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LIS

SO singing out the big head the rifle
was quietly pushed forward, and a shot
behind the shoulder sent him rolling
and humping down the slope, while the
rest of the herd betook themselves OF
in headlong flight. Far down the
mountain side we found the fallen
monarch, some rocks and boulders
having arrested his descent. The tape
gave the horns at % inches-a really
fine head and a most happy opening
day.
Altitude Of 17,4oo Feet.
We spent some time in and around
this camp getting another good head
to add to the bag. Camp was then
moved to a nullah further to the north.
west in the direction of the Niti La
n Of the passes connecting India
with Tibet, at IN altitude of 17,4OO
feet. Wild sheep Of the Owls ammon
variety are said to be found in one or
two nullahs near the Niti, and though,
as far as one car ascertain, theii
Identity still lacks determination,
they are probably some herds which
have come over from the Tibetan side
Of the Himalayas.
The red bear (Ursus isabellinus) is
found in the valleys and along the
higher ground of the Himalaya and
the ranges continuous thereto. Its
habits approximate to those Of the
black bear, with the exception that il
is met with only at high attitudes,
The fur is of a reddish color, and in
the autumn, when the bears are in
good condition. the skins form fine
trophies. All the bear tribe possess
wonderful powers Of scent and are
able to detect the presence OF danger
at considerable distances.
A bear. when brought to bay, is an
extremely dangerous antagonist, it's
size and formidable claws rendering
a tussle with it often a life and death
struggle. From the ground in the vi,
cinity Of the new camp signs were evil
dent Of red bear, and a day or two aft
! er arrival, when working along a bare
rocky valley, Ii was sighted grazing
on the eastern slopes and just above
the forest level. The wind was right
and the bear in a favorable position
for a stalk, so we started off in hot
pursuit. We were able to creep up
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TYPICAL HrIALEHA SCENE

within 200 yards and, from the cover
OF some rocks, had a preliminary gaze
at him. He was a fine-looking beast
with a Goa that looked rich and full
In the morning sun. 1t was a longish
shot, but further approach was impos-
sible, so, pushing the rife forward, /
covered him behind the shoulder and
let drive. He gave a jump and then
made off down into the forest. whittier
we followed hard on his trail 1t was
comparatively easy to track him. since
the ground and sundry leaves and
bushes bore tell-tale marks of blood
which showed the shot had told. Furth'
er on we caught sigh of him disappear.
ing into a cavern among some rocks
and so halt was called the while we
discussed ways and means of bringing
the quarry to bay. Finally it was de
cided that Bruin should be evicted
from the ave proceeding not in,
likely to be productive Of much excit
ing incident, as proved to be the case
The cave was fairly large and low
rooted, and we entered it cautiously
and then paused to get accustomed
to the half light and penetrate the pre-
vailing gloom. Suddenly there Is a
rustic in the far corner and instructive.
ly ones rife is at the ready; and SO
we await developments. Turning 81.
lently to the shikari at my side l mo-
toned him back. and slowly we re-
treated to rear the entrance to tine
cavern, where the gloom was less
profound and one could. to a certain
extent, see what was going on. Then
a mighty rush ensued as a great red.
dish mass ros into the air and bore
down on us with such ominous growl-
ing. A shot at the charging Bruin
failed to arrest his career. and in the
scufie which followed, the shikari
was borne to the ground by the en-
ragged animal. In an instant the rife
is pushed into the .brute's side ard
again the cavern reverberates with the
report-thfs time q shot that tells
Slowly the beast relaxed Its a an6
then with a shiver rolled on to It's sid
and all was owes
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Good for Stockmen.

Leola.-This has been a fine winter
for the stockmen of the county, as they
have been able to let their cattle and
horses Craze out during the greater
part OF the winter. Last week was
very cold and very severe on the stock,
for the reason that they we're not used
to it. Feed is plenty in most localities,
and the corn crop was splendid last
year, making plenty OF the very best
feed in the world for ali kinds of stock,
also millet crop, with plenty of the
wild hay crop grown in this county.
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WAY up in the northeast of
India lies the British district
OF Carnival, a land of lofty
peaks, great glaciers and rug
ged ravines, the habitat of the
ourhel, or blue sheep, and red bear.
The dominant note Of this province is
the Himalaya range, or Abode of
Snow as the natives picturesquely
term 1T, that ~stupendous natural bar
rler between Tibet and Hindustan.
Carnival contains within it's limits
some 20 peaks exceeding a height of
10000 feet, including Nanda Devi (25,-
900 feet, Trisul (23,409 feet), aad
many others of almost equal magni-
tude. Apart from the people who in
habit these mountain Businesses, the
chief object of interest attaching to
the region in question is the shikar
there found, of which the burhel (Ovis
nahura) and the red bear (Ursus isa-
bellirus) are the most prominent,
writes P. 7. EthertoI in County Life.
Connecting Link.
The burhel, or blue sheep, may be
considered as a link between the sheep
and the goat, inasmuch as it possesses
the type of horn peculiar to the sheep,
while its habitat is ground favored
by the goat family, more particularly
dangerous p~recipices and the rock
bound corries which form so promi-
nent a feature of the higher ground in
the Himalaya. The burhel is re-
markable for it's climbing abilities, and
in this respect it probably has no equal
in the world, being able to negotiate
ground on which no living thing could
apparently maintain a footing. In color
1t is blush grey on the upper portions
OF the body, with white below, the hair
being brittle and closely set, which
enables the animal tt withstand the
rigors of the Himalayan climate. The
burhel is seldom found below an alti.
tude Of 1900 feet, and more frequent
ly at elevations of II, 900 feet and over.
The herds vary in number from Is or
20 to upwards of so, and they prefer
broken ground in the vicinity of high
and inaccessible rocks to which they
"a betake themselves on the ap-
proach of danger. The burhel Is one
of the hardest animals to locate on the
mountain side, as it's color assimilates
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70 we'll to the surrounding rocks and
shale that it Is frequently overlooked
by the hunter, even when using BIZ
noculars.
It was early in July when we camped
In a wild and rugged side ~ravfne. an
offshoot of the main valley. camp be-
ing pitched on a rich grass sward hard
by the waters edge, while above US
stretched the dark moraine, and then
the snow-capped peaks Of the Hima-
Iaya. Amid this prospect of surpass-
ing grandeur the burhel has his home,
but seldom disturbed by the crack Of
the hunters rifle. During the day of
our arrival in this picturesque spot we
had seen burhel high up on the slopes
within a mile of camp, which augureG
good prospects for the morrow. We
started the next morning before dawn,
heading I'D the ravine and on to the
ridge, which we followed in the hope
Of getting above the burhel and work
ing down against the wind, thus obvi-
ating the chance of their seeming us,
II was a long and extremely hare
climb. and neal the snow-line became
much more so from the huge nature
of the rocks and boulders. But luck
was In, for, arrived at the top, we
sighted a herd of burhel out on an
omen patch, bare and alarmingly pre-
cipitous, which descended in a single
wee full 1000 feet to the river bed
below. The binoculars showed one of
the heads to be particularly fine, with
that graceful backward and outward
sweep characteristic OF the burhel.
Once out on the slope on which the
herd was feeding we became more or
less exposed. while the rattle of loose
shale might easily cause the quarry to
seek safety in p~recipitate fight. BY
crawling along and taking advantage
OF slight folds In the terrain we nnaily
reached a point from which any furth-
.er advance was out OF the question
for. by just rising above a lying pos
ture one could see the burhei come
200 yards of. Evidently something
had alarmed them. for they stood IN a
bunch gazing intently In our direction,
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Mtehem catholic. celebr.te.

Mitchell.-The first anniversary of
the founding OF Metre Dame academy
was celebrated in this city, at which
yer 100 representative Catholics were
guests. Rev. c. E. O'Flaherty, pastor
of the Holy Family church, acted as
POSTMASTER. 1t was announced that
only $4,000 indebtedness remained on
the $4,000 school building opened in
September. or this amount. the Pro.
testanis of Mitchell contributed $500.
The women OF the church gave $500
for the equipment and furnishing OF
he school.
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Doctor AeeidentaIly Shot.

Chamberlain.-Dr. Day. a promi.
nent physician of Platte, who had been
taking treatment at the Chamberlain
sanitorium for about one week. acci-
dentally shot himself with a revolver
while in his Dor An operation was
performed at once by DR.. Farnsworth.
who gives little hope for DR.. Days re-
covery. 1t is stated the shooting was
entirely an accident and that there
was no suicidal intent.
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officer, Elected.

Canton.-The Lincoln County Rural
Farmers here in session elected the
following officers for the coming year:
President, H. o. Carpenter, Hudson;
vice president, Fred p. Robinson,
Harrisburg; secretary and treasurer,
Fred ID. Sutherland. Lennox. Dele
gates to the state convention, to be
held in Huron in July, 1914: Fred
ID. Sutherland, LonLoy, and Norman
o. Rogers, Canton; a~lternates. A. A.
Arnold and George p. Pulver. Canton.
Canton was selected Al the meeting
place February e, 1915.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-03-05
High Prices for hoas.

Bridgewater.-H. A. Weldreyer and
r. j. Weiland, two McCook county
farmers and stockbreeders, report
sales of fancy bred hogs. The former
disposed of so head at an average price
of $3.50 each. The top price at the
sale for one animal was $160. Weiland
sold 40 head at $1,000, or an average of
S177 each, one hog bringing 500,
which establishes a new high mark in
this locality. A large proportion Of the
offerings were taken by local buyers.
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Boy pies Following Operation.

Madison.-The 6-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Keegan of Clarno,
died In the hospital at Sioux Falls
following an operation for append.
citis. The little fellow was taken i'll
Sunday and physicians were summoned
from Salem, Winfred and Sioux Falls
1t was decided Tuesday morning that
an immediate operation was necessary
and the child was hurried to Sioux
Falls. He never rallied from the opera
ton.
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Bachelor Farmer Kills Himself.

Spencer.-William Wittgrave, living
south of town, vas found dead in his
bed with the top of his head blown off
A shotgun was held between his knees
and it is thought he committed suicide.
He was moderately wealthy, single,
and lived alone. He came here from
Iowa two years ago and it is not known
whether he has any relatives. He has
been acting queer of late and his
neighbors believe his mind was un.
balanced.
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Saves Hous. from destruction.

Bossko.-While playing on the sec.
ond floor Of her home. the 3-year-old
daughter Of Severt Rothum, living on
a farm neal here, set fire to her par,
ents' home, and tho structure would
have been destroyed had it not been
for the presence of mind and prompt
action of an elder brother OF the little
girl. The parents were away from
home at the time. BY hard work the
boy saved the hou3e from destruction
and also saved the life of his sister.
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New Telephone System.

Madison.-In the Commercial club
rooms, Mr.. Bockelhaupt of Aberdeen,
secretary and manager of the Dakota
Central Telephone company, presented
the plans for a new exchange system
In Madison. Mr.. Rickelhaupt adyoca.
ted the automatic system. that of ong
setting the dial on the number wanted
making the connection automatically.
This system, together with other con.
templated improvements, new build.
ing. underground wires, phones, etc.
would entail an outlay OF about $40, 900
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sRookiNcs ELECTRIC LINE.
Promoters Are Successful In Disbos
inQ of Stock.

Brookings.-The committee from
the Commercial club, having in charge
the sale of the required amount OF
stock to secure the extension of Luce
electric line from Minneapolis to
B~rookings, announce that they have
succeeded In selling the balance of
the amount for the Canby-Toronto
branch. and have about enough
pledged for the Observation-Disclosures
branch e this city as a terminus. The
money for the north line has been
turned in and accepted, and it is ex-
pected hat the balance for the other
line will be in soon.
The prospect of having another line
into this city is stimulating building
operations. Within the last week sew
eral lots on Main street have changed
hands, and three new brick store
buildings are to h0 erected In the
early summer.
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Floor plan.

at stake afterwards, as the escape of
a little W gas here and there will
not mean anything to them. You
make a solid contract, and the con-
tractor may live up to It; but you
have no guarantee that he will do SO.
and you cannot get at the underground
details after the trenches are filled. So
the only way to know that a Job 10
done right Is to inspect 1t as the work
goes along. OF course, you can hire a
man to do this, and you usually do
pend on such q man especially II he Il
stranger and does not know the con-
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ELECTRICITY TO KILL RATS
City Of Tacoma Very Up-to-Date In Its
Efforts to Rid Itself Of
Wharf Pests.

Poetic and pictorial as the Pied Pr
per method OF Kidding a city of ro-
dents may be. Tacoma. Wash. has de-
decided that 1t is no longer possible
to depend On It. and instead OF an In
spired stranger OF picturesque pres
ence who Yields a strange power over
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New pesmet Elevator.

De Smet.-The stockholders Of the
Farmers Cooperative association have
decided to erect a new grain elevator
in DeSmet. The new elevator will have
a capacity of 10000 bushels and will
be strictly modern in every respect.
Work on the new elevator will COM
mence early in the spring.
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Farmers Bank at Erwin.

Erwin.-Some of the leading farm
ers of this vicinity are organizing a
stock company with o view to estab-
fishing a farmers hank at Erwin. The
farmers already have an elevator. a
lumber yard and a stock shipping sta
ton here.
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
Amateur Schedule
And Results
TODAY'S GAMES.


Treasury League-Statistics VS.. Inter-
state.
Marquette Lcague-Tennallytow vs..
Trinity
East Washington Sunday School
League-United Brethren VS.. Keller.
Northwest Sunday school League
Emmanuel vs.. ONO Glass.
Potomac League-Oxon Hill vs.. G.
III. |.
Departmental League-Open date
Central League-Spartan VS.. Emerald.
Railroad Y. NJ c. A. League-No
game scheduled
Rosedale League-Trojans VS.. st.
Paul
Falls Church CVa.) Sunday School
League-SOuthern Methodists VS.. Epis-
copals.
YESTERDAYS SCORES.
Treasury League-Treasury. 10: Lii
brary. 4.
Departmental League-Postoffice. Il;
War, 6.
East Washington Sunday School
League Ninth. S: Reformation. 3.
Northwest Sunday School League
Whitney. :: Mount Pleasant. 6.
Railroad Y. NJ. c. a. League-Shops,
S: Southern. ).
Central League-Printers. 6: Waverly.
Potomac League-Eastern- II: Con-
grcss Heights. 8.
Rosedale League-Holy Name. s.;
Highlanders. !.
Marquette League-St. stephens. 1;
Cherrydale, l.
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
MILAN IS NOW LEADING
GRIFFMEN WITH FLAlL;
is FIFTH IN CIRCUIT.
Improvement in Twrng Cuts Down Number of Basmen Who
Are Hittina for at Least .30O-NatonaIs Fourth in
Club Batting So Far This Season.

"Zeb" Milan has DISPLACED GA
tecm" Foster at the head of the
Griffmen swatters and mas also
climbed into fifth place among the
best cIoutsmiths in the American
League. Milan's mark this week is
1924, while Foster has dropped back
to 81.
Joe Jackson, the Maps great out
fielder, is leading the procession
with a mark of .355. However, the
pitching in this league has i'm
proved so much within the past week
that today only nine batsmen are
above the 800 mark.
Milan is once again at the head of
the base thieves, with thirteen for
his total. Russell Biackburne, Fritz
Maisel, and Gus Williams alone are
giving him a fight for the honors.
The Griffmen are fourth in club bat
ting and tied with the Maps for fourth
in fielding. Milan and Shanks are
among the leading sluggers and Foster
Is among the leading run getters.
Following are the American League
figures up to Wednesday:
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
LIVE SPORTS 1os, ns'ss naaes., By
EXPECT FEW RECORDS
TO BE BROKEN TODAY

Duganne. of Tech. and Macdonald. OF
Central. The big Tech athlete heayed
the shot II feet 6iz inches in 1904, vhiie
Macdonald made his mark in 1906
The hammer and discus marks, no
longer on the, program, are held BY
.'Cy'' whirled the hammer 13i sect 61s
inches. and skinned the discus 100 feet
inch.
IL the going Is particularly good, and
there Is enough competition. Galloway,
OF Central: Sheehan. of Tech. and Spei-
dell. of Central are expected to make
new records, In the mile, half, and pole
vault.
Without regard to batting averages in
but four games and attempting to
switch positions for greater strength IN
fielding the annual high school selec-
ton IS offered as follows:
Player. School. Position.
Goebel, Eastern. catcher.
Adams. Western, pitcher.
Dyer, Eastern. pitcher.
Oehsenreiter. Tech, first base.
Maconald, Central. second base
Dean. Eastern, shortstop.
Hefiin. Central. third base
Roberts. Tech, left field (.
Mccarthy. Tech centerfeld
Harris. Business. rightfield.
Goebel, the Eastern catcher. is the
only player on this team who has failed
10 play in four games in the cham
pionship series His work In all-around
play stamps him as the best Of the
series, and the nearest to the standard
set by Lehman. OF Western, last year,
of any OF the receivers.
The selection of Adams. of Western.
as the first choice over Dyer, of East
ern, Is made because the Western
youngster with the weakest hitting team
in the circuit performed more creditably
than any other hurIer in the series, and
was consistent throughout
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
Up until noon today, Ouimet and
the bunch were still defeated.
Washington Knights
Award Duckpin Prizes

Prizes for high honors in the Wash
angton Council TX of c. Duckpin
League were awarded at the annual
banquet of that organization. which was
held at the Continental Hotel. The
teams finished in the following order:
La Sallel. Cha amplain, DE Soto. and
Balboa. The champion team is COM
rosed of Warren. SChulteis, Essex.
Grove. and BuettneT. J. ii. Mccarthy
has high individual average: A. S"hul-
teis. greatest number of strikes. and NJ.
Griffin greatest number of spares. NJ.
T.. O'Connor has high fiat game.
Grand Knight L. A. Rover was pre-
sented with a toy set of duckpins for
his mark of lowest score. while foun-
tain pen was given r. p. Whitty for
having attended every game. Apropos
Of being the most frequent fowler,
Secretary J. +. FitZ Gibbons was award
ed a live chicken. Grand Knight Rover
distributed the prizes.
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
BRITISH TOURNEY TO
Be FINISHED TODAY
Irishman and Scot Will Battle
for Premier Honors on Links
of England.

SANDWICH. England. May %.-ln the
morning eighteen-hole round today OF
the finals in the British amateur golf
championship, J. l.. c. Jenkins. of Scot
land. beat c. o. Hezlet, of Ireland,
three up. The contest will be finished
this afternoon.
England and America were in the
same plight on the closing day of the
golf championship. All Of England's s
PLAYERS had been eliminated, and an
Irishman and Scot were the contest
ants for the cup. Up to the semi-tinals
the championship continued to furnish
big surprises, and it only remained for
the finals today to finish up one Of
the most sensational tournaments ever
known in English sport competitions.
All EnSlishmen have gone in the way
of their American and colonial rivals
Hezlet is a member of the famous
Portrush golfing family. which includes
Miss May Hazlet. three-time winner of
the womans championship. He is
twenty-five years old and the first Irish
man to reach the semi-inals. Jenkins
is thirty-one years old, comes of j
colfing family. and twice has played
for Scotland against England.
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
TINKER W|LLPLAY
AGAINST PAPERMEN
Chicago Federal League Club
viii Be Seen Here Tomorrow
in Exhibition Game.

ice Tinker. whose jump from the Ma
tIonaI League to the ranks IF the FEDS,
brought about the entire situation now
facing orgarize'l baseball the country
over. will be seen here tomorrow at the
head Of his Chicago Federal Leaguers,
who face the Andrews papermen at An
Grews' PARK Fifteenth and II streets
northeast. Owing to the agitation for
and against Sunday ball in the Capital.
it is expected that capacity crowd will
be on hand when the two teams start
to work. The gates will open at l:30.
Manager Sam Edmonston. of the Pa
permen. will use Chief Green, former
Catholic University star. or Forrest
Thompson in the box against the Feds,
while Claude Hendrix. eX-pirate, or
Nd Brennan. formc- Phillie southpaw.
will decorate the slab for the Chifeds.