64 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
J. L. Meyers, of Grants Pass, Oregon, was killed at Cow Creek 
October 20, having been mistaken for a deer by James Manuel, of 
Grants Pass. 
Robert Melis, of Mist, Oregon, was killed on October 11. Adolph 
Melis, the deceased man’s father shot him, mistaking him for a deer. 
The accident occurred on their own farm.. 
Albin Floss, of Ardenwald station, at Willsburg, was killed by the 
accidental discharge of his own gun. 
Harry Frey, of Lake Creek, Jackson County, Oregon, was killed 
September 5 on Little Butte Creek. Frey accidentally shot himself 
in the leg below the knee, and died one-half mile from his own home 
from loss of blood. 
John Hornung, of Goshen, Lane County, was killed September 24 
on the Siuslaw. John Johnson, of Goshen, shot at a grouse and the 
bullet went on through the brush, striking Hornung. 
Accidents. 
Edward Berry, of Yamhill County, was mistaken for a deer on 
August 15 by John Moulett and shot in the head with a shotgun. He 
was not fatally wounded. 
A. R. Barnett was shot in the foot by the accidental discharge of a 
rifle in the hands of his son, Clare, on October 17, at The Meadows, 
25 miles south of The Dalles. 
Dud Kunz accidentally discharged his shotgun on October 27, and 
shot Bert Edwards in the head. This happened near Salem. Edwards 
will recover. 
Andrew Petterson, of Bay City, was taken for a bear and shot in 
the hip by Charley Morgan, inflicting only a light flesh wound. They 
were hunting together when the accident occurred. 
T. R. Simmons, while hunting at Loalla, Douglas County, was taken 
for a deer by Joe Wilson and was shot in the left shoulder, on Septem- 
ber 22. Simmons recovered. 
William Dysert was shot in the right arm above the elbow by 
Charley Dysert, his son, while they were hunting at the head of the 
Coos River in Douglas County. This happened on October 4. 
Ernest Hoffmeister was accidentally shot in the arm by his 
brother while they were hunting birds near Eagle Creek, on August 2. 
The arm was amputated. 
John W. Gates, of Portland, fell and discharged his gun, losing all 
the fingers of his right hand, on August 26. This happened in Douglas 
County. 
Loren Davis, a deputy sheriff in Lane County, was accidentally 
shot while pheasant hunting, but has recovered. 
W. E. Blake, 401 North Twenty-fourth street, Portland, was shot 
on Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, on Sauvies Island, near Portland, 
by Carl Everest. In unloading a shotgun it was accidentally dis- 
charged, the whole charge of shot going through the right leg just 
below the knee. ‘ 
