Show THINK SPREAD Of HOOf AND MOUTH TROUBLE HAS BEEN H I W WASHINGTON Nov O 23 The 23 Z-Tho Z Tho of ot It the he quarantine against Can Canada because of ot the he foot toot an and mouth th disease la is rC regarded by officials of ot tM this d department p of or turo ture as encouraging evidence that they are on on the tho of ot the disease This means says a statement today by bf the d department that there there are are Grounds for tho belief that quarantines already declared have e been sufficient to stop tho the movement of infected and that tho disease can now be held wIthin tJ the e lIml limits H of t the t atc area already I ed to co s the fact that although a shipment of ot infected In jn- cattle reached Wash ash tome some days ago 0 no ne new cases have e been reported from that Mate This Is taken to mean that tho the diseased d cattle were cro killed alid before they hadan hadan had an opportunity to spread the disease tase In com It bt has not been considered n necessary r to quarantine Washington At At the prEs prE's present nt time tho the states most moet s IY affected ar nr are Ohio Illinois Indiana Indi ana and Pennsylvania ld of this belt the states 8 of or Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- Rhode Island and Massachusetts chusett arc aro perhaps 0 th the th subject of M the greatest concern though Although the actual number of ot cattle already Infected Is comparatively It will probably be some time before be bt- bt fore nn any of or tb tho quarantines can be ho lifted In this region The Thc Grat greatest t encouragement of or nil however howe Is probably found In Ln Michigan the statement continues The outbreak originated In Michigan an and It spread l read tnt fast Now SOW however It Is II believed belleve that all alt Infected stock have ha been burled buried and the I tate state It H I Is hoped Is really ally clean In Iowa and andI I Wisconsin the the Infected Infected area areas appear appear ap ap- ap pear to be bo definitely defined and portions of these states may soon oon bo ho released from quarantine quarantine- Although h the spread of or the tho disease Into areas previously lY uninfected seems to have been In a great measure checked It Is estimated that It will take at least 81 six El months to stamp tamp out all traces of or tho In In- In |