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Goren on Bridge

Goren on Bridge
Both sides vulnerable. South
deals.
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The actual bidding:
South West North East
l 4 Pass "A Pass
3A Pass - Pass
Pass Pass
Opening lead: Queen of diamonds.
The bidding of today's hand is
given as it actually occurred. 1t is
strictly routine up to North's final
bid, which is the subject of this dia-
tribe. In my opinion it was a bad
bid. North should have passed to
his partners three-spade bid with
out any genuine fear of missing a
game. He argued that he held con-
siderably more than he might have
had for his mild raise to two spades
and therefore felt justified in ac-
cepting his partners invitation to
go game. AS will be seen, declarer
had no reasonable play for the con-
tract.
l cannot agree with his estimate
of the North hand. 1t may have a
pretty face but it has a very bad
heart. A prospective dummy should
be judged by the number of actual
tricks it will probably develop for
partner. Viewed from that stand
point, the hand is poor indeed. At
the most liberal estimate this hold
ing will produce only three tricks
for partner, which will require his
taking seven tricks himself. This is
too much to ask for. If South held
that many winners he would have
hoped to four spades himself.
When the bidding proceeds in this
manner North should have a likeli-
hood of taking four tricks before
accepting partners invitation to 60
game. To put it in another way,
North overlooked this very impor-
tant principle of bidding: Beware
OF the 1883. It's a monster. A
wolf in sleeps clothing. It's never
quite as good as it looks. AS
general rule I make it habit to
mentally subtract king from my
hand when I hold one of this dis
tribution.
I have many times seen a player
raise his partners no-trump open
ing with about king and a queen
ana comment as he spread the
dummy, Partner, I have wonderful
no-trump distribution" It's the
worst possible distribution and the
reason it is recommended for no
trump is that it isn't much good
Tor anything else. Since no-trump
requires the fewest number of tricks
for game, that avenue must generally
be sought with these very barren
hands. The moral is never overbid
a hand that is 4-3-3-3.
TomOrrow's Problem.
Your partner opens with one
heart and you hold:
AJ87 3KJ654 hKQJ A72
What is your response?
lcopyright 1945, by Charles r. oorenD
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AUTO TRUCKS FOR sAlr

REQ 1845 TRUCKS, new; assortment OF
sizes and wheelbases; available for holders
OF certificates. REQ WASHINGTON CO..
1881 Half st. Sc. AT. 2199.
FORD 1912 3-yard dump body, model
99-T, hydraulic hoist, overhauled motor
helper springs, heavy-duty tires; no prior
lty necessary; price, 81 $50: within OPA
ceiling. FRED MOTOR CO.. 50l3 Georgia
ave. NV
CHEVROLET 1941 tractor model 1916,
5th-Wheel booster brakes 2-speed rear
S.25x20 tires, saddle tanks. good brakes;
price, S1.l25; within OPA ceiling FRED
MOTOR CO., b0l3 Georgia ave NV
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BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT

TWO CLOSED and two open front hldgs
on approx. 10000 50. ft of ground in 2nd
com. ne. section; suitable for auto repair
garage, repair shops of any kind; cleo
trlclty and concreted Call between S
a m. .-9:30 am, FIR 1910 or NO 9247
ATTRACTIVE, MODERN fireproof build
ing on good business street: excellent,
economical heating plant and ample toilets:
long lease to good tenant: suitable engi-
neering, drafting, sales or light manu-
featuring. Phone MR.. ROCCA, EN-. 1900.
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WAREHOUSES FOR RENT.

FLOOR SPACE FOR RENT in Georgetown
or osts prvae
trance. Ask for Mr.. Keller GEORGE
RADIO CO., s16 St NV.
1900 SO. FT.. 2nd floor, loft. clearance.
fireproof construction; occupancy about
July goth. Inspect this property at New
York. ave, and Fairvew ne, abutting
Brentwood Park. east of 9th St viaduct
off New York ave; 1st floor LEASED for 10
years and End floor available on a 10-year
lease basis at reasonable rent; could be
used for light manufa cturing. storage or
possibly office space. See Mr.. Parsons,
WEAVER BROS. INC, Washington Bldg
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ACREAGE FOR SALE.

OWNER will sacrifice 3N4 acres joining Md
section of Rock Creek Park, for immediate
cash BR. 00O3.
FOXHALL ROAD FRoNTAGE-This tract
Of Q acres offers an opportunity for small
estate or for subdivision purposes; $4,000
per acre VIM. H. SAUNDERS CO. INC.
Realtors lest 1857, 1919 K ST. NV
10 ACRES OF LAND in Northern Mime
sofa, ideal for hunting or fishing lodge.
Phone Shepherd 2236.
ber; :';' miles west Richmond miles south
U. S. 33; stream. fenced $3.50. or $50
cash. $40 monthly. Also ia acres same
neighborhood. all woodland, some sawable;
good State road. mail route. school bus;
S1.140' or $40 cash, SO monthly. L. l..
SELF IolliSa Va
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AUToMoTIVE MISCELLANEOUS.

TIRE RECAPPING IN WASH. - One-day
service, Leave car at 0 m. ready at 5:
grade rubber, guar work, car protected
under cover: not left on street or lot For
appointment call LU. 0S34. LU 1917
Plenty of grade l and 3 tires and tubes
in stock passenger and truck CONSOL-
IDAIED SALES CO. 1896 H st. ne. LU.
0S34, LU 1917.
MOTORCYCLES, parts, accessories; oil
tires and repairs. INDIAN MOTORCYCLE
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SUMMER CAMPS.

MONTE VITA RANCH CAMP, one of the
best boys camps conv. to D. c. See ad
under personal. CH. 1858 or WO. 4214. =
camp for your child; details at no obliga-
tions: WASHINGTON SCHOOLS ASSO-
CATIONS, 204 Colorado Bldg, RE. 1899
SUMNER CAMP for boys, 9 to Is, Meadow
Mountain, Md, June % to August ., S155.
WA. 1854.
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PROPOSALS

the Purchase Section. National Bureau OF
Standsr rds, WASHINGTON, D. c. until =
pm, June =. l945. and then publicly
opened for the rewiring of the present
North Building for electric power and
hEhtinE. Specifications may be obtained
from the Purchase Section, National
Bureau Of StanOardS
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INVESTMENT PROPERTY WANTED

buy houses, apartments and commercial
properties. List with US, GEO. S. KING
CO. 2001 Nichols ave. Sc, Ii @501
WANT TO BUY / or , old apt buildings,
any condition; no commission; any section
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FARMS WANTED.
LOIS FOR SALE.

WANTED FARMLAND near D c.. must be
cheap for cash FULTON r. GORDON,
1927 Eye St W, DI. $3.50 until s pm.
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Remove one letter from each word and
rearrange to spell the word called for
Print the letter opposite the word from
''Lettered- Out" correctly it's thronR.
Answer to Yesterdays Letter-Ost.
fS) ALLURES-LAUREI. ian evergreen).
fP) FORCEPS+FRESCO (ruraD.
tE ECHOESICHOSE (picked).
fN) I0NOBI-OBLIGE reduirs).
tT TATTLERS-STARTLE tscare).
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633 LAMONT ST NW.-Single metal ga
rage, suitable for storage or parking
space; conveniently located: So monthly.
FEDERAL FINANCE CO., 915 New York
ave. NV, Ma. 1416. 81
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INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR SALE,

WE OWN RESIDENCE in Webster Groves,
Mo, suburb Of st. Louis. will trade for D
c. or Va. property. Call Falls Church 1877.
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GARAGES WANTED.
AUTOMOBILES WANTED.

GARAGE WANTED, in ne. or Sc, 800
it., industrial, Ind commercial; water
electricity; suitable for shop Ii. O2s1
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BUSINESS PROPERTY WANTED.
REAL ESTATE SALE OR EXCHANGE

l HAVE MANY desirable foreign buyers
with cash for investment properties. r.
R. HERNANDEZ, 1107 Eye St. DI. S6S1
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oUT-oF-Towh REAL ESTATE.

IMMED. OCCUP.; mod rms. furn; best
dist L. A. owner will exch rental or
income prop. with Wash, D. c. Brokers
invited. Wire, write, N. B. PERRY, 722
DunSmuir, Los Angeles lOs
MIAMI BEACH REAL ESTATE information.
am in Washington for To-day visit, will
be glad to discuss your ideas on Miami
woodward Bldg, mornings, 10 to IT, Tele-
phone DI. 1907, DAVID R. ISEN, Miami
Beach Realtor
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AUTO LOANS.

AUTOMOBILE LOANS without indorsers.
We do not check with employers or use
unpleasant methods to ascertain credit
order to obtain money. NOLAN FINANCE
CO.. 11O2 New York ave NV (Greyhound
Bus Term.). RE. 1900 Open It'll pm. 81
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AUTO TRUCKS WANTED
GARAGES FOR RENT.

WANTED. light panel truck. must be clean
good looking, good condition. Phone DI
}05S, ask for CARY.
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SUBURBAN REkT-vIRGIkIA.

SMALL LOG HOUSE, high elevation near
river; fruit trees, veg. garden; > mi. above
G. Falls. Va. near River Bend; So mo.
Ask for MR. VEGA
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SPACE WANTED suitable for office and
workshop, 1000 to 5000 So. it., in
vicinity 14th and sts. NV. or in down
town area; will occupy Immediately Mr.
m. Glazer, ME 44S1. SALTZ BROS,
1871 st. NV.
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ITSED-CAR SALE
AZ Studebaker Champ. d. ]. 2-dr. sed.. h ,
$l,156.
Al Studebaker Champ, club sed.. h.,
$1,000.
Al Studebaker Commander sedan. r. and
h.; 81 ,331.
Al Chrysler Saratoga sed.. r. and L., vacu
trans: 81 .S56.
Al Lincoln-Zephyr custom sed. r. and h.,
S2,156.
Al Ford d. l. Tudor ST COG
Al Mercury 2-door sedan. r. and h.,
S1,306.
40 Packard 6-cyl. cl. coupe. r. and h.,
o. d.. 81 ,O75
40 Packard super S sed., r and h.. o. d.,
S1.S25.
40 La Sale cl. coupe, r. and h, Sl,363
40 Packard IS" sedan. r. and h.. O. d..
S1,131
80 Olds sedan, r. and h.. 1915
Many others to choose from within OPA
ceiling HYATTSVILLE BUICK CO..
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In cooperation NTH OPA,
Advertisements under Automo-
biles for Sale must include
make, year, model, body type.
price and statement "Within
OPA CeilinO."
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ACREAGE WANTED.

WOULD LIKE TO BUY from 25 to 100
acres cheap woodland close to District
prefer hardwood. Answer, giving location
amount of acreage and price per acre
Box 409-A. Star 4.
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sEAsHoRe PROPERTY.
WATER FRONT PROPERTY.

REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL.-For rent, June
to 16. furnished cottage, bedrms, $35
Wk 81. 2Q14
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OFFICES FOR RENT.
OFFICES WANTED.

DOUBLE OFFICE, free parking HUGH
e. PHILIPS CO., AT. 3160.
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SCHLEGEL & COLLEEN

1910 De Soto Coupe. r. & h. 1914
1887 Packard "120" 4-Dr., r. & h. 695
1897 Packard els" 4-Dr., r. & h. 612
1895 PONTIAC 2-Dr: Sedan, r, & h. 495
1885 Chevrolet 2-Door Sedan --- 400
1886 Pontiac 2-Door Sedan ------- 455
1885 Dodge 4-Door Sedan ---- 40
1895 Buick 4-Door Sedan -------- 295
These prices are at or below ceiling
SCHLEGEL & GOLDEN. 257 Carroll St.
Takoma Park, D. c.. GE. 1902. Open
Sunday.
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SUBURBAN RENT-MARYLAhD.

OWNER DESIRES to rent out part of fur
nished home, all utilities furnished adults
preferred; S45 mo. WA. 1862, 6210 Ed
monston ave. East Riverdale. Md.
STORES FOR SALE.
RESTAURANT, fully equipped, newly deco
rated, rea sonable price. SHEPHERD
LUNCHEONETIE, 1886 Georgia ave NV.
FA. a661
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STORES FOR RENT.

S2I-23 18th ST. N.E.-In Beverly Thea
ter Building. stores, 20X35 feet. KASS
REALTY CO, 4461 Connecticut ave, WO.
1l61.
42l E ST. NE.-store for rent on a
business corner. 81
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STORES WANTED.

STORE, approximately 500 square feet
suitable for printing business; downtown
rent must be reasonable. Give rental in
reply. Box 2G7-A. Star l.
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Points for Parents
G BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE

Decisions based ON thought and
emotion OF the moment, desirable
ch1ldrens environment. I.
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OFFICE BUJLDINGS-6-story, located In
finest downtown business district main
tanned in top condition; fixed net income,
$4,000 annually.
7-story building near Statler Hotel; net
nsGme pos3War xane Hooo P9ed beGT
MENT CO, 40 14th st. w. EX. 6929. ,"
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I'VE Have A WAY
With the Women"

G. w. Olson, superintendent of
the Queens Hospital in Honolulu,
and former Swedish vice consul in
Los Angeles, recently found the
following story in the Honolulu
Star Bulletin under the heading
private Uses Swedish Language
to Persuade Okinawan to Safety"
With An Army Division on
Okinawa-It doesn't seem that
there would be any chronological
connection between the Swedes
and the Okinawans, but there is
evidently a tie somewhere.
An anti-tank company, racing
against darkness to keep a rem
devious with some Japs on a hill
side were being held up time and
again by terrified civilians wan
dering out of the caves. Each time
a group came along the company
would hold up to pass them along
the line to be taken to the refugee
camp.
They were all willing enough
to be shuttled toward the rear
except for one old woman who
suddenly decided to be stubborn.
She sat down in the road and re-
fused to bulge. Men gathered
around her, spoke soothing words,
offered her cigarettes and candy.
She still wouldn't move.
Finally Private First Class An
drew Lindgren of 1855 N. Clark
Ave-, Chicago, spoke to her in
Swedish.
The elderly matron frightened
up Immediately, answered Lind
gren in Japanese, patted his hand
and leaned on his arm as he led
her to the stockade area.
One of the men of the COM
pany told the commander. Can't.
Buford Bjorklund of Ell Paso, Tex.
about the incident. I'm not a
bit surprised Capt. Bjorklund
said. 1--WE Swedes always did
have a way with women"
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succeeded in reducing the age
limit about a year.
My next acquisition in the line
of a sportsman's armamentarium
was a book entitled, Handbook
for Hunters" 1t was a volume of
several hundred pages and each
page full of thrilling suggestions
how to bring home bigger and
better bags of game. Ny school
teacher couldn't understand why
my usually high marks in history
and geography as well as in cate
ehism had suddenly dropped so
shamefully. He did not know about
my new book and the absorbing
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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN

noon. That day I could see from
my spying post that the bait was
absent from the center prong. 1t
took only a minute to slide down
the hill on the skis and reach the
stump. Here a thrilling and at the
same time heartrending story
could be decided at a glance.
A fox had come along in the
new snow which had started to
fall only an hour or so earlier.
After a careful approach he had
finally come up to the stump and
jumped up on it several times I'M
til at last he had reached the sour
herring, knocked it down and eat
en- it right there on the spot.
How could he do that without
getting his claws caught in one of
the clefts? Because the sleet that
had fallen that morning had filled
the bottom of the Sits with ice
and likewise covered the sides of
the stump with a similar coating,
In the ice could be seen numerous
scratches made by the foX's claws
while he had been jumping for the
bait
It was noted that but little snow
had fallen into his footprints al
though it had been showing con-
tinuously He could not have got
ten very far away, therefore.
BY this time I had my new rifle
and it of course was with me now
as always whenever I went to look
at the trap. 1t was only natural
then that l should debate to hit
the trail at once.
The fox was heading for rough
area in the forest where he had
plenty of hiding places among the
hills, canyons and thick brush. 1t
was impossible for me to follow
the tracks without making too
much noise. After a couple of
hours pursuit I could see that the
fox had become aware of my pres
ence because he had sat down in
the snow a few times and waited
until l should come close enough
to give him a chance to see what
I looked like. Then he had taken
series of long jumps to some
new cover from which he would
repeat the performance. The snow
carried a complete record of all
his movements. 1t seemed to me
sometimes that he was having a
lot of fun playing hide
with me.
My rifle was carried as nearly
ready for business as possible un-
der the difficult tramping on my
skis. At times when l needed both
arms to assist in pushing my way
through the thicket it was neces-
sary to let the rifle hang on it's
strap from the shoulder In such
narrow spaces where quick shoot
ing was the only kind to be ex-
pected, the hanging of the rifle
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Side view of stump. Frontview
showing trident and bait.
s'd'hs~ f Stump

from the shoulder was equivalent
to complete disarmament.
At one such moment when it
took all the muscles of my body
to heave myself up on a sort of
ledge ahead of me, l saw for the
space of a tenth of a second. a
sight which has haunted me
throughout the three score and
more years which have come and
gone since that day.
AS my head re C h e d high
enough so I could look across the
open area above the ledge and to-
ward the brush, forty or fifty feet
away, there was a flash of some
thing intensely blue in color that
passed over a patch of snow WISH
BILE among the spruce trees. 1t
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gave an impression as if someone
mad taken a blue shawl with long
silk fringes and given it a quick
ZIP IN the air. 1t was the tail of
a blue foX!-A rarity in any mans
country.
Daylight was beginning to fade
soon after this episode and I was
oollged to hurry out of the woods
before 1t became too dark. 1t
showed all the next night and it
was useless to think of trying to
1lnd the same tracks again the
following morning.
remembered having heard if
mentioned that such a thing as a
blue fox really existed somewhere
IN the world, and that occasionally
one had been caught by trapper.
out l did not know the full signifi-
canoe of the term, nor the poten-
TALLY of the pelt, from such an
animal The folks to whom | told
about what l had seen were not
particularly impressed. One old
grandpa was convinced that I had
seen one of the unearthly hobgob-
Inns (trolD that had been known
10 exist in those ravines in olden
times. His grandfather had told
him about them. He warned me
never to go near those rocks
again!
1t was not until some weeks
later that l learned the true and
practical meaning of the name
blue fox.
A skin buyer came along in
search of hides of all kinds He
was especially eager for pelts from
the Wilderness, in which line he
was considered an expert. | asked
him what he paid for blue fox
skins. He quickly dropped what he
was doing at the time as if he
thought | was going to show him
a specimen and said: Il have to
see the skin before I can give YOU
any definite price put, depending
on its size and good condition, it
would be worth somewhere be
tween ONE THOUSAND and
FIVE THOUSAND CROWNS"
That ends the story-but not
the recollection of the boys men
tai anguish on discovering how
near he had been to such unheard
of wealth-how near he had been
to becoming a MILLIONAIRE,
BUY WAR BONDS!
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offered by the game buyers.
The task of putting out the
snares and later to run over and
inspect the snare lines, had to be
done on Saturday afternoons, the
only time in the week when there
was no school. To attend to these
jobs on Sundays was unthinkable.
Those few boys who risked break
ing the Sabbath to look after their
snares usually died before the Win
ter was over, either from diptheria
or scarlet fever,
My rather successful sharing of
game birds was the reason l often
had more spending money in my
pockets than my envious school
mates. Their envy was based on
the fact that l would not buy all
the sWeetmeats their half-starved
stomachs craved. l was trying to
save all the money 1 could and I
had one grand ambition in my eff
forts to accumulate wealth.
Without the fulfillment of this,
my hearts desire, it seemed all
else in life would be useless and
hopeless. l wanted a rifle - a
breech-loading rifle of my own!
The old small-bore muzzle loader
my uncle let me take occasionally
to shoot at a target and which he
had promised to give some day
when l was old enough" had no
charms for me. In spite of his en-
thusiasm for the muzzle loader,
with which ne and his father be-
fore him had always kept the lar
der in their mountain home well
filled with capercailZies, shot dur
ing the spring mating season, to
me that kind of a gun was just
horse and buggy stuff. l belonged
TO the new school of hunters my
father had used a breech-loader on
his last moose hunt and vouched
for its astonishing behavior and
l wanted a breech-loading rifle,
When a boys heart is thoroughly
possessed by the yearning for
rifle, life has no other inducement
to fill that requirement! He
NEEDS a rifle and MUST have
one,
In course of time I had earned
enough money from my snares to
buy the weapon of my choice. But
then another problem arose It
took months of daily arguments
with my mother and before my
austere guardian, an old scrooge
who never owned a rifle, before l
could squeeze out their consent to
have a shooting iron of my own
Their foolish idea was that boy
should be fifteen years old before
a rifle might safely be placed in
his hands. My arguments finally
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interest aroused in me through it's
subject matter and it's suggestive
pictures.
The book contained detailed in
formation about all the game
birds and other animals that I had
ever heard of and many more. 1t
described their habitats, their
ways of living and the most prac-
teal methods for the hunter in
his attempts to catch them.
One of my most vivid recollec-
tons from those early days has to
do with a novel way of trapping
foxes. After learning all the de-
tails from thorough study of the
description in the book l proceed
ed to try it out as follows:
A young pine tree of about six
inches diameter at the root was
cut off six or seven feet from the
ground. 1t was then sliced off at
the top on both sides until the
end of the stump formed a sharp
edge. Two V-shaped sections were
next cut out with axe and jack
knife so as to leave a sort of tri-
dent pointing upward. The sides
of the VS. We're made as sharp
and smooth as possible. The point
of each V was cut into a deep,
narrow slit. (See drawing).
On the point of the center prong
was stuck an old sour and smelly
fish. A rotten herring would send
out dinner invitations to predatory
animals as far as the breezes
could reach.
The cruel idea behind all this
preparation was t h t the fox
would have to jump in his efforts
to reach the bait, and III doing so
would get one or more joints of
his claws caught in the bottom of
a V. Since his hind legs did not
reach down far enough to touch
the ground, he was unable to free
himself from the stump but had
to hang there until the trapper
came along to kill him.
| well remember the final SEN
tence in the chapter describing
this stunt. 1t said: Simple as this
method may seem it is neverthe-
less a fact that on at least one
occasion a hunter found two foxes
hanging, one on each side of the
stump. when he made his morning
inspection
| chose a pine tree at place
where l could see the stump plain
ly from a nearby hilltop. 1t took
only a few minutes to run out to
this spot on my skis for a daily
inspection.
One night there had been
thaw followed by rain and sleet.
Next morning turned out freezing
again with a fresh snow fall about