The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28
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Treas. Hunting Party on Car Minnewaski

The above letter we publish by request
as will be seen, and also because it is but
fair to give all parties a hearing. We
never did an unfair thing in our life and
shall not begin now. But we feel called
on to reply. briefly, to these structures on
our article in the PIONEER. In the first
| place our position is this: We do not OBJ
ject to a mar or party of men coming here
for a few weeks outing and to shoot some
game provided they content themselves
with shooting what they can themselves
use. But when a dozen men and as many
dogs and a wagon load of guns come here
with the expressed intention of killing jus,
as many chickens as possible-each day
and every day-when they scour the
country around for a radius of ten miles,
leaving it as clean as if a pestilence had
struck the game-thus leaving local sports.
men whose time is limited, no chance for
anything-then is when we object. And
now to answer n by one, the object
ions to our first article, written while they
were here. In the first place we object tc
the writer's expression "a party of eleven
GENTLEMEN. Next they came Sept. 2zd
and remained six days-hunting five days
instead of four. Our statement that they
buried 900 fowl was made as stated last
week, on the authority of others. and may
not be absolutely correct as regards the
number, but we DO say they buried a great
many fowl. AS for the claim that they
gave away game, we care nothing, Do
these men suppose that they alone are
sportsmen. and ono of shooting? Dc
they think that we who live in North Da-
kota care for naught but to eat the fowl
which they, in their princely generosity
throw to US. like bones to SO many hungry
dogs? We would lave these gentlemen
know there are as many true sportsmen in
Bottineau County as in Chicago, in pro.
portion to the population. We object. to
the letter and to the principle it breathes.
namely: That the people here are angry
because lot enough game was distributed
nor enough money spent. But there is
still another thing. In this letter it is ad.
mitted that birds. were taken to Chicago
contrary to the laws of this state. What
about that? Are the laws of North Dakota
not as binding as those of Illinois? Or
would the writer of that letter think it all
right for one of us to enter his Office and
carry away ONE of its belongings?-Yet
that would be no more an infringement OF
the statute than was his act. But the
! climax is reached when he whines about
how his party observed the Sabbath, how
they went to church and how very liberal
ly they gave to the Minister. And then he
gives our church going folk a back handed
I slap by saying that doubtless the minister
would be pleased to have such as he for
regular par;shioners. For shame! If this
man thinks for a moment that any Christ
ian minister in Bottineau would place a
few paltry dollars above the example this
party set the evening they arrived in town.
he grievously mistakes the character Of
those devoted men. If ministers Of the
gospel in Chicago seek as p~arishioners
those who pay the most money regardless
ofthe example they set in the line Of Sob
riety and Sunday school language. w dc
not wonder at the character Of the parish.
toner's" who visit MS. Otherwise. they can
consider their ministerial character ira
dmced by this c. +. Hammond.