| Show WILDCAT BOUNTY ENRICHES TRAPPERS Steel Traps Click Dollar Tunes Throughout Maine Augusta Steel Maine Steel traps have bave clicked a cash register song throughout through through- out the state of Maine during the past year reducing the tIte number of wildcats by nearly 1000 and enriching enriching enrich enrich- ing the trappers to the extent of 01 nearly nearl 1500 The forest felines wildest of tb the wild creatures sought by sportsmen as elusive as ns shadows when stalked by the man tuna with a n gun have suf sut suffered suffered heavy casualties In traps because because be be- cause of a weakness which they share with humans the humans the desire for tor something for nothing When roaming the woods In search of of his natural food live game the wildcat enjo enjoys s 's comparative tire the safety for his habitat br breeds eds no animals capable of engaging hImIn him himin himin in combat and he Ilo Is gifted with uncanny uncanny un un- canny ability to sense the tue presence of and evade his Ills most deadly enemy man But the tawny untamable like his two-legged two foe usually finds the thc lure of something for nothing most difficult dif dif- to resist Thus the success of trappers on capturing the tile game that thai seems to meow In derision at rifles and shotguns Thus the cash regis regis- register register ter song echoing along the a dirge for the tile cats but a B Joyful chorus for those to whom it means shoes for the baby Each time the jaws of a cat trap snap together together the state parts with 20 in bounty money The cat snarl snarlIng snarlIng snarlIng Ing In rage and pain has bas his fury aggravated by the discovery ery that the bait food bait food which he had attempted attempted at at- tempted to seize without earning It through the tike usual stalk and I. I kill III something for nothing is 15 Is Just beyond bed be- be yond the tho reach of his paws |
