Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-29 | Page 35 | Ask Town Board to Place Lid on Rooster Crowing

ASK TOWN BOARD TO PLACE LID ON ROOSTER CROWING i SA SAN JOSE Cal lay 28 A A prolonged prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed municipal controversy relative to the control of crowing roosters during the tite wee hours Los Gatos twelve miles west of here Is planning a test of the two most promising plans submitted by citizens of the community com com- Zedd Riggs real estate dealer of the Gem City contends that all roos roost roos- roosters ers before they crow must first flap their wings for several seconds By Bv I tying down their wings each night ho he the early morning crow of the rooster can be bo checked George Shaner another disturbed member of the foothill community however sees bees a different solution based on a a. a different idea of ot cause Shaner holds that the crow Is always preceded by A stretching of the neck of ot the rooster Therefore his contention contention con con- Is ib that the rooster should nightly be bo placed in an inclosure which would force him to lie down and ind which would cause him to receive a bump on the head If he endeavored ende to stretch Both men believe the town board should be the Judge of a a. trial of the various plans submitted and pass an in ordinance calling for enactment of the I scheme getting the best results