The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-20

Instinct who delights to torture Of Man. animals7 Who is the wholesale dog poisoner of this city to whom is attributed the death of many valuable animals :? These are questions which have been asked by many Fairbanksans more han once and it is probable that he would be harshly dealt with by own CTS of dogs or by the authorities if his identity could once be dis , oyered.
 Worse than the poisoner of dogs, however, ic the man or child who delights to see a dog suffer. For in poisoning dogs the poisoner occa- Sions loss alone to the owner of the animal, excepting the fact that the dog loses it's lie. But the person who puts turpentine or other skin | irritating substances on a dog just to see it suffer. is worse yet.
 Kids tricks, they call it. And yet, what an atmosphere of cruelty must surround that kid" in it's home i life if it persists in practicing such atrocities. And even grown men and women have been known to 'turpentine" dog just to see it
 around the book and hear it yelp.
 It is said that man reverts to the savage once his brute instincts are aroused. He deliberately does things which he knows will cause suffer | ing to the lower animals which hap pen to be in his power Nobody blames a person for having a little fun, but the person who deliberately tortures animals in pursuit of a good time, Is not to be tolerated.
 This story is occasioned by the fact that the pet dog of a well known Fairbanks lady came home one day las. week in terrible state of suffering. It had been 'turpentined the fluid having been distributed all over it's body. Its breast was raw where the turpentine had been applied. The lady. of course, has done all she could to ameliorate the suffering of her pet. but she says that if she could find the brute who applied the turpentine she would try to cause him just as much suffering in any way she could, be he man, woman or child. For a child who is old enough to 'Inow the effect of putting turpen- | tlue OH d Qo1 dlSO hIoNS lldl IL lS frOng to do so
 FcOrCmics says that a mans right exist so long as they do not intrude upon the rights of his fellow man | Therefore man has every right to protect the rights of helpless ani nals instead of despoiling them.
 Henry Ray Henry Ray is in the l o1 hut hn ic rfy h. Lucky Man. opinion tht his lucky star is still in the as cendant else he would be occupying 2 slab at the undertaking parlors Instead of a comfortable bed. For
 Henry thinks that he was very | lucky to escape with his life from dent which happened to him las' wrenched ankle and a deep wound
 his head
 l Mir Ray, who has his office ir the city hall building, was going through the fire hall down staira. Semi-darkness prevails in that part If the hall, as there are no win dows, and in crossing the floor MT. " did not notice that the trap doo leading to the cellar was open. When open the door Is barely of balance, being held In position by a chain. Mir. Ray thinks that h. must have missed the chain with his right foot and he was therefor falling through the trap when his | left foot caught in the chain, pull | ing the trap door down on top of | him and catching his left ankle.
 When he fell MT. Rays head hl1 something and he dropped off into unconsciousness The next thing he remembers Is coming to life again with his hands reaching the cellar floor and his left foot still caught in the crack of the cellar door and the floor above. He was covered with blood. Finally he managed to reach a pipe leading upstairs and, after easing his position to some extent. he began to call for help.
 Hearing his call, one of the fire men responded and eased him from his position. He was taken to his home, where a physician, after an examination stated that no bones were broken. MT. Ray, however, thought that he had better gc to he hospital for a few days. It Is expected that he will be out of the institution this week.
 knowlton Letters recently receiv- Deceived ed in Fairbanks tell of Ills Looks. the arrest of Professor
 P A. Knowlton and George Herring, the well known Fair banks boy who is attending Wash ington University, on a highway rob- bery charge. An explanation of their position to the officer who took them into custody, however, served to liberate ,hem, and they were not taken before desk sergeant and relegated to a nice soft bunk in Seattle's bastjle. And the explana- tion was not rendered by Professor Knowlton in words fit to put in print either, according to the letter t ceived here.
 i It seems that Professor Knowlton. who was formerly superintendent of schools here and a member of the Fairbanks school board went around to visit his numerous former pupil who are now on the Outside wEcn he reached Seattle. Almost the first one he called upon was George Herring. and together they started t' t'e round c. visits to former Fairbanks young people.
 They had spent the evening at lxI