The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-04-16
Cattlemen of Howard County Held
Important Meeting Saturday,
April 5th.


Howard county, was held at Big
Springs Saturday evening ut 3
O'Clock TO discuss matters pertain
ing to their interests. About 300
were present. l.. ). Mcdowell
was elected chairman and W. V.
Erwin, secretary.
The object of the meeting was
explained by the chairman, and
DR.. w. X. Lewis, of this city, adj
dressed the assemblage on the
quarantine situation. Dan Me-
Cunningham, Federal quarantine
inspector, delivered his famous
speech entitled The Momentous
Question: followed by DR.. J. W.
Barnett, of Howard county, who
explained his experiment with
ticks. Ellis Douthitt and Sid
Moore also addressed the meeting.
The following committee on
resolutions was appointed:
Jess Evans, K. G. Sanderson,
Ellis Douthitt, s. w. Moore, w.
II. Brennand, J. w. Barnett, G.
5. Alderman, +. G. Rice, l.. s.
Mcdowell, X. X. Manion, F. B.
Evans, J. l.. Brown, J. d. Will
liams, w. T. Roberts, w. V. Err
win, w. H. Evans, o. G. Smith,
J. D. Evans, J. f. Smith, John
Roberts, A. G.. Smith, p. s. Nor
gan, l.. 7. beats, H. o. Perkins,
Frank Sander5on, A. l.. Echols,
T. G. Brennand, B. Jones, p. G.
Harding, Theo Jones, Il. ). Craut.
The convention recessed for an
hour in order to give the commit
tee time to report, and convened
to receive the following report,
which was read and adopted:
To Hon. l.. 5. Mcdowell, chair
man: We your committee on
resolutions beg leave to report the
following:
Whereas, much public senti-
ment has been worked up in va
rious parts of Texas by designing
politicians and real estate specu-
lators against the state quarantine
line, and
Whereas, public meetings have
been held by mere atoms of the
people interested, and published
to the world as an expression of
all the people directly interested,
and
Whereas, such publications are
not only misleading, but calcu-
lated to exert a most evil effect
upon the great cattle interests of
Texas:
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this meeting, composed of the
cattlemen and business men of
Howard county, that the state
quarantine is public necessity,
and must be maintained for the
protection of all interested alike.
That the maintenance of the state
line is absolutely necessary to
prevent the withdrawal of the
Federal line to the border of the
state, and the consequent quaran-
timing of the entire state by the
Federal government. That we
recognize the fact that the present
regulations work an inconvenience
upon our brothers below the line,
and in order that justice may be
done them, we unite with them in
the request that the regulations
be 80 amended as to permit the
passage of cattle across the line at
any season of the year when in
spection reveals them to be free
from ticks and all danger of COM
municating infectious disease.
1t is further resolved, that the
Livestock Sanitary Commission of
Texas be and is hereby requested
to use all efforts at its command
to establish system of disinfect-
ing Southern cattle by some me-
chanical process, and after disin-
lection and inspection such cattle
be admitted as native cattle.
Be it further resolved, that dis
infective stations be established
on the United States quarantine
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