The border vidette., 1913-04-12

BeckfOrd klbbey, Jr., Secretar y
 of the West Coast Cattle I'm
 porters' Association, the main
 offices of which are in Nogales,
 Arizona, and resolutions passed
 by the Live Stock Sanitary l Board of Arizona, at Phoenix
 March 26th, 1913, will be of great interest to importers of cattle from Sonora:
 REPORT.
 1 On March 25th, a meeting was held at the office of the Live Stock Sanitary Board of Ari- zona.
 The Board was represented by J. NJ. Johnson, Chairman, J. M. Ronstadt and I. l.. Des- mond, members, assisted by Dr. Severn and Judge Barnum.
 The West Coast Cattle I'm porters' Association was repre- sented by Messrs. E. V. Tovrea, J. c. Gatti, K. D. Oliver, Harry Saxon, Gabriel Angulo and w. B. Kibbey. Jr.
 The opposition was represent ed by Messrs. w. B. Coberly, George E. Pusch, and J. A. Harrison.
 The ruling made by the Board at their last meeting was, all cattle turned loose in the State, to be driven through the State, or for immediate slaughter, had to be dipped twice, and an in spection fee Of 10 cents per ,l1 Io loaded at the stock yards at No gales.
 A motion was made by Mir J. Nj. RonStadt, and carried, that the ruling of the last meeting of the Board be vacated, and the question be opened to fur ther discussion
 The question was discussed at considerabl length, arguments being advanced both for and against the admission of cattle under the ruling of the Bureau of Animal Industry, i. e.. one dipping for grazing purposes or immediate slaughter.
 The question regarding the pay ment of inspection fees on cattle driven from the Interna- tional line to the shipping cor rals at Nogales, destined for points outside of the State, was then brought up and discussed.
 The Chairman of the Board stated that the question raised would be taken under advise ment, and an answer made on the morning of the 26th, at 1000 A. M.
 On March 26th, at 1000 A. NJ, a further rleeting was held, all being present that were pres ent at the first meeting, with the exception of Messrs. Cob erly, Pusch and Oliver, and the matters pending were discussed again, at considerable length.
 The Board then advised that a decision would be reached at 200 F. M., that date, and the attached resolutions were sub mitted to your representative at that time.
 In addition to these resolutions. Mir. Ronstadt stated that in case of Mexican cattle driven from the International line at Noga- les to dipping vats, no inspec tion fees could be charged, when cattle were manifested at the Customs House, for points out side of Arizona, cattle being in such cases Interstate Shipments. 1
 One of the points which your 1 representatives were endeavOr- 1 ing to gain was to permit Mex l ican cattle to be driven from the | International line to the nearest 1 rail road point. across Arizona |! territory, with one dipping, | when destined for points out side of the State. This point l was gained, but, although mo- thing is said about it in the resolutions of the Board, Mir. Ronstadt stated that cattle so driven could not originate for more than twenty-six miles south of the International line.
 Another point which we were striving for was the admission of cattle into Arizona under Bureau of Animal Industry re- gulations, when for immediate slaughter. This point was also gained, although we understand that certain precautions must be taken on their arrival at des- tination, such as unloading the
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