Show I DUCK AND QUAIL SEASONS ARE OPEN The duck season opened this morning but unlike previous years there h has s been little of the old time Interest ih lii this great sport up to date Many of the big clubs have closed indefinitely and the members thereof are therefore laying laying lay lay- ing off otT to await developments A few of the clubs lying southwest of the city which claim that there are no dead pi- pi sick ducks on their properties began shooting this morning and report good results Among the clubs that shot today are West Lake New Moon McIntyre Porter Porter Por Por- Porter ter and Deckers Decker's Lake The Bear river country at first with but slight evidences o of the malady is isnow Isnow Isnow now equally seized with the infection and the clubs have decided to postpone shooting indefinitely Aside from the sportsmans sportsman's side of the tim matter the duck malady has made Itself felt by the commission houses who had sold ducks in the past Orders fro from l local ocal restaurants have beeh canceled and outside orders havo have followed suit The sporting goods houses have also felt the situation as their sales have fallen off 85 per cent of last years Ina Ina In Ina a financial way the duck malady can be figured to have caused a a loss o of to the lines of business which deal in ducks s and shooting supplies supplies- In view of the Indefinite postponement of duck shooting by so many clubs the number of quail hunters this morning was far larger than on previous years Returning hunters report a great many quail but they also state that there were almost as many hunters as birds this morning so that few o of the got the limit |