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Bloomington

January 11^th 57

Dear bob As you request
all the in for mation about
the Gopher

I will give you all that
I know about him and
all that I have got from
some of our Nabors

the gopher bgins to dig his hole
as soo as the frost is out
of the ground they often
dig more than amile

the ar mot nevmorous in
in the meadow and but
verry seldom found in
the tinber

the min chaiber of thair hole
is about 2 feet under ground