Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1914 — NEIL BROWN HAS INFECTED CATTLE [ARTICLE]

NEIL BROWN HAS INFECTED CATTLE

RANCH NEAR ROgELAWN WILL ' HAVE 149 HEAD SLAUGHTERED GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR HERE. CASES NEAR KENTLAND Horrible Foot and Mouth Disease Threatens to Tie Up Jaaper County Along With Other Quarantined Sections—Every Shipment - From Chicago Wfcfaiq 30 Days Will Be Inspected.

Nearer and nearer home comes the dread hoof and mouth disease which is ravaging the cattle, hog and sheep herds of this section of the country. B. H. Priest, a federal inspector, ,arrived Sunday and at once" got into communication with Dr.. H. J. Kannal, local veterinarian, who has been made a special agent for the state. Mr. Priest brought with him a list of all persons living in this county who had purchased stock froip the union stock yards in Chicago during the past thirty days and every one of these herds will be inspected. This Monday morning Mr. Priest and Dr. Kannal went to the Halligan farm, northeast of this city and made a thorough inspection but there was no indication ofthe infection. Upori their return here word awaited them that caused them to make a hurried trip to the farm of J. T. Brown & Son, near Roselawn, in Newton county. The farm is managed by Neil Brown, and both he and his father live in Crown Point. The inspectors foupd the disease among the cattle and ordered that a herd of 149 be killed and a trench in which to bury them is being dug and the slaughter will begin within a day or two. Dr. Kannal and Mr. Priest returned to Rensselaer at about 1 o’clock this afternoon and ‘after eating dinner r.t the Makeever hotel started out on' their inspection. 1 They will visit the farm of Tom Logan in Gillam township, where one steer had acted queerly and caused some alarm. They may not reach. this farm before Tuesday or Wednesday, however. Among the feeders who have bought cattle here are A. 0.. Moore, Granville Moody, R. A. Parkison & Sons, Mrs. J. M. Wasson, Rowles & Parker and many others. Every herd will be inspected. j Near Kentland the disease has' been discovered and the fine cattle of W. T. McCray, the Hereford breeder, are only about three miles away from the infected cattle. Thirty-two cattle and 83 hogs belonging to David Gushwa, of the Wildcat prairie, -n&r Lafayette, have been ordered killed. The Lafayette stock yards which were closed last week for a few days will now be closed indefinitely. The disease has also been discovered in Cass county. The following is the law governing the running at large of dogs and under which a quarantine will be established: Sec. 3271 Burns’ R. S., 1914.—“1f any dog shall be found roaming

over the country unattended by his master or owner, or his owner’s agent, it shall be lawful to kill such dog.” James W. Stevens was down from Gillam township today and states that Dr. Leech, the Francesville veterinarian, had been out to see the steer on Toift Logan’s farm which was sick and it was decided that the animal had the dread disease. It was separated from the other steers and will be inspected by Dr. Kannal and Mr. Priest. Mr. Logan shipped one car of stock from the yards on Oct. 27th and this steer ’was among them. This is the first case reported in this county.