Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1912 — Some Jack Rabbit Story Comes From Kingman, Kansas [ARTICLE]

Some Jack Rabbit Story Comes From Kingman, Kansas

Robert Yeoman received a letter from his brother, M. M. Yeoman, now a resident of Kingman, Kans.,Recently, in which Mark told him of the kind of a winter they have been having there. There was a ten inch snow that laid on the ground for six weeks a very unusual thing for that country. Jack rabbits were unable to get food on the prairies and attacked the corn fields, where they sustained on the stocks. A rabbit hunt was inaugurated near Kingman. There were eighteen nlmrods on each side and they slaughtered 1,715 'rabbits in one day, which is almost fifty rabbits for each hunter. Kansas may hayeian occasional drouth, accosioning crop failures, and an exceptional cyclone, but it can count on a sure crop of jack rabbits year after year. I have rented the room back of the Rex theatre and hereafter all goods purchased of me will be shipped direct to me and delivered from this room thus saving the farmers the freight and also-the trouble of going to the depot after the goods. Anyone living in the country and wishing a good quality of groceries can send me their order by mail and it will receive prompt attention. The goods to be delivered are guaranteed to be just as good as the samples shown. Haye sold several orders and everyone well pleased. Give me a trial order. Phone 122 or write me at Rensselaer. Orders in town delivered to your'door. Yours for business, Joe Jackson.