Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-19
DAVENPORT

Nose Bag IlIegal?-John l.. Schilling
of $50 Twenty-first street, Rock Island,
an expert meat saw filler, who goes
from one meat market to another in
the three cities. met with an experience
in Davenport Wednesday that seemed |
strange to him. While at RObesOns
market. noontime overlook him. As
usual, he fed his horse from Il nose |
bag. While the horse was eating, a |
lady informed him he was violating the |
law by feeding the horse cut of a nose
bag. And she entered a store in search |
of a telephone TO inform the police. |
Mr. Schilling, who says it would be |
hard to find a more sympathetic friend |
of horse than himself feels that he
is being inhospitably treated, to say
the least. Inquiry of Humane Officer
Gilman brings the information that the
nose bag has not been up for discussion
or action by the Davenport Humane
society. He holds that il should not
be used where its use can be avoided,
but recognizes that in the large cities
it is quite universally used, il being
impractical for the thousands Of team
sters to drive home to give their horses
a feed. or to unhitCh them ana look
after them while feeding in some other
manner. If the bag is not too tightly
strapped, Officer Gilman is Of the opin-,
ion that its use is not one of the cry
ing abuses from which horses are sUf-
fering. so much as others to which the
attention of the humane people may
as well be first directed.
To Discuss Interurbans.-The city
council Wednesday evening, on Alder
man Ogden's motion, accepted an invi-
tation- to attend a meeting of Daven-
port citizens at the Commercial club
Monday evening, to be held for the
discussion of interurbau railway lines
and union terminal scheme.
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Rabies on Farm.-A mad steer on the
farm of F. II. GriggS. now being con
Quoted by his sOn-in-law. y. NJ. Judy.
after attacking his attendant and Civ
ing him a very narrow escape. and
horning the other cattle on the place,
was shot by direction of Dr. r. W.
Chandler, a veterinary in Davenport,
who on performing an autopsy. found
unmistakable indications of rabies. The
case has been traced to a mad dog
which bit a great many animals four
weeks ago and then dropped dead. af-
ter having fought all the dogs in town.
DIR. Decker of Davenport has COmmuni-
Gated with the state vcterarian at Des
Moines. and requested that the proper
steps be taken to isolate the dogs bitten
and prevent a spread of the disease.
Nearly Sucumbed to Gas.-Ni7s
Pearl Thompson, COS East Sixth street.
had a narrow escape from asphyXiation
by gas yesterday. Al noon Miss Thomp-
son turned on the burners of a gas
stove with the intention Of lighting it
for the purpose of preparing the noon
day meal She either forgot or neglect
ed to apply the match and was shortly
overcome by the flow of escaping gas
When discovered. the young lady was
lying unconscious on the floor. Dr.
Schroeder was hurriedly summoned.
and it was half an hour before he sue
ceeded in reviving the patient and
bringing her out of danger.
Left His Tools in San Francisco
Otto Meinert Davenport plumbing in
spector has very lively recollections
of his experiences of a year ago yes
terday. He was in San Francisco then.
and was awakened by the earthquake.
The day before he had been working
in the basement of thrce-StOry flat
building, and had left his tools to re-
sumo work next day. They were bur.
led by the collapse of the building, and
he has been congratuiatingr himself
ever since that the earthquake didn
occur in the daytime and bury him
with them.
Meat Market Team Makes Run
team hitched to one of the Heibig mea
market delivery wagons was descend