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Show A tiara Way of Killing Owi,' Frost Bunker, of the Dead rive' region, re-gion, is a guide who, it is said, is a mu cessful rival to James A. Smith, of Phillips Phil-lips a Rangely guide in story telling. Frost is intimately acquainted with "John Smith," who is well known in all parts of the country. Ho says he was with John on a hunting trip once on a time, when they came upon a man who had fired at an owl (prched in a big tree) about a dozen times without success. suc-cess. As they approached tho stranger offered John a fivedollar bill if ho would secure the owl. John cocked his rifle and walked around the tree. The owl turned his head in the same direction as far as John walked. John Kept on going around tho tree, the owl f li ning his head ail the while. Just as John completed tho tenth circuit the owl's head was twisted oil and ho fell to the ground dead. John said small owls couldn't be killed that way because their feet would fly up in turning. Phillips (Me.) Phonograph. |