Animals are Tapping the Fruit and Maple Trees While Citizens Roar.
Police Are Powerless.
W. M. Peterson, for many years chief of police at Lake Bluff, who now holds a similar position at Winnetka, is going “nutty” trying to figure out how he can prevent the squirrels from ruining valuable maple and fruit trees of irate citizens in that village.
The squirrels are biting the buds to get the nectar nature provides. The sugar shortage doesn’t worry the squirrels as they need only “tap” the maple trees. But the owners of the trees have filed complaint with Chief Peterson and asked for special permit to shoot the “varmints.” However, the chief is powerless as there is a state law against shooting squirrels out of season and the village ordinance prohibits the discharge of firearms within its limits.
Meanwhile the sap-sucking goes merrily on as the ire continues to rise, and the chief scratches his head trying to figure out a solution of the predicament.
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