The Ogden standard. [volume], December 27, 1913, 4 o'clock p.m. City Edition, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 18

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m! iNK'- Aviators Wearied of Walking and Wading for
Jjjj-BPfe Game, Fly Over Rivers and Lakes
Xjr j-1 If ' f '-i and Shoot Birds in Mid-Air
I jJT I I I Wardens Evaded by Soaring
Wjjf 7 ' Atef Men Who Flit from Place
SW to Place.
rj Of the many new luxuries and
1 Recreations furnished by the Irn-
provement of the aeroplane and th
:'.:-m Hying boat, hunting ducks by flying
3 machines la the latest The -piano,
. ..; while flying at about the same r:t
, ' of speed as a bird, brings the hunter
In closer proximity to his qunrry
i 'sH without alarming the ducks, avta-
.', tors have found.
?vJ8 Recently C. H. Kilmer, a New
York sportsman, tried the sport on
Western rivers, aiid returned to the
East to Interest his acquaintances la
the new diversion.
MjSfM Incidentally, while hunting duck
gSM n the Missouri and Mississippi rlv-
flU Cr8' Mr Kllmer leaed the advant-
"5MB of the ubo of a flying boat In
eluding game wardens. The hunts
'fy&k man killed twelve ducks and was
!f3jM returning to St Louie, Mo , when
the aviator halted to obtain a sup
Ssfifl PJ' of gasoline. While ashore Kil-
H rncr telephoned to friends and was
ja3 informed that deputy game wardens
IBjfll wcro awaiting his return to tho St,
jgH Louis levee.
p?m Mr. Kilmer left his bag of game
,1H Rt tne gasoline supply house and re
call turned to St. Louis In the aircraft.
Several deputies awaited him at the
'JeH port.
rsH The officers showed their badges
(2a ar,d commenced a search of the fly-
Bi I !np hut-
' HeH "We understand you have been
fsMl shooting ducks and have more than
gm tne law Permits an Individual?" re-
H j marked the wardens.
raff1 "Who? I killing ducks?" asked
; aSM Kilmer, evidencing great sur-
H prise, and with a slight display of
I anger.
:aS Tne deputies pointed to his rlflo
jyM' and a box of cartridges.
"Oh. I was hunting clay pigeons
I wB with that," remarked Mr. Kilmer,
fja Avlth a smile. The defeated officers
J&ji of the law departed dejectedly.
fgjm The trip wm made with Anthony
jtjM Jannus. the aviator. It was such a
SHI fiuccess that Mr Kilmer Intends in-
''9m troduclng the novelty among New
kwB- York sportsmen. He predicts that
-jffl hunting In flying boats Is to becomo
fcjfll popular.
p4HI Decoys and other artifices de-
t.B pended on by hunters aro done
JSH, away with by use of the boat. In
fH; years gone by patient hunters walt-
d hours at a time In their punts
QflB or concealed in swamps, where they
suffered the torture of delay and of
"jHI wet clothing, receiving but little re-
ward for their efforts. Were they
IH to bag four or five ducks they felt
PH: well repaid for the day's exertion.
KMI CAN GO LONG
SH DISTANCE AFTER GAME.
la the new sport tho huntsman
BH orders his plane to bo at the dock
fl at a certain hour, enters it and or-
ders the aviator to start. In pos-
sensing such a boat he has the ad
W9, vantage of the ducks. Where bc-
mm. fore hunters waited for tho birds,
the aeroplane can search them out
H In their resting place. If necessary,
he can travel many hundreds of
miles in search of game,
j One who has hunted ducks by the
old waiting system w ith decoys, etc ,
can realize the benefit of the new
way of hunting.
IRft In the old days we arose at 6 a.
H m- to prepare for the day's hunt.
H The hunter walked through the
Hj fields to th river and there entered
a punt, paddling to an Island or
"break" In the stream.
There. In mud up to his knees, he
arranged his decoys. The wooden
ducks were allowed to float in the
stream while the hunter covered
himself -with brush so his presence
would not be noticed by the ducks
Then commenced his vigil. In his
hours of waiting files and mosqui
toes broke the monotony by sting
ing him, hi legs became cramped,
and he caught cold. All of theae
drawbacks come under the head of
pleasure when one Is hunting.
Just at the time the hunter Is
about to give up his Job a flock of
ducks circle about the decoys and
warily land on the water, They are
wary because their leader, a sa
ga ionst drake, ha8 scented 'danger.
How he knows that the decoys are
not natural and that the supposed
pile of brush is not arranged as na
ture would place it. Is a problem.
But (here is an Indefinable some
thing that warns of danger. After
circling about several times the
drake brings his flock to the sur
face of the water, but quacks a
warning to them to be ready to fly
at the .slightest sound.
The hunter's heart beats rapidly.
At last tho chance ho seeks Is-his.
He arises slowly, but at his f.rPt
motion the ducks, warned by their
leader, are in flight
The silence Is broken by the noise
of two shots from a shotgun. If
the man is a real amateur several
of his newly painted decoys will
drop over "dead." If he is a real
hunter several of the real ducks
will fall into the water. The sports
man bags his game, stretches his
stiffened limbs and rows ashore
The day's hunt Is over and his re
ward is a pair of ducks.
In the flying boat things transpire
differently. The aviator satis In the
air above the lakes and rivers. Far
below him ho cites a flock of duck
He circles about as an eagle circles
before alighting In Its eerie. Then
h" swoops suddenly, frightening the
birds into action As the flock arises
the hunter le brought into close
touch with the ducks. He can al
most touch them with his hands. He
Ares and a number of them fall into
the lake. In case his aim is bad
the aviator may pursue the flock.
gi'Ung the hunter a second shot at
the ducks. In ca3c tho sportsman is
satisfied with his first shot, the avi
ator slows his machine and, skim
ming across the water, comes to a
fetop at the spot where the dead
game floats, to allow their captor to
bag them
ANGERED FARMERS
ELUDED BY FLIGHT.
While some might consider the
sport tame, because of the ease with
which the ducks are Bhot, those who
have tried it declare it exciting It
combines the thrill of riding In an
aeroplane at the rate of sixty miles
an hour, with the pleasureable ex
citement of being successful in the
chase. Again, it aids the huntsman
In eluding the angry farmer, who la
often present when a hunter has
bagged a lot of game to declare:
"Consam ye' Yo went and shot my
tame ducks!"
The above has been the bane of
hunters since land was first appor
tioned and sold Many a hunter,
after bagging a good bunch of ducks
or quail, has rowed ashore to find
an angry farmer awaiting It seems
to some hunters that certain farmers
give up corn cutting or plowing or
any of the many things a farmer Is
supposed to be doing, to await on
the banks of lakes or rhers for tho
sportsman.
The farmer then claims the ducks
as his own and threatens to call tho
Constable. In each case the hunter
pays about $5 a piece for the ducks
he shot, apologizes, and departs
amid the tirade of the farmer. In
fact, It was recently reported that
farmers In Maine were buying ex
tra cattle to allow to roam in tho
fields, bo that hunters mistaking
them for deer might accidentally
shoot them.
Then the farmer would pounce
upon the hunter, tell him what an
exxcellent cow he had killed, and
demand $100 for It under threat of
arrest. The disconsolate hunter then
made his way back to the city,
empty handed, while tho farmer fig
ured up his profit Were the hunter
equipped with a flying boat ho could
bid the farmer good day nnd be over
In the next Stnto before the ruralite
could reach the house and get his
shotgun.
Were Roosevelt equipped with a
flying plane In his big game hunt In
South Africa, he would have expe
rienced less dlff.culty in making
passage through the underbrush of
the dark jungles.
Tn Africa the wild animals con
cealed themseUes In the Jungle?
Natives mounted on elephants were
employed to chase the beasts Into
the opon by "beating" the woods
As the frightened beasts emerged
from their hiding places the Roose
velt party shot them down. Ac
cording to the Colonel's memoirs of
the hunt, ho was In danger of los
ing his life fin several occasions.
Wore the hunt mndf from the air
thrc would be no danger of injury
from the pre.
In fact, the flying boat has re
mood practically all of the dan
gers of flying. It Is generally used
in passing alone streams All d.in
gr from fire, the cause of many
aeroplane accidents, is remoxed. In
the first place the boat sails close
to the surface of the lakp or ri er
when not gliding on the bosom of
the stream. Acain. were the plane
to catch afire It Is an easy matter
to steer It directly into the water,
. where tho blaze would be extin
guished. MACHINE CAN BE
USEFUL IN VR
Besides its convenient use for
hunting, the hydroplane has recent
ly becomo popular as a pleasure ve
hlclo and a handy conveyance. Mo
dill McCormack, the Chicago mil
lionaire, Is now using a flying boat
to sail from his home in Lake For
est to Randolph street. By use of
thr boat. Mr. McCormack Is brought
within a block of his office each
morning and lands at a dork at his
nonie each evening. The trip of
twenty miles Is made In twenty min
utes. The boat Is used In pleasant
weather and may be employed dur
ing the entire year.
The use of the flying boat In war
as a companion to the aeroplane is
to be demonstrated As a dlspatr-h
boat between battle ships or be
tween the shore and the gunboats,
It is to make. t appearance The
fact that It is less dangerous recom
mends it for this use.
At present flying boats sell chcap-
fJ ires
.(111 I too
JS ual
b While their sale has not been
great, the new air craft has won
approval from many sportsmen as
a pleasure vehicle. In 9peed It far
surpasses the automobile. Also there
are no air policeman to patrol the
sky and time aeroplane speeders.
No law at present regulates the
speed of air boats and there are no
traffic ordinances to Interfere. One
may sail to his heart's content at a
speed to suit him without being
abruptly halted by a policeman or
constable and haled to a court where
a fine Is asresed.
At prefent it Is Impractical to fly
an aeroplane at night, but aviators
re planning to equip the planes and
flying boats with powerful electric
searchlights that will permit of
night sailing.
With such a lighting system per
sons may make Intercity trips dur
ing the night. Flying boats might
sro from St. Paul to New Orleans in
three days.
Kecently the city of St. Pet ers
I'urg. Fla.. has closed a contract
with an air craft company to furnish
passenger service between St Peters
burg and Tampa. Two boats will
run each day and the possanger ca
pacity Is to be twelve a day. The
distance between the two cities la
nineteen miles. At presont it is made
In an hour and a hlf by launch.
The air crafts are to make the
flight In twenty minutes
St. Petersburg, a progressive ty
of the South, engaged the air boats
both to act as an attraction for
summer reporters and to accommo
date visitors who might wish to
then
Molt either city. The flying boat In (
this way has entered the commer-
cial world. e,lt
Its Introduction into the world of 4fX
sports has been but recentlv Intro- ,0 $
duced. but the success experienced
in the duck hunting jaunts makes !
Its success assured.
STANDARD WRAPPER SAVES TIME ?;?
A New York hardware company
that does most of Its selling b mall
found that time spent on packing
and wrapping outgoing shipments
was disproportionate to the results
obtained. Promptness In getting out
orders was one of the rules of tho
house, but as orders came In Irregu
larly it was a losing policy to retain
force-of mailers large enough to dis
pose of bunched business as It came
In.
The condition was remedied In
this manner First, it was deter
mined wlvre the time losses. If am
were occurring. hlle the force
was packaging for the mall It was
noted that each used wrapping pn
per of different sizes some workers
using twice as much papor and
twine as others.
Then it was noted that the aver
age worker fltud the box to the pa-
per by guess, having no standard by jj'nd
which to work. Standard sizes for w
all wrappers were determined, tak- &g.
ing Into account the cutting ot Ve
standard size sheets without waste lc
A further saving in time and -an
standardisation was made b P-"" ,
ing thu paper at the start on Z.011
bottom of the box to be wr.ipp-
The edge of the box needed only 10 fl.Arr
b(B Bet snuare and flush ug.nnfi tffl ffer
narrow cd-e and equidistant f'm Wt
the long edge of the wrapping rh?et r
In order to make an accurate hen
economical wrap. in many case f th
during a slack time boxes could te Amei
Raated up aheud and the wrapp'nB ''me
done by the packer. Fo
By cutting wrapping paper to si2" k
and employing the labor-savin A.Tiir
methods mentioned. It is now p'i-ul tltrei
ble to get orders out the same 'J3
as received nnd to avoid the oYr lay
time work formerly necessary. -