Tombstone epitaph., 1888-12-29
THE QUARANTINE.
4 Letter From Dr. Goodfellow to the Phenix
 Gazette.

taining an interview with the lerritorlal Veterinary Surgeon. Dr. Chandler, in re- gard to the now famous quarantine order is at hand. The strenuous efforts made to rectify the effects of the error made by the sanitary board and the veterinary surgeon, Tn advising that the ports of entry for cattle from Sonora be restricted to Yuma and Nogales have led to the utterance of affirraations, the misleading character of which it is needful to poin, out.
 In a statement of,he facts published in the Tombstone EPITAPH some two or three weeks ago-and which was for warded as a petition to Washington to the Secretary of the Treasury-every phase of the quarantine and inspection question was discussed at length, and the raison d'etre of the order clearly dem onstrated; and to that paper you are re- ferred.
 In all explanations made in behalf of the san tary board for the purpose of elu- cidating their position the issue is per- verted. The apologists for the board are trying to make it appear that the opposi- ton to the order of the treasury depart ment is due alone to the repugnance of the cattle importers to a proper sanitary inspection of their animals. Such is not the case, The motive can be stated very concisely.
 No Arizona or Sonora cattle man ever has objected to an inspection of his cat tie for sanitary purposes. The antago- nism did not rise on account of that DOT. tion of the order requiring such inspec- tion. It came from the fact that Yuma and Nogales were designated as the only ports through which cattle could te driven into Arizona from Sonora, thus virtually prohibiting the importation of cattle from there (as we'll as the return of strays) for those ports are impracticable points through which to drive cattle for shipment to market.
 It arose also because the order was is- sued at time when beef cattle were be- ing gathered for market, with no prepa ration made for carrying out its pro. visions; and by selecting such out-of-the. way places as Nogales and Yuma for entry ports, both of which are seventy five to one hundred miles away from available and usual routes; thus giving rise to the belief that it was only an effort to prevent importanons of Sonora cattle in order to control the market.
 The advice which produced that part of the order, as we'll as the mandate itself, wes what excited the ire and arous- ed the resistance of every stockman on either side of the border; and the asser- ton that it is impossible to find stock man not in hearty sympathy with the order--if intended to imply the order as originally issued--is best answered by a reference to the signatures attached to the petitions, published and unpublished, now in Washington, and to which atten- ton is directed, which will show conclu- sively that there can be found few stock men uninterested in the issuance of the order. who fail to condemn both it and its authors in unmistakable terms. The doctor denies responsibility of authorship of the statement made by the commissioner of agriculture, that Arizona cattle had been infected by Sonora cat tie with Splenic fever. In everything yet published great stress has been put on the fact that none of the members of the board ever made such asseverations, and as far as the published records go, that denial is sustained. But as the order was obtained by efforts of the sanitary board alone, surely Commissioner of Az riculture did evolve the declaration from his inner consciousness.
 The reports and interviews of the vet erinary surgeon, demonstrate conclus- ively the total absence of epidemic oi endemic disease among Sonora or Ari- zona cattle ; yet he endeavors to nullify his own evidence in that respect by say ing that he has been informed that Splenic fever has been imported and that cattle are dying by hundreds in the state of Sonora.
 Not one scintilla of evidence is pro duced to sustain thisincredible assertion If it be true, then it is gross neglect o duty not to warn all cattle raisers on tn, border of the locality of such trouble, that they may be protected, or take step to protect their herds, for, as is so aptly said by the doctor, "the ranges of Sonora and Arizono are continuous"
 Evidently it is misstatement due tt transformation, and can be demonstrate easily to be such if proper data be given such as locality, date, authorities ant owners. By doing this the doctor cal
 justify himself otherwise the avermen
 must be looked on as intended to giv
 "Artistic verisimilitude to bald and un convincing narrative"
 Actin 'mycosis, or "Bighead," is neithe
 an unusual nor epidemic disease. It i,
 contagious; ther efore, all cattle foun
 afflicted with it should be exterminatec