April i6, 1904.3 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
819 
C. Demmler Vice-Commodore and A. W. Heeren Sec- 
retar-Treasurer, and enjoyed a very successful season. 
Most members are also enrolled on the A. C. A. 
register. 
The offers for 1904 are Com., F. C. Demmler; Vice- 
Corn., E. H. Demmler; Sec'y-lreas., A. W. Heeren. 
The club's fleet now contains 30 canoes, mostly open 
paddlers. 
Cruising on the Allegheny. 
Without a doubt the Allegheny River is one of the 
most beautiful of our larger streams, and to the canoe- 
ist, who does not require dangerous rapids, a paradise. 
During the past summer Parde and I boarded the 
night train on the B. R. & P., at Allegheny, and next 
morning at 5 o'clock, by special arrangement, had it 
stop at Carrolton, frightening the operator, who was 
roused from a sleep by the unwonted stop, thinking he 
had blocked the road. 
Cold, densely foggy and sopping wet, it was a very 
cheerless morning. After a similar breakfast, we 
shouldered the canoe, then the duffle for the carry to 
the river. Embarking, we drifted, listening for fast 
water ahead. Gradually the light breeze dissipated the 
fog, and by 9 o'clock we were, enjoying one of the most 
glorious of days. Bright sunshine, bird music every- 
where, and a most riotous profusion of wild flowers in 
gorgeous splashes of color; the river winding among 
the steep wooded hills, and we in high spirits at being 
free from the daily pall of our smoke-laden atmosphere, 
was a combination to put any grouch in a good humor. 
With idling, sneaking into every creek's mouth to 
observe animal life, a halt for lunch and an occasional 
"A Rugged Shore"— On the Allegheny. 
one to draw some Indian into conversation, generally a 
fruitless effort and a parley with a bunch of friendly 
Indians — at least one of the girls said they were — who 
were camping on the reservation, we put in a memorable 
day. A very picturesque camp on one of a group of 
islands with the rushing river singing sweet melodies, 
a generous and cheerful camp-fire and the pipe of peace 
\vhich, with complete companionship, makes a benedic- 
tion, made a night as perfect as the day. What would 
you more? 
Day after day, content, idling or paddling as our 
mood. 
Now on the deep and calm of a pool, 
With flowered shores and shadows cool, 
So cool, so cool, so cool, so cool — , 
Then down with a rush on waters white, 
That leap and dance in laughing ilight, 
That dance in laughing flight; * 
' i Or, drifting at ease under the sky, 
■ I ■ Wondering not, nor caring why— 
Nor caring why, nor caring why ; 
Kissed by the winds that idly blow 
' '•' O'er changing tides at ebb or flow. 
O'er tides at ebb or flow. 
We were sorry when our six days ended, and would 
have preferred doing the same over again, to going to 
the A. C. A. camp on Sugar Island, but as we wanted 
to see the boys, reluctantly packed our equipment 
and shipped it home. 
Perhaps our equipment would be of interest to the 
amateur cruiser. With two pieces of rubber cloth we 
decked the ends of the canoe (have now two false 
decks which can be slipped on and held in place by 
two elastic cords under the gunwales), and a few cross 
sticks and a rubber poncho made a small tent large 
enough to sit in upright, and with a cross board for 
a table — a cozy dining room when raining. 
From Oil City where our cruise ended, down to Pitts- 
burg, is 132 miles, from there up to Carrollton some- 
thing over 100. The most frequent cruise is that from 
Oil City to Pittsburg. It is more accessible and makes 
a grand week's outing. On this stretch of valley are 
some of the finest scenes on the river, probably the 
most notable is the narrows from Red Bank to Ma- 
honing. In this deep cut are "Camp Sans Souci" 
whose owners have extended the most wholesome hos- 
pitality one meets with, and "Camp Belle a I'Eau," wl-n?e 
genial owner you'll probably meet at the Hotel Rey- 
nolds, in Kittanning. While the river flows through" m 
fairly populous country the hills are mostly wooder! \nd 
often one §ee§ very little life in the ygileys §nd one '-^aii 
feel more or less the proprietorship of one's surround- 
ings. While the upper river, after reaching the high 
hills, is undoubtedly the more beautiful, the lower part 
is not without its special charms, and I never tire of 
loafing throughout its length. 
When within ten miles of Pittsburg, you will find 
"Sunshine and Shadow" — A Scene on the Allegheny. 
the Open door policy as interpreted by the Duquesne 
C. C, where I hope no worthy canoeist will ever feel 
a chill. Although near the city, the surroundings are 
very attractive, and many spots are dear to the Duques, 
whose gay parties often make the hills ring in echo 
where midnight cruises are the most charming stunts 
The Allegheny near the Duquesne C. C. 
on the programme with the steak broils an enticing 
second. It is there you'll find " 'Tis always fair 
weather," etc. 
At Pittsburg you will find the confluence of the 
Allegheny and the Monongahela forming the Ohio; 
once a scene of forest and stream, now a smoke-be- 
A Quiet Day on the Allegheny. 
grimed home of cliff-dwellers, denuded hill and cinder- 
curbed streams in which we still find marks of beauty. 
Beaver. 
CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 
Oakland C. C— The Oakland (Cal.) C. C. has elected 
the following officers: Charles Stewart, Commodore; 
H. G. Hinckley, Vice-Commodore; Charles L. Taylor, 
Jr., Secretary and Treasurer; S. A. Hackett and F. B. 
Bain, Committee on Membership. At the annual meet- 
ing a committee was appointed to arrange races in 
which the 'Canoe Club, the Encinal Yacht Club and the 
Olympic Canoe Club will take part during the coming . 
season. The races wifl be similar to those held last 
year between the craft of the three clubs. 
The Camp Site Committee of the Eastern Division 
for the season of 1904 has been appointed, as follows, 
by H enri Schaeffer, vice commodore, and Edward B. 
Stearns, purser: 
Perry H. Dow. Cygnet, Manchester, N. ?!.. c!nn. 
Paul Biuler, Vesper, Lowell, Mass'. 
A. E. Kimberley. Lawrence. Lawrence, Mass 
IL F. Jacobs, jr., Medford.. W. Medford, Mass. 
H. M. S. -Aiken., Quinobcquin, Boston. Mass, 
To the Members of the A. C. A* 
Gentlemen: During the time that I was chairman of 
the camp site committee last year, I sent circular let- 
ters to the members of the Association, stating that 
because of the extra building necessary to start our 
occupation of Sugar Island, which the Association 
purcliased in 1901, a larger amount of money than usual 
would be required, and asking for contributions of $i 
or more from those who felt inclined to contribute. 
A number of the members contributed very generous- 
ly, and money still comes in occasionally, but there is 
still a large amount owing, and thinking that it might 
remind some of you who have not as yet contributed, 
I thought it best to jog your memory in this way, and 
hope that many more may be induced to send me con- 
tributions. 
For the first time I herewith append a list of those 
who have contributed to date. (There may be possibly 
tvvo or three names omitted, and if there are, I ask 
pardon for the omission, and beg that they inform me 
of it.) I do not mention the amounts each one gave, 
but they ranged from $1 to $100. Do not fear that you 
will be called upon for such extra subscriptions each 
year, for you will not, as the island is pretty well ar- 
ranged for camps, and the dock, ice house, kitchen and 
store are built and, of course, will not have to be pro- 
vided again. We also have a number of productive 
assets, such as a number of floors, lumber, cots, blan- 
kets, etc., which nearly cover the defict, so that when 
this deficit is paid, the Association will certainly be in a 
flourishing condition, with respect to its island home. 
Hoping that many of those who read this letter and 
On the Upper Allegheny. 
to whose attention the matter is brought may still con- 
tribute, I am, John S. Wright, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
The following contributed to the Camp Site Fund: 
H. C. Allen, 
H. M. S. Aiken, 
B. Arthur Aycrigg, 
Edward T>. Anderson, 
H. W. Anderson, 
Jesse J. Armstrong, 
Wendel Andreas, 
E. H. Batney, 
William E. Barlow, 
Dr. William B. Breck, 
Paul Butler, 
Marcus Butler, 
William J. Burbeck, 
Harry L. Burrage, 
Al. T. Brown, 
J. H. Ten Eyck Burr, 
O. C. Cunningham, 
C. S. Chapin, 
Henry G. Chamberlain, 
William P. Couch, 
Walter Mack Clark, 
J. E. Cunningham, 
William E. Comfort, 
William W. Crosby, 
Frank L. Dunnell, 
Henry M. Dater, 
Frederick W. Donnelly, 
W. B. Davidson, 
C. J. Davol, 
Irving V. Dorland, 
Fred. W. Dickens,- 
W. S. Donaldson, 
Duquesne Canoe Club, 
J. C. Edwards, 
Fred G. Furman, 
William A. Furman, 
Benjamin W. Fenton, 
Henry L. Frick, 
Charles P. Forbush, 
John Frick, 
J. W. T. Fairweather, 
George W. Gardner, 
R. W. Gibson, 
George H. Gardner, 
Dr. A. G. Gerster, 
N. S. Hyatt, 
W. R. Huntington, 
S. V. Hoffman, 
Percy F. Hogan, 
William A. Holcomb, 
Frank C. Hoyt, 
William R. Haviland, 
Levi Hasbrouck, 
Ralph Hunter, 
F. W. Johnson, 
Henry T. Keyser, 
Louis C. Kretzmer, 
George S. Kellogg, 
Karl F. Kilhoffer, 
H. D. Keyser, 
A. Elliott Kimberly, 
Gerritt B. Lansing, 
F. B. Lewis, 
Joseph Edward Murray, 
Frederick G. Mather, 
Frank C. Moore, 
Henry D. Marsh, 
Daniel C. McEwen, 
Edo E. Mercelis, 
William B. Maddock, 
J. McD. Mowat, 
H. S. McKeag, 
Louis F. Massa, 
J. C. Maclister, 
Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, 
James N. Oliphant, 
M. Ohlmeyer, Jr., 
H. Lyndhurst Pollard, 
Dr. S. C. Powell, 
Walter B. Perkins, 
A. S. Pennington, 
J. E. Plummer, 
Sherburn Pearson, 
Robert Parkhurst, 
.T. R. Robertson, 
J. H. Rushton, 
John Robson, 
George W. Ruggles, 
Auguste J. Rossi, Jr., 
W. F. Richards, 
D'Arcy Scott, 
W. E. Stanwood, 
Stanton Bros., 
George L. Stamm, 
H. M. Stewart, 
Philip J. Syms, 
Walter F. Smith, 
Walter F. Stafford, 
Henri Schaeffer, 
Frank S. Thorn, 
Herbert S. Turtle, 
L. W. Thompson, 
C. H. Twist, 
E, W. Tanner, 
F. W. Theis, 
U. M. Van Varrick, 
Walter Witherbee, ' 
Fred B. Yard, 
Maj. J. M. Walsh, 
Robert J. Wilkin, 
C. F. Welters, 
John Sears Wright, 
A. J. White, 
H. A. Wheeler, I , 
Edwin S. Webster, i 
C. E. Wsrd, 
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