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FOREST AND STREAM. 
tFEB. 5, 1898. 
an extract on the subject taken from the New York 
Mail and Express, and said that the amount of adver- 
tising they had thus received could not have been pur- 
chased for $1,000 if. at all. 
The president called on several gentlemen present for 
remarks, and among those who responded was Mr. I. 
Ludlam, of Red Bank, N. J., who has been coming to 
the Adirondacks for years, and who knows the country 
probably as well as any guide. Mr. Ludlam urged the 
members to live up to their by-laws and the game laws; 
to perfect themselves in a knowledge of the country, 
and to strive to please their employers. 
The secretary's report contained some interesting 
facts and practical suggestions, and was as follows: 
Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Association: 
"Since my report of one year ago, the Adirondack 
Guides' Association has made rapid strides in the line 
of advancement. It has become known not only among 
the protective forest and ■■■ame associations of the State, 
but of the United States. The guides and sportsmen of 
Maine, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and even of the far West, 
have noticed us, and nearly all of the leading sporting 
magazines of the country have giyen us favorable com- 
ment. The little money that has been expended for ad- 
vertising has brought about good returns. It has made 
the name of our organization familiar to the sporting fra- 
ternity throughout the land, and it has made it under- 
stood that to be a member of the Adirondack Guides' 
Association is in itself a credential and a guarantee of 
competency and trustworthiness. All the localities have 
been equally advertised, and the names and addresses 
of all the members have been published frequently in 
New York and Chicago sporting publications, as well 
as in the local town and county papers. 
"I have received a complaint from some of the branch 
associations to the effect that they do not feel that 
they ought to put their annual dues of $1 into the gen- 
eral treasury, but place it in a local treasury for their 
own private use and benefit. I can state with authority 
that each locality receives more than double the amount 
of advertising, stationery and other benefits that it could 
possibly obtain did it not belong to the general associa- 
tion, and that in the smaller branches the sum of $1 for 
each member docs not pay the actual expenses which 
the Association assumes for them. I believe each 
branch should have a special local treasury, just as has 
the Saranac Lake brarich, but it wouid be folly to ac- 
cept anything less than $x per year from each member 
to help defray the general expenses of the Association. 
I will add for the benefit of the members of the different 
localities that none of the money from the treasury of 
the Association is used by or for the benefit of the Sar- 
anac Lake branch, only as it is expended in the interest 
of all the members generally throughout the Adiron- 
dacks, and that each member, no matter where he may 
reside, has an equal right and priA^lege with every other 
member in all that the Association owns or does. 
"We have an active membership of 248, a gain of 
thirty-two from last year, and the associate list has more 
than doubled, having increased from fifty-two to 107. 
The largest gains in the active membership have been 
made at Paul Smith's, Long Lake, £lue Mountain Lake, 
Fulton Chain. Oswegatchie, with eleven members, is 
a new branch which entered the Association last sea- 
son. None of the localities have fallen behind materi- 
ally, although out of twenty members at Childwold last 
year only fifteen have asked for the 1897 card. 
"1 regret to state that one of our members at Long 
Lake, Mr. Cyrus Palmer, has passed from earth since 
our last meeting. A request from his friends has come 
to the Association that it assume the burial expenses, 
and this matter should receive the attention of the board 
of directors at this time. 
"Ihe tmancial condition of the Association is even 
better than last year, although the expenses have been 
greater. In the first place, stationery, constitutions and 
by-laws, application blanks, rules and instructions for 
local committees, and all other matters of like nature 
had to be purchased this season, while enough was left 
over to carry us through the previous year. In addition, 
the board of directors ordered drafts drawn to pay for 
advertising the Association and the country, and although 
the expense account was thus largely increased, I be- 
lieve the money was wisely expended. These items in- 
clude $50 to Dr. Tobey for advertising in New England, 
$31-95 to Mr. Paddock for preparing and filing in Ma- 
lone and Albany the papers of incorporation, $15 for 
local advertising, and $80 for space in Madison Square 
Garden for exhibit during the recent Sportsmen's Ex- 
position held there. All of this of course increased the 
amount of postage necessary to be used. Notwith- 
standing these extra items of expense, however, the funds 
of the Association are greater than they were at the last 
annual meeting. 
"I attended the Exposition in New York m the mter- 
est of the general organization, and will state that the 
Adirondack exhibit was a grand success and attracted 
much attention. Five hundred folders containing the 
name and address of each member belonging to the 
Association were distributed among tourists and sports- 
men from all over the United States. I believe that it 
will be of inestimable value to the Association and to 
the country, and that it will be the cause of a greater 
number of sportsmen than usual coming to the moun- 
tains next season. I might also incidentally add that 
neither the Association nor any member will be asked 
or expected to pay any part of the expenses of my trip. 
"I can assure you the work of the Adiro .dack Guides' 
Association is being felt throughout the country, and 
that this organization has already become an instrument 
for good in the Adirondack wilderness. Respectfully 
submitted, E. E. Sumner, Sec'y." 
The meeting was then adjourned to the parlors be- 
low, where a sumptuous banquet was served, in which 
about 150 persons participated. After suoper the guides 
returned to the hall, the meeting again called to order, 
and the officers elected for the ensuing year. Warren J. 
Slater was re-elected president, and O. A. Coville treas- 
urer: F. M. Sheldon was chosen secretary; Verplanck 
Colvin, of Albany, was unanimously chosen honorary 
president. A vote was taken to hold the sixth annual 
meeting at Saranac Lake, on Jan. 26, 1899, and the con- 
vention adjourned. Seaver Asbury Mtli-rr. 
In the Rockies. 
A four weeks' hunt in the Rocky Mountains as narrated by Dr. 
David McReynolds and written by Alfred B. Wingfield. 
Memphis, Tenn. — The other day our hearts were glad- 
dened by the arrival from Boise City, Idaho, of Dr. 
David McReynolds, accompanied by his good wife. Dr. 
McReynolds is now a resident of Boise City, Idaho; biit 
four years ago he lived with the writer in Chattanooga, 
Tenn. Both of us were on a two months' hunt in Jack- 
son's Hole, Wyo., in 1893, and an account of this trip 
has been published in Forest and Stream. You can 
imagine how delighted our household was when Mr. and 
Mrs. McReynolds arrived in Memphis to make us quite 
an extended visit, before going on a visit to their old 
home in East Tennessee. There was the recounting of 
many familiar scenes under the somber shadows of the 
grand old Teton Mountains, the exchange of experi- 
ences since we parted on Snake River, in Jackson's 
Hole, in the Teton Basin, the thousands of questions, 
and the examination of the many beautiful photographs 
which the Doctor has secured in his rambles through 
the West. But I will leave all these pleasant remi- 
niscences and follow the thread of the story the Doctor 
is now telling me of his last hunt. In fact, he came 
right off this hunt and started Eastj as he got back to 
Boise City about Nov. 10. 
It was on the morning of Oct. 10 that Dr. David 
McReynolds and Hugh Fulton, of Boise City; Sam Cal- 
loway, of Pine Grove, Idaho; William Wilson, of Mouse 
Creek, Tenn.; John Isbell, of Mouse Creek, and Scott 
Pierce, of Riceville, Tenn., accompanied by the comical 
John Ling Chang, a Chinese cook, started on a hunt. 
"The object of the hunt was winter meat for the Idaho 
men and sport for the Tennesseeans. The objective point 
was the headwaters of Smoky Creek and South Boise 
River about 150 miles northeast of Boise City. 
The first day was without incident, except for the 
constant importunities of John Ling Chang to "shoot 
heap jacky labbit." Chang thought the crowd was hunt- 
ing "jacky labbit," and could see no sense m constant 
traveling when the whole face of the earth was covered 
with his favorite meat. Forty-two miles were covered 
that day, and aside from a few chickens shot just before 
dark, and a fine string of trout from Cation Creek. 
ON THE TRAIL. 
Photo by Dr. David McReynolds. 
upon which camp was pitched, no sport was indulged in. 
John Ling Chang was an excellent cook, and would have 
served the party well if the boys had not tormented the 
life out of him. The coyotes annoyed him very much, 
howling at night, and it was evident at this early stage 
of the game that Chang was no woodsman. 
The second night the party reached Pine Grove, which 
is a mining camp on the South Boise River. The third 
day they traveled up the South Boise River until noon, 
then turned across to Skeleton Creek, a tributary of 
South Boise; camped on this stream that night, killed 
many grouse and caught plenty of trout. The rest is 
told as related by my friend: The fourth day we turned 
our course northeast to the headwaters of Smoky Creek; 
traveled a half day up the creek, then turned west over 
the divide to our hunting ground. We are now in the 
Saw Tooth Mountains, a short range belonging to the 
Bitter Root Range of the Rocky Mountains. These 
mountains are very rugged. One-third of the distance 
from the top they are granite bluffs, almost inaccessible 
to man, and the habitation only of goats and sheep. The 
day is growing old, and we are following up a large 
creek, looking for a suitable camping place. All at once 
the outfit halts. Chang sets up an unearthly noise, as 
with dilated eyes he points to the breaking brush and 
yells at top of his voice: "Lookee! lookee! buUee! 
cowee! inulee!" Chang did not know what the animal 
was; but it soon dawned upon the old hunters that 
a big bull elk was crashing through the thicket in his 
frantic efforts to escape. Immediately rifles are snatched 
from their saddle scabbards, bridles thrown over the 
horses' heads, men are on the ground. So, as the lordly 
elk plunges up the hill on the other side of the creek 
and comes into plain view in passing through an "ash 
park," he is greeted by a volley, then another, and an- 
other. The '.50-1105 bellow, the .45-9OS roar, and the 
spiteful little .30 barks malignantly. All at once the 
great beast staggers, then rolls in his gait a few steps 
further, and comes to earth with a thud, never to ri^e 
again. 
Up to this stage of the affair ;nt> blie had paid ahj^ at^ 
tention to Chang; bitt now the game was down, and 
the excitement in some measure allayed, all eyes were 
turned upon him. There he sat on his cayuse, brandish- 
ing an ante bellum horse pistol and yelling at the top 
of his voice: "Me killee! me killee!" Calloway went up 
to him and jerked the pistol out of his hand, and re- 
moving the cylinder, placed it in his pocket, then re- 
turned the frame to Chang with the remark that when 
he got back to Boise he would give him the cylinder. 
Chang had fired four shots out of the pistol, and two 
loads were still in the cylinder, as the old caps had failed 
to explode. 
It was a wonder the half crazy celestial had not 
shot some one in the back. All of Chang's remonstrances, 
and pleadings for his "lebolber" were of no avail, and 
finally Calloway threatened to cut his cue off. The threat 
seemed to paralyze him, and he was as docile as a lamb 
the balance of the day. Camp was soon put up near the 
elk, and some attended to erecting tents, gathering wood 
and unpacking and hobbling the cayuses, while others 
skinned the elk and dressed the meat. Upon examina- 
tion it was found that the elk had been struck five times — 
two .50-iios, two .45-90S, one 30cal. bullet, in more or less 
vulnerable parts of the body. No wonder he went down 
in a hurry. It was agreed that, with one exception, every 
man had hit him, so he was called everybody's elk, and 
they cast lots for his magnificent head. 
That night the cats and beasts of prey feasted off the 
offal, as the numerous snarls and snaps around the car- 
cass attested. Calloway lay out by the carcass nearly all 
night, and toward morning we were awakened by the 
boom of his rifle. In a few moments he came in, drag- 
ging a large gray wolf. Chang was now beside himself 
with fear, as he had lain awake all night, listening to 
the small animals fight over the remains. He plead still 
harder for "lebolber"; but Calloway was inexorable. 
Calloway would laugh at Chang and tell him to pray to 
his Joss to take care of him. Chang would moan and 
say he had left his Joss in Boise. 
Next morning we packed up early and moved up the 
creek about three miles until we came to where another 
creek joined it. Here we made a permanent camp in a 
beautiful fir forest on the neck of land embraced by the 
two bold mountain streams. We fixed ourselves up com- 
fortably, and for two days did not got one-quarter of a 
mile from camp. The horses needed rest and feed, and 
the men were not averse to like treatment. We soon 
found that both streams abounded in speckled, or, as 
they are called in that country, salmon trout. Their 
meat is of a golden color, and they have scarcely any 
bones. The fish are as gamy as any I ever caught, and 
were in fine conditiin. 
Dr. McReynolds on his second day in camp fished 
three hours and secured 39lbs., or about I3lbs. per hour; 
or, say, loolbs. per day. That is what I call excellent 
fishing with fly rod. It was enough fish for two or three 
days' use, so the Doctor threw back all under 8 or loin., 
for Chang would have thrown them away. The photo- 
graph taken of the string of packhorses with their packs 
on was taken in the foothills some ten miles back on the 
trail. This is the home of the blue grouse, and our boys 
bagged about twenty brace while the outfit was resting 
and having their picture taken. 
On the third day in our present camp we decided to 
leave all the horses at camp, and to hutTt on foot, to see 
if any bulls could be shot near camp. The six men di- 
vided in pairs and started in different directions at break 
of day. When bulls are running and whistling, about 
sunrise is the best time to locate one, as he is sure to 
bellow until some cows join company with him, or a 
rival bull hears him and comes to drive him off. About 
noon all excepting Wilson and Calloway returned 
empty-handed. Dr. McReynolds and Hugh Fulton re- 
ported having tracked a band of elk some distance, but 
finally lost the trail in one of those terrible pieces of 
down timber, where the grotmd was hard and the travel 
exceedingly diffictilt. In about an hour Calloway came 
striding into camp with his long, moose-like gait. He 
sat down and began to eat, as lunch was being served 
by the faithful Ling Chang. He evaded all questions 
until he had finished his repast, then acknowledged ^hat 
he had a big bull down about one mile from camp. 
Calloway is very reticent, and we did not receive an 
authentic account of the kill until we repaired to the 
spot with the camera, to take the old fellow's picture, 
Then Wilson told us how it was. Calloway was the 
guide of the party, and the trade made with him was 
that he was to have all the meat taken home, excepting 
what the others wanted for immediate use. In addition 
to this, Calloway received a small compensation, and of 
course the supplies were furnished by the others. This 
accounts for his hunting so hard. William Wilson, of 
Tennessee, the next best hunter in the party, now gave 
us the story. 
Calloway and he hunted along, carefully looking for 
sign, and making as little noise as possible. About 8:30 
A. M. they came to a piece of fallen timber which lay 
across their line of travel. They plunged into it, and 
after proceeding about a quarter of a mile came to a 
marshy place all grown up with willows, and matted 
with the fallen trees. They could not penetrate this 
thicket, but were glad to note numerous and recently 
made tracks of both elk and deer. They sat down on a 
log to rest and listen, and in a few moments heard a 
bull elk whistle on the other side of the thicket, appar- 
ently not over 400 or sooyds, from them. Calloway got 
up, and directing Wilson to go to the right, he turned 
to the left, so that the man who started the game would 
be apt to drive it to the other. They both had to go 
around the edge of the marsh, and neither knew how 
far it extended. Wilson says it seemed to him that the 
marsh was as big as the Dismal Swamp, in which he has 
hunted in years gone by. He could hear the elk, every 
now and then, give his harmonious notes, sounding ex- 
actly like a bugle at long distance. Wilson almost ran 
over a bull that had a very good head, but paid no at- 
tention to it. The bull dived into the thicket and was 
gone. He was now nearing the end of his journey, and 
could hear the elk very distinctly. What a disappoint- 
ment it was to him when he heard CaUoway's old .50-110 
roar once. Then followed a moment of silence, while the 
echoes played hide-and-seek in the cations below. 
Then^ — boom! — again the echo reverberated and bounded 
from bluff to bluff, and fitially died in the distant pines. 
Wilson's heart sank, for he knew the deed was done. 
When he reached the point he found Calloway sitting 
on a log, smoking, and the great elk stretched out dead. 
Calloway said he shot him at about 150yds., while he 
was in the act of whistling, with his neck extended and 
motith open. He said it was a grand sight; but he was 
afraid to wait on Wilson, as he doubted if he could kill 
the beast after it started to run, at that distance. Thus 
the second bull was killed. I will'tell you more about 
this hunt in next issue. 
[to be continued.] 
H. W. Merrill, of New Smyrna, Fla., caught a few 
days ago with hook and line a bass weighing 32lbs. 
