Show i LINEMAN ATTACKED BY i i FLOCK OF IRATE CROWS i i FIGHTS THEM OFF AND IS GLAD WHEN TASK IS FINISHED AND HE DESCENDS TO GROUND I Seattle Wnsh Harry Sylvester lineman at the Exposition grounds has soino new facts for history about tho temper and actions of crows In the course of his work he found himself him-self the center of attraction for n big lock of crows and ho Is yet haunted by tho sight of ferocious open beaks threatening eyes and fnce They attacked him singly and In pairs and Ins I-ns this happened 110 feet above tho ground ho Bays that ho felt relieved when lie was back on terra firma Sylvester was stringing tho guy lines used for hanging flags and bunncrs over tho natural amphitheater amphithea-ter and In pursuance of this work I Ii i p I r w + M ion r e r a J 0 r fP4 f ti i l J A 4 Qo a 14 0 ° U st r 1 They Attacked Him Singly and In Pairs I was called on to climb two of the giant trees which form part of tho rear wall of the stage To one of these partly up the hill he attached his rope without actual Interference while from tho other tree further down tho Incline a flock of crows cawed at him the tones of the birds taking on every Inflection of linger Invective and threat When ho attempted to ascend tho second tree there was at first consternation con-sternation among the birds but this soon changed to screams us ho neared the first limbs around which they were circling over 100 feet above tho gronnd The tree Is about 15 feet In circumference cir-cumference and Sylvesters safety belt had been Increased In girth by using some No G wire As ho could not hitch up the wire as handily as he could n belt his progress was slow Tho Irate crows flew at him trying to peck at his eyes and sometimes some-times he had to fight them off with both hands while he dug his spikes deep Into the bark lIe completed his task with difficulty Sylvester could not see any nests above him In the tree and Is at a loss to understand what aroused tho enmity enmi-ty of the birds unless he was trespassing tres-passing on somo sacred aerial council chamber of tho feathered tribes Men out at the grounds say that this particular par-ticular tree always shelters numbers of crows |