The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-17
BEGINS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST CHOLERA
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR CALLS
ON ENTIRE NORTHWEST TO
COOPERATE IN WAR.
FIXES "HOG CHOLERA WEEK"
Eberhart Issues Proclamation Setting
Aside Eight Days For Concerted
Campaign of Education and
Enlightenment.

st. PAULA vigorous campaign
against the terrible hog cholera
scourge that cost the farmers of the
northwest $60,OOO,000 last season IS TO
be waged this year. The movement is
being gotten under way by Governor
A. o. Eberhart, of this state. who
hopes to secure the cooperation of
the executives of North and South Da-
kota, Montana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Neb-
raska, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri.
Letters Sent to All.
In letter sent to the governors of
the above mentioned states, it is
pointed out that experts are agreed
that the disease can only be stamped
out by an enlightened public after
thorough understanding of the infec.
ton has been gained. AS the disease
is often carried from one state to
another, a concerted action is deemed
advisable on the part of the entire
Northwest.
Governor Eberhart intends that Min
nesota shall lead the way in dealing
the death blow to the disease. Con-
sequently, he has set aside the week
of April II to 25 as Hog Cholera
Week." with the hope that the other
Northwestern states may do likewise.
The Proclamation.
The proclamation of Mr.. Eberhart
follows:
During the past year the State of
minnesota, with other states, suffered
lnSr bn Il i-n.a
known as hog cholera The losses in
other states have been even greater,
entailing a national loss of $60,O00,00O.
A serious loss, not only to the swine
breeders of the State, but a tremend-
GUS economic loss to the entire public.
In view of the present shortage of
meat animals throughout the United
states, this fact assumes noteworthy
slhnlfcance which Congress has decog-
nized through the appropriation of
100000 for the especial purpose of
combating further inroads of the dis
ease during the coming summer and
fall months. The prevention of SINH
lar losses from hog cholera in 1914 is
a matter that vitality concerns all the
people of the State of Minnesota and
1T is commonly understood that the
disease can only be prevented and
stomped out by an enlightened public,
through campaign of education which
Will give an understanding of the dis
ease, its methods of infection and
spread. and its prevention and cure.
hog cholera, germ disease, spreads
through lack of strict quarantine regu-
lations which, If not recognized, will
ing sections Of the Northwest Hog
cholera may also become general
through lack of understanding of the
use of virus simply means taking live
cholera germs to the community.
There are great many infected COM
munities through Minnesota at the
iC
when warm weather arrives there will
be other serious outbreaks of the dis
ease unless the public generally be-
comes aware of the situation and takes
measures to unitedly stamp it out.
How to Stamp Out ScOurge.
The best live stock sanitary authori-
cholera may be prevented and stamped
out only by following three procedures.
First. quarantine and thorough dis
Infection of infected farms and COM
Second, by the use of the serum
virus treatment in communities where
the disease is known to exist and
through supervision of its use in un-
infected communities.
Third, the strict and efficient CO.
operation between the hog raisers and
neighborS and the public.
without this united cooperation no
effective progress can be made in fight
ing the disease. In this connection it
is extremely important that carriers of
the disease should be excluded from
cholera farms and that all sources of
infection should become common
knowledge.
These and other matters pertaining
to hog cholera are of vital interest to
the citizens of Minnesota and all such
citizens should post themselves as to
methods of dealing with the present
situation.
I'm view of these facts, l hereby ap-
point the week of
APRIL 18TH to 18TH
HOG CHOLERA WEEK.
and would urge that all farmers organ
izations, by whatever name they may
be designated, hold local meetings, at
which time they should thoroughly dis
cuss this question and call to their aid
the state experimental station, the agri
cultural press, the daily press, the
county press and all other sources of
information or means whereby the
public may become generally conserv-
ant with the present situation.
United action on the part of farm
ers and all cooperating agencies is of
the utmost Importance in dealing with
any infectious live stock disease and
any measures which may be taken for
the enlightenment of the puoilc are
most desirable for the effectiveness de-
sired as result of this statement
"ADOLPH O. EBERHART,
Governor"