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Show Even Squirrels Rebel at Eviction Proceedings WAUKESHA. WIS. - Indicating that the current housing shortage has extended even to the animal population, squirrel residents of a 40-acre woods near here attempted to prevent eviction from their hollow hol-low tree homes by tearing down their eviction notices. At the same time they proved that they art better bet-ter judges of timber than foresters. Trees in the area were marked for cutting lust summer by Cal Stott, United Slates forest service employe. On each unsound tree unmarketable and full of hollows that sqjirrels like to convert into apartments Stott had stapled a white tag. Trees so tagged were vo be cut down and weeded out. On each tree that was ready for market, Stott stapled a red tag I When he returned to the wood.' recently to measure log lengths. Stott discovered that squirrels had removed all of the white tags from their doorsteps. The squirrels also demonstrated that they are smarter than foresters when it comes to judging trees One red tag also was missing, so Stott decided to check more thoroughly thor-oughly although the tree had seemed to be sound enough when it 1 was originally inspected. The ' squirrels were right the tree was full of holes |