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Show AN EXCELLENT KILL Frank A. Rockhold of Los Angeles, California, while visiting friends here & e wax . an invited guest at the Duck club and he is shown in the picture with a kill of canvasback and pintail ducks, among the finest W Chesa-t!peai- edible ducks that fly. Rockhold loves M outdoor life and duck hunting is one U of his favorite sports. He was so fa-nvorably impressed with the Chesa-- ; i peake club that he purchased a share it wand became an active member, and no doubt will make a trip here every fall to hunt ducks. through the dread winter, when the ground is covered with snow and the birds cannot foarge for themselves, they will pick the worms off your cherry trees and rose bushes when the good old summer time arrives, and thus pay you back. Besides this they will wake you at sunrise with their glorious spring matins. Birds come to know who will' make good landlords. Once they get the habit of loving your yard, they are likely to take up quarters there year after year, they, and their tribe. You can make your place a lovely bird haven. One of the most thrilling elk hunts talked of among local sportsmen, was that of a party in the Grand Canyon of the Snake, in the Jackson Hole, one beautiful autumn day. Jim Buck, who is known all over the country as sportsman and big game hunter was out with a party. The men had arrived on the trial of the elk and camped for the night. There was an the next morning, all early excited over the prospective ventures of the day and the securing of a fine specimen of the monarch of the forest. Buck took a trail which brought him face to face with a steep mountain. Half way up the mountain stood a big fine elk, one of the finest Buck had ever seen. He drew careful bead and pulled the trigger. The animal jumped high in the air and then came tumbling down the steep embankment of snow and bouldlers, finally lodging at the foot of the mountain. Jim drew a long breath of pride and joy and advanced towards his prize. About thirty feet from where the elk lay apparently dead, was a large fallen pine. Buck carefully rested his rifle against the log, sat down, took out his pipe and began to light a smoke. He had never felt more elated in all his life. As he sat there smoking and viewed the fine specimen he had just brought down with his trusty rifle, he drew out his hunting knife with the intention of bleeding the animal. The elks coat was glossy, like a groomed race horse, and the antlers were nearly perfect. Buck did not feel as if he could cut into the flesh for the fear of marring its beautiful appearance, but it had to be done, because the meat must not be wasted. Calmly he walked up to the fallen elk and was about to stoop over its neck to perform the unwelget-aw- ay come task, when, without a moments FRANK A. ROCKHOLD H. S. Mills, at one time champion r trap shooter of the state, is the of this club. He is one of the best shota in the west and duck hunting is his best, forte. The fine Chesapeake dog never r misses a duck when once the bird drops from the air and is a worthy companion for any hunter. . man-age- ; REMEMBER THE BIRDS Cast your bread back steps , and it will return unto you after days. That if is, you throw out your crumbs 0.. to the birds and keep them alive - upon-th- of Los Angeles, Calif. If you want to be real hospitable, build a bird shelf outside the kitchen window, with a southern exposure, or set a box out on the snow. Scatter food over the top of the box and on the inside and you will have the feathered guests coming to pay you a visit. Suet, cracked nuts, seeds, grains, and crumbs make a nice bird banquet. Warm water is also a treat to them when the ground Is frozen and no water to be found. e Arrowhead ' Petroleum will complete test well on Bloomington Dome. St. George warning, it jumped up and bounded away into the thick forest. Buck was taken so by surprise that for a moment he did not fully realize what had happened. The elk might have turned on him. His rifle was out of reach, and the animal could easily have avenged itself against the hunter, but escape appeared to be its only thought. It was the most thrilling experience Buck had ever encountered on ' a hunting trip and he will never for-.gthe exciting climax when the proud hunter was about to finish his et job. When Buck returned to camp and related his thrilling experience, the boys winked at each other and jollied him regarding the story which appeared a little off colored, but Buck will never forget it and as far as he knows, this particular elk is still roaming the hills. Buck says he must have missed a vital part in his shot and ust stunned the elk. Its wind was knocked out completely as it came tumbling and rolling down the steep hillside, over snow and boulders. Buck still takes pride in relating this story, and he was lucky to escape so that he could tell the story. And such is the life of the outdoor man, hunter and sportsman. VICIOUS LAWBREAKER One of the best fishermen and one of the greatest law violators is the large crane. With its long legs, this bird easily wades in one or two feet of water and with its long neck and sharp bill picks out the fish it de- - Large Sandhill Crane. sires, tls aim is true and no fish escapes its unerring aim once a blow is directed towards its prey. It must take a large number of fish to feed each bird, and we are lucky that the crane are not more plentiful or there would be no fish left. ' The 'unusual picture we present herewith was taken by Roderick McKenzie in the Jackson Hole country last summer. LONDOS WINS Jemmie Londos, famed Greek mat man, lived up to his reputation Thursday evening at the Hippodrome when he succeeded in winning two straight falls from Heinrich Steinborn, both efforts being the result of flying headlocks. Relying upon his strength, Stein-bor- n opened hostilities by tossing Londos to divers parts of the ring, |