The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-15
WHILE CATTLEMEN
STARE RUIN IN FACE
Agriculture Board at SlIIIWaIgl
Today VIII Try 10 Set
tIe Dilemma


The slate board Of agrloNliuge
Ter an alI das session hero yaaiefaaY.
LETT last nlght for silllwaier wheta
today they win confer wlsh dale.
CATION from tho Usage country and
endeayor 20 relieve the distress poaa
stoned by the iniunctloa suit iIInd {.
pawhuska this week to prohibit she
delivery q any mere Southern eassle
Into tho onage nation
The Importance Of lhe aplt Vas nAt
fully gealIsed until yesterday when
caltlemen with Bankruptcy stating
them "a tpe faco came hurnedly lnso
Guthrie Grvm Oklahoma anG Texas
cattle counties and Joined With slla
representatives OF tho three railroads
eniuinea "a IA effort 70 Fet Immediate
relief from the possible inlunetIon
The eRtllc@en eIHIln with IHHHe
q back them shek Che Injunction
against delivery of cattle III nsHee
nation al thln time would bankrupt
practically every fanehman II IHs
county and mnEa very hard eaaaE
tluna for MANY outside growers Keazh
men from the 0aass country alone
have purchased m estimated to- aa9u
Vt Taxae cattle which they illleaaaH
grazing Ia the OaaHe pastures. Tie
approximate valuation az nurehaH
vii aggregate two millions duIiaF
Should the courts prevent Tie cattle
being shlppad into he Usage lhe ia
% the Texah purchases wlli ha sF
maud0ue
The loss to tne safea Fallfode Hla
niHs cattle into he contested isFf
tofs #ill also Be high Probably
million barrels If crude 0ll have q
ready been purchased for dipping
cattle. cattle and stock pena has
been built, cars have haNn contracted
for Many shlpmanlh ale naN 81
way Others are balns lnnde6
Southern points Tie ecll n PaHha
ka hes peralyzed The entire nnf.Aa
movement OF fully 100000 cattle
County Attorney Roberts ol oaaf
county haseE hIh aals largely aH gh
Ross hill passed hy the labt lesIala
ture This c0utasna & cnugH nfahlh
ltlnk The delivery II cattle irom a
tick country north Of ihe state aaa
antlne line IN 0lEIahuma The eaHHEI
lutionalliy of the Ense hlll IS HHda
question, allufneg9 oontendfnk tha
The constitution vested tat state beard
af agriculture with III ana ftiI HoHa
over quarantine matters IA the sEaIH
nnd fhAf the Legislature was lnFaa
INK this vested eonaliluuouaI fIaI
when Il passed tie Haaa blll
4 way "a pointed onl Ay whlan -
board of Agriculture tlay 8eftsa thle
temporarily and prevent the heHH
loss which vim result from ahf alaH
page of deliveries nos With The aAI
ping season helf oKef.
Tha board said Il nf0ulnenI aEles
ney ia discussing tho mnliers could
yet af0und the Ross hill bv tems
arily placing the oHage country
Iow the state quarantine lIne. alloNiH
the delivery Of cattle 10 The pastures
and then replace the line "a Is pEAa
enf position. The Hosa bill afahla
iin the crossing of she alato auafaa
time llne with kha1 llnA fgf e.
time placed uOrln II the 0aaEs Nhlea
the board of agriculture haa fleHe
70 DO ih2 lualn polul Ga whiee M
pawhuslsn suli 'a based would BE- slim
lnated
20 lhia dGie approximately 10
00o head ~ cattle fgQm Houllaa
poiusa have already Daen 9aliHeaf
into gbo Usage
The beard 81 asTluahlue be2efe
their ruling early n the anrlhf laal
cattle could be brought into the eoHa
iy wlth one dipping. sent 4 aaeniai
committee into the country and eaHse6
III invaadkali0n ii Che conditions con
9lained % BY the fnffuefa Who Hfh |a
seehlHa IA keep the cattle aul y Is
Mnegl0u. They found that HE InaI4as
md 0lhof owners oF Tie land were =
Giving from 20 eenIa b 2Ian acre
snf their grass 4 Saag ana lIIaE
would Ga until after Tile kfaSEne aeA
on thIs year before the realfieslaus
could rs removed 0H he surplus allaE
meuEs 70 that tie land couia b ST
tied up for farming pufnoaes TIE
beard IS agllnss shs policy Of ielsIas
eatlle freed oIl HE range Wllhla IHa
asnle 10 gnc slasfiMeaf nf lh0 aFINsEH
uh6 MIah Va Improve she lRna ana sllk
majority ~ sne heaf6 have sFHszzH#
themselves n faEaf q not fefIs|'IEHE
cattle IL na paA|HEea q Q4aEz z#HH
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