Typed and spelled as written: Kay Cunningham

The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, February 11, 1904
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They Fear It Is Anthrax
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People of Lott Have Asked For
Investigation.
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     There is some apprehension at Lott that the disease commonly believed to be blind staggers is anthrax possibly in a mild form.
     The disease has killed a great many mules and horses in this county within the last few months and as the immediate cessation it has caused a general uneasiness to be felt among stock owners.  The ravages of the disease have seriously hampered many farmers by taking off some of the best of their stock and at a time when they could ill afford to lose them.
     This condition seems particularly in evidence in certain communities west of the river, though the disease has and does exist to some extent in nearly every part of the county.  The symptoms are those of blind staggers and it has been generally believed that this was the trouble.
     On Tuesday, Judge Hunnicutt received a request from citizens of Lott, through Dr. E. C. Gordon, that the disease be given an investigation and diagnosis by a competent veterinary surgeon.  Judge Hunnicutt thereupon called up Gov. Lanham and laid the matter before him.  The Governor referred him to teh Texas Live Stock Commission of which W. J. Moore of San Antonio is chairman.
     The Judge dispatched a telegram to Mr. Moore, laying the matter before him and requesting that the commission send a veterinary surgeron here, as soon as possible, to make an investigation.
     As stated in a recent issue of this paper, Dr. Knight, state veterinary surgeon, made an investigation in territory between Bryan and Temple, of the causes of the death of so many stock believed to have died from blind staggers.  He stated that he found every case he investigated to be anthrax.
     It is not known here whether the doctor visited any sections of this county, but it is believed that he did not.

    
Dr. King Will Investigate.

     Judge Hunnicutt has received a telegram from Chairman Moore saying that he had instructed Dr. King, state veterinary surgeon, to come to this county and make an investigation and he is expected to be here at once.
    

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