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OI T-OF-DOORS STUFF
By Lans Lenev«
Something struck me as rather
amusing during the past trapping
season. The I. E. -Fox Company of
New York offered cash prises for the
largest badger hides shipped them
each month during the fur season.
The thought struck me as to just
who-, ver heard of a fox running a
badgar game?
Each season sees improved, safety
devi.-e* put upon the market for
hunlrr* and fishermen.
A person
may now purchase for less than IS .00
a lift p eserver vest consisting of a
not too heavy fabric that may be
wont beneath a hunting or fishing
jackjt. It is rain-proof, wind-proof
and !n e:tse the wearer falls into deep
wat; r it keeps him afloat exactly
like
an ordinary life preserver.
Chains for automobiles are far from
belh i a new invention, but chains fo-
men are" A chain may now be pur-
chas ?d that can be wrapped about th<
sole of a gum boot, or a person's shoe
that permit* the walking upon slick
surfaces with sufety. They are ideal
to wear while fishing rock strewn
stream*. They are easily removed oi
a<ta.-hed.. Recently I saw a pair of
them in action and they were certain
ly r wonderful help to the gnglei
who was wearing them. v
I have often heard men make the
remark, “A woman has no business
hunting,” or “I wouldn’t want to hunt
in the same country where women
weie looking for deer." And yet, to
day s ci many a lady indulging in the
pastim* of stalking deer, as well as
shooting ducks-. How often do you
hear of one of them bagging a man*
for a deer, or accidentally shooting
her hunting companion? It fact, it
would behoove a lot of men who take
to the marshes and the woods to fol
low the hunting methods employed
by the gentler sex. A woman who is
really a hunter is usually a very ef
ficient one and possesses good nerves,
a good eye and Is usually a good sho1
-and believe it dr not, she is not as ex
citable as the majority of men hunt
ers. It is this latter fact that causes
accidents to be almost nil in the ranks
of lady gunners.
It is really the early training that a
hunter receives that makes of him
either a .reckless or a careful person
With firearms.
Some are naturally
careless and never seeril to correct
their ways, while efthers are careful
from the start. A good lecture by a
seasoned hunter should be given ev
ery novice when he first shoulders a
gun. It would go a long way toward
preventing accidents.
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The following little story regarding
a dog w hich appeared in The Oregon
Journal a while back will without
doubt be apprtetaied by dog lovers
and cannot help but stir the heart
of any one who is human. It is a
story that is bound to cause your
hrout to tighten and touch your
heart with pity. Here it’is:
• Althou :h his master, Francis Mc
Mahon, died more than ten years ago
n an upper floor operating room of
St. Anthony's hospital, Rock Island,
1U„ Shep, a Scotch collie, still is wait-
>pg in the lobby of the building.
“ 'Shep is the truest friend Francis
vad,' said McMahpn’s sister, whd re
ales the s.ory of the dag’s d?voti m.
'McMahon was hurt by failing into
the basement of n hotel in his home
own, Erie. Ill., when a fence he was
tuning against gave way. He was
ushed by ambulance to '.ho hospital
i Rock Island, 20 miles away. As
e was taken into the building on a
retcher it was discovei-ed Shep had
ollowing the speeding ambulance
>hep, you stay in tire lobby and wait
or me,' ordered McMahon, who did
ot believe he was serijusly injured.
7!ien death canr.e, the body was re-
loved by an elevator in another part
rf the building, and Ship, then two
/ears old, did not? see it. He has kept
his lonely vigil day and night, often
unning to the elevator with gleeful
barks when he bears the cage de
scending. Satisfied Jhe occupants do
not include hi* master, Shep walks
back td his post a few feet away. The
'irst few weeks after McMahon's
i.-ath. Shep would not make friend* During the big now in January,
with any one, but slowly and cau- which reached a depth of 10% inch«*
lously he allowed certain of the ho*- here on the ranch, daisies that had
lital Fianciscan Sisters to pet hi* blossomed, were completely covered
head. Later he started to take food for several days. But a* the warm
isters of the institution have adopted rays of Old Sol melted the »now away,
him as their ward Bnd he meets each; the little flowei * showed their bright
ambulance which stops at the hospi-, face* once again. It was really a
al. McMahon's sister often calls at ; sight to inspire. Heavy frosts, chill
he hospital to see Shep but he i* not; winds, soaking rain* and finally
>verly friendly toward her. A week snow, all failed to daunt the courage
»fore last Christmas Shep was of a mere daisy that persisted in spite
nisscd from the lobby and the Sisters of all of Nature's odds against it. The
were worried, ^ie returned, how- tiny flower won its fight against the
jver, within twenty-four hours. It is mighty elements and when the great
believed some one stole him and that white blanket oL snow finally van-
he managed to make his way back to ished, those little beauties of the field
his post.
seemed to lift their faces to receive the
“ 'Francis raised Shep from a warm kiss' of the sun god. Against
puppy,' his sister said, ‘he had a way overwhelming odds the daisies won
with dogs.* "
the battle and they stand out alone to
It the above is not a* case of love, me as a symbol of strength—a har-
oyalty and devotion, then I know not binger of spring—with leafless trees
vhat one might call it. It big lends in the background that had failed as
rtrrngth ¿o the fact that dog is beyond yet to respond to Old Sol's coaxing
ioubt the truest friend of man. It to burst into bud. Yes, a mere field
matters no» what sort of treatment daisy can set an example in courage
hat a master metes out to his dog. and fighting spirit that It would well
He may be kicked, beaten, cursed and behoove man to follow. Each sea-
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