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Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1908-07-03
VASHON


To Sumner last week to attend the
marriage of her cousin, Miss
Mamie jacobs to o. c. Goss, Prin-
cipal Of the local schools. The
bride is well known on the Island
and has many friends who wish
her much joy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair of Marysyille
visited Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Ward
last week. Mrs. b., who is n sing
er Of merit, rendered u solo much
enjoyed at the morning service Mt
the NJ. 4. church.
Mrs. Mary Il. Hayden, the lead
ING florist Of Tacoma, visited last
satnslay with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c.
Beall, Jr.
Mrs. Rickart and Miss Florence
made Sew days visit to Bremen
ton last week. ]. w. would have
been lonesome had it not been for
the excitement of returning his
neighbours COW, after its daily Wis
its to his vegetable garden.
1t is a pleasure to think of the
level head possessed by one son of
Scotland, David Murphy for three
years an employee of II. Harring-
ton & Co, decided to return to the
land OF the heather, but the men,
DRY Of Puget Sound was too much
for him and after an absence OF
four months he returned to Amer
len, secured his old position, sent
for his family and is henceiorth to
renounce allegiance TO every place
save Vashon Island.
The play presented by the local
G. +. was pronounced success
and SO well rendered as to have
been creditable to others than am
ateurs- As many were unable to
attend last Friday, there is talk
Of repeating it.
Charles Hutchins Of Seattle, who,
Is achieving fame as a whistler and
bird mimic, visited Highland Wen
on Saturday and Sunday, prior "a
II summer tour OF the Sound cities .
I'm which his services are to be epz
gagged by prominent amusement
company.
W. B. Rossiter, member of the
Columbia Grocery Co, of Indian
apolis Indiana, who is visiting in
Seattle, spent Monday with I.
Hansen, sampling berries and
other Island delicacies.
G. II. Ennis and G. c. Vollmer
Of Seattle spent Sunday on the
strawberry patch OF Lon Shimp.
The cannery has received car
and half OF the most modern and
satisfactory preserving jars. 1t
is now taking in large quantities
Of berries, and will continue the
preserving business during the en-
tire season.
Mrs. Henderson has returned
from Tulalip for weeks stay on
the Island, but expects to return
for a longer time in about month
Mr.. Henderson and Mr.. Harper
are engaged in work upon the
new buildings erected at the Re
servation.
Rumor has it that pool room
Is about te-be opened here. While
there may be nothing harmful in
pool, per se,it is a fact that public
room generally anything but
desira 'Aa acquisition to commun.
ity, especially to the young men.
and many towns, which have this
institution have wished they had
thought twice before consenting to
its establishment. Therefore we
hope the rumor may be incorrect.
Mrs. Mecay, sister of Mrs. F. w. /
Gorsuch, and children, Dorthy and
: HAhnr.t AiciNn,- ALA NJ
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT.

Queen Victoria. to the best of my recollection.
visited the Derby only once. namely. in 1910.
when she drove down to EPSON with the Prince
Consort. But King Edward has rarely missed
a Derby since he came of age. and by his in
auguration of the practice. previous his
cesson to the throne. of taking his consort and
his daughters to the race. has managed vastly
to improve the tone of the meetings. In fact.
while the Derby lacks the relative exclusiveness
of Ascot, Goodwood and Sandown which are.
after all. more less private courses. and is in
every sense a popular affair yet much of the
rowdiness which formerly marred the enjoy
ment Of the race. and which was so graphically
portray in the famous picture of the spectacle
painted ty the Royal Academician FIRTH in 1886.
has vanished Indeed until King Edward, as
teir apparent began taking his wife and daugh-
tais to the race. women kept away from the
Derby. and Queen Victoria's solitary visit in
1910 was regarded something altogether
extraordinary and at the time did not meet
with Public approval
In conclusion, it may be mentioned that Eng
land is probably the only country in the world
where horseracing is an aid instead Of a bar
to political prefcrment Lord Roseberys Prov
ess on The turf contributed in small degree
tc his success as a statesman. His racing stable
helped him to th" premiership of tho ompirr.
and once established in that office his winning
tvs" successive Dcrbles, with Ladas amt Sir
NiSto. vastly increased his hold upon the good
will OF his fellow countrymen and his impor-
tanCe IN their eyes II brilliant minister Of
the Cr It is difficult. indeed for Foreigners
lo realize the extent to which the English people
are interested III the sport of horscraclng in
general and above all in the Derby Indeed In
the Wilds Of Canada, in the plains of British
India, in the jungle and the forests Of the Dark
continent, up in the highest regions of the
Rocky Mountains in this country and Of the
Andes IN South America, the first question that
viii be invariably put during the next two or
three months By even the most Voc begane.
abandoned and altogether iod-forsaken Eng
ishnaH whom one may happen to encounter.
Vii! be Who the Derby"
EX-ATTACHE
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

a series Of ingenious reasons why they cannot do
anything A society intrusted by legislative en-
actment with the licensing CT dogs and putting
strays of existence cooly asserts that il is no
part of its duty protect men from dogs It was
organized 70 protect dogs from men. and II per-
forms this duty with beautiful success. even going
10 the length OF denying that rabies is disease
Of any consequence. despite the Health Board
record Of twenty-eght cases last year.
Il appears there IS economic niger in the
woodpile-'' The dog is intrenched in this COM
munity like traction the racetrack
gamblers, and he mas his staff of advocates, lobby
lists and phanimalists work for him against the
people who don't like him. If he newly
rived strange beast without inherited property
rights, New York would q canine ST. Bar
tholomews that would still the last yap
OF two hundred thousand terrors in twenty-four
hours. There is small minority Of aristocratic
dogs who possess . powerful influence and who
would appeal against radical measures to the Su-
pIeme Court Of the United States if necessary.
Some Of these personally Objectionable even
the dog haters admit having their own vaIets and
maids TO attend them. and enjoying generally q
more hyglenC life than the average human being
on the East Side but many of highest class
dogs. say their enemies, as great nuisances as
the outCIsts 1ho dine from garbage cans in the
street. Barking and filth the Of eX-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

vatchman's shanty said TO disturb sleep IN
Riverside Drive. a famous sculptor complained
of dog hospital behind his studio and the de
partment replied that its inspector. detailed to in
vestigate, heard no noise between the hours OF Il
and II 80 D. and the department had Jurisdiction
between II p. m. and a. m. only over unnecessary
noises
The efficacy of police court action was Illus
trated last year when Miss Marian II Carter. a
magazine writer. complained of barking dachs-
hUnd. She had in exhibits photographs
showing the dogs mouth open enough for any
kind of noise. The defendants attorney argued
that open mouth did prove bark-the ami
mai might have been yawung. Miss Carter also
offered in evidence a diary in which she had
nightly recorded for period OF three weeks the
duration and intensity of the dachShund's bark
Ing. The case was adjourned, referred the
District Attorneys Office and then the Corpora
ton Counsel. and the complainant despairingiv
said that she had had all the redress that sac
could afford
DIR. Walter Bense sanitary superintendent Of
the Health Department, told The Tribune reporter
that the department standing pat tie dog
question. and would probably not renew its old
request to the Board OF Estimate for an appro-
praton 10 abate the nuisance. II was not true.
stated. that tweuty-tour dog cstchers would
be put in the field by the health authorities 10
reinforce the twenty-siN ca-chers of the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Animals An ap-
preparation OF 5000 suppress Jhe canine nuis-
Richmond had been discovered. but
needed. At the present time the Department. had
important work In hand than go after
dogs. hc said The dogs Victims ych"Tueutiy dis
agree with him. and want tC know why be chooses
tn ignore part ot his duty while pursuing some
other part that Suit~ him better
George FouIk counsel to the Department or
Health said that it was astonishing fact that
there should be absolutely ne law ON the subject
Of dogs in NevS York owing to the decision oc
the court In the Richmond that the law of
1894. giving authority to 90" Society for the Pre-
vtntiou of Cruelty To- Nuimats 90 collect license
fees. uuCons tituttoual The court held that
"A private association was not entitled to receive
what amounted to a puhlic tax. The society with
drew its operations from the Borough of Ejch-
mond and took an appeal which is not being
pressed very Vigorously No licenses are being
issued now in Richmond. while the society's dog
catchers there are gathering up strays under Gl-
ffction OF the Health Department Mr Foulk said
that the soctety's pdraphernaha and stan Cf ex-
pert catchers we're Indispensable and you could
not expect ordinary policemen capture or regu-
late dogs. 1t vas not police duty He smiled at
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
ORIGIN OF THE RACE.

OF course everybody is aware that the Derby
owes its name and its origin TO the twelfth Earl
Of Derby. True race meetings were held on
EPSON Downs far back as in the reign of
James l. who devoted TO the sport, and
there used likewise in oden times to be race
meeting known the Derby Stakes held in the
Isle Of Man, of which the Earls of Derby were
not merely owners but sovereign rulers But
there no connection between the Ears of
Derby and Epson Downs until young penni-
less captain Of the guards. John Burgoyne,
natural son of the spendthrift Lord Bingley,
made Gretna Green marriage with Lady Char
lotte Stanley, daughter Of the eleventh Earl Of
Derby. Burgoyne and his bride went after their
marriage to live al an inn in the little parish of
Woodmansterne known as The Oaks, situated
on the Downs.
It had originally been a hunting lodge. owned
by the Lamberts. VINO We're lords of the manor.
and in those days it bore the name Of Lambert's
Oaks. owing 70 the number Of majestic trees Of
that kind by which It was surrounded. At the
time Of Burgoynes marriage The oaks had be-
come the village inn. So delighted we're the
young couple with the place that Burgovne
bought II, and without demolishng the old
hosiery commenced To build on to il country
house Of the Elizabethan order OF architecture
BY the time II had been completed Che Bur
goynes found themselves involved in pecunary
difficulties, and n reconciliation the mean
while having been effected with Lord Derby he
took over The oaks and the two or three hun
dred acres o. ground By which it was sur
rounded in 0Tde- 10 prevent it from passing into
the hands % strangers.
He b., -.4-c ,oIg- fond of the place, spent much
u Jas tii.e there. and gave ii large fttc cham
p51rc there pa Hume . l1If. IN honor IF the mar
rag" "f His grandson. att-rHard the twelfth
'aI. HiJh Lady Eetty Hamilton on which orca-
SION His saa-ln-laW, John EgrgoNne no~ gen
or.l, cDI-aUorated altL the famous actor Car
rich ia the production - the open air. play pro-
duced. TDe twelfth ~arl. nho succeeded to his
grandfatheT's Hnnors two years later eetaI-
lisf.rd Il racing stable at Tine oaks and iu I11g
luau .5,rat~d the so-called oaks race meeting
exclusively for hillcs, winning the first rae of
the series with mare by the name of Jemima.
bred by himself. 50 delighted vas he with his
success that ~ the folio" ing year he supple
nlented the oaks with another race meeting.
also on Epson Downs. and 70 y hich he gave his
own name-that Is to say the Derby Stakes
That Vas IN l1SiI ard since then not = year has
passed without the Derby being run on EPSON
Downs either OF the last Wednesday ia May
C! on the hrst Wednesday II JuIs, *
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

in New York in a weeks time" In spite q this
view. DR. Darlington has the power 70 order bark
ing dog 70 be removed.
Superintendent Free1 o. the Society for the Pre-
vention cf Cruelty To Animals stated thar over
ten thousand dogs had been seized in this city
by the agents OF the society in the last four months.
and that more than hundred of these had
been redeemed By their owners at cost Of $
apiece. About a hundred thousand cats ard dogs
are captured every year and most OF them pain
lessIy destroyed in filed iron box. There are
sixty thousand licensed dogs. and perhaps unors
than three times that number Of tramps and IN
licensed animals
The minimizing by the society Of the rabies dsn-
ger is rot only coutradicte1 by the Board OF
Health record OF twenty-eight deaths last year.
bur by recent study. entitled Rabies and Its n
creasins Prevalence" BY George II Hart. V
NJ d. OF the pathological division United states
Department or Agriculture. The disease prevails
throughout the country. according TO the federal
publication. claiming from 500 human deaths
every year During the last year thirtythree posi-
tive cases received in the government Laboratory
from the District OF Columbia and vicinity vers
animals which had inflicted bites on sixteen per-
sons. forty-six dogs. two horses an6 two cows.
Eleven cases We're also received from more dis
tant parts OF the country. and these animals ot
twenty persons. one horse and many sheep
The fact that many physicians OF long practcs
nave never seen case OF hydrOphobia proves noth-
ing PAsteur treatment as given in MANY institu-
u'hS III tAis country has reduced the mortality TOM
~ per cent 70 fraction Of L Der The cost OF
the treatment is from SlUJ SJ0 the Institutes
While the New York Board OF Health has on &C.
CASTOR sent % physicians and veterinarians in oInsf
cities daily doses by mail OF inoculative emulsion
az fhe rate ot s. for each co-rs OF trss.-asS-
The government bureau OF animal industry may
determine To supply veterinarians with the anti
rabies virus az nominal This would be t''
ih~ prvte' iiou Of animals. 10 has not vet oeeh
suggested that the government might pro'eS'
human beings.
After you have told all these facts 70 the ve'nH
~ city dog noise he generally harks back ~
his original argument that there - one sutn0''N'
IN this dog ridden metropolis which has the poNe
to curb the nuisance 20 very large extent indeoe
and trat Is the health board Under former A0
mir istratious complaints against dog nuisah0o'
were promptly taken up. with highly benenciai -
suits. but present the board has dehoerh'eo
decided 70 ignore complaints unless they are Nea'
persistent indeed. II the board is sufficiently NoF
ried. the dogs victims II may act. but not =
matter ot duty-ony to itself rou0ls n~
too persistent eomplalnansA
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

Hcmers HAD or the moon baying choruses that
murder sleep in backwoods villages.
There is nice insistence upon the public hy-
giene. a who spits in public conveyances or
on sidewalks is liahl= - prompt arrest a dog ne
fouls paverents an3 park spaces intended for
chdren's play. and lgtE."g is said If man
plays the piano until nj n!ght there is restraint
for him. while the dog is generally privileged 10
keep folks awake al all hours. If threat
assault another he is bound over to keep the
peace. while the dog may not only threaten. ut
inf1ict, d bite without remedy in accordance with
the legal maxim that he is entitled TO his first
bite" The disgusting and unsanitary fagiliarty
between dogs and human beings that prevailed N
the Middle Ages exists TO-DAY in great civilized
city Fleas the hair and bacteria on the feet
gathered from sporting amid street offal. are
brought into modern homes by the dog There are
proba bly, hundred thousand dogs in New York
that are virtual 1ramps, and equal number that
would be termed tramps If they were regarded IN
the same light as human beings who do not support
themselves nor perform any useful work.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

not abate the nuisance She can well afford IL
few repetitions of this offence it was contended
should constitute nuisance and entail the reVoca
ton of the license, while barking dogs should oe
deported or sent the pound Moreover. the IN
discriminate breeding Of these dogs produces ire
ouentIv savage and dangerous progeny Sometimes
ten dogs were herded together in pack, roaming
about killing smaller animals upsetttng garbage
cans distributing their contents all over the streets
and sidewalks making night hideous with their
hovIing The society Society for the PTeven-
tfon of Cruelty AnimalsJ has made no EFFORT
that know Of abate this nuisance
Among the letters of complaint treasured By the
depa rtnent, and in answer to which were routine
requests for afdavits or a reference 10 the police
courts. were the following:
The people in the of my apartment main
tain a dog which is great nuisance His barking
interrupts the sleep of my child in the early part
of the evening and this is Of nightly occurrence
This is the third time have had occasion 70
complain to you regarding the nuisance caused by
a barking dog An officer called at our home and
presiIue at the place where this dog is kept, for
the nuisance was abated for a period of Two or
three nights. Since then however, the dog Is per
rnitted in the yard night and barks continually
(Afidavt inclosed)
woman in q I'D street apartment:
II could go writing in the strain OF a lunatic
(as feel myself the verge Of insanity, but l
will speak mildly possible
A in SpUyten Duyvt:
I'VE have been almost driven TO the verge Of
despair by the barking OF next door neighbor's
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

..,rot no ignored The Board of Health has enor-
NOUS almost unlimited powers. and for thls very
reason we wish to be conservative III eHeicisihs
then, These powers would doubtless be curtdlleo
If ve were found TO use them recklessly. ihe
answer 10 this is say the dog victims that these
powers might just well be curtailed as allowed
to lapse intel nnocuous desuetude
"I,r Darlington said: II made eftorts three
wears ago to have the Legislature pass la"
Giving us authority to deal adequately with the
dog nuisance It IS question whether ac-
tion should not be taken by the Board of Alder
men / have a strong feeling on the subject
although I do not to express mysel1 IN oe-
tail can tell you what 1 do with my own dos'
Of which 7 am very fond-I keep him In the
country II is kindness TO him as we'll as 10
myself and other people. The danger or ranles
is by no the only one We must cohsiuer
the filth dissemination of disease, and the fnde-
cent spectacles of dog breeding in the streets
which are witnessed by school children ana
against which we have many complaints Dogs
befou the sidewalks. l have counted large
number of separate offences Of this order merely
on my way luncheon from this ofhce 70 a res
taurant Shoes and dresses are contaminated oy
this filth. The animals certainly ought not 10 De
allowed in elevators. The city is not good piace
for them at all We have hundreds Of complaints
against he Wing. barking and otner nuisanees
but it is impossible TO send out to Watch
for and verify the noise when we have only fifty
six poIiCemen to enforce all the sanitary rules
don't doubt the particular instance mat you
mention of an offensive bulldog in Riverside Park
and a woman vainly appealing to a regular police
man. I could add TO such instances. Is II the
duty of A regular policeman to enforce all laws.
including those against dogs? To answer that
question might be construeu as criticism Of
coordinate department, which am unwilling to
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
HEALTH BOARD AUTHORITY.

The Health Department has. summary authority
over dogs as a TO life and health IL coulu
seize every arfimal in the streets and even 1aNade
the homes Of citizens to capture dogs that are
ruisances It could order canine cleanup as II
could a war against cholera. The courts wouid
hesitate to interfere with such move "hlch Woulu
be perhaps an invasion of personal liberty yet no
more extreme than hundreds of things done in the
name of the public welfare. If the Health Depart
rnent did not care to extermin6te at once, il could
court martial enough dogs so that the rest would
learn better manners or quit the city. There was
a time when the department acted on complaints
in summary way. A canine nuisance had short
shrift without the formality of civil suits or long
drawn out police court hearings. Perhaps the dog
was assumed guilty until proved innocent. but this
attitude. ii is argued conduced TO the public bene-
fit. held that the constitution was not writ
ten TO protect a four-legged animal that presurnp-
lively harbors feas and barks in the night 1t
seems as if the dog lobby gradually got to work,
and the health officials let up in their crusade. In
recent years ctiszns have been invited to help
themselves to the processes of the police courts
where the dog lawyer generally tries to prove that
the complainant ha sn't studied music: therefore, he
can't tell the difference between the yoUl of
dachshund and the roar of St. Bernard.
The Health Departments claim of impotence TO
remedy conditions recently made to a Tribune re-
porter various grounds, including the lack OF
funds, wholly contradcted few days after
ward by DR.. Darlington's order to the managers Of
the Bide-a-Wee home for friendless animals that
they must remove the collection of dog and cat
hoboes from the premises al No. Sc Lexington ave
nue.. In this case there had been plenty of
plants, had been admitted that at one time
two hundred dogs were singing bass and tenor to
the caterwauling melody of many cats. board
ing house keeper complained that she had lost all
her boarders in two houses on account of a
tinuous performance that put Nibelungenlied
in the shade.
Yes. there were more drastic methods used
formerly said official Of the Health Depart
ment, but I didn't approve of them. The prop
erty rights in this question of suppressing dogs
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

The only regulation in force a. present ls s7e-
cfaI order OF the Board OF Health. passed January
% last which ordains that dog out OF doors
be rnuzzled, II alone. wear a collar with nars
ard address Of owner if accompanied by owner.
he held on leash not more than four feet in length
Violation OF the order is msdemeanor. but is a.
most universal II was difficult. thought Mr. Foulk
70 enforce such a special order. and the Board OF
Aldermen should pass regular ordinance u1de-
Section 81 OF the city charter. which says the a.
dermen shall have power to regulate or forbid
the keeping OT dogs" The aldermen were asked ty
the health authorities 10 take action a year ago.
but they failed do 50, partly the ground that
the Richmond decision pending The dogs
victims say Mr.. FoUIk's views to the dieH-ulty
OF enforcing this special order would val
liable il an effort TO enforce it had first been made
A few arrests for splitting have done much 20 dis
courage spitters, for instance.
We have to be a little careful in considering
radical measures said the counsel ''becaUss the
Court of Appeals has held that owner mas
property right il a dog which is not necessarily
a fierce animal The principle in civil suits is that
a dog is entitled 20 MS first bite. and he is
proved vicious until he bites the second time
have here collection Of legal decisions on the dog
da- a-ing back 10 1872. which show how carefully ths
animals rights are protected. Il is necessary TO
show that dog is habituaI offender Before you
can do anything to him. II he trespasses, you
kill him. II necessary. only 70 the lie %
your chickens The mere fact that he is accus-
toned TO Worry hogs and other animals does no<
Justify killing him. We need authority and
appropriation TO handle the problem in this city.
am confident that if Dr.. Darlington had the
money and the power you wouldn't see stray dos