The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Brown, J.A.
issued: 2022-08-03
issued: 1924-12-04
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note: THE PRINCETON STAR Published in the Interests of Mining and Agriculture in the Similkameen -Twenty-Sixth Year—No. 3 PRINCETON, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1924 PER YEAR: Sa.oo Caab Single Copy 5c. Cougar—The Deadly §|||| Enemy of Our Deer | DESTRUCTION OF THESE PREDATORY ANIMALS IS DIFFICULT! BUT PROFITABLE OCCUPATION ! I PREFERS HIS TRADE TO RANCHING Victor Quaectylieg, tjJio was in town during the week, announces that he has turned over his,, ranch and creamery business at Keremeos to his sons Walter and Eugene. Though he has •passed the allotted three score years and ten it is not his intention to re- I -tire from business. . Instead, he in- Some idea of the-havoc which cou-j'tends to resume work at his old trade: gar work among the deer in our ML,s of tanning, a trade at which he is a during the winter time is conveyed by j past master and in which he has •the report brought into Penticton by I 'fi led important positions bath in Charlie Shuttleworth, the noted cougar killer, after his recent hunt in the hills back of Peachland. The chase occupied three days. It started (.11 the trai" of a lone cougar, which, later, was joined by three other, and none were allowed to esdap'i?:. While- following the track of the cougars the hunter came' across the •carcasses of seven deei that had been killed—a wanton destruction, as •JDnly very snr»n portions of the animals had been eaten. A simple computation will show the large number of deer that would be destroyed in a year by such a bunch,' also, the 'ya'ue.in. game preservation of the, this stage, 'service rendered by Shuttleworth. With a few men of his type-experienced in the hills and equipped with a couple of trained dogsj- % would.-he possible to practically exterminate Europe and America. He has accepted a position as supervisor with the firm of Coleman & Salt, who operate three large tanneries in California, and for whom Mr. Quaedylieg worked intermittingly since coming •to British Columbia. He and Mrs. Quaedy ieg, w…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26). Edges damaged.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0416529
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
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