Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-12-02
TWO CENTS
UNIQUE ENTERPRISE
Thriving at Kingwood-Traps
and Shares for Rabbits Being
Made.

Made.
TO Shit the Fancy of Wealthy Children
--lnlaid with ivory Devastating
Horaes of Rodents Meeting Effective
Opposition Rattle-snakes and Seng
In the Background Preston County
Genius to the Front.
Special Correspondence.
KINGwooD, w. Va, Nov. 30 "A
new industry, unique and yet ap-
parently useful, has been established
here. It is for the manufacture of
rabbit boxes and snares, The firm,
known as the Rabbit DISCRIMINATING
Company, also manufactures other
game traps, snch as for bear, Wild
cats, mountain lions, kangaroes, etc.
The company is capitalized for a
large sum and does business upon
large scale.
It can be readily seen that manu-
featuring rabbit boxes and snares
would be profitable. Thousands and
tens of thousands of rabbits infest
the hills of this region. They are
of unusually large and destructive
species. Sometimes they march in
armies and have been known this
season to gnaw down whole orchards
in a single night, chewing off the
trees at the ground.
The boxes vary in size, and are
made to salt the fancy OF the pnr-
chasers who enjoy trapping them
for pleasure and profit. 1t would
seem that the ginseng and snake
industries will be snpplanted in
Preston county by the hare industry.
However the latter is only followed
| in the winter season and the others
in the summer. Some Of the boxes
are made plain, but durable. Others
are yenecred with walnut and
mahogany, ornamented with inlaid
mother OF pearl and sometimes more
valuable materials, to suit the fancy
of the children of rich parents, es-
pecially those in the cities who own
parks and suburban country places.
Messrs. Ben Bowermaster and
Hoy jackson are the principal stock
holders in the company and in
conversation with your correspond
ent said that they have ordered
materials in carload lots, the home
mills not being able to supply the
demand. They have shipped several
car loads of the traps, and are doing
good business.
1--WE expect to begin early next
season, and have several car loads
made before the winter rabbit season
opens. We were late in starting
this year, and find it difficult to
obtain sufficient export hands, which
are required to carry out the diff
cult patent contriyances we have for
these traps, Next summer we will
ship ship load of our kangaroo
traps to Australia" said one of the
| firm.
A Continuance upon the traps
shows the owner when they have
made a catch, which saves time in
going up to each trap to make q
close investigation. This is especial
lly convenient when one person at
tends several hundred traps. A
survey Of the field will be sufficient
tor whenever trap contains a
rabbit, little red flag springs up
above on a little pole, being es-
pecially good for deep SHOWS.
These inventors are working hard
upon continuance which will be
attached to each trap; whereby
rabbit will be skinned and dressed,
automatically, ready for the kitchen
stove, as soon as the trap is sprung.
1t has not been perfected as yet.
/ This firm also manufactures sleds,
large and small, and have one patent
coasting sled for young people, which
upon reaching the bottom of the hill
will Immediately run back to the
top as soon as the riders get of,
thus making coasting delightful
pleasure, witheu. the annoyance OF
dragging the sled back up the niIl.
These of course come high.
| Preston county thus is keeping
abreast of the times, and the rabbit
nuisance will soon abate. One line
feature Of the snares, as old and
young men will appreciate, is that
they can be sold already set, and