Show INDIANS CATTLE ARE ABE DYING OF BLACK LEG 0 owners ners on reservation refused to permit vaccination and a squad of soldiers called out to compel them indian cattle on the reservation are dying of black leg and the spread of the disease became so eo alarming that captain C G hall acting indian agent sent for ira massey veterinary surgeon to visit the reservation and vaccinate the animals when mr massey began operations opera tiona he was waa confronted with objections object iona from tho the indian owners captain hall was compelled to escort massey with squad ad of sol soldiers eold diets icis on his trip and where ever a bunch of cattle was located the vaccination was done about SOO head ero vaccinated vaccina ted thirty or more have died of the disease black leg is unusual at this time of the year the disease makes its sippe appearance pe arance as a rule in the fall fallon or prin when N hen the cattle come oft off the range at at a time when they have not been roaming about very much and have had but bitle exercise the grazing this summer has haa been exceptionally good and the theory advanced is that the cattle have been grazing on the succulent grass near some water holo hole and that the disease has developed as a result of too little exercise william wash is one of the largest if not the largest cattle owner on the reservation ile he has haa several hundred head last winter during the very verly severe weather when feed was scarce it was thought at least fifty per cent of his herd would die but he came out pretty lucky lie he lost less than one hundred how many of his hia have black leg has haa not been learned |