The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-25
BILL BOLTON
IS PRESIDENT
Of Interstate Association of
Livestock Sanitary Board.
ANNUAL MEETING ENDED
Reports of Condition of Cattle
are Given.
ANNUAL MEETING ENDED

of Woodward. Oklahoma, for president,
DR.. D. F. Luckey, of Columbia. Mo, for
+ vice-president and ". P. Smith, of Mon
tecello, Ill, for secretary and treasurer.
Denver, Colo, was selected as the next
place Of meeting. the daee of which will
be fixed by the executive board. which
is composed of the president and secre-
tary.
The delegates were evidently pleased
with the result of the meetings and the
/ expression was general that this has been
! the most successful meeting ever held
I by the association, both in point of at
/ tendance, interes and work accomplished.
/ There was some interesting discussion
in regard TO Texas or southern fever
among cattle. 1t is now the accepted
( theory that this disease is caused by ticks
and the association adopted an official
name for the disease tick fever" The
name was adopted at the suggestion of
/ NJ. NJ Hankins, Of Texas, who said that
! the fever was no more confined to Texas
! than TO anyother Of the southern states.
] DR.. D. F. Luckey. of Missouri. indorsed
! this statement and IL was on his motion
1 that the name tick fever was adopted by
! the association. Dr. Luckey said that
/ they wanted TO educate people to the fact
I that it was the tick, and no Texas, that
caused the fever.
! Hereafter it will not be in good form
/ for cattlemen who are pretending to be
up with the times to speak Of Texas
fever among cattle. Kansas permits her
name 10 be affixed to grasshoppers and
/ cyclones and anything of that kind with
/ out a murmur. but none of the southern
states wants TO be named in connection
with this tick fever. They want 10 blame
il all on the ticks, and go after the ticks
with some kind Of a solution that will kill
the ticks and spare the cattle.
After the delegates assembled in the
parlors OF the Hamilton yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Bolton. Of Oklahoma. informed
them that Governor Stanley was down
stairs and that he would be up in a few
minutes TO see them. The president called
for order so that they would be ready to
| receive the governor of Kansas. but he
failed to appear. Some OF the delegates
suggested that the governor thought Mr..
Bolton was fixing UP some scheme to
have him make a speech and he had
skipped out The president then called
for some one in each Of the states rep
resented in the association TO report in
fiveminute talk. the condition of the
stock in their states.
( DR.. Norton. OF Arizona, said that he
coulO state that while they had some diff
hculty in convincing the representatives
+ in congress from the eastern states that
/ they had people enough to make a state,
/ he could say positively that they had cat
tie enough to make a state. The condi-
ton of the stock In Arizona was about
/ the same as that of the eastern states.
They had inspection laws and all cat
! tie slaughtered or shipped out Of the
state was inspected. He said they were
/ especially careful of the inspection of cat
tie sent out of the state because it en-
abled them TO locate stolen cattle and
while protecting themselves, they were
also protecting people to whom they sold
cattle He said Arizona had her troubles
but they had been able TO keep disease
out of her territory as nearley as any Of
the states. For the past several years
very few cattle had been killed to prevent
the spread of disease. He said he was
informed that scabage among cattle ex-
listed in some of the middle western
states and he would be glad if those pres
ent would tell to what extent 1t prevailed
I in their sections. as they wanted to keep
ii out of Arizona.
DR.. McCapes, of Colorado. said the cat
tie OF that state were in good condition
at this time They had fewer cattle this
year and plenty Of feed. All Of the cat
I
purpose of preventing stealing. He said
their worst trouble had been scabage
among the cattle. 1t had been on the
ranges for fifteen years, but Colorado
/ had handled this business without gloves
They had inspectors and whenever the
! scab was found, the cattle were dipped
and in this way they had eradicated the
disease and AZ the present time IL would
/ be hard to find case Of scab among the
cattle Of Colorado
Mr. L0vejoy. Of Illinois. said that the
dairy business had invaded his state and
since then they had gone from first place
10 third place in cattle raising. They had
some cases OF inthrax and blackleg
among their cattle. but nothing serious.
He had no complaint 10 make against
the board aud that was all he had TO
say for the big state.
TAYLOR Riddle reported for Kansas and
he claimed that the Sunhower state was
third in importance IN the cattle indus
try. There was very little disease among
our cattle so far as he was able 10 find
out. There had been few cases Of scab-
age reported The cattle in this state
are in excellent condition and good fish.
lie thought he had never seen better
grass than we have had this year
DR. Luckey gave 4 rather glowing &C
count OF Missouri. He supposed they
had the same trouble that the other
states had. There was some cases Of
/ blsckleg and lumpjaw among their cat
tie but taken as a whole he considered
their herds IA excellent condition. He
said the large shipment Of horses from
I Kansas City had brought CHAMBERS. but
he said they were controlling IT, He
said they were short on cattle and flush
on feed he said Missouri was improv-
ing her cattle and hogs ard he pointed
with some pride 20 the record they were
making IN Shorthorn cattle. while they
+ were close UP TO the front with Here
+ fcr6s
W. E. Bolton admitted that Oklahoma
: as bothered some with Texas fever and
/ then he was called TO time and told TO
say tick fever. The delegates seemed 70
/ take especial delight II asking Nj Boil
ton questions which did not bother him
! I'm the least He said the trouble was in
tho eastern part OF the territory. The
cattle in the western part were al right.
They had less cattle now on account Il
the settlement OF the country He thought
the government lottery business had hurt
oklahoma because people who did not
draw lard went cut and took up the FREE
. ranges that were not ~ FOR farming.
Then in the LOTTERY business lot ~ cid
maids and crfpples had drawn much 4
the land and they we're not 50 coed IS
the men who got up and rustie5 Tor 4
{ claim He said Tot thirty per cent ~ the
I reople who drew The claims ovl them
Z ilow. One delegate asked him z a lot
ttrv was not about a. respectable as a
horse race and another said h vas a.
founded ~ ~. Bolton ob1ecting q IRE
old maids Nr. Bolton Rad hoard q a
( few cases - gianders among horses. he
1 said Okiahcusa had schools ard schocl
children enough % eusitis II to state
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