The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
SALMON RIFLE CLUB is
LATEST ORGANIZATION

70 T. Noo"lngs is president, Dr.
" Il. Hart vice pr ssident andsH NJ
oha" secretary OF the newly oreant,.
"a salmon rifle club. A. f. Tage Is
the executive oticer. The n eet;nq
tor the purpose OF organizing tho
Shooters was held last Saturday night
"heh the rules governing the nation.
al organization were adopted. About
a score of members were secured to
start with, including Donald E. Mar.
Tin, Ralph Irwin, T. R. Irwin, Fred
brough, r. K. Abbott, ]. E. Nod.
dlngs' t. J. Stroud, H. NJ. Shaw
George r. Ashton, f. A. Macnab
L. x. Brown, A. A. Michener, l.
b. W1lderman, DR.. W B. Hart, A.
E. Tage, F. W. Bellamy, E. Fl. Cas-
terlin, George H. Monk, +. c Fraz.
ier, G, E. Ward, D. ". Chard and
J. f. Melvin.
The club will met again this Sat.
urdsy evening at the Shenon hard.
ware store The membership fee is
", with u annual dues 1t is the
hope OF the promoters of the club
that the membership may be raised
to upward of hundred, to Inrlude
all the lovers of the sport of rifle
shooting and others at tue same time
VINO may wish to enlist in practical
preparedness. Hart, Stroud and Mi
chener we're appointed recruiting
committee.
There are at present over 80 clubs
In the United States with more or.
ganizing at the rate of one a day,
January starting with 80. These
clubs are organized under the SUPER
vision of the National Rifle associa-
tion and the branch of the var de-
partment known as the National
Board OF the Promotion OF Rifle
Practice In the United States.
The government furnishes a rifle,
the standard military piece, to each
five men of the club, and l2O rounds
of ammunition per man per year.
Each man may qualify as marksman,
sharpshooter, or expert riflenan, the
same as guaTdsman. Hoaever,
there Is absolutely no obligation con
nected with membership in the
club.
The member is not even obliged to
shoot. To any member qualifying,
the association issues a bronze lapel
button. To any making sharpshoO ter
Or better, the government will sell
the rifles, should the member wish
to purchase. The Krag (newl sells
for about S5, the Krag carbine S3 ard
the Springfield, now In use by the
army and guard, for about S12 80.
All ammunition and supply houses
grant club members a discount on
purchases.
Once each year each state holds
telegraphic matches, for which the
government awards trophies. There
are also awards for individual scores
10 the club, both for range and gal
lery shooting. There Is also the ma,
tional match, this year beginning
October 70, at state Camp, Florida.
Idaho at present has seven or eight
clubs.
The sole object of these clubs is to
acQuaint the civilian with the mill
tary rifle. Further, the advertising
value OF such club to city should
not be overlooked. To give all idea
of the keen competition between
clubs, in the seventh stage OF the
Inter-C Collegiate Gallery Shoot OF the
United States, held In February OF
this year, the leaders were the Mich
igan Agricultural College aud the
Washington State College with 1898
aud 1897 points respectively.
Il. L. Herrlck OF boise, Is the
State Secretary for the n. K. A.
and Sergeant J. W. Just, with the
service OF the Second Ida
no, is assisting with the organization
of clubs 10 the state.