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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
WHATS DOING
AT FRANKFORT.
Resolution For Investigation
of Tobacco Situation.
Law to Regulate Holding Pri-
maries viii No Doubt Be
Passed.

The first bill introduced in the pres
ent legislature was one to repeal the
dog-tax law passed two years ago. 1t
was introduced by Senator Smith of
Knott county, and the present senti-
ment of the legislature indicates its
passage. The dog-law proved both un-
popular and ineffective. Nearly every
man that owned a dog has blasted the
law, and the assessors almost made it
ineffective by failing to list the dogs
for taxation. For inttasnce, in one
county with a population of 10000,
probably $500 dogs would be listed,
and in an adjoining county with the
same population and apparently as
many dogs, only 700 would be listed.
A legislative comittee will probab-
ly investigate every phase of the to-
bacco troubles in Kentucky, as Sena-
tor Newman, of Woodford has intro
duced a resolution providing for a
comittee of three senators and four
representatives to do the inyestigat-
ing. The resolution, which will I'M
doubtedly be adpted, says: Said CON-
mittee shall report the conditions pre-
vailing in this commonwealth before
the organization of the Tobacco
Trust the conditions prevailing after
it's organization of the various to-
bacco societies, the conditions since,
and in every way try to reach a
knowledge of the situation, such as
will enable this General Assembly to
enact such laws as will protect the
rights of our people II our present
laws are insufficient. The committee
shall also ascertain whether the So
called tobacco trust" has the right
to do business in this state when
pursuing the methods it has follow
ed for several years. 1t shall also
ascertain whether any CT our statutes
are not enforced By the various Off
GERS of the commonwealth. 1t
shall make investigation of whether
it is legal and practical to employ con-
victs in thee manufacture of plug and
twist tobacco"
Maybe this legislative committee
may find the seat of the truble. If
over-production has caused the low
prices of tobacco, the remedy is to
plant no crop this year. If the tobac-
co trust forced the low prices to
fatten its dividends, then the trust
should be fined, as Chief Justice
O'Reas said, It'll the Judge Lands
fine of $29,OOO,OOO would look like 30
cents"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17

Examine the label on your paper, "
II is not correct notify us,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17

An important bill that will be intro
duced this session, will be the one pro-
viding a new method of holding State
primary elections. 1t will provide that
both political parties must nominate
all candidates for state offices on the
same day and that day shall be gen.
eral registration day; that the regis
tration law shall be extended so that
every voter in city, town and country
must register, and the registration Of
ficers must also serve as primary cleo
ton officers, thus saving the expense
Of three sets of officers. The bill fur
ther provides that the State shall pay
the expense of holding the primaries,
thus giving a poor man chance to
make a race without having to borrow
enough money to put up his entrance
fee. The state now pays the expenses
of registration In the cities,and 1t is
contended that the additional expense
would no be grea enough off set
the merits of such bill.
A bill will be introduced this week
to increase the annual appropriation
for the Kentucky Children's Home So
ciety from $4,000 to 100000. Super
intendent Selion of the home will
come to Frankfort to explain to the
legislature the necessity for the in
crease.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-09-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior. 4. :
Land Ofiice at LakcvIcw. Oregon,
August 10. 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that Dunn
". Bursell. Of Merrill. oregon. who,
on Dee. 10. 1904. made Homestead
Entry. No. 1885 ,Serial No. 03Sal
for scL. See. 10. T. 81 $. u. 10 r..
". NJ. has filed notice of intention
to make final Communication Proof. Ia
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed. before Register and Rrc"iy-
er. at L.akevicw. Oregon. on the ith
day 0f October. 1908.
Claimant namcs as witnesses:
Mark Howard. OF Merrill. Oregon.
Frank Johnston. Of Klamath. Falls.
oregon. Roy whitney. of klamath
Falls. Oregon. Chas. Wagar. of Klam-
ath Falls. Oregon.
J. y. WATSON.
s-2i Receiver.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-09-15
AMATH FALLS. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER Is. 1905

route. This road is now constructed
Hu1 opened Ia within six miles "i
Nl4.aath Falls. In u short time u
will be into klamath Falls and then
| u will be- constructed on north reach.
ing q point within l. miles uf Crater
Lake. II l. probable that the new
wagon road will b. constructed from
the new railroad line at It's nearest
point to the lake. II Is also expected
that this commission will assist the
Crater Lake company in securing
construction Of road compl','ly
around the rim Of the lake. in cStab-
fishing the necessary hotels. In pro.
viding automobiles and In securing
all the convenicnccs possible for tour.
lists who wish To visit tn" lake. This
year more people have seen the lake
than ever saw II before This was
due To n concession which the gov
crnment has given Ia sir Steel and
to the greater accessibility Of the
began nearing klamath Falls the
nearest railroad station was 80 miles
away. Tourists were compelled to
come in either this way or through
the Rogue River valley. II they
came to Klamath they w"r" obliged
to sc, mp TO the head of the LAKE
By boat. a distance OF about 80 miles.
and to hire conveyanccs from Fort
klamath to the lake. a distance of
about 22 miles.
Ia 1897 the department of th" In.
terror asked Mr.. Steel II he would
take hold OF the project and Try to
bring Crater Lake within reach of
the people. Mr.. Steel. who Is n shin.
ing example OF man with a single
idea. which In this ease happens to
be Crater Lake. reluctantly consent
ed. Although he had made II his
life's work to preserve this region for
the people. he felt that the govern.
mcnt should do the rest.
The department Of the interior
gave Mr.. Steel AN exclusive conc"s-
lion similar 10 the one which was
@.nird with reference 10 Yellow
'tDr" park. Although the contract
exclusive. the government can can
""i ~ at viii. even after the company
which has been organized shall have
spent a large sum of money under
the contract. THE company has an
capital Of s250.OOO." said
Mr.. Steel today when asked to ex-
plain the plan. and am trying To /
get the necessary funds by selling /
stock. This Is not n very easy task. I
~ II Is largely matter OF patriot |
sm and the prospects of any return 1
,n the money Invested are at least ,
rot immediate. The concession sim
,ly gives me the right. when ! want
% do anything. To go ont and sell
'ome stock In order To get the money
o do II. So you can see that the
'ommon impression that | have un-
United means AT my command Is in
Orrec'.
Concluded In Tomorrow iIeraldD u
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-09-15
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that on Aug.
ust 3rd. 1908. the Common Council
of the city of klamath Falls. enacted
an ordinance providing for the annual
assessment and collection OF $500
poll tax. from each male inhabitant
of the City. between the ages OF -
and so years ,cNccpting those by law
exempt and those too iniirm to per
form labor. Tor street and sewer pur-
poses. Said poll tax FOR the year
1905. will be- du" and payable On and
after September 18th. 1908. to the
CITY Marshal. who will receipt there.
for.
\ l. LEANITr.
9-li Police Judge
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-09-15
300 ACRES FREE.

The I.akesld. company has $500
acres Of land under the Adams ditch
that II will give RENT FREE for
one year. This includes the use OF
the land and water. The renter must
clear and place the land In cuiutiva-
tion. The renter gets all the crops
but we reserve the right to pasture
the stubble.
The Lakeside Company,
J. Frank Adams. Manager.
Merrill. Oregon.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-09-15
:11:'1.'

You will save money by buying
sewing machines and all OF your sew
Ing machine supplies at Muliers. cor
ner Main and 9Th streets. 7-3Itf
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-09-15

kn II with everything new. dining
room kitch, %, eight rooms. paFlof'
fine patronage, feeding from 100 e.
200 aaily. Inquire at Hotel Doris.
p,,,is. california. S-5tG
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-16

when we were within couple or
hours journey of our intended hating
place, Woody and ! struck off on foot
for hunt. Just before sunset we
came on three or four elk; a spike bull
stood for moment behind some thick
evergreens hundred yards off. Guess
ing at his shoulder. fired, and he fell
dead after running a few rods. had
broken the luck, after ten days of i'll
success.
Next morning Woody and l, with
the packer, rode to where this elk lay.
We loaded the meat on a pack-horse,
and let the packer take both the load
ed animal and our saddle-horses back
to camp. while we made hunt on
foot. We went up the steep, forest
clad mountain-side, and before we had
walked an hour heard two elk whis-
Ting ahead of us. The woods were
open, and quite free from under
growth. and we were able to advance
noiselessly: here was no wind, for the
weather was still, clear. and cold
Both of the elk were evidently very
much excited. answering each other
continually: they had probably been
master bulls, but had become SO ex-
hausted that their rivals had driven
them from the herds, forcing them to
remain in seclusion until they regain
ed their lost strength. AS we crept
stealthily forward, the calling grew
louder and louder, until we could hear
the grunting sounds with which the
challenge of the nearest ended. He
was in large wallow, which was
also lick. When we were still sixty
yards off, he heard us, and rushed
out, but wheeled and stood moment
to gaze, puzzled by my buckskin suit
l fred into his throat, breaking his
neck, and down he went in heap.
Rushing in and turning, l called to
Woody, Hes a twelve-pointer, but
the horns are smallw AS / spoke |
heard the roar of the challenger of the
other bull not two hundred yards
ahead, as if in defiant answer to my
shot.
Running quietly forward, / speedily
caught glimpse of his body. He
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was behind some fir-trees about seven
ty yards off, and | could not see which
way he was standing, and so fired
into the patch Of flank which was WIS.,
ible, aiming high, to break the back.
My aim was true, and the huge beast
crashed down-hill through the ever
greens, pulling himself on his fore
legs for fifteen or twenty rods, his
hind quarters trailing. Racing for
ward, l broke his neck. His antlers
were the finest / ever got. A couple
of whisky jacks appeared at the first
crack of the rifle with their customary
astonishing familiarity and needless
ness of the hunter; they followed the
wounded bull as he dragged his great
with ghoulish bloodthirstiness on the
gouts of blood that were sprinkled
over the green heritage.
These two bulls lay only a couple of
hundred yards apart, on broad game
trail, which was as we'll beaten as a
good bridle-path. We began to skin out
the heads; and as we were finishing we
heard another bull challenging far up
the mountain. He came nearer and
nearer. and as soon as we had ended
our work we grasped our rifles and
trotted toward him along the game
trail He was very noisy, uttering his
loud, singing challenge every minute or
two. The trail was so broad and firm
that we walked in perfect silence.
After going only five or six hundred
yards, we got very close indeed, and
stole forward on tip-toe, listening to
the roaring music The sound came
from steep, narrow ravine, to one
side of the trail, and walked toward
it with my rifle at the ready. A slight
puff gave the elk my wind and he
dashed out Of the ravine like a deer:
but he was only thirty yards off, and
my bullet went into his shoulder as he
passed behind clump of young spruce.
plunged into the ravine. scrambled
out Of II, and raced after him. In a
minute saw him standing with droop-
ing head, and two more shots finished
him. He also bore fine antlers. It was
a great piece of luck to get three such
fine bulls at the cost Of half days
light work; but we had fairly earned
them. having worked hard for ten
days, through rain, cold, hunger, and
fatigue, to no purpose. That evening
my homecoming to camp. with three
elk tongues and a brace Of ruffed
grouse hung at my belt was most hap
Ply.
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meath the windward bank. Here we re-

meath the windward bank. Here we re-
manned pretty well sheltered until the
storm was over Although it was Au-
gust. the air became very cold. The
wagon was fairly caught, and would
have been blown over if the top had
been on; the driver and horses escaped
without injury pressing under the lee
ward side. the storm coming so Level
that they did not need roof to protect
them from the hail. Where the center
of the whirlwind STRUCK 1t did great
damage.
The wagon came on to the creek
along whose banks we had taken shell
ter, and we then went into camp. 1t
rained all night, and there was a thick
mist, with continual sharp showers.
all the next day and night The
wheeling was. in consequence. very
heavy, and after striking the Keogh
trail, we were able to go along it but
a few miles before the fagged-out look
Of the team and the approach of even
ing warned US that we should have to
go into camp while still a dozen miles
from any pool or spring. Accordingly
we made what would have been a dry
camp had it not been for the inces-
SAINT down-pour of rain, which we
gathered in the canvas wagon-sheet
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Each took an G7ltlcT, and the body sttppcd
along ueTy easily
head sharply toward me as I raised
the rifle, and the bullet went fairly
into his throat, just under the jaw.
breaking his neck, and bringing him
down in his tracks with hardly kick.
He was a fine buck Of eight points.
unusually fat. considering that the
ruttfng season was just over. We
dressed it at once, and, as the house
was so near. determined we would
drag it there over the snow ourselves.
without going back for horse. Each
took an antler. and the body slipped
along very easily, but so intense was
the cold that we had to keep shifting
sides all the time, the hand which
grasped the horn becoming numb al
most Immediately.
When not much molested Whitehall
feed in the evening or late afternoon
but If often shot at and chased they
only come out at night. They are very
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word that he had seen
two Whitehall deer, buck and a doe,
feeding with some cattle on the side of
hill across the river, and not much
more than half mile from the house
There was about an hour of daylight
left, and one of the foremen, a tall.
fne-looking fellow named Ferris. the
best rider on the ranch. but not an m
usually good shot, started out at once
after the deer Ferris found the deer
easily enough, but they started before
he could get standing shot at them,
and when he fired as they ran. he only
above the ankle. He followed it in
the snow for several miles, across the
river. and down near the house to the
end of the bottom, and then back to-
ward the house. The buck was a cum
ming old beast, keeping in the densest
cover. and often doubling back on his
trail and sneaking off to one side as
his pursuer passed by. Finally it grew
too dark to see the tracks any longer,
and Ferris came home.
Next morning early we went out to
where he had left the trail, feeling
very sure from his description of the
place (Which was less than a mile
from the house, that we would get
the buck; for when he had abandoned
the pursuit the deer was in copse of
bushes and young trees some hundreds
Of yards across. and in this it had
doubtless spent the night.
When we got to the thicket we first
made circuit round it to see If the
wounded animal had broken cover. but
though there were fresh deer tracks
leading both in and out of it. none Of
them were made by cripple; so we
knew he was still within. After work
ing some little time we hit on the
had turned into the thickest growth.
While Ferris followed carefully in on
the tracks. stationed myself farther
on toward the outside knowing that
the buck would in all likelihood start
up wind In minute or two Ferris
came on the bed where he had passed
the night. and which he had evidently
Just left: shout Informed me that the
game was on foot. and Immediately
afterward the cracking and swapping
of the branches were heard as the
deer rushed through them. / ran as
rapidly and quietly as possible to-
ward the place where the sounds seem
ed to indicate that he would break
cover, stopping under small tree. A
minute afterward he appeared, some
thirty yards off on the edge of the
thicket. and halted for second to
look round before going into the open
Only his head and antlers were visible
above thesbushes which hid from view
the rest Of his body. He turned his
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-16
I peered ouer the crest.

We hurried forward as fast as we
dared, and with too little care; for we
suddenly came in view Of two cows.
As they raised their heads to look,
Woody squatted down where he was,
to keep their attention fixed, while I
cautiously tried to slip of to one side
unobserved Favored by the neutral
tint of my buckskfn hunting-shirt, with
which my shoes. leggins, and soft hat
matched, succeeded AS soon as l
was out of sight / ran hard and came
up to a hillock crested with pinyons,
behind which Judged l should find
the herd. AS I approached the crest,
their strong, sweet smell smote my
nostrils. In another moment saw the
tips Of a pair of mighty antlers, and
peered over the crest with my rife at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-16

The brtght-coIored patch disappeared.
and in our oilskin overcoats In sufti-
cient quantity to make coffee, having
with infinite difficulty started
smoudering fire just to leeward of the
wagon. The horses, feeding on the
soaked grass. did not need water. An
antelope, with the bold and needless
curiosity sometimes shown by its
tribe, came up within two hundred
yards of US as we were building the
fire, but though one of US took a shot
at him, it missed. Our snaps and oil
skins had kept us perfectly dry, and
as soon as our frugal supper was over,
we coiled up among the boxes and
bundles inside the wagon and slept
soundly till daybreak.
When the sun rose next day, the
third we were out the sky was clear,
and we two horsemen at once pre-
pared to make hunt Some three
miles off to the south of where we
were camped. the plateau on which
we were sloped off into a great ez-
pause of broken ground, with chains
upon chains of steep hills. separated
by deep valleys. winding and branch
ing ia every direction. their bottoms
filled 9TH trees and bruShWood. To-
ward this place we rode Intending to
90 into it some little distance. and
then to hunt along through il near the
edge
AS soon as we got down near the
1
talking guiding the horses as far az
possible on earthly places. where they
would neither stumble nor strike their
feet against stones. and not letting our
rife barrels or spurs clink against any
thing Keeping outside of the brush,
little up the side of the hill, one Of
us would ride along each side of the
ravine. examining intently with our
eyes every clump of trees or brush
wood. For some time we saw nothing.
but. finally. as we were riding both to-
| gether round the jutting spur of
steep hill. my companion suddenly
brought his horse to a halt, and point
ing across the shelving bend to a patch
Of trees well up on the opposite side OF
broad ravine, asked me If ! did not
see deer in it. | was off the horse IN
a second, throwing the reins over his
head. We were in the shadow of the
cliff-shoulder. and with the wind In
our favor; so we were unlikely to be
observed by the game. | looked long
and eagerly toward the spot indicated,
which was about a hundred and twen-
| ty-fve yards from us, but at first could
see nothing. By this time, however.
the experienced plainsman who was
with me was satisfied that he was
right in his supposition, and he told
me to try again and look for patch
Of red. / saw the patch at once just
| giimmering through the bushes, but
should certainly never have dreamed it
was a deer if left to myself. Watch
| ing 1t attentively I soon saw 1t move
enough to satisfy me where the head
lay; kneeling on one knee and (as it
was little beyond point-blank range
holding at the top of the portion Wis
ible, l pulled trigger, and the bright,
eolored patch disappeared from among
| the bushes. The aim was a good one.
for, on riding up to the brink Of the
ravine, we saw fine Whitehall buck
| lying below us, shot through just be-
hind the shoulder; he was still in the
red coat, with his antlers in the velvet,
| g.1Az-lsSsIs:!E!
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-HOOO1 anu W
NAIL hunt over the great ia
w ble-land, and led our
- stout horses up the
LS(NEgSH mountain-side, by elk
f. kyS2yAs&15 trails so bad that they
had to climb like goats
All these elk-trails have one striking
popularity. They lead through thick
TIMBER but every now and then send
off short, well-worn branches to some
eliff-edge or jutting crag, commanding
q view far and wide over the country
beneath. Elk love to stand on these
lookout points, anu scan the valleys
and mountains round about
Blue grouse rose from beside our
path; Clarke's crows flew past us,
with hollow, tapping sound, or lit
in the pine-tops, calling and flirting
their tails; the gray-clad whisky-j jacks,
with multitudinous cries, hoped and
1uttered near us. Snow-shoe rabbits
scuttled away, the big furry feet
which give them their name already
turning white. At last we came out
on the great plateau, scanned with
uCCJ, hdIlOW ldNlACos 4LCdCuCS Va
pasture alternated with groves and
open forests of varying size. Almost
Immediately we heard the bugle Of a
bull elk, and saw a big band Of cows
and calves on the other side of val
ley. There were three bulls with
them, one very large, and we tried
to creep up on them; but the wind
1oI e,4oI liz n
we returned to our horses, mounted
them, and rode mile farther, toward
a large open wood on a hillside. When
within two hundred yards we heard
directly ahead the buge of a bull,
and pulled up short In a moment |
saw him walking through an open
glade; he had not seen US. The slight
> breeze brought US down his scent. Elk
have a strong characteristic smell; 1t
is usually sweet, like that of herd
of Attorney COWS; but in old bulls,
while rutting it is rank, pungent, and
lasting We stood motionless till the
bull was out of sight, then stole to
the wood, tied our horses, and trotted
after him. He was travelling fast oc-
casionally calling; whereupon others
in the neighborhood would answer.
Evidently he had been driven out of
some herd by the master bull.
. He went faster than we did, and
while we were vainly trying to over
take him we heard another very loud
and sonorous challenge to our left. 1t
came from ridge-crest at the edge Of
the woods, among some scattered
clumps of the northern nut-pine or
pinyon-a queer confer. growing very
high on the mountains, it's multifarked
trunk and wide-spreading branches
giving it the rounded top, and, at a
: distance, the general look of an oak
rather than a pine. We at once walked
toward the ridge, up-wind. In min
ute or two, to our chagrin, we stun
bled on an outlying spike bull. evident
ly kept on the outskirts of the herd by
the master bull. l thought he would
alarm all the rest; but, as we stood mo-
tionless, he could not see clearly what
we were. He stood, ran, stood again,
gazed at us, and trotted slowly off
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-16

IE afternoon. while most
of us were away from
the ranch-house, one of
the cowboys, riding in
from his days outing
over the range. brought
word that he had seen