Emery County Progress | 1901-12-21 | Page 2 | Washington Farmers Organize to Exterminate Cougars

Wahl Deton fanner urbanize anize to eiter initiate Couf fare cougars have multiplied so fast in the upper Nia qually valley washing ton during the past two years tl at it it has become unsafe for persona to travel through the woods alone after dusk or for ranchers to leave their cattle in any exposed place in the outlying outly ins d many calves and hens have been carried away and de doured by the ferocious fei ocious animals deer have been almost entirely driven out ot the woods in that section farmers are organizing g hunt by which they hope to extern nate several score of cougars