Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1913 — Suffer From Plague of Rats. [ARTICLE]

Suffer From Plague of Rats.

A “pied piper of Hamelin” is needed at Santa Paula, Cal. Thousands of rats, and all big wood rats, have Invaded the place, and the situation Is such that women are afraid to go to church. The rats seem to have a preference for churches and on several occasions have forced the feminine attendance at services to take to the high benches. The city authorities are seeking means to abate the pest. The rats are believed to have been driven out of the wods by recent fires in the forests.