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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
The out-break of the foot-and mouth disease has already affected
an area so large that it is evident that most active measures are nec
cesi'ary to eradicate it. Cases have been found as far apart as Iowa
and Massachusetts and at the time of this writing (Nov. 10) 13 states
have been quarantnned—Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ii.diana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Maryland, Iowa, Rhode
IsV.nd New Jersey and Delaware. Interstate shipments of live stock
from these states are absolutely prohibited and such articles as hides,
a firm foothold. One of the most
frequently, the teats are affected
dangerous
moved in interstate commerce. Both in virulence and in extend of
-area affected the present outbreak is more serious than any of the
five previous ones which have occurred in the United States.
These previous outbreaks have not been sufficiently serious either
to familiarize farmers with the symptoms of the disease or to render
them fully alive to the losses that it occasions when permitted to gain
a firm foothold. One of its most dangerous characteristics i* its
•extreme contageou»nes*. Not only may it be conveyed directly
•directly from one animal to another, but it may be transported in
fodder, picked up from the ground and carried by cats, dogs, and
•rhick»n», or commlunicated through the agency of man Cases have
already been found in which it seems certain that the disease was
spread by the curiosity of farmers to inspect the suffering animal
They returned from these visits to communicate the disease to their
kown previouly healthy herds.
The contageousness of the disease explains the action of the Fed
eral authorities in quaranteening such large areas. The practice i» to
clap a blanket of quarantine on the State in which a case of the dis
ease has been found, and then, by careful investigation, determine
the exact area infected- When an animal suffering from foot-and
mouth disease is discovered in a herd the whole herd is at once
slaughtered. Otherwise it would remain a dangerous souice of infec
tion and be a menace to the entire community. It is customary to
appoint an appraiser to value the herd. One half of the appraised
value is paid to the owner by the Federal Government and one-half
by the state. The slaughtered animals are buried in a deep tiench,
their hides slaved to make it useless for anyone to dig them up again
and the carcasses are saturated with quicklime- In this manner pre
vious outbreaks have been comlpletely stamped out and theTe is every
reason to hope that this will be the case this year. The chief dan
ger is that there may be infected herds whose existance is not report
ed to the proper authorities. Farmers are therefore urged, both for
their own protection and as a duty to their neighbors, to report im
mediately ail cases of suspicious sore mouth or lameness ami their
•stock.
Foot and mouh disease affects chiefly cattle, t'heep, goats and
swine but there are a number of other animals of less commercial val
ue which are also susceptable. Occasionally human beings are af
fected, but in the majority of instances the disease is not severe in
the case of man. Children, however, may become dangerously ill
if their milk is infected.
The first indications of the disease are a chill followed by a high
fever, the temperature rising rapidly, sometimes to 106 degrees F.
In a short time visicles about the size of the pea appear in the mouth
at the end of the tongue, on the inside of the cheeks, and on the
gums.
visicles
-as the disease advances and cause the animal to open its mouth un-
characteristic!*
contain a yellowish wattery liquit- They spread
characteristic smacking sound- A day or two after trie
first appearance of the eruptions in the mouth similar indications ap
pear upon the feet, which are swolen, red, and tender. Because of
this the animal frequently persists in lying down, and bedsores de
velop with much rapidity. In the case of
cows
by
seriousness
losses it occasions, is very small, being estimated at 5 per cent, al-1
though it frequently is much greater than this. The mortality, how
ever, by no mean8 represents the real losses occasioned by the di
sease. No revenue is possible from infected herds, and in the cafe
of dairymen an outbreak of
foot-and-mouth
disease frequently mean'
that their business is completely ruined. Blooded or other cattle
that have become sick with the disease naturally lose their val'ie as
breeding animals. It is, however, impossible to get rid of the di
sease by ignoring it. The only possible remedy is to kill off infected
herds, disinfect the premises, and begin all over again-
What the disease means to those countries where it has gained a
real grip i* shown by the fact that on its last
aged live sUnk in France, Italy, Belgium,
is
its
t^c udder and more
a similar eruption.
Once the disease is well established it become* so painful lor the
animal to eat that food is frequently refused altogether. Strings of
saliva hang from the mouth and flesh is lost with astonishing rapid
ity. When the u^der is seriously affected the milk becomes contam
inated and may cause serious results to suckling calve and young
pigs- In mild case from 1 0 to 20 days may bring about an apparant
recovery, but this time may be greatly extended. Morover, an ap
parant recovery by no means implies a real cure. 1 he animal may
carry the virus in its blood for a year or more and is 'iable during all
this time to spread the contagion or to experience a recurrence itself,
The mortality, considering the
ci the disease and the
serious
many the German government spent $2,000,000 in fighting it. In
1890official statistics showed that in the German Empire 431,235
head oi cattle, 230,868 sheep and goats, and 153.S08 swine weie
,affectcd with the disease. During the same year pestilence
outbreak inGer-
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Austria-Hungary,
land, Roumania, and Bulgaria. In ©83 it was es: mated that the
disease cost England $5,000,000. On the occasion of the last out
break in the United States in 1908 $3,000,000 was appropriated
by Congress and with the exception of a few hundred dollars it was
spent in stamping out the disease. This of course does not include
the indirect loss caused by the interruption of business and other fac
tor®.
While tHe Federal Government is active in fighting the disease
through its power to control interstate commerce, cooperation on
the part of the State authorities is most essential- The quarantin
ing individually of infected farms is a State matter, and it is of
course a most essential precaution. Farms on which the di~ease
has broken ou. should be ,-idgidly cuarantined a if some eon tig-ous
human disease had been foun^. Since the germ can be transported
by cats, dogs, chickens or human beings, nothing should be allowed
to leave the farm until the proper disinfecting measures have been
taken. In particular, farmers are urged to keep away themselves,
.and to assist in keeping others away from all infected animals. The
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/OLUME XI PUBLISHED AT VALLEY COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 20. 1314
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To Lay Before the Farmers the Boycott Situation in Beach, Those Who Are Back of It—and a Remedy
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Prominent
Citizen Dies
Gloom Cast Over Community by
UnexPected Death of D. R.
Mead.
Glendive, Nov. 14—Deep
gloom was cast over the entire
community this morning, when it
became known that D. R. Mead,
one of the most prominent and
highly respected citizens of east
ern Montana, had died suddenly
and unexpectedly from heart
failure- His death occurred last
night shortly before midnight.
When he was stricken by the
attack, Doctors Hammerel and
Beach were called to his assist
ance, but it was apparant that he
was beyond all human aid. He
was lifted from he floor where
he had fallen and placed upon a
bed, and examination showed
that life was extinct. Naturally
the sad and sudden ending of
this useful life is a terrible shock
to everyone.
Throughout all of last evening
Mr. Mead was seemingly in the
best of health. He conversed in
his accustomed genial manner
with his friends and appeared to
be in the best of spirits. It is
understood, however that he had
an attack of heart trouble some
years ago, but as far as is known
he had not been bothered in that
respect recently*
1
Mr. Mead was about 67 years
of age, was a member of the firm
of Douglas, Mead & Company,
and, as is generally known, had
resided in Glendive for more
than 30 years.
He Yvas prominent in all the
affairs pertaining to the welfare
of the community and enjoyed
the esteem and respect of all who
know him.
Telegrams, giving the news of
his death have been sent to his
sister and other relatives in dif
ferent cities of the middle west.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the family residence
on Sunday morning and the body
will be sent to the old home at
Winona, Minn., for interment.
Drunken Men on
Election Board
Drunken Men on election board
Basis for Contest in Grant Coun
ty Case Dunn Also Has Le
gal Tangle.
Mandan, N. D., Nov. 16—
Charging that election officials in
the Wenger precinct were intox
icated and made false returns on
county division. Grant county
men prepared a complaint in
a contest case on the county di
vision vote-
Grant county division from
Morton was defeated by 1 I votes
and Wenger precinct turned in a
vote of 49 to 0 against division.
At Dunn Center, action has
been started to carry to the su
preme court the question of
whether a two-thirds vote is nec-1
essary to change the location of
the Dunn county seat. Dunn
Center received a majority of the
votes over Manning, but lacked!
46 of having two-thirds.
Mr»- E. E- Dickinson and two:
sons reurned Sunday night from
a several weeks' visit at her home
in Verndale, Minn. She wasj
accompanied by Mrs. Louis,
Harth, who was also visiting in
Minnesota.
Eight
inspectors who do the slaughtering and disinfecting are supplied with
the necessary equipment of rubber gloves, coats, beets, and hats,
which can be thoroughly disinfected as often as necessary. Other®
who lack this equipment merely help in spreading the disease over
the country when they vis-it or inspect ®ick animals.—Department of
Agriculure, Washingon, D- C-
Pages
NJM8ER 2
Infant Thrown
0J N. P. Train
New Born Baby Found in Suit
Case Between cars-
Bismarck,
lNov.
14— Some
where in North Dakota, along the
line of the Northern Pacific rail
road, a new-born baby was plac
ed in a suit ca»e and thrown on
the coupling pins between the
baggage cat and -first passenger
coach of train No- 2 on the Nor
thern Pacific leaving Bismarck at
7:47 Thursday night.
The gruesome discovery was
not. made until 1 1 o'clock yester*
day morning when the North
Coast Limited pulled into Eau
Claire, Wis., and a brakeman
opened the suit case that he had
found lying on the coupling pins.
WrapPed in Tribune
The infant had been smother
ed to death enroute. It
was
wrapped in a copy of the
Bis­
marck Tribune of Thursday
morning, November 1 2.
Police authorities of many coun
ties are already bu»y on the case.
OlBuals communicaleJ with the
Tribune last night to secure infor
mation a8 to the hour the first co
ies of Thursday morning's paper
were on the streets of Bismarck,
and other cities were notified be
tween Bismarck and Eau Claire,
The suit case in v.h'cTi the bu.
by wa8 found was ''tamped with
the name of the "Cosmopolitan
Hotel-"
Big Fie!d to Cover-
To find the person guilty of
placing the bundle on the train,
the police have a big field to cov
er- The baby could have been
put on the train at a station many
miles west of Bismarck and at
any station there and hundreds of
miles east of this city.
Thursday morning the first co
py of the Tribune went out on the
streets at 5:10 o'clock. The pa
pers for all cities east of here left
Bismarck on train No 4 departing
at 10:30 a. m. and the paper for
western points left on the Mott
train at 7:15 a. in. and she North
ern Pacific Express at 11:31 a. m«
The date line of the Tribune
and the suit case with the name
of the hotel stamped on it are the
only clues to be followed.
N. P. Mortgaged
For 500,000,000
Mortgage Granted in Favor of
a a N
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 18—A
mortgage for $500,000,000, ex
ecuted by the Northern Pacific
railway company, in favor of the
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York was filed in the office
of the register of deeds of Ram
sey county yesterday.
The instrument is called a re
funding and improvement mort
gage" and is dated July 1, 1914.
It will mature July 1, 2047. The
mortgage conveys to the Guaran
ty Trust company and William S.
Tod, trustee, all the railroads of
the Northern Pacific system, all
lease hold, properties and fran
chises owned by the corporation,
together with the assignment of
stocks. bonds and other proper
ties. The mortgage will He held
by the Guaranty Trust Company
and Ted, as trustee, as security
for $500,000,000 in four percent
gold bonds, to be issued by the
Northern Pacific.