The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
CRUSADE AGAINST
UNLICENSED DOGS
polio. Department. eets Busy WITH
Reduction Of Local Canine Popula-
ton Of keo-
kuk.
INFoRMAT1oNs SWORN
Ten Citizens Hailed Into Court on
the Charge Of Violating City Or
dlnanees Regarding
Dog Tax.
Beware Of the dog-catcher.

II you are the happy possessor of
one or dozen CANNES and have not
paid the 1911 license tax on same,
police officials declare that one of
three things will happen in the
course Of the next few days. You
will pay to the city clerk the s1.35 or
the $2.35, as the case may be, OF you
will telephone to police headquarters
and have Ffdo indicted into the mys-
teries Of the gas box, or you will ap-
pear In the superior court to answer
the charge of committing misde-
meanor. There Is another alternative
II you neither pay, nor kill you may
escape the clutches of the law tenn
porarily by keeping the Pomeranian
indoors, but once he gets off of your
property you have rendered yourself
liable; and the city officials state that
Justice will be swift.
The above kindly warning is sug-
gested by information filed this morn
Ing in the superior court against elev-
en- more or less prominent citizens
charging said citizens with commit
ting misdemeanors in that each did
permit a dog harbored by him to be at
place other than his own" (not the
dogs, the owner's) the said dog be-
ing then and there without collar
having attached thereto license tag
Of the city OF Keokuk for the year
1911. George Stewart, James Rose,
Frank Ginter, Peter Vandendoel, Joe
Scott, Albert Kebo, James Grigsby
Charles Owens, John Hampton. Zach
arias Mitchell and j. w. Means are
the names preceding the above
charge filed with Judge w. L. McNa
mara. Warrants were issued this NOR
ming for the arrest of the alleged doc
owners and 1t was expected that the
majority of them would appear in
court during the day.
Marshal Henry Schevers has thus
inaugurated his annual crusade
against unlicensed dogs, or rather the
owners of such. He states that the.
are some three hundred other goot
citizens OF Keokuk who are liable I'm
der the statutes regarding the keep
ing of CANNES upon which the tai
has not been paid, and declares tina
in the course of time each of these
will be given a personal invitation t.
settle up unless this general invita-
ton is accepted.
II hope that mo one will feel insulte;
when an officer calls at the house ant
asks how many dogs live there AM
how many are wearing the little bras
tag" said Chief Schevers this morn
ing The force will make house t
house canvass and before the hun
has ceased all dogs within the bour
daries of the municipality will b
listed. China dogs, excepted AN
please emphasize this" said the chic
Anyone owning a dog for whic
they do not intend to buy a tag ca
have the canine painlessly put out c
the way by calling the police station
An officer will call for the pup an
send him to the next world via tn
gas box Last July eighty untaxe
dogs were executed in this manne
The record to date for the preser
month is just half of this figure.
is not unlikely, however. that tn
number will pass eighty before Aul
ust arrives.
Last year licenses were paid
1902 dogs. Thus far in 1911 only ~
pets wear the bell tag. The police d.
partment expects to find out wher
the balance of the dog population
during the next few days.