The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

to animals, especially stray dogs and
cats. They have what was called dog
catchers in the city, under the orders
of the health officers of the city, dogs
without nluzzles are caught and If
not redeemed in time by the owner
they are either killed or taken to some
laboratories where the doctors and
nurses operate and experiment with
them, sometimes without anaesthetic
before their medical students, or they
are starved to see how long they can
endure without food. These poor
creatures are somebody's lifelong
friends, somebody's companion and
protector. On sheep farms they de-
fend the flock, keep them together at
night or when the storm overtakes
them The dog needs master whom
he can love, trust and defend, who
will give him home and food, as
for children they are good playmates
and watch-dogs 1t is only relic
of savagery to enjoy killing any liv-
ing dumb creature. think these
animal rescue leagues are good. This
Humane Society cares for not only
dogs and cats but all dumb animals
including abuse and neglect of chill
dren under fourteen years. The Good
Will Industries alscs had booth. This
society gathers up or have people
brine in their cast-off clothing, shoes
and furniture The widows or wom-
en- with crippled husbands or Grip
pied men, who are the sole support
of the family repair and make over
these clothes, shoes and furniture,
then at a small price of few cents
it is sold to them. These poor people
are helped in this way to help them
selves, and the good people of st.
Louis keep their poor people in their
homes instead of begging in the
streets. This is what is called mot
charity, but a chance" The city of
st. Louis is struggling with smoke
problem. There in one of the booths
was the smoke abatement club. This
club was trying to do away with the
smoke in the city. Many factors
make smoke more of problem than
any other. Some consuming devices
are being introduced, such as fire
less cookers and the different kinds
of heaters. So much soft coal is used
that the city is all in smoke in the
early part of the day. / am not ex-
aggerating when / say that going
out for our breakfast about seven
o'clock in the morning we begin to
cough on account of the thick smoke
in the streets, and you can't see a
block away through the dense smoke,
our nostrils would fill with black SCOT
and one sure had to have good sup
ply of handkerchiefs. One of the
demonstrations in the smoke booth
was a piece Of human lung in bot
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a person that had lived in the city,
this lung was all black and filled IN
with SCOT. In another bottle was the
lung of a person that lived outside of
tn city, it was Of pinkish color. They
also showed the affect Of smoke on
white goods or clothing. Hanging
in the booth were pieces Of white
cloth that had been left outside for
a week and they looked like some
body's stove rags. In one of the
booths was the old colonial weaving,
demonstrated by Mrs Rose Kearney
from Virginia. The weaving was some
thing like our weaving. | was also
interested in the broadcasting sta
tions as have often wondered to my
self how sound was carried for long
distances by the radio.
The traffic in the streets is so
thick that one can not cross the street
at any time except by signals oper-.
ated by some electric mechanical
movement.
While in st. Louis | was asked by
one If it pays to educate the Indian.
| said, Yes" People have criticized
the Indian Bureau saying it was
useless task to educate an Indian, its
money thrown away and time wasted.
Not in all cases. There are some that
are striving alongside Of their white
brothers and sisters. Yet it is true
with some that have cheated them
selves by not making the most of the
opportunity which the United States
Government affords them for free
education. And those Of US that have
failed in this did not do justice to