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Show MATCHES NOT REQUIRED. now an Oregon Forctt Hie Wa Started by tho Wrath cf a Hunter. "How did this terrible forest flto get startd7" inquired tho tenderfoot from Indiana, according to tho Portland - Orcgoulan. "Well, you bee," said the obliging Oregon man, "last week mo an' SI Hanks wuz up In the mountains on a huntln' trip and Si wuz 'bout seven m!l03 from camp an' wanted to light his pipe." "Oh, I see and ho threw down the lighted matcii and set the woods afire." "No, you don't site. Jest limme tell my story. SI wanted to light his pipe. He bad put a bunch of matches In his r-ocket tho night before In the dark. SI kip' a-congratulatln' himself on having a-plenty of matches, an' he waited till ho could set down an' smoke an' drmk in tho Insplrin' scenery. SI wuz j'st as eager for that smoko as a tomcat ia for his dinner whon 'he sees a bowl o' crpam with the klver off. Finally SI seen n big rock the finest rock lor a scat In the hull state of Oregon, and the finest plcco o' scenery from Puget sound to Mexico. SI set down, pulled out his old pipe, an' filled It full o' tho best tobackei that grows. Then ho reached in his pocket for a match and fetched out a wooden toothpick. He uovo in again an' fetched out another. Then he ' pulled out the hull bunch o' matchce an' iojnd they wuz nothln' but toothpicks tooth-picks an' seven miles to camp. An' then SI Hanks set the forest afire." "I don't see how ho could do that If he had no matches," said tho du- i bIoii3 tenderfoot. "Ye don't, huh?" "I certainly don't." &. "Well. SI Hanks Jest naturally set JJ--them woods afire with the llghtnlri' ol his wrath."- |