The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-13

thirty-eignt Winchester rife. and hardly
ever have to shoot twice at the same dog.
The poundkeeper rents the pound, and
gets 35 cents for cattle and horses and 10
cents for dogs ana goats. The State law
requires the stock-catcher, where stock IS
known to belong outside of city limits, to
drive them to the limits and not impound
them"
Chief of Police Moseley of Memphis,
Tenn, tells of an ingenious method OF
Kidding the city of vagrant dogs. He
says: "The pound is under the direction
of the Chief OF Police, and the pound Off
Ger is appointed by the Police Commits
soners. He is uniformed policeman and
receives the same pay, $75 per mouth. We
employ no deputies, but use one or two
negroes who are working out misdemeanor
fines to go with the officer and drive in
the stock. Our method of destroying dogs
is to prepare about 200 small pieces of
cooked meat, in which we insert a small
quantity of strychnine with the point of
sharp knife. Each officer on night duty
takes about twelve of these pieces, which
are put in a small paper bag, and as va
grant dogs pass about on his beat he
throws them piece of the meat, and in q
few minutes the work is done. The city
pays q scavenger $50 month to haul
away any dead animal found in the city,
and this includes poisoned dogs"
Tramp CANNES in New York and Brook
| lyn are treated very tenderly. 1.-The whole
of such work is now entirely under the
control of the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" said
John P. Haines, the president. "The men
engaged in the work are paid monthly
salary. Each man is under a $1,000 bond
and their compensation is not regulated
| by the number of dogs which they seize.
The dogs are caught by hand only and are
killed by Illuminating gas, which, after an
| experience of many years, we find is the
most humane and at the same time the
most convenient and economical method
| yet devised"
The Humane Society also conducts the
pound of Cincinnati and the 164 dogs
caught each month are driven into big
box. The lid is put on. the gas turned on
and in about eighteen to twenty minutes
their spirits have departed.
Poundmaster John Foster of Portland,
| Greg on, is the only man that resorts to
drowning. eve destroy about hundred
dogs month, said Mr.. Foster. ''In kill
| ing them we place them in an iron cage.
They are then lowered in the Columbia
River in numbers OF 20 to %, and after
ward sent to the crematory."
| All stray dogs at the National capital are
caught in a net and shot through the
brain. About $50 dogs are treated this
way every month. The pound is con-
Quoted by the Health Office and costs $500
per month.
| Pound master G.. H. Mclaughlin of Phil
adelphia is a facetious individual. His
visiting card contains the inscription:
Have you been an Odd Fellow twenty.
one years? If so, come and join u.s."
About one-half of the card is taken up
with the most snarlish specimen of cur
ever caught in poundman's net.
George Washington Lavender is the
name of poundmaster of Memphis, Tenn.
He is evidently gentleman of color, as
his letter-heads are gorgeously printed in
the color signifed by MS name. He does
not believe In hurrying, as his letter IN
dicates. It reads:
H L. witzel-Yores of the % to hand wan +
| ing one City Pound reports and regulations
will make you QUITE one in q few dayes and
forward 1t to you with the gratest Pleshure
am Eleven years in the Business & will try to
give you the best repourt that posibley can.
Respectfully Yores
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAVENDER.
| After reducing all his information into
a concise report Mr.. Weitzeli will present
| it to the Humane Society of Alameda
! county.