East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-25

What promises to be a decidedly in
teresting sheep fight is scheduled to
occur at the governors office in Sa-
lem on May Z, when at the instance
of the governor the Oregon sheep
commission, State Inspector Lytle, DIR.
S. w. Mcclure, head of the federal
inspe H. c.. Bryson, president of
the Washington Sheepmen's associa-
ton, and DIR. Nelson, Washington state
veterinarian, will be present for the
purpose of discussing the proposed
quarantine proclamation against
Washington sheep. The request for
the conference was sent out yesterday
by Governor Chamberlain and news of
the same was brought to this city last
evening by DIR. Lytle, who arrived on
the evening train from Portland, after
| having made an inspection tour of
some of the western oregon counties.
Section nine of the recently enacted
sheep law provides as follows:
whenever the governor of the state
has reason to believe that scab or
other contagious or infectious disease
of sheep has becosne prevalent in any
locality or localities, OF any other state
or territory, or that conditions exist
that render sheep from such localities
| likely to convey disease, or whenever
the state sheep inspector shall certify
in writing to the governor that con-
ditions exist in certain localities in
any other state or territory which may
render any of the sheep coming there
from likely to convey disease, the gov
ernor shall, forthwith by proclamation
designate and declare such locality
or localities as presumably infected
and prohibit importation therefrom
of any sheep into this state except
under such restrictions as the board
of sheep commissioners shall deem
proper"
Washington Is Scabby.
That he deems the condition of the
Washington sheep to be such that
they are likely to convey disease to
the Oregon flocks is emphatically de-
clared by DR.. w. H. Lytle, state sheep
inspector. From accurate sources"
said he this morning, ut is known
that the percentage of scabby sheep in
Washington is 5 per cent greater than
that of Oregon. Furthermore, the
Washington men are apparently maxi
ing no effort whatever to eradicate
the disease in that state. At the last
session Of the Washington legislature
the state law upon that subject was
weakened and from appearances the
state is to remain scabby perpetually."
Also, DR.. Lytle has announced that
he will certify in writing to the COVER
nor that the condition OF the WASH
ington sheep is as indicated above, so
that a quarantine proclamation may
be issued.
From appearances the Washington
men are planning to make some OBJ
jections to the quarantine proclama-
ton and their action has aroused the
ire of the Oregon growers who are
making strenuous efforts to eradicate
the scab.
Upon the subject Dan p. Smythe.
secretary Of the sheep commission.
made the following statement this
morning:
''The state recently provided for an
expenditure of $4,000 for sheep
commission and state sheep inspec-
tor to carry into effect n new sheep
quarantine law, the growers them
selves will necessarily spend nearly
100000 in cleaning up their flocks
under this law, and the United States
authorities will spend in this state
alone $4,000 to eradicate scab which
has become such a menace to Oregon
flOcks After making such stren,l-