The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
~Cai:isY SHEEP.
The ,fs,~ ".'rinary Fuiiy Explains Iii,
..'tnns i'll The Premises.


D. Herbert Holloway. state vetrinar
ian Of Montana, arrived in the city yes
teraa morning. direct from Denver.
Colorado. and was seen during the day
by Il JouGNAL representative. The doc
Tor naturally thinks that there has been
too much haste made in the condemna
ton of the management of his office, and
in the course Of the conversation the
doctor made a full statement OF his en-
tire connection with the Barney A GAM
| sheep. which have given Custer county
sheepmen 50 much trouble. Charles w.
Barney was regularly appointed as DIR.
| Holloway's deputy upon the application
of the wool growers Of Yellowstone coun-
ty. and for several years. in fact ever
| since the scab law WAS passed. has
served in that capacity without any
complaint from them. His record was
faultless. and he has done good and eff
Gent work in clearing out the scab in
numerous instances.
Mr.. Chenoweth was likewise appoint
ed on June 9th last upon the applica-
ton of the sheepmen of Custer county
to fill a vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton Of d. II. Bowman. and has always
been an obliging and efficient officer.
Coming on down to the Barney Il
GAM sheep DIR. Holloway continued:
Last fall Mr.. CAM reported to me
that he was about to bring in d band OF
twenty odd thousand sheep from Col
orado and would like to have them in
spected. told him that he would have
to report their arrival at the Montana
line to the sheep inspector OF the county
in which they first came for inspection.
He said the first inspector would be
Charley Barney. and that as he was IN
terested in the sheep. he thought it
would be more satisfactory to have them
inspected by somebody else. ! told HIM
| could get an officer from another
county to 60 and see them as | could
not well charge up expenses for inspect
ing sheep when the deputies were paid
for that purpose. He said If would
consent to inspect them he would pay
the expenses incurred. 1t was merely .
matter of form that | should inspect
IneLl. DIS he III w want ohs oSuoOs
sheep. and Barney being an inspector
would certainly not bring in any. !
said: Very well. give me four Or five
days notice and / will inspect them
He said he thought they would be read,
in about two or three weeks. but h
could give me plenty Of time by tele
graph. / did not hear anything more
and meeting Mr.. Gan. on the stree
about three weeks later. asked him
il was not about time for the sheep t
=. come. He said II was a long way for M
to come and he got Chenoweth. | late
received a report from. Mr.. Chenoweth
in which ne SAID he had inspected TIL
, sheen and found them free from disease
: / examined some of the same sheep my
self about three weeks after Mr.. Cheno
weth's examination. and it was with IN
greatest difficulty that ] could tin'
| enough sheep showing the scab badi
: enough to find the live parasite. bu
which | did after some trouble. as
could see = lawsuit in sight and wante
the evidence complete. | am not SUI
prised that Mr.. Chenowith or anyon
: else should have passed the sheep q
Z clean three weeks before. as out OF IN
1000 l looked over there was scarcely
! lamb with a broken fleece. How coul
i [ tell that Mr.. Barney. who had bee
faithfully doing his duty for years. woul
bring in IA scahhy band OF sheep an
then leave the country::