Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-10
State Sanitary Board Takes a Hand
to Help Out in the Situation
as to Horses.
CANADA IS UNDER THE BAN
Department Will Prohibit Importa-
ton of Stock from Dominion.
CHICAGO YARDS DIsINFECTED
Com mission VIII BE Asked to In
spect Pens with View to Imme-
diate ReOpeninR-Plague
Found i'm Delaware.

sioux City has petitioned the United
States government to release the quaran-
tine on western Iowa against the foot
and mouth disease. Yesterday South
Omaha and Omaha addressed the same
request to Washington through f. A.
Stryker of the yards who is now in
the national capital. 1t is felt in Sioux
City and South Omaha that the quaran-
tine on western Iowa feed lots can be
raised with safety
Working with renewed energy, officials
of the railroads centering in Omaha con-
tinue their efforts to keep the hoof and
mouth disease, now prevalent in a num-
Der of the states, from invading Ne
brsska. This work commenced early last
week and before instructions to act were
received from the Department Of Agri-
culture.
In combating the possible coming of
the hoof and mouth disease into Ne
braska and attacking the cattle here, all
roads are following substantially the
same plan, the one outlined and recon-
mended by the government. Officers of
all the Omaha roads are assembling their
cars at division points. There they are
first being cleaned, after which they are
thoroughly scrubbed inside and out with
soap and water, after which they are
sprayed with a solution of carbolic acid.
The expense is about IS per car.
Railroads Disinfecting.
Not only are the roads disinfecting
their own cars. but at the same time they
are disinfecting those of other roads,
cars that happen TO be In their possession
at the time when the government order
became effective. The work is all done
under the direction and supervision of an
officer of the government. After each
car is thoroughly cleansed and disen-
fected. on the side is tackled a white card
on which, printed in red. is the notice of
dlsinfecting. stating the date, where. by
whom. together with the signature of the
official who supervised the work.
The Burlington Is putting through some
1900 to 5000 cars, the Northwestern 800
and the other roads correspondingly large
numbers.
Thousands of Cars Here.
Within the last forty-eight hours
thousands of cars have been assembled
in the railroads yards I'm Omaha, South
Omaha and Council Bluffs, as we'll as at
division points out in the state. All of
the roads except the Omaha are doing
their own work. The Missouri Pacific is
disinfecting for the Omaha.
The effect OF the quarantine against
other market is having the effect of
bringing to Omaha cattle from far out
side its territory. For instance, Sunday
the Chicago Great Western brought to
the South Omaha market a train load of
twenty-six cars of cattle from the ranges
of Canada. They were originally routed
to Chicago. but on account OF the yards
there being closed, they were diverted
and brought here. II is understood that
several more trainloads OF Canadian cat
tic are enroute here.
Sanitary Board Acts.
The Live Stock Sanitary Board at
meeting held in Lincoln Saturday adopteC
some regulations for the protection o
live stock men of Nebraska against th'
foot and mouth disease