Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-09
DEAD AND DISEASED SHEEP


mead AND DISEASED SHEEP
Repo,ts Of the mortality among sheep
IN tbe STATE and the regions surround
Inc show that the extraordinary buy
gentle and splendid. continuous ram
that soaked the thirsty utah eafIh 'asl
week. came all too soon for 'no
sbeared sheep and chilled thousands
81 them TO death. They are left on the
qroune to rot in the rays OF the sun
which now shine forth from the un-
couded sky and the result may be dis
astrous to human health and fiie some
measures ought to be taken TO remove
this great nuisance
Here is legitimate work for the boards
Of health appointed under our STATE
laws Dead animals are among the nui-
sances that are not TO be allowed to
remain on any street road ditch pub
Ne place or private premises. The own
ers are liable to prosecution, If the
carcasses are not removed The boards
Of health are required to see TO their
removal Anything dangerous to hui
man life or health, is nuisance that
boards Of health are empowered 10
have abated,
In the case Of these dead sheep. II
the owners or their agents cannot he
found the county Is required by law
TO bear the expense Of their burial
shelins. constables and city officers are
authorized to see that this provision
is carried into effect OF course II dead
animals are left within city limits, the
city is required to attend to their re-
moyal
This Is an important matter The rot
ting carcasseg may breed germs OF
disease that waited upon the wind,
can be carried into peopled districts,
and the victims viii wonder where the
coataglon came from All these scat.
tered sheep lying dead near public
highways. should be- and the law re-
qures that they shall be- promptly bur
led out n sight and smell
While speaking Of the fatality among |
the sheep In consequence Of the effects
Of The veather upon them, just after
shearing we win refer to the statement |
made by the Idaho sheep Inspector 70
the Salt Lake papers recently lie ap-
pears TO be under the impression that |
Utah has no Law in relation to the dis.
ease called "scab' in sheep. He re-
marked to News reporter.
Now the great mistake that the |
sheepmen Of Utah are making, Is their |
having no law regulating the diseases /
OF sheep and providing for their exter- /
mination, For Just so long az there is |
no law In Utah making the treatment !
Of diseases obligatory upon the own. /
crs OF sheep lust SO long win the gov |
crn0r OF Idaho have reason ~ believe |
that disease is prevalent IN Utah or |
that It rs nj least an infected |
District In Idaho we have o law that /
compels all owners Of sheep % dir |
their herds even 81 they are healthy /
ana II they are infected they are OBJ /.
liged to dip them twice Now II would |
hn menifestly unjust 20 force lhlg ok
pense and trouble upon our own flock .
masters. only to render il O waste OF I
time By permitting infected sheep from
tah and other states 10 come IN a1l (
~nread the disease among them again.
We certainly ought 20 have the right
10 impose upon nonresident sheep
men the same things that we require
Of our own sheen owners
Continuing Mr. Lowe stated that the
absence Of any law in Utah regulating
the diseases among sheen. puts a ban
upon Utah sheep which win never b.
lifted until such law is put into oper.
alton and enforced Hut the gentle.
mans argument was based on a pal. !
poble error The Revised Statutes of
Uiah contain this provision
81. Every person owning controlling
or ranging sheep IN the State shall have
hH such sheen thoroughly dipped al
least once year In some preparation
mat wal Slll soah or shan ha deemed
FullV OF misdrma9uor aud upon
conNirll9n thereof may De fined in any
SUN noi exceeding one hundred lolars
for each offence.
This may not have very strong bear.
Ing upon the cases before tha Idaho |
courts or Upon the proclamation OF tro
Governor Of that State iu reference 20
Utah sheep but % takes away tha foun.
dalton Of the inspectors argument as
to the reason for the stringent reulla-
tons and the severe discrimination
AGAINST Utah sheep grazing in Idaho
Ii is clear to every reasonable mind |
that each State has the right to protect
itself by quarantine laws or otherwise
against The Importation within te b,r.
ders Of animals oaicted with infections
disease Bot healthy sheen r....s /.
Inspected and found 90 pa. l- .,
scab. should not and may not be ok.
cluded from the public lands IN ans
part Of the Union under the laws of ihe |
United states, ln any event. 20 should
be understood that the laws Of Utah /.
40 contain requirements for the dlppina
Of sheep, whether scabby or not at
least once year and also for the bar.
ial Of dead animals and the prevention
OF the s7rcad Of contagious diseases
with penalties for mfraction Of those
regulations
THE PREACHER ANDTHEPApER !