Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
QUARANTINE HANDICAPPED. Cattlennen Must Appreciate What Is
 Done in Their Interest.
Holbrook. Ariz., May 21, 1S9S

Hoi5rook, AriZ., May 21, 1898.
 To the editor of the Arizona Repub- lican-Sir: So much abuse has been showered upon the livestock board of Arizona for it's determination to ad- init no cattle from below the quaran- tine line even though, as with the California cattle, they come with cer- tificates of health from veterinarians, that 1t is refreshing to read this ad- dress from the chairman of the Texas board.
 Quanah, Texas. April ', 1898.
 Gentlemen: The sanitary commission has endeavored to protect the livestock interests of Texas as best it could; and there is no question but what the tlck is a means of communicating infection and fever. The inspectors for the board have found that cattde that came from below the quarantine line last winter brought ticks with them; that the winter has been so mild the ticks have not been killed; and they are now matching out and attaching themselves to cattle, and as yet are small and hard to be seen. A great many herds are now infected with ticks. It is impossible for the board to furnish inspectors to inspect all the cattle that you may dtSire to move; they have only been appointed to inspect in the counties bordering on the quaran- tine line. Hence, I write you this letter and desire to say that if you have cattle brought from below the quarantine line last winter I would ask that you be very careful in examining those cattle, and also, any that they may have come in contact with, and see that they are free from ticks before you move or ship them to any other point. If you should ship your cattle and they were found with ticks on them at any point, they would be quarantined, to your great det- riment and inconvenience. Besides this. all the cattle along the trail over which your cattle passed would be quaranuned, thereby causing loss and damage to your ~ neighbors and your fellow cattlemen, and might result in harassing litigation The board is compelled, in great many in stances, to use arbitrary measures which they would not have to use if the cattle men would lend their assistance as herein suggested.
 The board fully appreciates the fact that a great many cattlemen do not, as yet thoroughly appreciate the danger of infection and fever, and being shut out from the markets. Besides this, great many of you are not convinced that the tick is a means of causing fever; and it is very popular with a great many to scof at the so-called tick theory" But this is fact, demonstrated by the United States department in vast and costly experiment, and the time will soon come when no man who claims to De posted can refuse to believe You recoI- feet no doubt, that during the last year, several herds left the western part or Texas that carried infection into the northern states and caused fever; ana inc United States department and the various states to which we look for a market are watching very closely the cattle shipped from west of the quaran- tine Iine and the board is satisfied that if any cattle are shipped mat snouIo cause infection. the whole state will be ouarantined, and we will be shut out from the markets of the world, except for immediate slaughter. We have just received an official letter from the Kan sas board in which they say: ''There is a suspicious feeling among the cattlemen of our state in regard to receiving cattle from Texas"
 Believing that the cattlemen are patri- otic enough, and just enough, to fully