Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 10 | Licenses Barred for Guns to Shoot Warbling Cats Here

LICENSES BARRED I FOR GUNS TO SHOOT I WARBLING CATS HERE HERL HEREWith With Uh malice In their hearts five fI men have o applied to the police within with with- in the last two days clays for permission to buy bur rifle riOe and bullets that the they m may dispatch the nl nightly marauding mar nei neighborhood cats according to J J. J l lIa L. L May Ia Jr se secretary to Chief J. J Par- Par lc Icy White Sad and resentful the would be ass assassins departed Thc They were told that It is unlawful I to Issue permits permits per per- mits to buy bullets when the applicant applicant cant Intends to fire the missiles within with with- in the limits of or Salt Lake Complaint was made b by tho the petitioners petitioners peti peti- that shoe leather is entirely too high In these thele times to precipitate footwear at tho the soloists Manifold ingenious schemes were dl disclosed to Mr May as to how the tho applicants were going to 1 kill th the cats One man hit upon catching them In Ina Ina a long handled nOt aCt similar to that used in the thc entangling n of oC butterflies Another said he Intends stringing a a. barb barbed 11 wire a along lon his fence fenee enee so that t It will be impossible for tho the cats to walk alon along the same Still another aou aroused ed Individual has de decided decided le- le elded to feed the disturbers 0 of th the peace poisoned hamburger steak and thus rush them to an early carly demise