PUBLISHERS DEPARTMENT. 



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you have neglected to mention a very im- 

 portant city in the Northwest, and one 

 which offers more advantages to parties 

 going to Alaska than any other city on the 

 Pacific coast. 



Portland, Ore., the metropolis of the 

 Northwest, offers every advantage to the 

 gold seeker. Our population is twice that 

 of Tacoma or Seattle, and consequently we 

 have a good many more business houses, in 

 every line. 



Complete outfits can be bought here as 

 cheaply as in any other city in the United 

 States. I except nothing. Wearing ap- 

 parel, boots and shoes, food, boats, sledges, 

 pack saddles, in fact anything necessary to 

 complete an outfit. We have a steamship 

 line running direct to Dyea every 16 days, 

 and in the spring shall have one, if not 2 

 new lines. 



E. S. Morgan, Portland, Ore. 



graphs, eggs, arrow heads, etc., with some 

 of the readers of Recreation. 



E. F. Pope, Colmesneil, Tex. 



CALIFORNIA PERSONALLY CONDUCTED 

 TOURIST EXCURSIONS. 



The Lehigh Valley Railroad has inau- 

 gurated a through tourist car service to 

 California and Colorado points, leaving 

 Philadelphia and points in Pennsylvania 

 and New* York State every Wednesday. 

 The route of this tourist car has been se- 

 lected through the most picturesque re- 

 gions of America, including such beauty 

 spots as Niagara Falls, the St. Clair Tunnel, 

 over the Great Rock Island Route, through 

 the Royal Gorge, the Grand Canon, over 

 the Rocky Mountains to Salt Lake City, 

 along the shores of the Great Lake, to Og- 

 den, and over the Sierra Nevadas to the 

 principal cities of sunny California — Sacra- 

 mento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and 

 San Diego. 



For particulars as to time of trains, rates, 

 etc., inquire of ticket agents, or address 

 Charles S. Lee, General Passenger Agent, 

 Lehigh Valley R.R., Philadelphia, Pa. 



BUSINESS NOTICES. 



A few months ago I decided to increase 

 my supply of reading matter, and so wrote 

 for sample copies of a dozen or more 

 sportsmen's periodicals, including Recrea- 

 tion. In looking them over the picture 

 on the cover of August Recreation, " A 

 fresh Supply of Venison," caught my eye 

 and caused me to drop everything else. 

 After reading that copy of Recreation I 

 was simply jubilant, for I knew I had at 

 last found what I had long been looking 

 for, a real sportsman's magazine, edited 

 and managed by a true and experienced 

 sportsman. I at once subscribed for Rec- 

 reation and shall take it as long as it is 

 kept at its present high standard. 



I should like to exchange amateur photo- 



All sportsmen know the value of a good 

 boat, and are interested in the latest de- 

 velopments of the makers. Everyone who 

 visits the Fourth Annual Sportsman's Ex- 

 position in .Madison Square Garden, Jan- 

 uary 13th to 22d, will find lots to interest 

 in the exhibition of punts, boats, yachts, 

 and vapor launches. It will be the most 

 extensive display ever brought together at 

 one time in New York, or in fact in any 

 place. From the cheaper models to the 

 expensive ones, that run into thousands 

 of dollars, will be shown. The sight of 

 these alone will be worth a visit. 



The Southern Ry. Co. puts out a pam- 

 phlet giving detailed .nformation as to the 

 prospects for quail shooting in the territory 

 alorg its line, during the present winter. 

 There are separate reports from almost 

 every station on the line of that road, 

 signed by the local agents. This enables a 

 prospective; tourist to correspond direct 

 with the agents of the road and get exactly 

 the information he may be in want of. A 

 copy of the pamphlet can be had by ad- 

 dressing Alex. A. Thweatt, E.P.A., 271 

 Broadway, New York. 



The pilot boat " Thos. S. Negus." having 

 on board Capt. McClure. John Schaffer, 

 Arthur Boyle and Chas. Carleton, of New 

 Haven, and John Adams, of Fordham 

 Heights, N. Y., John E. Melville, Meriden, 

 and John Beck, of Tyler City, Conn.. Por- 

 ter Rhodes, West Haven, and John Perry, 

 San Francisco, sailed from New Haven 

 November 3d for the Klondike. The en- 

 tire party was outfitted with Johnson Sleep- 

 ing Bags, Squires' Siberian Moose Shoes, 

 and with Fur Clothing from the sporting 

 goods establishment of Henry C. Squires 

 & Son, 20 Cortlandt Street, N. Y. This is 

 only one of several such expeditions that 

 have been outfitted by Squires & Son. 



I am glad to see the advertisement of 

 Ellwood E. Huebner, of Detroit, Mich., in 

 Recreation. Mr. Huebner is a practical 

 furrier: he has made for me, robes, rugs 

 and ladies' garments, from raw furs. His 

 work is first class and his prices reasonable. 

 I make this statement unsolicited, for the 

 benefit of sportsmen who have furs and 

 who want them made into useful articles. 

 Geo. Hayden, Jacksonville, 111. 



The Overman Wheel Co., Chicopee 

 Falls, Mass., is sending out its desk pad 

 calendar for '98. You can get one for 4 2 

 cent stamps. 



