and in 1896 was employed by State of Connecticut in testing cattle for tubercu- 
losis; was appointed in the Bureau May 10, 1899, through civil-service examina- 
tion; inspects also at Eastport, Maine. 
JomN FLANNIGAN DeapMAN, Assistant Inspector, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was 
born at Lucan, Ontario, Nov. 25, 1867, and received a common school education; 
holds degree of D. V. MW. from veterinary department of Detroit College of Medi- 
cine, and has been engaged in veterinary practice since graduation; was ap- 
pointed June 1, 1899. 
SHEEP INSPECTION IN THE NORTHWEST. 
Grorce S. Hickox, Agent in charge, with headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
was born at Coldwater, Mich., Feb. 28, 1840, and received a common school edu- 
cation; was deputy sheriff from 1872 to 1876, and sheriff from 1876 to 1880, of 
Marshall Co., lowa; deputy warden of penitentiary at Anamosa, Iowa, from 1882 
to 1886; for a year prior to appointment in the Bureau was engaged in railroad 
work; was appointed from Omaha, Nebr., on the meat-inspection force at South 
Omaha, Nov. 9, 1897; in 1899 was detailed to investigate shipments of sheep 
through points on the Missouri River and in the far West, and in the summer 
of 1900 was assigned to his present work. 
LOWELL CLarke, Inspector, was born in Michigan, June 28, 1866; attended Ben- 
ton Harbor high school and Chicago Veterinary College, graduating from the 
latter with degree of D. V. 35.; practised veterinary medicine six years; was 
appointed from Benton Harpor, Mich., as assistant inspector at Chicago, Nov. 1, 
1895, through civil-service examination; transferred to South Omaha Jan. 14, 
1897; assigned to sheep inspection in the field March 2, 1900; promoted to in- 
spector July 1, 1900; is now at Fort Collins, Colo. 
Frank C. Eetis, Assistant Inspector, was born at Ottawa, Ill., Dec. 31, 1866; 
attended high school and Chicago Veterinary College, receiving degree of D. V- 
S. from the latter; engaged in veterinary practice from graduation until enter- 
ing the Bureau; was appointed from Ottawa, I1l., through civil-service examina- 
tion, March 1, 1898, and placed on the quarantine force; transferred to National 
Stock Yards, Ill, Aug. 25, 1898, and to Sioux City, Nov. 18, 1899; on Aug. 22, 
1900, was assigned to sheep inspection work and located at Spokane, Wash. 
WaLter E. Hower, Assistant Inspector, was born at Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 5, 1871; 
graduated from Ontario Veterinary College in 1896 with degree of V. S.; took 
post-graduate course at Cornell University and received degree of D. V. M. in 
1897; has also taken special studies at Post-Graduate Medical College and Rush 
Medical College, Chicago; was appointed from New York, through civil-service 
examination, April 11, 1898, and stationed at Chicago; detailed for sheep in- 
spection July 2, 1900, and located first at Ogden, Utah, now at Denver, Colo. 
J. Oris Jacons, Assistant Inspector, was born at San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 24, 
1873; received education in commercial high school and University of California, 
graduating from the veterinary department of the university with degree of 
D. V. S.; practised the veterinary profession before entering the service of the 
Bureau; was appointed from San Francisco, through civil-service examination, 
July 1, 1898, and stationed at South Omaha; on Aug. 7, 1900, was transferred to 
sheep inspection, and is located at Reno, Nev. 
Levit P. Berecuy, Assistant Inspector, was born at Berlin, Holmes Co., Ohio, 
Jan. 6, 1869, and was reared on a farm; attended common schools, Berlin high 
school, and Ohio Normal University; taught school five years; then went to On- 
tario Veterinary College and received degree of V. S.; practised the veterinary 
profession four years; was appointed at South Omaha, from Sugar Creek, Chio, 
July 20, 1898, through civil-service examination; detailed for sheep inspection in 
Wyoming June 18, 1900, and is now located at Douglas, Wyo. 
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