The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-01
WANTON ELK KILLING
DENIED AT PORTLAND
MORNING ASToRIAN DOES
NOT YET DEEM MATTER
ENTIRELY DISPRovED.

loined letter III spirit oi idilnVss'
and not because il is yet certain tha'
il has erred in the report il made late
ly, with regard 10 the ruthless killing
OF elk in this county, for that Is nat
yet disproved.
The day before publication OF the
article complained Of the party OF
Portlanders involved in the matter
we're in tins city and did all kinds OF
talking around town, of what had
been done in the woods by the sew
eral members OF that party; the
stories varying with the quantities
and qualities OF the libations INDUCED
in as the yarn progressed, until one
could hear anything and everything |
imaginable from one ice cream par
lor" "a smother all over the city. ~
one, there we're but two elk killed
at another, three; again, five, and nm
ally tn. number sweled to seven;
and all on The credit OF the mer lust
in from tie woods, But few DAYS
before, the Seaside Signal had report
cd Just such an atrocity, on the good
word OF party who returned from
the Nehalem country where these
people hunted, and several slain Elk
we're known to be in the forest uu-
touched, save for the heads, antlers
and teeth And the fact thai the
Portlanders had only small quan
tity OF jerked meat with them, lent
color to the whole presentation this
paper made OF it; and while that
color may be dimmed as to any par
ticular member OF the party, the mat
ter is susceptible Of Judgement Just
where it is.
The Astorian told the story as IT
was current on the streets of this
city at the time; and while It IS
specifically denied now, by those
nearest its pith and point. the text
was gathered, in the main, from them,
various and divergent as the tales
were; and coupled with the reports
extant about elk being killed and left
to rot in that neighborhood, at, and
about that time; it does not feel it
self called upon to hedge in the mat
ter, save to such degree as shall
release any particular individual con-
cerned, from the onus attaching; and
if the gentlemen named in the letter
below are not concerned in the mess.
the Astorian will absolve them just
as frankly as it has drawn them into
the controversy. The letter referred
to reads as follows:
Portland, Or, Sept. 20, 1908.
"To the Editor Of the Daily Astorian:
In your issue OF Saturday, Sep
tember 10Th last, you have an article
headed, 'Wanton slaughter of elk for
teeth and you have accused G. l..
Doty, Room No. 10, Chamber Of
Commerce, Portland, Oregon, who
was one of seven or eight Of the
party of hunters in the Nehalem Val
ley, Of "a shameful thing in this
(Clatsop county, developed during
the last few days, one that calls for
the interposition OF the law and the
interest Of the Elks' Craft in this
State Your informant is certainly
in error, for under the law each man
of the party is entitled to kill one elk
and c. S. Doty did not shoot at or
kill one; and in consequence you have
done an injustice to him and his
friends
Now as to leaving hair, hide and
meat while they carried away every
tooth and bone in the jaws of The
seven big beasts your informant il
again untruthful, for every hair, hide
and all meat, and bones of the head
antlers, jaws and hides, of the two
killed were taken to the homes of thu
various members Of the party.
t How can you describe this as :;
piece OF unparalleled hoggishness,
/ for each man is entitled to kill on
: elk and this party did.not accomplish
1 that as they only shot and killed tw'
elk and so far as they know, wound
ed no others; nor did they leave an
0 of the hide, hair, antlers or meat t
90 10 waste for. all were brough
: home and good use will be made @
: it, and none wasted.
:. There is nothing cheap and mig
: gardly about killing an elk "a viii
E one), and any man who goes into th
y woods, knows that it takes time all
4 strenuous labor, to accomplish sue
:, an end, and he richly deserves tn
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