Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-25
Nebraska
MORRILL, STOCKMEN
UNDER SUSPICION
Report Some of Them Have Broken
Quarantine Established Against
Scabbies in Cattle.
STATE VETERINARIAN WARNS
fFrom a Staff Consequently

CFrom staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Aug. 24.-(Special. AN at
tempt to break the quarantine against
scabby cattle in Morrill, county may
cause somebody trouble. Word came to
the state veterinarian from Sheriff Dy-
son OF that county that the law is being
svaded.
Morrill, county is divided about equally
north and south by the Platte river,
which enters the county at the north
west corner and flows directly across
the county and passes out at the south
east corner. The northern part of the
county has been quarantined for some
time for scabbies, and according to the
sheriff. some of the cattlemen have been
driving their cattle across the river
from the north part to stations on the
rairload across the river in the part
not quarantined and shipping them away
It Is claimed that enc load from the
ouarantined territory was shipped TO
Omaha last week. Monday afternoon last
It was alleged that forty-two head were
driven across and the sheriff. following
the instructions of State Veterinarian
Anderson, has notified all station agents
TO keep watch and see that no mere cat
tie are shipped. This may result in
qusrsntining the whole of Morrill, county.
Dr. ]. A. Boyd. governor Inspector
has reported to the state veterinarian
that there are about fifty cases of CLAN
ders in horses in and around Mullen and
Hecla- Drs. Anderson and McKim left
this morning for Inspections in differ
ent parts Of the state.
Enforcing Chicken Law.
r. B. HOLMAN. federal game warden,
has notified Game Warden Rutenbeck
that he has secured the conviction of
George Lamb and his father who were
found with a prairie chicken each near
Long Pine this week. They were fined
so and costs each.
Woman Hangs Herself.
The second suicide since Sunday was
discovered in Lincoln last night when
John Swenson missed his wife and with
neighbors began a search of the house
and premises and of the downtown dis
trict After thorough search Mr.. Sven
son went to a closet in the house, say
ing this is the only place 1 have not
looked" ard opening the door found
his wife suspended from a shelf, where
she had tied he'd sheet which she had
twisted into rope, placed about her
neck and climbing on chair, kicked the
same from her. Dependency over her
i'll health is supposed to be the cause OF
her act
Improving state Roads.
The State Board Of Irrigation has ap-
pointed an advisory board or state high
way commission, which will look after
the work of improving state roads They
are Harry Miller of Stanton. PAT Welsh
OF McCook and DR.. Condra OF the State
Conservation commission of Lincoln.
Cali for Bank Reports.
The State Banking board has issued
a call for reports by the 1876 State banks
under date Of August %. Blanks have
been sent out by the secretary today.
Complains of stock Yards.
A letter addressed to Mr.. Maupin,
state railway commissioner" was re-
ceived at the office OF the railway COM
mission this morning from r. ]. Howard
OF Wellfleet, who complains that the
railway stock yards in that town are
not sufficient to take care of the de-
mand and that they are unfit for oc-
cupancy.
Two Birds with One stone.
State Treasurer Hall has gone to
Franklin county to appraise some school
land lying close to his home. lie may
stop in Hastings at a democratic meet
ing, TO which he had been invited with
other state officers
Condemns Car of OIL.
The first car of kerosene condemned
by tho state commission for a long time
was refused this morning after two tetss
had been made. The car had been shipped
to the A. B. Il. Oil company of Lincoln
from Oklahoma and tested only l03 flash
test. The law requires not less than
112 flash. 1t is possible that the car may
have become mixed up with other ship
ments and came to Lincoln instead of
some other state. where the requirement
is not so rigid.
Some states only require a 100 flash
test. This indicates what the state will
confront when on September l Commits
sioner Hartman calls in his inspectors and
the market will be open to everybody.
This he expects to do unless State Treas
urer Hall reverses himself and decides
TO cash warrants for the pay OF inspec-
tors and other expenses OF the oil de-