The diamond drill., 1906-04-28
SOLUTION SUGGESTED
FOR cow NUISANCE
Letter FROM a RESIDENT PROPOSES
4 SCHEME TO OFFICIALS.
HIRE HEROeRS TO WATCH THEM
Suggests That In, City Officials Take Tive
Initiative 50 as 10 get Started. Thsn
Enforce Ordinance.

There has been growing feeling
against the COW nuisance In this city
for number OF years and the-feeling
keeps on increasing Ia severity and
adding Numbers 10 the forue OF kick
ere every week.
IL IL time that some move wac made
10 solve this problem with ae little
friction as possible and the following
suggestion of one of our readers on THE
subject IL very timely and the solution
suggested is good one
Editor Diamond Drill
was much Interested in the mes
sage Of our recently chosen mayor
especially in that part Of II relating 20
the running at large OF cattle within
the city limita And. ~ read that
paragraph. said 70 myseli, vas
that put in there with view 70 carry
ing out the suggestioay
please don Il misunderstand me. /
don't mean TO say that the Mayor did
not mean what be said Indeed,
believe that he was very much in
earnest in the matter What do
mean j. this. win the mayor have
grit enough 70 tackle this problem and
II he does tackle IL viii he have the
enthusiastic assistance Of tue council
or will ne met half hearted support
aud. perhaps. On the sly knife ~
the back
The question Of regulating the run.
ming al large % cattle horses etc,
upon the public streets Of this city IT.
difficult one 70 tackle difficult for
the reason thnt the person who tackles
it viii not have public support He
may. and undoubtedly will, have
.pnblic sympathy but sympathy with
ont support II a very poor help
Those who cry the loudest against
the COW evil are the first 20 desert an
official when he startes IN to % away
with IT, There are too many with
axes 70 grind 70 have city of this
community in every sense Of the word,
too much catering to the vote ot that
portion of the community which l.
devoid of civic pride
There is ia this community 4 large
proportion OF what we term the
foreign element Now by foreign
element ! don mean to include all
Of foreign birtn | include those only
who are Of foreign birth and have not
YET thrown oil the foreign customs and
ON Of these customs is the keeping of a
COW or two and the pasturing of said
cow In ones neighbor' door yard
These people are devoid Of such civic
pride ~ prompts people Of com
lnunity to sleek up keep door yards
In trim. plant shrubbery and flowers
To this class must be added con-
siderable number OF slovcnly. shiftlesa
Americanizcd people or rather people
whose tongue is Americanized but
whose tastes aro far from IL.
These laat two divisions don't want
any restrictions placed upon the roam
ing at large Of cattle. They are con
tent TO hobble over broken sidewalks
and through besmeared streets II
makes no difference 20 them how much
depreciation COW does They have
nothing % be injured
IL is these people who are ruling IN
this COW question Every progressive.
beauty loving citizen must bow u
" these people We must not have any
flowers We cant nave any lawns 81
shrubbery Just because these people
object
Now b get back 70 the connection
with the public officials. The poor
man cry is used By the classes men.
toned 70 influence against any restric.
tion being placed upon the running al
large "A cattle and public official {,
Inade to believe that when he causs
cattle 10 be kept OF the streets he u
taking tho bread out OF tho mouth OF
some poor person. II Is this fact, more
than any other. that has kept oui
officials FROM acting. when is n mattel
Of fact there IL nothing to IL. It's !
sham.
Now. 10 obyiate this argument
propose-the following solution of thi
COW evil let the city officials enforc'
the ordinance against cattle and horae
running at large ON the public street.
and then let them provide herders wh'
will contract ut a small sum per hca'
70 take these cattle and herd them dor
ing the day ont in the slashings an'
woods ON the outskirts Of the city