Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1919 — Good-by, Dibbub. [ARTICLE]

Good-by, Dibbub.

Figures compiled by the New York sanitary bureau of the department of health and reported by Harry T. Gardner, secretary of the Automobile Dealers* association, show a great decrease In the number of stables, and, naturally, In the numbers of horses occupying them. In 1917 there were 108,036 horses. The most recent figures show a shrinkage of 32.936 horses. Chicago, too, shows a falling off In the registration of horse-drawn vehicles under the wheel tax law. In the four years ended May 1, this year, the number of such vehicles decreased from 49,582 to 32,489. This diminution of about ,34 per cgnt compared with New York’s 1 falling off of about 30 per cent