The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-08
). BEIDrNo. the newly ap-


pointed county game ward
ia en-, Ii anxious TO have the
county commissioners re-
LILO vive the bounty on cougars
and wildcats. He has re-
ceived several reports during the past
Of the county by these animals. and feels
that something ought to be done. He had
q consultation with the commissioners. but
they were inclined to reject the PROPOSE
tion on the ground that II they granted
the request they would be paying bounttes
on animals killed all over the state.
Mr.. Bedding says that this objection may
easily be met by regulations. reQuir-
ing the person who actually killed the ami
NAL to present the scalp and also make
an affidavit before qualified person 10 ad-
minister such oath that he actually killed
the animal In King county. The increase
Of cougars and wildcats - attributed by
Mr.. Be.ding to the abolition Of the bounty,
which enabled farmer boys to purchase
ammunition. Under the old conditions
they had two objects in hunting, one for
sport and the other for the bounty.
To avoid the possibility Of paying bounty
twice on hide with head attached. Mr..
tween the ears He says that the hair is
long enough to cover up the hole, and
leave the skin At for mounting.
The reason that bointies for Wild ami
mails scaips are unpopular with county
fsct that in one year whitman county paid
been Killed in that county. Al the bounty
y = only sct nat
II the fraud could be safely guarded
against King county oficials might be
TS.rs e o U hs
Belongs contention that there has been
an increase Of cougars and wildcats Is cor
rect Last week cougar , carried "a. on Ia
cass was found In the woods woods :, A no. ,,sr
aFen- II = ~
Prof. A. w. Crane, OF the Seattle Ath.
letic Club, has arranged twelye.round
contest between the !, f Ss Ma so o
the night that Mickey WEIGH and Jim An
thony box twenty rounds. They have met
once before and gave one Ct the hottest test
prised the kid and 1t Is safe to say that
the coming meeting will be OF the whirl-
wind sort.
- = church,,a ,ed ali the Seattle
Athi.tic ci,b howiers last month. His
general average per game was ~ e com.
With an average OF 4Os2, and e. +. Pope
came fourth, with 4061. H. r. Jackson
was the only other man who REACHED {!. the
Ihonf .ixty players bowled enough games
to De credited with averages, and out OF
this number none fell below %. Fifteen
were above IS, and majority OF the en-
tire number was above 90 FIetcner \;
Coulter, who has taken up bowling once
more, IL fast coming to the front again.
his average last month being sS.y fol.
lowing ID q list of the averages above. g:
Churchill, 41.47; Cole, ALA; Bowes, 40.sS;
Pope. 40.s1; Jackson. 401!; Nelson. SS1S:
Meyer. 500; Ehrlich. 1905; HugginS SS.T AZ
Mumford. 1854; Lewis. $3.50; Mckenzie,
s5.1.
r r
LIZ sc s1,sw. IL ias weeS we're a. follows:
pnva. s7 Rs. Rradv ri 10. Sauls. SIS: AS
mussen 81; Jamison. so; Gazzam, IS; Price.
X. Tshrrch,il ri. Markham 10. lowest rs:
MMcEnrrsa A. Victor. III: Jackson. so:
Hsmheam "a "a. Cole Sc.
Ths Seattle Athletic Clubs bowling
matches outside Of that with Hoquiam
last week The work done by the mem
hers If the team. and which, after ali, is
a. shown Nv the Following averages per
Eame: churchiii, 1870; Cole. H.2o; Bowes,
$3.50: Nelson. IS. 60; Higgins, $40; Brady,
* n and Jackson' AZ.
\ a / t., -.
weeks s az the Seattle Bowling e Club: Har
rison. o. IS a. Sas5e ~ ci' 90 %, "a "a:
Clarke, IT, "; BALDWIN, o. %; huston os'
LIZ, 1 e. r,oa. a. .v.r... ., At o-ao for
twenty consecutive games.
st. -
Inc Seattle Athietc CiuD poWung COM
trarily for the coming Portland tourna-
ment or according to the daily averages
for the past month, as mas generally peen
the custom. mas decided 70 nold special
try.out. rms try-out VIII consist OF -FOUR
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be the Of missed and wild balls