Arizona republican., 1907-01-17
LIVE SHOCK BOARD
 BIENNIAL REPORT
A Resume Showing the Satisfactory Working of the Law and Prosperous Stock Conditions.


 The live stock sanitary board yes terday filed with Governor Kibbey it's biennial report for the calendar years 1s05-6. The report is quite exhaust i've and covers over twenty pages of typewriter matter. but nothing is mentioned that Is not important anu interesting. It sets forth by the rec ord of the boards work. better than could be done by any words of praise. the value of the board to the stock in terests of the territory and thereby Jo the entire territory and demonstrate that a great deal can be accomplished by hard work and just a small amount of money.
 A brief synopsis of the report may not prove uninteresting to readers of The Republican and will surely ac- quaint some of them with facts they now have but a slight appreciation of. Those particularly interested will find a perusal of the full report when it shall be available. time well spent.
 The report says in part that the live stock industry throughout the territory has been unusually prosperous during the last two years. There has been an abundance of rain and range feed and no losses have been sustained by lack of water or starvation. The num- Der of cattle on the ranges has beer greatly increased and there have beer good calf crops. nevertheless tn. ranges are not Overstocked. Indeed, there are now but little over half IS many cattle on the ranges as there have been at different times in the past. The prospects for the future in respect of feed and ranges are mo- flattering.
 Discussing the live stock law, the board says that with a good veterinaT- ian and about sixty competent inspect ors the territory has been kept free from infection and the larceny of live stock has been reduced to a minimum there being only an occasional case. The law in it's details, says the. board. is susceptible of improvement, but in the main it is practical in its work ing and has been the chief bulwark of the prosperity of the livestock indus try. The total sum annually collected for license nd inspection is approxi- mately S13.50O. In order to perform all the work that naturally falls under the purvieu of the board and inspectors, this money has 10 spread around pretty thinly and though better work could be done with larger revenue the money already expended has been a fine in vestment for the Territory. There has been some campaign talk about repeal ing the butchers license law. under which about two-thirds of the boards revenue is collected. This. the board asserts. would be a calamity and would again place the board in the po- sition of trying to accomplish a good work without the money necessary for it's expenses.
 On May 29, 1905. the board published an offer of $10O reward for the con- viction of any person guilty of cattle larceny. and the Arizona Cattle Grow CTS association added another s10O to the reward. But one claim has been made and paid under this offer. but the effect of it has been to prevent, in large measure. the crime of cattle steal ing The rangers have been a great help to the board. says the report. though not 15 per cent of their arrests have been for the violation of the live stock law. still their presence and alertness as rural police have held the