Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-12
CONDITIONS IN GUARANTEED
COUNTIES OF STATE cRApu-
ALLY GROWING SETTER.
SURVEY OF INFECTED FARMS
GOING ON RAPIDLY
Complaint Heard Of unwillinsnsss Of
Some Railroads to Conform to Resu-
iations-compists Lifting Of Quar-
antins in Mitchell and Greene coun.
ties Expected Next Wssk,
Special to Times Republican.


notifications are due the coming week.
Very likely there will be complete
lifting of the foot and mouth quaran-
tine in Mitchell and Greene counties,
and also In some Of the other counties
OF the state where no cases have actual
~ appeared but where it was neces-
sary % provide protection.
One new outbreak has appeared
about six miles from Oxford Junction,
near Monmouth. The origin is not
known.
The survey of the areas near the
infected farms has been going on rap
idly. Every herd is examined care
fully by competent veterinarian. and
widening circle il drawn around each
place where the disease has appeared.
This Is all preliminary to lifting the
quarantine. Bad roads the past week
have caused some delay in the work.
Information was received during the
week of possible danger at Clinton from
the fact that the quarantine regula-
tons are said to have been lax on the
Illinois side. where there are cases.
PatrOling of the bridge was recon-
mended.
Some complaint has been heard of
the unwillingness of some of the rail-
road superintendent to conform to the
regulations. Shippers have reported
that at certain places where hogs have
been offered for shipment with all the
regulations complied with the railroads
have refused to accept the same. Ex-
plantations have followed with the re-
suit that better understanding has
been reached.
It developed in the debate on reso-
lutions before the Corn Belt Meat Pro-
ducers' Association that the chief
trouble with Greene county was that
the supposedly infected serum had
been distributed over the county but
there was no available record of where
1t went to and no way to trace each and
every shipment. so that at the first
the only thing to do was to put the
whole county under surveillance. Where
the questionable serum was used and
1t was known exactly where 1t was To-
Gated the matter was much easier
handled.
III 10 expected that next week the
county attorney In Polk county will In
sist on trial and prosecution Of the
president and secretary Of tho state
board Of agriculture under an accusa-
ton Of maintaining nuisance. The
particular nuisance IL the state fair.
The case u one growing out Of inher-
emit perverstty OF human nature and in
ability TO stand disappointment. It has
connection with persons who had their
free passes cut OF and others who for
years had been employed at the state
fair but were let out.
The Gas NAV havo NM 0ond nfpoo\
however, that IL will emphasize the
necessity for the state to provide a
sewer system for the state property
used for the state fair. The legislature
will undoubtedly make provision for
this. 1t could never have been done
before, because not until recently has
the city put IN sewer to which con-
nection could be made.
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Capt Edgar Ridenour. OF the Six
teenth United States infantry, will
come to Iowa the first of the year to
become inspector and military instruct
or for the Iowa National Guard He Is
now at Ell Paso with his regiment. He
Is West Pointer, born In Ohio but
sent to the academy from Indiana He
succeeds Capt. George =. Ball who has
been here two years and must go into
actual service under army regulations.
sss
Despite that the legal department Of
the state has determined that state Of
ficials are not required to place revenue
stamps on any Of the documents issued.
for state purposes and in carrying out
the functions of government. some
stamps are still being used. The cor
poration certificates issued in the office
Of secretary Of state are being stamped
Papers coming to that Office from other
states indicate that the same thing is
being done at other state capitals. I'LL
nois is stamping similar certificates.
The opinion of Assistant Attorney
General Fletcher was sweeping one
and the lawyers who have gone over 1t
carefully agree that 1t Is conclusive and
probably will not be questioned by the