The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-26
THE DOG PROBLEM

Speaking of keeping dogs off the streets the other day, brought out many complimentary remarks Every body favor the idea and have promised to help the ment along and the chances are that the council will be asked to take the matter up And don't know but what the council should If is lawful for community to keep dogs off the streets reason why 1t should not be lawful for the people of Kechkan to do the same We believe that an ordinance could be enacted covering the point enforced and incidentally rid the streets of the biggest nuisance that town is subject to- unless is herd of cattle with bells On.-Ketchikan Miner.
 In our opinion certain Alaska papers are going too far in their attempt ubdue and regulate from sight all dogs It is fact that dogs next to the hardy pioneers themselves had to do with the development of Alas ka than any other agency True many dogs are worth less but nearly every dog the property of boy and to deprive and rob that boy of his friend and pet IS n human The trouble with too many that they have not forgotten that they bOys they have forgotten what kind of boys they were-fOrgOtten that they loved dog. Vive la dog.-DOuglas News
 Like every other Alaska community Anchorage, soon- or later will have to settle the dog problem And this presents real problem too because there are two sides to this q1estion The problem is, shall dogs be allowed to roam at large in the community shall they be tied penned up as the owners may eect?" AS every Alaskan knows the dog is beast of burden in the nOrthand What the pack horse the donkey is to the prOspecOr in the western states the dog is to the prOspectOr in Alaska If not most useful animal the dog ranks at least one of the most useful and servceabe The dog is used on most of mail teams, and practcy all of winter mushng teams going roads and trails that the horse could not accomplish. The dog valuable animal and one whose services are recognized by Alaskans.
 But in the summer time the dog has no employment. It lies about the streets the sidewalk in front of the business entrances, and generally makes himself nus to pedestrians Not only that but dog that part native liable to be menace to small children child fa pack of these dogs is just liable not to attack the little These attackS not numerous but they occur, and they liable to in this community elsewhere As to gardens it quite impossible to think of raising anything unless builds fence against the protection of these playful animals who just for the fun of the thing will romp around and ruin the growing plant life.
 fcourSe the of the dog will say let the house holder fence his garden and the householder will insist that the dogs should not be allowed to invade private grounds But the fencing of the gardens does solve the problem because there is the of the little remaining AS we see it. either the children the dogs must be denied the liberty of the streets and much like the dogs we like the children better and shall vote in favor of the dogs being kept within the confines of the owners property That is the way other Alaska towns have settled this problem-Anchorage Times.
 Seward has nothing on the rest of Alaska when it to dogs and there is need of rule to keep the dogs off the streets as well as horses.
 Dogs are more likely to do harm to new made garden than horses the dogs delight to paw around in fresh turned earth The writer knows-he out in his gar den this morning repairing damage done by big dogs whose owner has been vocerous nhis demands that the horses be kept off the streets.
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