The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-20
Will PAY NO ATTENTION
Montana Cattlemen Will No. Bother
Themselves About Gov. Os-
borne's Proclamation.
They Will Resist Any Attempt to
Interfere With Passage
of Herds.
Proclamation of No Effect Last Year hut
Action This Season Cannot
be FOrotoll. ~

Proclamation of No Effcot Last Year but
Action This Season Cannot
be F0retoll. @
In anticipation Of the heavy movement
Of southern cattle to Montana. Governor
Osborne. Of Wyoming. has Announced the
regulations under which shipments will be
admitted or pass through Wyoming. says
the StockRrowsrs' journal. There must
be careful inspection at the start; cat
tie must have been ninety days north of
the infected districts. as prescribed by the
agricultural department., to be received at
all. no cattle can be trailed through the
state; all must be submitted to imposition
in Wyoming. II considered necessary by
local officials. This provision AZ 10 ship
ping through Wyoming il based upon the
fifth section of the quarantine regulations
issued under date of Feb uary 10th by the
department of agriculture.
Section s. 1t is further expressly pro-
vided that the cattle which have been at
least ninety dnys in the counties of Coke.
Nolan. Fisher, k%tonewall, Haskell. Knox
and Hardeman, state of Texas. may be
moved from said counties by rail into the
states of Colorado. Wyoming. Montana
and South Dakota in accordance with tho
regulations made by such states for the ad-
mission of southern cattle; provided.
l. That cattle from said area shall 20
into said states only for %slauQhtering or
grazing. and shall on no account be shipped
from said states into any other state or
territory before Dec. l. 1898.
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pens or on trails or or ranges that are to be
occupied or crossed by cattle going to the
eastern markets before Dec. l. 1893. and
that these two classes of cattle shall not be
allowed to come in contact.
3. That cars which have carried cattle
from said area shall, uron unloading, at
once be cleaned and disinfected in the
manner provided by these regulations.
4. That the state authoriiies of the states
of Colorado, Wyoming. Montana and
South Dakota agree to enforce these pro-
visions.
those interested in the movement of
southern cattle last year were able to have
the line established by the federal authori.
ties changed to agree more nearly with the
area of actual disease. The modified order
was issued Feb. 26, and it contained the
proviso above quoted (Tom Green county
was then included), with its conditions.
which were inserted at the request of Wy
othAA PuA AL u AuAACs VII
objected to trail herds feeding on the little
grass that was found along the trail. The
provision was substantially the Prohibition
previously proclaimed by the governor of
Wyoming against the trailing Of cattle in
tended for Montana ranges. His language
was: But cattle from south Of the thirty
seventh parallel OF north latitude. en- route
through the stats. may unload for feed and
water in yards provided for that purpose at
the city Of Cheyenne. and at no other
Nn1nk within tho rtoto Az n - nIl;k:--rI
precaution against the Introduction of
disease. no cattle from south of the
thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude.
coming IN whole or in part by rail, and des-
tined for other states, will be permitted
to pass through the state except by
rail-" This was to prevent tho unloading
of cattle at Grin junction. the place of de-
barkation for cattle intended TOR Montana
ranges. A determined fight WAS made last
year for the privilege of driving cattle
Gov. Ioole won't so far even as to send an
ofhcia! to protest with Gov. Barber. He
turned a deaf ear to the demands of our
citizens as expressed through our governor,
and stood pat" as he remarked. to protect
the grass TO. the use of Senator Carey and
others as influential. 1t was q selfish and
purely mercenary proclamation, and the
Montana cattlemen had great cause of
complaint against Wyoming cattlemen
who, year after year, have driven i'll on tho
Montan" ranges when grass and water were
stood this. nor did they demand after this
evidence OF selfishness and un%neiRhborly
conduct that the governor Of Montana
should make a counter quarantine against
Wyoming.
The utter abandonment of truth is shown
when the regulations are introduced with
the words, 'as an additional precaution
against the introduction of disease" for if
cattle south OF the thirty-seventh parallel
were to 10 ranged in Wyoming they could
come IN and be unloaded at any station.
but If they were for Montana then they
must not come iii contact with other cattle
on the range and could only pass through
the state by rail. If cattle south OF an
established line are dangerous, they are az
dangerous on the Wyoming home range as
the same cattle would Re if driven across
the range on their way to Montana. The
proclamation was for the purpose of stop
ping the Montana trail herds from crossing
Wyoming.
The proclamation. however. was of no
erect last season, for the cattlemon noti-
fed the Wyoming authorities that il their
herds were interfercd with in passing
through Wyoming they would demand =
bond in the full value of the herds pending
an adjudication OF the matter by IN un-
prejudiced court. The herds for the Mon
tnna ranges were not interfered with. they
were unloaded at DIN junction and other
points, and some herds that came all the
way by trail were even driven through the
state without being stopped, all due. no
doubt, to the fact that they were so thor
ougaiy eng1osscd with matters OF maRni-
tude within her own 10 ders that. thew Ind
neither time nor the inclination to engage
IN a legal controversy that would be a bur
den TO a state that was experiencino an In
ternal war. What will be the acton of
WyominR's authorities this season, when
they have more leisure. cannot DO foretold:
but the Montana cattlemcn, relying upon
the case Of Railroad Co. vs.. Husep. 95
United States Reports, page 465, will resist
any attempt on tho patt of Wyoming to in
terfere with the passage OF lords across
that state. They will 60 in with their
dives Us though the proclamation had not
been issued.