Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-12

The rabies conference met in the
Distriat Court room at 10 o'clock this
morning, with a large attendance. The
meeting was. called to order by Gov,
ernor Emmett d. Boyle. who occupied
the chair throughout the day. Charles
Guthrie acted as secretary, taking a
stenographic report of the proceed
ings.
The delegates included President A.
w. Hendrick. of the State University
DIR. Mack, of the state veterinary con.
troll service, and ex-officio qarantine
officer as relates to livestock; Dr. X.
II. Mullin, state board of health: E. r.
Sans, representing the federal depart,
ment of agriculture, by special ap.
pointment of Secretary Houston: DR..
F. E. Murray and H. j. Hammond, L.
S. bureau OF animal industry; DR.. Lau.
baugh, Idaho state bacteriologist; Sen
ator Thomas ]. Bell and ]. H. Cazier,
state livestock commissioners; DR..
Robert A. Peers and DR.. Edward II.
Ross, Of the California state board of
health; Dr.. ]. ]. Gallagher, executive
officer Nevada state sheep commits,
sion; Edward Il. Patrick, assistant at,
torney-general Nevada; George H.
Calligan, representing Henry Levy,
Ban Francisco wholesale butcher; c.
p. Hoskins, Humboldt county commits
sioner; John Weber, White Pine cour-
~; c. o. Dangberg, Douglas county
c. Ferris, Washoe county; a. S. Hen.
derson, Clark cornty, Isaac Griswold
Elko county; Gray Mashburn, -Storcy
county; NM. Schmith, Lander county
James Ross, Lincoln county: A. H
Christensen, Vineyard Land &c Stoci,
company; w. H. McGnl, White Pine
county; w. A. Marsh, Nye county; f
J. Button, superintendent for Bliss
Bros, Humboldt county: George Rus
sell, Jr., Elko county; C. d. Wilkinson
Esmeralda county; F. r. Redd, Min
crai county, c. L. Tobin, A. F. Trous
dale, Humboldt county; Geo. NJ. South
ward. secretary w. 7. Jenkins com
pany; George B. Russell, Elko; Ernest
representing Pine Valley stockmen
w. J. Mahoney, superintendent Dun
ply estate.
In brief opening address Governor
Boyle stated fact not generally
known, that the present epidemic OF
rabies originated in southern Califor
MIA, worked north the entire length
Of the state into Oregon, east to Idaho
south into Nevada, where it is rapidly
had been called to devise the bcsi
method of speedily and effGctually
erGdicating the menace. He then
called on DR.. Mack to explain IN
spread of the disease In this state.
Dr.. Mack illustrated his remarks
with charts and maps, showing the
entrance of rabies into Nevada AM
its spread southwark. He stated thG
the first coyote brain sent to the state
laboratory, in April, 1915, came from
McDermitt, Humboldt county. the ami
NAL having been killed at a point 10
miles north or the Oregon state lie
Since that time III animals had eli
examined for rabies by the laboratory
Ut whic bnumber 83 were positive u ID
"a negative. or this number there
were SO coyote, II dogs, 90 cattle,
sheep, 8 hogs, l cat and l fox, dis
tributed among tn ecounties of the
state, as follows: Humboldt 81 posi-
tive, negative; Elko, 81 positive
s negative; Washoe. 0 positive, 3 mega
tive; White Pine, positive, mega
tive; Eureka, 2 positive, 3 negative;
Lander, positive, negative; Lyor
1 positive; Churchill, positive. In
addition there were 8 positive and
negative from Modoc; 2 positive from
Lassen, positive from Plumas codn
ty. California, and one positive from
Malheur county, oregon.
or the 35 patients who had present
ed themselves at the state laboratory
for the Pasteur treatment, 10, were
from E'ko, 13 from Humboldt and
from Washoe county. In every case
the treatment was successful, with nc
rabies symptoms developing in any OF
the patients.
I'VE are confronted with grave
situation" continued DR.. Mack. "l
have given you the facts as they ex
list, but cannot state the remedy. II
is for that purpose that this meeting