Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-02-05
.RIZONA JOURNAL-NINER
WEDNESDAY .......FEB. 3, le96
ALoSlNG GAME.
Mr. snyder's Experience in Importing
 Dtseased stock Into AriEona,

Hr snvder's Experience in Importing
 Diseased Stock Into AriEona,
 The Texas fever tick infested cat tie brought in October. l>S2, from Mitchell County, Texas. to BlSoee. Arizona. and there held in quarau- fine by the Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Arizona, were re- leased on the 2Sd of January, l>S6. after being examined by the terri torial veterinarian and found Tree from any visible means of commuui- eating Texas fever.
 D. H. Snyder, the owner, who brought these cattle to the terri tory in violation of the law govern ing the importation Of cattle from Texas, had an experience m this hne that should be borne m mlnu ty every cattle man who contemplates bringing cattle to Arizona, or, Tor that matter. moving cattle 10 any state.
 NIT. Snyder some time ago ran the quarantine blockade into the state of Kansas, and only succeeded m extricating himself at an eXpendl- ture of about Sl,500 in costs and expenses attending the experiment; not satisfied with this, he tried parallel violation of the quarantine law of Arizona, with the reSuil tha, his cattle were seized. and placed in the hands of the Sheriff of O. chise county. \ barbed wire en- closure, three-fourths of mile wIde and one and one-h2lf miles long. enclosing all the ground the catt @ had been driven over, was built, under the supervision Of the quaran tine officer, al the expense ot NIT. Snyder.
 The law directs the sanitary com mission to deliver qusrantined cat tle to the owner on December Is, provided he pays all costs and eX- penses caused by the importation On this day the Arizona commission tendered the cattle to Mr. Snyder with a bill of S26i costs to that date. MT. Snyder notified the con mission inst he would not pay the bill presented until he could consult his Tucson attorney, meantim" tho expenses continued. grass got 'r. iu the pasture, which ls loca ed iI the bleak, unprotected bottom b. tween the Mule and San Jose noun tains; the water, never n abundance grows less, so that the result was summed up on the morning O January 2Sd. was as follows: Cost and expenses, as per Itemlzed bil presented, S6l0.OO. The whole herC of cattle iS3 head then alive. !, wretched condition; so poor tha they can not be moved fifteen mle to a more protected pasture unt they are fed with hay or grain int, A better condition; seven head Q COWS and three calves dead.
 The herd imported originally consisted of (S7) eigh;y-seyen heat of mixed Hereford and Durham cat tie. ten died, and six calves hay, been born since they were placeS in quarantine. there being now alIvD 39 cows. ? bulls and l9 SuckiIU. calves.
 Because of the importation ( Arizona of these Texas fever ticI infested cattle. the Blsbee cat,l loading pens were only release, after being thoroughly dIslniectel bv the live stock sanitary commls sion of Arizona, under the super vision of an agent of the Bureau o Animal Industry. 4 quarantine Q the whole of Arizona was onl, averted by the prompt action ot th' Arizona commission, who eZpresSe, themselves willing and did compi. with every demand of the nationa authorities in charge of quarantln regulations.
 That the cattle interests of tn territory nearly received from thl importation. an injury from whIcl it never could have recovered should make it awake and alive [, the necessity of greater watchlu. ness in the future. Cattlemen Ii their own interest should not briu. dangerous diseases here. The LIv Stock Sanitary Commission shOul see that our most excellent laws ar not violated wish impuuity. We ar almost certain that 1t was mistake judgment of the commission m th leniency shown Mr. Snyder. \ intelligent man who wilfully violate the quarantine jaws, endaugering s great an industry. one 50 impOrtau to Arizona's prosperity, should b prosecuted, convicted and made L suffer the penalty of the outragei law.-Border Nidette.