The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-07-24
5000, Assres,;,,in IsTIraass,,:,," sssphe Of
Which, White Man Has ,q e,
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/ ..ao, .Ja,igi'o I'd t'.a ip,l. nii 81
i .r,j r1''2.qido2 rs hnr h,nI'qnt
|, That great tTgrt y Of SyanH, ,knFHn I,
|. ~ the odd FicIM"" 1ocqtGd thrfr. miles +,
| south aofo ipclts Fpd htwGptS milf
sppsL Of thc Sane IL s99p to hc w.
i,stqrd tol the ,farmrr7, ,.r .l,r .,..
h 1t was. announced Yesterday that .
/ thraMSOpp acrrY. Of isppkgu Land lYIl
II tie, Rynrtratrd IN the Diversion G'YAh
AND al, OF the watep that, tAf, camgh
! viii be unable to- pick W, VIII hr a. ;
, verified from this swamp by small
dtqhc9 that will, .emptyl int gthf
piNersipu canal. tt,l -.,lo 80. Yr.,.
I, "OId Field has long been ,.kpnMn a.
1ths. nimrods happy hunting ground
Reptiles and beasts Of prey lqNc uadc
!. this grGat1 tract, ithgir .TrNdezyQps .
kthroRhFut the ages, and ITS. passing
j fhgFriore.l vi not Eithsptp qhgt2riaql
| chluc to-.
, Strange tales of men who vanished
D., il this ALMOST ,urplieqpsYs,l pyaMpi,.
/ weird stories of beasts that inhabited
liz ,hIn, being IsyqppGh, ,BSpA, rfIolls
up and .deN the AliTiYipNl, pPm
/, Cape GirardGau,T tog2the 3.ATrkanSaS
border linGrL mad ,tni,J ,..y
Old ,tirld has been known as., the
hunters paradise leyer since that
/ sport has been ,indalgcd in as q
science, Nimreds from s.. Louis and +
Chicago, have spent, many days in /,
! pursuit of game in this haunt of Wild.
fowl the, wolf and q, the, panther,
| Ame. Cook has, helPed to make this h
swAnp famous He is n guide rofl.
much renown, and he has chaperoned
hunters through parts of the ever,
glade every spring and autumn for
rhany lratsJaRAt thfrY ,are ssetons
Hdf il that have. never been explored
Nv sven Cook 49, 81" ."''''t
! For miles al stretch the toil Is
! like jeiiy, TOO Soft TO hold the weight
Of man too. solid 20 De paddled through
i BY 'skifT or canoe, 81 il part Of
the great waste is Known only to
ditlinals anu "p''IIo"' -...y .,rr
| But along the e"fc Of this Jelly
like substance grows 4 fringe Of
Wild roses, as fragrant as perfume
! and ylnG slmpst otrophical abuRllanee,
4 During the early part Of June
these flowers Shed an odor over the
| surrounding county miles away and
u prGsept, a =, bc%ildcfinE spectacle TO.
those Wander near them. '''" ID
4 It has been said, by men fNhlHiiIr
with tOld Field that Hogs were per-
! inittcd. to, ruin wild in this swamp,
and are slaughtered in tho aitn!th
4 With guns. Some !, 4 thfm "haEc
%. become a., VITA as ,thc ,pcccdrry , ana
{ h. vicious az thc. boar. ~, 10
4 These hoes, vhcn liberated in the
4 swamp have been, Of excellent breeds,
Y but by cpnFtantlX. iRtcrhrcCdmg they
: hays drgGHgrpcd into mongrcls re-
tQmblpg The wild hog. Of pc south
~ west, and are kppYD as ;Tpaor backs!
q trheiY flesh ha7 q wild huypr,, duc,it
! j. said 10, ;th9ir opri4itiyc , rNl,tcpcc,
y ,TAgo 4waup, rceks With pqi.onop's
/. snakes, aud, ngur the middle ,of, the
tract ta,y, .ahoQnd in ,rp.b .pun1hcTs
thHt if j. dangerous 60 venture
neAri Ihep, But despite, t4f rcRtura
tbq grnunds;d known a. a. para,
Use pfqrr .duckr,,, ~ ..:
, iInsorts s,yopn in tL4s interior of,thc
sUotnndapd .watc,,hugs attracted Wild
y hrcks ~ tho nooIs that dot tho. whole
Arad, . Mild. ries arows in vlouty in
thc regions hack from the marsby
soc,iors and !, oorIy fall wild geese