Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1912 — ABOUT MUZZLING DOGS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ABOUT MUZZLING DOGS.

Dr. Hurty and Other Eminent Authorities Should Be Set Right z By the in. e. The military editor of the Republican “writ” a piece about dogs, and it was a dog-goned sensible (?) piece, too. He had just returned from Indianapolis, he said, and while away had learned a great deal about dogologly. According to the “piece” dogs are a greatly abused animal and they should not be muzzled nor shot by wicked officers—especially by Marshall Mustard, at whom the article was ainied—when their owners fail or refuse to obey the law in keeping them muzzled. The rabies theory is largely imaginative and dogs don’t go “mad” more frequently during hot weather than cold, etc., etc. Nothwithstanding this enlightening article from the pen of one at such eminent authority, the mistake of enforcing the dog muzzling ordinances goes right on, in practically every part of the state, and the mayor of Hammond Issued a proclamation warning citizens last week that all unmuzzled dogs found oh the streets of that city would be shot. In fact the enforcement of the muzzling ordinance is general, rather than Rensselaer being the exception in enforcement, as alleged by the m. e. Saturday’s Indianapolis News had the following to say: Dr. H. W. Sigmund, health commissioner of Montgomery county, in his monthly report to the state board of health, has reported difficulty encountered in obtaining aid of farmers in that county in a campaign he is waging against rabies. The farmers object to killing, muzzling or confining their dogs when rabies breaks out in their Communities. ’ “It seems strange that the farmers should take such a view,” said Dr. J. N. Hurty. secretary of the state board, “when the statistics show that last year fifty-'/even farmets in this state were bitten by rabid dogs, and that the county treasurers paid $200,000 for live stock killed by dogs running at large, many of’ them mad.” Dr. J. P. Ward, health commissioner' of Switzerland county, reported five persons bitten in that county by rabid dogs. All were treated at home by physicians. Therefore we have the spectacle of Dr. Hurty and other emminent health officers disagreeing with the military editor on the dog question, and we would respectfullly suggest that the latter get busy and set these 'gentlemen, right. They certainly have groped about in the darkness long enough, in fact all their lives, if the m. e’s. theory is correct, and it is time they were shown the error of their ways.

FOR PRESIDENT. WOODROW WILSON FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. THOMAS R. MARSHALL DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET For Governor SAMUEL M. RALSTON, of Lebanon For Lieutenant Governor WILLIAM P. O’NEILL,. of Mishawaka For Secretary of State LEW G. ELLINGHAM, of Decatur For Auditor of State WILLIAM H. O’BRIEN, of Lawrenceburg For Treasurer of State WILLIAM H. VOLLMER, of Vincennes For Attorney General THOMAS M. HONAN, of Seymour For Supt. of Public Instruction CHARLES A\. GREATHOUSE, of Indianapolis For State Statisticialn THOMAS W. BOLLEY, of North Vernon For Reporter Supreme and Appellate Court PHILIP ZOERCHER, . of Tell City For Judge of Supreme Court First District JOHN W. SPENCER, of Evansville For Judge of Supreme Court Fourth District RICHARD K. ERWIN, of Fort Wayne For Judge of Appellate Court, Southern Division JOSEPH H. SItEA, of Seymour. COUNTY TICKET. 1 For Treasurer ’ EDWARD P. LANE, of Newton Township For Recorder STEPHEN D. CLARK, of Wheatfield Township For Sheriff WILLIAM I. HOOVER, of Marion Township For Surveyor DEVERE YEOMAN, of Marion Township For Coroner DR. A. P. RAINIER, of Remington For Commissioner 2d District CHARLES F. STACKHOUSE, of Marion Township

• For Commissioner 3d District • • ALBERT H. DICKINSON, • • of Carpenter 'Township. •