which developed mor rapidly under
conditions of bsd hygiene, foul atmos-
phere and crowded accommodations.
On the ranges Of Montana where
everything is so pure aud clean, the
disease gains ground only slowly, but
in Butte and Helena il lie just as bad as
in New York. Being asked how long
il took to develop after contact, tue
Doctor replied that 10 4 weak animal
the disease might become apparent in
10 days or two weeks, but II the an
NAL was strong and healthy the germ
might lie dormant for six months aud
from that on to two years. Being
asked 10 state the difference between
nasal gleet and glanders and say how
one could be distinguished from the
other, DR.. Holloway said that there
was no similarity Ia the diseases save
in the outward sppearance-in fact
nasal gleet was not in itself a disease,
but the result Of a disease which might
be the rotting Of a bone Ia the head OF
some other cause, growing in many in.
stances from mechanical injury.
Nasal gleet was durable but the treat.
ment il 80 expensive that unless the
animal ls very valuable II IL not worth
while to attempt a cure. IL IL hard TO
distinguish one disease from another
by the outward appearance Of the ami
NAL, but, says the Doctor la~ughingly,