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1 Hfc JA?.-TTK-TIIH.. HKITNKR. OREGOX. THURSDAY. .NOVEMBER 21, 1918. PAGR SIX OLD ITALIAN SPORT THE GUEST'S CHAIR ANTI-CHEAT1NG MODEL FOR PEACE TABLE i L. MONTERESTELU Peculiar Method of Snaring Mi grating Pigeons i At the touch of a match Perfection Oil Heater gives instant, cozy warmth. Steady, comfortable heat for many hours on one fill ing with Pearl Oil, the ever-obtainable fueL No smoke or odor. Portable. Economical. Next Week Is Perfection Oil Heater Week Call on your dealer and ask him about Perfection OilHeat er; its comfort, con venience and econ omy. See his special display. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CaliforaU) 33L MEATER G. W. MILHOLLAND, Special Agent, Standard 00 Co., Heppner Orego DEALERS: Gilliam & Bisbee, Heppner, Oregon Bristow Johnson, lone, Oregon I .each Broa., Lexington, Oregon G. A. meaknwn, Hardman, Oregon We take pleasure in an nouncing that we have secured The Palmer Garment CT"HERE have been times when it seemed impossible to secure merchandise, especially merchandise of quality, good enough for our cus tomers. But you will notice when you see the new Palmer Garment that we have made ample prepara tions to supply you with coats in the quality to which you are accustomed at the lowest possible price. At Cava del Tirrenl the Birds Are Way laid With Nets and Slings Much Ingenuity Necessary to Se cure Good "Bag." It Is not often tlmt one. comes across a little place that has au ingeuious ' ami exciting sport all Us own. At Cava ; ik'i Tirrent iu Italy, nowever, there has for a thousand years existed a pe- I culiur form of pigeon catching. It was introduced In t.C, says Mr. Herbert Vi vian in Italy nt War ami it lias nour ished ever since. At the hcgimiin;j of every autumn giv.t Hocks of pigeons misrule from Siberia to Afviea and pass ovtr Cava ujnl t,ho Gulf of Saler no. They probably have oiiier routes, liut Cava is the only place where they are waylaid with nets and slings. The season is at it.-; height from the 15th to -olli of October. The pigeon catchers fire mostly men of the lower middle class, who club to gether to fomi six societies, or "games." A game usually consists of three vor four towers and a clearing where the nets are set up. One tower is probably a thousand yards irom tile t, and the nearest perhaps seventy ards, but the distances vary. The towers are tall and slim, wimlowless and weather-beaten. There are steps about halfway up the inside, and a rickety ladder leads to the parapet at the top. Each society has also a neat little clubhouse, usually near the chief tower, In a ruerrv mood the members take their places in the fresh morning air. Most of them are dressed in velveteen coats, top-boots ancLpeaked caps. Two men ascend each tower and the rest are distributed among the nets. In each of the clearings stands a small house from the center of which rises tall black mast. To that two huge nets are fastened, stretching right and left to clumps of trees and spreading out obliquely to the ground. Inside the house is a handle and a cogwheel for raising the weighted nets. The lookout place Is a straw hut two or three miles awny In the direction from which the pigeons are expected. When the watcher sights a flock of birds he gives a' signal on his horn, which other watchers scattered about the woods take up. The birds travel at a tremendous speed, always, with a leader, and In flocks of from 30 to 100. Every one takes to cover, for the birds are easily frightened. The men on the towers are provided with long slings nnd whitewashed stones nbout the size or small hens' eggs. These they discharge with great force.. The pigeons, It is said, mistake the stones for hawks and make frantic efforts to avoid them, so the slingers must fling the stones where they do not wish the birds to go; yet when they are flying high, a stone flung beneath them will bring ' them hurtling downward. Then, with j loud cries, the watchers drive thera to ward the nets. The stone-slinging is the essence of the sport, and it re quires strong muscles, a quick eye and a steady aim. But the netting Is also difficult. The man at the ropes is white and nerv ous; everything now depends upon him. If he releases the weight at the right moment, the net comes down in stantly and the birds are bagged. A moment too soon, and they see the dancer nnd avoid it: a moment too late and they pass in safety. It Is a matter of an instant, and many more flocks escape than are taken. The birds are gray and somewhat smaller than the domestic pigeon. They cannot be trained or tamed. The sport is far from being profitable, for even when they have good luck the pigeon catchers never take enough birds to pay for the elaborate prepara tion they have mailed But the moment when the nets whirl down at Cava is a moment of rare excitement. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS PENDLETON, OREGON FINE MONUMENT AND CEMETERY WORK AU parties interested in getting work in . my lint should get lay prices and estimates before placing their orders ALL WORK GUARANTEED Ike always thought as. a man was foolish to buy plug of the Gravely class ' when he could get a big plug of ordinary tobacco for the same money. But one day Bill gave him a chew of Gravely just two or three small squares. Then Ike got the pure, sat isfying Gravely taste. It lasted so long, you can't tell him nowadays that it costs him anything extra to chew Real Gravely. 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Of the three cartridges on top of the timepiece, the two outside are German, and the one gracing the center B'rench, while the two small ornaments between these are Belgian bullets. The side orna ments are made from Verey-light cases, pierced to admit of a British cartridge projecting through the top. The pendulum consists of five French bullets, and the figures and hands are bent to shape from copper wire taken from German trenches. To complete the whole, the clock movement inside Is also of German make, and, after necessary repairs, is found to be entirely ndequate. Look to Africa for Food. The world-wide shortage of food and the' certainty that this shortage will continue In modified form for years to come has roused France to utilize more i fully her great colonies just across the Mediterranean. Comprehensive plans are being formed and started on the : way to fulfillment for refrigerating and packing plants in Algeria, so that the animals need not be .whipped across the sea alive. 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