October 2 1909 — This microfilm was in such bad shape I ended up throwing in the towel on the clean-up work, but the art isn’t so much the attraction as the gag, anyway. LA is talking about banning chickens within a hundred feet of residences. One inventive backyard flockster has come up with the bright idea of attaching chicken coops to balloons so that the cluckers can reside overhead and be within the letter of the law.