The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-09


OF nfteen days"
Lowrey: a DeIieve that the quaran-
tine should be established for the
horses On this side OF the island. /
make that as an amendment TO Mr..
smiths motion
WIthers: we are willing TO pay the
necessary guards. ourselves. Ne have
tried TO secure a suitable place for pas
turage on this side of the Island and
lind that it is impossible"
DR.. Wood: IF it is possible to quar-
antine the animals on this side, 1t
should be done. Is it possible to Sc
cure one place on the other side OF the
island where all live stock could be
quarantined?"
Withers: Where we desire TO pas
ture our horses is a suitable and large
enough place for all live stock, to be
quarantined.
Smiths motion was here voted upon;
three Of the members agreed to it, there
were two dissenters.
An application from Hyman Bros. Tor
permission to ship paddy to Koolau
was then read, the Board coming to the
conclusion that the paddy could be
shipped providing upon its arrival that
the chaff and old bags were burned ana /
Lldl new OdS0 HCAC SND9SAsNNN"
Cooper Talks of Kauai.
Cooper: 81 have one or two rather
important matters relative to my trip
to Kauai which / would like to bring
before the Board. In the first place
the waimea Hospital is in need of fur
Their help, nearly all of the work there
being done at present by one nurse.
suggest that the Waimea Hospital be
granted another allowance. The peo-
pie OF Waimea have raised $l,5OO
among themselves for the erection OF
a surgery ward and l think We should
help them with their pay roll. move
that 500 a month be allowed the nos
pltal for the pay roll instead of $50 as
heretofore" Carried.
The other matter is concerning
a very serious condition of affairs on
Kauai in relation to the meat supply.
have laid a letter from DR.. Waughop
on the table reporting tubercular beef
on that island; this letter was written
in December and arrived here about
the time the plague broke out in Homo
lulu. In some way the letter came IN
my mail and has been lying pigeon
holed in my Office ever since. l was
reminded of the matter while on Kauai
land hunted up the communication on
NV return. 1t is considerably delayed,
but of very great importance as the
condition on Kauai needs immediate
attention and has already been let
alone long enough"
DR.. Wood read the letter from DIT
Waughop, which is published in full In
another column.
Cooper: "It seems to me that the
situation is so grave that the people on
| Kauai should not eat the meat.
DIR. Wood: There are two horns to
/, the dilemma. either We should an
nounce it to be dangerous for people TO
eat the meat or prohibit 1t altogether.
: Ii is universally recognized that the
drinking of tubercular milk or the eat
ing of tubercular meat is in great pro-
portion of cases the cause of tubercu-
: losis in human beings. This Is too ser
: ious a subject to be dealt with lightly.
Cooper: 1.-The proportion of diseased
; beef on Kauai is gigantic, fifty, sixty or
! even seventy per cent of the cattle hav-
ing tubercular trouble. Destroying The
diseased animals would mean the loss
: of nearly all the cattle there.
Smith: I'VE did not hesitate to
= destroy twenty-five per cent or the
, buildings in Honolulu on account oil
9 the plague; 1 see no good reason why
, we should stop at killing diseased cat
> tie on Kauai"
= DIR. Wood: "The matter should be
- submitted to a special committee. THIS
= condition does not exist only on Kauai
= but in the islands generally. 1t re-
ouires careful consideration and thor
ough investigation"
10 The doctors suggestion was put IL
n the form of a motion and the matter
10 was unanimously carried.
N Cooper: There is another matter
wish to speak of; the doctors OF
10 Kauai would like very much to have
ID plague slides and want the Board u
rs prepare them some"
le DR.. Wood. 81 will see to it that tn
d slides are sent"
Is Mules Before tho Board.
DR.. Wood: THE matter of sending
Of mules to Kauai is still on the table"
oil Smith: THE funny par. of the mat
20 ter is that the people there are Willing
to receive them"
- Cooper: The mules, in my opinion
~ should be clipped before leaving.
Hatch: How about skinnini
~ them?"
o Cooper: IF they were clipped, tn
work of disinfection would prove NOR
effective. If they were quarantine
IN here for sufficient time and then ex
+, amined / should think it would be al
right to allow them to be shipped. l
Of is a very hard matter finding pasturag
T here for live stock"
We DR.. Wood: Il know all about that
+ I'm feeding four horses on hay an
20 oats for want of pasturage."
eI Permission was finally granted 10
~ shipping the mules. The animals VII
nc go into quarantine for fifteen days il