Show toledo needs pied piper the pied piper of hamlin were he around today would be given a most royal welcome by the city of toledo according to dr john L lavan city health commissioner toledo is suffering from a rat population of about twice the human population of the Mu dhen city the doctor estimates that the city is paying a half million dollar annual board bill for one of man kinds worst enemies each rat causing loss and damage of at least one dollar a year while everyone knows that rats are a menace to health the health commissioner takes toledo ans to task for their lack of civic grace and unnecessary economic waste he says that many fastidious householders are unperturbed by the rats tiptoeing through the tulips but would be chagrined if the neighbors knew they had a cockroach in the house the health commissioner suggests that the people get acquainted with the use of red a powder lethal to rats but harmless to humans fowls and household pets |