Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-10
Waterloo Council Contemplates
Restricting Liberty Of Ca
mines to Homes of Owners
THINK MuzzLINe INADEQUATE
Report of Physician That Many Peo-
Pile Have Been Bitten and Complaints
That Animals are overrunnins Gar
dens Mako Drastic Action by coun.
ell Probable.
to Times-Republicar,

SDeC1al to IlmeS-H
Waterloo, May 10.-Waterloo Will
soon be a city without dogs If the
council last night becomes effective.
The city attorney was instructed
to amend the ordinance in such a way
as to prohibit dogs from running at
large making it obligatory on owners
to keep them tied UP at home.
Alderman Sedgwick announced to
the council that he had been asked by
physician of the city to call attention
to the revision of the ordinance re-
lating to dogs. in the hope that all ca
mines might be restricted in their lib
critics to the premises of their own
ers He said that the genesis of this
request by the doctor was found in the
fact that a number Of patients of his
had been bitten by dogs and seriously
hurt. 1t was apparent at once that
the dog had few friends, among the
members of the council. One mem
Der said that he had been bothered
with complaints about dogs running
over the neighbors' gardens. Mayor
Rector stated that if the members
could listen to these complaints sent
to his office they would feel like max
ing the ordinance very rigid in it's pro-
visions. Some one suggested that 1T
might be well to provide that cam
ines be muzzled during the hot
months, but Alderman Byrnes thought
this measure altogether inadequate to
meet the contingencies Of the situa-
ton Alderman Illingworth believed
that it might as well be provided that
all dogs be hung up as to require
them to be tied up the year round.
Such restriction would take away
all Of the joys worth living for.
City Attorney B. f. Swisher was en-
powered to draw up the ordinance in
cooperating the ideas expressed by the
members Of the council, and his re-
port will probably be made at the next
regular meeting of the law making
body.
Claims Council and Mayor Unfair.
A we'll known lover of the dog, when
told of the proposed action of the city
council today, was extremely sor-
rowful to comtempate the separa-'
ton of himself from his faithful friend
which would necessarily follow il the
amended ordinance should be adopt
ed.
"They can keep my dog off the street
but they cannot compel me to live
here. My dog and I can go to some
safe harbor Of retreat where there
will be no such drastic restricting i'm
itations by municipal law. If the
mayor and members Of the common
council are such enemies of mans
most faithful friend. why did not they
declare themselves in prediction
pledges in an anti-dog platform, and
not go sneaking into office with these
views carefully concealed. That's all
I have to say at this time" and the
angry citizen whistling to Tray, who
had taken foray into an alley to
point an English sparrow. pursued his
mournful way.
Plan Construction Work.
Ida Grove, May 10.-Manager James
E. Moorehead, of the Ida County Tele-
phone Company, announces the early
construction of six miles Of rural tele-s
phone line and the installation at the
same time of about twenty more tele-
nhnnes which will bring .tla total nlln1.