Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Federal Bureau Of Animal Industry
Helps Out State officials.
STAMPING OUT TUBERCULOSIS
Loans Use OF Two Inspectors and Men
Mt Packing Houses Report
where Diseased Animals
Come From.

against tuberculosis in the animals of the
state Of Nebraska. It must be said that
the fight against tuberculosis In Nebraska,
as we'll as in any other state has consisted,
so far Of preliminary skirmishes. and
there is much lack OF general and con-
certed progress. The government has been
trying to cooperate with the state gov
ernments for the last two years. The
greatest handicap has been lack of state
appropriations and state laws.
Not long ago DR.. Peters OF the state ex-
pertinent station, in which a special de-
partment has been equipped for the testing
OF animals suspected of tuberculosis, APP
pealed to Don c. Aver. chief OF the South
Omaha bureau. stating that the state funds
had been exhausted, and asking that the
United States government place two in
spectors at his disposal 20 make tests In
suspected localities. The matter was taken
up with the result that two men are now
working in the state under the direction
OF DR.. Peters.
To assist DIR. Peters the government in
spectors in South Omaha take note OF the
animals condemned In case a number
of animals out Of a single load are found
TO be infected the load is traced back to
its origin. II the farmer can be found
VINO nAd tHe QlsehStu 6Apthf Ills hahN1 oAN
address is sent to DR.. Peters, who mined
lately writes the party telling him Of the
fact that a large per cent of his stock
was found tubercular in slaughter and
asking him II he will be willing for the
sake of the rest of his herd, and the
neighborlng herds, to submit to a tuber-
culine test and to follow out directions for
stamping out the disease.
The usual process Is to make the test
and to ship all diseased animals to South
Omaha for immediate slaughter under the
laws of the federal inspection service.
Every place in the state where tests have
been recorded has been charted on a map
which DR., Aver keeps. In this way the
counties most affected have been located.
The need OF stringent measures is APP
parent when It is known that l per cent
of beef cattle, 10 per cent of dairy cattle,
and 2 per cent of hogs are at present tu-
bercular. The annual loss from this cause
in the United States is S14,0OO,OOO In Me-
braska no cases have been located west
of the line passing through Red Willow,
Frontier, Lincoln, Custer, and Brown
counties. Many cases have been found in
n section about Dodge. Colfsx and stanton
Al 80 per cent of some loads from those
sections have been condemned. or these
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for tallow, and the rest are so slightly
affected as to pass largely for food.
Regarding the possibility of any aid from
the present state legislature, DR.. Aver said;
'I doubt very much II the state will re-
ceive any additional appropriation for the
battle against tuberculosis. One case OF
smallpox properly handled would scare the
legislature into an appropriation many
times greater than the prevalence of 100, 0O(
cases of tuberculosis could produce. The
loss from tuberculosis is a thousand to one
greater than smallpox in human beings and
the loss in ANIMALS goes UP into the millions
pvery year.
In the cases in the future where tests
are made and animals are condemned &c
Immediate slaughter for the purpose oil
cleaning up the herds, the government
should and probably will bear a part OF the
loss; the state. / think, should also bear q
portion OF the loss. and the farmer should
be willing to lose a portion also for tbs
sake of making his other animals less sub
ject TO the disease. The tuberculine tes
IS the most accurate known. 1t is safe tC
say It never fails to show the presence o.
the disease when it exists"
Police Search for Bradeen.
TIC OOhAl OliAaiid BbAAN0 u lOOhAIB Aol
George Bradeen at present for having
swindled 200 or 300 laborers out of theil
money. He made these men a proposition
20 take them all to Tennessee to work II
government service on the levees of tn,
Mississippi near Memphis. Each of tn,
men gave him from 81 to 81, 1t is said
They we're to have left the city yesterday
but when the time came Bradeen had dts
appeared and no special could be fount
headed to tho south. Many of the mel
had pawned their overcoats TO get none,
with which TO go to Memphis and to pa!
the fee of the employment agent. Yester
day many men without overcoats. believing
trey would have no uss Tor them in Ten
nessee, were sflivering about the city jai
for lack OF them. No trace he's been founI
OF Bradeen. lie IT, well known to tn
police department In South Omaha. havin.
bten connected with IL as an Inmate o
the jail and as a suspect a number o
times.
Mig Price for a Coat.
II. 3. Hearston was fined SIS and cost
for stealing a duck overeoat off a DUNN
IN front of D.. Michael's secondhand stor
on N street yesterday. At the jail he pu
up the story that he had seen a sign o
the coat saying Try me on" He said h
did accordingly and before be got throug
the proprietor came out and found hiI
with the goods. Michaels said he wi
reading inside and was attracted by seein
the sleeve on the dummy was missing an
again when he looked the whole DUNN
was gone. together with the coat. Cor
siderins the size of the fine. Hearston
paying pretty dearly for his coat.
Jap Boy Draws a Fine.
George MeoSha, a japanese boy. va
fined SIS and costs yesterday, It beir
charged that he pulled the ring off Emn
Thramek's hand at the Cudahy Packir
company's plant, where both worked In Il
same department. The Japanese boy sa
he had given the girl the ring and insist,
that he had a right to II. She just as pos
lively denied that the Jap and she had az
such acquaintance as to result in his givir
her a ring. Another case for menacir
threats was suspended against the Jap be
and he win be given a chance to show tn
he will not modest the girl.
COuRtry Club Elects Omcers.
The board OF directors OF the Count,
club met Friday evening in the offices
DR.. C. NJ. Schindel and elected the exec
tive officers OF the club for the comm
season. w. b. Cheek was reelected pres
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