The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-07-16
half THEY HAVE
TO ABUSED PETS
Brother and Sister in Kansas
City, Kan., Give Money and
Time in Humane Work.
DOGS, CATS And PARROTS
All Are Tenderly Cared For In the
Little 5owered Cottage and Put
Out of Their Misery u Too
Sick to Recover.


Kansas City. Mo.-would you be-
willing to give more than half Of YOU
modest income TO make life lessSrig
orous for suffering or neglected AMI
malsl ....,.,...,....
Such Is the sacrifice being made b.
Miss Sarah and H. II. Jacobs of Kan
Sas City, Kan, across the river from
here. And IL Ia no mere passing
nobby, they hare teen doing this 20,
the last quarter century. The jacobs
are hstiopAlly known for their MI
selfish work.
| Living IN little cottage, surround
ed by rose bushes, bird houses, flower
beds and fruit trees, these two have
cOnsecrated their lives TO amelioratin;
the hardships visited upon mans oftci
neglected and abused companions
II. II. Jacobs provides the incom
by working as bookkeeper on tn
Missouri side, while Miss Sarah look
after the home and It's numerous pets
And there are many dogs IN tn
Jacobs hhme-tcn dogs, two score
cats, and two parrots. The care OF
these pets, however, represents only
minor part Of the activities OF H.,
two workers. Both are officers In Ill,
| wyandotte County Humane soclet.
and labor necessarily to benefit an
mai life through that source. With
all this the Jacobs are not unmindful
OF the needs OF unfortunate children,
and even adults Of their city, as they
are active IN the Associated Charities.
Miss Sarah, who was found al home
busy with her charges, said that her
hrst instruction In humane work
was when she was u little girl and
her father taught her that IL was just
as easy 10 step around an apthill ~
10 crush II with her heel.
Chioreform TO Diseased.
While thoroughly orthodox in their
theology, the Jacobs believe firmly
that most az the sin and suffering IN
the world has followed mans habit
Of killing and abusing animals
There Is nothing mawkish abou,
their views. however. Miss Sarah
as president Of the Humane society
: has personally chloroformed hun
dreds or diseased, deformed and home
! less animals
at sometimes Is eXpedient," sh'
said, Ito remove them 10 avert fur
, ther suffering. When IL is neceS
sary 10 put IN animal TO sleep, ! al
ways utter word of prayer, takini
MI responsibility for the act
Most Of the pets In The Jacobs hom
ave been brough, there by person
{ vho have found them suffering in tn
h. streets or were too poor To look afte
hem. Many carry story Of huma
ulcrcst. with sometimes a tragedy.
There Is Cinderella who has bee
j ,rutally wounded. The Jacobs decide
chloroform the animal to relieve II
Intense suffering. Finally II struggle
O yer to the open fireplace and curle
: ~ In the warm Hshcs. Soon II Shove
Z lgns Of raIlying and they concluded
- .uuld live. II did recover. The inc
d .mt reminded them Of the fairy stor
i ~ the little girl sitting in the ashe
n mi who later was able to wear III
= Ass slir'"r, and the spotted houn
i became Cinderella.
" Miss Jacobs told Of cat that save
J. heir lives. J. lrIkS gas jet had nile
!. s-rlP house with fumes while they slep
he cat iuCNcG H. vain aud Rnall
y cslHa U!on TIE he'd and scratchc
Miss Jacobs to waking position al
y i realization 81 their danger.
Cate Interesting Career.
- YarrOw, cat with an lnterestiI
career, was named after Mary Crail
Yarrow, noted humane worker
Philadelphia. This cat once was
a. companion TO little boy. The bC
died and on the night NJ his funer
q the animal was carried away Al
o locked In n freight car bound for A
D.. kansas. A fortnight later the cat r
g turned home nearly starved. II
e boys mother took II to the JacOl
home.
Some Of the animals ~ other day
especial fGVorites who had carn'
some mark Of distinction. are buried
the flower garden There are !
markers, save stone border arouI
the grave Of Heruano tMexicm Z
brother). long In the family. Hermal
q had saved Miss Jacobs life IN Tex
when big RATHER was about Ia strl
her. The dog pounced upon the sna
and received the poisonous bite.
, became blind. hut lived many years,
:. Asked about the cost Of pursuit.
' their humane work, Miss Jacobs 81
a II amounted to 5000 or S7W yeI
10 She insisted. however, that this d
" not constitute n sacrifice, that they
rived pleasure from It aad PREFER
10 spend their money In this way, ev
II II forced them to give mp MAJ
comforts.