The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-24
REPORT WILL
CHANGE ALL
IF ADOPTED
Livestock Agents Send in Re-
port on Texas Fever Tick
DIFFERS FROM OTHERS
Policy of Treatment Will Be
More Stringent Than Before

Mangum. o. T. Sept. 23.-Ths federal
and territorial livestock agents who have
been making thorough investigation Of
the Texas fever tick question in this
county. have prepared their joint report,
one copy of which goes TO the United
States government and the other to the
territorial government, says the sun
Monitor. a reporter was allowed 10 look
over the reports before they were sent in
If these reports are adopted as made BY
the inspectors. the polio of treating the
infected cattle of this county viii be con-
| siderably changed from that that was
practically settled upon when the meet
! ing of the territorial livestock sanitary
board was held in this city on Septem-
/ Der 4. AS reported then. the cowmen were
To be allowed 10 clean their cattle and
when able to pass inspection they were
TO be allowed TO ship them as native cat
tie. Since then, however, the inspectors
state that they have found the area OF
infection TO be greater than was then
thought and this plan has been decided
by them as impracticable. According to
this last report, which was made by Dan
AIcCunningham for the government. and
Frank w. Dale for the territory, the In
fected district of the county includes the
entire county except thirteen townships
and two fractions described as follows.
That portion Of the county lying south
OF the north line of township north, and
the south line of township north. and
west of east line of range D. excepting
the first and second townships west OF
the one in which Mangum is situated BY
referring to a map OF the county It can
be readily seen where the boundry lines
Of this district are. This Is the AIanbum
district and cattle within it are subject
TO inspection and may be shipped from
the Mangum yards is found TO be free
from infection. The district has two
outlets one by rail from the Nang,m
stock yards and the other by rail into
Texas. All the balance of the country.
north. east and west of the Mangum dis
trict is declared TO be infected terrirtorv.
and the. report recommends that cattle
from all the infectious district be allowed
10 be shipped from the Granite yards as
southern cattle and without INSPECTION. (
In short, it is recommended that the Man
gum yards be reserved for the shipment
of clean cattle and the Granite yards
for infectious cattle. BY this plan clean
cattle from Northern Texas NAV be
driven through TO Mangum and shipped
as northern cattle. Cattle from infected
districts of Roger Mills and Washita
counties may be driven 20 Granite and
shipped as southern cattle. This report
viii, of course, have to be approved both
by the United States authorities and the
livestock sanitary board OF the territory
before it VIII be put in force but as the
case now stands, all that portion Of the I
county outside of that described above
as the Mangum district IS under ouaran-
tine. For the benefit Of persons inter-
ested with the cattle quarantine laws.
rules and regulations. we quote as fol-
lows: Section 8, of order S0-United States
board Of animal industry SAYS: Notice
is hereby given that cattle infected with
boophilus annulatus or southern cattle
ticks disseminate the contagion Of South
ern or Texas fever; therefore cattle or
outside of the district described
by this order (meaning north Of the gov
ernment quarantine line) and which are
infected with ticks shall be considered as
infectious cattle and shall be subject 10
the rules and regulations governing the
shipment Of southern cattle" Section 1s.
chapter 81 OF the session laws Of Okaho-
ma OF 1887. says: ANY person or corpora
ton who shall in violation OF any Of the }
rules. regulations, orders or direction OF
the livestock sanitary commission or any 9
Of its livestock inspectors. fixing estab-
fishing or maintaining quarantine lines or
s-1r. .ra1 &
within this territory against contagious or
infectious diseases OF a Indignant char
acter, drive. lead. move drift. shin IN.
or in any manner transport any live stock :
across said lines or any OF them. or vio-
ate any local quarantine rules and regu-
atioEs. or in any manner interfere. IN
-errupt or obstruct the 1--we stock SAINT e
8ry commission or any OF It's live stool, ,
inspectors in the discharge of their duty. 7
shall be guilty OF a misdemeanor. and @
shall. for each offense. upon conviction.
De fined In the sum OF rnt less than one p
lundred dollars nor more than one thou
sand dollars OF he Imprisoned fr the q
county taii FOR IT less than thirty days. o
lor more than ore year. or may be pun
shed By both such fine and inprisoament 2
md shall be liable 70 q civn action f1r an :
iamages caused by violation of this act D. 3
Rule -. of Governor jenkins 1--we stock q
Iusrantine proclamation. says- Pasture "a
wing or both sides of anv quarantine Iine j
han be treated ss south or below ssff
Iuarantlne lire and the movement n eat
le from said pastures must 81 al cases ,
'e governed hy the rules t9r The move
aent % cattle across the quarantine Ilae~
Colorado SF-inss. colo. sept. z-5ldze
Joseph W. Ady. a prouincnt aftorner-
oruasriv ~ Nswton. kan. dis1 here 10
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