Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-29
NUMEROUS BIRD NOTES.
Party Of Distinguished st.
Louisians Arrived on
a Shooting Trip.
Slight Accident to a Popular
Little Pingree Girl
Wednesday.

= party Oh we'll kQOWO 81. AOulS kouIlo-
men who are bound for turn in the
Dakota chicken fields and duck ponds.
The party consists of Judge Priest who
was shooting in this vicinity last season,
Jno. P. Ellis, Mr.. Geo. Andrews and DR..
Parrish. They will be joined in a few
days by another friend. The car is
adapted for the purpose,
being roomy and convenient and is in
charge Of porter and cook and equipped
for all excursion contingencies. The
gentlemen have orders to 90 where they
choose, and will try the shooting in the
various localities along the Northern
Pacific until they find the best gong.
They have four excellent dogs, 3 pointers
and q setter, and intend to get birds if
they are to be found at all. After his
visit at jamestown last fall, Judge Priest
was appointed United States district
Judge, but held the office only short
time resigninR to attend to a large and
more lucrative private practice. A pre-
liminary excursion was made today IN
the fields with one of Woods teams and
couple OF the dogs.
Little Dot Lyman of Pingree caught
couple of stray bird shot--not very large
ones-yesterday from a charge distrib-
uted all over quarter section of coun-
try by Mr.. Taber's shot gun. Dot was
holding the horse and Mr.. Taber had
gone after covey. The birds flew over
a rise in the ground and the shot that
came after them peppered the buggy
and horse and two of them entered Dots
chin and finger. The horse ran away
but Dot held on and succeeded in stop
ping him. One shot is still IN the finger
and the other probably in the chin. DR..
Rankin advised letting them alone for
the present as no particular trouble
would result Mr.. Taber naturally feels
chagriued at his mistake but the lucky
out come is OF course big relief. Dots
conduct throughout the proceeding and
during the subsequent excitement was
admirable.
A number OF different parties drove
out into the country Sunday to view
the beauties OF nature in the unadorned
prairies. AS a precautionary measure
they took their guns along to protect
themselves against any attacks that
might be made upon them by ferocious
prairie chickens. They we're all believers
in the old theory that ''self preservation
is the first law of nature" and while
under ordinary circumstances they
might have had some scruples about
shooting on Sunday they did not pro-
pose to be pecked to death by prairie
hens without resistance.
Some OF the reports Of birds killed as
related by the shooters themselves,
without afidavits attached: Coggeshali,
Best, Eddy and Proctor, %; Lenz and
Niemeyer, II; Will Mueller, IA; Masters
and party. chicken, 4S ducks; Bensch,
9; Stewart Wells shot with Darlington
friends dsy-three guns and good dogs
and got % birds.
The chicken seem to have nested early
in May when weather WAS dry and got in
the low places. The heavy June rains
came and drowned out many OF tbe nests
and left the covies small that were
hatched. Seldom over 3 or young
birds are found in a covey. 1t is claimed
also that thunder will prevent the hatch
ing OF egge.
Chief Dispatcher Blewett is pardona-
bly, proud Of his young setter, Mike.
He is swift. careful hunter, with q fine
nose and untiring energy. It's about as
Pierce says, 1T there are any birds in
the country where Mike is looking for
eleven birds were shot over him after six
o'clock.
Harry Blood has water spaniel that
will scent and point chickens better
than many OF the settlers and pointers
hEOuuu IO"us O0suANOy oAuO SnASAoAo
we're killed with the aid OF the dog,
which ranges out we'll from the buggy
and will hunt in sloughs and in stubble
with all the care of regular setter.
w. S. McNaughten Ut Seattle, is look
Ing up insurance business here and
taking turn in the fields With a fine
setter. He states he recently sold two
settlers to Montana miner for $500.
The dogs we're fine field workers and
we'll broken and the buyer stated be
would not take $500 for his bargain.
Over dozen hunters with guns. dogs
and various traps went north on the
jamestown & Northern Friday. They
were from Washington, Chicago, Clncln-