Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-21
THE HEN EVIL


" OlltlnNtU from Ihgt flknlsl
when YOU got hold Of hushel or 50
that were no account and were all
cracked open like the small boys
summer heel. which YOU geuteely toss
ed out into the chicken Yard The
old hen takes two or three mouths
ul and goes ON about her business of
making money for the estate hut
turn that old hen out Of captivity
and the mopng spirit that once lay
within her bosom is instantly reiu-
Ncnated She saunters up to the to-
mplo patch There are several good
sized Varicgutcd W6fms with a rhl-
noccrous stem at one end that ought
to look good to hen Just out Of the
.pcnitcntmry, but there's nothing do
Ing. Whacll, she sticks her beak
into q BLUSH looking tomato weigh
ing q pound and twenty-eight ounces,
Her face goes up 10 her eyes and
latter taking two or three tastes and
wiping the seeds off her lips with her
index toe, Whuck' she tries another
one, II looked better than the first
but tastes worse. Thus she. goes
throughout the tomato patch with
yearning spirit and particular taste,
pccking holes into each tomato she
runs across, and she always finds 'em
all, only to finally return TO the first
one she peckcd and try 1t all over
Iagnin
And It only takes an old hen TWEEN
ty-Onc minutes TO cover an eating
TERRITORY extending over half block.
dollar hen ruins three or four do
lars worth of vcgetables-an then
she had no business there. That's
the gnawing part Of it--that old fool
lneighbor that has to tell the time OF
| day by looking az the moon hasn't
the least bit Of business to keep chick
ems anyway, and you are going TO call
| up the police and tell them about It.
Well, you call up the police sta
tion and tell your troubles All tight,
come up and swear out n warrant
or file information and the sturdy
cops win swoop down on the chick
On man and bring him before the
bar of Justice In the municipal court,
there TO answer for the unconstitu-
tional right of letting his old hens
tramp around on your premises when
he shouldn't be allowed to have any
hens at all.
No. you don't want to kick up
fuss and have "A falling out with the
frscngihle--buc II ley bother you
again you viii certainly make charges
against him
AS long as people do that way"
said Police Commissioner Smiley yes
terday the hen evil win remain Just
as II is at present-a great many kick
ing about chickens making depre-
datlons into their gardens. and with
no one willing to SO about 1t in a
legal way. There are complaints com
Ing into the department almost every
day about somebody's chickens both
ering somebody else. But two par
ties today promised that they would
make examples OF their neighbors in
this respect the first opportunity that
PRESENTED Itself
That viii be the only way to stop
the practice of letting chickens run
nt large. If a few prosecutions occur
II Will make other owners OF this
brand of livestOcwk little bit care
ful with their hens and the kicks will
cease being reported"
SO II you have an old hen that Is n
Kind of a gossiping old Blddy and
That makes raids into your neighbor's
premises on a foraging expedition,
Keep her locked up. She might be
the cause of you being hailed into
police court and paying a snug little
sum into the treasury of the city