Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-17
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Order Raising Quarantine Brings
Joy to the Live Stock Men.
REQUEST ANSWERED EARLY
Mach Qualification Expressed that
Foot aud Mouth disease Did Not
&c, west OF the Missouri
River.

with the raising OF the quarantine on
western Iowa the yards will take jump.
This will have the effect OF opening up
the feeder market which has been slow
! since the foot and mouth scare
] Late Monday night the fc5ersl au-
thorities at Washington lifted the quar-
: antine on all counties in Iowa excepting
twenty-one, most Of which arc in the
/ eastern part OF the state. In effect this
allows the free movement Il live stock
OF all kinds in OF out OF the state of
Iowa, with the exception OF the following
counties: Benton, Black Hawk
Buchanan Cedar, Clinton, Delaware.
Dubuque. Green. Iowa, Jackson, John
son. Jones. Keokuk, Linn. Louisa, Nit
chell, Muscatire. Powesheik, Scott, Tama
and Washington
The new order further provides that
/ live stock Of any kind may be shipped
into the counties OF Benton. Black Hawk.
| Buchanan Delaware, Dubuque. Keokuk,
/ Linn. Louisa. Muscatine, Powesheik.
Scott. Tama and Washington; and fat
stock may be shipped out of any one OF
those counties providing II is going for
immediate slaughter TO a point where
| federal inspection prevails.
The order further provides for the inter
state shipment OF live stock for immedi-
ate slaughter from the counties of Green
and Mitchell and the territory In the
counties OF Cedar. Iowa, Jones, johnson
and Clinton, except within a radius Of
five miles OF any infected farm or
premises, with a bureau inspection and
certification before being loaded. The
| county Of jackson to remain in absolute
quarantine.
Effect of order.
! The effect OF the new order which
went into effect last night. was to allow
the free movement OF all live stock In
or out OF western Iowa. ana removes all
restrictions on shipments in or out Of all
but twenty-one counties In the state: so
that all live stock arriving at this mar
ket from Iowa points from now on win
be yarded in the clean yards without any
restrictions whatsoever. This will perni,
the shipping in of feeder stock or any.
thing else en- the same basis that was
used before the quarantine was put into
effect.
Now that ali danger Of getting any ex.
posed cattle into the South Omaha wards
or into the state of Nebraska is passed
the Union Stock Yards company has
withdrawn the embargo which 1t placed
against live stock from the eastern part
OF Iowa, and the Nebraska Live stock
Sanitary board expects toNwithdraw it:
order requiring the railroads 20 disinfect
! all stock cars before entering the state OF
Nebraska, so that so far as this market
| is concerned there will be no restriction,
in or out from Iowa points, excepting th,
federal restrictions on the twenty-ont
counties above mentioned.
Yards Men Elated.
The live stock interests at the South
Omaha market feel very much elated, a,
they made a formal request on the bureau
of animal industry last Thursday 10 hav,
this action taken.
The live stock men at this market an,
all over the west are pleased at seeinI
the disease kept east of the river an
appreciate the work done by the loca
authorities in enforcing precautionar-
measures. A great deal of credit Is bein
given to DIR. r. c. Vermillion.. inspecto
in charge for the bureau of animal in
dustry. and his assistants; to the Lv
Stock exchange, the Union Stock Yard
company and to the Live Stock Sanitar.
board. The railroads have fulfilled ever,
request or order pertaining TO the quaran
tine.
Framing Consolidation Hill.
Chairman A. H. Murdoch of the com
mittee on consolidation with Omaha, ha
announced that the consolidation bill Wi
be given all publicity before 1t is take
TO Lincoln. The people will know wha
South Omaha is to get before the hi
is taken to the stete legislature. Ac
cording TO Murdoch the bill will provid
for every demand that could REASONABLE
be made to boost the south end of Create
Omaha. Murdoch has already had a con
ference with the men who have tn
preparation of the bill in charge. 1t 1
understood that the bill will provide 70