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Show " tCETPUHV 7" r . - : i .Y'V. TIIE SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, MABCH 1. 192S. -- : - -:- - - i . jf a -- ' ! V r - i k , ' - ' v" 4 fi !r ; j WO , - ? ' f f " ' t - V i ;g : Qoose l;n W v:.. . quill p- - formerly medium of eipievaloa (or ths great masters of literature and law, is fast disappearing from ofllcea and desks. TIB' goose Their manufacture and trade once 'formed a fairly large industry. But the Invention of steel pens, the and the typewriter, b ' Some ' r. ts'V of the ikj - I titousazvis oT Wild cese. V . Jack Winen ' V;.- tli' rVAv made them almost obsolete. In official .Washington, hpwever, the goose quill still holds a part of its former glory. Every congress ocene rrom primeval roresc near runers pace pi&ce man and senator'! desk is deoorjUed with one. Cnilf them Bitting on th aame old perch of last year, right near their nesting place. FOOD BILL $3000 V Miner la not wealthy man, and the expense ef. maintaining the bird sanctuary runs into thousands of dollars annually. For corn alone to feed ths birds, Miner spends ' , something near U00O a. year. Other men with a similar love for the wild birds, however, have heard of Miner and his bird tourist camp, and donations of money and feed r pour into Klngsville from all over the country. Perhaps Miner's deep religious convictions, largely ths result of his long study of bird life, and bis passion to spread his belief, has had much to do with making the world Acquainted with his experiments. . In. order to check the return visits of the birds be struck Upon the idea of placing on their leg a light aluminum band, on one side of wbicb vras stamped his name and. address. When one of these birds was killed In the far north by Eskimos, or by planters in the south, the tags were returned to Miner, and thus be could trace 'their migration. From this developed the idea of making missionaries our ofT the birds. "Why not- stamp a verse of the Bible on the .... ' aluminum plates?" be thought So 'in less than a eekrh nad .the &wJa"of nd'lh six . the air carrying tbe word of God, TnonWBey-WSfellv- ' ' FEATHER BEDS Mattresses, however, hfcve take the place ef grandmother's feathel--Jeexeepi - In - rural setfjemenu . where raising of gees la still pro and where folk retire at' a early hour and still believe that the bed la the proper place to spend the gbt, , Is not known when the first pen was mad from a goose quill'1' It I ver. that .domes ir It west over an area of four million square miles. i- - of the most unusual hotels P.JjJS It, proprietor. ts ' In (hg Ontario, 35 at mUos KlngsvlUe, of pctrolt, and Jack Miner is the j. nc'a e Chamber of doef pot to b,erald Its merits.- Jack Miner does not resort tv prthter1 ink to advertise his hostelry- aer4oes not twve ta.- fTor the hMpitaJity and service of Jack Miner's hotel. Is carried on. wings throughthe alr.Jhig fourlata' place Is talked about down in the marshes ejf Ltfulslanfc and up on tbe lakes of northern Canada' v ; viThls-hJte- l ' . ? y JHOXKINO Com-nere- 1 ftP gked.-- -. - j .- J Jln4HrieV'-Thla Wa.back a low years. "Miner was famous" that section at a hunter, and birds and beasts Jke reoogolxed him 'a their most dangerous rayf W. '. HTId. bird P rs .would fly fight ovur his farm and f-- Ji; , . - . SB : ' ' mm- Bx - J r ' met? I ttht , , - ih. -. , r. T And. that' wha they tare doing. Thousands 8oa thousands of inem. They have learned to jM Miner personally. They know they -are at his place.'- k ; ., ' TUe strange part about this strange friendship tweeh Mn . add the; blitls la that they once ' jiscogflsed hjra aa their .worst enemy. ! Jpv.enfter he numfd a' new leaf and decided. bis, trlendsv theyi walled four years fjP see .if he reay. waa serious in, his. apparent y , . the great Chinese a wan, Or "guinea r- STARTED WITH SEVEN boss true home TheH 'Miner bought seven geese. alley of tbe Amur River. turned them loose near the pond, and fed thent In h rTnH TVnaHatil ' until they became quite tamer7" tnixtur f State are mostly The first month passed and none 'came. The) specie! brought over frotuEurope second month, a year, two years, three and then by the early colonists and the native ' on the fourth year sis geese, tired from flight, wild geese. t T tl winged themselves down and lit near the pond. ' ' OEEfiB AND ROMR : Ileres Miner's own description of the event 4 r . Formerly" the cultivation of gees I I " he had waited, for: i was mor important than at v Sunday morning, March IS. IMS.; the ground - bb sssiT W jMT V?ntt rTlayf neOlMnTuTT was frozen as hard as Pharaoh's heart. I was theso letters were two, however, which Among the world, great herd were tanualty Wbtl out watering- our Miner prized, the highest. They were from two driven from points to Europe fo tb drinking out of the trough I was putting In thai 'convicts fn tbe Arkansas penitentiary.. , ItaUan city .wher both th taasa ' . time by tu talking my pet geese. V I A copy, of: tbe paper had found its way 4o thetr tiff and feathers wera in great demand. "AH at once they started honking JL very cells. It led these' men to a study of the Bibl. Flesh of the gcos la excellent food top of their voices and acting "extremely strange. Another man wrote; "I received th message ' In and. out geesflapped. thc!r wlngs and houtedti ..flighfLkith a period of rest and jubilation at Jack spite of jLheirjhaitterwtien.Iprioliedjjp ' you. put on ths duck's leg, and 1t la so personal " teemea ' my ears I could hear strange geese honking, and, apparently for Joj 4 , Miner's bird sanctuary. t oeucacy. it make me love you-- for sending it." birds are keDt in a. close th If "Well, I finally withdrew, coming away a looking over my shoulder, I saw something that Here they hold their great annual- picnic and 7 ptneTlrdWerrkinedr ahoToffieirElbl liver r pen and Ad excessively, I put the old liagin vocal contests. .... slowly as a caused my heart-tfairly jump.-- , Her the gander select his sweet - sagas' wero read. Even In the far north a man ' enlarge, poultry men' ha v learned. Here was a string of Canada geese, "with the shafts, and we went to church, but for all hot bird. It carried this message: "Nay, 1a heart, and,r when eh consent to fly in double. ' Fat de foi gras is the nam apTi th good that sermon did mo, I might as well ings bowed, coming straight toward me. harness, .with- him, they are off together, some- -, all these things We are mor than conqueror plied to this liver delicacy. 1 0rmaa "rlpWily they dropped their black feet and lit have stayed at home. through Him that, loved us." people mak quit a fuss over It. an on the gtound, some; of them' not over- 10 yards "All I could think about was 26 Canada geese times for, life, sometime for one season only. REVIVAL' NEGRO STARTS Strassburg is famous for It mauw fi oni whore 1 was standing, and I had the great comes Then ''when . news a there is unusual day that the six had brought back with them, 32 in ' of t flock. theee . and the to Down In wild is among It shot dance, a that far geese seeing 'negro all." away . Mississippi preacher picture DOZEN SPECIES " 1 north the weather b okeb at their nesting ground flap their wings With joy a they honked aloud goose bearing one ef the Btbl Inscription. H 'l THEN COME FOL K nUXDRED-"-thlrMsm-makheand all' wen on the way. each atKar, tppareatiy; : There are 10 or It species Of wfj the message cam direct from heaven. thought ' ' Theso appreciative creatures must nave honked 11 . and friends. ;.. Just how they get this news Is one of the un ' That night be exhorted hjs congregation: gees in th United State. All or three of the breed w th the good news to every goose they, met, for the - explained mysteries. Scientists have a lot j to "This am the. message of tb Lord. I saw Him fully expected them to fly awuy a scones they saw me, but no. A they saw roe. the ' next spring Miner had more than 400 "of these lcArn .from birds.' '.T '(' ' K descending with this fowl In His arm, and It tar north afid are migrants and wln leader spoke quite sharply and all waa as sttl, birda aa his new- - ngma me. Ana now am tn juagment ter visiianx aoutn oi ganaaa.. g,etln the ponds Join la a sort of , guests. , as night In gravej-ardwith their eye riveted ' we are the and then" thy, ris am The common "wild goose Is about and chorus, elected, comings meetigala going thousands of these Intelligent birds Today ; .!s:,;:'-;- v;. upon me. ': 'thre or three and ..; high on the evening air,' end before the stare . straight, to His arms.'.) feet Wn) every year, during thelrfiigraUon north In the close their eyes few "However, the quietness was only for Such a Gloria HaJlejujah meeting was1 never and five feet from wing tip to win again the winged creature are seconds. . Then they honked louder than ever, spring and south In the autumn, break their long one thousand miles farther oh, and. the rlaing sun before, witnessed in that church,." four-yea- 4'Tor this wonderful place Is nothing more nor aa Jnan some peaceful ponds of water Miner ede by scooping outbaglna on his farm, soma eet Be planted, plenty of the best food, and Jack, himself protector agninst hunters, and a friend of . (fee jbirSa. '.1 jWtiyt njore could a duck want, or a goose, after ym wearily for lOOO.miles, than to be able to Sown fnto a friendly, peaceful spot and spend day. .' week, or' a month with no questions ( 7 rightly," A goose, killed In Louisiana, with, this message on Its, leg, and Jack Miner's name and address., attached, would make a good newspaper story" anywhere, and it would set the whole countryside "7 : Tortaiking. And this is exactly what happened. Here's on - V;, story that Illustrates: A. hunter killed a duck In Louisiana. On Its leg was the Bible quotation and Miner' name. The story leaked to a newspaper which published It, giving the quotation and a little bit about Miner's history., ; ' Immediately letters began pouring Into. Miner.' Some were from sportsmen, who later sent dons V- FOR MTNEB tlo'n of gees beg as soon a men began to remain In fixed settlements. When excavators dug Into King Tufa tomb they found figures of the goose etched along with the' dog r '. ;,:."'A'v.. and ths donkey.-These early geese probably tdm to bring wtng-cllppe- a Wherever the fqathered tube congregates, ducks tnd gM and migratory fowl, the quack, quack nd the bonk bonk, is largely about Jack Miner . tad his hotel . - . Imagine the effect it would have on a hunter .down out of the sky one of these birds bearing the message from the- Bible.: "No' good thing will He withhold from them that walk up- i-- t' KtFr' hkr In the neighbors' fields fear. At the first Sight of hire they vrauid scream with terror and scatter Jj,oil directions. Thla set Miner, to thinking.' It made Sim ashamed of himself. So he resolved to put away his gun and made amends by proving himself a friend. Accowllngjy he graded out a large pond alight jrorld! ' MASTER OF QUILLS' And, though the general publk may not know It, part of the country's revenue annually Is spent to keep these quills tdmmed. and t pay the salary of The ofaater of Quills." Thla office was created during th administration of Thomas Jeffersoii nrobablv as a tribute to the humhW goose feather, through - whioh thlf master of English gave te the worU his famous Declaration of Jnde pendence. Quills, however, are not he onlj valuable product obtained?! goose feathers. Thomas Jefferson nestled to slum, bar each night on a downy bedv " that matter, most every perskHk: la the country routs on feathes-pfl-lo- - - I - .f" ;lo .tsodas; hut-tw- 'I - Tt, God-be- one-ha- lf ; |