Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-09


calling had turned from the trail
and In doing so had to jump a log
AS old hunters know when a deer
jumps he always fllps his tail and 1t
was this that made Dick believe il
was some women trying to fiirt with
him. "Ain't that awful" says Dick.
Yes" says /, awful funny"
Arriving at camp he guessed he
would lay down as he felt kind of
queer. started dinner and cooked
np some fine hot cakes. We had a
can of maple syrup In camp and for
convenience we kept what we had for
table use In bottle. Having only
one table we also had our veterinary
kit" containing castor oil, turpen-
tine, vaseline, bandages. syrup OF
figs, ETC., etc, on our eating table.
The "hots" being ready Dick ate
first, one eating while the other
cooked so as to keep them warm and
was about through when he called to
me asking II there was any more of
that syrup, saying Il tasted good but
different from what he had usually
got. Invent to get more what do you
think | discovered, Dick had eaten
that dollar bottle OF syrup OF iigs
on his cakes, and II Is needless TO
say that he wasn't looking for any
Irritation the next morning.
Art Belknap came into camp that
evening and had a good laugh at
Dicks expense; he also put some oil
on the troubled waters by telling
Dick that he wasn't the only goat that
happened In these woods. Says he,
did yon hear about j. Watermelon
Hobbs and his bear. or course you
all known him, he Is that big good
natured internal revenue collector.
He was In here with the Hampton
boys and when he "blewup" he
swore us all to secrecy but I had my
legs crossed and II didn't stick with
me. IL ran about like this: One
morning he said he would 20 down on
the sand bar and catch a few grass
hoppers as he thought he would go
fishing that afternoon. In about an
hour J. w. rushed into camp hatless
and breathless and when he got his
wind. he says give me my 5000 my
long pistol grip, arm yourself to the
teeth and come on; a bear says he,
and II is as big as COW or II would
Mt make such n track. We finally
arrived on the spot and he says there
II Is. Art Belknap says go II Tip"
That's his famous huntlng dog. Tip
smelt OF the tracks. looked at the
pulling Hobbs and then laid down
The dog is scared boys. said Hobbs,
but follow me and I will put a finlsh
to him. They took big circle
around the island and finally wound
up where they had started, do you
get next. Hobbs had crawled around
until he had discovered HIS own
tracks where he had been crawling
after the "hoppers." II you are a
little dry or need a two for Just
mention bear TO this mighty col.
ector.
Belknap says we fellows up here
get ours sometimes too. Says he |
ust mark this one. "OLeary was
packing Walker and Hardy into thei'
endezvous when one OF his boys, q
hink Il was No. 10, he has Is boys)
md says he can keep track OF them
With numbers better than any other
way; says he. dad. there comes o
Ieer over yonder hill. Dad gets HIS
owling piece and emptles Il twice
4 shots In all, and II goes omt OF
light behind a log. O--thinking Il
ropped, says It's a shame 10 shoot
~ a deer like that, know / hit II
[ least l3 times. At this juneture
p trots his pack burrow Jimmie
II be durned.' says ]. ", as Jimmie
got lonesome at home and had fol
,wed them In It's the best shoot
* ! ever DONE says J. ". as Jim.
lie is worth at least so bucks II he's
orth a cent"
We caught great many fish on
mr. trip but had no luck with the
eer. On Wednesday we started for
ONE and when we reacherd clvili-
ltion we heard OF some cards that
ere in circulation which the boys
} there called calamity howlers."
hey say they were by bunch Of
llows trying 10 elect old panlcky
Free Silver Blll." It's by a Demo
attic deal and II they win out they a
e 10 cut the card high man gets
G p. o., and the next will take the h
b OF mayor and the low man will RI
main a "non-partisan booster" n