April 6, 1907 .1 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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WESTERN TRAP. 
In Other Places. 
Chicago has a new gun club with grounds on the 
Elgin & Aurora Interurban, on the county line. Dr. 
R. S. Donaldson is head of this, the Suburban Rod and 
■Gun Club. 
The new gun club at Winona, Minn., will combine 
with the old Winona Sportsmen’s Club. With the leas¬ 
ing of an island in the river there will come prosperity 
to the club. A big shoot has been planned for Decora¬ 
tion Day. 
Parker, S. D., now boasts of a gun club with the fol¬ 
lowing officers: George Johnson, President; Frank 
Rector, Vice-President; Ed. Johnson, Secretary. A club 
house will be erected. 
Arrangements are being made by members of the El 
Paso, Tex., Gun Club for a large tournament. Deming, 
Silver City and Douglas clubs will participate. The 
principal shoot will be between Deming and the El 
Paso gun clubs for the cup that Silver City now holds. 
Should El Paso win again, then the cup will be theirs 
permanently. Other shooting events will take up the 
entire day. 
Cincinnati, O., has now another gun club, to be known 
as the Northside. Some of the members are P. K. Gale, 
E. D. Sefton, C. A. Radcliff, J. A. L. Boyteaux and 
August H. Bode, Jr. 
The Colton, S. D., Gun Club was organized by choos¬ 
ing officers, viz.: President, O. P. Anderson; Secretary, 
Martin Larson; Treasurer, H. M. Berdahl; Field Cap¬ 
tain, J. W. Hanson. 
The incorporators of the Marion, Ind., Gun Club have 
run up against a snag, as their name has been used by 
some other organization. The name will be changed to 
the Queen City Gun Club, and meantime the arrange¬ 
ments at the park for the grounds will be pushed just 
the same. When the June tournament rolls around there 
will be on exhibition the finest ground in the state, bar 
one. 
'the Empire Gun Club, San Francisco, Cal., at the 
monthly meeting presented J. P. Sweeney, the retiring 
president, with a diamond watch fob as a mark of ap 
preciation for his eight years’ services. The new of 
fleers are: W. W. Van Arsdale, President; Floyd S 
Judah, Vice-President; J. B. Hauer, Secretary; W. O 
Cullin, Captain; L. H. Allen, Lieutenant; C. A. Bennett 
Sergeant-at-Arms. The inaugural trap shoot will be held 
at Alameda Point, March 31. Monthly shoots will 
follow. 
The competition between the La Harpe and the Iola, 
Kans., gun clubs resulted in the building of two com¬ 
modious club houses, and shows that in competition 
there is life. 
A meeting of the old members of the Virginia, Minn., 
Gun Club will be held to reorganize the club. This was 
known at one time as the best club of the State, and 
the State shooters will be glad to see this club prosper¬ 
ous again. 
The newly organized East Toronto, Can., Gun Club 
has now twenty-five members. Grounds have been 
secured by it on Danforth avenue. 
A movement is on foot to organize a permanent Gun 
Club at Bessemer, Ala. Bessemer has several men who 
are said to be crack shots. 
The Danville. Ill., Gun Club has prospects for 1907 
that are considered flattering. The spring tournament 
will be held May 9 and 10 at which time the Hunter 
Arms Co. vase will be one attraction. 
At a meeting of the La Verne, Minn., Gun Club, held 
Monday evening, the officers for the next year were 
elected as follows: H. P. Blasdell, President; S. C. 
Rea, Vice-President; E. C. Schwartz, Secretary; B. E. 
Schuck, Treasurer; S. L. Chapin, Field Captain. 
The Chanute, Kans., Gun Club is now engaged in a 
series of contests for a vase donated by the Hunter 
Arms Co. A. W. Butler, H. Graham and Herbert 
Cavaness are the handicap committee. Thirty targets 
will be used for the contests. 
The West St. Paul, Minn., Gun Club held its annual 
election of officers last week, viz.: W. E. Maiden, Presi¬ 
dent; George Krug, Secretary; Jane Boully, Recording 
Secretary; E. L. Goeke, Captain; R. A. Becker, Lieuten¬ 
ant. A banquet with bear meat was the attraction. A 
committee was empowered to erect a club house. 
After a contest lasting since last December, James 
Drumgoole, of Anaconda, Mont., has won the Dupont 
cup. The wins were: Drumgoole, 6, Smith 5, Stevens 
1, Goddard 1. Munn 1, Matthewson 1. Smith at same 
shoot won the Twohy medal by a small margin. 
Marksmen in the eastern part of Ohio are discussing 
the advisability of organizing a league of gun clubs, 
composed of Niles, New Castle, Kinsman, Sharon and 
Youngstown. The Youngstown club has been in ex¬ 
istence for the past twenty years, and there are many 
old-time shooters members of other clubs. It is hoped 
that the league will be pushed to a certainty. Shooting 
by clubs formed in a league is the best sport that shoot¬ 
ers can engage in 
The annual meeting of the Bismarck, N. D., Gun 
Club was held at the Commercial club rooms recently. 
The treasurer’s report showed the club to be in a good 
financial shape, with a paid up membership of thirty- 
one. The newly elected officers are: President, Frank 
Reed; Vice-President, H. Richolt; Secretary, Dr. A. L. 
Kinshaw; Committee on Grounds, Dr. E. P. Quair, R. 
R'al, H. Richolt. The State shoot was discussed and 
all expressed a desire to do their utmost to make it a 
success. 
The Northern Kentucky Gun Club has elected direc¬ 
tors as follows: T. Sugarman, G. Moerlein, A. J. Holo- 
day, Dr. I. P. Gould, George Dameron, Chas. Cunning¬ 
ham, Barney Forstner, George Kiefer and Chas. Wood¬ 
bury. 
The Western Spring Circuit embraces Missouri, Kan¬ 
sas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. 
Prospects are favorable for the getting together _ of 
enough shooters at Kansas City to justify the chartering 
of a special car for the G. A. H. 
The shooting park of the Paducah, Ky., Gun Club has 
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