The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-20
TEXAS VOTE DECIDED
When the Range-Lease Cues
ton Was Up.
NEW YORK STAYED OUT
Close of the Convention Salt
Lake City Next Year,

Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 19.-The cattle
mems convention opened its third days
session with everything at glowing tenn
/ perature regarding the passage Of the
resolution recommending the passage of
the resolution recommending 20 congress
the passage of a bill allowing the leas-
/ ing of all government land to stockmen.
A substitute was offered which in effect
/ would have killed the resolution. The
/ discussion soon waxed warmer and every
speaker was listened to without Interrupt
ton but there was elamor for recognition
at every opportunity. Not until 11:3O
o'clock was the chair able to put the vote
upon the substitute. New York decided
noe to vote. as it did not concern their
state. Their decision when announced re-
ceived cheers. Kansas was divided upon
the question, Oklahoma voted weak and
seemed unprepared and undecided Colo
RADIO favored the leasing of land. Utah
was divided. Texas voted against the
substitute straight Iowa was divided.
Arizona, with Texas, New Mexico and
Wyoming, voted aye. Nebraska voted no.
Utah changed her vote from aye TO no.
The vote stodd, ayes 273, nays 328. An
effort was made to take a verbal vote,
but the result seemed undecided for a
time, but was decided III favor Of the
original resolution. However, had Texas
not voted it would have been different, as
Texas had $50 votes. Texas, it should be
remembered, has no government land, |
the land all belonging to the state and |
being leased therefrom, and. in the eyes |
of the sheepmen, should have followed |
the example of New York but her anx-
iety for the carrying of the resolution
prompted her to vote.
DR.. NJ Francis of Texas, then spoke !
concerning splenetic fever, which is
most important question to Kansas and
Oklahoma. He said in substance: $The
essential pathological result and cause of
Texas fever is the destruction of the red
corpuscles by a minute parasite causing
blood LESSONS. The tick, in my opinion,
is the sole carrier of the disease. An old
if it becomes infected, will die,
the younger, If not too heavily infected,
will live. In my opinion, incubation is
the only remedy. Out of $50 inoculated
last year per cent died from inoeula-
ton l think per cent died of the real
fever in all its force the following sum-
mer. This year 500 have been inoculated
at our experiment station / per cent of
which have died. Zen days after innocu-
lation the fever begins the twentieth
lay the fever usually stops suddenly, the |
'everse being the stage of the animal
md in some cases death then resulting. |
rhe fever sometimes arises to los degrees.
4 calf may be immuniZed by a northern
)wner who can secure an infected Texas
,Ow, the calves sucking which COW will
become immune, hardly losing any flesh
,r appetite. Don't inoculate any animal
,ver a year DID, it will die Securing
Texas cows for the calves l regard as
he best method and the one involving
he least, or hardly any, loss whatever.
The professor is a modest gentleman
md spoke very briefly.
One death has occurred here among the
Mr.. Mcfarland of San An
onio, an old time rancher, died yester-
lay morning of heart failure at the Man
ion hotel.
Fort Worth by daylight is the same
own but a bit different than when view
d by the aid of electricity. Main street
about half the width of Douglas ave-
ue A fine electric railway runs to all .
oints, one line six miles west to Airing
on Heights, which shows the debris of a ,
oom, but still quite a number reside ,
here. The streets are not paved but are !
icely macademized Fully half the cabs I
ave rubber tires and two-thirds of all
leasure vehicles are shod in the same : T
manner The country is rolling enough |
0 break the monotony and yet not be I
ough Trinity river furnishes the water l
upply 1t is about half the size of the
little Arkansas The fire department has l
hree large steamers. one chemical, two q
trucks three hose wag-
rs. one with small chemical apparatus,
nd three hose-reel trucks, ali handled
Y twenty-three horses and forty men.
he horses here are large, powerful driv-
RS. carefully bred. The brewery here
uts out $500 barrels of beer annually
nj is quite large establishment. Its
rater supply comes from three artesian
,ells. which water IS found in supply &C
ording to the depth. from 80 to 500 feet. q
ne well ten miles out being 230o feet in .
epth and throwing a six-inch stream Of a
cod water The city Is lighted by both u
lectricity and gas. the latter however, o
akiug a back seat Incandescsnt lamps
verage about 81 per month. The sub
rban streets are lighted by incandescent g
lmps, which are much more expensive 10 8
lstan than gasoline. but easier and
heaper to maintain. FRANK PAYNE. r
COMES TO CLOSE r.