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1 tin OREGON' SUNDAY JOUTJIAL, rCTLATD. SUTCD.V I X ,0, 1 , DIFZ'EBiENT'rSECTIGNS - OF IMG a " .g - ' " j9 S . ' ' - - I ' . lfl:-'-fawt' 4 -A I A j ' r"1 1 . : 1': 31 -NvW f-. cSi farm" thM Bink-bosM. with their unrounding flock 6jf dcoyi. , may b nn upon th flat. ' - " ,' ;j - Oreat ahootlnv record hav ben'inad onVhea Sua- " .! quahanna flat, and tha 'igti gun" honor-that, of, Mng.V ini down tha moat duck In day 'a ahoottng-ls eagerly aought. Ona hundred or mora ducka bava often fallen :-- to a paliwf gunner on ona boat.- -r f-. Other method of tha gunner are. "point" and "blind , hot!n-. Sometime 'the point ahootor will' not bother ' with decoy, but take hla chance of catching duck a , ' ; they fly past a certala point of land extending-into tha . r; " water. Thla method 1 only practicable upon . narrow 'treame."V" '' T- ' ' :' ) ' ' Tha 'Wlnd' guniier ahoota over decoy,' and from v "blind' or neat of bushea and aeaweed conatrnoted oh . hor at the water edge. Ex-Preatdent Cleveland'a ahooN ' I ing ta uauaUy done from "blind." and hla favorite placa for i port la tha hore of JoiCpb Bollinger, near Norfolk, ' Va- :. ;;; , r. .- ---v.-!' v: -f-'V - . Fine port la al to b had along tha coaat of tha ' Carotlnaa. the duck Journey aouthward from the Chesapeake. Hundred are alaln In tha rice, field ot . Pouth Carolina, where the gunner catch them a they . fly from Held to field. . ' . .., . " j . North Carolina .method are elmilar to thoa of North' cm waters, and tboaa -grounda attract man ' sportsmen " ' whose appetite have only been whetted by successful ' foray North. ' ; ' '.' .' :' 4 r ..--'.'. Laat December tha yacht Baby Ua, -of John F. Bets, , Jr., took a party of (hat gentlemen' friends to North ' . Carolina. . They returned to Philadelphia Teportlnt the , - alaughter of tw duck, geea and brant, beside quantities . , of other wild game.. '; r-"-;".? ; Soillhtrn-ulslanaMBoughtJ,aJWjn of thousands . of duck and geese that-mak their way down the Atlantic Co at or tha' Mississippi river. Many of theaa awing westward over Texas. - v . ...- ' . '.;.-" ALONG THE FATHER OF JkTATERy - Splendid sport Is 10 be enjoyed In tha country lying' '"' below Naw Orleans and extending westward to the Sabine li. river.'. - ' : ' . Like the "point" ahootlng of tha North la bayou gun nlng it Louuriana. Tb gunner does not need to construct - "blinds,' for nature has ptovlded plenty of them: neither, . : as a rule, does h bother with decoys,- aa the duck fly .up and down tha passageways usually within reach of I '. hla gun. 1 -' V- -';;;. ' , ; , All the gunner require la a corduroy suit, atout shoes, ' loiich hat. gun, ahella and a boat; Soma of tUe streams it M :. - - t v. - . v. .' r y- - i-Tfr . '- --' -r-'- . v-:..-" ' i'., "' '- -; s ;. . . ; '. ar hot mora than twenty yard wide, hnca' the jlucks trac ARK, coming - ; v Crouching1 low : in ' your half-frozen, aching hands and feet. Here arc? watcrfowlrcanxasback ducks. Vrush-shclterca blind; your ducksatUst. , . ; ? . . M "Afar otFlo leeward 1 afMarkhiertr-hirhha3rn,L-v0t thru' hm mA r hiAinir Tr.. rr m il.;t ..J ' .. " . ,, - : ..r i ---Q-- -". ' :jr?.. j -m-i'.""" i "-ui "ir"t"ai - J " r " . . . ...... t ....... j. lIolf7eapsar1ke6iiriens that stings your face with its icy pellets vf forgotten the damp, cramped nest.or- and seaweed tnxuhicn you nave nuaaiea deception,' hut OS they wheel of, m Startled tha -fluckg ilaah part with tetrlflo apeed. A beginner -a- -iV- t t r i . ". ' Win probably have twenty misses to esch kill: ona mora . eSpert may t a bird In six shot,-whila, the aeaaoned gunner will average on In thus. ' i TAnpther methodoTshdoTIng. although notO gerterSIts' pray "brush On they come with double the speed of an : ing hunter bounds at the sight I express train, rapidly growing target as they A ' rush. of many wings, the swish of swift- draw nearer: At last, even the inexperienced moving, heavy bodies, and they, pause just) bring in the silver-back prizes. , probably, to the second, andlOS the frightened V pracUced. ta from a neak - 'boat. the tru nature ot btrds skurry out' of reach you reload with trembling fingers ' and watch the retriever tha s-v IW ether branches of aport afford more excitement Here the regal canvaaback. tha succulent redhead, the , perfection In the upper Cheaapcake. form -extend wings of canvas to break tha wash of r or keen enjoyment tnan snooung wiia aucss, -wnea ; ' J " ' "'"i"" At tn oeginning or eacn season Havre a uraoe ana waves ana neip support tne noat. am la Dlentlful and condlUona are right. : ,i?5-lIt'l'?S0J HiiTTSf l- vicinity are crowded with gunnero from New Tork. Phlla- , Seaweed Is scattered carelessly about tha box when . , -j ii i .auA.wt eil Mliia.nw sisan I salutes to tha king of wild waterfowl wlU gradually awaep outharard with the aeaaoa. " -. . ' - Beginning about the many estuaries or ins bc Law rence, tha sound of fowling piece will work its way down the Atlantto Coast, booming from New England shores, from tha Inlet pf the Jersey coaat and over the rippling water of tha majestlo Chesapeake Bay, creeping on with aouthward flight of game until tha bayous of .liisaiaalppi finally take up the volleying achoea.-."- -.-v.- rr,- TTnrm t rtvmr mA l.lr. f MIK ..I - Pi'"' Bound, too, man's warfare upon wild ducks will begin, and a tha season advance sportsmen along .tha Missis elppl and tha- Paciflo Coast will arm for tha tray; until Anally tha bias of firearms will startle tha denlsena of Arkmnaaa and Louisiana awampa and tha elreams of. -outhern California.-' . ' Harried from Hudson's Bay to' Cettral Americi are these unfortunate bird, whoa sol fault Is in forming a "lab. fit for a king's table and providing aport that la a oyal recreation. . '.,"'. -"'.':'' ' '"-V From May to July wild duck neat In tha Northern Titers that lie anywhere between Vermont and Labrador? , tha Dakotaa, the countlt lake of Canada and tha ' .lid Northwest. ' v,-.. " ;'".; A autumn come on. and tha young duck grow 'ronger, tb southward migration begins. This followa ,'je coaat or tha water courses, with stops her and ther ; Mat ar governed by conditions of food supply and the weather. ''':!";vxr:".3'-1 '' :.r,- iu Reaching a rich feeding ground, such as may be round along the Naw Jersey coast .or In the Chesapeake Bay. I 'he duck usually remain until driven away by gunner or -.old wcathef. Sometime, If permitted, they will remain a a favorite locality all winter, but thl seldom happen. Along tha Jersey coast duck shooting does not begin" ne rally until October I well under way, hut from tha ' ;ddle of .that month to the first of January, varying ac- ' cording to' tha season aod tha supply ot gam, shooting is generally more or !es good,. . - - "WHEHZ THE BISDS ARE FOUND place. r - -on Boats, ahead. i nun t ha few lifts its nrntwtlnv hand from the duck ing flat oi November 1, the surrounding waters reaem- pie innee bdoui somo nig yacni ciuo Ct'aft of every kind may be seen anchored along tha from tn palatial yacht or tn shore lines. These rnnse mllllonslre to the humble ! room for hundreds of runners to encase in the snort at ina earn time, -e . During plentlfur seasons, ducks may be had- in "con siderable numbers at other points along the bay. In the Gunpowder, Back; Bush, sfagothy, Severn, Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, on the western -aide, and In the Elk. Saxsafrss. Chester. Miles.' Choptank and Nantlcoke river. Eastern Bar and Tangier Wound, on the Eastern, ut ten more than Shore. But the fame of duck ahootlng in the Cbeaapesk them with large and jolly parties of rich men from various ; rests principally upon tha aport to be found about Its cities. -- ,. . . headwaters. When gunners get busy on a etlll morning, the sound There the bay la ten or twelve mllea across. Is shallow, of firing along tba Susquehanna flats resembles that of a . Willi naw Pll'iHTjnprsu.irinii niuinrijujmijotn wmmr. - wnn sluggish tides and acres upon acres of its bottom covered with the aubmarln graases that ducks love to eat. The yster nungy ot the lower nay. hundred boats are counted, many of , water celery that is so attractive to the canvasback is there In plenty. i Favorite food and Waters anneal to the 'doom If anything will. Such enticing conditions exist, to spacious, quiet : lid duck and . win luna him to his nr du Shootlns on these flits is done nrlnclnallv from sink- boxes, which resemble coffins sunk to the level at the surface and supported by plank and'eanvaa wings. - A. wonaen noat aosut ten teet long and six feet broad contain In commodate Its -centre a box, Just large enough to so man lying on his back. The UDaer-edsee of the box are flush with the platform. .Beyond tha plat- other sometimes seventy-five or a hundred are scattered anouc me noat to annulate ducks feeding. ..Pu,L of cuHoslty and also of greed Is tha wild duck. . when he aees what he Imagines is a. flock of supposed fallows feeding peacefully and happily he Jumps to the conclusion that a duck banquet la on, and Immediately wishes to "butt In." He cannot see the gunner, lying , prone In the sunken box, with a couple of No. 10 double , barreled guns beside hire. - - . . -It is no child's play, thla ahootlng from a sink-box. Hour aftsr hour, perhaps, the occupant Ilea there. In strained expectanoy, .cramped, cold and uncomfortable. yiin iuo nesi snooting is wnen a cold nreesa la hlnwli "drhraltnr Tain 'beror it In eultlnr : hejt a flock or ducka eettlea over the decoy, tb man In the box must be clever at rising to a sitting position and at biasing away, H aim to empty both barrel ot both guns If he can. Then, while he reloads, his attend ant, or guide, rows out from hla nsarby atatlon..and Dicks up any ducks that have fallen. ". Upon a day when ducka are plentiful, hundreds of which is disguised by brush, aeaweed or atraw. In this-' the gunner steal upon tha feeding ducks.; ' . ' In bayous, where tha water-1 of sufficient depth, canoes and decoys ar sometime employed, the gunner paddling behind undergrowth to await the arrival of hla quarry.' ' ..''',''. i :U ' ''. , f . V" Ducks of tha Louisiana' bayous, when killed between the fir t of December and the middle of February, ar In prime oendltloa, the flesh being of delightful nutty flavor, DrtftUigJlawn- the .Mississippi river in a shsnty-boat , la a favorite method of following gam with . Western gunner. A shanty-boat may1 ba bought at almoat any price from $10 to lioo. - Four or mors sportsmen 'occupy each boat '.: '.-'.'; .:.:;.: ' vr, '? ..." ' ' After paaalng tha mouth of the Ohio river- the. best sport begins. Approaching a feeding ground, tha gunner digs a pit on on of tb numerous little sandy islands of a riverside swamp, puts out his decoys in tha night and crawls Into tha pit to await tha morning flight. V , THE GAME BECOMING SCARCE - Wild Turkey, Cooked. '. .1 4 m Sand Pit, a N' OTHINO In aH th world I better, epicure assert, than th South Carolina wild turkey, cooked in the South Carolina way In a sand pit Placed n th cooking pit at night, and allowed to remain until tba next morning ahadea of the old : Roman gourmets, what a feast is there! ' It la said that a wild turkey was one prepared In this - way for a famous New Tork financier, who Is knowncn two continents. He Imagined that he had sampled almost " everything worth whlls in the line of delicious cooking, ' Whun tha primitive cook stove- In the sand was un covered the next morning,-the financier, it Is said, slmost fainted at the aavory aroma that arose from the pit and ' ruined an international appointment tin the plea of audden - Illness in order to get another turkey cooked in the eame pay. -. . - But everybody cannot go to South Carolina; and, be .sides, there aVe wild turkeya elsewhere. In 'order to gat the beet results,- f tor -one of these noble birds hss been captured, an expert gives the following directions to pro-, duce a savory and tasty dish: - "You don't need a sand pit. particularly. Any kind of earth ia good enough though a sandy, light soil Ij. the best.- .-' "It's lmpl7 the primitive oven which the Indiana used. and the Spaniards, and the English, too, In Kobln Hood's time, and which ,-ame down to ua no aomu, dj innen and srowln- scarcer In -th early -.'patT-nrfn asanee rrom-primiiive man ii inn plu. ?VbtVn.yfl;;edduck Pllhrmihwood times evan sees aDDear. - T-,'in It and make a big nre. - Th T hi.et mail.rd an excellent table duck t fhllt "On top' of'th wood you put a few large flat stones, utumn. n"Vawa? the fire die. down these .tonee sink with It. snd finally If IrnVrfSelAt flrat'lt ta found In th. r reshwster ' av. a law of hot ember. In the bottom of your pit sonde anif hraeklsh streams alona shdre: but iMtar tk ' . ta salt -water. . near tb neaa or mrnegat Bay, In All along th Atlantio seaboard methods -of shooting s nrs.nt family thm same i '. . Caavasbacks thoM kings ef the wild duck tribe am time, new Jemer. hss tne reputation or oeing tne nest Dlaca (nr rvd heads, which are ranked next to th canvasback by epicures. . ' j '- Oftil Ledge, a marshy Island near the Inlst, Is prob v,y the best spot for sport: but It 1 private property, r lease to a Naw Tork club, Lovelndy' Island, r t the south. Is also prohibited territory. rkd river anJ Tom' river, N.. J fford a number ua gnnnlng polnu, and there ar many unreaervtd a ion tnarh that may be taken advantage of. .ha a lav,v nf hot atones over this. i nr.w. c Km, vnu nnt a lav, nf twtsa and leavea. .Than' ynn-take-your wild turkey-wrap him well around with. rasa ana leaves, pur mm on ins na sua nave prepared on mm, men nil in - w - aaaaaaai - 1 - rYrs-w-UTL VUlj Feast for Hunters r- fir r . -ar i.-yu:M mm turn ttl trT "rally . found In , numbers around . w nnrovr, , , ?,.,..'h . Cheaapeak Bay. with Its many , i.. 1 fonnka-Jtaat Bald o-tha duck -gunnel, i ua most famritia i.n.. iu-a ia - rrtremr norrhern end. From tti flrat of November aabautiiam del'oraW M4V nr him, put more leaves and twiga up the earth over Mm, build a nre over tne place to keep up the heat, and then you may lesve him till morning. "When you open the pit and unwrap the bird, you will have an aroma which wjll stir th bones ot any hungry ' 'man. : . . - t i "Aa to dressing your turkey, you msy remove his head, and entrails and the uneatable rest of him before you put ; him In th pit. If you want to. It Isn't necessary, and , though to some people the notion of cooking him, viscera and all, may not seem pleasing, It really-won't hurt the 'an th.rt,kin1? .tn. .hHv-i m., . ai. I" to mak.your turkey fit th. oven better ball, whleh It Is essy- to- remove when yoi ritisrM- l7tZSJV,XW.X VI Tha flight generally continue for. about two hour, during which time the aport ia faat and furious. Th evening flight, laating from i o'clock until sunset, also 1 afford good ahootlng. . ''.' Xown tha river, aometlme for hundreds of mile, tha " hanty-boat men will follow th aoutbant trend ot th ' waterfowl. , Good ahootlng grounds ar found at Intervals alt tha - way from Cairo to New Orleans, but on of the best is . Reelfoot Lake, near Tipton v. lie, Tenn. Here th flight of , wildfowl I amaslng. There are ducka, geese and cor morants, called water turkeys; as well aa cranes, water ' hens and snipe. Early in October flight duck shooting begins In the Northwest, in upper-Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba. Lake Manitoba la a favorite riieort jf th Northwest flight gunner. J...L,. - - - - In thl locality decoya V.ra used; the gunner hiding on th shore, or In a boat concealed In the tall grass of the - lake. Mallards, teal, canvaabeck and redhead form an bulk of the feathery victim. , " Shooting continues about two hours in th early morn ing and about the ssme length ef time before sunset, th bird being caught aa they fly from feeding grounds to .. their sleeping quarter. The best sport Is to be had at dawn. Juat atartlng for their feeding grounda, the .birds ar usually less wary at . that hour, , ' - . In Puget Sound and along (h Pacific Coast th method of shooting ducks are practically tha sam aa -in the East. - - - , - It Is with gejnulns regret that the duck gunner. whether In the. Chesapeake Bay, the Louisiana bayous, or ' the Canadian laksa notices the gradual diminution of the ; aupply of gam. - There are few canvnsbacks now, and ' gunner will gladly take home ducks thst fifty yeari ago' ware- considered scarcel edible. . - Breach-loading magastn gunapr air wiormoli!y In- ;' ' creaaed body of sportsmen, a greater demand on th pert of hotel and restaurants, with the cold-storage system of . lMtiWlw(lh - .-- .1 n ..... . - . . 1 . -v.. .m.aania. v. iirai, in uie . juvnnfrn ;,?'mtBl1, mnrn A In- CKina r It'i ; therGmprador MONO th peculiar buatnees customs of China wf(h . which Americans tdenllng there must acquaint themselves Is the comprador system. '. Business houses deal with the Chines tflMnth a Chinese sgent known as thc "comprador." - Originally ' thla agent was simply a man who engaged eervant and bought supplies in the native markets, - '. -' t , ;"" for yars the system hns developed, however, until now practically all the buslneks of foreigners with Chines HOIK THE BIRD 1$C00KED W SOUTH. CAROLINA open, e hleh H , aasy- t remove when you cot th bird 'CjeAjeava h m euVt as h nd In the ssme wsy ss tli flesh bnkea tender, the wllligL'aTnU'nVr " IT?. JrZll i - rJ1 '"y0"!" aa.tooc ihaljroii slrtiplK, slit It ora snd pel CrOWdad yrttalm oTfrrethr and all. . '-iou max cat off a tew of th un aa jHing rutn.rl ' la till aftsr th cooklns. ior irr dr nlllck him knd dress him before And you'll have to turn him on th other. . keep' hi akin moist, you cook him. And Tilde tn the fir after on elde has been baked throush. or turke Mtrn."; tlTtZ.-irX'V'Z" nnl' """ Jult as waiL if w .i h.!TK.-. f, 11 MrJ W9 ahaatnuta will maka him all th mora ucMlenW limit t wht a comprador do, 0t do twder tha rMnt n a, 7 had tetter wrap him up to . 'li a Jaaty. bird, whichever way. yon cook hlin. ot doing things in ChinaT . . ' r"Ba . Is don through agent of thl sort, whether It b In buf ing or selling, in lenuing or in oorrowing money. In msny firm th comprador la a partner; In many - Instsnces ne le In reality th owner of the business. : furnishes the capital; manages It, and use th name ol V" a foreigner to secure foreign protection from tb many r abuse which obtain In commercial circle. v. The real comprador la a cshler, handle all money received by a nrnvand make ail payminr7 tn-nnv for- . algn bualnes nouses bills are paid b the repreanhmive ot the business office In an order on the comprador of the i. firm, and thla osdeti bankea s-a bnnk-ThscK ofqraft All servants are 1 engaged -bv" tb comprduf onfie Ilrnir' ami ni is raaKinaioie ior mviu. ill snort, ther I no
