Show what may be A flying disc on thursday night of last week on their way home from a ward meeting mrs foster nix and ida brough saw a large silver looking object flying through the sky and can only suppose that they too have seen a fly ng d sc mrs floyd brough was with them but seated in the car and d t see the sight the large object was traveling fast and appeared much larger than any plane seen in the sky I 1 and the watchers followed its course until it disappeared behind the tree line afe jack nelson U S M C re turned to tooele thoele on friday on a 26 day furlough and is visiting here with his father jules W nel son and grandparents mr and mrs oliver E nelson pac nelson enlisted in the marine corps in june 1946 and has been in the south pacific for the past year since september 1946 he was stationed in the philippines and at the end of his furlough will return to camp pendleton california for re assign ment mr and mrs harry woodward and son cardon and mr and mrs glenn nelson and daughters cher ie karen and linda spent the weekend on a trip to bear lake and logan mrs J R dawson of moreland idaho is visiting in tooele thoele with her daughter mrs robert A hills and new granddaughter the sec see ond child in the family of mr and mrs hills anona and bill jordan have the most entertaining and del gottul hobby of any that I 1 have become familiar with bereath ber eath the shade of several tall trees in tl air back yard nuni num erous carefully constructed hutches house tour score or more men members iners of the agile mink family ine hutches provide a heavy wire run OL 01 each t I 1 11 I 1 to get tl e fresh a r ind and e ere se he desires and also a d gf ii ious saed s zed immaculately den clea i ba in wh ch he edn f nd se ciuc i diu ana lest rest at b rth the oung fur les less mink are only about an inch and halt long fhe aher growth is rapid and their cleverness is remarkable the minks mink s diet consists of a formula of raw hoise meat when the mother decides the young are old enough to be on the r own in stead ot or being dependant upon her generos ty with mink mill she places a I 1 atle pile of horse meat mixture on the bottom of the course wire out door run for I 1 each ch eh id if there are five young f ve little pile of food are placed in a row if there are leoen san en offspring seven piles of f food form the row etc then the act of persuasion begins the young are carried by the nape of the neck I 1 ke a cat carries her young from the box house into the open run and are placed in front of the piles of food much coaxing and scolding is done until the wee ones get the idea mink have their family disturb ances just as other normal fam thes do the young mink fight and anc scuffle and get their cuff cuttings ings from mama mink and daddy mink until they submit to good behavior or obtain their better manners As I 1 watched the jordan s mink I 1 was reminded of several other animals they have ears like a mouse a mouth like a bunny eyes like a rat teeth like a weasel feet like a kitten a tail tall like a chip munk and movements like a cat snake and seal I 1 had a desire to hold one of them and pet it until anona told me about the danger from their hard sharp teeth mink use their watering can for a bathtub but instead of sitting in it they climb in head first and splash in a desperate attempt to get their entire bodies covered one would imagine they would tamly drown themselves in the length of time they stay under water these magnificent mammal seem to delight in the knowledge that someone is watching them when they provide a show by turning summersaults and hand springs and put on their wall scaling act because they more than do their stuff if they have an audience it is a wonder that the jordan s say it s a pleasure to raise mink because they are entertained each day by a series of antics and they are rewarded two fold for the time it takes to properly care for these surprisingly admirable mink |