Arizona republican., 1907-01-17

gan. Dr. Norton says he has taken particular pains during the last four teen years to compare conditions in Arizona with those elsewhere. and th= effect of law enforcement. of the im- porting of new blood for the ranges and the loss by contagious diseases. and that Arizona can be congratulated on the position she takes along these lines.
 While Texas. California and a dozen Southern states have been carrying q load of Texas fever. and 90 per cent of the cattle imported into those states from the North have died. Arizona was constantly going ahead. receiving new cattle and quarantining against the ad- mission of Southern infected cattle. On account of the early passage Of the sanitary law it was possible for Ari- zona to control and eradicate the small fever infection introduced in an carly day without any portion of the Terri tory being placed below the federal quarantine line. This alone has increas- ed cattle values in the Territory by hundreds of thousands of dollars annu- ally. While tuberculosis. glanders. hog cholera. cattle and sheep scabies. an- thrax and other diseases were fncreas- ing other states until the last few years Arizona has eradicated and systemat- ically guarded against their intrOduc- ton.
 Many states did not pass sanitary laws until five to fifteen years aftc. Arizona did and even now some states
 have but a meager appropriation for the work and little is accomplished Few states have facilities to enforce their regulations and infection Is con tinually introduced. In these cases the federal laws have been very material help.
 Four years ago the Department Of | Agriculture put most of the Western states in quarantine for cattle scabies. but Arizona was not bothered. thanks { to the local regulations. For years complaints were made that most of the sanitary work was done in NIaricopa county. where Texas fever, glanders. tuberculosis and swine plague were prevalent. That chanced to be the seat of infection and the work done in Mar icOpa county was for the protection Of the entire Territory. ''I am glad tO report" says the doctor. that not a single animal of any kind has been quarantined in Maricopa county for two years, and all impOrtatiOns 10 the | Territory are inspected"
 ! The veterinarian speaks or the im- possibility of seeing every animal that may be driven across the line surrepti- | tiously, but says that all stock arriving | by transportation lines is inspected and in this he has had the hearty CO., | operation of the railroads One Of these unfortunate cases of slipping over the line occurred in Kingman. where a horse affected with gianders was driven in from California IL was not detected until the disease had 1 spread considerably but as soon as the | facts were known the conditions were handled. and the disease is now prac- tically stamped out of Mohave county. Texas fever and scabies have been completely eradicated from the Terri tory and only a trace of sheep scabieS remains. due to the active campaign waged against that disease.
 In all this work the doctor says he had the hearty cooperation of the federal authorities and desires that due credit be given them. The recOmmen- dations of the veterinarian are very few. The law may have some defects but the veterinarian is pretty well sat- isfied with it now. judging from his report He recommends a number of minor things, but his chief suggestion is that all dairies furnishing incorpOr- ated cities should be inspected at least once a year. that the presence of pos sible disease may be discovered before it is far advanced.