, 1897-03-09
UNLAWFULLT KILLING GAME

warden Joseph LelgltGr Ui thia city lar
arreH'ed Doc Harris. Chris Siagman and
Steve Ogden OF Lewiston. Fremont
county, charged with unIawtully killing
game The men were arrested near Elk
mountain. where they had evidently
gone into the game killing buainesa ON
Il large scale. In their cabin was found
1000 pounds OF game. consisting OF five
whole elk. one deer and several quar-
ters. Surrounding the cabin are piles
Of elk heads. piles Of skins and legs in
Vulnerable. One of the men showei
fight and charged at the officer with q
big knife, but was brought into subtec-
ton at the point of Il revolver. All The
parties are in Jail awaiting n hearing.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
Washington, d. G.. March S.-The In
an opinion by Commissioner PrrIty.
announced Il decision in the matter Of
the alleged violations OF the fourth, or
long and short haul section OF the act
! 10 leSulilt commerce. ny inc AlCulSuD,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad company
and receivers thereof, and others. This
Investigation was caused by a rate war
of short duration between the various
competing roads from Chicago to Colo
RADIO common points, in the course of
which the tariffs in a few days We're re-
lrIIaI on ffib 1la1S F1pr.hup Iic, from,
90 cents to 80 cents, without any CORE
spending reduction to Intermediate
points. The hearing attracted some AT
tention at the time for the reasons that
Aldace +. Walker. n former member
of the commission, and then receiver OF
the Atchison road undertook to justify
bis action upon the ground that the law
was being secretly violated by compel
ing lines, and for that reason he was at
liberty to meet the rate at competitive
points without regard to the rule Of the
long and short haul clause. Walker tes-
tilted upon the trial that the law was not
and could not be enforced and for that
reason he was at liberty to disregard it.
He also testified tina one OF the princi-
pal reasons, why it should not be en-
forced. was the unWillingness OF the
railroad companies to cooperate in its
enforcement. The commission says, in
It's opinion, Walkers opinion ultimately
comes to this, that he refuses to obey
The law because he does not like 1t. It
is held that no disturbance OF rates, sec
ret or open. creates such dissimilarity
Of circumstance and condemnations
under section four as will justify a vio-
lhtion Of the long and short haul cluse
without IN order of the commission.
COYOTES SOMETIMES ADROIT.
No cater animal is found in the west
than The coyote. The coyote is to the
plainsman what a fox is to an eastern
farmer, only The coyote is more in evil
dence, says Forest and Stream. A dog
that had its principal sport chasing and
otherwise worrying coyotes was led in
10 ambush by one coyote and then set
upon by several Others of the prairie
wolves, and almost done TO death.
About 8 o'clock one night one OF the
cOyOte5 anne TO the kitchen door and
howled aggravatingly at the dog, which
tnereupOn set after The coyote full tilt.
The coyO,e fled around the house, down
to the corral and around the black
smith. shanty the dog yelping after. Be
hind the shunty We're other coyotes, six
or seven OF them, and all OF them made
for he dog in a way that made it feel
lonely, The ranchman heard the fight
and the dogs howls of pain, and grasp
ing a rifle started that way on the run.
yelling us he went. The coyotes took a
farewell nip apiece and fed, leaving a
| sore dog behind. Since then the dog
has not been SO much interested as on
former occasions in coyotes. X follows
single coyotes vigorously, but the APP
p%earanCe OF another sends it back as
fast as il can run
The coyotes like badger flesh very
mach, but II coyote is not equal TO a
DduStI III Il lSHl, C~DIScuutilllS llt coy
o,c, when it meets a badger, has to re-
sort to slratagem till aid arrives. The
manner in which it does this is inter
esting.
"A few weeks ago" a writer says, "as
was riding along | saw a coyote and
a badger. The coyote seemed to play.
ing with the badger. He would prance
about it, first as if to bite it, then run
off a little way. the badger following,
evidently very angry. When the badger
saw me il ran into its hole, while the
coyote went off 40 or so yards and lay
tdown, evidently knowing | had no gun
with me. The coyotes device was evi,
IDENTIFY to tease and so keep the badger
interested till another coyote happened
along, when the badger would nave beer
killed"
What o. earth induced you, John:
You gave hat waiter s. for a tip. and
he was the worst | ever "That's
just it, my dear. l wanted to enable hin