Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1915 — Official Rat Catcher Resigned. [ARTICLE]

Official Rat Catcher Resigned.

Charles Pertolina, official rat catcher of Galveston, Texas, has resigned. For the past six or seven months he has been catching rats along tSe water front at the rate of 2,000 a month. He received the regular bounty of eight and ten cents per rat, and in addition, a bonus of $lO for each month in which he took over 1,000 rats. When he took the job he said he would quit when he had earned enough money to 'buy a boat and a gasoline engine. His ambition was realized last week and he handed in his badge.