H HIE NORFOLKWi EKLYYNEWS-JOURNAL ; FllIPAY. SEPTEMBER 11 IUU8
/ \ . D. DILLON , DEPUTY GRAND
MASTER , IS HERE.
A rln of 100 In iho nlm of the Nor-
Tolk A. 0. It. W. ledge , which expects
"in lOOHt ) ItH membership mi even bun-
lrod by the cm ) of the month.
A iirctlmluury mooting was huhl hiBt
availing. It WIIH tin ontiiuslaHtlc gath
ering and was addressed by Deputy
Clrnnil MiiBtor A. H. Dillon. Mr. Dillon
will remain In Norfolk for the rest of
the month and will work to organl/o
the big chihH which IB to ho added to
the membership rolls. In onlur to
.assist In securing members for the
cliiRH tlii ! Initiation fee during the
coining month haH boon reduced to
" * J * ' . > ' > . ! r. >
The in'xt mooting of the lodge Is on
September ! ! ! ! .
CITY COUNCIL M' ' ETS
< 3. A. Kendall on Library Board H ,
H. Tracy as Sewer Engineer.
Two appointments made at the city
council mooting last evening , together
Wlili tlio adoption of a new sewer or-
illnance , formed the principal busi
ness before the council.
II. II. Tracy of Omaha , who has
lioon employed as a sewer engineer
nn previous sewers , was choHOti as
'engineer ' of the sewer work now In
progress.
George A. Kendall , chief clerk In
the superintendent's olllcc at the
"Northwestern headquarters , was
named as a member of the library
Jxiard.
Council Proceedings.
Council met In regular session at
8:10 : p. in. , Mayor Sturgeon presiding
ttml Conncllmen Schwenk , Winter ,
Craven , Degner , Fuosler and Dolan
present.
The reports of the city treasurer
und police judge for August were referred -
ferred to the auditing commltteo.
On motion of Dolan. seconded by
Schwenk , the council voted $ fiO to
wards having Norfolk uveuue lighted
nil night with Incandescent lights dur
ing the Trlpp rush.
On motion of Dolan , seconded by
Ornveu , the city attorney was In
structed to take up the matter of ve
neering the Norfolk Lumber com-
vauy's building on Norfolk avenue.
' was ac
The lire Inspectors' report
t-opted.
( in motion of Dolan. seconded by
ohwenU , the council voted to buy
two lots east of Iho bridge from Will-
iMin niatt for $175.
On motion of Doltxu , seconded by
Vnwn , the bond of AV. P. Mumaugh
i'nr sewer district No. 8 was accented.
On motion of Craven , seconded by
KuoHlnr. the .bill of II. Klatt wa < ?
nri'.rred pnld out of the 5 per cent
fund still to the credit of Contractor
smier.
The report of the chief of the flro
nccoptod.
i'p was
' "H'CiTinnco Xo. 327 was adopted.
_ _ On motion of Craven , seconded by
Vaguer , IT. 11. Tracy was employed
engineer for districts Xo. 5 ,
as sewer
< i , 7 and S.
On motion of Craven , seconded by
Vurslor. .1. Denor was employed as
sewer Inspector at $2 per day.
George
appointed
Mayor Sturgeon
of the library
member
Kendull as a
Aioard to succeed John II. Hays. The
appointment was confirmed.
The council adjourned at 11:20 : p.
following bills :
in. , after allowing the
O. H. Oillespie , $10 ; C. L. Laubsch ,
$ : ! .h" ; Crane Co. , ? 1.SO ; F. Klcntz ,
: 2.7f. : H.
. $ >
$21. SO : 11. G. nnioggomau.
"BnlhuUyno. $1 ; H. A. Salmon , ? 20.7r. ;
, $5 ; .1.
Oeo. Fox. ? .r > 0 ; C. Richardson
Krantz , $9.50 : H. J. neemer , $2.nO ;
. llohwer , $10 ; F.
H.
C. Long , $ C0.75 ;
Hcmol , SCO ; Geo. Lee , $82.25 ; II. No-
now , $17 ; Press Publishing company ,
* ir. n rwvmi. $ . .7S . . - : . c. L. Daniel ,
1U u , v..t. . . . , ,
$ .25 , ; W. H. Livingston. $50 : A. Kell.
? r,0 , ; A. Peters , $08.75 $ ; G. Dudley , $2 ;
H. C. Walter , $1 ; Norfolk Electric
Light and Power company , S72 ; En-
ulncorlug News , SG ; Norfolk Electric
Light and Power company. $25'J.70 ;
Huso Publishing 'company , $50.10 ;
Nebraska Telephone company , $15.25 ;
A. Deguor , $ S.nO ; F.Vlchman , $2 :
. H. llurton , $7 ; Ed Hartor. $00.35 ;
F. Leu , S7.SO : J. W. Ransom , $11 ;
Mrs. Utter , $20.
Ordinance No , 327.
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance
No. 201 , Entitled. An Ordinance to
Regulate the Construction of Sewers
ers , Etc. , and Repealing Section No.
29 of Said Ordinance.
Bo H Ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Norfolk , Ne
braska.
Section 1. That where the word
" 6nglnoer" appears In sections 3 , -1
and 5 In said ordinance No. 291 the
\vord "Inspector" shall bo substituted
instead thereof.
Soc. 2. That section 10 of said or-
illnanco Xo , 291 bo amended by ad
ding the words , "Provided however
that houses used exclusively for dwel
lings and having not more than two
water closet fixtures , two lavatories ,
ono bath tub , two sinks and laundry
bo connected to the
tubs therein , may
.sowor with not loss than four (4) ( ) Inch
tile plpo of same quality and In same
manner ns before specified for six
Inch connections , " so that the said
section when amended shall road as
follows :
Sec. 10. Hoiiso connection pipes
unless otherwise specified In the per
mit , shall bo six Inchon In diameter , I
and uliall consist of llrtU class vitrified
clay pipe from a point four feet out ,
Hide of the building to the Y connec
tion or Hlaut In Hewer. Provided , how
ever , that houses used exclusively for
dwellings and having not more than
two water closet HxtiiruH , two lava-
torlCH , one bath tub , two sinks and
laundry tulw therein , may be con
nected to the sewer with not less than
four1) ( ) Inch tile plpo of mtnio ituallty
and In tmino manner an before spoct-
lied by six Inch connections.
Sec. . ' 1. That Section 29 of said
[ irdlnnncc be amended to read an fol
lows :
Sec. 29. Hofoio a penult shall bo
granted for sewer connection , the
plumber shall pay to the Inspector the
Hum of $1.50 , which shall bo by the
Inspector forthwith paid ever to the
treasurer , to bo placed by him In the
sewer maintenance fund.
Sec. ! . That all parts of ordlnanco
No , 291 In conlllct with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Passed and approved Sept. 8 , 1908.
.1. D. Sturgeon ,
'
Attest : Mayor.
Ed Ilarlor , City Clerk.
Election Results.
Returns from eighty-four counties
on state auditor give Harton 11,970
and Aidcn 11-105 , making Imrton'p
nomination reasonably certain. Othei
Republicans nominated are Bishop foi
state superintendent , Cowlos for laml
commissioner and Williams for rail
way commissioner.
On the Democratic ticket the com
plete vote for governor Is Shallon-
berger 12,5111. Dahlman 10,209 and
Merge 9,99fi. Garrett is nominated for
lieutenant governor , Fleharty for at
torney general and Eastham for land
commissioner. Gatowood loads for
secretary of state , Price for auditor
and Cowglll for railway commissioner.
DALLAS LINE TO ROSEBUD
AGENCY TO TOUCH NEW TOWNS
Dallas , S. D. , Sept. 10. Special to
The News : Major Kelly of the Rose
bud agency was in Dallas on ofllclal
business inspecting the route of the
proposed telephone company which
will build at once from Dallas to the
Rosebud agency and which , it is an
ticipated , will bo completed and In
operation before the great land rush
next month. The building of this line
will bo along a route which will go
to the two townsltes now established
on the reservation and the five gov-
eminent townsltes which have been
set aside by the officials for townslte
purposes. It will be an undertaking
covering ; 150 miles of Hue and will
the public
prove a great convenience to
lic in many ways and will bo a money
maker to Its owners.
$100 Reward , § 100.
The readers of this paper will bo
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all It stages , and
that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known
to th6 medical fraternity. Catarrh be
ing a constitutional disease , requires
a constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally , actIng -
i | Ing directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system , thereby
destroying the foundation of the
disease , and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu
tion and assisting nature in doing Us
work. The proprietors have so much
faith In Its curative powers that they
offer Ono Hundred Dollars for any
case that It fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address F. .1. Chonney & Co. ,
Toledo , O.
Sold by all druggists , 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
CITY OF TENTS COMES.
First of the Tent Dwellers Beginning
to Appear at Dallas.
Dallas , S. D. , Sept. 9. The city of
canvas Is beginning to materialize.
The white spots are beginning to dot
the prairies. Those who bring their
tents take their meals about the city ,
using their "tcuecs" simply as restIng -
Ing places.Tho tent dwellers hero now
are but the forerunners of the days
when Dallas will bo engulfed by a
great tent city ,
The demand for carpenters Is keen.
Dnllding forces are being employed on
now hotels , boarding houses and
rooming houses.
Several Houses Near the Hotel , Also ,
Were Burned The Hotel Was
Saved Origin 9f the Fire Is Un
known Occurred Yesterday.
Honesteel , S. D. , Sept. 9. Special
to The News : Fire broke out In the
laundry of the Ak-Sar-Ucn hotel at 11
o'clock yesterday , destroying a livery
barn and several small residences
near the hotel.
The hotel caught fire several times
but was saved. The origin of the llro
Is unknown. ,
Valentine 10 , Alnsworth 0.
Ainsworth , Neb. , Sept. 9. Special
to The News : Valentino' defeated
Alnsworth 10 to 0 on the homo
grounds yesterday afternoon.
"After I have done my duty to
friends who have schemes , I find I
have nothing for my day's work ex
cept being tired. " Parson Twine.
HUMPHREY DEFEATS STANTON 6
TO 3 IN TOURNAMENT.
MADISON HORSE RACE WINNER
Nabisco , Owned by A. V. Smith , Won
Trotting Race at Madison , Two
Horses Getting the Flag Bessie Bil
lion Won Other Racs.
First day results at Madison :
2I5 : ! trot , won by Xa'ilsco ' , a Madi
son horse. Time , 2:2I'/ : ' | .
2:20 : trot or pace , won by Hesslo
Llllllon. a Tlldon pacer. Tlmo , 2:22' : ' { . .
Hasoball game , Humphrey Ot Stan-
tan ; : .
Madison , Neb. , Sopt. 10. Special to
The News : A crowd estimated at be
tween two and three thousand people ,
a big llrst day crowd saw the Madison
(
son county fair open under the most
favorable circumstances.
The races were good , the ball game
airly exciting and other fair attrac-
Ions fully up to the .Madison stun-
lard.
Madison Horse Won.
Xablseo , a Madison horse owned by
\ . V. Smith of this place gathered In
the trotting honors of the llrst day ,
winning , the 2:85 : trot In three straight
heats. Birdie Coylor was second and
King Dee third. The time made was
2:2IVj. : It was a fast clip and two
horses got the ( lag.
The 2:20 : trot or pace was won by
Ressle Billion , the hay mare from Til
den who annexed first honors In the
same class at Norfolk. Minnie Onel
da won second money , Tom Kane
third and Miss Gund fourth. The time
was 2:22V : .
The Ball Game.
Humphrey won a place In the base
ball tournament by defeating Stanton
G to I ! . Batteries : Humphrey , Lutes
and Eley ; Sfanton , Hartman and
Hopper.
A Street Carnival.
A street carnival adds to the de
lights of fair week and numerous free
attractions , Including a balloon
ascension are on the dally program.
The fair exhibits are said to bo fully
on si par with previous displays and
in some Instances show considerable
Improvement.
The Norfolk band Is a fair attrac
tion and is making good.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
Mrs. B. T. Reid arrived home today
from Minneapolis.
Miss Edith Allen of Madison was In
the city Wednesday.
C. Lederer came homo from Omaha
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Mamie Ward went to Nebraska
City Wedensdny morning.
E. II. Kauffman anil Ralph Bove-
rlgdo have gone to Wood Lake and
will hunt there after the opening of
the season.
,1. , L. Doile went to Sioux City
fl'iiesdny to attend the fair.
Miss Edna Hanon wont to Madison
Wednesday to attend the rar.
P. J. Bond , jr. , of Spencer is visiting
his parents on South Tenth street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Lulkart of Til-
don are visiting Miss Stella Luikart.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Baldwin went to
the Sioux City fair Wednesday morn
ing.
Lawrence Hoffman went to Valentino
tine to play ball with the Valentine
team.
A. C. Ervln was called to Superior
Wednesday noon by the Illness of his
mother.
Mrs. II. B. Saunders and daughter ,
Korlne , wont to Meadow Grove , Wed
nesday noon.
"Tho Girl and The Gawk" company
passed through the Junction at noon
onroute to Elgin.
Miss Reua Olmstod has gone to
Pierce , whore she Is an instructor in
the Pierce high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cooper returned
Tuesday from Oakdalo where they at
tended the funeral of Mr. Cooper's
grandmother.
Miss Virginia Lochrldgo of Kansas
City was In the city Wednesday on
her way to take the position of head
milliner in .T. D. Sturgeon's millinery
store at Madison.
Mrs. W. Broitingor of West Point ,
who has been visiting Mrs. C. Rudat ,
left for Wood Lake Wednesday oven-
Ing.
Ing.M. . F. Harrington of O'Neill passed
through Norfolk yesterday on bis way
to Missouri Valley.
Among the day's out of town visi
tors in Norfolk were : I. W. Zavadll ,
Humphrey ; A. D. Wlllbergor , Anoka ;
P. C. Sandoz , WInnetoon ; Mr. and
Mrs. H. I. Palln , Xlobrara ; Henry
Kuhl , Plalnvlow ; Miss Mattlo Fannon ,
Clearwater ; M. R. Hackler , Battle
Creek ; S. M. Armstrong , Vordel ; R.
Cross , Bonesteol ; Mr. and Mrs. Ed
WIlllamsi Lynch ; S. W. Schwerln , Win-
side.
side.F. E. Davenport is moving his barn
from the east to the north sldo of his
property and will remodel It for a
dwelling house.
Harry Hartford shipped his boats
and outfit to Wood Unite In prepara
tion for the opening of the hunting
season Septemoor 15.
Mrs. Flora Collamer , formerly of
Xorfolk , has removed from Sioux City
to Chicago , where her daughter , Miss
Mabel , IH attending college.
A. P. Young haH resigned bin posi
tion with the American Express com
pany and has purchased a butter und
egg business at Battle Creek , where
ho win make bin home ,
Mrs. Lillian ( Serocko Hope now lives
In Houston Texas , where her husband
(
will manage the advertising depart
ment of the Houston Ga/otto. Mrs.
Hope will edit the "woman's page" for
the same paper.
Mr . Moler of Waynet who teaches
a music ( 'hiss In Norfolk , fell on a
defective sidewalk In Carroll Monday
night and sustained a broken limb as
a result of the fall. She will not bo
able to meet her pupils for some
weeks.
Madison Star-Mall : W. W. Weaver
and family arrived In our city the
latter part of last week and are now
nicely located In the Mrs. Hockstoln's
home on Fifth street. Wo on behalf
of our cltl/ens welcome this family to
our little city.
Tnesd'iy evening the Methodist
church held an adjourned quarterly
conference and passed complimentary
resolutions In regard to the elllclent
work of Rev. Charles Wayne Ray dur
ing Iho past year. They also peti
tioned to the bishop , through the presiding -
siding elder , for his return.
Allen News : Kov. Dr. Ray of Nor
folk delivered his inost Interesting
and Instructive lecture on "The Holy
Lands , " at the Methodist church at
Waterbury Tuesday evening under
the auspices of the Epworth League.
Dr. Ray visited the "Holy Lands" last
year and told us many Interesting and
surprising things both about the man
ners and customs of the people and
the sacred places of Palestine. Dr.
Ray is a very pleasing and forceful
speaker. After the lecture several
rollcs from that country wore on ex
hibition.
The Union Pacific railroad Is laying
cement sidewalks and crossings on
the the various streets whore their
right-of-way encroaches. In a number
of places the sidewalks wore badly
nccdedt other Instances the railroad
Is the pioneer and its sidewalk ends
abruptly In a stretch of grass or
weeds. But the Norfolk sidewalk cam
paign , now well advanced , will soon
supply the missing links.
The following legislative nomina
tions have been made by north state
Republicans : Senatorial districts , O.
R. Thompson of Wisner , seventh dis
trict ; G. W. Wiltse of Randolph ,
eighth district ; M. C. Brosslor of
Clearwater , ninth district ; C. A. Ran
dall of Newman Grove , eleventh dis
trict ; E. L. Myers of Newport , four
teenth district. Representative dis
tricts , G. N. Bcels of Xorfolk , twenty-
third district ; II. M. Duval of Spring-
view , Ilfty-second district.
Saratoga ( Wyo. ) Sun : II. E. Owen ,
the owner of the grading outfit that
constructed the Saratoga and En
campment railroad grade to Encamp
ment from this place , was In town
this week , looking after the shipment
of the rest of his grading learns and
machinery to the Laramle plains ,
where hehas the contract to con
struct the Talla-ndge-Buntin ditch ,
sixty miles in length , which carries
water from the Laramie river onto a
large tract of land recently purchased
by the farmers from I owa , Indiana
and Illinois. Mr. Owen says the land
sold for $50 an aero , and when the
ditch Is completed will be one of the
largest agricultural settlements in the
stato. The contract will give employ
ment to ! > 00 teams and men , and it
will take a year to complete it.
YOUNG MAN IS RELEASED FROM
CUSTODY AT ONCE.
Madison , Nob. , Sept. 10. Special to
ffho News : Emll Stanko , a young
man who works for Thomas Mortimer
on the Stanton County Brooding farm ,
is not to bo taken to Idaho to face a
murder charge. The young man , who
ivas arrested on the strength of a tolo-
; ram from the sheriff at Boise City ,
daho , has been released from ens-
ody his arrest having apparently
(
boon duo to a confusion of names on
ho part of the Idaho authorities.
The murder , It appears , was com
mitted last Thursday and as the young
man had boon working continuously
in the vicinity of Madison for more
than a year It was a physical impos
sibility to connect him with the mur
der. Regret Is expressed by the Madi
son olllcials ever the unfortunate ar
rest which was duo entirely to a blun
der on the part of someone In Idaho.
The young man's parents live on
one of the .T. A. Connor places southeast -
east of Madison and have always boon
highly respected.
Something ever a year ago a brother
of Emll Stanko was murdered In
Boise.
Would Adjourn Court for Drawing.
Bonosteol , S. D. . Sopt. 10. Because
of the unexpected rush of settlers for
the Trlpp county opening , the attor
neys of Gregory county want to
abolish the fall term of the circuit
court. A petition is being circulated
among the members of the county bar
association , asking Judge E. G. Smith
to postpone It that they may not bo
forced to turn away business for the
visitors and It Is likely that the re
quest will bo granted.
You never see ghosts , you only heat
of' them.
RENTS SURGE UPWARDS
Phenomenal Rise In Rental Values
Comes at Dallas.
Dallas. S. 1) . . Sept. 10. Special to
Thi News : The advance In rents
|
hero and also In real estate In the
past ton days has been most phe
nomenal. Business lots which could
have been purchased here ten da > s
ago for ? l00 ! are today selling for $1.
200 and $1,500. Business properties
In a desirable location are renting for
$100 per month and finding uumoious J
applicants. Residence properties are j
bringing almost any rental that Is
asked. The boom Is on and will con
tinue on a high plane for many
months. Dallas being the terminus of
the road and on the reservation hot-
der as well as the headquarters of the
land olllcials In charge of the renls-
( ration and drawing , II expects to be
the center of Interest , all eyes being
cast Dalasward. |
BARBED WIRE SNAPS AND TARES
FLESH TO THE BONE.
Tllden , Neb. , Sept. S. Special to
The Nows. C. Christofferson , a far
mer living In Burnett township , met
with a serious accident yesterday af
ternoon through the snapping of a
strand of barbed wire fence upon
which ho was standing while his team
crossed with a seeder. One of the
wires became entangled with a pro
jection on the machine and snapped ,
ono of the ends recoiling with such
force as to saw through the flesh and
ligaments of the calf of Christoffor-
son's leg , laying bare the bone.
Dr. Campbell was called and the
wounded man made as comfortable as
possible. But at the best ho will bo
disabled for several weeks to come
and will bo fortunate If he escapes
permanent lameness.
Farm House Burns.
Ainsworth , Neb , , Sopt. 9. Special
to the News : G. W. Hurlbort's farm
liouso burned Monday. The loss is
about $2,000.
Steam Thresher Burns.
Ainsworth , Neb. , Sept. 9. Special
to The Xews : James Galligau's
steam thresher burned Monday after
noon.
OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES.
Wayne Herald : The Citl/.ens' bank
Is preparing to change to a national
bank to be known as "The Citizen's
National Bank of Wayne. " The arti
cles of Incorporation have been ac
cepted at Washington and the capital-
gallon of the now Institution will bo
$00,000. It Is not expected the change
will take place until October 1 , and
there will likely be no change In the
officers of the bank. The Citizens'
bank lias been operated as a state
bank for twenty-one years.
Madison Chronicle : A. J. Thatch
and wlfo returned Sunday evening
from a visit to Yellowstone park. They
spent nine days in the park among the
grlz/.Iy bears and ether wild animals.
Mr. Thatch says It Is a beautiful place
and that one could spend weeks or
f ven months there and see something
new every day. Six grizzlies entered
their tout ono night and stole a large
piece of moat. The animals are gen
erally harmless but there arc a few
bears that are inclined to be ugly.
When they get in tills condition the
government orders thorn killed.
About Norfolk.
Madison Chronicle : Xorfolk Is
feeling "real bad" because dear old
Carrie Xation has decided not to make
that town a visit. She says that other
states need her services worse than
Xobraska , so she will go elsewhere ,
Bonesteol Xews : By the Norfolk
News of recent date wo learn that a
little boy has boon making a canvass
of Xorfolk houses securing a list of
name * of those desiring to receive a
catalogue of a Chicago mail order
honso. It might not bo amiss for the
council of Bonestoel to convene in ex
traordinary session and pass an ordl-
--"re v-if.i an emergency clause at |
tached placing a heavy license upon
any boy or girl making a like cansas
hero. This should be done In the In
terest of the homo merchant to com
bat the mall order houses who have
millions to spend In ono season adver
tising their wares.
New Card In South Dakota.
Huron , S. D. , Sopt. 8. A now time
card has gone Into effect on the Chica
go & Xorthwestorn railway which ma
terially affects this city and makes
the .host passenger schedule ever es
tablished by this line In South Dako
ta. Through sleepers will bo run
each way between Chicago and Deadwood -
wood by way of Huron. Two addi
tional passenger trains will operate
between Omaha and Oaks , also by
way of Huron , to which will bo at
tached through sleepers. The new ar
rangement comes Into effect just In
time to accommodate the great crowds
coming to this city during the state
fair week , September 7-11.
Fortune may knock at a man's door
once In a life time , but misfortune
walks right in at least once a year ,
and never so much as sends up a vis
iting card.
The
Baking Powder
Story in a nut-shell. f
Adulteration Cheap
Imnurity Baking 1
CMICAOO Unnealthfulness Powder
High Price j Trust
Indifferent Leavening > Baking
Residue of Rochelle Salts ) Powder
Most Leavening Power ) CALUMET
Purest Ingredients > BAKING
Moderate Price I POWDER
Received Highcit Awnrtl
World' * Pure Food Expoiition
Chicane , 1 < )07. )
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JOHNNY DUMPER TELLS OF HUNTING |
: . PRAIRIE CHICKENS IN HOLT COUNTY |
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Atkinson , Nib. , Sept , , " > . To Iho
Kdltor cf the NV\s : Prurle chlckm
mason opened ibis week and I've bin
having the most fun of my life. There
\vas too rich tellers eamo here from
Xow I3ui1aud. or sum place over In
Fair- ! ) , and they hired a camp wagon
and a feller they call Pork-Chop Pelo
to cook and drive the teem and they
offered me live dollars a week , and
a pony and saddle to ride , If I'd go
long and carry game and get a dif
ferent gun from the wagon when they
wanted It and go to town for the male
and be generl urrand boy. Why I'd
a gone for nothing , just for the fun o'
going.
They call themselves Lportsmon and
they've hunted panthers In South
America and lions and ele-
fants In Africa and Indians In
India and what ( hey don't '
no about hunting wild fill a dlckins-
luinary. They smoke bull-dog pipes
and ware what they call spat-pnttys
for lojfgii'2-- ! , and they linvo jcvory kind
of gun yon ever seen and sum of them
cost three hundred a piece , and they
have a trunk In the wagon filled with
Holland Gin and Old lOngllsh Hie and
sum more such hot stuff , and they
bavo four hunting dogs and they don't
think enn > iblng of walking fifteen or
twenty miles after the dogs.
They bet a case of 12 guage shells
the afternoon they came and opened
It at the hotel and put two boxes In
their hunting-cotes and the rest of
the cape In the wagon and they left
their coles hanging In the hotel of-
flcr- over night. They'd bin blowing | i
around town what good shooting they
cud do and made sum of the fellers j
tired so they put up a joak on "them
rich slobs , " as they called 'em. After
they'd gone to bed the fellers took the
too boxes of shells out of their pock
ets and took 'em over to a hardware
store where they had rclodelng tools
and took the shot out of every one of i
the shells and filled them with sope
and put back the wads and crlmpl
them so you cudont tell they'd bin
munkied with.
Tuesday morning wo started out be
fore pun-up and when we got out five
or six miles from the railrodo they
put out their dogs and started In to
hunt , and you'd a dido to see 'cm.
The dogs started up a bunch of chick
ens after a while and they banged
away at 'em and never raised a feath
er.
"Duced luck ! " ono of 'em sod.
"Wy them blasted birds ! " scs the
uther. "These American grouse must
bo a tuf brood ! "
" ' aren't hard
"I'll wager our gnus
onuf shooters , " EOS the furst feller.
"Here Johnny take those infernal
guns to the wagon and toll Pole to
give you too Elsie Smith hammer-
loss.
I took the guns back and bret the
Elsies and they started again. Along
about ton o'clock they got into anuth-
or cuvvy of about twenty and they got
in four shots apoeco and not a bird.
I'm a good little boy and never swnro
so 1 won't tell yon what m. . , sod. 1
had to get , off and pretend to bo fix
ing up my sturrup to keep 'em from
seeing me laflng. It was too funny for
ennythlng to a follor that knowod
what the mater was.
They sent me to the wagon for sum
more guns and a bottle of gin to stod-
dy their nurves with , they sod.
Dinner time came and they hadn't
got a chicken , EO wo had to eat a
cupple of boxes of sardoons. I liked to
choked onct eating dinner when they
was a telling about their bad luck.
Pork-chop Pete had a Winchester re-
peeler and ho bet 'em he cud shoot
more birds in an hour with It then
they cud In half a day with onny
of their fancy guns , go ono of the fol
low sold he'd take Pete's gun along
after dinner and try It. Pete was onto
the cartridge deol all right so ho filled
the magazine with his own shells
and told thorn they'd better use that
kind of shells cause they lit the gun
bettor. The feller with the ropoeter
got six chickens that afternoon and
his partner never got one.
They lade It ail to the guns and
when they cum In for supper they
ast Pete what ho'd take for his Win
chester. Pete wlnkt at mo and sod
slnco he'd used It sum he'd soil It for
fifty dollars. They sed It must be a
cheep John sort of a gun for that
price but since It seemed to do the
bi/ni' ! < s Ibcj'd take It. So they pado
IVir liny plunks for his gun that
only cost him twenty now. They sod
they never pado less than one hundred
for a gun.
One of 'em keeps what he calls a
dlnVy , and after they'd talkt guns all
evening bo put down In his diary that
straime as It might seem to the aver
age stortsman it had been his oxporl-
enco that in shooting the American
grouse the cheeper the gun the moro
killing yon can do.
They have sum rifles with them that
they used ever In Africa for big game
and ono of 'em lias a tollascope slto
on It. I tell you Its a dandy. The
uther day a cyolo came over the hill
nearly half a mile away and stopt to
look at us eating dinner. Ono of the
follcrs took the tollascope rifle and
sited over the wagon wheel and dropt
the eyote right In bis tracks. It was
the pnrtlost shot I ever seen.
Pork-chop Pete had been telling
them sum yarns about the antelope
and deer and elk he lister shoot years
ago. They wauled to know If there
was onny antelopes left and Pete
wlnkt. at me and sed there was ono
onct In a while. So yesterday I saw
1 a track on a sand hill and I came rifl
ing Into camp nil oxclled like and
j told 'cm I'd seen a track that lookt
1 to me n good deal llko what I ( hot a
! antelope's track ought to look like
I and they'd better cum and see for
; themselves.
'
They grnbd their rifles and took
i ono of their dogs they had ( railed to
follow ennythlng they set him on and
I look 'em over to the hill and sbowd
'em the track and they sod sure dial's
n antelope track all right and they
put their dog on It and started off and
I follered up.
The dog v.cnt about a mile and then
stopt half way up a hill and pointed.
They crawled over the hill till they
cud see what they thot was a ante
lopes ears sticking up out of sum deep
grass where he was lleing down ami
they both aimed and firod. The ante
lope never klckt. They hollered tome
mo to bring the knives and we'd skin
him for supper.
Whoa I got there they was standing
each sldo of a buckskin culorcd jersy
caf and was about the sickest looking
men you over seen. One of 'em sos ,
" .lobnathan Dumper , if yon ever see
an antelope's track again you just
keep it to yourself , will you , if you
want to hold your job ; see what a
duced fix you've got us into onnyway.
This caf must bavo an owner some
where. We'll ' ask you young maii ,
when we want to hear from you In
future. "
I was just about to say that I didn't
know it was a jorsy's tracks when
bore cum the man ever the hill that
owned the caf. lie was a Klnkalder
and had a sod bous iust ever the hill.
and ho'd heard the shooting. He was
filing mad and wanted to no what
in thunder they ment by shooting his
property.
Ono of 'oni ses "Beg pawden , my
deer sur , but wo mlstuck your caf
for nn antelope. It was a mistake ,
sur , a duced mistake , but we're rcdy
to pcy you well , ray man ! "
The owner of the caf seen they was
oesy money so ho cooled off and sed
ho'd settle It nil right and not have
them arrested If they'd pay him for
the caf.
They nst him what the damage was
and ho sed the caf was a very flno
dnry nnlmlle that wud a bin wurth
fifty dollars at loost when It growd
up' but slnco It hadn't growd up yet
and was shot by mistake ho'd split
the dlffunco and call It twenty-five *
I soon nt once that the caf was
nuthing but a little runt jersy steer
that wasont worth ton dollars but
they had just told mo to keep still til
they ast mo sumthlng and I did.
They pado him his twenty-five and
he bled the caf and took it homo to
those sand-hill f oi
butcher. Sum of -
lers maobbe look like fools when they
go east but they no twlct as much as
sum of the eastern follors knows when
they cum out west.
I'm going to steer the fellers up
west towards where "Pap" lives , so'a
I can get to see Sadie. Haven't seen
her for moro'n a week. Slnco I had to
come to town for the male I thot I'd
rite and tell you what a fine time I'm
having.
Yours ,
Johnny Dumper.