Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-02
SUGGESTIONS ON
ROSE DAWSON
MEMORIAL ASKED
Special Committee Finds Idea
of Drinking Fountain I'M
practicable for SAM
tary Reasons

the special committee appointed by
the Humane Society to take charge
Ct the Rose Dawson Memorial an
nCunces that the original plan to in
stall a drinking fountain for animals
has proved inpracticable and that the
memorial must take some other form.
| Accordingly, suggestions will be re-
ceived for the next ten days by the
special committee, of which Mrs. l.. l..
McCandless is chairman.
| At the end of that time, 1t is plan
ned to hold a meeting of the commit
tee to consider the suggestions and de-
eide what shall be done. The meeting
| is now tentatively set for Tuesday,
January Is.
The plan for the drinking fountain
met with much favor because its spirit
was regarded as particularly appro-
pirate in view of the life and good
deeds Of Miss Dawson, for years: the
Humane Soclety's special officer. How
ever, consultations with experts brought
cut the fact that the animal foun.
tain would not be practicable. from
sanitary standpoint, owing to the ne
cessity for guarding against the spread
! Of CHAMBERS in Hawaii.
The society named the following
| special committee On the memorial,
to- lock into the advisability Of having
the fountain: =
Mrs. L. L. McCandless, chairman,
Miss Helen Wilder, George C.. Potter,
Miss WilheImina Tenney, Gerrit P.
- Wilder, e. A. P. Newcomb, A. Cart
ley.
After consulting with veterinary sur
geons and horse-owrers, Mr.. Gartley
reported to the committee with the
following letter, =,
Mrs. l.. L. MeCandless,
Chairman of the Rose Dawson
= Memorial Committee, II.
eFor the Society for the Proven.
ton of : Cruelty to Animals,
Z i Honolulu. T. H.
, Dear Madam:-In conformity with
the request of your committee as to
the adyisability of installing a.drink
ing fountain for animals, as a suit
able and fitting memorial to the mem
DRY of Miss Rose Dawson, l would
say that / have made inquiry of many
men representing interests in Homo
lulu using animals for draught pur-
poses, and find the opinion to be
unanimous that the installation of a
public drinking fountain for animals
would be step backwards in SAM
tation, Veterinary surgeons, owners
of animals and drivers of animals all
stated emphatically that they would
not allow animals of theirs to drink
at such fountain, owing to the pos
sibility OF contracting CHAMBERS and
other diseases. s~.-r@<..
Il know further, that on the plan
tations no animals other than the
plantation animals are allowed to
drink in their watering troughs. An
epidemic animals of CHAMBERS recently
occurred in the Hamakua district,
and the territorial veterinary depart
ment caused to be closed and destroy
ed all of the public drinking troughs
from Hamakua to Hilo. go -.
"The following letter expresses the
general opinion of those who have
knowledge of the requirements OF ami
mails and is quoted IN full for the In
formation of your committee
"In reference to your inquiry as to
the benefit OF a public drinking foun-
tain for animals, allow me to. state
that TIE Humane Society cannot sug-
gest anything more serious than TO
advocate that proposition.
: "The prevalence of glanders and
other contagious diseases among the
horses here cannot be suppressed If
animals are allowed free access to
said fountain, unless an officer who
has a GOOD knowledge of the diseases
of animals is allowed to stand guard
at the fountain constantly.
I'VE have a community here who
instead of helping our local
In stamping out this dread
ed disease among animals.
81 for one will never allow an ami
NAL of mine to drink at public foun-
tain if l can possibly prevent it.
Il should therefore recommend to /
your committee that no further ac-
ton be taken toward the installation
of such a drinking fountain"
Upon this the committee voted unan-
mously to abandon the idea of drink
ing fountain, because Of its danger to |
he animals CT the, community. The
committee also decided to call for sug-
yestions from those interested, either
members of the Humane Society or
n the community generally. Mrs. Nc +
yandless said this morning that any
suggestion handed in will be carefully
considered by the committee.
we hope to have immediate inter.
st taken in the plans and suggestions
sent at once, so that we may take
some action at the meeting on Janu-
Try 49, she said today
The society has limited the fund to
$500, The suggestions should be ad
dressed to the chairman of the com
nittee, Mrs. L. l.. McCandless.
The Rose Dawson Memorial was
as a tribute in respect to
he memory CT the special officer,
whose death occurred few months II