The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-04

E,ditor Tribune--In large and graphic
headlines and pathetic tcNt, The Tribune
yesterday rccitcd that twenty-five horses
along Redwood road in Salt Lake county.
died OF cold and starvation. Can anyone
who read that newspaper item conpre-
mend the unspcakable suffering OF those
finally succumbcd to frost and slow star
walton. Think OF the infinite horror
through the clustering days and endless
nights before plying death came To their
relief, Think OF the days and weeks
without adequate food. drink or shelter,
before merciful death crept onto tho
shrunkcn forms Of mans most valuable
co partners for what would the world
be without them
They had given their labor without
rccompcnsc to fiji Inc barns and cellars
! for their owners With the most bountiful
harvest the state ever saw. and when
thcr service, they are turned out upon
the dreary, snow-coycrcd wastes TO
starve5
And all this in a neighoorhood of
churches and schools, u neighborhood re-
putcd TO be pcoplcd with civilized mon
and tcnder-hearted women! All this un-
der the joy bells OF Christmas that SUM
mon those responsible for the crime TO
the sanctuary Of God 10 listen from clo-
oucnt lips 10 the beautiful story Of the
Babe and the msnser, Would it be a
miracle Il those dumb and helpless crca-
turcs should lift up their eyes, closing
With The freezing MN ol death. ana ASH
'ls there u God?''
The frozen ground, for so tine mournfu!
story runs, was plastered with . mortar
! OF shredded skin. and hair, and clottcd
blood, mute witnesses TO the vain struG-
| gle with dil1tory death, one last struggle
| for another mouthiul OF frozen tuf To
cke out one more breath. and all this
while church bells We're ringing and clo-
quent Ips. oVcr-full stomnchs and warm
clothing. were telling the sweet story
of the Christ and his pity for the fallen
sparrow.
] am not accounted d crank nor a pi-
rate | try always and everywhere TO
cultivate a spirit OF bonhomlc and charity
| toward The world, ana am ever ready 10
urge excuse for my own ShortComiHs
| and that OF others, but il IS mighty hard
| To write calmly and temporarily in tho
presence oil such iucNcusablc and wanton
wrong. Utah has n good law against such
| cruelty and what are the executors ot
| that Law doing where such lnonstrous
cruelty, persistent and puTpoSely. il con
summatcd" What arc the churches that |
| believe in and help TO support. doing.
! while facing crime like that depicted
| in Tho Tribune" But as for me. say
| tract it that / would rather spend an
eternity in tophat with those noble bTutes
that went up 10 their reward by the route
| OF uUrcuuipted toll end neglect, and the
storms Of winter. than TO rciEn in para
disc with the Intolerabc criminals who
permitted twenty-five horses 10 starve
and freeze 10 death on lockwood IO0d In
| Salt Lake county, Utah. Heaven would
bc lonesome place in their company. the
shadow of their sinister fuccs would duh
| the brightest halo.
| The boy that never owned dog, the
| man or woman who never owned and
gained the confidence and affection OF a
| horse are losing vastly more than they
realize TN they get acquainted with those
| two great ministers of civilization. The
boy, by studying the fidelity and interest =
| ing ways OF his dog. will grow to bc "A
| better boy, will hc more faithful to duties