Sept. 15, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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U. S. Government 
Ammunition Test. 
Accuracy test of Krag-Jorgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory 
by order of the Ordnance Department, United States Army. 
TESTED —Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. 
CONDITIONS— 10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 
10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest. 
DISTANCE- 1 000 yards. 
RESULT and OFFICIAL REPORT: 
U. S, Cartridges excelled all others. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., 
LOWELL, MASS., U. S. A. 
Agencies: 497-503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St., New York. 114-116 Market St., San Francisco. 
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Hartzell 20, McKeon 18, Fonts 18, Huddle 18, Me- 
Caughey 17. Mr. and Mrs. Butler remained in Green¬ 
ville with friends over Sunday, and went from there to 
Columbus on Monday, where she gave an exhibition 
at the gun club grounds. 
In Other Places. 
The Rock Valley Shooting Club has erected a club 
house on thpir shooting grounds at Riverside Park, near 
Lockport, Ill. 
This time as to new born gun clubs, credit must be 
given to Grand, Okla. 
Keep tab on Chicago. The general sporting promi¬ 
nence enjoyed by this city this year is to be further 
advanced by the consolidation of all the gun clubs, as 
well as the rifle and pistol club, into one organization. 
As a consequence, a splendid tract of land, easily reached 
from the business center, has been purchased, and 
Chicago is looking forward to the holding of the G. A. 
H., the Illinois State shoot, and many important rifle 
events. 
Annie Oakley is touring Michigan, and she is aston¬ 
ishing the natives with her skill with the rifle and shot¬ 
gun. 
The Mound Ridge, I<ans., Gun Club held an important 
meeting recently, and transacted business of importance, 
leading to the awakening of trapshooting. 
W hen the Dallas, Tex., Gun Club meets, the invita¬ 
tion is extended to all who love the gun, to participate. 
This is the proper spirit, and it is hoped that all clubs 
will be so liberally inclined. 
The Coats, Kans., Gun Club journeyed to Medicine 
Lodge for the purpose of holding a match, but the boys 
report that they were disappointed, as the team there 
did not show up. 
Nashville, Ill., Gun Club held a business meeting last 
Thursday to arrange for a monster picnic to be given by 
the members on the Kaskaskia River. 
Local sportsmen of N oth, Texas, met at the City Hall 
recently and organized a gun club. Some targets 
and the latest improved trap have been purchased, and 
some good shots will be developed. L. J. Chapman was 
elected President; J. B. Spwilock, Secretary; Harry 
Welles, Captain. Members: W. J. Marton K. K. 
Kitchell, Jim English, P. C. Coe, D. G. D. Miartin, E. 
D. Ogden, J. L. Welch, L. E. Ingram. 
The Omaha, Neb., Rod and Gun Club will entertain 
for a week with music and water carnival. Members 
were requested to assist by preparing lights for all the 
boats. 
The Howell, Ind., Gun Club holds a shoot each week 
on Tuesday at the club grounds. 
When the Audubon, la., boys go about holding a 
county shoot, they erect a big tent and prepare to en¬ 
tertain visitors in a proper businesslike way. 
Fred W. Thedinga is President and C. E. Ritchie 
Secretary-Treasurer of the newly organized gun club at 
Monroe, Wash. The members will adopt a constitution 
and by-laws, and will watch out and prosecute any vio¬ 
lations of the game laws. 
Despite the hot weather in the summer time, the Lake 
City, Fla., Gun Club is down to business, and hold 
practice shoots twice a week. 
The Cincinnati, O., Gun Club will, no doubt,’ have a 
new home in the near future. Every large club should 
own their grounds, as in time it becomes a paying in¬ 
vestment. fake the rifle club at Milwaukee, Wis., for 
instance, it has sold out two different times receiving 
for one of their parks the princely sum of $35,000. 
The Marion, Ind., Gun Club will hold a tournament 
Oct. 9 and 10. This is a new club, and well it may feel 
proud of its membership of seventy-five. 
It is rumored' that with the closing of the summer 
season the Twin City Gun Club, Peoria and Pekin, will 
take on new life, and that more interest will be taken 
by its members and a tournament held in the fall. 
The trapshooters of Mattoon, Ill., have made arange- 
ments to organize a gun club. R. M. Frisbey has been 
chosen President, and George Furgeson, Secretary. The 
proposed members are: A. J. Goss, C. A. Walker, B. F. 
Uran, George Kaelberer, G. W. Jvuizer, W. W. Siden- 
stricker, Ed. Berthold and C. W. Knight. A Leggett 
trap has been bought, and all the members have paid 
up in full. A club house will be built, and a first-class 
permanent organization is to be the result. 
The fourteenth annual tournament of the Arizona 
Sportsmen's Association will be held at Tucson, Sept. 21, 
22 and 23. There are six medal events for the State 
members, and others are open to all. It is expected that 
many of the shooters who will attend the Los Angeles 
handicap will be able to be present. 
Last Thursday the members of the Jefferson City, Mo., 
Shooting Association held a plunder shoot, to which all 
shooters were invited to participate. The officers are: 
Thc-s. L. Price, President; W. A. Moore, Vice-President; 
W. Graves, Secretary, and J. Doehla, Treasurer. It 
seems like a dream to learn of Jefferson City coming 
along with a club of thirty-five members. Some twenty 
years ago there were Missouri State shoots held there. 
The Cleburn, Tex., Gun Club is to put on new life, and 
all interested are requested to call on or write Mr. 
Chas. Thacker. 
Special practice shoot at Ames, la., last Thursday to 
prepare for improved scores in the future. Scores were 
good until darkness set in, and then they did not please 
the boys so well. Talbot broke 30 out of 35; Adams, 22 
out of 32; Young 29 out of 50; Rooster 26 out of 40; 
Clark 17 out of 25; Brown 17 out of 25; Rice 10 out of 25; 
Proper 9 out of 25, Deal 9 out of 25. 
Ivesdale, Ill., reports holding the trophy shoot on Sat¬ 
urday. The secretary avers that it was the greatest, in 
point of interest, since the club’s organization. 
Ralph Trimble and Fred Foster were interesting visitors 
at the town of Onaway, Mich., a few days ago. All those 
who visited the gun club grounds were much enter¬ 
tained by the skill shown by Mr. Trimble with the rifle. 
John E. Bell, of Pine Bluff, Ark., has won the powder 
trophy put up by the gun club for the season of 1906. 
With fine weather and a good field, the Recreation Gun 
Club, of Morganstown, W. \ a., met Friday last. In the 
15-target event. Cobun and lleusenbtrry were high; in 
the 20-target event, Jacobs won .out on 18. The team 
race was one-sided; scores: Cobun, captain, 12, Smith 8, 
Miller 10, Stewart 6; total 36. Deusenberry 13, Jacobs 7, 
E. R. .Taylor 10, S. E. Taylor 10; total 45. The club 
championship event went to Cobun on 82 per cent. 
Miss Locks, of Pittsburg, was present and shot at 25 
targets, breaking 22. 
The Ames, la., Gun Club, having a live board of 
directors, propose to purchase a cup, with a view to 
stimulate interest in the great sport of trapshooting. 
Several out-of-town sportsmen met with the members 
of the Guthrie, Okla., Gun Club and spent a pleasant 
afternoon. At 60 targets, Schofield broke 51, Keesey 40, 
Olsmith 47, Eagan 49, Dr. Smith 41, Eisenschmidt 45, 
Blake 39. 
Only four members of the Forest City, la., Gun Club 
met Tuesday week for practice, and after shooting at 25 
targets, they packed their guns. Scores: Nickson 19, 
Skinner 16, McKay 17, McComber 15. 
H. Druecke, of Janeau, Wis., won the diamond medal 
at the Watertown, Wis., shoot recently, after outshooting 
O. Roessler, of Hustisford on the tie. Mr. Druecke 
also won the medal for high general score, 141 out of 165. 
Del Gilkey, of Folsom, Kans., crossed the line into 
Missouri, and proceeded to “show me” the sports at 
Rich Hill, Mo., how to break targets. 
The West Side boys had a great time at the Brookfield, 
O., picnic. Among other amusements was that of target 
shooting. At 10 targets, S. C. Van Slyke broke 10, W. 
Welsh 8, H. Ulp 9, F. Kier 3, Dr. Wright 6. 
Nineteen shooters faced the traps at Bay City, Mich., 
it being the occasion of a visit by Ralph Trimble and 
Fred Foster. Some of the scores were: Trimble at 75, 
broke 68, Bradfield 60, Kinderman 59, Stevenson 58, 
Robboin 49. Fladang 45, Petit 44. 
The Enod Gun Club had a change in the programme. 
The last meeting was that of a corn roast. All enjoyed 
themselves even if there were after-thoughts from eating 
too much green corn, you know. 
The traps belonging to the Pekin, Ill., Gun Club have 
been moved to the American Distillery, and there bi¬ 
monthly shoots will be held, with a view to revive interest 
in the younger shooters of the city. 
Mermod won the Dupont trophy at the .Progressive 
Gun Club shoot, Allen’s park, East St. Louis, Sunday 
last. Scores: Mermod 48, Ford 47, Bell 47, Baggerman 
47, Stroth 46, M. Baggerman 46, Alt 44, McCuen 41, 
Schroeder 39, Crossman 37. 
Officers of the Mountaineers’ Gun Club, Chattanooga, 
Tenn., are: Keith Webb, President; C. L. Morrison, 
Secretary, and W. O. Burks, Treasurer. 
Past year has been a very successful one at the Min¬ 
neapolis, Minn., traps. At the last shoot there was much 
interest taken, as it was the “rubber.” Mr. Johnson won 
Class A trophy, Mrs. Johnson, the Pentz cup; Shepard, 
the powder trophy. Good scores were made on this oc¬ 
casion. At 100 targets, Famechon broke 94, L. F. Ken- 
