Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1913-07-24


against Montana horses on account of
the prevalence of dourine in this State,
The Livestock Sanitary Board, of
which DR.. Dan j. Donohue is presi-
dent, adopted resolutions at it's meet
ing in Helena last Tuesday, prohibit
ing the running at large of stations
in certain described area, and order
ing the gathering of all stations with
in that area not later than August lst.
Instructions to the Inspectors are
to the effect that all horses that have
been blood-tested and examined, must
be branded by the inspector with a
serial number. All stations proven
to have dourine, but which the owner
wishes to use as work horses, must be
branded on the left jaw with the letter
"D".
The regulations, which are now be-
ing complied with, are the most drastic
ever enforced in this state, for it is
recognized that if this fight against
dourine is not successful and the gov
ernment puts quarantine on Montana
horses, it will put the horse industry
ON the hummer for at least the
next three years. Horse owners
should heartily cooperate with the state
officers to aveid such = calamity.
Ike complete text Of regulations,
known as Order No. 2, follows:-
Order No. 2
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Whereas. it has come to the
knowledge of this Board that dour-
inc exists in the State of Montana,
and, upon investigation, it is hereby
determined that the said disease
does exist; and.
Whereas, the Board is authorita-
lively informed that it is the inten-
ton of the United States Govern
ment to Immediately quarantine the
State of Montana in case said dis
ease is not eradicated, or confined.
or studs prevented from running at
large;
Therefore, 1t Is Hereby Ordered.
that no studs shall run at large
within the following described area,
and no mares shall be bred within
the following described area until
their studs have been tested and
found free from disease, and no mare
that has been exposed to dourine
shall be bred until it has been blood
tested for dourine and released and.
It Is Further Ordered, that all
owners of stations and mares shall,
when demanded to do so by the |
State Veterinary Surgeon or his |
deputy. gather all their stations
and mares and have them at
given place on date named by the
State Veterinary Surgeon or his
deputy. for the purpose of having the
same tested and examined; and,
1t Is Further Ordered. that all
studs within the following described
area shall be gathered and held in
restraint not later than August l,
1918. and on and after that date the
State Veterinary Surgeon be and IS
hereby authorized to gather all
studs found running at large on
the open range in violation OF law,
and to castrate them. and, If found
to castrate or destroy
them, the expense thereof to be
borne by the owner of such studs.
Beginning at the point of cross
ing the Montana-Dako line. IN
Custer County. by the Chicago. Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway; running
in a westerly direction along the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-
way to the mouth of Sandstone
Creek; up Fallon Creek to Cotton
wood; up Cottonwood; thence in a
westerly direction to the head OF
Horse Creek; down Horse Greek to
the Powder River; thence in = north