Evening star., 1941-12-07
Capital Side|ights
Bu Will p. Kennedy.

Senator William H Smathers Of New
Jersey has just returned from a bear
hunt on his preserve Of about 10000
acres in the heart of the Great Smoky
Mountains. Three bears 1,oo0 pounds
were the spoils and the Senator is espe-
ciallv proud Of one of them that fell
before the gun of Senate Page Richard
H. Rogers the first time he had ever
shot a high powered rife and the first
bear he ever saw in the woods. Another
bear was shot by the Senator's law part
ner from Atlantic City The party drove
100 miles out from Waynesville, N. c,
where the Senator was born so years ago
He graduated in law from the University
of North Carolina when he was only l9.
The preserve which the Senator and a
group of friends own is almost COM
pletelv surrounded by the Federal park
and is one of the best hunting and fish,
ing grounds in the Eastern United
States. Wild turkey and grouse abound
and in clear pools 10 and II inch trout
can be seen playing in the sun. The
party had the very unusual thrill OF
seeing and hearing a pack Of hounds
fighting a bear on both sides of the
mountains from them at the same time.
The really hard work of the hunt was
carving the 1000 pounds of bear 3
miles over the toughest and steepest
mountain and about miles down the
path Young Rogers was told that
when you kill a bear you have to carry
it to the cars and they say the poor
boy looked as if he had lost his last
friend" Senator Smathers went on to
Florida for some quail shooting with one
of his friends.
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The House on Friday did one Of the
most kindly. heart warming things in its
entire history. BY general agreement
and on motion of House Leader McCor-
mack, a position was created for former
| Representative Jim" McAndrews who
was defeated in the last election by
| Representative Charles S. Dewey of
Illinois, who. as former Assistant Secre-
| tary of the Treasury, was responsible for
reduction in the size of paper bills. The
| new job is exclusively for Jim who is
| now 79 years of age. and expires with
! him. Handsome jim" as he has been
known for many years. is an outstanding
| figure. unusually tall and square,
shouldered. and as courteous and affable
as any man in Congress. Throughout his
entire life he has shared his prosperity
with less fortunate people and has been
noted for his unostentatious charities
He is native of Woonsocket, r. l., but
throughout most of his life has been in
business in Chicago. He first came to
Congress in 1901 and is one of the very
few men still alive whose picture is in
unique album published in 1902 by
Clifford K. Bergman. The Stars car
toonist, containing sketches of every
member of Congress-a feat which nc
other artist has duplicated. One mem
Der had very unattractive countenance
and refused to furnish Mr. Bergman
with his picture, threatening to sue him
if he put his picture in the book. Berry
man got around that by making a pic
ture of that members desk with the lie
held open and only hand showing.
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For years the late Representative Ed
ward Kenney Of New Jersey fought il
Congress for measure to legalize Z,
national lottery as means of support
ing the Government. Now the subjec
has been taken up again in very seri
Gus way. when the Government is man.
billions in debt and with no end il
sight. 1t is recommended by delega
ton of five members of the House Appro
priations Committee who have just re
turned from an official inspection tri]
through Central and South America
They declare that in each of the 1
countries they visited such lotteries hav
been a benefaction in promoting socia
security and public health and providing
for the erection Of public buildings