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Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
.REbEKAHS CONVENTION HERE
DISTRICT CONVENTION HELD
HERE YESTERDAY-125 DEL
EGATES ATTEND

Columbia Lodge, Degree of Rebek-
abs, this city, yesterday was host to
about one hundred and twenty-five
delegates, attending the eighteenth
annual district convention Of the
lodge.s The meetings were held at the
Odd Fellows hall. Staples, Brainerd,
Aitkin, Park Rapids, St. Cloud, Swan
vile, Akelev and several other places
were represented at the convention.
Mrs. RatamaKer of Minneapolis,
president of the state lodge, and Mrs.
Emma Ames of Akeley, vice president,
were at the meeting and favored the
members with interesting talks.
The Staples degree staff put on the
degree work. Two candidates, D. s.
Proper and Martin Reed, were taken
in.
The following district officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President-Mrs. Grace Rice, Staples.
Vice President-Mrs. Anna Peter
son, St. Cloud. -.
secretary-Mrs. Frances Johnson,
Brainerd
Treasurer-Miss Margaret PenHeld,
Motley.
Mrs. D.. J. Bell of this city was
president the past year.
A O'Clock dinneI was served in
the dining room for the visitors and
local members and lunch was also
served after the meeting in the eve
ming. The big hall was prettily deco
rated with pink and green streaners,
pink and white carnations and the
decorations in the dining room were
pink and white streamers, autumn
leaves, American flags and pink and
green candles on the tables.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
HOME TALENT PLAY WE'LL CIV.
FIN

The home talent play ga Celebrated
Case" was presented at the Victor
theatre Wednesday evening and last
night by members of the choir Of the
Sacred Heart church. The theatre
was seated nearly to capacity at both
shows and big crowd also attended
the matinee last Sunday afternoon.
All the members Of the "cast took
their parts very well and the play
was pronounced better than the aver
age amateur production. Much credit
is due Sister Gerarda for the manner
in which the play was put on as she
directed rehearsals and had charge.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
CLARA BRODER DEAD

At Eugene, Oregon, on October IA
at II midnight occurred the death of
Clara Broder. Death was due to tub
erculosis, from which she had suffered
for about three years. She was 50
years old.
Clara Broder formerly lived in Lit
tic Falls and was we'll known here.
She moved west with her parents a
number of years ago. She is survived
by her mother, who lives at Eugene,
two brothers, Lloyd Of Alaska and
William. who is in the army, and two
sisters; Miss Emily Broder and Miss
George Broder, both Of Portland, Ore
gon. Richard Lee of this city and
William E. Lee Of Long Prairie are
her uncles.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

A. II. Vernon, who is at the second
officers training camp at Ft. Snellingy
was in the city Sunday for visit at
his home. Mr.. Vernon recently met
with an accident while drilling in
which small bone in one foot was
fractured and as q result Of it he was
laid up in the post hospital for some
time. He was still using crutches
when home Sunday but expected to
discard them upon arrival at the
camp.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
HALSETH RETURNS FROM TRIP
TO FRANCE

Bemidji Pioneer: Andrew Halseth
who left 3emidji with the naval mill
tia in April, has written mis- sister,
Miss Anna Halseth, chief operator at
the Northwestern Telephone exchange,
that he has SAFELY returned from his
second trip to France. The telegram
was sent from Norfolk, Va. Mr.. Hal
seth was the first member Of the Be.
midi division to make the trip across
to France.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

A district Sunday school meeting
was held at the Baptist church in this
city last Sunday afternoon and eve
ming. Addresses were given by Rev.
T. j. Hermann, DR.. E. B. Service, Mrs.
Hobart and G. H. Werner. Rev, Philip
E. Gregory and Miss Ruth Dunphy led
in the devotional exercises. In the
evening a solo was contributed by
Miss Laura Brannen.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
DIED

Miss Sophia Schlumpberger, 9-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
schlumpberger of Swanville town, died
Tuesday at 2:30 p. NJ, at st. Gabriel s
hospital from peritonitis. She had
been i'll about ten days and had been
at the hospital about a week. The
funeral was held from the Catholic
church at Flensburg yesterday at 10
a. m. and interment was at that
place.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

M. M. Williams of this city will be
one of the guests Of honor at recep-
tion tomorrow evening at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Dayton, Minneapo-
us. The reception is in honor Of Pres
ident and Mrs. Marion Leroy Burton
Of the state university. Mr.. Williams
IS member Of the board Of regents Of
the university. sss
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
MUSICAL ART CLUB

Dr.. Dawson Johnston, librarian of
the st. Paul public library, viii givo
braries in War Time," at the public
auspices Of the literary section Of The
auspises of the literary section Of the
Musical Art club.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
RED CROSS BRANCH FORMED AT
BOWLUS

A Red Cross auxiliary was formed at
Bowlus Sunday afternoon, at a meet
ing at the Bow]us hall. NJ. V. Wetzel,
G. Rosenmeier, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Kos
loskv, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ w. Zipoy and
A. A. Barton of this city were at the
meeting and helped orgahize. Talks
on the Liberty Loan were also given.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

The Woman g guild will give Hal
lowe ZEN social and dance at the Har-
rison & Peterson hall Wednesday eve
ming, Oct. 81. Hal1owe ZEN sports.
Ghosts and witches will be there. Be-
gins at 8 o'clock.-Adv.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

D. schelling has sold his farm in
Belle Prairie to Mr., Walz of Benton
county and the new owner will take
possession soon. Mr.. Schelling will
reside % Third street northeast In this
city. .15s s 8.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses have been issued
this week to Frank Waber Of LeSueur
and Rose Donat and to John Kokett
and Pauline Firkus. The first named
were married by Judge Shaw Tuesday.
Mr.. Waber is 81 years old and his
bride is S.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
MUNICIPAL COURT

Joe Sobiech Of Pike Creek was I'm
ed SIS and costs bv Judge Lyon Tues
day afternoon, for assault and bat
terry on the person Of Joe Manka Of
Swan River. He was also brought up
on an old warrant charging nim with
tampering with an automobile, and
was fined 81 and costs in this case.
The complainant in this case was Joe
Wishek.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

Nestor and John Basso of WadeDa
were fined $40 and costs each BY Judge
Lyon Wednesday for stealing a pair
Of eyeglasses from a passenger who
laid them down while buying a ticket
at the n. P. station here. H. FFlesin-
ger, ~ P. agent, made the arrest.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK
81 LIVES LOST

The Antilles, an American troop
ship, was sunk last Wednesday by a
submarine. on its way back from
France, to where it ha1->transported
$500 troops. Sixty-seven lives were
lost, according to the official state
ment, most of these being members of
the crew and soldiers returning from
France
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

Paul Novotney is at st. Gabriel's
hospital. suffering with blood poison
ing of the hand, as the result of being
bitten by horse about two weeks
ago.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

The fire truck was called out to ex-
tinguish a fire in the Henry Nathe res
idence Wednesday afternoon. It
proved to be but chimney fire and
no damage resulted except by smoke.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

HOULE-To Mr.. and Mrs. David
Houle of Ripley, Monday, October %,
a son.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

A. D. Harrison was taken to ST. Ga
briel's hospital for medical treatment
yesterday afternoon.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
MORE MEN ARE SUMMONED
BY LOCAL BOARD FOR EXAMINA-
T1oN ToDAY-MoRE DISTRICT
BCARD RETURNS

ire ordered to report at the court
louse at 1880 .. m. and no additional
ime will be granted, the board mem
>ers state. 1t has been found neces-
arv to examine more men to fill the
quota as the exemptions by
he district board haye cut down the
ist until the board now is a dozcn
nen short of the quota.
Following are the names OF those
Who have been notified to report to-
lay:
Wenzel Henry Maurer, Pierz.
Nels Reuben Larson, Swanville, 2.
Oscar f. Strand, city, r 2.
Joe Wieschniesk;, city, 8.
John Deering, city, 2.
Ignatz Brisk, Pi.rz, 3.
Sheldon E. Yoerg, city, l.
Mike Lucak, Flensburg.
Leonard J. Zeimkowski, Swanville.
Edwin E. Aim, Randall.
Paul Kroll, Royalton.
Joseph Kugel, Pierz.
Joe Click, city, 5.
Vincent Vondrasek, Holdingford, r l
Basil T. Kennard, city.
John Maslowski, city, r 5.
Herman Hoheisel, Pierz.
Paul c. sadlowsky, Albany, 8.
John w. Burkel, city.
Harry D. Carlson. city, l, box 53.
Chris Seelen, Hillman.
John r. E1ler, Jr., Pierz.
Eugene Vallord, city, 4.
John J. Opatz. Royalton.
August F. J. Hahn, city, Z.
Floyd Tuholski, city.
Math. Stuckmayer, Pierz, r 3.
Alexander D. Kowalczyk, city.
Samuel J. Silverton, city.
Henry j. Virnig, Pierz, l.
Otto R. Koenig, Swanville, /.
Daniel Lee Wood, Hillman.
John kolis, Swanville.
Frank Olson, city, l.
Elden H. Jacobson, city.
William J. Butcher, city.
John Wilson, Rar"all, l.
Bonnie Raw Phillips, Pillager.
Moses s. Patnaude. Ft. Ripley, l.
Fred Smith, Lincoln.
Adolph johnson, city, 2.
Alfred J. Anderson. Pillager.
Joseph S. Carlson, Randall.
Joseph Preimesberger, Pierz, l.
John Anderson, Burtrum, r 2.
Ernest F. Berg. Burtrum, 2.
Justin Schlichting, Royalton.
Freddie w. LYNN. Hillman.
Philip Westtall, city.
George Morkling. Pierz.
The district board has advised the
local board that Leo A. Bentler of
Randall has been exempted on agricul'
tural grounds.
Word was received the latter part
of last week by the local draft board
from the district board that the exemp'
ton certificate which was recently is
sued to David Werner of Royalton, had
been revoked, the cause for the claim
no longer existing, according to the
district board. John Zak, who claimed
exemption, but who was certified fo1
service, has been granted exemption
his case being reconsidered.
The district board notified the 1oca.
board the first Of this week that the
exemptions granted to Oh .rles Spran
del of this city and Philip Rudeck OF
Royalton, had been revoked, the frs1
because further information relative
to the man had been received which
induced this action, and the latter be
cause, the board said, the cause fo1
exemption in his case no longer exists
A telephone has been installed at the
office of the local board so that per
sons who wish to call the draft boarc
secretary need not call other offices
at the court house to get him.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

Mike Koszur Of Holdingford was op-
Grated upon at St. Gabriel's hospital
yesterday.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
BORN

HATFIELD-To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
II. Hatfield, Saturday, October 20, a
daughter.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26

Reinhold johnson, a we'll known
resident Of Elm Dale town, is very i'll
with heart trouble and is not expect
ed to live.
Little Falls herald., 1917-10-26
CHAUEAUQUA CONTRACT A
CEPTED

CEPTED
Guarantors of the ehautauqua for
1918 have been notified by the Red
path-Vawter system that the contract
has been accepted. It is noted that
the percentage of renewal contracts is
the highest the system has ever had.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
Mrs. Eva Carter.

Mrs. Eva Carter of 1900 South
Sixth street, Council Bluffs,
passed away yesterday afternoon
at the William Kinnert home on
Sunnyside.
Mrs. Carter had been visiting
this family the past few weeks
and five days ago she had the
misfortune to fall down stairs, re-
ceiving fatal internal injuries.
She was born in Ohio fifty-nine
years ago, her parents being Mr..
and Mrs. George Boggs. Her
brother, Peter Boggs, was for
merly a clerk at the Willis Fens-
Ter store in this city number OF
years ago and she visited him
here many times.
The remains we're shipped to
Council Bluffs this morning,
where the funeral and burial will
take place later.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
The Joy Meetings.

Last evening for the third time
the Presbyterian church was
crowded to hear the lecture by Mr..
Joy on the subject of the Golden
Age OF Childhood" No one could
question but what the instruction
was masterful and scientific. and
as Mr.. Joy spoke of the formative
period of life, of the child from S
to ~, he made his auditors real
lze the tremendous responsibilities
that was theirs as parents.
Power of habit was the leading
point OF the instruction, bringing
out the we'll known fact that par
ents do not have any object in
view for their sons and daugh-
tiers; if they did, they would see
to it that their habits were reg.
ular.
lrregularity not only breaks
down the physical body of the
youth, but it makes him unfit for
the duties of manhood. When he
comes to the productive period of
manhood and cannot produce, he
not only is burden to self. but
friends, home and state.
lrreverence for sacred things
was also strongly mentioned.
Reverence is a fundamental sion
TO greatness; without il no man
can be great.
For nearly two hours the
speaker of the evening held his
audience spellbound.
AT the close of the lecture Mr..
Joy entertained his audience with
the very best of instrumental mu-
SIC. He has promised us greater
treats in the future. Come to-
night and hear him, at 1880, at
the Presbyterian church. Bring a
friend.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
Axtell-ramIa,ea.

A quiet wedding took place this
morning at the. parochial resi-
dence when Miss Ella Tamisiea
and Mr.. Clay S. Axtell were unit
ed in marriage, Rev. M. F. Nolan
officiating. The bridal couple
were attended by Miss Nettie
Tamisiea, a sister of the bride,
and Mr.. Whitmore Of Nicola.
The bride wore q beautiful
white messaline gown, with a
bridal veil, held in place by a
wreath of lilies of the valley, and
carried a shower bouquet Of roses.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. s. A. Tamisiea of
this city and the groom the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Axtell of
Honey Greek, both residing in this
county nearly all of their lives,
and have, many friends who will
be glad to extend congratulations.
After the ceremony the wedding
party drove to Council Bluffs to
spend the day.
A free dance will be given this
evening at the McCrickard hall
TO their friends.
The happy couple will make
their home on a farm in Boomer
township.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
NAUTICAL NANTUCKET.
Its Common Use of Sea Terms and .
Master Mariners Will.

Its Common Use of Sea Terms and
Master Mariners Will.
Nantucket probably has higher
average to the inhabitant of funny
yarns, queer sayings, odd views Of life
and also of local pride and assurance
than any other place in America.
Nantucket speech is museum Of
nautical expressions. When Nam
tucketer has luck he Is running before
the wind. TO scud Is to hasten, and
one who becomes involved in his state
ment is off his soundings. Masthead"
means any point high up. Any one
who is quite flattened out in health Is
keel out I've been keel out for Q
week with the grip" Whaling terms
come in here, too, for when man says
he is pretty nigh fin out" he means
that he is "all in"-in reference to the
fact that the dying whale rolls over on
his SIDE showing fin above water.
Tending the kettle halyards" means
with women simply doing the house
work. When man gets excited in
argument he is told to lease or"
When your guest departs you say,
"Well, a fair wind to you" Every fs-
ure Is derived from the sea.
When Obed Gardner, master mari
ner, wrote his will in 1871 he worded
1t as follows, and it held fast:
Item. have cruised with my wife, Hull
dy Jane, since 1911. We signed articles, in
town, before the preacher on 1ndepend-
snce day. I want her and my son, Jo-
than, to be captain and mate In bringtn'
every one Of the crew gets the lay as writ
down on this paper. 1 put mother in COM
mand. l know sheet be captain anyway,
Ter six months after we started on our
life cruise l found out that I was mate
and she was master. I don't mean that
she ever mutinied, but know that when-
ever we didn't agree she always ma
noovred to wndard.
Item. want mother to have the house
on Union street till she goes aloft Then
I want 1t to go to the children in equal
lays, etc.
AS for whaling, Nantucket boy tied
one end of his mothers darning cotton
to q steel fork and tried to harpoon
the family cat. AS the animal sought
TO escape mother entered the room and
picked up the ball. PAY out, mother;
pay QUIT" screamed the boy. There
she sounds through the windowg'-
Boston Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
DUNLAP vvlrAoUrA
l1ohflNo PLANT
Fire Destroyed Building and En-
. glnss and Town ls In
Darknaaa.

Dunlap, Ia, Jan. 16.--Fire here
to-day totally destroyed the cleo
tric light plant and the people O:
town are wondering what they
1hre going to do. Churches, NOV
ing picture shows, the library and
NEARLY all the residences were
flighted from this plant. The
lstores are not so badly affected,
as they close up early and many
have private plants or use lamps.
The fire is said to have been
caused by the explosion of one of
the engines. The loss of build
ings is not very heavy, but the
four dynamos and three engines
represented quite an outlay and
all are total loss.
The residence of Albert Pro-
basco, near the plant, was slight
| ~ scorched.
Charles Pederstrand, not an
employe of the company, was
slightly burned on the hands.
The burned plant is owned by
the Iowa Gas and Electric Co.,
which has its nearest headquar-
tiers at Missouri Valley. All of
their power plants in southwest
ern Iowa are said to be already
carrying about their capacity LOAD
and it is said to be doubtful if the
Dunlap consumers will be provid-
ed with service before the burned
plant can be rebuilt.
No estimate of the loss would
be made by the local represents
tlves who know nothing of the in
Fsurance carried.
There has been scurrying for
temporary means of illumination
by the people.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
Communication.
Mr.. R. G. Lahman,
Missouri Vallau To

Missouri Valley, Ia.
Dear Rush: 1t is just three
weeks today since our party left
Missouri Valley. We had a fine
trip out, spent a couple of days at
Salt Lake City and then stopped a
few days in San Francisco, reach
ing here the day before Christ
mas. The Franklins met us here
and the Orrs and Franklins all
had Christmas dinner with NJ.
Franklin's son and his wife here
in Los Angeles. Then the next
|day we all went to San Diego to
take in the last days of the expo
sition. We did a lot of sight see
ing while we were in San Diego,
but the rest Of the crowd were too
much for me, so mama took me to
|Oceanside to rest a few days. 1t
is pretty little place with an
ideal beach and the roar of the
ocean puts you to sleep every
might. I'm not brave enough vet
to try to meet those awful break
|ers." l think my sea bathing will
be confined to the plunges.
On Jan. 9Th we moved to the
Griffith Park apartments and are
now nicely settled and keeping
house asscozily as though we had
always lived here. This is the
same partment house that we were
in last spring and it seems very
homelilSe to us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Divelbess and
Miss Minnie are also located in
this same apartment house, so
you see we are very fortunate to
Still have some of our Iowa neigh
bors. We are all real we'll and |
am sure r will gain strength
quickly in this lovely place.
We find we have everything
here to make us comfortable and
happy, except the Missouri Valley
papers, so will you please have
our paper sent out here until
further notice?
With sincere good wishes for
the New Year to the Chimes Fam
lily" and all other Missouri Valley
friends, Cordially yours,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Orr.
Address:
1888 Western Ave. North,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
WASHING FURNITURE.
Easy to Restore furnished Pieces to
Original Freshness.


Every few people know that furni-
ture ought to be washed" said sales
man In the furniture section of large
department store. "Yet," he contin-
ued, sit is the best thing one can do
to keep furniture looking as well as it
should.
Zone should take basin of tepid
rainwater and make a suds with
good pure soap. Then with a soft
piece of cheesecloth all the woodwork
should be washed. 1t is astonishing
how much dirt will come off. A Sec
Ond piece of cheesecloth should be
wrung dry out of hot water. On this
should be poured tablespoonful Of
first class furniture polish. The heat
will spread the polish through the
cloth. Next the furniture should be
gone over with the second cloth.
There will be no need Of putting on
more polish, for that much will be all
one needs. Too many persons make
the mistake of using too much polish
and leaving it thick on the furniture,
where it looks dauby and where 1t
gathers more dirt"
There is furniture In homes today
that is cast off because of it's appear
ance when it might be brought back
to Its original freshness by this simple
process of washing. Many persons do
not know that fine bit OF mahogany
is improved by careful washing, and
hundreds of pianos have never been
more than busted in years. A square
Of cheesecloth for the washing and an
other for the polishing will do the
work, and the result will we'll repay
the Observation-Disclosures News.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

Y 4.
|provemeht;; further that property
that is assessed on West Erie
street for the construction of the
intersection on Erie and First
street, and that one-half of said
section be paid out of the i'm
provement fund; further that par
ties who have been assessed for
intersections on the following
streets: One-half of the inter-
section on Eighth and St. Clair,
Seventh and st. Clair, Sixth and
Linn, Fifth and Erie, Fourth and
Michigan and Third and Summit.
and be paid out of the improve
ment fund.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
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Q oIovvA NEWS BRIEFS. o a


Daniel Gilligan of Britt died
shortly after his Tooth birthday.
A municipal electric light plant
Will be erected at Maquoketa.
The city council at Boone has
purchased motor driven fire
truck.
Fred Folkerts, near Kesley, was
accidentally shot and killed while
hunting.
Workmen at the clay products
plant at What Cheer have organ
lied benefit club.
Fred +. Ferguson, aged 18, of
Laurens, is the 1916 champion
pig raiser of Iowa.
Grocers and market men al
Perry are planning to form a
union delivery system.
a company has been organized
lat Grinnell for the purpose of
manufacturing lenses.
j. w. Merrill, former owner and
editor of the Enterprise at State
Center, is dead.
Joseph Matlas. aged %, the
oldest man in Big Grove town.
ship, is dead at his home in Solon.
While helping with some
wood saving near Oxford juno
ton, Frank Nowachek had his
hand seriously cut.
Jake Goodwin, aged 80, of
Abel, was seriously injured when
he attempted to cross a railroad
bridge in an auto.
The third annual corn show
will be held by the Fonda high
school, January 81, with Govern
or Harding as speaker.
S. A. Maxfield of Omaha was in
stantly killed at Council Bluffs
when struck by Northwestern
train at a crossing.
A woman giving her name as
Nellie Woods of Stuart, was in
jured when she jumped from an
eatbound train at Anita.
Ed Carter of Brooklyn lowered
two children to safety by tying
them to sheets when a midnight
fire burned his home.
Adolph Gloss, a jeweler at Web
ster City, has patented an auto
wheel hub that does away entire
ly with pneumatic tires.
Rev. Fl. d. Ford, editor Of the
Iowa Churchman, at Des Moines,
was suffocated when Bishop
Longley's house caught fire.
Gustav Harder, farmer near
Sioux City, was killed when hurled
so feet through the air by Mil
waukee passenger train.
t. G. Vert's plate glass win
dow at Knoxville was ruined
when boys tied a tin can to a
ours tail and the canine took a
Header.
Claude Judd of Atlantis prob
ably saved the life of his father
by allowing the TRANSMISSION of
his blood to the veins of his pa
Trent.
William Sweeney of Council
Bluffs died of wounds received
from shotgun which was acci-
dentally discharged while hunt
ing.