Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1915 — WATCH OUT FOR MEN SELLING CHICKEN DOPE [ARTICLE]

WATCH OUT FOR MEN SELLING CHICKEN DOPE

Qtizen Says That Men Look Crooked Who Make Various Prices On So-Called Preventative. A resident of Barkley township called at The Republican office this Tuesday morning and related that young men riding in an automobile and whose home was reported to be tMedaryville had been canvassing through the country selling a quart ibottel of “dope” which they claimed to be a preventative for chicken diseases. They said that the bottle contained enough of the medicine to dilute in 3,000 gallons of water and prevent all kinds of chicken troubles. Our informant states that the young men asked $1.50 for the dope, but if they oodld not get that much money they would sell it for 'less and he knew of one place where they had sold it for 50 cents, the same size bottle that others had paid $1.50 for. Our informant says that he fears that the medicine is not only a fake but that the men who were settling it are simply doing some reconnoitering to locate the hen houses and that a raid is apt to take place before long. Persons should not buy any medicine of travelers, no matter how well recommended. This should be bought of home dealers or ordered by mail, it might be well for all and especially those upon whom the solicitors called to guard their poultry houses with especial vigor for the next few weeks. “It is possible,” said the man who called at The Republican office, “that these young men are all right and that their preparation has merit, but I am afraid there is something wrong and the various prices placed on the done convinces me that it is not any good and makes me question the motive of the young agents.” ' The Barkley minister, Rev. Petty, whose young Rhode Island Reds were recently stolen never received an inkling as to who the thief was and evidently the chickens were taken some distance away. By means of automobiles the thieves travel long distances and it will probably become necessary to provide ample locks for the poultry houses are to lay awake with a shotgun at your side. The chicken thief is about the meanest sort that exists and a program of extermination is about the only relief.