March i8, 1905.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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IBEI/fG TtVSHET) TO F'ROJ^T. 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. 
LOWELL, MASS. 
Agencies : 
497-503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St., New York. 
114-116 Market St., San Francisco. 
WESTERN TRAP. 
At Boone. 
Boone, la., March 5.— The shoot held here Thursday, while 
not largely attended, was much enjoyed by all present. This 
being the first of the. season, found many of the boys ready to 
hoot the rust out of their guns. 
The medal shoot was the center of attraction, as James Tilly 
was due to win the medal as his personal property. He became 
trifle anxious and lost out, there being two who beat him. He 
had 41 to Mr. Backwaldt's and Mr. Hartman's 43. The latter two 
must shoot off the tie. 
At Kansas City. 
Kansas City, Mo., March 7.— The last month's shoot, held by 
the Kansas City Gun Club, was well attended when you consider 
that 25 live birds is the match that holds this old club together. 
The day was fine, and the birds were fine, and though only 
22 were scored, that was not a poor score by any means. There 
are three prizes that go to the best scores at each monthly 
shoot. Scott took first prize, Reno won the tie for second and 
Dr. Millett took third. The scores: W. Keyes 19, Geo. Stock- 
well 18, A. H. Glassner 21, W. L. Moore 19, S., S. Miller 20, F. 
Scott 22, P. J. Smith 18, A. Reno 21, C. B. Leavel 18. 
An annual meeting was held, and the election of officers re- 
sulted as follows: Frank J. Smith, President; Dr. Shirley Millett, 
Vice-President; R. S. Elliott, Secretary; F. Wickey and W. L. 
Moore were placed on the executive board. Several new mem- 
bers were admitted, and thus does one of the oldest live-bird 
clubs in the State prosper. It has the distinction of being 
one of the oldest in the United States, and is likely the most 
prosperous one that shoot live birds in this country to-day. All 
the old-time shooters will recognize in Frank Smith, the presi- 
dent, the man who has never missed a meeting of the State 
Sportsman's Association. And as it will be held in Kansas City 
this year, there will be one more opportunity for Frank, even 
should he go to the shooting park and stand on crutches. 
In Other Places. 
The social gathering of the Tobasco Gun Club, of Yuba City, 
Cal., held last Sunday was much enjoyed by the twenty-five mem- 
bers present. There was a duck broil at noon and a duck 
stew in the evening. These were washed down with numerous 
corked side dishes, while wit and humor flowed freely. Mayor 
Eckart, of Maryville, was toastmaster. He called on all the 
members, and most of them made speeches, all of which were 
enjoyed and applauded. 
The Pastime Gun Club, of Scranton, Pa., is now in a position 
'to' hold shoots, as the new officers are George Fenne, President; 
Paul Shorten, Vice-President; Herbert Chatfield, Secretary; 
William Mott, Captain; George Phillips, Shooting Master. 
The cold winter and late spring has delayed the duck shooting 
in Michigan. It could be hoped that it be delayed altogether, 
and give the ducks a chance to breed on the lakes of that State. 
O. Isme was high man in the North Side Gun Club, Milwaukee, 
Wis., Sunday last. He scored 24 out of 25, and in the second 
event E. Koehn was high with 21 out of 25. 
M. Feser was the only man to make a clean score in any event 
at the shoot held at the Milwaukee, Wis., South Side Gun Club 
on Sunday last. 
It is claimed that a bill for the prevention of pigeon shooting 
passed the Illinois Senate on Tuesday last without a dissenting 
voice. 
Now that the Iowa State shoot has been held, we await but 
to hear how the weather favored the promoters. It is something 
very unusual to hold a State shoot in the middle of March, the 
usually treacherous month as to weather. 
The announcement comes from Crawfordsville, Ind., that the 
state league shoot will be held there on May 17 and 18. Craw- 
fordsville has one of the best clubs and grounds in the West, 
and did you note the big scores usually made- there? All the 
shooters go there to make records. All the conditions are well 
on to perfection. Ed. Vories is now the Mayor of the city, and 
he will get you out of trouble. 
The St. Joseph, Mich., Gun Club will this year contest for a 
loving cup that will be presented to them by a shell firm. The 
local dealers secured same, and it will go to the one making 
the highest score. 
Bloomington, 111., Gun Club made money last year, and it takes 
money to build club houses and run shoots; but this club will 
soon announce another tournament. 
The Shell Rock, la.. Gun Club has leased the hunting on the 
}fin4 owfied by Jim Amick: The dub propose to yent other land 
adjoining, and will then have some good duck shooting during 
the season's flights. 
DufJy . outshot a field of fifteen on last Thursday at Pottsville, 
Pa., where a shoot was held by the Game and Fish Protective 
Association. 
A party of Denver, Colo., shooters left last week for the lakes 
near Barr. They were Dave Lees, Jack Cullerton, Frank S. 
Kinner, Flarvey Shemmill, George Braid, J. S. Smith, Floward 
Sterling and B. Dolan. 
The Grinnell, la., Gun Club. is composed of the prominent pro- 
fessional and business men of the city. Two factions have arisen, 
but they are friendly ones. J. H. McMurray, Jr., will captain 
a team composed of C. C. Phelps, F. M. Card, E. H. Spaulding, 
J. E. Anderson and R. M. Haines. While R. R. Rust will have 
A. C. Rimefort, Shepard Marvin, F. E. Spaulding and E. D. 
Gates. The shooting will be singles and doubles. R. M. Haines, 
with 84 out of 100, was high at last shoot. 
FI. C. Colburn won the Gentry trophy at the last shoot held by 
the Colorado Springs Gun Club. J. W. Garrett made a run of 
120 targets. Few shooters keep in as good practice as this 
John W. 
The Rt. Rev. John L. Spaulding, bishop of Peoria, 111., is out 
with the following: "Trapshooting is a brutal and brutalizing 
practice. It may not be called sport, and no one who has the true 
spirit of the sportsman would engage in it. I sincerely hope 
that earnest efforts will be made to induce the Legislature, of 
Illinois to pass a law which will make what, in itself, ■ is cruel 
and degrading, also criminal." 
As the Illinois weather grows warmer, the enthusiasm of the 
shooters increases, and in a very few weeks the shooters of Mc- 
Lean county will all be in line. 
The Boone, la.. Gun Club will go ahead for another year with 
the following ofhcers and directors: President, W. R. Mott; Vice- 
President, John Ives; Secretary, Fred Crary; Treasurer, Andrew 
Hildberg; Directors, Jack Randall, Charles Otis, Fred Cordts. 
The Grinnell Gun Club, of Iowa, is-this year going to the front. 
Already a team shoot has been arranged, and that will develop 
an interest that will strengthen the club. 
Adolph Cropper, of Milwaukee, Wis., states that a proposition 
is on, whereby all the clubs of that city will fall in line with- 
that of Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Grand Rapids, and other cities 
and have only one large club. It is proposed to organize and in- 
corporate a company having at least $15,000 stock to purchase 
about twelve acres of ground and pvit up a club house costing 
$4,000 to ^5,000, to fit up all the traps necessary to conduct large 
shoots, to employ a man to keep the grounds open the year 
round. 
The members of the Bradford Shooting Club, in the great State 
of Pennsylvania, are contemplating holding a shoot in June that 
will be a. winner. The prizes to be ofi:ered will be something like 
$1,000 in cash. And this will draw the best of all the eastern 
gunners, for rich purs.es will be worth going after. 
It is to be hoped that the western circuit of shoots, held this 
month at Des Moines, la., Omaha, Neb., St. Joseph, Mo., and 
Kansas City, will not be interfered with ; but past experiences 
have proven that April and May are rather early in the year. 
An enthusiastic meeting of the shooters of Lancaster, Pa., was 
held Saturday, and a club, to be known as the Bob White Gun 
Club, was organized. The protection of game will be the object 
sought, and for a pastime there will be weekly shoots held with 
clay targets. The officers of the club are Edward Glenn, Presi- 
dent; Chas. Mott. Len Weaner, Vice-President; Nat. Ressler, 
Secretary; Walter Gruel, Treasurer, and I. Greibfield, Captain. 
A rifle club will shortly be organized at the city of Columbus, O. 
All the Dayton, O., trapshooters were invited to a shoot held 
at Lebanon. It was no doubt a good shoot, as the events were 
all 10 targets, so that all had a show to get in on the money. 
Mr. Cicero Winne, keeper of Toussaint Shooting Club at Port 
Clinton, O., was in Cleveland last Wednesday, where he was re- 
employed for another season as game keeper for the club. 
The McLean County Gun Club, of Bloomington, bids fair to 
have another prosperous season this year, as shoots are scheduled 
to be held regularly whenever the weather will permit. 
Word has been received that the Langston Gun Stock factory, 
Peoria, 111., was broken into one night, and many valuable tools 
were stolen. 
Paul Swift won the Edwards cup at the last meeting of the 
ITcughton, Mich., Gun Club meeting. The club medal was won 
by J. H. Rice. 
The Kaukana Gun Club, of Wisconsin, held their annual election 
at their grounds on last Sunday, after which a practice shoot was 
held. The new offiers are, viz.. President, L. C. Wolf; Vice- 
President and Secretary, Jos. Dietzler; Treasurer, Fred Ott; 
Captain, A. Luedtke Assistant Captain, D. Robideau. 
At Lewis, Kansas, ori Saturday last, the Wendell Gun Clvib w^g 
deterred from holding their shoot on account of bad weather. 
The grounds being near to the school building, there is no other 
day, save Saturday for the meeting. 
Some Columbus, O., pencil pusher is out with the statement 
that the Columbus trapshots, assisted by those of nearby towns, 
are endeavoring to get the State shoot, that was last year as- 
signed to Canton. There are no reasons, nor intimations that 
Canton wishes to give up the shoot. There are other shoots to 
be given, and the best way is for Columbus to put in a bid for 
the 1906 shoot, when the whole State will join in assisting the 
Columbus shooters in their efforts to pull off a great tournament. 
The boom in the Boone, la.. Gun Club is still booming. The 
shoots are held regularly. 
The Avoca, la., Gmi Club has been reorganized with some 
twenty-five members, and there will be trapshooting galore during 
1905. 
A gun club for bluerock shooting is now being organized by 
"Tom" McCreary, the ex-outfielder of the Pittsburg League ball 
team. The purchase of traps and clay targets has already been 
made, and arrangements are under way for leasing grounds on 
the Ohio River front. This will give to Beaver, Pa., a much- 
desired source of amusement in so far as the gunners are 
concerned. 
The weekly live-bird shoot of the Troppe, Pa., Gun Club was 
held Saturday last. There were many pf the Schuylkill Valley 
wing shots present, and the scores were good, considering the 
class of the birds. In the first race at 10 birds. Gust 10, Knipe 9, 
Smith 9, Scatcher 8, Gregor 8. Second event, Knipe 10, Gust 9, 
Gregor 9, Smith 8, Scatcher 8. 
The Alert Gun Club, of Phillipsburg, Pa., defeated the Moun- 
tain View Gun Club by a score of 181 to 174. Several sweepstakes 
were shot, in which E. Markley made high score. 
Get your eye on the Elks, as some of them are shooters, and 
they know what it is to enjoy sport. The gun club connected 
with the Wilmington Elks shot a match last week at Oakview 
Park with the Norristown Elks. Wilmington won with 202 to 
19-3, there being five men to the team with 50 targets the man. 
There is a town injllinois not far from Kankakee that is little 
known, but if the gun club there keeps up shooting and sends 
the scores out to all the sporting papers, it will soon be known 
the world over. We refer now to Irwin, where a target match 
was held Saturday last. 
In the town of Enterprise, la., near where Chas. W. Budd 
has his headquarters, there has been organized another Iowa gun 
club. This new club will start with twenty members, some of 
whom expect to take in the great Iowa State shoot. 
It is reported that Frank Parmelee, the only Frank, will return 
to Omaha in time to take in the spring tournament. This is not 
the first time that rumor has connected Frank with the shooting 
game as a "prodigal son." " 
Many years ago, the name of Lou Erhardt was often seen con- 
nected with western shoots; then there came a time when Lou 
was indisposed and his health was impaired. Hence all the old- 
time shots will rejoice to see that Lou — the same old airy Lou- 
will manage the big Atchinson, Kan., shoot, . which comes off 
in April, same being held under the Auspices of the Forest 
Park Gun Club. 
As the spring opens up there will be many of the Indiana 
gun "clubs come forth from their winter quarters. The Converse 
Club met last week and got things in shape by electing officers, 
viz., Morton Garrison, President, and Al. McDaniels, Secretary. 
Ralph and Ed. Trimble state that there will be a gun club 
organized in Covington, Ky., this spring. These boys are a 
"good pair to draw to." 
The old gun club at Krouse, Wis., which disbanded some years 
ago, has been reorganized. It was found necessary to buy new 
traps, and when they arrive, there will be shooting each week 
at the old tournament grounds. The following are the new 
officers: Joseph Gohres, President; Henry Gohres, Vice-President; 
Albert Roberge, Secretary, and Ray Fliscox, Field Captain. 
E. M. Hyzer, of Milwaukee, Wis., is out with a challenge. He 
proposes to shoot a match at 100 live birds for $500 a side, with 
loser to pay all the expenses. On last Saturday he scored 85 out 
of a possible 100 and won the Wisconsin-Minnesota championship. 
Fie should find plenty of men who would "call him." 
Keller won the honors at the Riverside Gun Club, Detroit, 
Mich., Sunday last. It was a handicap from 16 to 21yds. 
The St. Joseph, Mich., Gun Club will hold their opening shoot 
March 19. There will be much rivalry as to who captures the 
trophy this season, which is a beautiful silver loving cup. 
The members of the Ishpeming, Mich., Rod and Gun Club 
propose to conduct a shooting tournament during the summer. 
There will be a gathering of all the upper peninsula sportsmen 
of the State of Michigan. There are now about eighty members, 
not all of whom reside in this city, and Dr. Deadman is presiclen^, 
