White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
Citizens in Public Meeting
Discuss Sheep Quarantine

DIR. W b. Mack, director State
Veterinary Control Service and ex-of-
ficfo state quarantine officer, arrived
in Ely last night as the special rep
resentative of Governor BAEle sent to
confer with the local authorities on
the question of the action taken by
the Board of County Commissioners,
Sheriff and District Attorney of this
county to prevent sheep affected with
rabies being driven from the north
through this county. DR. Mack was
accompanied by Murry Griswold, an
attorney from Elko, representing
O'Neill Brothers who own some nine
teen thousand head of sheep which
are now being held near Copper
Flat and which the local authorities
have refused to allow to move fur
ther south. The O'Neilf~ brothers,
who have been in Ely since Friday
night were likewise on hand. So
many of our citizens are interested
In this serious question that the
meeting room of the county commits
sioners in the court house proved en-
tirely too small to accommodate the
gathering and the district court room
was opened for the occsaion. Chair
man Weber Of the board OF county
commissioners presided over the
meeting and after briefly stating its
purpose called upon those interested
to express their views. At suggestion
of District Attorney Zurich, Sheriff
Grain was the first to address the
meeting. The sheriff stated that up
to three or four weeks ago there had
been no disease or infection among
the sheep in this county SO far as the
officials we're advised but about that
time sheep began coming in from the
north and since then the county Of
ficers have had numerous complaints
about the infected sheep coming in.
he said that as officer of White Pine
county he was going to give the peo-
pie the protection which they de-
manded and were entitled to. That
at any cost he wound protect the
rights of our citizens. He further
stated that it was a well known fact
that animals had been affected with
rabies in Elko county, Humboldt
county and Washoe county for some
months and that in numerous cases
people who had been bitten by the
animals had to go to Reno for treat
ment. He said that 1t was his busi-
ness to protect every man. woman
and child in this county and that he
was going to do it without fear or
favor. He stated that his attention
was first called to the fact that the
dreaded disease was being carried
into this county by . case. which
came to notice at Cherry Creek. He
then read the following letter:
Reno. New. Dec. 8. 1a16.
Mr.. Leo Foppiano.
Cherry Greek. New.
Dear Sir:
We are in receipt of the sleeps
head sent by you for examination. An
examination OF the brain of this AMI
NAL shows that 1t had rabies.
Very truly yours.
w. B. MACK,
Director State Veterinary
Control Service.
The sheriff put the matter square,
ly up to the state officials and left
no doubt as to his stand. DIR. Mack
said that inasmuch as he came here
at the request of the governor he
would like to know what the gov
ernor had been requested to do. and
was Immediately informed by Dis
trict Attorney Zurich that it was to
adopt such measures as would prevent
the spread of the disease among ami
mails and human beings in this coun-
ty. Sheriff Grain then informed DR..
Mack that he had received q wire
from the governor on the fourteenth