Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
WESTERLY

muzzled, and no dog is permitted to be free on the premises of the owner. The canine must be chained or confined or muzzled. No pnmuzzled dog is allowed on the street unless on a leasch and in the custody of some responsible person. According to the ordinance, an unmuzzled dog at large is to be killed and the own CT penalized S5. The dog officer is to do the killing, but no provision has been made just where the dog may be killed. whether in the public street, or. in the
 back yard of the dog officer. There is no provision for the capture and keep ing of the roaming unmuzzled dog for a specified period, to give the owner op- portunity to claim the dog and pay the financial penalty. It is simply case or
 muzzling the dog, keep the animal con- fined. or give him exercise at the end of leasch.
 This ordinance is applicable to the
 whole town of Westerly, including the | farming districts and the villages of Watch Hill, Pleasant View Weekapaug, White Rock, Bradford and Westerly. And the solitary dog officer is expected to | enforce the law. as he is the only person authorized to kill dogs whose owners do l not comply with the ordinance. If there
 is real intention to enforce that law, the dog officer naturally must be recom- pensed and he must have authority to appoint assistants It is more than a l one mans job.
 l The town counciImen expect that
 members of the regular police force will aid in the enforcement of this ordinance, but according to the ordiance all authori-
 ty seems to be vested with the dog Df- fcer, whose duties heretofore have been the enumeration of dogs with a view to having them properly licensed as the law directs Some farmers are already complaining on the ground that dogs to be of use on the farm, they must be free. They have been in many instances trained to roundup and drive in the cows to hunt woodchucks, etc, and make themselves generally useful and are a valuable farm adjunct. Licensed hunt CTS declare their dogs must have exercise and they also object as dogs on the leash or muzzled are of no value to them.
 The ordinance is directed at all. dc-s, large and small, of long pedigree ana no pedigree, whether on the farm or at Watch Hill mansiNn. The dog in the automobile is amenable to the law the same as the dog in the farmers wag- on. Even those dogs in the custody of owners or other responsible person, must be muzzled. The strict enforcement of this ordinance is almost impossible, in the opinion of some of the men who helped it's passage in the town council Dog gone it' says the dog officer.
 Thursday evening the two most inn portant Italian societies of Westerly. namely the Societa Operaia Italiana, and the. Lodge Tolanda Margherita, voted to unite under the Order Son of Italy. To date these two societies have been two separate lodges, but owing to the fact that they possessed many points in com mon. it was decided by the members to merge for mutual benefit.
 These two societies comprise practic- ally the whole Italian popula ton of West erly. The installation of officers will be held Sunday at D. m. at Mechanics hall Under the auspices of Lodge Iolan- da Margherita, all lodges of the order of the state will be represented at this in stallation by members comprising the most distinguished Italians of Rhode Is- land
 Local Laeonics
 A Curtis passenger carrying biplane is expected at Pleasant View Sunday after noon to remain several days.
 Visiting nurse today day comes next Thursday.
 Miss Hilda K Young and Mss Rachel BaBrber went to New York by boat fom New London Friday night and will go to Utica and West Edmonston. The young ladies will also visit the Seventh Day