The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-01-11

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" locate.
Il. w. Bowman, who has beer
doing some trapping along the
river this winter, caught a speci
man of American otter in one 81
his traps about two miles above
town the first Of the week. II
weighed II pounds and measured
three feet in length. The otter il
an aquatic fish-eafing animal with
tail long and hattened, the legs
short and feet completely webbed
II has dark brown fur and is very
yaluable.-Kamiah Progress.
J. +. Schneider, manager Of the
Kamiah Asbestos Company, has
been in town the past week inter
esting capital in the company with
the intention Of adding new ma
chinery to the Kamiah plant and
at the mine IA miles east Of KAN
ian The company has sufficient
orders on hand to keep il running
Throughout the coming season and
business is increasing to such an
extent that il is necessary to in
crease the capacity Of the plant in
order to handle the same.
A few intimate friends are tell
ing good one on one of our
younger social lights. Not long
ago he, in company with another
young man, went TO the city and
stopped over night at one of the
larger hotels. They were assign
ed to room No. AS The next
the hotel clerk rang their
room on the phone to tell them il
was $50 o'clock-the hour for
which they had left their call.
The young man, whose name we
wouldn't reveal for the world, an
swered the phone. "Five-thirty,
aid the clerk. Nope. answer
ID our friend, "this is four humid
red and fifteen. "
w. L. Vandervor and Frank
ZONES, two young men from Gen
see, who are hunting cougar this
winter in the Big Island country,
N the North Fork, came out re-
emily ans left for home TO spend |
christmas Mr. Nandervor spent |
saturday night in Orofno enroute
lone. They will return and
spend the remainder of the winter
Ifter the big bruteS, hoping TO get /
more settled snow so they can get
bout better. The deer, he said,
re more numerous than usual,
lue, he thinks, to the thinning out
f cougar. He suggests that the
state take the bounty off bear and /
the cougar bounty-Oro-
mo Republican
The Royal Neighbors. of north
( town, had a pleasant surprise
arty at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
lay Smith,in this city, New Years
We. Those present were: Mrs. II
AFFORD Stapleton, Mr. and Mrs. [
rank Cargill, Roy and Edna,
Iiss Esther Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
rank Wester and Frances. Mr..
nd Mrs. Andy Stellmon, Earl and |
nd Hazel, Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Ii
ggers, Miss Anna Eggers, Mr.. L
nd Mrs. w. T johnson, Geo. FL
IS, Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Smith, Il
,uth and Gladys Doring. The y
.owd watched the old year out 3
I'd the new year in and enjoyed l
very pleasant evening. Recita- 8
ons, singing and story telling q
as the order Of the evening, and
e ladies served q fine supper. 1
The bounty on bear should be
ken off and that on cougar in I
eased materially. Hunters ought y
be kept after the cougar twelve
onths in the year. IL is estimat-
I by experienced hunters that
Dugar kill . deer a week on an v
-erage, or 100 a year. Bear pro- v
bly, never kill deer, since they v
uld not easily catch one. 1t u
Duld be the part of wisdom, if
e state really wants to protect p
er, to pay $50 per cougar,
unity sufficiently attractive to T
ep hunters after the brutes all 2
e year. The hunting Of cougar a
a most strenuous work, involv-
2 hardshipS and some danger
lie brutes make their lair in the
,st inaccessible sections of the q
'untain country, and can be sue y
ssfully hunted only when the g
DIV makes it possible to trail =
I'm. On such trips the hunter e
a carry no bed and little food. p
must sleep in the forest where &
; night overtakes him, for he .
list stay on the trail. Lucky is "
: hunter who can get half
rem in a ycar-Orofino Repub-
IN.
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