Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
1000 RABBITS
SLAIN IN DRIVE
AT LANCASTER
RANCHERS' CROPS SAVED BY
SLAUGHTER OF PEST
MINGLE FREELY
WITH THE HUNTERS
Three Hundred AneeIenos Participate
In Monster Chase and Form Fra
ternaI order to Perpetuate
the Occasion

H killed in Antelope valley near
n Lancaster yesterday afternoon in
the greatest drive ever held in South
ern California.
Two hundred and seventy hunters
left Los Angeles in the morning. 9th
er hunters who for several days had
been on the scent for quail for miles
around up in the valley, and the en-
tire population of Lancaster, probably
300 souls, joined In the big fan-like net
before which the jacks were driven into
a. wire corral half mile In length and
triangular in shape.
The pests were put to death with
clubs, quickly and painlessly, furnish
ing sport to the hunters, relief to the
farmers and loaded game bags to all
who returned last night.
Perhaps a hundred of the visitors
remained over in Lancaster. dancing
till midnight, hearing political speeches
and getting ready to start on a Dig
quail hunt early this morning.
Form New Order
So successful was the affair and SO
productive OF fun that a new fraternal
order was formed on the train, the
ancient Order of Rabbits, which pro
poses to give two or three rabbit
drives a year, establish closer relations
between Los Angeles and Antelope val
ley and hold annual reunions COM
memorating the slaughter of October,
II, 1908.
II was % field day for Supervisoral
Candidate Anthony Schwamm, who or
ganized a bunch of fifty friends. They
pinned green Schwamm badges on ev-
erybody and boosted the man from the
east side who is running against k
w. Pridham Of South Pasadena for
supervisor.
Such well-known men as Assembly
Candidate George Cary, Senator Ed
ward Hahn of Pasadena, Judge Frank
r Willis and Judge r. A. Ling of Los
Angeles were with the party, talking
| politics and killing rabbits with the
rest.
Lancaster residents covered them
| selves with glory. A barbecue mad
been prepared, wagons and riding
! horses were put at the service OF the
visitors and every head of a family
| rendered hospitalities to the scores OF
Angelenos who remained over night.
! As showing the appreciationaoT the
| cordiality and the prospective value OF
4 Antelope Wiley lands it is stated that
| a dozen substantial deals in acreage
| were negotiated during the day, the
| buyers being men who spent the day
on the drive.
The Fresno daylight special on the
Southern Pacific station pulled out of
the Arcade depot at 1880 o'clock, stop
ping at River station to take aboard
the Schwamm delegation.
Some of the Hunters
| Aboard the train were:
F. c. Beutel. DR.. F. $. Byington, W.
| Brink, e. w. Borton, w. C. Baxter, r.
| r. Brain, W. c. Brain, J. f. Brossart,
e. II. Baxter, III. Y. Barnes, j. j.
| Brown, John Bogardus, Hollywood; ",
L. Baer, o. S. Bulkley, Lancaster; w.
! A. Bush, Ell Monte; +. III. Bente, V. L.
Baer, John Brown. jr.
f. L. Craig, Arch Chambers, ohm M
Collision, George P. Carey. Pasadena;
George r. Curtis, H. H. Curtis, Law
renee p. Crawford, w. H. Campbell,
Lankershim.
F. B. Davis. r. r. DeGarmo. C. G.,
Durkee, U. f. Del Vale. Camulos; c.
/ B. Davis.
f. ]. Eaton, Charles Ellsperman,
Peter Evert, w. S. Ewing. Berney Ed
wards, William Edwards, Charles J.
| Engelbracht.
Charles Fitzpatrick, j. A. Fletcher
| NJ j. Fuduric, F. H. Fainot, Burbank
william A. Gaines, Compton; ]. r.
| Gambell. Downey: A. d. Goodrich
Downeyi f. A. Goggin, r. A Guthrie
| w. H. Guthrie, W. j. Getz, d. u. Gard
ner, South Pasadena; Jacob Goldsmith
A. ]. Grant, ]. s. Grice.
Frank q. Harbert, Claude Harbert
Joseph Harbert, A. Hunt, r. w. Hut
ton, Herbert Hartup, j. Hartup, Frank
B. Hall. f. o. Henry, F. Hancock, Fill
more; Eugene G. Haskell, Almer Hunt
]. ]. Henry, Pomona; ]. H. c. Hornby
r. w. Healey, Pasadena; w. B. Hahn
Pasadena; N. r. Hooper, Hugh X
Hartung.
Henry Jensen, Willis Johnson, Judge
r. A. Ling, Robert Jardine. Holly
wood; J. S. Johnston.
j. Klarguist, Fred Kuger, r. L. King
Ell Monte; DR.. c. A. Kuns, w. w. King
don.
G. l.. Lawson, Edward Laer, DIR. C
A. Kuns, 1. w. Lowder, w. c. Libs, c
M. Laroutis, r. A. Ling.
A. p. Miller, jr., Fl. S. Mason, Ernes
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