Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1911 — GILLAM TOWNSHIP HOGS DIE FROM HYDROPHOBIA. [ARTICLE]

GILLAM TOWNSHIP HOGS DIE FROM HYDROPHOBIA.

Thirty-nine Head Belonging to Algie Kaufman and Thou. Walters are Ylctims of Rabies. Hydrophobia has broken out again and this time in worse form than heretofore reported in Jasper county. Thirty-nine hogs belonging to Algie Kkufman and Thos. Walters, neighbor farmers in Gillam township, have el ready died of the disease. They were bitten two weeks ago by a stray dog that is thought to have later been killed at Pleasant Ridge. Dr. E. N. Loy, county health officer, has decided to take a positive step in an effort to check the spread of the disease, and has ordered that all dogs in the county be quarantined by muzzling. He has deputized every road supervisor of the county to see that the order is enforced and all dogs that are not muzzled forthwith will be shot. The crusade will be vigorously pushed for Dr. Loy says it is hoped that all will aid 4n the enforcement of the order in the interest of public health. ’ The head of one of the hogs will be sent to the state laboratory for examination to positively confirm the diagnosis of death from rabies. Mr. Kaufman has 200 head moriT hogs and these are not presumed to have been bitten but they are beiug carfully watched.