Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1914 — GOOD PROSPECT FOR SPORT [ARTICLE]

GOOD PROSPECT FOR SPORT

Quail Not Only In Profusion, but Seemingly of High Order of Intelligence. They were talking about fine hunttag the other night when Dr. Elmer B. Cooley, Uncle Joe Cannon’s congressional opponent,’was reminded of an incident that happened in his home staH At the beginning of the hunting sea-' son, the doctor said, an enthusiastic nimrod named Smith telegraphed a hotel friend in the game region fortftervatlon, and at the appointed time he was right on the job. “Hello, Harry!” he exclaimed, saluting mine host, as he dragged his dogs fepd guns to the hotel veranda. “Everything all right?” “Couldn’t be better,” was the promptresponse of mine host. “How about the game?” returned the sportsman, eagerly. “Are there any quail around?” “Well, I should say so!” declared mine host. “Every time the cook throws a refuse piece of toast out of the back window four or five fat quail fight to see which one shall lie doiyn on it!” —Philadelphia Telegraph,