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Show Even Squirrels Rebel at Eviction Evidion Proceedings 1"cceedings 1cceedings P " : - r WAUKESHA WAUKISHA : WIS - Indicating Indicatingthat Indicatingthat Indicatingthat that the current housing housmg shortage shortagehas shortagehas shortagehas has extended even to the ammal animal animalpopulation ammalpopulation animalpopulation population squirrel residents of a a40 40 acre woods woodJl near nedr here attempted attemptedto to prevent eviction eVlctJn , : from their hol hollow hollow hoilow low tree homes by tearing tearmg down downtheir downtheir downtheir their eviction nd ndices ndtces Ices At the same sametime sametime sametime time they pro\ed pro ed prated \ that tl tI : trey ey are bet better better better ter judges of timber than forestersTrees forestersTrees foresters forestersTrees Trees in the area were markedfor marked markedtor markedfor tor for cutting last summer by Cal Stott United States Statcs forest scrv ce cc ceemploye ccemploye ceemploye employe On each unsound tree- tree treeunmarketable treeunmarketable tree treeunmarketable - - unmarketable and full of holIows hollows hollowsthat holIowsthat hollowsthat that squ rrels like hke to convert into intoapartments intoapartments intoapartments apartments - Stott had stapled staplcd a awhite awhite awhite white tag Trees so tagged were tobe to tobe tobe be cut doy down " n and weeded outOn outOn out outOn , On each tree tl it "I I " it t was ready for formarket formarket tormarket market Stolt Stott stapled 6tapled a red tagWhen tagWhen tag tagWhen I When he returned to the woods woodsrecently woodsrecently woodsrecently i recently to measure log lengths lengthsStott lengthsStott lengthsStott Stott discoveied dlscoveled discovered that squ rrels had bad I , , I i I , removed all of the y " wh h te to tags from fromtheir fromtheir fromtheir their doorstepsII doorsteps'II doorsteps1i doorsteps II 'II 1i ' e a squirrels also demonstrated demonstratedthat demonstratedthat demonstratedthat that they are smarter than foresters forestersy"hen foresterswhen foresterswhen y"hen yhen when " it comes to judging treesOne trees treesOne treesOne One red tag also was mlS miss > ng so soStott soStott soStott Stott decided to check chcck more thor thorI thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly oughly although tl tI U e tree had hadseemed hadseemed hadseemed seemed to be sound enough \ when hen II it IIi IIwas itwas itwas was ong orlg prig nally inspected mspected The TheI Thesqu Thesqu Thesqu squ rrels were right-the right the right - the tree was wasfull waifull full of holes |