The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
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got against the wire netting. The old
 cat had been growing her disapprov-
 al of the Indian handling her kitten for some time, SO when Klan-Soup- Billie backed his rear-guard into the
 netting she reached for Willie with
 both hands, and she got him, too. and
 Klan said something that sounded like
 "Gul-dub-to-de-cat!" and jumped about
 16 feet the first leap. Now. the cat
 cage was of wire netting. just braced
 with small wooden sticks, so when
 Willie jumped. the cat hung on, and
 the cage, cat and Willie stuck togeth-
 CT. Willie started down the beach to-
 ward the Indian reserve yelling
 bloody cats. This woke the hounds
 up, and when they saw Willie steal
 ing their cat they put after him. and
 1t was the finest mix-up ever saw in
 my life. Willie, as became a great
 chief, scorned to sit down for weeks after this. but stood in dignihed way
 before his wickiup. A slight hiss would cause Bill to jump clear over his tepee for weeks after.
 But Bill is just like a great many men whom know. They will be out hunting when their dog will strike a cat trail, and tree the cat in no time. Then MT. Man proceeds to tell what he doesn't know about cats-how easy they tree-dogs tree them in no time. etc. That may be true-if the cat has just dined; then he trees easily. But along in the summer months an old for,, io xurorea 4hon O hoor fO r,,1 Trhav, they not only run, but they keep a-run- ming. When there is light snowfall cats are tracked and killed pretty cas- fly. Then they travel around in the snow at all hours rabbit hunting. They don't seem to care much for rabbits, except in the winter season
 Out of the stomach of hundreds of cats which 1 examined in spring and summer months l never found the re- the remains of grouse and different birds. About 75 per cent. of the cats food was mountain beaver, or "se- welle." This little animal is about the size of our common rabbit, with no tail 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 is shrubbery in hot weather. They will cut bushes early morn, eve and night This pe- culiar little animal is found nowhere in the world save on a strip along the Pacific coast from southern British CO lumbia to northern California.
 In travelling around these cats travel on logs altogether, save when taking a little side hunt. Then they travel under or alongside of logs If they can. Through our forests in western Wash ington you will see great tree trunks blown down by passing storms Where one lies so it points from tidewater to the distant blue-green hills, examine 1t closely, and you will see 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 dement's below. In the latter part of 1 February or first of March 8 tom will | start out of the hills, get on a runway, | and go clear down into the sediments. i've or six miles away, and back up into the hills again, all in a night-provid- Ing he does not make a kill on the way. If so, he will 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