The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
RANGE CATTLE
MUST Be DIPPED
Federal Authorities Will Not.
Allow Shipment Out
Of the State.
SOUTH DAKOTA AFFECTED
Or. Ramsey General inspector % Cattle
In Northwest. Makes q Statement
Regarding Farmers Who Claim y
Law Works Hardship.

Huron. +. H.. Sept. 2.-"The federal
authorities will sustain the state board
In all It's decisions and all cattle In
Bcadle and other infected counties
must be dipped before they can be
shipped nj OF the confines Of the
state" The foregoing statement WAS
made yesterday by Dr. Ramsey OF
Fargo. ~. d., the authoritative head
Of the federal department me the cx-
ecutor OF the laws promulgated by the
United States government through the
secretary bf agriculture. the statement
being mad TO q company OF farmers.
cattle owners and others gathered to
talk the matter over with the govern
ment inspectors. Several government
inspectors, one III the county deputies
"A score or more OF cattle owners. az
well AS representatives of the press.
were present At the meeting and the
matter OF dipping OF cattle was gone
over thoroughly and the law and It's
workings explained by h gentleman
from Fargo, the doctor concluding his
remarks with the statement that all
cattle. whether infected with the scgb-
bies or not must be dipped before being
shipped out OF the tate.
DIR. Ramsey has general supervision
OF the inspection OF cattle tn the two
Dakotas and Montana, being an APP
pointee OF the federal government. and
hAN@ ~ ~ . AAAAN ~ $500
rantine against the three states placed
under the supervision OF the Fargo
man. N we'll az the states Of Wyoming,
Idaho M some OF the other states. II
is DIR. Ramsey's business TO see that the
orders OF the government are carried
out. n complying with one OF these
orders he makes the statement that all
cattle must be dipped II they are to be
SHIPPED. III cattle are not infected"
said the doctor. they do not neces-
sarily hav to be dipped unless II IL the
intention OF h owner 10 ship them,
but II they are infected with any con
tagious or infectious disease they must
be dipped. ship or no ship; and n they
are TO be shipped they must be dipped.
infection or no Infection. contiguous
disease or no contagious disease. That
is the law. I VIII uphold II and that
Is the long n short Of II. n farmers
cattle are diseased they must be dipped.
and if farmers want to ship their cattle
IA OF the state they must be dipped"
said DIR. Ramsey. THE government has
~quaruntined the whole state. but re-
ports of our work In the state last year
showed that 80 per cent. OF the Dis
comprising the counties between the
Missouri and Jim rivers. n basing my
authority on those reports / took the
liberty OF cutting down the uuaFan-
tine and limiting u only 10 the eighteen
counties between these two rivers. and
by doing this I hoped To be able TO
stamp out the disease without sub
Jecting the whole state to the rigid
dipping law. But now n the people
are not satisfied with the regulation,
why. we can place the whole state uu-
der quarantine and compel the dipping
OF cattle. both east OF the Jim and
west OF the Missouri. as well sE iU nos
counties lying between the Two rivers.
DIR. Ramsey vas asked what effect the
Judge Whiting injunction would have.
ana hC replied that Il woulG have 40
cncC at ~. NJ least regarding Tho fed
cral ri'"s and regulations. The iujuuc-
ton OF the court VIII. OF course. operate
I'm this county regarding the aUar,n-
timing n dipping or cattle uOt iu-
fected, and the farmers md cattle
owners cannot be compelled TO dip ~
less their cattle are infected. but when
"A cattle owner ships his stock out OF the
state he passes out from under any
rules OF orders or Injunctions promul-
gated BY county. state OF court au-
thoritics. and comes under the rules ~
h federal government. and then he
must dip or else take his cattle back
home.
The question was raised regarding
the inspection OF cattle and the in-
spectors I'm finding u scab. but ac-
cording To DIR. Ramsey scab ~ very
hard To find during warm weather. ~
II disappears almost entirely. settling
around the horns. hut when cold wealth
err returns the scab breaks out and IL
much worse than ever II the cattle hiss
not been dipped.
DIR. Ramsey returned last evening to
his Fargo home.