Deseret Evening News | 1906-02-17 | Page 24 | War of Extermination

vr y o ot t 1 f i I 11 i I II rl r l r l li 1 Y YI i I I 11 i 1 1 7 l W X mis gA 4 N I I ial X f f 11 f f fr I i t dt S h I J rt et e I II I I C 1 I ii i 1 J t IT I f t 1 1 W X X H 0 WAR OF EXTERMINATION Idea of what settlers have to combat In Idaho when It The accompanying picture taken recently gives given some o conies comes comel tu to tl Jack Jact rabbits Throughout tilts this winter at numerous points regular r rabbit hunts hunt have b been cn organized UI thousands of o rodents killed kilell In n Il tiny day with iv Ith clubs Xo o gurus guns gUIR are lie allowed Those ho o Joining jolling In the tho hunt simply form arm a long hung lun line lne und and drive the tile rabbits towards a it 1 wire where they arc eventually corralled und dispatched with wih sticks unc In the vicinity ot of this winter rabbits were killed In this fashion l in a ui single day cIa In this picture tile the rabbits me ate crowded 1 the wire nutting l awaiting the connIng coming of t tho men nien to tn destroy them The Tue Jack jUll Jackrabbits jackrabbIts rabbits do an nn Immense amount of nt to 10 crops mid and ore nrc rc specially destructive to young orchards One Clue Ole farmer In lit tho hue neighborhood of at Twin Falls Fails Ful was ins WI troubled by h them caln his hay hury hu rom the hue stack To offset ot their depredations ho lie hI enclosed the stuck with wih a I wire net fence The Tho rabbits discovered a 1 small opening open II in tho the fence and 11 one ann morning when he lie went w lt to feed the th stock Block lie its found over a hopping looking for the exit cIt The Tho opening was stopped up lip lp and one did ld iid all ni succumbed to a ut I strenuous onslaught H N ti