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considered him a hog; that if he had been a- 
gentleman he would have waited when he 
got to the tree and found that all the bears 
were safely cornered, unti] his friends came 
up, and would then have offered them, or 
some of them, the first shot. 
Do you not agree with me in this posi- 
tion P—EpIrTor. 

HOW TO COOK IN CAMP. 
Wheat Bread: Put two teaspoonfuls of 
best baking powder and a teaspoonful of 
salt into a quart of flour, mixing. thorough- 
ly, first dry and then with cold water, un- 
til a thin dough is made. Put in greased 
dish and bake or put in tin dish, cover with 
another dish, put on a bed of coals, cover 
with coals and bake. 
Pancakes: Mix the batter much thinner, 
but in the same proportion as the foregoing 
and do not knead. Add 2 tablespoonfuls 
of fat pork. 
Oatmeal Gruel: Into one pint of boil- 
‘ing water stir 3 tablespoonfuls of oatmeal ; 
salt and boil 40 minutes. 
Barley Bread: Mix barley meal, salted, 
with warm water to the consistency of stiff 
dough, bake in flat cakes and eat warm with 
butter. 
Oatmeal Bread: 
barley bread. 
Oatmeal Wafers: Take a pint of oat- 
neal and a pint of water, add a scant tea- 
spoonful of salt, mix, spread them on but- 
tered pan and bake slowly. 
Graham Diamonds: Pour boiling water 
on graham flour making a dough as thick 
as can be stirred with an iron spoon. Place 
the dough, with plenty of flour, on a mould- 
ing board and knead. Roll out half an 
inch.thick and cut into diamonds or any 
other shape. Bake in a hot oven 30 minutes. 
Easily digested. 
Hominy: Soak one quart of ground 
hominy over night, put over the fire in a 
tin pail, set in boiling water with water 
enough to cover, boil gently for 5 hours, as 
it can not be hurried. After the grains 
begin to soften on no account stir it. The 
water put in at first ought to be enough to 
finish it, but if it proves too little add more 
carefully, as too much makes’ it sloppy. 
Salt just before taking from the fire, as 
too early salting makes it dark. If proper- 
ly done the grains will stand out snowy 
and well done, but round and separate. 
Lunch Rolls: Sift together one pint of 
flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder and 
half a teaspoonful of salt. Work in one 
teaspoonful of lard or butter and add one 
half pint of milk. Mix to a smooth dough, 
roll out to half an inch in thickness and 
Make as directed for 
RECREATION. 
cut into circular shapes. Bake in a moder- 
ate oven. 
Johnny Cake: Boil a pint of water 
sharply in a kettle, add a tablespoonful of 
salt and 2 of sugar. Slowly stir in corn 
meal till thick mush is made. After this 
has cooked 5 to 10 minutes put it in a 
greased tin dish and bake half hour over 
a bed of coals or in an oven. 
Fried Mush: Slice cold mush thin, fry 
in hot butter and lard; or dip in beaten 
eggs, salted to taste, then in cracker crumbs 
and drop in hot lard like doughnuts. 
Parched Rice: Put into a frying pan 
enough butter to cover the bottom. When 
it is hot add cold boiled rice, a little at a 
time. Fry a delicate brown and serve. 
Washington Bread: Mix white corn 
meal with a little salt and make a batter 
with cold water. Spread thin on tin pans 
and bake well. To be eaten with butter. 
If white meal is not to be had use yellow. 
This is called pone in the South, and was 
used by General Washington in the field. 
Recipe for tonic: 1% ounces best red 
Peruvian bark, I ounce cloves, I ounce cin- 
amon, pulverize; add 1 quart domestic or 
port wine. Dose, wine glass full at meal 
time. 
H. E. Sabine, Camas Valley, Ore. 

FOUR BEAR IN A WEEK. 
We had a lot of fun on our 1902 hunting 
trip. King, Tiedens, my brother Dick and I, 
with Jack, our cook and camp man, pitched 
camp September Ist on Huckleberry moun- 
tain. 
The following day Dick plugged a 200 
pound silvertip cub. Hit him 3 times out 
of 4 shots, running, at 200 yards. 
Wednesday, the 3rd, King and I started 
a large black bear at long range. We fired 
5 shots, 2 taking effect, as we learned after- 
ward. We tracked him by blood drops 1% 
miles to where he had wallowed in a creek. 
There we caught 14 trout in one sink in 
the stream, roasted them, ate lunch and 
rested 2 hours. Taking up the trail again 
we came, after a mile of hard tracking, to 
a thick windfall. The bear was just leav- 
ing it. We all sighted him at the same 
time, and fired. The old fellow went down 
pe emai and died before we could get to 
im. 
Thursday was wet and we did not hunt. 
After dinner we prospected for elk sign 
and saw 2 cows and a calf. The law pro- 
tects all but bull elk. 
Next day, while descending the moun- 
tain, I heard crackling brush and warning 
grunts. Soon I saw brush move and 
a dark object standing. I guessed at the 
right place and fired. With a roar a female, 

