Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-06-11

The death Sunday night of William
Morton, three year old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs H. Morton Of the Eden addition.
from the bite Of q mad dog proved the
existence Of a situation in Great Falls
which Mayor Harry B. Mitchell and
other officials unhesitatingly declarso
20 be grave.
A meating Of the city-county health
board was called Monday afternoon
within 8 half hour after Mayor Mitch
ell had been notified OF the cause OF
the child's death and rigid quaran-
tine on dogss accompanied by iron
clad enforcement regulations, was
forthwith ordered as an emergency
measure.
Mayor Mitchell. the health board
Acting Health Officer T. f. Walker
and DR.. 0. B. Fisher, state veterinary
inspector, and the sheriff's office and
the police department are co-operat-
ing to prevent further hazard 10 the
city's populace. Under authority OF I
the health board a proclamation wan
issued by DR.. Walker requiring that
all dogs in the county be either chain
ed or muzzled by June 1S and kept 80
until July 10. Dogs found at large
and unmuzzled after June 1S viii be
killed on sight by peace officers.
Vaccination of dogs must be made
not later than June 20. A charge Of
50 cents win be made for vaccinating
each animal Dogs owned in the city
and immediate vicinity VIII be vaeci-
mated at the city pound, Park Drive
and Eight street north, on June Is,
IS and II. Dogs owned in Stocketsl
and Sand Coulee will be vaccinated at ,
Stockett June Is. Dogs owned in :
Belt and vicinity win bt vaccinated I
June 10 at Belt All dogs vaccinated !
last year must be revaecinattd now. 1 =
In the death Of the Morton child,
hydrophobia took its first toll Of hu-
man life in this part of the state, so
far as known. The child was bitten
on the upper lip while petting a stray
,ollie dog that came into the Morton \
vard few weeks ago. The bite left n
'nIy q scratch and no thought that d
might be serious was entertained X
" the parents at the time. The boy n
'ontinued TO play in normal health un- b
Il last Friday morning, when he was Al
L when he wakened. Ii
The child's condition grew steadily b
gorse throughOmt Friday. Saturday 81
light the parents became alarmed and
ammoned a physician. Sunday morn
lg he was taken ta tlke neaconess n
ospital and death occurred that eve- ds
ing at 9. DR.. Fisher was called into 9;
Dnsultation Sunday evening and he
declared that the child
zs suffering from rabies. A pose %
Iortem examination made Monday by ID
r. Walker confirmed DIR. Fishers
agn0sis. The case was declared to
, typieai Of hydrophobia symptoms,
le patient becoming violent at inter-
us before death occurred.
The special precautionary measures
adopted Monday by the authorities ths
'uw out Of the apparent fact that the CIV
bied dog which caused the death Of the
e Morton child was carry-over
om the minor outbreak Of hydropho- moi
} IN Great Fails last fafi. IT Is the kin
rpose Of the health department and ing
y and county officials to guard so VIII
r as possible against further likli- tw'
cd Of persons being bitten and 10 do list
1t il is necessary to vigorously en- Bel
rce quarantine measures anI to rig vii
y supervise the confinement AMI div
rcinatiOn Of dogs, Mayor Mitchell I
d. die
'Et b almost certainly true that the This
'rtDn child died because somebody feet
ned 3 dog that was not vaccinated will
ring the oukhrenk Of rabies here chle
fall : said Or. Fisher. II do not A
an 70 sag fAat any dog owner viii bah
" neglected 20 cooperate in saSe- for
srdfns saie bablic health, bat do to
nk Il qsite possible that somebody the
sd % reaiiae the seriousness o. the and
safion tasAk grew out Of tlss proved vine
ton
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