The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-05-22
WHAT ABOUT THE
TICK ERADICA-
TION LAW

pie that is causing half so much talk
at present as the subject of tick eradi-
cation
have thought it best to stay out
of the newspapers in the past and have
relied ON meeting the people personally
and explaining the situation to them
in that way. but since there seems to
be some misunderstanding and con
fusion. ! take this method of address
ing the people hoping that better un-
derStanding of the situation will. at
least. cause those who are inclined to
criticise the law and those whose duty
it is to enforce it to he less severe in
their criticism.
There are so many questions envoly-
ed that | shall have to number and
answer them consecutively.
l. 1t has been reported that dip
ping is killing a good many cattle.
| have investigated number of cas-
es where cattle have died after dipping
and | find that only one or two cases
can be traced to dipping. There are
only two ways that dipping cattle will
kill or injure them. If the bath is too
strong it will blister and sometimes
cause the hair to slip off. but | have
never known a case where an animal
has been killed from the solution be-
| ing made too strong
Any arsenic solution, strong enough
To kill ticks, will kill cattle if swallow
ed in any reasonable quantity / have
known of two instances during this
season where cattle have drunk enough
TO kill them. There may have been
others but it is an established fact that
arsenical poisoning does its work in
a few hours. Cattle dying several days
or week after dipping do not die of
arsenic poisoning. Many reports of
cattle dying have been untrue | have
found upon Investigate ton also that
about as many cattle have died that
had not been dipped at all
;. The question is often asked if
the government will pay for cattle kill
ed by dipping. An understanding OF
the I. :. Governments relation to the
State work of tick eradication will set
tie this question.
Some people do not seem to under
stand that all tick eradication work is
the result Of State laws Nevada
county was placed in the northwest
Arkansas tick eradication district 10y
Act of the Legislature four years ago.
Other laws have been passed by the
last two sessions of the legislature 1t
has been said by a few men that ma
jority of the people are opposed to the
law but the facts do not show such to
be the case. We have been working
under the law for three years. Two
sessions of the Legislature have con-
| statutes and not Il single complaint or
protest against the tick eradicate
| law has gone up to the Legislature.
| The law was enacted by the LegiSla-
ture upon petition of the people of
| Nevada county and no one has asked
| for its repeal. but great many have
asked and are still asking that the law
be enforced The L. :. Government is
co-opera ting with the State but is not
undertaking to enforce the state law
and the government is not responsible
if cattle are killed in dipping. There
seems to be. in the minds of some peo-
pie, an idea that the government is
vague something up at Washington
City that is compelling the people to
do certain things. The government is
the people and it will always be just
what we make it. Law enforcement
or any other city, but among the people
supposed to be governed and protected
and that brings me to the next ques-
ton.
3. Why don't you make the other
fellow dip his cattle?
The law is being enforced just as far
as the local officers are doing their
duty. Quite a number of cattle have
been dipped by the constables. War
rants are out now for several parties
who have refused to obey the law and
/ suppose the guilty parties will be-
brought to justice. A few cases will
have been tried before This article
goes to press.
Some of the local officers have re-
fused TO serve process demanding bond
for cost. All complaints have been
made by the prosecuting attorney on
behalf of the state and the state is not
required to give bond. 1t is not at all
unlikely that officers who refuse to
serve process on the above grounds