The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-27

~....svz hzTe been anxiottsiy awaiting
=. z -~,slne.-t4zi storm t5at makes lis ap-
y - about this riEne - tae year
- snertauen have done very i4%i4e
L<s's' = ar asa those 3Ao have tried
- ad familiar Ei8ceS near S7a-.is ave
- =" - about their fire killings
-. !. nlslls mar has come - attn
80 - eseks. mostly o. The VOID ard
-. go sar.e.y. Even without ;aking
= ~o.ssrorfsal storm into consideration,
= - admitted taaf she day - past
~ood Snort can be- had IN the near
49, ~ seattIe. Good shots ike Dick
IT. p A. purdy Jack RVppe. Joe
.1e.ss Noble Wallingf8Ta. Judge Thomas
sfasrex George WILEY. Mr. KELSEY.
- r8xards 4 r. Geennus. Frank
800 DR.. J. s. K}9ebeT and W J. 1nei-
= - sh!e 70 scrapc q fair bag because
- knox ths country well the oEdt-
- ,.rse-a-raonfh hunter might as wei
- Al home & he r. simply out Tor ducks
,-esaa 81 an outing. Things have
s~.agsd wonderfully during tie pas,
-. vearz sad Frank Atkins one ~
sss,sJs's most enthusiastic hunters Z
- r.nemhsr when I had 10 trouble ih
go. - good BAGS AZ the head ~ TIE bay
- az Lake Washington. &0Wacaya
- e in great luck Il Dc kills I'VE o. SIX
10y Cox and Or r. 4. Purdy knog
49, slough. OF the east shore % Lake
s...ktnxton, 80 we'll that they usually
-.aags 10 kfn a few birds but even AZ
"a they wofk hard for every feather
ICES set
t,.na a TRIP through skaRit county SO
,,gsf,s that even. II tae eqainoctiai storm
| ~ Mt come. the ducks are on their down
,r,a from the Arctic IN large numbers.
"a that there Is fair shooting near Is
/ rsnner Cook says that that section Is
az ~ the greatest natural Wild fowl
sssg.ng grounds he ever saw, and That
~ people are hospitable 20 strangers
Prank Atkins ~ Seattle is formulating
ar by which Mercer slough can be
.,sr.garrnea into a shooting preserve he
nozstlve that In the eyes OF the law the
.sausb would not be considered q navlga-
81 stream ard th.s being 81. the prob
~ Of creating a preserve Is made much
Nssr After securing fgats from land
sxaefs. all that vii be- necessary 70 keep
n goachsrs wiil DC 70 pat IN game
s.saer n the entrance u the slough.
Tsr slough is one 81 the most natural
ksnss OF the duck iu the state. hnf In
sans past II has been shot 20 death.
AZ now IS % little use % anyone.
n. Towsley has just returned from
tsvp 70 wilson creek He had good luck
zas ths ducks hagsing about thirty NAL
hrd and teal.
NJ GllpatrIek xao has been IN the
cosk inlet country says that there are
aKks taeFc by the thousand one
esrsh a|e or six miles i9ug iH fairly
lst With All kinds of webfooters. and
ssf are 50 H,tle shot Al that even a poor
shel can have great sport
ossag To- the dry warm weather the
sssoslng season on the Oats near Ia Com
~ has not fairly opened.
Thefe was fiue snipc shooting ON Wait
rs island week ago, bur the overflow
Fsas ghere thry were found are now
sslei ap 4 little rain wlll make the
testlag good again. All kinds OF p'oFsr
~ ala plentiful
peasants are quite numerous on dali
= Island. and there Is also bie crop
snaa there thls year.
Sens Anao0ries sp0rtsmen hunt pleas
AIS az their bicycles and one az them
- bseome so exper; in managing The
sAesl iha' he shoots from the saddle
saila gader fun headway
Y L Merrd az Fairhaven. has taken
= aoaa9baai % the Ia Conner fnts and
"a fenaain there during The shooting
aeas
ne hlsh school boys have organized for