July, 1922 
FOREST AND STREAM 
317 
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MARBI-ES 
leaning Implements 
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The clean gun is a sure gun — one 
that will last for years. Marble’s 
Cleaning Implements are need- 
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against destruction by rust and 
can buy. Most dealers have 
Marble’s Equipment — if you can’t get what you 
want, order direct. Send for the Marble’s catalog. 
Marble’s Line also includes Safety Pocket and Camp Axes, Clean- 
ing Rods, Hunting Knives, Gun Sights, Waterproof Match Box, Com- 
passes, Fish Gaff, Auxiliary Cartridges, Shell Extractors and Recoil Pads. 
insurance 
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Rifle Cleaner 
Thoroly cleans without injuring the finest rifle and removes all lead, rust or powder 
residue. Made of sections of softest brass gauze washers, on a spirally bent spring 
tempered steel wire — may be attached to any standard rod. 60c. Statecaliberwanted. 
When saturated with oil they prevent rusting or pitting — perfect 
protection for any gun. One oiling lasts for years. For shotguns or 
rifles, 60c; for revolvers, 30c. State gauge or caliber wanted. 
Jointed Rifle Rod 
The best general purpose rod, for it can be packed in a small space 
and when screwed together it’s as solid as a one-piece 
rod — can’t wobble, bend or break. Three brass sec- 
tions, with two steel joints, steel swivel at its end. 
May be had in brass or steel, 26, 30 and 34 inches 
long, $1.25. Give calibre and length desired. 
Nitro Solvent Oil 
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This wonderful oil will keep sportsmen’s equipment 
free from rust — it quicldy dissolves the residue of all 
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powders. A perfect lubricant. 2-oz. bottle, 35c; i 
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6-oz. can, 65c. By mail, 10c extra. Sample free. 
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Shot Gun Cleaner i 
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Same construction as rifle cleaner. Guaranteed not to 
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clean and prolong its life. l-OO. State gauge wanted. ” 
MARBLE ARMS & MFG. CO., 526 Delta Ave. Gladstone, Mich. 
had that chilly feeling typical of a fad- 
ing, western summer day. 
.\tter ten minutes’ climb an old sage 
hen dew up just ahead of me. She had 
been drinking from the brook. My first 
barrel crumpled her up and she pitched 
rock-like to earth. Although an old one 
I was elated at this early triumph and 
had a foreshadowing of days of royal 
sport to come. 
A brace of shots in the next gully told 
me that Jim was doing some cannonad- 
ing himself. As he was a good shot he 
probably had some game, I thought. 
Then, too, he had the decided advantage 
of a dog, providing he was worth his 
salt. 
No more birds were seen during the 
climb to the hill-top. Jim arrived shortly 
afterward puffing and wheezing like an 
asthmatic. Useless avoirdupois in the 
region of the stomach was seriously in- 
terfering with his wind. 
He was swinging a lone hen. Accord- 
ing to his story the dog scared up three 
hut two of them were out of range; he 
merely shot at them for practice. His 
bird was young, though, and not much 
more than half as large as mine. This 
was a case when size was not an advan- 
tage. The bigger the sage hen grows, the 
older and tougher she is as a nde. We 
figured that there was just about time to 
return home before darkness set in. One 
docs not care to venture around much in 
the darkness of a desert night. The omi- 
nous silence — the phantom shadows cast 
by the moon — have a weird look. 
As we worked campward via the 
canon a lone coyote showed himself not 
over a hundred yards distant, let out an 
unearthly howl and then slunk away into 
the brush over a small knoll. Several 
hawks flew about swiftly overhead while 
the hoot of an owl frequently broke the 
stillness of approaching night. 
That evening Jim dressed the young 
sage hen and we rolled it in flour and 
fried it on the cabin stove. Added to 
this delicac}’ in the eating line were fried 
potatoes, biscuit and a glass of jelly. The 
bird was very tender and palatable, hav- 
ing no unpleasant taste and we ate and 
ate until no meat was left. Then we sat 
around the stove for some time enjoying 
or.r pipes. Ten o’clock found us in bed. 
PRID.VY was another of those hlis- 
* tering ones. L’ncomfortahly hot 
throughout the day and rather frigid at 
nightfall. W’e made a breakfast of bacon 
and pancakes and threw the dog a por- 
tion of left-overs which he devoured in 
evident delight. All three of us mani- 
fested enormous appetites which w’ere all 
hut insatiable. 
At eight o’clock the dog was “rarin’ to 
go” so we shouldered our guns and 
struck out, this time to the west, passing 
out through a sheep corral and thence 
to a small creek. Jim took one side of 
it and I the other with the canine run- 
ning ahead of us in eager anticipation 
of the hunt. 
Mornings on the desert are sublime 
for the lover of Nature and the out-of- 
doors. It was hot, extremely hot, even 
this early in the day. But we did not 
mind it much. What sportsman of the 
real dyed in the wool kind would? 
THE SHOOTING TIMES 
AND 
BRITISH SPORTSMAN 
The Sportsman’s Ideal Paper 
deals with 
SHOOTING, FISHING, SPORTING DOGS, Etc. 
SUBSCRIPTION# 30s PER ANNUM 
International money orders obtainable at all 
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Specimen Copy forwarded Post Free on 
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74-77 Temple Chambers, London, E. C. 4 
WILBUR SHOTGUN PEEP SIGHT, 
deadly addition to the modern shotgun. Makes good 
shots of poor ones. Fast enough for snap shooting, 
ducks, or at traps. Automatically shows how to 
lead correctly — No more guess work. Made of blued 
steel, clamps rigidly on breech of gun barrels. 12. 
16, 20 28 gauges. Double guns only.^ Postpaid, $2.50 
including booklet. “Wing Shooting Made Easy." 
Booklet alone sent on receipt of ten cents. Teaches 
the art of wing shooting. 
WILBUR GUN SIGHT 
116 West 39tb St., P.O. Box 185, Times Square, New Yorit 
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