The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-12-08
PARIS KENTUCKY, TUESDAY DECEMBER g. 1914


A mass meeting of farmers, called
by County Judge Mcmillan, was held
at the court house Saturday after
noon to take measures to relieve the
strained situation caused by the quar-
antine of Bourbon owing to the dis
cOvery of the foot and mouth disease
A committee consisting of County
Judge c. A. Mcmillan, ex-oficio, j. H..
Thompson, Thomas Henry Clay, Jr.,
William H. Whaley, J. NJ Hall, ]. D.
Booth and Robert Meter was ap-
pointed and given authority to use
such measures as in their own judg-
ment was necessary.
motion was made to indorse a
special meeting of the Legislature,
but when an old farmer said that
would be worse infection than the
foot and mouth disease it was with
drawn
Claude M. Thomas, who presided
scored the United States Government
for allowing through it's alleged lax
methods the disease to enter this
county and then proposing to pay only
half of the value of the slaughtered
animals, compelling the State to pay
the balance. James Thorn pson, on
the other hand insisted on hearty CO.
operation with the officials.
1t was decided to print the laws re-
lating to the quarantine in the local
papers in order to instruct the farmers
as to their duties. The large herd Of
Thomas Henry Clay, Jr., which has
been under suspicion was declared by
the inspectors to be entirely free of
the disease.
County Judge Chas. A. Mcmillan re-
ceived telegram Friday from Mr.. j.
w. Newman, of Louisville, Chairman
of the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board, asking him what arrangements
he could make for paying the salary
of Federal Inspector so as to re-
lease healthy cattle ready for ship
ment for immediate slaughter. The
telegram follows:
Louisville, KY, Dec. 4.
Chas. A Mcmillan,
Paris Ky:
Washington advises that fat stock
from your county can move for imme-
date slaughter interstate, under Fed
eral inspection. Am now working to
get inspector provided for your coun-
ty. What arrangements can you
make for paying salary of same? This
is Federal requirement and not State.
j. w. NEWMAN,
Chairman State Live Stock Sanitary
Board.
The situation here is not regarded
as being serious, and no spread of
the infection has been reported, every
possible precautiOn having been taken
by DIR. H. M. Hamilton, Livestock In
spector for Bourbon County, acting in
conjunction with the Federal Inspec-
tors.
Kentucky has no appropriation tvail-
able for reimbursing owners, whose
stock is killed by Federal autfUrf=
ties in the campaign for the eradica-
ton of the foot-and-mouth disease; the
Governor has no power to bind the
State by any agreement to reimburse
the owners, and before the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly, in jan
uary, 1916, a new Governor will be in
augurated.
Nevertheless, Gov. McCreary stated
that he is in favor of the State REIN
bursting the owners for such part of
the loss as the Federal Government
does not pay for, providing other
States do it, but he believes that Con
gress should foot the entire bill, since
the cattle are to be killed for the pro-
lection OF other States not infected
as well as Kentucky, and the slaugh-
tering is being done by Federal au-
thoritieS.
This was the substance of his reply
| to the telegram from Secretary OF
Agriculture Houston, asking him to
give assurance that Kentucky will re-
imburse the onwers for half the value
of the stock slaughtered, and he told
delegation of farmers from Wood
| ford county practically the same