Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-18
CONS, LIKE POOR,
VIII Us ALWAYS
Is Cow Not a Cow When She
Has Tubcrculosis9 What
Is She?
ROUSE HEIFER AGAIN BoBs UP
Britain G. Co. Absolutely Refuse to
Slaughter Animals Condemned ny
City-City in the Feeding Business
Board Turns Down Milk Dealers Pc
tition-Devne's Strong Argument.

AS the preacher arises, before the
collection is taken and says solemnly,
the poor we have With us always, so
did Mayor Ingledue last night an
nounce to the board of health. that the
cow we have with us always Ihe
Rouse COW bobbed up again last night
frisky as ever and her owner was there
to defend her. incidentally. the heifer
is now in the custody of the state OF
Iowa.
If 10 Miller could spring his old joke
now about When is COW not cow
the answer might well be when she
has tuberculosis. At any rate such
would appear to lie the case in Mar
shalltown A COW with the tuberculosis
is a nonenity Even the packing house
refuses to slaughter her. knowing hes
to be diseased. She simply stands
around and takes little nourishment
and awaits the pleasure of the great
state of Iowa to put on the fna'
touches that will send her to the great
beyond for cows.
AS stated in these columns few
days ago, State Veterinarian koto gave
his opinion as to what might be done
with COW failing. to pass the city IN
spection and condemned for tubercu-
losis. The animal may be quarantined
on the premises, and there destroyed
by the owner or she may be taken TO
packing house where government m
spector is in charge, and there be ex
amined to see whether or not the dis
ease has sufficiently advanced to spoil
the meat for food purposes.
There seems to be Sticker, now
ever, right here, as far as Marshall
town is concerned. Mr. Rouse, 1t VIII
be remembered, was offered $25 for the
cow, and wanted to sell her He didn
know what the prospective buyer
wanted with her. and. didn't care, so he
got as much out of her as he could.
This the state says Rouse cannot DO.
He took his only alternative yesterday
and spent 75 cents to get the amman
over to the Britain e. Co. yards. There
he was turned down, the packing
company refusing to slaughter her,
knowing her to be afflicted with tuber-
culosis. The COW is still there, under
quarantine, and the board of health
last night so notified in writing Assist
ant State Veterinarian F. j. Neiman, OF
this city, whose duty it is to see that
the animal is destroyed. About the
only consolation to the owner will be IN
the hide.
AS Mr. Rouse has been kept wait
ing, in order to know what to do with
the animal, and has been to some ex-
pense in feeding and caring, the board
notified the owner to file a bill before
the council at its next meeting. If the
bill isn't deemed exorbitant. the coun-
Gil will allow it, but as Mr.. Rouse
talked 81 day. the board was in
clined last night to intimate that Mt
such charges would be considered.
! Another case of tuberculosis has
been reported by Inspector Diller az
the premises of Michael Banzhaf, 1O11
South Center street. The animal is
| fine looking, and in the best of flesh
In this case the lungs are affected The
short course management is endeavor-
| ing to buy the animal, which will be
slaughtered before the animal hus'
bandry classes for a demonstration OF
the disease as 1t attacks flesh used fol
food
The inspector in charge at Britain
& Co.'S packing house authorizes the
statement today that under no consid-
Grafton will any, animal condemned By
City Inspector Diller for tuberculosis
be received at the packing house.