Show Salt Proves Poor Lure for Deer As Trains Kill Em by Hundreds v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON April 28 UP p- p The United States forest service set out today to save saye the American Amerlean Amer Amer- American ican lean deer from Itself Revealing that trains killed hundreds of deer during the winter winter win win- ter and nd early spring foresters were quick to add that the the- there thereal re real l villain was not the locomotive or orthe orthe the thc engineer but salt Railroads explained ed C. C L L. Huffey of the range management division universally use salt to keep track switches from freezIng freezing freez frees ing and deer like salt as a child does ice cream S SHe He said the deer get a whiff of the salt and come como from far tar and near to lick the switch While they are arc thus engaged the train comes along V and its it's all nil over with the deer You can see that this sort of thing is getting us nowhere continued con eon Huffey The deer loses lose its life the country loses the deer and all the salt Is getting licked off the switches Its It's a vicious circle The forest service intends to tomake tomake tomake make the deer g foj-g forget t his appetite for salt salt salt-at at least the thc kind that is put on switches Something that deer hate V will be mixed with the salt the forester forester forester for for- ester said So when the wind Is blowing the deers deer's way instead of ot getting lured down to the tracks he will vill go the other way The foresters have not decided on what substance is generally hated by deer but they think it might be kerosene ke |