Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-11-14

county south of the N. P. track.
These dark brushy spots make a
rather pleasant change In the monot-
ony of, prairie landscape and prove
quite shelter from the winds for
animals and sometimes man. There
are numerous fine lakes in the cOun-
| ty that have become almost world
wide in reputation for wild fowl
shooting. For many years Dawson
was the best goose ground known but
! the flight has changed further west
and the cultivation of the country
further north affording feeding
grounds for the birds on their SOUTH
ern migrations, keep many ducks and
geese away from their former feeding
grounds in Kidder county. The duck
shooting is still good in season and
Long lakessis now,the~ best place for
; the game but a hard lake to hunt in.
1t is necessary to wade through mud
and shallow water from quarter to
mile in distance before the reeds
and grass and open water Of the lake
can be reached. Shooters carry
small box or seat so they can rest and
bend over to get out Of sight OF the
birds as they fly back and forth. The
lake is also great breeding place for
the birds In Summer and thousands
of the finest game birds in the world
are killed there annually. This year
the shooting was better than ever, it
is 81 ated, although the west end of
the lake was 'shot out" early in he
! season by zoo many hunters to allow
the game to remain. Bismarck and
!, Mandan contribute their full quo'a
of sportsmen to the lake. The two
leading varieties of game in the duck
line found in the lake arc The n.allard
and teal, both fine ta BILE birds. The
teal breed in the lake in thousands.
Some of the mallards in the fall
weigh pounds, ZACH, almost a much
as goose of the ordinary size..
A Close Call - A party of four
hunters from Courtenay were hunt
ing last week at Long Lake, They
we're F. G. Ellis, Ralph Seavey, Wal.
lace Rose and Andrew Klimeck. AZ
ter they had been tn re few days
an accident happened which neatly
cost Mr.. Ellis his life. saws the Val
ley CITY Times-Record. Re and Mr..
Seavev we're shooting ducks in one OF
!! the ponds where they had set out ue-
coys and we're crouched in boat
near the edge of the pond waiting
for the ducks. Mr.. Ellis was In the
end of the boat toward The north and
after while flock of ducks passed
over his end Of the boat. tzMr. SeaveV
thought Mr.. Ellis was little slow
iu rising up to shoot and he hated to
see the ducks getting away, 30 he
rose up TO shoot at them htmself.
Just about the time he pulled the
trigger Mr.. Ellis rose up and got the
charge in the back Of MS head. He
did not rise enough to get the full
force of the charge but it laid the
skull bare and for everal mil utes he
was unconscious Mr.. Seavev soon
got team and had him on the way
to Dawson, where he received medi-
cal attention.
Visitors From Mckenzie County
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Knrlz, the lat
ter formerly Miss Maltl NJ. Becker
of X ramer, N. d., have been spend
ing few days with friends and rela-
! ives in the city, enroute home from
a wedding trip. Mr.. Kuriz has sold
out the store at Kramer d he and
his brother have concentrated their
drug tore business At Schafer, the
newl designated county ~eat OF Nc
Kenzie county. Mr.. and Mrs. Kurtz
leave for their home at Schafer IN
da o, two The cnunty officials nave
been o.der d to move 10 the new seat
of povernment as the town Is ex-
poc,ed to Experience rapid growth.
Mr. KUltz fIas been there about a
year ana half and says the country
is settling up In good shape. The
Town is reached by stage from Willis
ton h,ch is AZ miles distant. The
roads are good and days drive IS all
tina is necessary to get to Schafer
from The Big Missouri. Schafer is
about half wav between Big and Lit
he Missouri rivers. The country.is
somewhat broken but the soil In the
valleys is go0n. Game along the
rivers is still plenty and good
many deer are taken in the fall. A
little more snow than there is at