The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-02-13

The coyote and the cat have had to eat and in order to do 70 they have made
war o n smaller tribes. 1t took many a gopher. for instance, or abb, to fill
the hollow next the coyotes backbone and ribs; but he managed, with hard
rusuing, to get along.
Then came the rabies commission and, with the assistance of govern
ment" men, traps, poison and deadfalls. the coyote has fastd disappeared from
Nevada. When Mr.. Coyote went out Of business the rabbits took advantage
to multiply their family, and other rodents have followed suit Now the
question is how to get rid of the second evil, the rabbit and his kindred
Some ranchers have gone so far IS o state that the rabid coyote is a better
friend than the rabbit and his tribe, which it is confessed will Eat up more
grass and destroy nor plant and tree life than the coyote ca destroy In
other values. A further fact is that a dligent inquiry among ranchers has
failed to discover ont who eve Ia or knew Of a "rabid" coyote thing
which government" hunters 81 assiduously talk about. Even if the coyote
ment he has been subjected to. and lack of understanding of his usefulness
which has prevailed.
at is to ennghten members of the Legislature o rodent determination
that Professor Norcross is here" says the News. 1t is confessed that with
the natural enemy of the rodents put out of the way, rabbits and other small
animals have multiplied greatly. This is not the survival of the fttest 1t
is the survival of the worst enemy that ranchers have to combat
A year or 81 g one rancher rim the northern part Of the county said to
The Silver. State that if he yer saw another coyote hunter On his premises
he wouId-weH, he Would do something bad to the government man His
words we're printed at the time. Now, the lesson to be learned from this
ley determination" campaign is that people in general, and professors and
scientists and government men in particular, would do much better to
learn what a country is good for. than to enter it and insist upon thu ex-
plofaton of their W ideas-for a consideration.
Twas not 10 many years ago that the entire country from Reno % Salt
Lake City "a believed by an overwhelming majority of people to be nothing
but a desert of desoation and death. 1t was not supposed to be fit for
human habiaton; and, as always in such cases OF transformation, OF to
say ignorance, anything bad said about the desert and it's inhabitants Gnclud-
ing coyotes) a readily believed. Information is what is wanted, no. theo-
ries. The desert is rich in possibliies-the richest place in the world,
perhaps. But it is not o be judged by conditions in New York or Iowa.
For half a century Arkansas, now admitted. to be n Of the most fertile
sections Of the earths surface, was a standard joke in the United States.
Farmers went there from the hard-head hills of New York and New England,
without in the least understanding how to cultivate a swampy soil, and failed
to make a living. Even today their deserted homes may be en in some
sections of that wonderful. state. All manner of denunciation of Arkan-saw
w a believed in the East-and 81 it is low with "te desert"
We cordially invite government" mn and scientific men, who learned
their trade somewhere else. to let Is and our coyotes and rodents alone. One
W e want And there is a little matter about misinformaton regarding iri-
cation given out from the university, which is to be taken up later.