Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1917 — Stock and Poultry Should Not Be Allowed to Rum Loose. [ARTICLE]

Stock and Poultry Should Not Be Allowed to Rum Loose.

A Rensselaer lady called The Republican office this morning and asked what could be done with people who allowed their stock and poultry to run loose about the city, causing damage and especially ruining many gardens. The lady was indignant, as she had a right to be, for her garden, had been heavily bombarded by the hoofs of straying horses. In a case of this sort the animals should be taken up and the owner forced to pay for the damage they committed. There is no excuse for such a thing. Gardens this year are especially valuable. The government is urging all to produce as much foodstuff as possible and everyone should show their patriotism by seeing that their neighbor’s gardens as well as their own is protected.