Show Sheep Ruthlessly Slaughtered Butte MontThat thousands of sheep ere unnecessarily slaughtered In Custer county and other parts ol eastern Montana to rid the flocks ol Up and leg ulceration and the venereal form of that disease Is the statement of Dr M E Know lea state veterinarian veterinar-ian who was In Butte Saturday The serious nature ot this disease was greatly exaggerated In newspaper ro ports the stockmen became unnecessarily unneces-sarily alarmed and many ot the owners own-ers began slaughtering their sheep U head off the malady I |