, 1907-09-21
MUCH is BEING DONE.

when the authorities SHOULD give warn
ing to the mau VINO lies his horse to
a post for hours. while ne goes to
some comfortable resor: ana calls for
his pipe aul calls for his bowl and
calls for his iiddlc;7 three. a horse
that is u~nblanketed and tied out in the
win suffers Il great deal, and even
then the animal chills, because the
sirloin steak of a horses legs is not
fieshy, and his body soon absorbs the
cold. Many people make pets of their
horses at home, stroking their necks
and feeding them Jumps of sugar and
calling them good horses; and Their
they neglect even the ordinary precau-
tons OF humane treatment when the
poor things are in use. There is much
more cruelty, intentional or otherwise.
IN wyoming towns than can be found
IN the large cities, where humane so,
cietles arrest inhuman offenders, Not
long ago some women in a Wyoming
town complained to the authorities thai
n neighbor kept his team in a starving
condition; they had watched, and ne
mad not fed or watered them for three
days. The officers went to the place,
ana found this team OF young horses
So weak that they staggered when lei
out OF the barn. The owner was admon-
ished to tai better care of his horses,
n that was the end of it.. Had he
peen on a Jamboree and %pulverized
some beast as senseless as himself ne
would have been dragged into the
marble halls OF justice and there re.
lleved OF enough money 10 buy arnica
II co~urtplaster to patch up the man.
sled dignity II peace of the state
aforesaid. The humane societies
should do something more than distriD,
ute tracts; they should organize thor
ouShiy, and nave representatives In
every town TO prosecute Offenders
Casper Tribune.
There Is a sermon in the foregoing
that ought to appeal to all those who
love a good horse or a faithful animal
OF any description. Much can be done
by the editors OF the state if they will
Keep before their readers the goodness
Of heart, the humanity and even the
selr-interest there is in treating ami
mails as they ought to be treated. A
faithful animal is made better and
more serviceable by kind treatment.
In the last sentence of the article
there is an admonition to organize and
an inference that nothing has been
done but to distribute warnings. 1t is
true that organization is desirable. 1t
is impossible for the state board L,
handle the entire state without Local
assistance. Every citizen should take
an interest in the work. If neighbors
are cruel to the dumb brutes in then
charge, the cruelty should be reporteJ
to the officers. Nearly all the towns
OF Wyoming now have one or more
humane officers and they will act whe,
complaints are made. During the past
Six months much has been done aside
from merely sending warnings to PEG.
pie who have been reported. The so,
ciety has taken up the cases Of As
girls, 6S boys. Asst horses, about a hun,
dred cattle, $50 sheep, has warned lie
saloonkeepers not to sell liquor to min
ors, has destroyed II animals, has pros
ecuted 35 cases in the courts and has
secured convictions in 33. In addition
to this work 215 warnings have been
sent to people who had been informed
upon. In all fairness, Is not this rec
ord something more than distributing
tracts?"
The Republican cannot conceive that
Editor Mokler has given close inves'
tigation to the work performed in his
W city or he would certainly not have
put this imputation upon the society
Much good work has been performed
there. Several teams have been TAX.
en- from the streets, where they had
been left by owners with neither hu.
mainly nor the fear of the law in their
hearts. Nine men were convicted in
Casper OF inhuman treatment of sheep,
And there has been at least one other
conviction there. Casper has three or
four good agents of the society, the
sheriff has given every evidence OF
being a big-hearted, humane man, at
all times willing to assist in the work,
and the city marshal has given every
evidence OF interest. Casper has had
much good work performed within her
limits, but doubtless the agents of the
society there will at all times show
energy and promptness in the prose.
cution Of any case that may come Or
be brought to their attention.
The Republican hopes that the edi,
tor of the Casper Tribune and the 9th
er newspaper men Of the state will
lend their valuable aid in the interests
of the society at all times. The work
already performed has been helped
very much through their assistance
but in the les future the services OF
the state agent must be dispensed with
because of lack of funds. The state
legislature made an appropriation OF
$1,000 to carry on the work for a pc
riod of two years. The actual expense
of the society with a state agent in the
field has been just about 5000 pei
month, hence the funds are running
low and another month will see the
work in the field stopped, except as
the unpaid agents of the society are
able to carry it forward. Much car
be done, but there will certainly be
great dea, left undone.
MAJ