Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1901 Page: 3 of 4
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WOODWARD DISPATCH.
The Trj importation of Cattle.
The problem of the proper trans-
portation of cattle is, like many other
questions connected with the treat-
ment of dumb animals, essentially a
modern question. In times when
each country must feed its own, and
the only way of getting cattle or
sheep or horses from one place to
another was to drive thenj in herds,
under the care of a drover, the prob-
lem was in one way simple. The ani-
mals could nut travel more than a
certian distance each day without
definite injury, which would probably
be visible to the prospective pur-
chaser when they arrived at their
destination. It was t > the interests
of the drover, therefore, to be very
careful.
With the advent of cattle trains,
however, it became possible to. trans-
port all sorts of live stock r^pd the
word, if necessary, in less time than
it used to take to cross a state. The
railway takes the Texas steer and
lands him in Chicago in a space of
time which must seem to his bewil-
dered brain an eternity, but is really
but a few days. His treatment en
route cannot well be so cruel as to
depreciate his ultimate value in any
way which the purchaser can see;
moreover, in such cases the purchaser
often buys on faith, and pa} s without
seeing. So long as most of the cat-
tle get through all right, if a few die
of neglect, or lack of water, or some
other cause, the seller's reputation is
good. The property interest cannot
be relied upon in this matter of
proper treatment of dependents. It
was estimated in the old da\sof slave
trading that if half the cargo got
through the dreaded Middle Passage
alive, there was a pr< fit. The
property interest was no safeguard
there. It never protected any crea-
ture which could be ill-treated by a
thoughtless or cruel person with no
immediate punishment. It is one of
the characteristics of the callous and
cruel man, as a rule, to be short-
sighted. He seldom sees that in the
long run, humane treatment is profi-
table.
In this case the trader and the rail-
way man do not suffer much even
when their treatment of cattle is al-
solutely cruel. It is the public which
suffers, and it is the j u'dic therefore
which will have to take the matter in
hand. ’I here is a great difference in
the systems of various railroads and
dealers in their treatment of cattle
and sheep, and some are much more
humane than others. Hut it is not so
very long since sheep were packed
like sardines in close cars, without a
drop of water during long journeys,
in the hottest of weather; and cattle
were subjected to the same treat-
ment.
Such conditions breed filth and dis-
ease; and diseased meat is not safe
for anybody to eat. It will probably
never be possible to ascertain the
numlter of deaths which have result-
ed from the eating of impure or dis-
eased meat, and for every death from
this cause there are many victims of
disease. Sometimes the ailment is
obscure and insiduous, but it is never-
theless there. Sometime ago there
was a scare about trichina? which re-
sulted in many people becoming .lews
or Mohammedans where pork was
concerned, but much of the beef
which comes from cattle-trains where
the animals are packed together in
fiilth, discomfort and thirst is not a
bit more fit for human consumption
than measly pork. In these days no
man can tell where his butcher gets
the meat w hich is confidingly bought
and eaten by his customers. It may
be good, or it may not. It is time
that the treatment of cattle, on trains
of transportation ami in sheds, during
the time before they are killed, should
be regulated by law, and that every-
one concerned in their transportation
ami care should be required to see
that they are in conditions as nearly
healthful as the difficulties of the
case allow.
< ieorge Gerlach, President, Canadian, Texas. John J. Gerlach, Cashier,
Ron. Moony, \ ice-Pre.iident, “ “ Woodward, 0. T.
R. A. Moody, 2nd " “ Woodward, 0. T. L. H. Patton, Asst Cashier,
Woodward, 0. T.
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ESTABLISHED 1893.
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PHYSICIAN and SIMEON,
Woodward, - Oklahoma.
Joseph Hunter,
THE LEADING
Cow Boy Boot
and SHOE Maker ef Woodward.
When in Town Call on me.
Wines, Liquors, Champaign,
Nervine and Cigars.
Next door west of Central Hotel. Hilliard Hall Attached
Woodward,.......Oklahoma.
Try us fot—
Drugs -
Medicines.
PAINTS and OILS, FANCY NOTIONS, HOOKS and STATION-
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and FOREIGN CIGARS. PRESCRIITIONS CAREFULLY
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Shaving Parlor,
PERCY CORNELL, Prop.
Good Shaves ani* Latest Styles In
Hair Cutting.
Give us a call. South Side Main St..
East Woodward, 0. T.
HAM OPERA HOUSE
L* THOMAS Manager*
Or. A TURNBULL,
DEMIST.
Is now prepared to do all branches of
Dentistry. Crown and Hridge
work a specialty.
All work warranted. Give him a
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Physician and Surgeon.
Office 2nd Door West of Davis Drug
Store.
Woodward, - - Oklahoma.
To
California
For $65.15.
Round trip from Woodward,
August 6 and 20,
September 3 and 17.
Through tourist sleepers Chicago
and Kansas City to Los Angles
and San Francisco; also chair
cars.
Personally conducted excursions.
Homeseekers traverse by this
line the rich San Joaquin Valley.
\ isit < irand Canyon of Arixona
en route
SHAY NOTICE.
Santa Fe
Taken up at my residence three
miles west of Brule, 0. T., one Bay
Mare Mule, about 12 years old, bran-
ded and marked as follows: M on
left hip. $ on right hip, slit in left
ear. 0. G. Harper, Brule, 0. T.
Address Agent, A. T. & S. F. R’y
A. P. GLENDENNING, Agent
Woodward, 0. T.
Now youv’e got your trunk packed,
And if you want to go back
Get on the Santa Fe Track.
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Kellogg, O. R. Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1901, newspaper, August 9, 1901; Woodward, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc848430/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.