The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-05-17
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Can you or ans ~ your readers tell
me II there is a law jhat will ALLOW any
man. or men, - compel me dip cattle
for mango without inst proving that
they have Sc or have been on the range
where others have ii2
In this section II country we have
never had any itch or mango Ne
lave our cattle IN small pa.tpnos they
c aid b.. easily Inspected Justice
would 10y they shouid be Inspected,
and whore they were found ~ have
mango. the parties owning such cattle
should ray inspecting Zee
Ii wDuil b. as iBsi 50 come out and
shoot our hcd without inspection for
LnDercuiosus, a. sstch disf-se is
known among cattle. This will prove
- b. greet loss % this part 81 the
country, IL Il can be cn;srced. a. the
.,.afrst gat "a iU Inllos. II Will dam
age our cattle at least one dollar per
head, besides, thc sat is in section
ssnere they have che mnnHc. 80 We
Would b. likely to get il among Our
cattle. My neigilbors and are not all
from Missouri but we must b. shown
B Is. GANr, Clear Lake, Okla.
The above letter - one among many
inquiries sent tv thissofiiee IN regard to
tie action being taken by the Oklaho-
ma authorities on the matter % stamp
ing out the cattle or Texas fever We
have made many inquiries in regard TO
tine order issued but must say that our
Investigations have been very unsatis-
factory We have failed 70 lind copy
vf the proclamation or order for doing
this work, II one was Issued.
or course we knew something Of the
o4der issued by she territorial board
generally known az the Bull Tick
BoArd"-for the dipping Of all cattle in
certain counties OF the Territory, but
unfortunately we had paid but little
attention to the matter, as we owned
40 cattle
In our search for knowledge along
this line we learned from County At
torney r. H. Loofbourrow that the
authorities had ordered the dipping OF
all cattle m Beaver county He also
informed us that the quarantine had
been raised in Woodward other coun-
ties, and that persons appointed by the
cattle inspector were now at work in
the east cna OF this county, dipping
cattle. So il seems that Beaver is nov
the only county in tie Territory
which Is still under quarantine.
In regard to our correspond
question as TO whether there Is any
law to compel a man to dip his cattle,
where the said cattle have never had
the itch or been bothered with ticks.
and have always been kept at home,
and in territory wherethcrc was no itch
or ticks, we have 10 admit that we do
not know. IL certainly seems like a
great injustice to man who owns
cattle # this description 20 compel
him 10 drive his cattle many miles TO
get 70 dipping vat, and into a terri
tlry that is infected with ticks and
itch, where the said cattle wiz have
ciance to be infected with tire disease !.
hut as 10 whether anybody has the
tower to compel him TO do this we are
ignorant.
If rhis order for dipping all the cat
tie in the Territory comes from the
general government our advice would
he to obey it without a kick But &c Is
claimed by mans that soa,e cattle iu-
spector is doing ,his for the purpose Of
appointing lot Of fellows as sob-in-
spectors, with power TO conpel every
man TO dip his cattle whcgler tpoy
need it or not, and also with plwc- 90
collect fifteen cents a head for sep.aE
that the work is done, We dom,
know whether there Is any . Ith ia
the charge or not There are 50 many
CRAFTS aud grafters these days thar il
iAakes everybody suspicious. Crr,aia-
ly, if this charge can be proven. tie
ywner Of cattle would no. hc compu..-
ed to dip them.
Beaver county has alvays houn f-eci-
from cattle diseases, esrcrisliy from
dcks and fever, Gian aiy other county,
M the Territory Yet Beaver county
Las always been n~re barraesed los
quarantine orders ai,i dipping orders
IAN any other county. Ne do not
know wbg this $50 now. There used
- De an eycuse for "a, when southern
cattle were being driven through the
e'unty by the thousands and tens of
ihousan1s. But ther, has been no
g-utheirrccttle driven through here
br several ,ears, and the cattle IN Z
EiNsF coanlg are Remarkably free
fsprD 'disnaFe az n.s kind
t~~s-ns T. us that laws should he (
rfess 'ss-st -, east But in. tLis care