Show I Shipping Texas cattle hy Kiil CITY 23The KANSAS April quarantine I quaran-tine regulations of Kansas against the cattle from Texas have broken up the northern drives into this State and to meet the present demands for an outlet for the stock cattle of the Texas ranches the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad is being extended at the rate of a mile a day beyond Wichita Falls This will give transportation to Southern and Southwestern Texas cattle to Harrold which is a newly established town The cattle designed for the north will then be driven across the Indian Territory to the terminus of the St Louis Ft Scott and Wichita railroad where they will be reshipped re-shipped in cars The cattle that are togo to-go to the fattening ranges in Colorado Wyoming and Montana will be driven along the old Griffin and Dodge trail through the neutral strip just north of the Panhandle country and thus they will reach Colorado The Texas cattle inter threat ests for a time seemed seriously ened by the cattle quarantine but the railroad has taken the place of the trail It is believed that this will prove to be the solution of a serious difficulty The Northern cattlemen who have been influential influ-ential enough to secure quarantine legislation legis-lation claim that the Texas cattle bring death and disease to their herds although passing by themselves in excellent condi dion There has been no doubt of this infection and its origin but its cause is a mystery The Southern Texas cattle appear ap-pear to spread the fever worse than those from the northern ranges There is plague that the Kansas cowmen no than the Texas fever and in diead worse crossing a trail on their drives they will all consequent run despite their cattle on a put loss of flesh until the herd is beyond be-yond sequent the limits of the path of the Texas herds It is claimed that where northern drink to graze or permitted cattle arc where Texas cattle have passed the to and cause is certain appear fever serious losses The war of interests to become most bitter which threatens of the rail in place is likely to end with the trail i |