The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-21
RAT WAR MEETS
WITH APPROVAL
Health Department Asks
Cooperation of Citizens
In Drive.
GET EN- ALL IS PLEA

One of the bylaws of all of the
societies organized against war al
lows for a certain kind of war to
which it gives unanimous approval,
according to the crew of men who are
coming to kenosha on Wednesday to
do the city a good turn. Nothing is
said against declaring and waging in
tensive warfare against rats and mice.
So without any restrictions to hamper
them w. F. Amann and his assistants,
professional rat-killers, are being
brought to Kenosha with the order
to exterminate every last rat within
and without their reach.
The work which these warriors are
expected to complete here is meeting
with the approval of all of the officials
of the city interested in the welfare
and health Of the community. While
Kenosha does not bear the reputation
Of being rat-infested city, and while
complaints from this source are very
few, it is not denied that there are
certain sections which have more than
their share Of the total rat population.
According to health officers, any COM
munity that has more rats than none
at all has more than it's share.
Follow Up Cleanup Time.
The health department is particul
arly anxious that this most recent
drive be a complete success. In
statement issued today it calls upon
the people to finish up the job start
ed during cleanup time. by taking
part in the war on rats. 1t "recom
mends seriously the determination
of rats"
at is not expedient only to destroy
the hiding and feeding places of the
rats but the rats themselves must be
destroyed" continues the statement.
at has been determined that rats
breed ten times year with an aver
age of ten to a litter. They breed
when only three months old; so two
rats unmolested will produce $780,
900 descendants in three years. Aside
from the cost of their upkeep, which
is manifested in their destruction of
food products and other articles nee
essary to the human race, it is known
that they carry one of the most dan
gerous and destructive diseases that
affect the human system, Bubonic
plague. This disease is communicated
from the rat to the human being by
means of small fleas which infest the
rat.
Can't Shoot EN- Down.
"Our cleanup time which, thanks
to the cooperation of the Boy Scouts
has had such remarkable results, will
not be complete success until every
rat now IN Kenosha is dead. If all
the people will cooperate with the
health department it should not take
longer than two or three weeks to
have Kenosha free from rats. The
health department does not recon-
mend any special method of rat exter
mination. You may shoot them, you
may catch them in trap, or you may
poison them. Shooting within the city
limits is prohibited by ordinances,
catching rats in a trap is slow with
uncertain results; and poisoning them
is dangerous procedure, and also
uncertain unless based upon previous
experience.
"There is at the present time
group of professional rat extermina-
tors at work at Racine, under the di-
rection of w. F. Amann. They intend
to come to Kenosha during the week
to carry on Systematically arranged
campaign in this city. Their work is
not successful unless everyone coop
crates with them. 1t is of no use to
kill rats in one block and let those
in another block live. Mr.. Amsnn has
coed credentials which show the re-
suits of his work in other cities. We
urge a whole-hearted cooperation
with him in this work"
So with all of this agitation Mr.. Rat
will soon find that Kenosha is a
mighty hot place for him.