The Coconino sun., 1916-10-13
AN OPEN LETTER ID THE..
 ARIZONA WOOL GROWERS
Arizona Wool Growers Assn,

of the End inst soliciting all wool growers to contribute one-half cent per head on all sheep owned for the purpose of paying largely" State Sheep inspectors working under the Bureau of Animal Industry District Inspectors: You also state that "an- other extensive outbreak of scabies among the herds of the state might result in Arizona being placed in quarantine by the Federal govern ment." Allow me to repeat, "Another outbreak of scabies,' Gas though we are ever free of it) and as though scabies was an epidemic liable to seize and destroy animal life at any moment Note too that the s4500.00 appropriated by the state is almost exhausted. It then becomes apparent that the addition of $1000.00 to this sheep fund last session of the legisla- ture only went to weaken the chances of scabies eradication. l understand there has been no scab in Apache county for long time, is being con fined to Coconino county, Maricopa and Yavapai, principally in fact all traceable to Coconino county. Allow me to say that in my opinion to con- tribute as you solicit to this fund only lessens the opportunity to eradicate scab permanently. The fault lies not in lack of funds but in ability or dis position or both to apply the funds economically and judiciously. Wheth- CT the present board is incompetent or is afflicted with other species of microbes makes no difference as long as they fail to do the work effectual- ly.
 In my attempt to persuade Senator Campbell during the last session of the legislature that the amount to the Sheep Scab fund of then $3500.00 was sufficient to eradicate scabies in the state provided Governor Hunts pet book-keeper could be eliminated and the Board keep it's own books, thereby saving $900.00 per annum, and the law changed so that the Boards of Supervisors in sheep counties when petitioned by known wool growers be empowered to appoint Scab Inspect ors, such supervisors to be qualified to advertise hearings for such ap- pointment and hear objections to such appointments, and also be empowered to sit and pass upon the qualifica- tions of such applicants and to oust such appointees on proper showing of their incompetence, dishonesty or lack of application, such appointees hay ing a small salary and giving two to four thousand dollar bond--so that under existing circumstances l trust your Honorable body will excuse me for not going in to contribute to this one-half cent per head fund, as you may readily see I could not force the Hon. Hugh Campbell to join me in passing a modified law to get action on what l considered an incompetent graft. But he had his friend Albert Jones appointed by his friend Gov. Hunt and they also conspired to- gether to have s1O0000 added to the State Scab Fund, so that under such conditions its no wonder the $4500.00 has already gone glimmering, and now to excuse and apologize for all this seeming graft and incompetence, as it's a well known fact that neither Jones nor Hennessy understand the ABC of scab management, but do by some miraculous provision of nature manage the $4500.00 fund-to stand for private assessment, as stated before, is only an apology for lack of ability to do the work with the funds at hand, so that unless your associa- ton can do something other than cater to this weak Scab eradication effort the. quicker "another outbreak of this infectious and malignant
 
 scourge" occurs the quicker we will be to see competence and efficiency installed that is necessary to Scabies eradication-not more money.
 I am told by reliable man, none other than MT. Chas. Burton, that last winter MT. Hennessy paid no at tention to the Perrin scabby sheep around Hillside but was active around Congress Junction. This same Mr. John Hennessy complained that he was getting nothing out of the $500 scab fund mentioned but stated he could not be busted as long as Gov ernor Hunt remained in the saddle, all of which adds another jewel to con- sistency. ae a1a6 Na
 am only making these statements so that your Association may take under advisement such pointers as you may gather from my expose oi this machine which though while the