The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-21
quarantine Between oklahoma and
Kansas Is Laughed at,

] ley and Harper counties are now quar-
! antined against adjoining counties in Ok
Iahoma, owing to the official hysteria of
the Kansas State Board of Health. The
quarantine is nonsense and known to be
ilSo by people on both sides .of the state
and territorial line. Hitherto these Dor
der counties have been one and inseper
able, and they will continue $50 to be in
spite Of official fooIishness at Topeka The
people in the adjoining counties in Ok
lanoma and Kansas know each other per
sonaIly are related and are at unity in
everything. Now the people in Kansas
resent the action Of their soIicitous
board of health, while the people in the
line counties in Oklahoma half blame
their neighbors on the north. 1t is pre-
dicted that the quarantine viii be laugh
ed out Of existence in a week or two and
me Kansas counties will be face to face
with an enormous expense account.
Oklahoma is not suffering from the
eruptive disease which may not smallpox
at all more than Kansas is. and the nro-
vision of a line Of men patroIIing the state
line is one Of the humors of the new
year The quarantine action was taken
on the order of DR.. W. B. Swan, secretary
of the state board of health through the
health officer of the border counties, with
the consent and cooperation Of the coun-
ty comm's'!orers This seems like a round
about way to get at it and it is. but It
was the only way it could be done. The
state board Of health has authority but
no money and the only way the uuaran-
tine could be established was by each
county paying the expense of protecting
its line and taking chances on the leefs-
lature reimbursing them. Governor Stan
ley has given the assurance of his influ-
ence with the legislature but there is
considerable doubt that the state will
bear the expense
The rustic and hustle which the mighty
Kansas board of health inspired in Cow
ley county Friday is shown in the follow
Ing from the Winfield Courier: DIR.
Holcomb yesterday received the procla-
nation from Dr. Swan that appear in this
issue with instructions to hold it for a
telegram and then have it published and
enforce the quarantine. Dr. Holcomb sent
a messenger for d. W. Pierce. chairman !
of the board Of county commissioners
and he came to town this morning After !
looking into the matter ne wired for the I
other members. Arthur Swain and ]. W.
Irons. They will hold a meeting this af
ternoon and there is no doubt that they I
VIII make the necessary order In sum /
ner county the commissioner in the lower /
district was given the immediate control /
of the patrolmen and Mr.. Irons will be
given an opportunity to assume the same /
responsibility in this county. Dr.. Swan
requested that DR.. Holcomb work in har
mony with the mayors of Arkansas CITY /
and Winfield in order to make the quar-
antne more effective. 1t is purely a state
matter with which the cities have moth
ing to do, but the cooperation of the city
officials Will do a great deal toward maxi
Ing the quarantine a success. DR.. Hol-
comb Went 10 Arkansas City this morn
ing and Mayor Hess requested. if not I'M
wise. TO postpone the quarantine TWENTY
four hours in order to allow a number of
City people in Oklahoma TO get
home. After consideration Il was de-
cided this might practically annul the
purposes Of the quarantine. but As there
vas considerable preliminary work 10 do
IL was decided to not start the patrolrner1
until tomorrow morning. Kansas people
in oklahoma viii have until that time TO
set out. The number Of patroluen neces-
sary has not yet been decided but it viii
require from fifteen TO twenty. At least
two men viii be stationed at the rail-
roads in order 10 expedite the work and
not delay trains any longer than neces-
sary- Mounted guards viii DE stationed
along the line in sight of each other and
the topography of the country viii deter
mine how many are necessary. II VIII
take Two sets Of guards and they VIII
work twelve hours each. The proclams-
non establishes the quarantine for thirty :
DAYS but the time can be changed either
way as the occasion requires Care VIII
be exercised in selecting the guards 10 get
men OF good Judgment. IS the position
will be a responsible one and hasty ac-
ton might cause trouble
As an example OF me feeling the mat
ter has excited az Arkansas City the
Traveller or that city says; Every hour
n the day Mayor Hess Is pumped by
phone and immediate contact Win:
Has the city guaranteed against Kay
,oun5y?
~sas The city quaran,ined against
BLACKWELL
HAS The city quaran,inea against New
1irk?