Show DUCK HUNTERS TURN OUT BY HUNDREDS AND KILLING OF WINGED GAME BEGINS r There Is mourning among the duck 4 tribe today and speaking figuratively I the tho tribe will wring Its hands gnash Its teeth and shed briny tears until December Dc- Dc 4 1 cember 31 t. t The open season for fol duck hooting began begaii and thousands of oC sportsmen took the opportunity of oC going g after the d delicious game birds Hundreds o oC parties left the elt city ye res- res ay In cr c every kind of ot conveyance except perhaps the the theair their air airship ir ship for the marshy marsh retreats where the he ducks congregate Tho The Flats Are Crowded The flats from Deckers Decker's mice lake to the mouth of oC the Jordan this morning re resembled resembled re- re a 0 big Independence day cele cele- bration The rhe roar of or the suns guns was constant con con- stant and the flashes hes of ot fire firc along along- the theline theline line made the scene resemble the ex extended ex- ex tended front of a 0 skirmish line In a bl blI big I battle And It was a Il battle between mans man's Ingenuity and the Instinct of the ducks duck 1111 In many Instances the Ingenuity of the thc man triumphed and large tarse and well welt filled game gamo bags were the reward Others Oth Oth- ers rB came back with few trophies of or the chase No one ha has hal been seen yet who admits that ho bagged not a lonely bird The Tho Casualty List Unless this year is IE different from any preceding one aile there thero will be bc many persons persons persons per per- sons Injured by the flying shot for the birds Where so 50 many hunters are in such close proximity to each other other other oth oth- er accidents are almost unavoidable una and with tIm tic great number of at hunters I out this year the crop of or casualties Is 3 cx expected to be bo very large Ducks Are Plentiful Ducks are reported very pl plentiful nurul al at- at ready Those now here arc arc mostly sprig sprig- or pintails and the teal A Afew Afew Afe few fe geese seese are also In evidence heralds of ot the musical arm army soon t to arrive from the confines of or the Arctic where most of them have spent the thc short summer on all the northern breeding grounds The first ducks from tram the north tho those c coming comins In tn now are arc mostly from the Klamath lakes and other Oregon wild fowl resorts Tho The birds arc are principally sprig and teal Wild game I Is wary wary wary-It It does not tako take but little disturbance to cause them to get awu away from a dangerous dangerous dan dan- locality The speed of oC the different nit nit- lit dif brent ferent varieties is such th that lt It requires but a vcr very short time for fOI the birds to reach a far tiff haven where the breechloader breech loader docs does not greet them nt at every pitch itch Into a pond or waterway The teal Is credited with covering over miles an nn hour Tho The Northern Flight The vanguard of the northern flight of ducks will put In its Ita appearance usually about NoY November 1st lat The Thc birds are generally sprig and teal b by a few widgeon and spoon spoon- bills The main flight of or tho thu widgeon will take lake place ph later In ro These birds win be clo closely elY followed by the mallard manard The mallard duck Just now can be seen In large flocks flying up and down the coast Why they do 10 doso doso so before settling down to winter Quarters quartel's quarters tel's 1 is unknown This succulent table bird breeds in this State and as far ar north as fiR Vancouver's sound and the Alaskan waters water |