Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-30
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN,
EXCHANGE COMMITTEE on THE iS.
FECTED DIsTRiCr REPORTS.
Recommends That Some Important Changes
he Made in the Bounda rics-Report
VIII lie Sent TO Washington
Live stock Gossip.

Secretary Merton, Of the department
of agriculture. when here stated to the
Live Stock exchange that he would listen
to any accommodation that they wished
to make In reference to the boundary
/ line Of the infected district. In response
to this Invitation committee was APP
pointed by President Mccoy, of the ex-
1 change, to ca;lvass the line and see
where any change was needed. The
| committee reported yesterday. 1t recon-
/ mends the following changes he made
on account of the altitude of the coun-
try and that the northwestern portion of
! Oklahoma he considered in the safe area.
1t ls now in thu infected district:
THE proposed line commences at the
| northeast corner Of ftardeman county,
| Tex, thence down Rod river to the
| mouth Of the North Fork, thence north
/ erly following the course OF said fork
TO Its intersection with the south boun.
| dary line Of Roger Mills county; thence
east along the south boundary Of said
| county and Washita county, thence
! north to the eastern boundary OF said
| county and 'G' county to the southwest
| corner Of Blaine county, thence east on
the southern boundary of said county
to the southeast corner. thence north
to the northwest corner of Canadian
county, thence east on the northern
boundary of said county to kingfsher
county, thence north on the eastern
boundary Of said county TO Garfield
county, thence east to the southeast
corner of said county. thence north on
the eastern boundary of said county to
X county, thence east to the west lne
of the Ponca Indian reservation. thence
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tion to the northwest corner, thence east
on the northern boundary to the Ar
kansas river. thence in a nOrtherlN di-
rectlon following the course of said river
to its intersection with the thirty-sev-
enth parallel of north latitude at the
southern boundary line of Kansas. This
will place at least half OF oklahoma
within the safe area. Tine committee also
drafted memorial addressed to the gov
ernOr and Legislature of Oklahoma ask
ing that laws be enacted and a sanitary
board provided for so as to assist the
general government in maintaining
quarantine on the line agreed upon. The
committee also recommended that an
inspector be appointed to look after the
admission of Southern cattle into Kan
sas and Missouri a Baxter Springs.
kas.. joplin and Seneca. Mo. OF course
these are merely recommendations.
Colonel Albert Dean will forward
these recommendations to Washington
at once.
j. c. Chlders Temple Tex, was at
the yards yesterday with some cotton
seed meal fed cattle He says there
We're many more cattle fed at that ro'nt
This winter than last. but most of them
have been marketed.
5. l.. Lamb, Larned. l<as.. was in yes
terday with cattle and hogs. He re-
ports but few cattle feeding in his coun-
ty. Hogs all gone. Corn, 80 cents.
Wheat fair.
James stapleton & Son. Nodaway
Mo- We're here yesterday with
cattle and hogs. He is an old Chicago
shipper. but says Kansas City is his
market in the future.
j. H. Caldwell, of Underwood Meal
lister N Co., left Monday night for
Pike county, Mo-. to visit his aged faith
er who Is in feeble health.
H. Wies, Bates county. Mo. was at
the yards yesterday with cattle. He re-
ports most fat cattle gone, but hogs in
fair supply. Corn, 80 cents, and the |
growing wheat looking well.