South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-11

Best people on EARTH" Come sit
in the game and 1 will deaI you a
hand. Happy Gus Newbury vas
exalted ruler of the Elks in Med
ford. ore. at a time when l vas
visiting i'm that beautiful and prog
ressive city. Fred Harper OF Lynch
burg, Va. was the grand exalted
ruler, acting generalissimo for the
aggregated Elk fraternity i'm the
United States. Fred Harper was en-
route from San Francisco TO Port
land via Medfords and must be fit
tinsly honored. Happy Gus con
ceiyed a happy Observation-Disclosures.
calf. Cthe mecca for all Oregonians
with "a burning thirst was 45 miles
distant across the SiskiyOu range of
mountains. The Pacific coast high
way (the road of cement) being
much more direct, enabled automO-
biles TO make the trip in less than
half the time consumed 10y trains.
He would meet the train at, Horn
brook, kidnap the grand exalted
ruler and retinUe. whisk them by
dAA0AAODAAE dIAOr1 AAAt oAchAE Jus
above and through the clouds at an
altitude of $500 feet. TO Medford,
entertain and banquet this congen-
ial bunch in ample time for them 10
catch the same train they left at
Horubrook. There was no hitch in
the program. The Newbury ban
quet was "a hummer appealing to
those effete eastern guests from ev-
cry angle. He featured his banquet
with an assortment OF game. killed
in Oregon. no state in the Union has
81 greater variety from which 10 Sc
.cct. An Elk~ combination hunt was
-tH eed the day before the banquet
which was productive of bear. Veni-
son., phcas1utS, quail, ducks, jack
euIpc and rabbits. The writer was
assigned 10 jhc - and get the game
with WINGS hunting bunch. with
this party Ralph curtis. Chris Colt
D.. ~utla and Patsy Patterson an
sUcreC rol call. over the Easle
Point road we flew. passing the
homes Of Dr. Walter stokes and
Charles Brown. owners of mag
ri..eut orchards. We arrived at
The suootiu- grounds before the
dow was off the grass. We
found 81 number of water holes and
irrigation Itches. skirted 10y low
willows. mos, seductive game condi-
tious. our first drive was through
70 wheat stubble with "a chaparral
brush margin. where the %pheasants
were reported TO be feeding. open
season ON "Chink' %pheasants in or
egou is oct. ] 10 10 inclusive. hve
male birds per diem the limit. fe-
males are protected at all times. We
were hunting ON the last day OF the
open season. birds had been pound
eel until they were scattered and
wild. SINGLE birds were our finds
and snap shooting q necessity as
those Kaleidoscope phantoms arOse
from the willow copse and made
the dash TO escape the annoyance
ocCasloued by our sky-terrier who
was chaSme through The brush that
-Sirtcd the bitches emitting yeIpS.
earks and growls. Pheasant ard
quail viii road ahead of a noisy dog
until the canine is getting too near
~ Nlic. time they take wing.
While following a male pheasant 20
,hg top az g. hill I YVES treated 10 d
view OF tine EorUe river valley or
-S~rds Nany thousands OF acres
were p,au-,' wiz pear and appls
trseS. which were IN different stages
90 Development Trees .sere freight
ed Gown with fruit 20 the extent
that i was convinced that no person
ON this mundane sphere should ever
so fruit unsy II tine fruit grown
IT, that valley was dried and an.
tutt. Ia,R q came 20 earth. when
my bird. With a whirr OF wings
flashed into the open. bringing thi,
.i-d 20 bas was about 49, difficult as
hit,ing an elephant with a SCOOP
shovel. The sun glinted on IN,
lrrisht plumaee OF his old. belliger.