The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-28
GUESTS OF MAJOR
Shawnee County Bar Engaged
in Turkey Shoot.
First Bird by Common Consent
to Judge Dana.

The fate and destiny of eighteen
fine, large specimens of the genus
gobbler was decided at Harvey's Bluff
on the occasion of the annual Turkey
shoot of the Shawnee county bar.
That is the fate was already certain,
but it required considerable expendi-
ture of powder and ball to determine
Just whose stomachs were to be eased
in fulfilling the destiny part. This
shoot is an annual event given by
Major A. M. Harvey to his fellows of
the county bar association.
The first turkey to be shot for was
by unanimous consent of those pres
ent to be given to Judge A. w. Dana,
who couldn't attend on account of i'll
ness. This decision was reached in
short order, as the assembled attor-
neys agreed that since the noble
judges eye was so often at fault in
the exceeding injustice of his deci-
sions it would in all probability, be
correspondingly accurate in aligning
the sights of a rifle and the bulls eye
of a target. Otis Allen and r. F.
Hayden tied for the honor of winning
the Dana bird, but in the final de-
cision Hayden came off the victor.
Governor Capper, commander-in-
chief of the Kaw navy, gained.the ex-
elusive honor of missing the target al
together. The target was an S-inch
affair fastened to the bole of a "a
inch tree. The honorable admiral hit
the tree. In explanation the COM
mander of the Kaw navy said that a
lone leaf perched high on the topmost
branch of the tree moved in the
breeze, and this so affected the target
| that it waved and caused the miss.
Therefore the "Guv'' was elected to
be the bearer of the first turkey to
Judge Dana,
DIR. Jeffrey's Trick.
DIR. A. B. Jeffrey, a noted exponent
| of the knife and bandage, decided
very shortly after the beginning of the
shoot that he didn't like turkey no.
how. So he took unto himself a trusty
shotgun and went forth in quest of a
few 'fuzzies" He got some. But
explanations were demanded as to
how he managed to stop them, for
certainly one of so faint heart could
not attack running target And the
doctor innocently replied, Why, 1
called them Germans and they got so
mad they stopped in sheer anger and
astonishment. I forgot once and called
| one a Belgian hare. Missed that one.
I got a squirrel. too. when he APP
preached me with the evident inten-
ton of making his supper"
Judge l.. S. Ferry, A. A. GODDARD,
Morton Albaugh, and James A. Nc
Clure arrived long after the shoot was
over or some of the fortunate ones
the "also rams
Practically the whole Shawnee
county bar was present at some time
during the day. Among them were:
| Gov. Arthur Capper; Justice Henry
F. Mason, of the supreme court;
district court; Judge Charles w.
Smith, Charles Sessions and William
| Souders, of the governors office;
Gen. Charles S. Huffman, Del ,Valen-
tine, clerk of the supreme court; c.
| w. Myers, of the secretary of states
! City; Judge j.. K Rankin, Judge
Lindquist, of Kansas City and the
| following Topeka lawyers and their
| friends: John Waters. j. E. Larimer,
| Otis L. HHngate, James A. Troutman,
d. C. Wellman, w. E. Atchison, John
Newell, George Kline, j. e. Adding
ton. Otis Allen, D. H. Brannaman,
Mulvane, Judge T. F. Carver, r. F.
Hayden, ]. A. Cole, Roy Schenck,
Tfnkham Veale, Charles E. Gault, w.
A. Johnson, l.. L. Kiene, Herbert
Armstrong, H. Ward Page,I Paul
Heinz. Hugh T. Fisher, Walter Cha
! ney, S. L. Lashbrook. George Allen,
Jay Jensen, Douglas Mote, w. F.
| Schoch, F. Doran, Judge Oscar
Raines. Harry c. Green, C. McNeish,
R. D. Carver, H K. Allen, G. D. Nc
! E1henny.
The men of eagle and steady nerve,
| the victorS and turkey winners were:
A. w. Dana, by r. F. Hayden, R. F.
Hayden, G. D. McElhenny, Otis Hun
gate, Robert Stone, NJ. o. Lock, Judge
T. F. Carver, John Newell, Paul
! Heinz, Judge .Gsorge H! Whitconrb.
R. d. Carver, Jay Jensen, T. F. Do
ran, D. H. Brannaman, Don MuIvane.
Judge Henry F. Mason, H. c. Green
and George Kline.