Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1911 — Got Nineteen Polecats Out of One Den at Gifford Last Week. [ARTICLE]

Got Nineteen Polecats Out of One Den at Gifford Last Week.

Williard Hurley has been working up at Gifford f«r the pist two vvjeks and one day last week he smel’ed a mouse or a- polecat rather, and began to making lnvest’gatlons. He .bund the entrance to a den of the fuiry and odiferous iittle furbearl v animals and {’topped the hole with a shovelful of 'dirt He then stamped the earth down tight and began to dig cautiously, thus avoiding any escapes and also preventing the littl- s varmints from getting In their'favorite line of defense. Williard is a member of the militia and recognizes the strategic importance of preventing the enemy from using his artillery at short range. He Just left a little hole for the polecats to peek out of and every time one looked out to inqaire the time of day or to exchange greetings Williard rapped him one with the flat side of the spade and then palled him out and corded him up and then coaxed another one out. Finally the ekuuk cavern was depopulated and then Williard took an invoice and found that he had lit of the little fellows and that hfe had es catted Injury w!i*le making thb capture. was offered $32 to * the bunch and will probably sell. Williard is of half a notion to give up ditbhlng and go Into the trapping business.