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Show A PLETHORA OF JACK RABBIT8 .H olid Train Loada of Them on Weetern taaaaaial Itallwaya. j From tho Topeka Capital; Solid ).H trains of Jack rabbits will be a novolty IH In tbo trafllc of Western railroads dur- IH lng tho coming winter. The trains iH will be made up entirely of retrlgerav jH tor cars, each of which will contain JH 6,000 Jack rabbits, thoroughly frozen - before being loaded for shipment. The .H freight charges from Idaho to the.Mls tal slsslppi river will bo six cents each, l or $360 for tho car, which Is consld- H ered a very high tariff, even for re- H frlgerator car service but as the Jacks H will bring $1.25 to $1.50 per dozen it Is H said thero will bo a good margin for H both shippers and commission men. H Tho extraordinary rush ot this meat H Is due to tho fact that tho stats ot H Idaho Is now overrun by countless H numbers of Jack rabbits, which aro H multiplying so rapidly that tho total H destruction ot crops In that section Is H threatened. In the hope ot affording H some relief tho stato legislature passed H a law offering a bounty of two cents H on each Jack rabbit scalp brought In, H and the result Is that the obnoxious H bunnies aro being slaughtered In great H numbers. A prominent merchant ot H Pocatello conceived the Idea of en- H couraglng the extermination of the H pests and shipping the carrcasses to H Eastern gamo dealers to be sold. He H has concluded arrangements with a 'H ,Bt. Louis man for disposing ot the H |