The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

Washington.-With broad wedge driven through the cattle tick army right to the Gulf and with a new area of 65,520. square miles in nine states cleaned from tick to be freed from federal quarantine, December 1 will be red-letter day for the cattle and dairying industry of the South. This release breaks all records in tick eradication. The total territory released during the year 1917 through the cooperative efforts of the states and the United States department of agriculture amounts to 70,754 square miles, or 10000 more than were re- leased In 1912, until now the record year.
 List of Counties Released Dec. I. The order signed by Secretary Houston provides that the following counties shall be released Decem- Der 1;
 Alabama.
 Baldwin, Barbour Chambers, Choc- taw, Clarke, Coosa, DeKalb, Houston, Russell, Talladega, and parts of Chero- kee and Mobile. Total released in state, 9,859 square miles.
 Arkansas.
 Columbia, Crawford, Lonoke, Mon- roe, Nevada, Onachita, Pope Prairie, Union, White, Yell, the remainder of Baxter, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lee. Phillips, St. Francis, Sebastian, and parts of Conway, Desha, Faulk- her, Jefferson, Pulaski, and Van Bu- ren. Total released in state, 13,305 square miles.
 Florida.
 Monroe. Total released In state, HOO square miles.
 Georgia.
 Bibb, Brooks, Burke, Butts, Coweta, Dougherty, Douglas, Gwinnett, Jeffer- son, McDuffie, Muscogee, Spalding, Taliaferro and Troup. Total released in state, 5,559 square miles.
 Louisiana.
 Caddo, Concordla, East Feliciana, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln, Poiute Coupee, Washington, West Feliciana, and parts of Orleans and Ouachita. Total released in state, 5,8S3 square miles.
 Mississippi.
 Calhoun, Choctaw, Covington, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Itawamba, Jackson, Jeffer- son Davis, Kemper, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Montgomery, Pearl River, Perry. Pontotoc, Prentiss, Simp- son, Smith, Stone, Tishomingo, Wayne, Webster. and the remainder of Jones. Total released in state, 13,660 square miles.
 North Carolina.
 The remainder of Northampton, and parts of Columbus and Pitt. Total released in state, 1,079 square miles.
 Oklahoma.
 Okfuskee, the remainder of Dela- ware, and parts of Adair, Cherokee, McClain, Mayes, Okmulgee and Osage. Total released in state, 3,240 square miles.
 Texas.
 Coke, Concho, Cooke, Dallas, Irion, Montague, Tunnels, Stephens Sutton, Taylor, Young, the remainder of Shackelford and Throckmorton and parts of Crockett, Jack and Tom Green. Total released in state, 11,S35 square miles.
 Total Area Released.
 The quarantined area after Decem- Der l will include 349, ,253 square miles. compared to 728,565 square miles quar- antined July l, 1906. The quaran- tined territory will be divided as fol lows Alabama, 19,e1S; Arkansas, 20,- 952; Florida, 49,961; Georgia, 35,324 ; Louisiana, 37,824; North Carolina, g. e74: Oklahoma, 22.377; South Caro- lima, S,619; Texas, 142,918; Virginia, 1,686.
 To Celebrate Tick-Free Day. Throughout Mississippi and in 9O counties and parts of counties in eight other southern states, local officials and citizens are arranging local cele- brations to mark the dipping out of l .~~~.~~-~~~~~~~~ -~-~-~->~--~~~>~--~>~'