Show Dog Day Before City Commission Brings Out Canine Tax Problems Mongrel dogs just dogs just ordinary curs curs occupied occupied much of the city commissions commission's time Wednesday morning In fact it was dog day at the county city building Stray dogs were given this attention attention at at- during a hearing on the city dog tax ordinance during which members of the Salt Lake Humane society demanded m many n ch changes nes in the present method of collecting the tax on dogs dos and Impounding and disposing of ot those without a license The society represented at the hearing b by Mrs J. J A. A Hogle and Ames K Bagley Bagle requested that the city provide pro kinder treatment for the animals by purchasing a better truck to take them to the pound keeping a n veterinary at atthe atthe atthe the pound and adopting more humane humane hu hu- mane ways of executing the animals ani ani- mals They asked that the dogs clogs either be asphyxiated ted or electrocuted electrocuted electrocuted electro electro- Instead of shot The society also denounced the present financial arrangements II for carrying on the work whereby I the dog tax collector Is given 40 I per cent of the fees collected and I the city CO GO per cent The They asked that the collector be put on n a straight salary and that all money collected in do dog ta taxes es be used to improve conditions at the pound Oscar C. C Hardman dog tax collector collector col eel lector appeared d before the commission tom corn mission and a asked ked that his present present pres pres- ent contract which expires in 4 1934 1034 be renewed |