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Manitoba Gopher Campaign Draws Big Participation
The Boy's and Girls' Clubs organized a campaign with 1 117 branch clubs enrolling. About 483 567 gophers were caught, mostly at night, with a bounty of twenty five cents per animal set to the grain and vegetables they damaged. Red River Valley reports the highest activity, listing leading clubs and towns such as Winkler Pierson Souris Lena Coulterville Waskada Shellmouth Deloraine Roblin Makaroff Holmfield Belfield Ninette Virden Belmont Crosby Pocket Gophers Winkler Holland Swan Lake Makaroff McCreary Virden Haslett Ocklawa Wawanesa Roland Manitou Nee.
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Cadioatan
Red River Valley
Pocket Gophers
Winkler
Pierson
Cuthbert
Souris
Lena
Coulterville
Waskada
Shellmouth
Deloraine
Roblin
Makaroff
Holmfield
Bellafield Ninette
Virden
Man
Belmont
Crosby
Winkter
Holland
Swan Lake
McCreary
Fioral
Haskett
Ocklawa
Wawanesa
Roland
Manitou
Nee