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rest. Wood ashes snuffed up will stop hemor- 

 rhage of the nose very often. This recipe is 

 worth the printing. Charles Hallock. 



Plain field, Mass. 



Let's Hear from the West 



You have been kind enough to answer several 

 letters from me, which have answered so com- 

 pletely the questions I have asked you, that, 

 since a party of us contemplate taking a hunt 

 through a country of which we are not at all 

 familiar, I am tempted to risk overdoing and 

 imposing on your kindness by asking you for 

 some more information (I am a reader of 

 Recreation and have gotten a great deal out 

 of it): 



We are a party of four. We want to go some- 

 where this fall for elk, sheep, bear and lion. 

 We will likely have to make two different points 

 for the different kinds of game, but we expect 

 to do that if necessary. We would each like to 

 get an elk and a sheep; then spend one or two 

 weeks after bear and lion, and we would not 

 care if it took us, say, from Idaho to Montana. 

 We have the game laws (thanks to you), and 

 if w^e can get what we are after without going to 

 Wyoming we would much rather, as each man 

 must have a separate ($5.00 per day) guide, 

 and as we want to have a four or six weeks' 

 outing this will make the trip very expensive. 



Will you or one of your readers please give 

 us your advice about the location and outfitting 

 points for such a hunt ? 



Is there any law to prohibit limit, or taking 

 hide, etc., out of Wyoming, Montana or Idaho, 

 and do we have to have more than one guide 

 for hunting such game? Also we should like 

 the name of a reliable guide at the point you 

 suggest. C. A. Smith. 



Moundridge, Kansas. 



Good Sport in Georgia 



This locality is pretty good for hunting in 

 fall. At a distance of fifteen to twenty miles 

 northwest from here plenty of game is to be got 

 in or near what is called Buffalo Swamp, and 

 along the Altamaha River. Bear, deer, wild 

 turkey, quail and squirrels are pretty plentiful, 

 but good dogs are scarce. Guides, either black 

 or white, $1.50 per day and much poor whiskey. 

 Remember, if you give no whiskey you get no 

 game. A gallon of corn juice at $2.00 will go 

 further than a $5.00 bill. Board at the villages 

 or settlements is to be got at $12.50 to $15.00 a 

 month, including lodging. Some places are 

 pretty fair, others miserable; always dirty, 

 more or less. The best a person can do is to 

 bring a camping outfit and a good dog. All deer 

 are run by dogs here; no still-hunting. Good 



fishing can be had, also, up the Turtle River. 

 Bear have been plentiful. Two men killed one 

 in the water with an oar and an earthern pot. 

 The hunting season closed March 15 and fish- 

 ing season began. There are a few white men 

 who own gasolene motor boats, but they charge 

 a stiff price, as only Yanks hire them, and the 

 motto here is "skin them of all you can." No 

 sailboats are to be got; the only way is to buy a 

 boat if you want one and without a craft of some 

 kind there is no pleasure to be had. 



Brunswick, Ga. J. U. Badoye. 



Licenses for Iowa 



The State Game Warden of Iowa recom- 

 mends vigorously the adoption of a resident 

 hunter's license law. Such a law nets Illinois 

 $100,000 a year, Wisconsin $80,000 and other 

 States smaller but large amounts. The license 

 is about a dollar a year in each State. The 

 Commissioner estimates that the adoption of a 

 similiar law in Iowa would net the State about 

 $30,000 a year. The purpose of the law is two- 

 fold: it prevents indiscriminate pot-hunting and 

 furnishes a comfortable sum for the proper 

 game and fish protection. Now the cost of this 

 service is paid out of the general revenues, while 

 the department ought really to be self-sup- 

 porting, and would be if the amendment 

 suggested were adopted. 



Another Prodigy 



After chasing a big timber wolf about a great 

 stubble field with a team of horses for an hour 

 Ray Christman, aged fourteen, shot and killed 

 the animal twelve miles south of Janesville, 

 Wisconsin. It was the first wolf seen in that 

 vicinity for years. 



To Climb Mt. McKinley 



We are in possession of information to the 

 effect that an exploring expedition will prob- 

 ably go into the Shushitna Valley this summer 

 and that an attempt may be made to climb Mt. 

 McKinley, which is the highest mountain in 

 North America, and the highest known moun- 

 tain in the world above the snow line. Mt. 

 McKinley, if the reader remembers, was only 

 discovered in 1897 by a lone prospector who 

 came down the Shushitna River, and who esti- 

 mated its height, with remarkable accuracy, 

 at 20,000 feet. The fact that Mt. McKinley 

 was never seen by a white until 1897, and that it 

 can be seen at a distance of over 150 miles, will 

 suggest to the reader what an unknown country 

 it lies in. We can assure the reader that if this 

 expedition starts Recreation will be represent- 

 ed in the party, and if the mountain is success- 

 fully scaled, Recreation's flag will be planted 

 on the top. 



