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Show DUCKS TRAINED TO CALL WILD BIRDS. With ropes tethered to a collar on their legs, thirty wild mallard ducks, owned hy duck hunters of Clark county, coun-ty, are being1 dally rehearsed for their prospective roles of livo decoys, which tboy will play starting with the opening open-ing of tho hunting season -of October 1st. Six weeks ago tho birds were feathered feath-ered balls of fuzz, but with careful treatment and feed they havo developed develop-ed Into splendid specimens. Under the constant tutorage of Jess Troeh tho ducks are learning by constant practice to call to their wild brothers and sisters In tho air. Vancouver correspondence, Portland Or'egonlan. ' |