Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24
Rodent Population Of Tulsa
Has Become Entirely
Too Great.
SERIOUS SITUATION
How Would You Go About
Such a Gigantic Task i'll
Your Home Town!

can you suggest any effective way
TO cxtcrminate rats? If 20, you
should communicate II to ". q. III
hurno. secretary of the Chamber OF
Commerce. as 1t is the intention To
launch campaign against the ne-
structivc rodents ID Tulsa as soon as
possible. .,
There are people in this city VINO
have been In many other hunlclp'I
flies of the United states ana other
countries who are convinced IheT'
are as many oI NOR" fhls III uISn
than anywhere else in the world. vi
coursc their figures may be erroneous,
but IT Is "A fac, that Tulsa has many
thousands more rats than 1t should
have and il is the intention to launch
a campaign during the coming spring
which Is expected to at least reduce
the rodent population. even th"uSh
cxtcrminatiou Is impossible
The city commissioners VIII pc
urged to enter the campaign WIN
whatever backing they are capapIe
of giving. The chamber of Com
mcrcc viii do its part whlle u Is
urobablc every Womeu'S organization
of the city Will do everything pos
| siblc AS II is the women VINO are
| comulnining most and demand that
steps be taken at once to bring ABOUT
| Enforcement In really serious con-
dition of affairs.
There's No Explanation.
why there are 50 many rats IN
Tulsa Is not explained. ironapiN
every city of the country Is convince"
there could be no more OF the pests
than inhabit the area within thclr
corporate limits. These creatures DC
stroy hundreds of thousands OF uoI-
lars worth of merchandise annually
while nm atom of good which can be
attributed to them never has bceh
discovered even by those who nave
devoted wears of study TO the sub
icct.
Tulsa rats take the cake for nerve.
They dare anything from extracting
"A stray piece of cheese from the
garbage bucket in the alley to colony
attacks on chicken houses. Thry IN
wade houses and steal from kltcheh
and dining room tables and play
havoc with articles stored in the
| mansard or basement. Most rat
wandcrings take place after night
with the result that they keep haro-
| working pcople awake by their racket
or actual presence inside sleeplnH
chambers or other parts oi 'h'
/ house. g..
ON thcir launches and eat a more ol
loss dainty morscl within a foot ol
two Of "A porch fun Of men ana
/ women, while in the very heart ol
the business district IT is not unusua
TO soc a big. husky member OF the
/ tribe scampCr across your pain.
lust what ~ to bc done TO rid the
I city of its rodent population VIII no
ho decided upon until at such tlm'
htnIntnE
what npncars to bc a feasible plai
presents itself. Poison is dangerous
for the reason that II must he ans
trihutcd where animals othcf ih"'
rats can find it and whore ever
children would he in danger. Ia
drives have proved impracucablc, a.
the colonies are too numerous an'
widely scattered. Drowning Is out o
the question.
What's tn BE Done"
Therefore, what's To be done an,
how to do IT remains to he determined
If Xou have ever heard of "A plai
which has succeeded in killing OF
even "a portion of the rat population
then YOU should communicate Will
the chamber of Commerce ana cN
tplain it. Tho quicker this is dom
the better II will be, as If the ra
determination idea is carried out. l
is desired To combine 1t with TN
citv's cleanup day. which now is no
far distant
The city commissioners durinl
their meeting tomorrow may max
provision for the payment of
bounty on the tail or scalp of ever
rat produced, whether 10y small bo
. or man That this plan would haN
, AN excellent effect is certain, bu
possihlv would he too expensive to b
undertaken at this time.
! Lots nave the suggestions. The cit
needs them,