The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-06-24
KILLING DOGS TO
PREVENT RABIES
TWENTY-FIVE OF THEM KILLED
IN ONE DAY ON FOURTH OF
JULY CREEK.

Fourth of July creek and all the
country side whereabouts had a mad
dog scare a few weeks ago that has
extended all the way to Salmon since
It's nrst development. As result DIR.
Hammer, the county health officer.
anu Or. Lee veterinarian, visited
the Fourth OF July on Tuesday when
they ordered killed ali the dogs in the
iocallty To the number of twenty-five,
Young and old, that might have been
liable 10 contact with other dogs at
iecleu. only one escaped, an old
NANCY mongrel that hangs out at a
CABIN below the school house and hav-
ing no owner. When the doctors ap-
peared there this dog escaped to the
brush.
Herbert Benham, who came to town
on Wednesday from the head OF
Fourth OF July creek, said one night
ABOUT nVe weeks ago, the family
heard their own dog bowling and run
ming around the house. On inveti-
gazing the cause they found a strange
canine chasing the Benham dog and
the latter ran into the house when
the door was opened. Benham got a
glimpse OF the invader but describes
hIm as spotted. The next day the
Benham family heard about bear
visiting nelghbor's premises furth-
er down the creek, the neighbors des-
criDlng the bears encounter very
much IN the same manner as Benham
described his with the strange dog,
which ran around and around the
mouse chasing the home dog, when he
was finally scared OFF or left of his
own accord. A similar occurrence
was reported al the Jesse Mann place.
Benham thinks that bear was none
other than the dog that so badly
scared the Benham dog. Then after
ward, PROBABLY the next day, what is
supposed to have been the same dog
was running amuck ut the Bert Mac
nab ranch, where he was finally shot.
Hearing about all the eccentric ac-
tlons OF the strange dog Benham be-
gan TO think that an attack of rabies
was more than likely at the bottom
OF 1t all. He was confirmed in this
belief one day not long afterward
when on returning to his ranch from
camping all night near Carmen he
found at Boyle creek his own dog
which had left home, something he
was never known to do before. The
dog seemed TO act as usual, however
and started to return home with the
Benham wagon, but at the Suttei
ranch the animal suddenly attacked
an old goose and then goslin, tear
ing features from them until scolded
by his master. Right then and there
Benham determined to have an analy-
sis to determine the cause of the
strange conduct of the dog and the
head was accordingly sent to the
state chemist. The report confirmed
the hydrophobia symptoms. Mean
while another dog supposed to have
been bitten in the raid of the origina
rabid beast on the run to Benham's
afterward attacked and killed score
or more of the chickens on the Ray
Palmer place, grabbing them up one
after another just like the Benhan
dog had sought the lives of the geese
at the Sutter place.
To add to the likelihood of whole
sale attacks by the first dog affected
two cows on the Allie White rancf
died not long ago from what might
have been hydrophobia. 1t was re
ported that mad coyote was the an
imal that started the disease. Th'
determination to take no chances Will
dogs still alive and apparently wei
but subject to develop the dread dis
temper at any time was what led u
their wholesale slaughter on Boyle
creek