The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-06-21
OR. Y. 4. NlRGllRD
INCURS OISPLElSUR[
Of THE commission

plspleasnfe sat Al the board Of agri |
culture commissioners yesterday morn |
ing aud frowncd upon Victor A. Nor
gard. territorial veterinarian and head
Of the division Of animal industry Of
The board The commissioners insist
ed that Norgaard had been too free
with the appropriations allowed him.
that he had frequently signed rcquisi.
tions without the necessary warrant
from the director or commissioner
and noted similar Irregularities In the
handling of the finances.
Director Director Giffard mention.
cd instances, Commissioner Won Holt
mentioned instances and other commits.
ter that went into secret session and
discussed them though what the dis
cussion led to was not made public.
Norgaard himself made his usual re.
mort to the board. There had happen.
cd what he called an "influx OF dogs"
thirtv-six to he exact, which had taxed
the pup capacity of the quarantine
station. A request had been received
from the veterinarian of the Fifth Cav
airy, he said, requesting substation
for military dogs, which was grant
ed
Norgaard also discussed other things.
He told how a special quarantine sta
/ ton had been established "within the
confines of the Biiou Theater'' for the
Lordy performing dogs. He referred to
T, the Lordy request for permission to ira.
vel to the other islands but recommend
ed that it be not granted.
superintendent Ehrhorn of the di
vision Of entomology, and Superinten
dent Hosmer of the division of forestry
both made reports The formers show
| cd an immense amount of work to hay,
! been performed by the chronological in
spcctors in the ocean steamer and in
terisland steamer inspection but no in
cidcnt other than routine Importance
e was recorded. Mr.. Hosmer gave the de
N tails of an inspection trip to Hawai-
n during a week in May in which h
/. went over the forestry work in Kau.
Performing Dogs.
IL The Lordy performing dogs haven
anything on military dog as Doc
'e tor NOrgaard calls them, which fey
weeks ago didn't go to Schofeld Ban
IS racks. The territorial veterinarian dc
e. voted considerable space to the adver
NJ lures of the canine in question whic
eluded the vigilance of the Who'll
er dinged Territory and the six-mont
quarantining regulation besides.
ur A whole delegation from Schofel
waited on Norgaard to obtain permi
CO sion to establish a dog quarantine Q
Leilehua for the army dogs. Norgaar
was kanalua for some time but final
III consented to relinquish his personal a,
in thority over the unhappy bow-wov
who might possibly have the rabies an
es accepted the colonel's guarantee an
,st the guarantee of heaps of 9TH
officers that no one, not even the
TX. owners, would be permitted
ed touch the dogs until the six mont
m were up, by which time the regime
,es will probably be ordered from the il
ho and.
tie. When the dogs arrived on the tran
of port, however, they were sent out I
.rd the train to the barracks and while e
an ing out naughty greyhound jump
out of the window. "The train W
an moving at full speed, - exclaims T.
YER Norgaard in his report, "and ev'
though it was stopped and backed !
iva the dog was not recovered
in Alas for the colonel's guarantee a.
rk all the others. The lanky brute, 6
TO cording to the veterinarian, came to Il
am. nolulu, was placed back on board t
transport (by whom, who knows2) a
7 carried to Manila.
vad "This incident" says the vete
gbt marian, " Shows the danger of shippi
e. dogs to Schofeld." The clear lucid
ian. of this argument was backed up
we'd Others showing that California has
full rabies, not political, but the real d.
gone kind.