Show RABBIT BABBIT HUNT WAS A DECIDED SUCCESS pc perhaps g 2000 1 1 killed in taft country hai 0 done great damage to farmers the ble big rabbit hunt in the taft country colesto a close today and tonight there will be one of the most UP lie balls ever given in that part of the reservation bert lloyd merchant at tatt taft who was in vernal for a few days says the hunters have been busy and excited for week a or two and he pre lichts that both sides to the controversy will bring in at least 2000 rabbits at last baat accounts C W graham a continued on page 3 RABBIT HUNT WAS A DECIDED SUCCESS continued C from page 1 man of high standing in that thrifty community was in the lead as the individual hunter and it was thought he would carry off tile the honors with perhaps of the cotton tall tail scalps dangling at his belt he went at the work with zeal and system with a forked stick and a wire with a twist on the end of it under his bis arm and a gun on bif shoulder mr graham went out in search of mr bunny when he had opportunity nearly every time he shot a little object jumped up in ill the air while he may have missed a shot now and then he never failed to get the rabbit even though it jumped into the hole the wire with the twist on the end of it was used to pull the little pest out the forked stick 0 that was used to rest the gun on the rabbits seem to be more numerous in that section than ever before and they are leaving devastation in their wake at this time of the year they do most damage to fruit trees in summer time they eat young alfalfa oats wheat and other vegetation last year one man had in a patch of four acres of wheat the rabbits actually ate it clean or io nearly so that it could not be cut and tho the farmer turned his horses in to pasture so the hunt while quite enjoyable will not be all for the sake of the sport but for the purpose of thinning out the pest i |