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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1904)
People and Things of Public Interest trr at North Platu July 11, U and K there will b something doing In the sporting line tha like of which has never before been seen In the United State, except at Plnehuret, N. C The doings will be under the management of the Buf falo Bill Gun club, and will consist of shooting targets thrown from a tower seventy-two feet above the ground, all the same like our cousins across the water have been doing for years, but which Lie bits Just began to permte the wLds of Nebraska, and from the name of the club tlie Inference Is that our own Colonel Cody brought It home wli-h him from ono of his numerous tilpe abroad. As the laws of the state prohibit epa-ts-men from shooting live birds In their tournaments, the sliooUng tower comes t fill a long-felt want. Bporvsmen aay It comes nearer the real true ihooting than, anything Uiat has jet teen coucocted sines the anti-llv bird shooing law went tnta effect. The tower at North Platte which wd be used In tne conning tournament is eev- . euty-two fect high, and at the base It Is thirty feet square. Two stories of on a room each have been partitioned off In I2ie bate and are used as a cJuo house, f-aA at the top la a Bpace for the trpj and the targets. It was erected a year ago by the Buffalo BUI Gun club. Durl;.g the shoot the contestant wOU stand on the ground and take his shot at the birds as they are thrown from the trap and sail downward, the angle being ex actly opposite frotu that of the targets) thrown Lrora Uiu old-time tr.pti, ana U U said the Bhootli e Is a much bt.ttcr test of the aliillty- of vho.;e who par.lcJpale. Toll method of trap-shooting has teen Ln vogue in the old country' far many years and nai given the best of sail faction, coming nearer to being a choot at live birds wisi any of the plans yet devised. It will bs of particular Interest to Nebraska eiorta meu for the reason It is the second tower of the kind erected in the United Ctales, and many of the contestants will for the first time t,et a trial at it.- Aside from the new tower, the . shoot itself will be one of the inost 1 jte. c.Un; events of this character ever pulled o.I a the state. Every amateur Is eligible U compete and the J2u0 tiophy given by a Denver paper is expected to attract a large number of contectants. There wilt be a number of professionals present too, who will be permitted to shoot, but who will not be permitted to compete for any of the purses. Among these will be: Frr i GilLert of Spirit Lake, La.; F. C. Rhell of Alton, la.; C. B. Adams of Ito-kv.eU City, la.; Marshall Sharp of Buffalo, N. T. ; Jim Elliott of Kansas Cliy; N. M. Kirby of Greenborough; W. It. Crosby uf O' Fallon, HL, former wot Id's champion, and others. On July 3 Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Mote of Chadron, Neb., observed the fiftieth anni versary of their wedding. The occa Ijn was made most notable by the gathering of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, the whole making a happy and animated group, as is shown by the picture of the party in this Issue. Basket ball Is a little bit faded just now, owing to the long run that bane ball his been enjoying, but the Ger.eva HIsh fc'.iooI team rises In meeting long enough to clal n "the undisputed high school ehamplon-'hlp of Nebraska." The picture of the lads In this number indicates that they are a husky lot, and apparently able to give a good account of themselves ln a basket ball mlxup. Robert Andrew Burg, recently appointed cadet to the United States academy at An napolis, Md., Is a son of Andrew Burg of Grand Island, Neb. He was chosen as first alternate by Congressman Norria last Ap it. VIEW OK THE SHOOTING TOWJ&tt OJT NORTH PLATTE. Ntb. isbM!i ' i i hi i i i hi i ifl i ini I i it siimi . nsam 4MPsasw - rrv '-' - i-'-"L- , -V y. , , v - ; r .-" . V ' -r" MUBfPKKS OF TrrE MOTB FAMTT.T WHO AT CHADRON, TXtte ON JUi-T S. GENEVA HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL Determined to win, he went to Annapolis for preparation two months ago. In the very rigid examination clo-.lng June 29 tha principal felled, but young Burg pasjed boJi mental and physical exa.T.lntloiia with high honors. He Is the first from Ginnd lull ad to gain admission to tho Ni;v;il academy. For two years past ha v,vs a Htuient in the State university at Lincoln, lie became a great favorite with the Signa Chi fraternity and iep:e.ented It at the field day exercises, winning the 100 yard and Sto-yard races, Morrschaum Pipes "A meerschaum pipe that would hava brought 25 ten years ago wouldn't bring more than $10 now," said a tobacconist. "Meerschaum pipes used to be fashlonabla and popular ln America, but they are not much sought for today. "It Isn't strange that the liking for them should have waned. The meerschaum la an unsatisfactory pipe at the best. Drop It, and It is Irretrievably broken. Try to THIS BUFFALO BILL UUN CLUB AT - r ' . j ' '':v . .. r i I --l.T;.V---- ' , -I, , -.juim"- ,-,1,-1 i a I, rl ' i" ' -iia t - - w,tiU..M-..j. -i '.--w... .' ,t , ... ...v:4j-...-.j. ATTENDED THE GOLDEN WEDDIXO TEAM. WHO CLAIM. TUB HIGH SCHOOL H. C. id. HITROES8. NEW CHAIRMAN OB THE REPUBLICAN 8TATE COMMIT TEE OK NEBRASKA. color it, and for a month It tastes like soap. "it iHn't the meerschaum In one of these pipes that colors, anyway. It is a mixture of beeswax and oil thav the carvers rub Into the Muck he fore they -carve It. You could smoke a pipe of pure meerschaum all your life and at your death It would be sa blta as It had been at your birth. It .. . ... ..: ;..- 1 v( ... 4 A COMMISSIONEH a T. MOTE AND WIFB CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEBRASKA FORl33-fc ROBERT A. BUBO OK Or.ANI' l.-i'.AXDV Neb.. WHO HAS BEEN AI'K' NTKD CADET AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS. Is the oil and beeswax-only that which colors. "Whllo meerschaum pipe have fallen la cost and favor, hrlar pipes have risen. A pipe of really flnt, lirlarroot cost today from $10 to 7. or W. In the past It would not have coat more than IS at tha outside. Washington Post. r WW I I I ria.., , , , n i.-.n.,L-,iri