Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-01-24
Sabotage and
the Dog
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BY IsOBEL FIELD
OF The Yishonsss


numerous TRADES against dogs tina
have been appearing in the ncwspa
pers all over the country In the shapt
OF letters from the people" may b.
or allen enemy origin? Why SHOULD
the same arguments against mans hes
friend appear in New York dailies al
tie same time they are coming out in
the newspapers of California, Texas
Oregon and elsewhere?
What attracted my attention was
finding the Identical letter in my home
town paper fMorning Press, Santa
Barbara, CALI that had read In the
| New York Globe. 1t was signed by
different initials but the wording and
arguments were the same Dogs eat
sheep. We need mutton. Therefore,
! all dogs should be exterminated."
All over the West last summer there
were unusually destructive forest
fires; crops were destroyed, cattle
poisoned, and mysterious horse dis
ease appeared In many localities.
Though the evidence has not been
made public. 1t is common knowledge
that these depredations were the work
Of enemy aliens. The work was done
with system that suggested German
efficiency, and was no doubt paid for
by German money. Thft being so, the
elimination Of watch dogs would be
OF Immense Importance, and the only
conclusion is that the whole propa-
ganda Is the work Of our enemies.
They would influence us to kill our
own dogs for the convenience Of Ger
man agents. who, without these guard
ians. would have freer hand In sa-
bOtage.
No Trouble in Scotland.
The argument that dogs cannot be |
kept In sheep-growing country Is |
refuted by Scotland, where there are |
more dogs to the square mile than any
country In the world. One cannot |
draw near" Scottish home without
hearing "the watchdog's honest bark"
In many families each member has his
own dog and no chid's life is consid-
cred livable without one. But the best
evidence of all is the shepherd himself,
who would be lost without the help
and companionship of his dogs.
Scotland is a great sheep-growing
country. yet 1t loves the dog; gives
lin his due In life and reveres him
n death. At the castle In Edinburgh
here is little plot of ground where
he dogs of the Scottish soldiers are
'uried; IL Is charming spot, and on
many little tombstones there are ten
er tributes to departed friends. In
r0nt OF st. Giles cathedral In the same
oble city there is monument with q
tile Skye terrier, and upon 1t, carved ]
stone, an inscription to Robbie"
'ho refused to leave the church-yard .
here his master was buried and died
pom his grave. .
We want more dogs In America-notI +,
'wer. They would be Of great serv- |
Q guarding< ammunition plants; In I
'lplng soldiers on guard at aQueducts I
I'd bridges In ferreting out suspicious '
aracters. the forest rangers all over | /
e West would find them Invaluable ! c
densely wooded country. Farmers, n
epherds. cattlemen and ranchers
ed them; and the sneaking incen- d
aries. prisoners and devastators h
'uld find their work much harder X
ere were more watchdogs on guard. Y
Be on Witch for EnsmisA :"
We must not part with our dogs.
he has only to read what dogs have -
ne and are doing In this war to real
! the extent to which they can be
lined. 1t Is said that the Red Cross
90 can detect life In wounded SOL
n lying out In No Mans Land when
! doctors themselves are I'm doubt.
ey carry messages through shot and
I'll; they bring MP food and water
the first line trenches, and many a
i've man owes his life to the inteili-
ice and fidelity of dog. IL
n future when we read any OF these
tiers from the people" advocating
destruction of the dogs-lt would
well to find out the names and adj
sses Of the writer's and send them
the secret service department to
investigated. We have many scores
settle against the Germans. and not
least OF them is their insidious,
ichercus propaganda against the
friend God has given to man