The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-17
STOP IT RIGHT NOW
Inhuman Methods of Disp0sing
of Dogs.
Officers Shoot Them or Use Gas
Pipe.
PLACE is SECURED.
Pound Located. on the Farm of
j. p. Lucas.
Sam RadgAS Makes Some Per-
Sam Radges Makes Some Per-
tinent Suggestions.

| organization of the cruel and shame
ful manner of disposing of dogs that
have been collected in the pound.
1t is related that dogs shot and with
five or six bullet holes in their bodies
| We're found alive hours afterwards and
the remaining breath in them driven
out by beating their bodies against
steel pipe.
What an outraged There is a hui
name and speedy way to kill dogs that
must be killed-by the administration
of natural gas. This is painless
| method and a civilized method. Bar
| barity in disposing of children'S pets
| and mans friends should not be toll
/ Grated in a community like this. Mrs.
| G. G. Foster and other officers and
members of the Foster Humane So
ciety are striving to put an end to
these disgraceful cruelties. A place
for the impounded dogs has been Sc
cured at the farm of j. P. Lucas
southwest of the city, efforts are made
mines and the humane disposal of dogs
condemned to die.
Muzzles in Demand.
These are dog days in Topeka and
one of the times at least that every
dog will have his day place himself
in jeopardy of the dog catcher If he is
caught outside of his own dooryard
without a muzzle. These are also
and vendors of dog muzzles and the
open market has been robbed of its
supply long ago and the harness men
are working overtime in fitting their
handiWork to the noses of 1noffenSlVe
dogs.
The canine kingdom seems to feel
the humiliation forced on 1t by the
order of the board of health Whlch
has prompted the city council to pass
an ordinance which besides making
this aggregation the laughing stock OF
the city has caused harsh comment. |
This action was all brought about be- |
tim O
said to have been afflicted with rabies
No one to date has been found VINO
is sure that they have ever seen a oog
in this condition or who has ever seen
auy or known any one else who has
But the dogs must. be muZzled. so say
the city fathers, and they are being
fitted with the devices as fast as they
can be turned out BY the leather work.
For Or fear f That they may lose their
pets all kinds of devices are being re-
sorted to by the owners and even car
weaners made ! off wire have been
buckled about the heads of the family
pets. The affixing of mpzzle for the
first time is the cause of all kinds OF
antics on the part of the victim.
the floor and exerts all of his efforts
to remove the cause of his discomfor-
ture, using his front paws and arolllng
over and over in his attempts, all the
time whining his protests.
Unable to remove the offending piece
of headgear he seeks the barn or
crawls under the porch where ne stays
until the humiliation of the event is
over or he is compelled to come out OF
seclusion to avoid starving.
Ever since the order has been in OPP
Grafton a string of men. ropes and dogs
have wended their way towards tne
nuzzle makers shop where his dogsh1p
received his complement of fix1ngs ac-
cording to the orders of the city coun-
Gil.
Some time the dog is the foremost
part of the procession, usually IN the
case of a bulldog, who not knowing OF
the trouble in store for him. nearly pulls
his master off of his feet in an EFFORT
might be stated that the dog, man ana
rome are all connected the link being
formed by the cord that BINDS.
Following closely behind the owner
of fine bulldog comes the man whose
net is of the terrier variety, about the
most stubborn of the dog Kingdom ana
the one class which positively refuses
to be led into a muzzle or anywhere
else for that matter.
makers is punctured by sharp shrleks
and prolonged bowls emanatlng from
the throat of the family pet, who taxing
the full length of the string, sets him
self suuarely against farther progress
and delays matters as mucn as posi-
BILE by his actions. Once inside the
shop where the contraptionS are ntteo
the trouble of his dogship's life com
nences for according to the ruling of
the city fathers he must wear muz-
zle for 80 days at least;
One man who conducts a harness.
establishment has made over
700 muzzles during the last week ana
his force of men have been employed
n this work the greater part or the
time. Another has made nearly as
many and every harness shop in the
,ity has been overrun with orders.
Even the shoemakers have been press
las made a number for patrons OF the
shop. One photograph dealer has put
muzzle on the 'phony dog IN his
His Masters Voice"
log.
Enforce 1t Says Radges.
Sam Radges probably expressed the
Jews of a great many of the citizens
his morning in regard to the new dog
aw. In answer to the question, what
lie thought of the new law, he said,
Well, I think of 1t in two ways 1t !
s an outrage as an ordinance but as s
IN order of the board of health 1t
'ught to be enforced and assisted
" all good citizens. You see there is
Llways an epidemic of rabies scare
bout this time of year and there are |
lot of timid people that see dog
With his tongue out and running for 1
rink who think that he is mad and {
hey get their imaginations to work
nd chase the dog till he bites them
nd then they kill the dog and spend
. lot of good money going to the Pas /
eur Institute where they get their
ma ginations started in the other d. t
ection. That's all it is, just a matter i
f imagination. Why a few years ago {
offered a reward and deposited the {
money in a bank and tried to find a
cal mad dog and l couldn't do it. y
Why, have been bitten several times s
" dogs that were called mad and it !
ever hurt me any for 1 don't believe
n hydrophobia
eff this new law was simply or ]
finance why we could enjoin it but be-
ng a ecommendation from the board e