The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-01-08
Commissioners Act
On Governors Request

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The county commissioners met in
regular session On the 5th inst. with
all members present. A message was
received from Gov. Boyle relative to
steps being taken by state and fed
eral authorities to exterminate the
rabbies, which is playing hovoc irl
some of the northern counties of the
state. The Governors message reads:
"A conference of all county commits
sioners with state and federal offic-
ers 10 organize a cooperative plan
to exterminate tn rabbies in Nevada
is practical necessity, Will your
board appoint one member, OF some
one selected by it with authority to
act and meet with the state and fed
eral officers interested on the 18th
of January at Winnemucca,
After discussing the matter to some
extent, Commissioner James Ryan
was delegated to make the trip to
Winnemucca in behalf of Lincoln
county.
A communication from President
Hendrick of the University of New
ada to County Clerk Culverwell was
read and it was evident from the
tone of the letter that the question
of rabies is. considered a serious
one.
The menace Of rabies in. the ana
imals of the state is becoming alarm
ing. The wild animals are trans.
mitting the disease to dogs. many
reported cases have been domesticat-
ed animals-horses, cows, sheep. pigs
ETC." Up to date thirty-three indi-
viduals who have been infected by
various animals have been treated in
the hygenic labratory in the state
President Hendric goes on to state
that he has taken up the matter OF
the protection of the people Of the
state against the outbreak with the
United States senators at Washington
and earnestly solicits the co-operar
tion of county officials. Accordingly
county commissioners wired Senators
Newlands andP ittman as follows:
The spread of rabies throughout
this state has become serious mat
ter and a great danger to both life
perhapss the greatea6 danger. with
which We could be threatened and
prompt action must be taken to de-
stroy them. We earnestly urge the
you lend your efforts to secure from
the government an appropriation
sufficient to support hunters and
trappers enough to destroy these
dangerous animals. The number of
mem now employed is by no means
sufficient"
President Hendrick further says:
| While you may not have rabies in
your country at the present time, you
are sure to have them in the next
few months and the only method Of
eradication is in the destruction Of
the coyotesy This can only be dona
by hunting and trapping and poison
ing. We have now twenty-six men
on the federal pay roll. We need
several hundred"
AS yet no cases OF rabies have
repoRsd in Lincoln county. but
White Pine county on the north has
been menaced and the county, offic-
ials are working hard to prevent its
1pread-even to the extent Of an en-.
deayor to prevent the driving Of
livestock from Elko to White Pine
county.
The commissioners instructed the
clerk of the board to notify all un-
dTthkers in the county that they
must in the future fully itemize all
bills for. burial of county indigents
Otherwise the bill will be disallowed
Application was made by Lemar
Pearce for an engineers license; bu
he having failed to accompany il
matterwith proper recommendation
the matter was not actedo n.
An application for the creation o
a new school district out Of what /:
now Kiernan school district was de
MED.
An order was. made allowing Mrs
Robert Corkish. a widow of Delamal
an allowance of $25 per month 70
the maintenance Of herself and chill
rem. .