The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-04-04
Stock Disease to be Fought
With Drastic Measures
Stockmen Meet in Reno
and Urge State Of
fcials to Enforce
Strict Quarantine

Whether a special session of the
Nevada legislature should be called
AS favored in the strong opinion
of many OF them-to provide funds
estimated at from $250000 to $780,
900 which would be necessary in
case of the appearance in this state
of the foot and mouth disease,
which is regarded as huge peril, at
least, Governor James G. Scrugham
has been asked by stockmen to con-
slider.
A statement to the governor setting
this forth, with reasons, is now being
prepared, 1t having been decided on
among numerous other steps taken
Saturday by the executive officers of
the Nevada Land and Livestock as
sociation in Reno, closeted all the
afternoon with various officials fol-
lowing mass meeting in the after
noon at which numerous sides of the
peril were cited, with suggested
remedies.
Besides control measures, the costs
of indemnities to owners of con-
demned and destroyed stock are fig
ured in the total mentioned in the
statement.
The legal machinery for handling
such an appropriation was considered
In such doubt as to warrant recon-
mending to the governor a careful
study to determine just what steps
would be required to finance the
work incident to disease control and
many of the stockmen believe that
this will be impossible otherwise
than through the special session.
Other results of the conference
were:
Strong resolutions addressed to the
United States secretary of agricul-
ture asking for more federal veterin-
arians on disease prevention work in
Nevada, two men only being assigned
to this work at present
Recommendation that the new quar-
antine proclamation bill being drawn
by Attorney General M. A. Diskin in
clude dsinfection of all vehicles COM
ing into Nevada from California, the
practical details to be in the hands
Of the state livestock sanitary Of
ficials.
Recommendation of steps by the
state board of health looking to ths
fumigation of all persons enterint
Nevada from California, with partic
ular reference to itinerant laborers
Provision for fumigating all laboreri
before accepting employment on tn,
Nevada ranges also was included
this being done on the basis that the
disease is communicable through
humans.
Recommendation that both the fed
eral authorities and railroad of
ficials be urged to take the steps
necessary to prevent interstate move
ment of stock from California destin.
ed to the big markets of the east
except where the shipper has g
clear right of way through eacl
state necessarily crossed in transient
(This was explained by the hy-
pothesis that Utah, for instance, find
ing stock crossing Nevada, may take
means to prevent its entry into Utah
and the stock might be stranded
within this state)
These representative stockmen OF
Nevada took occasion to commend
the promptitude and thoroughness
with which Nevada's officials have
stepped in and prevented the spread
of the disease so far, including Gov
ernor Scrugham, in the quick ap-
plication of the quarantine procla-
nation.
Suggestion also will be made to
border counties in California with
which there is interchange of range.
that they get together and form a
buffer line against the spread of the
disease from the more southerly
counties in the neighboring state,
and in this connection a special COM
mittee was working for facilitating
the movement of such stock on which
the spring, fall and winter ranges
generally are in Nevada and the
summer ranges in California.-Reno
Journal