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"We use them ourselves and RECOMMEND THEM to others." 



DuPont Powder Co. 



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Kings Powder 

 Walsrode " 



U.S. Smokeless P." 



"IDEAL" Loading Machine, $7. 



Universal Powder Measure, $2.50. High Grade Closer, $2.50 



Ask your dealer for them or send cash to 



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"Ideal Hand-Book of Useful Information to Shooters," 100 pages. 

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Don't believe imitators of "HENDRYX" standard 



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imitate proves the "HENDRYX" is the recognized 



standard line of Fishing Reels. Ask your dealer for 



them. 

 The Andrew B. Hendryx Co., New Haven, Conn., U. S. A. 



J. B. CROOK & CO. Established 1837 



1180 Broadway, Cor. 28th Street 



Manufacturers and 

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Featherweight Rods, Aluminum Reels 

 Trout and Salmon Flies 



The only Waterproof Fly Lines : The London Black 

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 price-list of hand made 

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Recreation is the best magazine I have 

 ever read, and I hope your circulation will 

 be greatly increased by the end of '97. You 

 certainly deserve it. 



A. B. Bauman, Chicago, 111. 



L. L. BALES 



...Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... 



FISH, FURS, and 

 RAW SKINS 



Full information given brother sportsmen as to good 

 hunting, trapping, and fishing grounds in Washington, 

 British Columbia, and Alaska. 



Am well acquainted with the haunts of the elk, deer, 

 bear, mountain sheep, mountain goat, moose, and 

 caribou ; also with the whereabouts of all fur-bearing 

 animals in this region. 



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Everett, Wash. 



They sat in silence for some time. 



" Of what are you thinking? " he finally 

 asked. 



She blushed and fidgeted uneasily in her 

 chair, for a minute. 



" Never mind," she said sharply. " It's 

 your business to propose, not mine." — 

 Chicago Post. 



I have heard that ranchers are killing elk, 

 in Jackson's Hole, to keep them from de- 

 stroying the hay. They say there are hun- 

 dreds of elk there, and most of them starv- 

 ing to death. W. L. W., Egin, Idaho. 



