Western Light | 1914-05-30 | Page 1 | Put Fowls under Anesthetic

Pu Put Fowls U Under der Anesthetic lc I. I With a peculiar r drug that makes maIres a a. a startled hen heI roost as quiet quiets as s a a. a grave graye an an organized band of chicken thi thieves v s has been r reaping aping rich harvest in in Meadow Glen in the northwestern part of California C The drug has n ade it possible e for the thieves to raid r id poultry p sheds by the t e wholesale without fear of the victimized chick chickens ens raising an alarm S Several ver l hun hundred hun dred chickens ickens have been stolen in that section but ut no one has been able to catch a glimpse of the thieves who are believed to be regular vendors at atthe atthe the markets early arly in the morning after r remaining up over night to rob hen roosts and then dress the chickens chick ens in a vacant house ouse Only the best poultry is selected and carried away in an unconscious condition render rendered d senseless senseless' by bi the drug Each morning morn ing ng following owing the eight or nine raids it bas lias been noticed that the remaining remain J ing f fowls show symptoms of having been und under r the influence 9 of-a of powerful power powerful 1 ful anesthetic 0