Show RATS GANG UP BEST FERRETS A modern modem Pled Piper is year 21 old Arthur If M t Americas America youngest exterminator who employs employs em em- ploys ferrets to destroy rats rata or similar rodents rodent I Ferrets which cost from 20 to 50 10 are trained by Mr In his back yard at 12 Sixth East Eat street He had a colony of or five of ot these yearling 18 18 Inch Inch weasel weasel like Uke animals I which had been bees trained by him since they were a month old Their reputation for searching out cunning haunts of ot rats rals had made Mr realize that they were worth their weight In gold Each weighs about a quarter of ot a pound On On W Wednesday four of ot his hi five te ferrets were dead victims of ot what he termed a gang war by rats rats' while they were In action to rid a local apartment basement of ot rats rata Tm rm actually stunned over the loss Joss Joss- the tall tan University of ot Arizona graduate 1 graduate said It is II believed according to Mr r that this is the first brat In Instance In- In Instance stance tance where rats rata figuratively speaking peaking turned the tables table on the ferrets In his six air years experience with ferrets this thU was the first tint time they had bad failed In their efforts Mr learned the art of ot extermination by ferrets from h. h his father who Is In business In Los Lo Angeles Angel At a a. recent national convention of ot exterminators Mr was wu honored as u the youngest member of ot the profession Ferrets he said ald dote dot on hamburger ham ham- burger carrots lettuce They are trained to return to their cages after aCter a nights night's work chasing down rodents If It they ferrets are on their tow tON Mr said laid they can catch from 30 JO to 40 0 rats rals during 21 24 hours |