Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1917 — Don’t Let the Chickens Ruin Your Garden. [ARTICLE]

Don’t Let the Chickens Ruin Your Garden.

In view of the fact that every ■home garden is a step in the defense of the nation, Chief of Police Ben Phillips, of Marion, told an irate gan -dener to shoot marauding chickens and throw the carcasses over the fence to the yard from whence they came. A number of chickens are expected to pay the death penalty.