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

has been called. l should say, how.
! ever. that our slogan should he, The
coyote must go and the dog-must be
controlled"
DR.. Mullin. of the state board OF
health, was then called on by Cover.
nor Boyle to give the bearing of the
disease on human health In brief DR.
Mullin stated that coyotes communi.
Gated the disease to dogs, and these
animals infected humans. However, n
comparatively small percentage OF
| those bitten develop the disease, only
about one in every five or six cases.
This Is accounted for by the fact that
where the bite is through clothing, the
saliva is usually wiped off and does
not enter the wound. The speaker ad-
vised that all dogs be muzzled in a
secure manner, and in case one bit a
human being not to kill II, but rather
Econfine it for observation. If affected
with rabies it will surely die within
seven days. In that event the patien.
| should lose no time in beginning the
Pasteur treatment. This consists sole
ly in raising the specific resistance OF
individuals against the rabies and Is
successful in all but about one-half of
| one per cent of the cases treated.
Senator Thomas ]. Bell, of Nye
county, state livestock commissioner,
advised that the most drastic meas,
ures be taken to exterminate the coy
ote, and for that purpose stated that
he would favor spending every dollar
the state can raise. An adjournment
was then taken until 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
When the conference convened al
80 O'Clock this afternoon Governor
Boyle called on DR.. Robert A. Peers
OF the California state board of health
who briefly stated that the officials
and citizens generally OF his state will
| lend their hearty cooperation in stamp
ing out the rabies menace, and intro
duced DR.. Edward T. Ross of his
board, whom, he stated. was in close
touch with the situation in California
After giving brief review of the
| situation as 1t exists in Modoc and
Lassen counties, DR.. Ross recommend
ed the same form of organization foI
affected counties in Nevada as has
been adopted by Modoc and is now
we'll under way in Lassen county. The
entire county constitutes a district
with a foreman. The official traps
coyotes and distributes poison, and in
addition visits every house in his dis
trlct. keeping all dogs under close sur
veillance and giving instructions to
owners. All dogs in the district are
under strict quarantine and are not
allowed to leave the district, nor are
strange dogs permitted to enter.
When called upon, Dr. Murray, OF
Salt Lake, said there had been no ra
hies discovered in Utah, but that boun
ties apparently had no effect in reduc
ing the number of coyotes. However
organizations were being perfected in
several of the counties to cope with
the situation should ii arise.
L. r. Sans, of the biological survey
and special representative Of the de
partment of agriculture, said that the
work of his bureau was primarily to
exterminate predatory animals and
had been carried on for some time be
fore the rabid coyote situation has de-
veloped. The Rocky Mountain coup.
try Is divided into eight districts, each
in charge of an inspector. In the@dis'
trict he had been authorized to employ
so hunters and trappers and has 40
at work at the present time. He be.
lieved, that the muzzling of dogs Is
insufficient and that they should be
quarantined as we'll.
DR.. Laubaugh, Idaho state bacteri.
ologist, said that the people of his
state are fully alive to the situation
and that In Boise an ordinance will be-
come effective this week forbldding
dogs on the streets, even though muz-
zled and In leash. The cases of rabies
repored to his department were four
in 1914 and 40 in 1915. He promised
the hearty cooperation of Idaho In
eradicating the menace. and said that
the people of his state would abide by
the action OF the conference.
r. J. Button, superintendent for
Bliss Bros, stated that at the begin
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