Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-14

eat had been growing her disapprov-.
al OF the Indian handling her kitten
for some time. 70 when Klan-soup-
Billie backed HID rear-guard into the
netting she reached for! Willie With
!; both hands. and she got him. too. ana
/ Khan said something that sounded Ike
S"Gul. de-cat!,,.sa and Jumped about
Is feet the first leap. Nov. the cat
cage was OF wire nettinE. Just braced
with small wooden sticks. 20 when
Willie Jumped. the cat hung on, and
the cage. cat and Willie pluck togeth-
or. Willie started down the beach to-
ward the Indian reserve yelling
bloody cats This woke the hounds
Up. and when they saw Willie & steal E. !.
ing their cat they put after him. and
ne fwass the sfinest mix-up ! ever saw In
my life.s While, s. became e great
chief; scorned TO sit down for weeks
after this. but stood In q dignifled way
before his vi kiup. a slight hiss would
cause Bin to Jump clear over Ms 3tepee
for weeks after.
But Bill ii Just IKE great many
men whom j know. They will be out
hnEting when their. dog viii strike =
cat trail, and tree the cat In no time.
Then Mr.. Man proceeds to tell what
he doesn't know about cats---howse easy
they tree dogs tree them In no time.
etc. That may BE- true-if the cat has
just dined X, then no trees easily. But
along In the summer months an old
tom u worse than. 8 bear to run. Then
they not only run, but they keep a-run.
MINI. When there Is light snowfall,
cats are tracked and killed pretty eas-
ily. Then they travel around In the
SNOW u all hours rabbit hunting. They
don't seem to care much for rabbits
except In the winter season. j35sS
Out OF the stomach gof hundreds Of
cats which l examined in spring, and
summer months never found the re-
mains Of q dozen rabbits. but found
the remains OF grouse and different
birds. bout Is per cent. Of the cats
food was mountain beaver. or 80
.welle. This little animal IL about the
size az 4 our common rabbit. with no
tan to- speak Of, dark gray IN color,
with large teeth and long claws. They
live IN holes in the ground like the;
prairie dog. Their food ID shrubbery
in hot weather. They.will cut bushes
and cover their holes up. They feed In
early morn, eve and night. This Pc
culiar little animal is found nowhere:
in the world save on q strip along the
Pacific coast from southern British Co.
lumbia to northern California. u /. 3 IL
In travelling around these cats travel
on logs faitogethe r, save when taking q
little side hunt. Then they travel under
or alongside OF logs II they can.
Through our forests in western Wash
ington you will see great tree trunks
blown down by passing storms. Where
one lies SO 1t points from tidewater to.
the distant blue-green hills, examine 1T
closely, and you will sec thousands Of
tiny holes. and worn smooth save for
these tiny holes. This tree trunk has
lain for scores of years, and 1t Is our
cats highway from the hills to the set
Elements below In the latter part Of
February or first OF March tom will
start out OF the hills. get on q runway
and 20 clear down into the sediments.
I'VE or six miles away, and back UP into
the hills again. all in night provid-
inx he does not make 4 kill on the way.
II SO. he win pick out thicket and
crawd In and lie all day. providing he
eats his kill
There are cats of both sexes travel
ing up and down these runways. It is
at this time that cat hunting is one
continual round Of hound yelps and the
dropping of cats. to the hunter who