1 Hfc JA?.-TTK-TIIH.. HKITNKR. OREGOX. THURSDAY. .NOVEMBER 21, 1918.
PAGR SIX
OLD ITALIAN SPORT
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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.
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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.
It fMJ furihtrthat'l why yaa
can let til good tatte of this clan
of tobacco without txtra cut
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The Gazette-Times now $2.00. Have you Paid Up?
All delinquents will have to be dropped after Nov.
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Meatless Days! .tttt
The People's Cash Market
Is cooperating with the food administration by encouraging the arte
of flsh and poultry as substitutes for the other meats which we wart
to save.
FRESH OYSTERS, CLAMS, CRABS, FISH
Mr Hoover says: "Eat more flsh." The best will be found here.
Phone Main, 73
HENRY SCHWARZ, Proprietor
Thomson Brothers
"War Time."
A novel memento of the great war Is
a clock, which is made from munitions
both enemy and allied collected on
the Somme battlefield by a soldier,
who afterwards used them for this
purpose. The body of the clock is a
German shellcuse, and German cart
ridges form the legs. 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. These institution, too,
will give a much readier and steadier
market than" has been available hither
to, and that is probably all that is
: needed to quadruple the meat exports
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