The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-17
MAY LOSE OUT YET
Carroll County Cattle Likely
 Again to be Ouarintined

~S N->NS shAS~AA RAOoNAO s~~~~ Carroll county will yet lose out in the matter of quarantine pro- lection, which is now afforded by special favor of the Bureau oi Animal Industry, the government line having been moved from the north to the south boundary
 This statement is based upon an interview with Jerry Brammer who went on duty July 1 as agent of the government in tick eradication.
 Brammer says that the work entrusted to the cattle growers association in riding the line and maintaining quarantine re. strictions has not been faithfully performed. The government officials are fully appraised of this fact and are thoroughly displeas ed. An order annulling the present regulations may be pro- mulgated at any time.
 Under the arrangement with the stock growers a line rider was to be kept busy and no cattle permitted to cross into the county on either the east, north or west border. Close inspec- ton was also to be made of the cattle in the protected district. None of it has been done. Cattle have been passed over the line and infected cattle have been found by buyers in the county and reported to the department. The county inspector has been notified of this condition but it seems has taken no cognizance of it.
 Since taking up the work, Mir. Brammer has already placed quarantine restrictions on some- thing over 50 head of cattle, some of which he pronounces seriously infected.
 Forty head of John Worthing- ton on Dry creek have been placed under the ban and four teen head of Ras Eldrige in the same neighborhood have been shut in. Worthington's cattle were under quarantine last sum- mer and it seems that they are in worse shape now than then. The place having become infect ed, the task of getting rid of the ticks becomes a double problem. We note from Harrison paper that Judge John I. Warrington, who owns the farm where his sons cattle are kept, has just lost nine head from Texas fever, but we are not informed as to or not there had been stock taken from the Dry creek place to his Harrison farm to communicate the disease. A number of other parties have lost stock about Harrison from the same cause. There were also several deaths from the fever here last summer.
 The situation down there has thoroughly awakened the people of Boone county and they now nave three men cooperating with he government agents in the campaign against the disease. Boone people not only hope to get rid of the pests this season, put to have q uarantine restric- ions removed the same as we nave at the present time in Carroll county.
 It would be too bad for Carroll county to now lose all the money thus for spent and be luarantined in again, but little ,lse can be expected from the Already the growers of the county have gained enough n the sale of stock to maintain a inc rider that would do his duty or months to come.
 Once more the cattle growers lave been urged to get busy md save themselves, but it ooks like it was going to take a lew deal of those at front in the natter if anything is accomplished md there is no time for that lnless the government officials Ire possessed of more patience han average human beings.
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