Show A plume hunters wealth the death of herbert la find and the inheritance of hla his son george of in cash reveals a most un usual but highly profitable occupation the elder la was a hunter toi foi the skins of white herons crests ol of pecans and the glossy many colored I 1 wings of the western grebe the Is a hunting grounds of the plume hunter were in the tule title ani am alkaline swamps and lakes akes in southern ore oregon gon and he Is known to have been highly successful in evading he laws of t tac C states and amassing a snug fortune fortanely fortu nely y the illegal sale of the valued skins la ioa braith once told a friend that thai he shot from 10 to 20 birds each day during the nesting season and that thai each white heron represented a profit of 60 50 to him when he was unable to secure more than ten birds in a single halt half day he went back to camp the hunter shipped hla his spoils to new york and otter accompanied the trunks posing as a commercial trav eler it fa 13 it ft misdemeanor to kill elthel herons grebes brebes or pelicans in oregon and washington and there can be nc ac doubt that the dead man s gun tie de strayed thousands of the beautifully plumed birds seattle bt bl paul pioneer press |