Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-06-20
GOVERNOR BAILEY ORDERS IT.
Decisive Steps Taken to Have
Western Cattle Dipped. F"
From the Topeka state Journal.


The order and proclamation of Gov
ernor Bailey requiring that all cattle
in practically the western third of the
state be dipped for mango, or Texas
itch, has been promulgated and is now
in force. 1t includes all the counties
west of a line running through the
east line of Trego county, with tie
exception of Norton. These counties,
thirty in number, are qnarantined
and no cattle in them will be permit
ted to move until they have been dip
ped and secured bill of health from
the proper officials. They are not
even allowed to go from one pasture
to another or off their home range,
ex ept they can be driven any dis
lance not exceeding fifteen miles for
the purpose of dipping. A temporary
quarantine is also established. on all
pastures where disease has been exist
ing in other parts of the state. 1t is
believed that these measures will
stamp out the disease and in the long
run save the cattlemen hundreds Of
thou sands of dollars, besides keeping
the disease from spreading over the
balance of the state.
The following Is the letter of the
live stock sanitary commission to
Governor Bailey on the subject:
''For the protection OF the live
stock interests of Kansas and to pre-
vent the dissemination of contagious,
infectious or communicable disease
among the same, we beg to report to
your excellency that parasitic dis
ease known as itch, or mango tresem-
bling scabbies in sheep, has become
prevalent among the cattle of Kansas,
and exists to remarkable extent in
the western portion known as the
short grass region.
1.-The counties referred to are occu-
pied by cattle owners. and principally
used in large, open ranges, OF large
pastures, and it will require the most
stringent methods to stamp out this
disease. which is rapidly encroaching
upon the non-infected counties of the
central and eastern portion of the
state. Therefore, we respectfully re-
quest your excellency to issue proc
lamation, operative at once, levying
permanent quarantine upon the fol-
rowing named counties:
cheyenne, Rawllns, Decatur, Sher-
idan, Thomas, Sherman, Graham, Ire
go, Cove, Logan, Wallace, Greeley,
Wichita, Scott. Lane, Ness, Hodge
man, Finney, Kearney, Hamilton,
Stanton, Grant, Haskell, Gray, Ford,
Morton, Stevens, Seward, Meade and
Clark.
ut will also be necessary to estab-
lish temporary quarantine on all of
the infected pastures in the balance
of the state, and prohibit the move
ment of cattle in any manner by rail,
trail or wagon, excepting in accord
ance with the rules and regulations
which have been adopted by the
board, and which are herewith SUBJ
mitted for your consideration and APP
prevail
The following is the proclamation
issued by Governor Bailey:
Pursuant to the above petition, /,
w. J. Bailey, governor of the state of
Kansas, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by law, and for the pur-
pose of preventing the further spread
of the aforementioned disease in
this state, do hereby proclaim and es-
tablish Quarantine against all the
cattle in the counties above mention
ed, aud said cattle shall be permitted
only to move under the following con-
ditions:
Rule l. No cattle shall be moved
from one pasture to another in the
above quarantlned counties nor from
any. of the above mentioned counties
to another, neither shall they be re-
oeived for shipment by any railroad in
the state. except they have been first
carefully dipped with the use OF some
one of the standard dips in solution
mot less than one to twenty-five,
which are known to be effective in
curing said disea se, or treated by
hand dressing. with scrubbing brushes,
and then only in case the disease is
apparently cured Excepting that
any cattle may be moved adistance OF
fifteen miles from the home range. or