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to Ulen, on the Northern Pacific. Mr. F. E. Ford headed 
a party for Wahpeton, N. D., and Mr. J. E. Stryker went 
with friends to Iroquois, S. D. Mr. J. J. Early was the 
host of a considerable party who went in at Lariniore. 
N. D. It may be seen that the St. Paul sporting con- 
tingent scatters over a wide strip of country. It is safe 
to state that the average bag this week was better than it: 
has been on opening day in the last dozen years. 
Cfitcfcens in Wisconsin, 
The State of Wisconsin is another one which requires 
a gun license. More than i.ioo licenses, largely local, 
were issued at Milwaukee before Aug. 29. As to the 
chickens, it is hardly thought that Wisconsin will turn out 
.'-o many birds as the more favored States further to the 
West. From the neighborhood of Fox Lake, Wis., the" 
report comes that the chickens did not materialize abun- 
dantly and that the crop of ducks was below the demands 
of local shooters, to say nothing of the non-resident ele- 
ment. Necedah, Babcock and other northern points no 
doubt furnish a good many birds, as there was a good 
breeding head left in there last fafl. 
The enforcement of the game laws in Wisconsin is 
improving. For instance, Mr. Henry B. .Sanderson, of 
Milwaukee, had some prairie chickens sent to him from 
Dakota by some party unknown or unnamed. Mr. San- 
derson did not get his hands upon his chickens, althouglt 
they came to him in a box labeled "Clothing." The war- 
dens got them at the depot. Mr. Sanderson says he 
"hopes this matter will be speedily dropped." 
Chickens ia Illinois. 
The Illinois chicken crop seems to have been pretty slim 
this year. As an example of game and game laws, this; 
State is pretty much all that it ought not to be. Most o£ 
our shooters did not pretend to make a chicken hunt in 
this State this fall, but moved on out to Minnesota or the 
Dakotas. A few went out near Chicago, and of these yet 
fewer got some birds. Mr. Friend, of Chicago" hunted 
not far from Chicago, and was lucky enough to bring in 
twenty birds. This is the best Chicago-Illinois bag of 
which I have heard thus far, although perhaps some of 
the country towns could turn in better reports than this. 
Will Hunt LioDs Again. 
A press dispatch from Denver, Colo., dated Sept. 5, 
states that President Roosevelt will go on another moun- 
tain lion hunt in Coloroda the latter part of this month 
with John Goff, the same guide who was with him in his 
successful hunt in Colorado a year or so ago. 
Milwaukee Sportsmen's Show. 
Milwaukee opens a sportsmen's show and pure food 
exhibit at the exposition building to-night, the address 
of welcome to be given by Mayor Rose. The exhibit of 
firearms and other sporting gear is reported to be a good 
one, as well as that in boats, canoes, motor engines, etc. 
The arrangement of the aquaria, duck ponds, aviaries,, 
etc., is a happy one, and the entire interior will appeal to 
the lover of the outdoor air. 
"Why He Dida't Go Chicken Hunting. 
I was saying something the other week in the way of 
wonder why Neal Brown, of Wausau, Wis., didn't ask me 
to go chicken hunting with him this fall. The reason is 
because wh.v, in the convention of last week, Neal Brown 
v.'as one of the candidates for Governor of the State. 
Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, the same who is to open the 
sportsmen's show to-night, got the nomination of his 
party, Mr. Brown giving him a good close race. I don't 
mind gonig on record to the effect that Neal Brown will 
be Governor of Wisconsin one of these days, and a 
mighty good Governor at that. Any man who can shoot 
chickens the way he does is not to be overlooked. I am 
sorry, however, that these conventions should come along 
about at the opening of the chicken season. If I had to 
choose between opening day and the Governorship, I 
would not hesitate a minute. E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago. 111. 
Tent Pole Friction Joints. 
One of the useful things a camper should be familiar 
v> ith is a knowledge of how to make a serviceable fric- 
tion joint, as this often enables one to do away with 
long and heavy tent poles, awning poles and the like, yet 
at the same time the full strength is retained. Ready- 
made friction joints are sold by the trade, but as these 
are highly polished and nickel plated, their cost is 
greater than it need be. The advantage in buying these 
is that the exact size and length one requires may be 
had, for they run from a half-inch up to two or three 
inches in diameter, and in length up to ten or twelve 
inches. 
The more economical plan is to visit a brass foundry, 
if one is near at hand, or a hardware shop if not. Drawn 
brass tubing of a thickness of 1-32 or 1-16 inch is made 
in all sizes suitable for joints, and one has only to select 
two tubes that will lit together snugly yet not tightly 
enough to bind. Have the inner tubes three to four 
inches in length, and the outer ones twice as long. The 
dealer will saw these, and one pays for them at so much 
per pound, say about one-tenth or one-fifth the cost of 
the nickel-plated affairs. Four brass screws with flat 
lieads will also be needed. Half-inch ones will be effi- 
cient. 
If it is a tent pole one wishes to reduce to sections, 
and its diameter is two inches, the usual size, the lower 
joint should be two inches in outside diameter and the 
second joint about i-Vg. In cutting the pole, care should 
be taken to allow for the joints, tor if the pole is sawed 
in tliree equal lengths, after tlie outer joints are put on 
the actual length of two of the three sections will be 
increased, whereas the pole will remain as it was. In 
cutting, half the length of each of the joints should be 
esthnated in the measurement, and when the pole is 
.sawed and the joints put on, the three sections should 
be of equal length. This requires exact measurements. 
A sharp knife and a rasp are needed. Take the two 
inner tubes, measure their full length on their proper 
sections and mark the section. Then circle it with the 
Jinif? and shave the end do-yvn that far, leaving the pel? 
heyond untouched. After the end is almost small enough 
to fit into the tube, rasp it off evenly until the tube fits 
snugly, then force it into the tube by driving with a bit 
of soft wood. When the tube is home, holes should be 
bored on either side and countersunk for the screws. 
When these are down the tube will not come off at the 
wrong time. The outer half of the joint should be seated 
on another joint half its length and fastened with two 
screws. When the other friction joint is finished, the 
three sections should be either planed or sandpapered 
■down tmtil pole and joints are the same diameter, when 
varnish should be added in two or three coats, as a 
preservative. If the top of the pole has no ferrule, it is 
well to fit one on it, to prevent checking. Often the iron 
spikes sometimees found there are removed and a section 
of brass tubing ^ or J4 inch in diameter substituted, and 
into such a tube a tiny staff for a flag or club burgee is 
placed while the tent is being set, in camp. 
As poles for conical, palmetto and all forms of peaked 
tents are usually eight to nine feet in length, it is often 
difficult to obtain a straight piece of wood for the pur- 
pose which is light in weight. By making three sections 
one can use bits of pine or spruce worthless for other 
■purposes, while the finished pole will be very strong, and 
at the same time much more convenient to stow in a boat 
or ship to one's destination. Awning poles are usually 
made in two- sections, and the friction joints need be n» 
larger than %-inch by 6 inches. A bit of brass rod is 
inserted in the tip of each, extending an inch beyond 
the end, to hold the tent-fly or awning. 
Wall tents and wedge tents have long, bulky poles 
that are difficult to stow in a boat or wagon. Very often 
■owners of these cut the ridge pole in two pieces and 
•cover the joint with a large strap hinge a foot in length. 
This must the fastened securely with screws or rivets 
and should he under the ridge pole when the tent is set. 
This scheme dectracts but little from the strength of the 
pole, but renders it less awkward to carry. The two up- 
right poles are also cut and fitted with friction joints, 
and any wedge or wall tent so treated becomes a possi- 
bility with canoeists and small boaters who require larger 
tents than the conical or palmetto varieties. No doubt 
the ridge pole of one of these tents could also be made 
round and fitted with friction joints as well as the up- 
rights. This would make it still shorter for packing. 
Oars are often fitted with friction joints, and doubt- 
less paddles are always so made. If one will devote some 
•care and time to the work, an oar or a paddle is not diffi- 
cult to make and fit with joints, and the saving is con- 
siderable. And when one is in camp and looks about at 
the many little wrinkles he has added to his outfit now 
and then, the pleasure he derives in knowing he can be 
independent in some things is worth the effort, and at 
the same time he feels that his outfit has not cost him a 
fortime. Perry D. Frazer. 
'm mid ^iv^r ^isJiing. 
Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Fokest and Stkxax. 
A Hard Luck Story, 
It ts very often irksome to listen to a hard luck story, 
-especially if a man is suffering from a slight touch of 
hard luck himself, so only those who have been enjoy- 
ing a long period of exceptionally good luck need read 
this brief history of a few of the unfortunate occurrences 
which took place on a recent fishing trip 'way up in the 
delightful Wisconsin country. 
Our party had been settled for about five days on a 
beautiful little island where the ship laden with worldy 
•cares never touched .and where the da3's sped so fast 
that one tired of cutting notches in a log_to keep track 
•of them and finally forgot and was satisfied. We had 
fished the lake surrounding our camp with indifferent 
success, and had tried other outlying lakes with the same 
result, when our guide in command notified us that he 
had discovered a lake at some little distance from the 
•camp, where the canoe of the angler had seldom been,, 
and where, to his best knowledge and belief, there were 
many large bass that would consider it a favor to be al- 
lowed to swallow a minnow with a hook attached. The 
party was all attention at once, with the result that a 
pilgrimage was started in that direction the next day. 
We fished the lake in relays, one man going each day 
with a guide. Putting the result of three days of such 
work together, three rods took from the lake about one 
hundred and twenty-five bass, five of which the party 
ate and five of which were presented to a neighboring 
camp. 
It was the best fishing that it has ever been the writer's 
good fortune to enjoy, and the result of it all was very 
natural and about as sure to follow as the sunrise or the 
fulfillment of the decrees of Fate. Other parties in that 
piece of woods heard about the good fishing and wanted 
to take a hand at it, and right here is where, the hard 
luck begins to appear. 
The first party to arrange for a trip to the new hass. 
lake had secured the services of a guide whose reputa- 
tion named him as one of the best in the country and 
who was himself a fine fellow. When we left the lake 
on which we had been camping wc marked the entrance 
to the trail to the new lake for the other party and 
thought there would be no further trouble. They had 
five miles to travel before arriving at the entrance to the 
trail which led to the Lake of the Many Bass. At the 
entrance of this trail their guide shouldered a birch bark 
and the party wended their way for a mile and a half 
through the forest full of delightful anticipation and the 
joy of living. They reached a point within a short 
quarter of a mile from the goal and from which the 
water could all but be seen, when, for some unknown rea- 
son, the lake was given up for lost and the weary home- 
ward journey was started midst a feeling of sadness and 
depression which comes with defeat. 
In the meantime our party, looking tor new fields to 
conquer, had settled down comfortably on another island 
in another lake. It so happened that there was a lake 
famous as the home of that fresh water sharlc, tlie Rjaski^ 
nonge, and situated about two miles from our new camp. 
Of course we wanted to get a big one if we could, and 
the trusty pilot of our picnic made a trip to this lake 
to see if the boat, which was known to be there, was 
anywhere to be found. He told us that he did not find 
it at the opening of the trail, and had started on a trip 
around the lake in search of it. This trip through the 
brushwood and alders on the shore was anything but 
easy. However, he was fortunate, in that after he had 
traveled about half a mile up the shore, he saw the boat 
in the reeds on the other side of the lake. He, there- 
upon, bound together some cedars and started in hot 
pursuit, with the result that he reached camp just at dark, 
and we went fishing the day following. 
We found out a little later that "The Unfortunates," 
who had traveled so far to find the bass lake and had 
been doomed to failure, had suffered another piece of 
hard luck. It seems that they had arranged to fish this 
water where the maskinonge abides, but the boat was 
.so effectually hidden when their guide made search that 
the fun had to be given up. 
These two misfortunes were enough to dampen the 
ardor of many fishermen, but they seemed to have little 
effect upon "The Unfortunates," whom we truly admire 
and for whom we haTe the deepest sympathy. They 
merely turned their attention elsewhere and went after 
maskinonge in another lake, and here comes the biggest 
piece of hard luck of all. 
After working industriously for a long time, an un- 
usually large fish was hooked, as was evident from the 
commotion" in the neighborhood. He was successfully 
played and finally tamed sufficiently so that he could be 
brought up to the boat. At this stage of the maneuvers 
the guide is supposed to rap the fish, gracefully and yet 
soundly, on the back of the head with the "persuadfer," 
a stout stick about a foot and a half long. This opera- 
tion was successfully accomplished, and the fish lifted 
into the boat, where everybody was surprised and tickled 
at his beauty and size. Comments were indulged in and 
opinions passed, and the sum and substance of the whole 
thing was that the fish must have weighed in the neigh- 
borhood of forty pounds— a veritable monster, and un- 
doubtedly the largest fisli caught in those waters this 
season. 
After the wee bit of excitement that must of necessity 
accompany such a capture had faded away and things 
had assumed their normal condition again, everything 
was made ready for more fishing. The guide started 
ihe boat once more and the spoons were dropped into the 
-water. 
Just at this moment, however, when everybody was 
busy, the big fish rose up in his might and flopped him- 
self out of the boat. 
Ye gods ; that men should suffer so ! 
That ended the trip for "The Unfortunates." The fish 
had only been stunned when he came in contact with 
the "persuader," and his jump for life was more than the 
spirit of man could bear. 
The writer did not have the pleasure of meeting these 
people who were pursued by such an evil fate, but his 
sympathy goes out to them and to their guide, for such 
a series of misfortunes is not only unusual, it is most un- 
natural. 
If any of "The Unfortunates" are readers of the For- 
est AND Stream and happen upon this tale, the under- 
signed will consider a line from him as a favor, be- 
cause it will permit of a few expressions of condolence 
-in connection with one of the biggest pieces of hard luck 
itihat ever happened to a fisherman and one of the most 
mnfortunate chapters to be found in the fishing history 
of northern Wisconsin. 
Edward Morton Holland. 
Coronation Day on Vancouver Island 
Long before old Sol showed himself in Comox Bay 
Dick -and I were satisfying the inner man preparatory 
to trying the lower reaches of the Courtenay River for 
trout You see we had two miles to walk ere we reached 
DicFs favorite pool, and well we knew that there were 
others equally in love with this particular hatxnt. It be- 
ing Coronation day and a public holiday, others would 
be astir earlj^, so it was a case of first come first served. 
On the way to the river Dick related stories of the fine 
fish that lurked in the depths of this particular pool, of a 
catch he had made there last year, and summed up by 
saying that he believed it was the best hole in the river. 
So, naturally, I came to the conclusion that we were 
going to have a good day, and confess I should have 
"been greatly disappointed if Richard's stories had not 
iDeen verified in a more material way. On reaching the 
river we discussed the all important question of what 
fly to try first, but it did not take us long to decide that. 
As the sun was not yet shining on the pool, the Co- 
wichan-coachman, or, as it is called for short, the 
"klootchman," would possibly suit the occasion, so on it 
went- The Cowichan-coachman is a fly that I have never 
seen used anywhere except in this neighborhood; it is 
supposed that it was first made and used by someone 
fishing in Cowichan Lake (in this district), hence the 
name. It consists of a dark claret body, encircHng 
which is a spiral of gold tinsel, claret and white wing, 
with claret hackle underneath, it is an excellent killer 
in the early morning, but is of no service far from salt 
water. 
Richard made first cast, and to his sweet surprise 
hooked a one-pounder, which he played for a few min- 
utes, and then caUing for the net I landed it for him. 
"Pretty good start, Frank." 
•"Yes; that's a very good begininng and they seem 
to fight well this morning." 
I had just moved up stream a little and was making 
a few casts at the upper end of the pool when I heard 
"Ha! Ha!' click, click, click, r-r-sizz-sizz. and looked 
round in time to see a fish (which I judged would scale 
close on five pounds) leap about three feet out of the water. 
Sizz-sizz, went the line again as it cut the water at a 
tremendous rate, and then the big fellow shot up once 
more as he headed for the riflfes at the foot of the pool 
never giving Dick a chance to reel in an inch ~ of line' 
"He's going, Frank; I can't hold him. My line is 
nearly gll pyt and if ever be gets into those riffles it 
