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Show . MEWUM SHEEFMEM TALK ABOUT RABIES Prevalence of Disease Sen ouslj Discussed in Meet ing Held at Ely STATE IS AROUSED I Off&ers Determined to Pro 1 tect Flockmasters and General Citizenship ! Special o The Trifoune ElY ? Dec Z The quaxant na on ; fheep established bv the offlcla 3 of j White Ft e -o nty in their efforts I check the epread f rabies with wl n j $t 1 said sheep comingr from the nor h re affected, was discussed at great length at a meet n, he d for that pur po? ttt the co rthouse on Saturday n ght Dr "W B. Mack, director of the state veteruiarj control service and ex offt o ate quarantine officer came to Eb &t the request and as the representati -e of Go ernor Emmet D Bcryle, to confer with he county a thorl les and others In lerev.t d in the mat ex At the hour of o clock so n a a.1 gathered in and about the -ourthou e that the comn is sloners eet n roo n wus b no n cans large enough to accomnodate the n eet tag and the -d stri t cou troom was opened for the purpo. e . ThPw meet ng was pre ided over by Chai nan Joh Weber of 1 e board of rountv omra sloners and Sheriff Craln was f rst called upon to express his views The heriff s ated that hs off ce had riot been troub ed n the matter until the sheep from the no th started to con e in and almost mmediatetv hereafter he had numerous con p aints from cit sens v. ho demanded protection The sheriff told of his nveetieation n the matter and sa d that there as no do bt n his mind that the dreaded d sease v.as p ead n9 n this eo nt Itajnes L Proved tk support of h s content on the sheriff oroduced a letter oer Dr Macks s gna tunc written to Leo Foppiano Cherr Creek, as follows We are n receipt of the sheep s 1 ead ent by you for examinat on xi examination of the brain of th s ailmal shows hat It had rab es Tieriff Crain left no room for doubt as to b s posit o n the matter stating that :o lon as the off ce of sheriff e 4 nained n his hands he was go ng to pro ct even citizen n White Pine county at any cost Dr Mack stated that he had come to EIv at the special request of Go ernor Bojle and aEked what the o ntv officials had requested the governor o do where upon he was nformed tr D strict At torn 4 Jurich that the request was slmpl to adopt such measures as would prevent the spread of the disease among animals and human be n0s in s county Histor Is Traced Dr Mack d scussed at reat ength the 3 seasefvnown as rab s and told of ts first appearance n the west when it broke out n Los An e es CaL to which . point he thought there was no doubt it had been carr ed an infected dog . brought from New lo k. He outl ned s ! progress northe th ough Ca iforn a nto O egon and Washington and down into Nevada He tod of the ca es that had been treated at Reno po n ng out that not a sing e deat had yet occurred He a d that he rahzed as ea y as Ap 11 or Hay Iat t at the matter in Nevada was serious and was go ng to become more ser ous After h s d scu s on along scientific llne-f the doctor sa d he fe t the sp ead of heT ease th oughout Ne ada and on to Ltah and Idaho was ine tab e He dd not be le e that t was read transm tted from one sheep to-anothe because sheep did not b te other sheep or human be ings under any cond t ons He bad be hought there was but one so u on and thftt was the muzz ng of dogs or keep ing them conf ned when ted sease ap peared n towns and he exterm na on I o o o es f os the cihee I h 1 he ea Bed at a g gn t ask v. d be to ex a I at ojotes, and p 1 o v t e I ed S a es go e nn e win spend ng $ 5 0 ea h on h n Nedftfo epioe Ts eaud snado be ed p ev he "I nt c q a t no a en el b htePnr oun u 1 pro eeetftanlojwum at a o d o e e lhor Act Mi o B Wrt c or o k ss e w Dr la k an 1 sa 1 ha e be ed son e 3 c a to were no aken t coun off as e wo d ha e o ac as na of o j, of L fo he pro e io of a be gs The ques 0 ns o w ether o no s Judg en a q ar n ne k o son e irood as e pa ed ast ed of D Mack 1 ar ous for a b Co n ors Cha es O a d er nd T 1 0 a aa e as on ss one I I o all t r ct A o J an an 0 hens! T o do o e ade t e ues o a in es and edohesnoe a d d ot t k ou e eftec e he askei fhe oleo edo cm er or ha a s a e ua an e e es fib llahed he ep ed th t he woud w be cause he fe e sease wo d sp eai anjway a d did not teel ke e 0 me d nj, a neas re tha woud o be effec Ive t the concl eon of the nee ng 1 3 rlct Atto n Jul n ade t clear a the oountj off cja s wo 1 not recede fion he position hev had ake At a meeting of e card of o i oomm ssioners e d es e "da fo on a the eng hj d so s of e1 mbjec W T and Janes P ONe appeared befo e he board w h the co nse Mo ey tr a old who asked hat t e O Ne b -o he s be gl en permtss on 0 prope separa o Her sheep and move en fro n he posl on where t ej are now he 1 b quarantine heh n he no n a ns dow to a pace of safetj n case of snow Permission Given W T ONol add es ed e board and made a erj pla n clear and bus ness Ike staten ent He ead ha e as as n u 1 1 e rested i check ng he d sease as anj man n the word b t he fe t hat no harm ou d ome from o ig ho sheep a few n es fu ther so as hey Wo d con e no nearer o a se en ent han he a e a presen He ad f permitted to so mo e he woud it u 1 is foreman o po son the ara s of a sheep hat ugh d e and use e e pre a Uon oh lan cos o ea ha migh e fo owing I s said hat t e sheep be longing to ONe bro hers ad ow he d as s ated a e worth pp o nate I 60 000 anl if he a e not mo ed own he fo e he now on es hej w 1 be prac t ca j a 1 lo t T e permlss on as asked was g anted by he board with t e unde a and g hat no mo cment shou d be made ex ept under the d ec on of Count Sheep In spector D B Ba When he sheep are so mo ed dow he wi be prac ical at the N e oun line where now eems tl ey w 1 meet w h furt er d ft cully Officers on Guard Mr Gr swold .is ou se for ONe brothers, wired the dsrit a torney of Nye county to as ertain w e her any ac t o had been taken there and recel ed th s rep y beep are not q arant ned but of fleers are ns ructed to pre ent ea e f om nfe ted d s r cts enter ng no count for- grazing purposes Off e a e btat oned at po nts of supposed entrance of sheep n o the coun w th nstructlons o t rn hem ba k When asked whether In case h s she p were stopped at t e N e coun 1 ne h would take steps to go furthe Mr O Ne stated that he undoub edly would Word was received la e on gut t la ONeil bro hers would be permitted o move hei aheep as far as the Nj e coun line |