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Show Warning Issued That Trap Stealing Will Draw Heavy Penalty Notice is served by Royal H. Blake that anyone caught stealing his traps, which are government property, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Mr. Blake is employed by the U. S. Biological Survey department depart-ment as a federal trapper. Recently Re-cently he has been trapping adjacent adja-cent to some of the turkey ranches in an effort to reduce the predatory animals that have been bothering the turkey growers, grow-ers, and has had a number of his traps stolen. He points out that stealing these traps is a federal offense and carries a heavy penalty for those caught and convicted. con-victed. ' . |