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Show oo 709 STRAY DOGS PUT TO DEATH IN YEAR A total of "09 stray dogs paid the death penalty in igden during last year, due both of negligence on the part of owners In keeping themj i chained or muzzled or In failing or re- fusing to pay their license, according I to the annual leport made today by G. H. Wheeler. rn license collector. I to the board of city commissioners. Most of the animals were killed (as a result of the epidemic of rabies which prevailed during the summer months after they had been found j running about the streets with no licenses li-censes or muzzles Thev wer kept at the city pound a certain length of time for their owners to call for them, and If claim wa's not made, were put to death During the year a total of S 1 339 In license fees was collected by the city |