City Marshal Vows to Clear Streets of Unlicensed Dogs
Marshal C. E. Copeland warns Kennewick dog owners that their pets will face the 'bone yard' if license fees aren't paid by July 1.
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"You Gotta Quit Lettin’ Your Dog Run Around." This is the refrain which City Marshal C. E. Copeland is singing to Kennewick dog owners who have not paid the 1914 license on their canines. Marshal Copeland announces that no drastic measures will be taken immediately but that after July 1 all unlicensed dogs will be impounded and then if their owners do not pay up there will be many newly made graves in the bone yard.
“If their owners do not pay up there will be many newly made graves in the bone yard.”
While modern animal control focuses on adoption and spay/neuter services, this blunt 1914 notice highlights the era's utilitarian approach to pets in the developing urban landscape of the Yakima Valley.
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