Arizona republican., 1898-02-04
CHAIRMAN BARNES TALKS.
His Visit to Denver-Results of the
 Trip and Other Matters.

Trip and Other Matters.
 MT. Will G. Barnes was in happy frame of mind yesterday when met at his desk in the office of the live stock sanitary board. He had just returned from the national stOckgrowers' con- yention and brought with him relics to remind him of the event in years to come and to tell his children of what happened in the Colorado capital dur ing the week spsnt there. He was not a stranger in the big town and felct perfectly at home in the convention hall or anywhere in the city.
 There was 1,5OO delegates in the convention hall, added to whom were an equal number of visitors. The meeting was thoroughly harmonious one, and Arizona's delegates came away in the best possible humor. hay ing accomplished much and acquired Information that will prove valuable in the daily routine of work ahead. We squared ourselves with the Colo rado, Kansas and New Mexico men in the matter of quarantining Arizona cattle. Arizona cattle stand we'll in the estimation of Kansas and Colo radO people, the stock being in strong demand in the states named Our ani- mals stand severe hardships well and develop finely.
 Said MT. Barnes further: "Dr Nor ton is in perfect harmony with Ari- zona stockmen and they owe much to him in acknowledgement of his Valuable services as the territorial yeterinarian.Dr Norton, in his inves- Iigstions, has made some important discoveries as to the life of the fever tick. The ordinary life of the pest is twenty-one days. It is born in the ground and fastens upon the animal until it attains full growth and then falls off. When cattle are n low flesh and the blood is in an impover- ished state the tick will remain on the an1mal forty-fve days. pr. Norton is giving the subject the closest aiten- tion and will report progress to the national bureau. Anything the doctor says goes in the bureau a. Washing ton. Secretary Wilson of the depart ment of agriculture was a c1as=mate of Dr. Norton. All the veterinary sur geons with whom I talked had the highest opinion of our representative in the branch they follow"
 Dr. HOgaFrd of the bureau at Wash 1n9tou, dn speaking of the tick. said that the greatest care should be ex- efcised in relation to the pest. The doctor is in charge of this matter a. heAdQuarsers and said that in view of the low altitude of Arizona gerer- illy and it's close relations 10 Mexico great caution is necessary.
 During my stay in Denver I called at the office of the secretary of scate," ," said MT Barnes, land found that the records of cattle brands were kept very much in line with our methods, though the Arizona boards plan was superior to that of the Colorado board.'
 MT. Alfred s. DOnau of Tucson was placed o1 :he executive board of the national association as the Arizon representative. When it came to the call for California was found that the only man in the building from that state was mixed up with the Ari- zona crowd, and as he was too modest to speak out, MT Barnes arose and announced the nafe of the gentleman and it was duly recorded as H. H. Jasjro of Bakersfield. He is manage for Haggin & Hearst at that place and also of their New Mexico rarch
 MT. Barnes, from force of habit could not refrain from laying over al Holbrook. By the way the gentleman is largely entitled to the credit o1 the creation of the "baby" county Navajo-of which Holbrook is thf county seat. AS member of the low. CT house of the Eighteenth he worked like a beaver to push the bill to { satisfactory ending. During his Ics stop he discovered that 300 head O. cattle which had been rebranded, hat been seized by the board at Las Ve gas. MT. Rarn1is wired MT. Fred J O,ero, a member of the New Mex:c bOlrd in regard to the matter and wa informed that of the animals solt money would be returned to the right full owners. A complete list of tn stock brands would be forwarded L the sanitary board in this city an, be published. A gaCg of cattle thieve has been operating in western Ney Mexico and northeastern AriZona an this case was one of their deals Tn parties in the transaction mentione above made themselves scarce, bu the boards of the two territories ar after them and hope to round ther up. The two boards are TOW workin together in all lines, the interess C the territories being mutual and nal urally very close.
 "Tne business of our office Is as suming first class shape and in ver short time we will have things TUT ming with the regularity that yo folks on The Republican seem to mar age things. It is good management
 suggested MT. Barnes, that keeps tE machinery in excellent working ol der The seven day idea just sui
 me, and The Republican will jump the front rapidly as the result of tf introduction of the Monday issue"