The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-10-07
FOUR HUNDRED NOW.
Hunters License-A1so Some Marriage
License Incidents-Close Calf
for Johnson.

issued up to Thursday afternoon
was an even 4oo.' That means that
$500 in cash has been paid out for
the privilege of hunting in Benton.
Most of the hunters who sit and
wait at the county clerks desk
while the license is being filled out,
drop gentle hint to the effect that
the license law is a graft. Whether
$500 worth of benefit has accrued
to Benton in protection to the game
us a result Of the law is a PROPOSE
ton on which others than hunters
have we'll defined opinions. Per-
haps nine people out of ten agree
with the hunters.
Apparently all the licenses were
in use on Sunday, which was the
first day of the open season for
pheasant shooting. It so happened
that the day before was Portland
day at the Fair, and a holiday with
the clerks Office closed, which
meant that no licenses were avail
able. Several hunters had forgot
ton to obeain credentials and there
was a great demand all day for
Deputy Clerk Johnson who was OBJ
1iging enough to do curbstone
stunt in licenses that helped be1ated
hunters out of their difficulty. With
nearly 400 licenses in use and prob
ably some hunters abroad without
licenses it might be figured out that
if every man got the limit, which
! is likely, about 1900 birds were
slain Sunday. If the total dead and
missing has since increased to 1o,-
900 it need not be surprising. The
chase has gone on with such assid
uity that the frightened birds are
driven from field to wood and from
weod to field again. One frighten-
ed hen alighted in a corner of the
athletic grounds at the college the
other evening while the football
men were at work. Another alighted
on the window sill of the bay win
dow at the residence of Mrs. M.
| Jacobs Sunday afternoon.
An A1sea lad sent in for hunt
er's license, enclosing the fee. of
course. The boys in the county
clerks Office knew all about his case
and after making out the hunter S
license properly, they made out al
so a marriage license. It had his
name in it, his best girls name and
everything else requisite. except the
signature Of the clerk. 1t was pin
ned over the hunters license so that
when the envelope should be open
ed gain the impression that the mar
riage license was the only enclosure.
The news is that the scheme work
ed beautifully, and that for some
moments after tie opening of the
envelope. the youth was first pale,
then red and in many other res
poets the abused victim of cruel,
cruel joke.
Another point with reference to
hunter S license is that Robert John
son since he has oficiated as an as
sistant over at the clerk Office has
made frequent offers of a free mar.
riage license to many bachelors
about town. Among these was H.
w. Kaupisch. "What's that?"
calculated Ksupisch, after Robert
had made him the bold offer. The
next day Kaupisch led bride to
the altar, but it happened in Linn
county. Bob remembers now that
there was a dangerous look in the
creameryman's eye at the time of
the license proposition, and is daz-
ed to discover how near he came to
dropping s. for the license.
On another occasion, Robert Of
fered DR.. A. G. Sickle free mar
riage license, whereupon Lieut..
Quinlan, who stood by, enquired if
Robert was the advance agent of