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RECREATION, 



have reference to is, say, 2 men going for 

 a 2 weeks' shooting trip, and having to 

 carry all their outfit, including provisions, 

 guns and ammunition necessary for that 

 time, and having to tramp 5 or 10 miles 

 to get to the hunting grounds. I should 

 like to know what they would take along, 

 and how they would prepare their provi- 

 sions after getting into camp. I think this 

 ought to open up a department in your 

 magazine that would afford opportunity 

 for interesting discussion among sports- 

 men. I should like to hear different views 

 on the subject. 



F. E. Wilson. La Salle. N. Y. 



The suggestion is a good one. Many 

 brief items have been published in Recrea- 

 tion from time to time on this topic, but 

 no general discussion of the subject has 

 been attempted. 



Here is a list which I prepared some 

 years ago, and which will bear careful 

 study. 



Supplies for 2 Men for a Ten-Days' Trip on Foot. 

 10 pounds hard bread. 

 14 pounds bacon. 

 3 pounds dried apples or peaches. 



2 pounds salt. 



3 pounds sugar. 



2 pounds coffee, roasted and ground, or 

 Y 2 pound tea. 



1 sleeping bag, or blankets. 



2 rifles or guns. 

 100 cartridges. 

 2 fishing rods. 



2 reels. 



Hooks, lines, flies, reels, etc. 

 2 belts and hunting knives. 

 2 pocket knives. 



1 tent. 



2 pack straps. 



1 ax, 



2 suits extra underwear, in bags. 



4 pairs socks. 



2 rubber coats. 

 2 compasses. 

 2 watches. 

 1 camp kettle. 

 1 frying pan. 

 1 wire broiler. 

 1 stew pan. 



1 coffee pot. 



2 tin plates. 

 2 spoons. 



2 tin cups. 



1 dish cloth. 



2 pounds tobacco. 

 2 pipes. 



1 map. 



300 matches. 



2 water-proof match boxes. 

 2- ounces insect lotion. 



2 cakes soap, 

 2 towels. 

 2 tooth brushes. 

 Supply of small change. 

 Total weight about 90 pounds. 



It is possible to curtail this list slightly, 

 but not without some sacrifice of comfort. 



I also published 2 other lists at the same 

 time, intended for larger parties and for 

 longer trips, where transportation was 

 more liberally provided for. 



I should be glad to have brief articles 



on this subject, from practical eampei ol 



long experience, and especially a series of 

 recipes for cooking plain, simple meals 

 in camp, as well as for the preparation of 

 more liberal bills of fare where conditions 

 permit. 



Many parties of 5 or 10 people who go 

 into the woods or the mountains do not 

 take a cook. In such cases the members 

 of the party usually take turns at the fry- 

 ing pan and the coffee pot, and in such 

 cases a dozen or 20 formulas for cooking 

 plain, everyday food, and a few for the 

 preparation of knicknacks would be use- 

 ful. Who will furnish a series of these 

 for Recreation? — Editor. 



GO TO THE SEVEN DEVILS. 



Cuprum, Idaho. 

 Editor Recreation: 



I wish to call the attention of those who 

 contemplate going West to seek new 

 homes to the opportunities offered at the 

 new copper mining camps in the Seven 

 Devils mountains. There are vast deposits 

 of copper here, and mining will begin at 

 once on completion of the Pacific & Idaho 

 Northern Railway, now in course of con- 

 struction from Weiser, Idaho, to this 

 point, 103 miles North. 



This is in the heart of a vast mountain- 

 ous wilderness, where large game abounds 

 and where the streams are alive with trout. 

 On the Snake river side, a few miles to 

 the West, there are numerous herds of 

 bighorn sheep. A friend who has just re- 

 turned from there told me it was an every- 

 day occurrence to see bands of 2 to 20. 

 They killed one with a 6 shooter, and 

 could have secured several more had they 

 needed the meat. 



At present this place and Bear, the other 

 copper mining camp, are reached by stage 

 in 2 days from Weiser on the Oregon 

 Short Line Railway. I have no doubt 

 that 2 years hence will see this one of the 

 greatest copper mining camps in America, 

 and it will also be a red hot business 

 town. 



At the head of Council valley is the finest 

 group of hot springs I have ever seen. 

 They are among the pine-clad hills, where 

 the summers are cool and pleasant, and 

 will be a bonanza for some competent 

 hotel man. They are of undoubted medici- 

 nal value, particularly in rheumatic cases, 

 as I can testify. 



For sportsmen who desire to settle in 

 a game section where there is every chance 

 to make money in a legitimate way Seven 

 Devils offers more encouragement than 

 any place I know of. Weiser is only 2 

 days' ride from Omaha, via Union Pacific 

 Railway. I am not personally interested 

 here and have no object in booming the 



