
PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. 
MAIL SERVICE IN THE KLONDIKE, 
Doubtless you have ere this received 
my letter informing you that the book, 
“Camping and Camp Outfits,’ had not 
reached me. It has not yet come, but 
probably will in a year or 2. 
At the time of my writing the reason 
for this delay did not occur to me, but i 
am wiser now. It is like this: 
The book is from a popular writer and 
on an interesting subject, and such visitors 
are rare in the frigid zone. It was ad- 
dressed to Bennett, and probably reached 
that point. And thence it started on its 
long journey? -Oh, no! The postoffice 
fellows all had to have a good, long whack 
at it. Then the Northwest mounted police 
—a considerable body of men—had to read 
it. When all Bennett had done with it it 
was forwarded to the next post, Caribou 
Crossing, to be devoured by ali the men 
there, and in that neighborhood. 
To cut it short, I suppose my book will 
have to be read and re-read by every Ca- 
nadian official in the Northwest Territory. 
When they have done with it I shall prob- 
ably be presented with the cover. 
This is no extravagant statement, but a 
true picture. The same fate has befallen 
all the RECREATIONS sent to me. Had this 
book been “Rustlings in the Rockies” I 
should not stand a living show ever to see 
the wrapper. 
When “Camping and Camp Outfits” 
reaches me, if age has not too far 
“Sapped the leaning walls of life” 
I'll write you. 
Geo. E. Lucas, Dawson City, N. W. Ty. 

SEND THEM RECREATION. 
A number of persons have sent me I0 
to 20 subscriptions each for RECREATION, 
to be sent to friends or acquaintances pure- 
ly for missionary purposes, and I believe 
there is no better way known among men 
to educate hunters up to the modern 
standard of sportsmanship than by placing 
this magazine in their hands. I know 
thousands of men who were formerly un- 
blushing game butchers, who are now 
preaching the gospel of moderation and 
of game protection everywhere. They now 
-quit when they get enough and advise their 
friends to do so. They say this is entirely 
due to having read RECREATION. 
lf well-to-do sportsmen and sportsmen’ s 
clubs everywhere would subscribe for large 
numbers of copies of RECREATION to be 
mailed regularly to game hogs, the result 

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would be that nearly all such would be 
reformed within a year or 2. 
I make a special rate on RECREATION 
for such purposes, where I0 or more copies 
are ordered at once. The larger the num- 
ber ordered the better for all concerned. 
li 100,000 copies of this magazine went 
out every month on this plan, well dis- 
tributed throughout the United States and 
Canada, it would make a wonderful dii- 
ference in the amount of game that will 
be living 5 years hence. Think this mat- 
ter over and let me hear irom you. 

WRITE FOR IT. 
Progressive sportsmen naturally want to 
know all there is to be learned regarding 
their craft, and every day presents some 
new opportunity in this line. Now it is 
the King Powder Co., of Cincinnati. Mr. 
Lindsley, the secretary of this company, 
has just put out the roth edition of his 
“Hand Book ior Trap Shooters and 
Sportsmen.” It is replete with points on 
powder, loaded shells, etc. This book also 
contains a digest of the game laws of the 
United States and Canadian provinces; 
trap rules of the American Shooting As- 
sociation, and rules for rifle and pistol 
competition. There are also some valuable 
hints on how to organize a gun club, and 
on dog training, by Jack Parker. 
Another book put out by Mr. Lindsley 
is called * ‘Hints on King’s Semi-Smoke- 
less Powder.” This is full of good, meaty 
suggestions, and should be in the hands 
of every shooter. Send for these books 
and mentiom RECREATION. 

Reed City, Mich., Aug. 9, 180. 
W. L. Marbie, Gladstone, Mich. 
Dear Sir: I used one of your pocket 
axes last summer, in land _ cruising 
and estimating timber, and find it a per- 
fect tool ior what it was intended for. For 
any light camping outfit, for blazing lines. 
marking corners, trying windfalls or dead 
timber, it is as good as a heavy ax; but 
the main point of advantage over ‘all others 
is the convenience in carrying. I carry mine 
in my inside coat pocket and always have 
it with me when in the woods. While it is 
a perfect ax for hunters, it is one that 
every timber estimator, log scaler or camp 
foreman in the woods should have. En- 
closed find $5. I wish to send 2 axes to 
friends of mine on the Pacific Coast. 
Yours truly, 
E. T. Merrill. 
