The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-06
CREMATED At THE DUMP
Thirty-Five Starved Horses
Picked Up in the Streets.
THE INSPECTORS REPORT
The Animals Were Turned Out to
Hustle in the Snow and Ice by
Heartless Owners-No More
Notices to Be Posted.

The February reports of the sanitary
inspectors in the employ of the city
health department will have q tenden-
ey TO impress upon the minds of those
heartless masters who turn horses into
the street to find their own living, ex-
pecting TO take the animals up in the
spring and put them to work without
tncurring the expense of wintering
them. that they have made a mistake
this time. During previous winters
these animals have been allowed to
wander the streets and pick up liv
ing if possible and if not. die, but this
year the authorities decided to put
stop TO the practice or make it expen-
sive for the owners and in the latter
part of January orders We're issued to
the sanitary inspectors TO gather in all
the horses found running loose in the
street and send them To the dump. II
their owners called for them within
certain time they We're to be charged
for the animals keeping and required
TO give assurances the horses would
not be turned back into the street. If
not. they We're to be killed and Gre
mated. In pursuance of this policy, the
February reports of the sanitary in
spector, when issued will show that 30
of the unfortunate beasts We're Gre
mated, either from having died of star
walton or having been killed from not
being claimed.
OF this number nine were sent to the
crematory by Sanitary Inspector Tobin,
whose report has been prepared. Mr..
Tobin's report also shows that he
served IA. notices to property owners
TO comply with the sanitary regula-
tons; that he directed the hauling
away of 80 loads of garbage and the
cleaning of 50 vaults. 3S of which were
cleaned. The arrests We're made upon
his complaint and "A conviction secured
in each instance
Inspector Tobin takes exception to
structures passed upon the health Off
GERS by certain couneilmen, To the eff
feet that discrimination has been
practiced against certain scavengers
by the failure of the inspectors to post
in the health office list of the persons
on whom notices have been served to
clean up garbage. clean out vaults, etc.
that having heretofore been the prae-
tice. to enable scavengers to secure the
addresses of the persons served and
bid for the work. The custom of post
ing the list has been discontinued and
it was concerning this that some Of
the aldermen have complained. evident
ly considering it move in favor of GER
tdiH StdNSHSGTS MI. ibDln Sulu yes
terday, in speaking of the complaints:
I'VE did not stop posting the lists to
favor any one. but to protect the pub
lie. Under the old practice. certain
scavengers, who will not be mentioned.
would take the address Of a person who
had been served notice to clean up. and
after waiting for the four days to ex-
pire in which To do the work would
go and do the job and then come to us
and get us to certify that they had
done the work. They would then pre-
sent bill at their own figures to the
property owner, and if he kicked,
would say; Your four days expired
and we were ordered to do the work
by the health department Showing
our certificates. they would make the
property owner believe such was tine
case and would get their price We
We're innocent enough and when we
found both ourselves and the public
Were being imposed upon. we decided
to put stop to II. There is no law
compelling us to post the list and We
will not do it in the future"