1907-1909 



VI 



IN the letters of congratulation that came to Wherry, a 

 number got quickly from felicitation upon his marriage 

 to felicitation upon his work. The knowing and practical 

 Duncan McEachran (FRCVS, DVS, director of the New 

 Walrond Ranche company limited of Livingstone, Alberta) 

 had functioned as expert for the Amalgamated copper com- 

 pany and wrote (January 10, 1907) on company stationery 

 (cattle brand W R on left ribs; earmarks: slit on right ear, 

 two slits on left ear) : 



While it would have been a great pleasure for me to have had 

 you spend some time with me here, the weather has been the 

 worst in years and you would not have enjoyed it. ... I wish 

 to congratulate you on the valuable technical work done by 

 you on this great case. The laboratory is a credit to you, and 

 I have no doubt it will be of great value to science in Montana. 

 — Dr Smith wrote me from the train en route east. Like my- 

 self he feels sorry that Salmon who had made somewhat of a 

 name for himself as chief of the Bureau of animal industries, 

 should have been so foolish as to go on the stand to his utter 

 undoing. I never had a doubt as to the company winning the 

 case. Now that the evidence is all in and Salmon, the farmers' 

 right bower, was so weak for them, and so strong for us — I 

 know that the verdict will be, no injunction; no damages, 

 with costs; and the farmers so disgusted that they will never 

 try it any more. Salmon and the lawyers will probably have 

 to whistle for their fees. 



A letter from Theobald Smith (January 12, 1907) said 

 much the same. Hoping that Wherry would be able to "get a 

 firm foothold in his chosen work in the West" and "be a good 

 missionary to the medical profession," he continued: 



... I went out to assist in the cross-examination of Dr 

 Salmon. His evidence was very poor for he seemed to know 

 nothing. We analyzed one of his autopsies and spent a whole 



