Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-27
PREVENTION
Of CRUELTY
ORGANIZATION OF A SOCIETY IN
BUTTE WILL SOON BE AC-
COMPLISHED.
MASS Meeting WAS
HELD LAST EVENING.
Committee Appointed to Take Neces-
sary Steps-Human Brutes Will
Will Be Brought to Time.

IN organization of a society in this
city for the prevention of cruelty to an
amats is now an assured fact, and when
once in operation that class OF ignorant
brutes who attend funerals and then
drive and beat their horses to death win
nave to take a reef in their conduct. Last
evening a meeting of citizens Interested
IA the work OF organization was held in
the city a and it resulted in the APP
polntment of a committee to confer with
eastern societies to ascertain the modus
operandi Of perfect organization. This
committee consists of Clinton II. Moore,
Henry r. Bartlett, Daniel Yancey,
Granville stuart and w. l.. Orr. After
its selection an adjournment was taken
until July II to give it an opportunity to
do a little corresponding and make a re-
port.
The meeting was called to order by
Herman RosenMeig. one OF those who
signed the call for the meeting. Rev. E.
j. Groeneveld OF the First Presbyterian
church was made chairman and Mr..
RosenWeig secretary. The question of
organization Was thoroughly discussed.
A letter from o. D. Shortall, president
Of the Human society of Illinois, with
headquarters at Chicago, was read by J.
r. Reed. 1t was to the effect that he
would gladly give a helping hand to
wards the organization of a similar so
Getty here. Accompanying the letter was
q pamphlet containing a copy of the Lii
nois legislative law against crneity to
animals. There is a city ordinance here
against cruelty of the brand mentioned,
but in the absence of some one to make
it effective 1T is practically a dead one.
To this ordinance the chairman called
the attention Of the gathering. 1t reads
as follows: -
Section 1. Every person who Shall be
guilty of cruelty OF any horse, OK, mule,
ass or other domestic animal. py over
loading, over driving, over working, or
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M~Mtifating amy of said animals; or by
cruelty working any old, MANNED, in
firm, sick OF disabled domestic animaa,
or by allowing the same to be done; or
by unnecessarily failing to provide any
OF said animals in his charge Or custody,
as owner or otherwise, with proper food.
drink or shelter; or by driving or keep
ing, or causing to be driven or kept, any
of said animals in am unnecessarily cruel
manner. shall be punished as hereafter
provided.
Section 2. Amy person violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not exceeding
one hundred dollars ($1eo.oW with the
costs of prosecution"
The society will not only look after
the welfare of horses and other dumb
animals, but will take a hand in bring
ing to justice those who maltreat minor
children. 1t will have officers scattered
over the entire county and probably the
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however, does cruelty to horses erlsl to
the extent it does in Butte, and the
principal work of the organization win
be right in Silver o county. Women
will become members, as it has been
demonstrates in other places that they
are most valuable and persistent in
bringing to justice the brutes who beat
horses and children. In Chicago there
is a law against coursing, and those
caught participating in the alleged sport.
after it, which consists of turning a half
starved tack rabbit loose in an enclos-
ure and starting a lanky greyhound
after it, are arrested and fined. In Butte
it is considered great fun by a certain
class.
In speaking of the cruelty practiced
on horses here, Judge William Clancy
says the reason it lis so prevalent here is
because the majority of those who i'm
dulge, in it do not know what a horse
is, as they never had money enough to
employ one to haul them around before
coming to this country.
The Waterman at the point where the
county road leading to the Mime Mile
house crosses the Northern Pacific rail
road track says hat fully So per cent
of those who cross the track with horses
do not even know how to drive. He is
a close observer of all of them, as that
is the business for which he is paid, and
he earns his salary keeping them from
being tossed into eternity by passing