The herald., 1893-06-16
CHOLERA QUARANTINE,
Arizona and California Health
Officials in Conference.
Plan of Campaign Arranged Against
the Asiatic Scourge.
A Harmonious Conference Held at Col
ton Yesterday Which Will Be
Continued In Los An
geles Today.

A convention was held yesterday aft
ernoon in Cotton the results of which
will be Of vast Importance to the people
OF Cali fornia. The conference was be-
tween DIR. George Goodfellow of Tucson,
quarantine officer of the territory of
Arizona, and DIR. O. a. Ruggles, presi-
dent of the California state board of
health, and DR.. ]. II. Davisson of Los
Angeles, member Of the state board of
health. The meeting was held at the
office of DR.. M. F. Price, at Cotton, and
was called for the purpose of arranging
and considering means for concerted
action between the territory and state,
in order to prevent an invasion of Ash
attic cholera or other epidemics OF in
fectuous or contagious diseases, in case
they are developed in the United States,
either from Europe, Mexico or China
and Japan. The object principally in
view at present was to guard against
Asiatic cholera.
The delegates met at DR.. Prices Office
and admitted him to the discussion, be-
cause he had formerly acted as qusran-
tine officer at Yuma and thoroughly un-
deratood the difficulties which would be
encountered in establishing q quaran-
tine, and in addition knew all about the
border country and his opinion in such
matters was OF the greatest value.
Judge O. w. Wright OF Tuoon, ex-
attorney-genera of Colorado, was chair
man. and Joseph j Brady OF Los Ange-
les, acted as secretary.
The convention was harmonious one
in every particular and all matters
brought before it were agreed upon.
The details are, however, not yet de-
cided and will be settled today in this
city.
1t was agreed to quarantine all ports
OF entry and other places in Arizona on
the line between that territory and
Mexico. ALI trains entering from New
Mexico and Texas, and also from Cali
fornia, will be examined by inspectors
after they enter the territory. The
inspectors may board the train outside
the territorial limits, but the inspection
will be made inside, within its borders,
as matter of courtesy to adjoining
states and territories. Everything will
/ he carefully examined while the passen-
gers are passing through Arizona, and If
any cases of cholera show themselve s
the patients will be at once isolated and
all other occupants of the car qusran-
tined for several days, in addition to
which the car itself will be thoroughly
disinfected. People coming from the
east will be subjected to double in
spection in Arizona before reaching the
borders of California, and another one
after their entrance.
Arizona at present has no funds ap.
propriated to the carrying out OF such
an inspection, but it is thought that il
such an emergency arises the funds will
at once be forthcoming.
| DIR. Ruggles stated very emphatically
that it was not the intention of the
members OF the con- ierence TO. wait until
cholera had entered the United States
and was on it's way across the continent
before they took their precautions. I'll
case is brought to New York, /" said he,
land passed DR.. Jenkins, of more or less
notoriety, and makes it's appearance in
| that city, or if it gains entrance to any
seaport, will be informed of the matter
by telegraph AZ once, and then the diff
ferent buttons will be touched and Cali
fornia will be in a state of quarantine
within IL hours"
The members of the convention left
Cotton on the afternoon train for Lot
Angeles, where the minor details of the
quarantine will be arranged at 10o'clocb
today at the Hollenbeck.