The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-29

nation. There have5been well defined
differences Of opinion 4 on certain
things between the United States and
Japan, which are better known and
understood than the differences be-
tween this country and any other ex-
cept Japan. The United States and
l Japan have. shown a disposition to
| try to pave the way for an easy set
Etlement in advance of some Of the
outstanding troubles. Success may Or
may not come, but there are signs that
EmOst of the difficulties are believed to
be; not insurmotlntable. .3 ~ Z, :.s
News Gatherers to Help One Another.
/, When the conference begins in
Washington the foreign CORES pond-.
| ents who will be, present will find their
American brethren anxious to inter-
view them at the close of each day.
! The Americans also will find that the
foreigners are equally anxious to in
l'terview them In turn. Every news
paper man who comes here from an
other country will be ,one who has
been in touch with the officials of the
foreign office 81 his home government.
+ 1t will be somewhat difficult for
American newspaper men to get the
Psychology, if that is what It should be
called, u Of the foreign represe ntatives
in, the conference. The newspaper
men from the home lands and who
have served in and. about the foreign
offices will be able to deduce things
from the words and actions Of their
country's delegates which american
newspaper men cannot deduce. Take
the thing in the reverse, and there will
Ehe an undo rstanding Of the service
which the American IS correspondents
who have served in Washington. can be
| to their brethren in Interpreting the
moods and manners Of the four men
who will, sit in the council chamber as
Uncle Sans representatives. t..
!. Law Makers Join Hunters. !
Some Of the solons have gone
asporting. Lest this may be misunder-
4 stood, let 1t be said quickly that afeW
| Of the national. law makers are shot
gun enthusiasts, and they simply have
Joined a throng Of resident Washing
tonians in the sport of cunning on the
marshes. =. . F., -. ss.,ar. 4s.,
InsSeptAmberlsth the, shooting season
opened along The stretches Of the
Potomac There are certain small
birds which can be shot ins3this Sec
Etionzof the country under the federal
regulations which govern the killing
of migratory Species, Among the birds
which Washington just now is shoot
Ling, or trying to shoot, are the red
winged blackbirds, the rail, the reed
birds, which in the north. are known
J as bobolinks, and several species Of
! plover. AS yet the ducks have not
leone down to this section of the
country from their nesting places in
more northern ATTITUDES:
Shooting small game on. the marshes
Of the Potomac is not what it used to
be. Hundreds Of acres Of the swamp
land which afforded fine cover and
! feeding place for the, birds have been
reclaimed and therefore the shooting
area today is somewhat limited, but
nevertheless fairly good bags still are
made, and "a good many Washington
families are enjoying reed bird and
blackbird pies, to say nothing, Of oc-
casionaL broiled. bits in the shape of
yellow-legged and golden plover.
m When the ducks come down it is
understood that President Harding and
one or two of his cabinet officers will
take their hand in little sport. There
! is good water fowl shooting in
November and December in most of
the .inlets and on some of 1.-The open
waters southeast Of Washington
! along the coast line. a., &c.,
President Fond Of Shooting.
| Grover Cleveland, when he was
president, shot a.; good deal on the
Carolina coast, and Colonel RoOse-
welt did some shooting in this general
section. Neither President Taft nor.
President Wilson cared anything about
this particular species of outdoor rec
reation. President Harding, showever,
is fond Of shooting and is accounted
fairly good shot. One Of his COM
panions on probable Forthcoming
trips afield. Will be Senator Harry S.
New of Indiana. Senator New, I'M
less It be heresy to say it, is about
as fond of shooting ducks as he is OF
sponsoring legislation -
To give an example Of how well the
local Washington sportsmen = are oh
serving the game laws, let u be said
that not long ago DR.. T. s. Palmer of
the biological survey, charged with the
work Of directing the enforcement Of
the law, went out on a police boat and
examined the game bags of forty
lsportsmen at the close Of a days
shooting. Only one bird was found
which 1T was not legal to kill under
1.-THE law, and the man who. had the
bird declared on his word that he
found it in boat when he hired 1t In
The morning Of that day.