The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-18
Blythe Way.
Br Harvey PARSONS.
Concernine Don.

Conserving Dogs.
Hondo Murphy came in today ana
demanded recognition OK the CHAIR
He wanted to talk about dogs. And
affer qualifying AZ an expert dog
ologist, he said in part:
There seems to be revolt, on the
part OF dog owners. They are almost
unanimous in their belief that Henry
George and Joseph Fels were right
when they advocated q single tax II
10 hard to make q dog owner believe
that his pet should be taxed into re-
tirement. and the easiest way to get
q rise out OF the average man Ii TO
begin kicking his dawg around.
The dog question Is one that IL
Ii either taken Is q matter OF course,
and given little thought. or made the
subject Of wild flights of oratory and
bloodshed. and as a calm, unbiased
dog expert, desire to offer something
on the subject.
'An dogs are not good dogs-they
approach too closely to human in
telligence to be uniform Being diff
ferent, they need different. treatment
A dog that dfslikes children, and II
dangerous. should be killed. and. az
| he is not quite human. he can be
executed without violating the con-
stttution of the state. 1t is not neces-
sary to send him to q nice peniten-
tiary and give him all the comforts
OF home including baseball and pic
ture shows.
"A dog that banks all the time at
everything. real or imaginary. should
| be punished by having his owner
thrown into the dog pound for 80
days;
between 1 and 100 pounds. and is the
one you own or have owned.
l
Down on the classic, but unfortun-
ate Wakarusa creek. lives man who
| Is a dog hater. He favors the sheep.
| and week ago he wrote to his fav-
| orite paper, which is the kind of a
paper that wants more sheep. and told
for sheep. He wants all the dogs
| killed. because sometimes a dog kills
| sheep. If I had q dog and he
| should bite a sheep, Intentionally, he
| would be punished 1 would take him
firmly by the hind leg and grab q
| club. a large club, about the size Of
lead pencil. and give him a brutal
beating. And as I welded the weap-
| on I would criticize that dog for his
| low taste, using my best vein of sar-
| casm. If felt that my vein of sar-
casm wasn't panning enough to the
ton, would slam q pick into some Of
| the sarcasm of Bill Nye or Sam
| Blythe and use that. I would make
| every effort to convince that dog Of
my disapproval. After beating him
! up something awful. I would make
him wash out his mouth with soap
and water, fine him four bones and
| bench him for a week. So, you see,
agree with the muttonOus gentle
man Of the Wakarusa, that it is very
wrong for a dog to bite q sheep.
Il know lot more about dogs-a
lot OF good things and some scandals
about them. and as a dog expert it is
my opinion that neither legislation
nor sheep lovers will be able to put
| the dog in the same glass case with
the dodo and the dinosaur''
One good turn deserves
another. II he declare for
the Missue and she is elect
1 ed governor we shall use
| our influence liz we have
any, to see that Col. Harve
Parsons Is made matron of
i any state institution. reQuir-
ing such official, that he may
select.-E. E. Kelley, in To-
ronto Republican.
We did tentatively endorse Mrs.
! Kelley for governor; and when she
/ gets the Office we shall demand as
the right Of a discoverer, the job of
Home, promising, the while, to treat
| Brother Kelley with the greatest con-
| sideration and see that he gets his tea
and foot warmer regularly.
| Tomorrow is Sunday. And mayhap
about three of our village ministers
will find time to preach the sermon
| on Peace on Earth, Good Will To-
ward Men," which was due Easter
Sunday but set aside for the emer-
gency subject Of: I'VE View With
Alarm the Fact that a Fallen Woman
Escaped Our Executioners" The
! Easter sermon should appear under
the head Of: Unfinished Business. -