Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1914 — STATE QUARANTINE IN FORCE IN JASPER [ARTICLE]

STATE QUARANTINE IN FORCE IN JASPER

No New Cases of F. and M. Disease But Precaution Deemed Advisable—Public Meeting. All Jasper edunty has been placed under a quarantine" as a further precaution agaffist the spread of* the hoof and mouth plague. This step was decided upon Thursday afternoon, when Dr. F. A. Bolser, state veterinarian, came from Indianapolis arid discussed the matter with Dr. H. J. Kannal, B. H. Priest, the federal inspector, and Dr* F. H. Hemphill, the county-health officer. It is not probable, that the quarantine wililast for a great while, as the Logan cattle in GiHam township seem tobe the only ones infected, but the state authorities became alarmed when they learned that a number of hunters had tramped oyer the -John 'Brown lands where the infected cattle had been pastured. This constitutes one -or the most common' methods of carrying the infection. • "

During the continuance of the quarantine no cattle, hogs, she’ep, poultry, hides or other things from the farm can be moved. Cattle, sheep and hogs must not be driven along or across highway's and dealers in poultry are virtually put out of business, as also are dealers in cream.' Unless pesteurized, milk can not be sold for shipment. The health authorities have the power to give permits for the movement of such stock as is necessary to supply, the food demand. Both Bros, were given the v first privilege, being allowed to move cattle to their slaughter pens from pasture. A pqbMc'meeting to' be addressed by Dr. Bolster and others will be held at the court house this evening at 7:30 o’clock and stockmen especially are urged to be present. Tli# co-operation of all is essential to. the complete stamping 'out :>; the disease and the more compn .. the observation of the rules the sooner will the. quarantine be raised.

• Dr. .Kannal received word Tue^ : day that a man -named Jafne? Lome n, of Earl Park, was buying stock here to„ be taken to that place. Authorities- -there wanted to notify him that lie could not bring the tsock there. Dr. Kannal could not locate Loman until Thursday evening, when it was learned that lie had picked up mixed, car Toad of hogs and cows, which lie had loaded at Pleasant Grove and which had reached MeOoysburg, the terminal of the Gif' ford road. The owner was informed that ,the stock could not be shipped further. President Kurrie, of the Monon, ana Judge Field, of Chicago, were hunting on tiie Thompson ranch at Parr and were notified Thursday evening that hunting was forbidden in the county. He ordered that his private car he picked up there this afternoon, a day earlier than he had expected. The genera] conditions seem to be improving, although a ifumber of new eases have been reported. It sometime? attacks human 11 ! beings and a dispatch from West Virginia states that the disease lias made its appearance .there among children. Certainly the virulence of the disease is such as to demand the hearty co-operation of the people with the authorities.

The Tom Logan cattle which are in Giliam township, were shipped from .Chicago over the Gifford branch of the Monon, and were unloaded at Pleasant Grove, where there are some >ld stock pens. These pens will he condemned and burned. Mr. Logan did'not take the cattle to his home’farm bti.t to a 40-acre field in section 34* and .there is only small probability of a -.spread *of the disease irom that source.