Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-25
The Dog and What the Commune
ity Has to Suffer and Pay for
His Keen.

sIS 1AOC1s
he dog menace as it exists to-
day IN practically every commun-
lily in the United States is prob
lem that should be quickly and
radically dealt with. for many
reasons, chiefly hygicnic. eco
nomlc, as a public nuisance, and
as direct cause of death i'm many
instances. However, I shall con-
Tine this article to the first two
above stated reasons.
The dog as a carrier and dis
trlbutor for contagious diseases.
ranks close to the top of the list
IN that respect. Statistics i'm Iowa
alone prove that radical change
from existing conditions are
promptly needed. Such diseases
as diphtheria, scarlet fever.
measles and whooping cough are
among the foremost that they
carry, more especially whooping
cough, as a dog is very suscep-
'lhle to this and contracts it read
lily. AS the average dog is "a play
leilow for many children, so to
speak. 1t puts the children in a
idlrcct line of the contaeion. Dur
ing the carly spring epidemic of
Whooplng cough many cases were
traced directly to canine infection
here IN Missouri Valley. The ay-
Aefagc dog is also filthy and carry
aH varieties of Nermin with them
everywhere.
ECONOMICALLY fine dog is an cx-
penslNe animal ia maintain. Ey-
cry dog. owned by rich or poor
lailllN. eats. and What he eats.
Willle IN most cases is of little
Value. costs somebody sometime.
Stalisllcs prove that TO feed a dog
costs The owner or someone e30
per year. I'm Iowa last year 800
ruilaWaNs were caused by dogs
frightening teams. fifteen of
winch proved fatal to the occu-
pants. eight others life cripples.
i've deaths due to attacks from
lighting dogs. Almost daily pa
1lenls are received at the. state
hospital at Iowa City to receive
treatment for rabies by the Pas
leur serum method. Death due in
many cases there because M
.tlents did not come soon enough
w nat the Iowa farmer has LOST i'm
inc past year due directly to the
tramp dog spreading hog cholera
1901 and mouth disease and rabies
Is over the million mark Ono
farmer living east of this cilv has
llad number of~sheep Killed Ly
a"Ss IN talking With him am
informed that he cannot lcI his
sheep forage i'm the stalk fields
WITHOUT ilerdrr, an uncalled for
extreme, because of the cyislino,
.'l"2 menace. I.asi wear the Har-
il>"'l county board of Supervisors
i;'ld "ill 4 neat sum for horses
mules and other live stock KILLED
hN AN assistant slate Veterinarian
because They We're bitten by a
fa'ld dog. Recently MANY people
nav" remarked about fine lron,n
'''ss 10 ne seen any iimc ON Erie
street. Nobody owns Them or
reeds them. and they live as best
iiicN can ON the general public
Only few days ago a little girl
was attacked by one of these stray
dogs and bitten: fortunately upon
examination it was found that
ol'lN tine child's clothing was
penetrated by the dogs teeth.
ne idea is not to cxterminata
all The dogs in The communitv
nun TO gel rid of the framp. nm
owned or vicious dog. Many cit
res ana communities are now en-
gagged IN the tramp dog campaipn
l'oiN county alone has cleaned out
over 200 of these dogs and are
SUI active in the campaign. The
report of the state agricultural
department and the vital statis-
tlcs collectors, would surprise the
most of US in regard to the dog
menace as reported for the past
Year.
llysienically, if for no other
reason. this nuisance should be
stopped and this county should
lo'low many others in this re-
spcct.
\. II. konigmachcr, \. b. M. d.
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