The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-10
Suggests Fertilizer Plant
Would Be Better Than
Sausage Mill

Should the city or Falr"ont uS-
eide to reduce to fertilizer the hun
dreds-yea. thousands-of stray,
dogs to be found wit hin the cor
poration limits, and should a. ialr
price be realized for the fertilizer
Thus produced. the city would make
enough money out Of the deal to
pave Z half dozen miles rf its
streets, in the opinion lily
Clerk Luke Arnett-
IT am Informed on good author
ity.' declared Mr.. Arnett, that
there is dog in Fairmont for
everyone of its 1851 persons. plus
the increase since the 1920 census
was taken On only eighty-three
Of these dogs had taxes been paid
up until noon today. This leaves
IA total OF 17,76S stray for which
no one has yet taken out a license.
If the information ] have received
lis correct.
This figure does not include the
many dogs residing outside the
city limits which daily make ex-
cursions within its limits These
dogs, of course. may be consld-
cred as contra band article liable
to seizure and impounding at any
moment, providing, however, they
do not wear license tag.
should place the total number Of
dogs available to8the city for fer
tilizer purposes at somewhere in
the neighborhood OF 25,O0O. de-
pending, of course, upon the rel1-
able report l have received LOT
this estimate.
Now the expense of transform
ing these canine enemies into fer
Is
about Henry Fords' proposed fer
why Fairmont would have it over
him forty different ways! We get
our raw material free for. nothing
he has to buy or at least pay
rental on his. He has to pay heavy
charges for the use Of Muscle
Shoals-we have only to pay for
enough power to run our nlachln-
cry. And the supply of dogs
seems TO be really unlimited.
Then, too, there is another
source Of raw material. There are
a large number Of unwanted cats
in the city. Should our fertilizer
project be carried through, a large
number Of these feline creatures
would undoubtedly be called upon
to do their duty. Probably many
persons DESTROYS Of getting rid OF
the animals, would bring them to
the fertilizer plant without any
cost whatever to the city.
There are thous ands of these
cats, am also reliably Informed,
at large. OF course. there IS no
license required for cats SO am
OF the opinion that involuntary
;impounding would have to be car:
ried on sureptitiously. A small rec
might be paid for stray cats ana
dogs which would influence boys
to aid us in this work.
THE marvellous economic fea-
lures Of this plan cannot be de-
MED. There would be a. great saw
ing in the households. Food for
merly fed to dogs could be devot-
ed to other purposes. IN these dix
ficult and strenuous times. TINS
saving would be wonderful
thing.
lzer. Our plants would be a
friend in need to them. Another
CRYING needs is streets. The CITY
could devote the proceeds from its
sale Of fertilizer to building or
roads and streets. Just what
wol,ld be realized from the dogs
would be directly IN proportlon -
the number Of dogs collected, mul.
tiplied by the prevailing price o.
fertilizer. Of course. but tnlnh
this would be a nifty sum ANY
where from two to a dozen miles
blades clashed together and a1ts.
ing the first year.