Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-01

SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION c.
CRUELTY HOLDS INTEREST
ING MEETING.
OFFICERS FAILED TO HOLD
A BURLINGTON OFFENDER.
Question Of Employing a Special
Agent Discussed and Postponed
Membership Will Grow.

The Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals, held it's regular
weekly meeting in the council chamber
of the city haM last evening with Presi-
Gent Ianvil Stuart in the chair. The
attendance was not SO large as it might
have been, but those present displayed
a zeal n earnestness in furthering the
work before them that horse beaters,
children bsaters, wife heaters and other
heaters will nave little room to escape
the clutches Of the Society should they
fracture any of the several
ments OF the bylaws and get caught at it.
After reading the minutss'of the former
meeting, Secretary Rosenzweig reported
the arrest of Mcfarland, the scavenger,
on a charge of maltreating a horse sew
eral days ago, adding that the case would
be tried before Justice Nichols next Fri
day and that c. f. Kelly n Roy S. Alley
of the county attorneys office had ex-
pressed a willingness and a desire to
prosecute the accused.
In regard to a man in Burlington
charged with allowing his horse to go
without water and food an unusual
length of time, William Bray said he had
commenced an action against the alleged
fende and a warrant for his arrest had
been placed in the hands of a city official.
but Through some advice OF conclusion
of his own the officer ipad failed to serve
it. The city attorney had told him, he
said, that if he would meet the officer at
a certain time the latter would go over
to Burlington and make the arrest. He
had done as requested, but the officer had
made an excuse for not going, saying
There We're no funds with which to hire
a rig. He had learned a few hours before
the meeting that the man had been ar
rested and turned loose.
Mr.. Corcoran made an explanation of
the case and the president remarked:
nHo SS onf rnyvoh ofiCf m iny0 fN kh a
poor horse, but I guess we had better
drop it and see if we cannot do better
mex time"
Mrs. Ernest Thompson, janftress Of
the city hall, asked the ociety through
the secretary to pay her So a night out
side Of the salary allowed her by h city
for taking care of the room, but the
Society demurred to the request n de-
cided to ascertain whether it has been
the custom ito pay extra for the use of a
room belonging to the public. One of
the male members said he had turned on
the lights himself n expected to u
them off; and one of the ladies present
said that before leaving THE the
janitress had asked her to close the Win
dows after the meeting adjourned. and
she knew not 1fhat other care tine room
needed.
The question of employing a special
officer to make arrests and prosecute
charges OF crutHty WAN uVDdltu. ~ lAdS-
ing been brought up by Mr.. Bray, who
said his experience in the Burlington case
had led him to believe that a special
agent would be necessary. 1t was argued
that if a, special officer should be selected
it would create a jealousy in the ranks
of the city department. Mr.. Bray ex-
pressed THE belief that the Society would
not be a success unless it appointed a
special agent to look after the game OF
which it is in pursuit. The matter was
continued for a week.
Mr.. Bray also stated that quite a mum.
Der of business men in South Butte We're
greatly interested in the Society and had
expressed a desire ito become members.
but they could hardly find time to attend
the meetings.
A membership of fifty-one was report
ed, but the Society lis still in the rough.
As soon as it is rounded out h number
will increase with astonishing rapidly.
A committee on membership was ap-
pointed and by the next meeting night 1t
is expected that more thai one hundred
will have signed THE roll.