Arizona republican., 1910-12-05

lege to become a member of this so- ciety. which requires but little time or money to keep it up. This society should be and if ] understand it right, is open to every man, woman and child in the valley. And l am satis- fled if everybody understood it's i'm portance to the general welfare of this community they would welcome the opportunity to have share in it.. There is no reason why every business man in Phoenix is not q member of this organization and every reason why they should be-especialy doc tors and ministers of the gospel. We should have on our membership the assistance of the bar. the justices and district judges. as they are for the betterment of fellow man and beast. and l honestly believe they should seek 10 become members of this so- ciety, and if such were the case the results would be marvellous.
 Any one who out of kindness of the heart assists in alleviating the suffer ings of man or beast has done more for the world than those who out of his multiplied millions occasionally endows university ar bestOws a li- brary. There are thousands of kind hearted people in this valley who need but to know the work that is being done by this society to give it their support. Our only means of support is through the generosity of our humanely disposed people. It Is not the officers of the society who are asking for money nor the members who are freely and grauitously de- voting their time and labor that want il. but the helpless and abused ani- mals and children-GOd's creatures All of them cry out in their distress for the means to alleviate their suf- ferings. which can only be furnished by their more favored brothers
 It must be said to the credit of the citizens that there are less worn out horses on our streets than in most places of equal size, and we should commend the people of the Salt River valley on their well-kept stock. but when We do see poor, neglected ani- maj it attracts more attention for tliis reason.
 The chief feature of this organiza-
 
 that of educating people in the hu- mane treatment of animals so that it is to he hoped in the future the neces- sity of killing animals will be very rare. l would advise. if possible, that we have our bylaws so fixed that any member of the society, upon showing credentials of membership. would be able to authorize any officer of the law to make an arrest for cruelty at any time.
 One of the best evidences of our work is that a wholesome respect is expressed throughout the city for the humane society and it's officers. An other evidence is the changed attitude toward the treatment of animals
 In my opinion. after our bv-laws are drawn up and we are a little better organized. it would he good scheme to organize a junior society. so that children through organization would become thoroughly educated and trained in humane work and out pub lie instructors should work with us to this end
 We have given considerable atten- tion to the care of children who may
 
 natural parents and we also want 10 look after old people. This we want to make one of our principal features. and we ask the public To assist us in this work
 All reports of cruelty have been i'm mediately investigated by the officers or some member of the society, aI- though some of them have been in- supported by the evidence and some complaints entirely ground 's, but no case goes uninvestigated and l think some of the special cases We have had attest the earnestness and fairness of our society We are young. and feel the people have to be educated in our work. and therefore we have been little more lenient in the past-mOre than we should be in the future. l think that one notice is l sufficient to any one when they are 1 not treating their animals right and i great many cases should be punished even without any notice |
 l believe the ministers of our city could do 10 more good than to set | aside one Sunday in each year to he | known as humane Sunday. This day l l. nane work in this city.
 In closing l wish to say that our society owes considerable gratitude to ! ihe sheriff of this county and his force | md the city officials. the justices. and | Lhe constables. for their assistance to i ls. We feel especially thankful to the Phoenix newspapers and the Phoenix frlntInS company and numerous indi- 'iduals who have given us their assjs- tance at various times. and to all we should he thankful.
 l close with the full appreciation 'f the honor conferred upon me bv the society in the past year and with the wish that it may grow and prosper md that its usefulness may be felt lot only in this city but throughout he new state of Arizona.