The morning call., 1890-12-15
IRViNGTON.
The Pot-Hunters Mt work-Accidents-A
Branch of the Fnrmers' Alliance.

The Pot-Hunters mt Work-Accidents-A
Branch of the Farmers Alliance.
Editor Morning Call: Everybody about
here who owns gun and can beg, borrow
or steal a good dog is off hunting just now,
whenever OPT ortunty offers. The 4:30
train every Saturday brings down its quota
of city sportsmen, and the report of their
various weapons is a familiar sound these
crisp. sunshiny. frosty mornings. 1t would
be a capital idea if winter hunting resort
could be established up at this end of the
county. Within a mile of town.the big la
COON is black with canvasbacks. There
are rail to be had for the shooting at the
landing, teal among the tules, and quail and
deer in the hills. From the tule-Dond, near
town, to the bay, runs little stream in
which all last winter the boys used to fish
from the bridge, with spools Of thread for
tshing-lines and Bonded pins for hooks"
and if the lagoon were cleaned out and
stocked 1t would be ms good field as any
disciple of IZaak Walton could wish. All
thai is needed is a little enterprise and en-
thuSiasm, and grand undertaking of this
sort would speedily be carried out. The
lrvington Gun Club has not done much as
an organization this year, but after the hoii-
days they will get together aud, if the Sun
day p0t-hunters from the city leave anything
Tor them, will secure one or two of the
marshes near town to shoot over. These
ScIl-Sdut pOl-HuHleIS uiu Il zeal Oh Tall
grumDlng last year, because the different
clubs secured the best grounds and put up
trespass notices. Wild game, they declared,
belonged 10 the Creator and the fellow who
got the first shot at it, Possibly, but when
Tom, Dick and Harry, who know as much
about hunting as they do of the nebular the
DRY, took 10 leaving their ribbon and notion
counters o Saturday nights and borrowing
towing pieces to rush Off 10 the happy hunt
ing grounds of the State to spend Sunday in
making The aforesaid pieces go "pop, pop.
pop all day long, with no appreciable re-
suit, save the Tightening away of all the
desirable game and general disturbance of
the public peace, genuine hunters and local
sportSmen were forced to do something to
protect their rightsaand the game, hence the
various gun clubs and their private marshes.
Two quite serious accidents occurred here
during the past week, both curiously enough,
while the victims were taking gymnastic
exercise. On Saturday, Charlie Nilsson, at
the college, broke an arm while playing ON
the swinging Ilngs, and on the following
Monday Tad ChadbOurne also sustained a
fracture of an arm by a fall from the turn
ing bar in the public school-yard. DR..
Walshe attended both cases and the boys
are doing well.
day from a visit of several months at the
East. She encountered some very severe
weather while in Chicago, and is heartily
glad to get back to a decent climate.
u DTdncH OF the Farmers Alliance was
organized here last week by j. i. Rigdon,
State Organizer. G. w. Krafts of Mission
san Jose is President, aud c. c. Chase of
. lrviDgtoD Secretary. The idea of the
alliance does not present itself with any
great force to our citizens. and Mr.. Rigdon
has not as yet succeeded in getting them to
euthuse very strongly over it. In fact his
first attempt at organization was a failure,
while second attempt only resulted in
nine members from Irvington and the Mis-
sion. These nine, however, have organized
and will doubtless hold together. Ii is,
however, an uncertain factor in coming
politics, and there are many of our Demo-
cratic creedists who think they see in the
movement coming and great upheaval.
Whether the alliance does, indeed. hold the
key to the political situation, as its adj
he rents profess, remains for the future to
sh ow.
We have now an early train to San Fran
CISCO which will enable our business resi-
dents to put in full day IN the city. The
new train goes down from Irvington at 6:15
in the morning, returning at 1880 in the
evening. This will prove great CON-
venience to many of our people.
The recent rain did a great deal of good in
this section, and blowing, grape-pruning
and the general work of preparing for next
years crops is going on brskly. The out
look is very favorable. and the present sea-
son may be termed pre-eminenIiy the
winter of our content"
TtpjD Dec