Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-02 | Page 28 | Owl Acts as Watchman

r Owl Acts as Watchman 11 H HERE ERE is latest photograph o of I V Woodrow Wilson wise ise young oung bird L who patrols basement and kills kill rats He lie is is shown in conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion with n K 11 G. G McGonigal his owner i Ww i iA A Mii lS A 4 r 1 f S I I Ss 1 4 S I I r I A t rjOo Bird Demonstrates His Prowess When To Ton Tomcat meat at Attempts to Dispute His Right to Hold Sway in Darkened Hunting Ground T Woodrow the feath- feath INTRODUCING I JL I ered cred Hes He's the latest entry In the Salt Lake Hoots Hoot's Hoot While most other inhabitants sleep this wise young owl puts In Inthe Inthe inthe the hours guarding one of or the downtown downtown down down- town buildings As As' As Asa a diversion from frightening awa away burglars he acts as asa asa a sort of ot game warden to protect the property from poaching rats Woodrow carries carrlos on his police duties without tho the aid of or gun star or flashlight flashlight flash flash- light but hes he's ready whenever his prowling pre prey appears to sound a screech that would drown out any patrolman's patrolman's pa pa- and to sink a set of ot keen-edged keen talons Into the victim The adventurous evildoer who blunders into his ma may wish he hed he'd J sought repose in a wildcat cage case or a n bear cave Pick l on Cats Cat The Tho owl has been in captivity t nearly nearh all of his nine months of oC life lire and he has grown so domesticated that hes he's a n. regular pet When hen he feels the call of or orthe the tho wild however he goes out and picks a fight with a strange cat Hes He's about as popular with the feline contingent contingent con con- as a shower bath Like many another notable who has risen b by his own efforts Woodrow was left len an orphan at an early carly age He sought sous-ht asylum in a I. I tree near Lyman Wyo but two little girls who heard his mournful outcries came to his rescue rescue res res- cue cuo and adopted him Since then he has forsaken the thc forest primeval and become a regular home and fireside companion thereby refuting the theories theories theo thee ries rica of naturalists who maintained that an owl couldn't be tamed Woodrow is ia at present owned by R.G. R.G. R R. G. G McGonigal brother to one of or the proprietors of or the Owl drug store and he spends his nights in the tho basement of ot the store Hes He's the boss of ot the place But Dut he didn't win that distinction without without without with with- out a a. scrap Wins lIim Battle Dattle When Woodrow first appeared Inthe Inthe in inthe the basement he aroused tho the ire of or Go Get Em a big black tomcat who held forth there ow Mee ow ee-ow Git the tomcat com corn m an d ed Who o the owl responded Then the fight was woos on After ACter Intense battling the tomcat withdrew from tram the fray ra prudently de deciding deciding de de- to dedicate hl his nine lives to a a. aless aless less hopeless cause Woodrow now de declines de de- clines dines to knuckle under to anybody except his own personal friends