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I have been in that country a number of 

 times, and whenever I wanted a guide I got 

 John Wolfe, of Kellettville. He is thor- 

 oughly acquainted with all the best fishing 

 and hunting grounds, and if you want a 

 guide for that country you could not get a 

 better one than him. 



I am going to Minnesota this fall, after 

 big game, and will write you of my trip 

 when I return. 



I consider Recreation the best sports- 

 men's paper published. Keep up the good 

 work against the game and fish hogs. It 

 seems impossible to regulate them by law, 

 but maybe you can shame them out of their 

 infamous ways. 



A. A. Harrington, Conneaut, Ohio. 



" Slocum still rides a high wheel." 

 "Yes; he says when he gets a fall he 

 wants one that will do him credit." 



ASPHALT STREETS. 



The figures below are from data up to 

 January 1, 1897, except for Washington, 

 which includes work completed up to July 

 1, 1897. In Buffalo, since the first of the 

 year, there has been as much paving done 

 as in Washington, and the difference be- 

 tween the two cities remains practically the 

 same, although Buffalo's exact mileage is 

 not obtainable. The following are the fig- 

 ures, in mileage, of 10 cities: Buffalo, 200 

 miles; Washington, 120; New York, 58; 

 Kansas City, 46; Chicago, 33; Omaha, 31; 

 Newark, N. J., 19; New Orleans, 17; St. 

 Louis, 13; Topeka, Kan., 13. Washing- 

 ton's figures include asphalt, asphalt blocks 

 and coal tar. — Post, Washington, D. C. 



" Joe, you and that pretty Miss Flutter 

 seem mutually impressed." 



" I should say so; we've fallen off a tan- 

 dem on each other three times." 



FAR WEST CYCLE PATH. 



The bicyclists of Port Townsend, Wash., 

 contributed $2 per wheel and have con- 

 structed one of the finest paths in the State. 

 It is 4 miles long, and cost $350. Although 

 several hills are crossed, the grade was so 

 carefully considered that the run can be 

 made both ways without one having to 

 dismount by the way. The view at the 

 end, out over the Straits of Juan De Fuca, 

 is something grand. Westward the rolling 

 Olympics appear, northward the distant 

 hills of British Columbia show above the 

 horizon, while to the Eastward Mount Ba- 

 ker looms up in solitary grandeur (to use 

 a stereotyped phrase). We were fortunate 

 in being able to utilize the road bed of a 

 defunct street-car line for part of the dis- 



tance, which materially reduced the price 

 of the path. 

 J. G. McCurdy, Port Townsend, Wash. 



CYCLING NOTES. 



Road improvement in Alabama was 

 started several years ago, some of the pio- 

 neer work being done about Birmingham. 

 The " News " of that place now reports 

 that " the county commissioners of Colbert 

 county will let contracts for the building 

 of $100,000 worth of roads in that county, 

 the money having been placed in the coun- 

 ty treasury for that purpose. The last leg- 

 islature authorized the county to sell bonds, 

 to the above amount, for this purpose. The 

 bonds were sold and the money is in hand, 

 in cash." 



" Did you hear what Bobby told grand- 



mar 



" No; what was it?" 



" He said: ' Gran'ma, if you get a sailor- 

 hat an' some leggins, I'll let y' ride my 

 wheel." 



The passenger committee of the Trunk 

 Line Association has finally decided to ac- 

 cept bicycles as personal baggage, between 

 States. This rule, however, does not apply 

 to the transportation of bicycles between 

 the United States and Canada. 



The same committee, in November, 1895, 

 agreed to impose a tax on all bicycles 

 carried for passengers. " The world do 

 move." 



" What is a pedestrian? " 



" He's a narrow-minded chump who 

 won't climb a tree when he sees a scorcher 

 coming." 



We have excellent roads here for wheel- 

 ing. They are like cement and so there are 

 many riders. Albert McNulty is the cham- 

 pion racer of Humboldt county, and is a 

 clever trick rider as well. We have a club 

 of 60 members, and the ladies have one 

 with a membership of 20. 



Arthur Thompson, Bridgeville, Cal. 



A Pocket Camera, listed at $1, for 2 sub- 

 scriptions to Recreation. Makes a pict- 

 ure 1^2x1^2 inches. Send for circular. 



Notwithstanding the decision of the 

 National Cycle Board of Trade not to hold 

 a cycle show next winter, a number of the 

 bicycle dealers of Chicago have decided to 

 hold a show on their own account, in that 

 city, early in the new year. 



I never saw a magazine I liked half so 

 much as I like Recreation. There is 

 plenty of game here. 



Harry Atkinson, Fordyce, Ark. 



