The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-16
WORK ENTITLED TO SUPPORT
Report Shows Vast Amount of Work
That Agent Has Been Called Upon to
do During Year-More Than 200
Gases Investigated and Disposed of.

People interested in movements along
the line Of humanity will be deeply
interested in the annual report Of
James FL. Karnes, humane agent for
Kenosha county, which was made pub
lie today The report shows the great
work done by Mr.. Karnes without
assistance. It follows:
Ninth annual report, Kenosha County.
Branch of the Wisconsin Humane
Society
In submitting my annual report, lat
or than [ should otherwise have done,
wish to explain that I have delayed,
hoping that a meeting of the officers
of the society might be called before
the report was made public.
Tt has come to point where some
thing definite must be done to keep
the organization going. Many good
citizens are glad to help but without
officers and business meetings, CO.
operation is hard to secure. / have
repeatedly begged to be relieved Of
the Office Of agent. Few people, how
ever, are willing to accept an Office
of disagreeable work and no pay. 1t
has, therefore, been my policy to try
tc continue the duties until local
people have become well enough ac-
quainted with the needs and ambitions
of such work, as outlined by state Of
fcers of the society, to make it an
object for someone else to be willing
to assume the duties Further more,
when at times public indifference and
individual personal abuse have led me
to decide to give up, urgent demands
for matters needing immediate atten.
ton become so frequent that it was al
most impossible to remain inactive.
Humane societies are now so prevail
emit and we'll established in all parts
of this and other states that very lit
tie question now arises as to their
place in the regular annual routine of
city and county administration of law
and decency. The state has made it
possible for county boards to make all
needful appropriation for expenses and
priated $4,000 to the cause this year,
but because no meeting Of the officers
can be secured, the money is still forth
coming and the total annual salary so
far, for 1913, is 5000.
The main purpose of the annual re-
port is to let the public know what IS
being done. In this year s statement
] am endeavoring to set forth these
facts and also to give references
enough from reports of similar efforts
in other counties and states so that
comparisons may be made and local
growth stimulated.
During the year 1918, the following
cases have been reported and attend
ed to:
Misused and illfed horses taken
from owners, cared for and
returned under restrictions. :.
Abused children looked after,
taken from parents and placed
by adoption in other homes. :.
Pigeon shoots and cock fights
stopped or routed to other parts
Cases of cruelty to children by
ignorant or unthinking par
ents 20
Disabled horses suspended from
use and killed ..........13
Cases of general cruelty to
horses .53
Cases of starving chickens. -.
Cases of boys and hunters shoot
ing song birds ...,.......
Driving little children away from
fires which they had started. is
Cruelty by young people to
aged parents ...........
Cruelty to cattle, leaving for
long periods without water or
unsheltered in extreme weather. z
Drivers cautioned or reprimand-
ed for overlooking, running or
otherwise abusing horses ...55
Dogs left tied up and unfed IL. z
Horses hitched out for hours
without blankets in cold
weather ................. 22
Loads of wood supplied to poor
or suffering ................ 10
Cases where food and clothing
were supplied to needy $3.50. 10
Miscellaneous cases of cruelty
and neglect .................15.
Total /. /. .............2 16
Because a simple enumeration of the
eases does not do justice to their
character, I win state somewhat in
detail the nature of few represen.
Sative eases.
Neighbors reported hearing child
moaning frequently during the night
investigated the case and found thai
little boy of about eight years had
been seriously burned about the arms