THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 63 
HOW MAN OPENS THE SEASON ON HIMSELF. 
A hunter popped a partridge on a hill, 
It made a great to-do and then was still; 
It seems (when later on his bag he spied) 
It was—the guide. 
One shot a squirrel in a near by wood— 
A pretty shot, off-hand, from where he stood; 
It wore, they said, a shooting hat of brown, 
And lived in town. 
And one dispatched a rabbit for his haul 
That later proved to measure six feet tall, 
And lest you think think I’m handing you a myth, 
Its name was Smith. 
Another nimrod slew the champion fox, 
He glimpsed him lurking in among rocks; 
One rapid shot! It never spoke nor moved— 
The inquest proved. 
A “cautious” man espied a gleam of brown; 
Was it a deer—or Jones (a friend from town)? 
But while he pondered. by the river’s rim, 
Jones potted him. 
—Technical World. 
HUNTING SEASON TAKES DEATH TOLL. 
Six Men Were Killed and Ten Seriously Injured During 1915. 
Statistics collected through the office of the State Game Warden 
disclose the deplorable fact that six men were killed during the year 
1915 while hunting in Oregon. Three of the six men were mistaken 
for deer, and two were killed through the accidental discharge of their 
own weapons. One hunter shot at a grouse and hit another hunter, 
who was out of sight behind a clump of bushes. 
A total of ten non-fatal shooting accidents occurred during the 
same period. Three of the hunters meeting with non-fatal accidents 
were mistaken for deer, one for a bear, and two were shot while hunt- 
ing birds. 
Fatalities. 
Frederick Layton, of North Albany, Benton County, was killed at 
Alder Creek on August 25. At the coroner’s inquest it was brought out 
that the bullet with which he was shot was of a different size from 
the ones he used in his rifle. His slayer is unknown. 
