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Show Salt on Tails Oatclies Birds The truth of the old saying that b rds may be caught th ough the process of pour ng salt on the r tails s vouched for by O C Hof er of th s c ty w ho has just leturnel from an inspect on ot salt propert es in -which he is interested at Scendena, located twenty miles north of Bandsbirg Hofer came upon the carcass of a duck ent rely ncased in 6alt and fur ther rnvestigat on revealed the fa t that persons 1 ving m the cinity of the evaporat ng; ats or ponds nto wh ch the water fron a salt lake s pumped are a custon ed to keep ng themselves supplied w th toothson e ducks by p ck ink up the helpless b rds after they have al ghted n the solut on After they have been once n raersed u the salty water tl e ducks wings are powerless to 1 ft them out ot harm"s waj E ve side (Cal ) d spatch to San Franc sco Cbron cle |