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Lost in the Woods. 
the members of our party were equal to the 
occasion from a gastronomic viewpoint. Black 
bass make a very nice meal at any time, but 
when you take them absolutely fresh from as 
clear a stream as the White River and have 
them fried for supper, you have one of the most 
palatable dishes that can be imagined, and of 
course the fact that they were the result of our 
own efforts made them doubly appreciated. 
The White River is lined on both sides with 
a great deal of foliage, and during June, with 
the green trees and clear water and the high 
bluff of the Ozarks which continually rise from 
the edge of the water on one side to a height 
of 200 feet or more, made a most delightful 
scene to gaze upon. We arose from our cots 
at daylight and usually floated until above 5 
o’clock in the evening, when we would again 
pitch camp on a gravel bar. Supper was usually 
preceded by a fine swim in the clear water. 
Coming out from the sides of the mountains 
there is an abundance of springs of cold, clear 
water and we always arranged to eat in the 
neighborhood of one of these springs, which 
afforded us an abundance of cool drinking water. 
The river was rather low at the time we made- 
the trip. We had a little excitement a few times 
in going over the numerous shoals, but under 
the able management of guide Collison and his 
two assistants, the party met with no mishaps, 
but one of the members did succeed in falling 
out of the boat, much to his moist discomfiture 
and to the exceeding hilarity of the rest of the 
party. 
After eight days of pleasure we arrived at 
Cottar, Ark., having floated a distance of 250 
miles by water. I am already being seized with 
another hankering to go fishing, and I presume 
that the only thing left for me to do is to put 
in a day with the mudcat, to see if the White 
River trip has ruined me for my native fishing. 
Glacier National Park. 
Major W. R. Logan, superintendent of the 
new Glacier National Park, is engaged in build¬ 
ing roads and bridges, camps and buildings. The 
new Administration Bui’ding is at the lower end 
of Lake MacDonald, with a new road running 
to Belton, three miles, the nearest station on the 
railway. Power and rowboats have been put on 
the lake, and guides are prepared to take care of 
visitors. Firearms cannot be used in the park, 
but fishing is permitted. The trout, cut-throat 
and Dolly Varden, are very numerous. Lines of 
camps have been installed, and saddle and pack 
horses are available for journeys to distant parts 
of the park, where there are at present no 
roads. Many of the most interesting features 
are within a day’s ride of the railway. 
The illustration printed on page 213 shows one 
of the vistas in the new park which it would 'be 
difficult to find surpassed anywhere, even in the 
Grand Canon of Arizona. Many artists have 
gone there to reproduce on canvas the beauties 
of this great wonderland, and already many 
splendid photographs have been made, some of 
which have appeared in Forest and Stream, 
while others will appear from time to time. 
The prohibition of shooting in Glacier Park 
will in time add materially to its attractiveness, 
and as a hunting ground for amateur photog¬ 
raphers it will appeal to the more hardy ones, 
to whom mountain climbing also appeals. 
Nilwood, Ill., July 20. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Reading “Progress of Game Protec¬ 
tion in 1910” reminds me of what I saw during 
a four weeks’ stay in St. Louis county, Min¬ 
nesota, during October and November last year. 
BLUFFS ALONG AN OZARK STREAM. 
From a photograph by Conrad Lueke. 
Being out for the benefit of my health, I was 
afoot early each morning and traversed the coun¬ 
try in all directions from my abiding place. 
From the very first day I was satisfied that so 
far as deer were concerned there had been a 
great increase since the last time I had spent 
a season in the woods. 
Forest fires had raged over all the country 
near the railroad and the moose had been driven 
back, and could only be found beyond the fire 
zone, except now and then one would cross from 
one feeding ground to another. I was not so 
fortunate as to see one, but several times I came 
across their feeding grounds, and the signs were 
so fresh that had I been hunting I'would have 
been mighty apt to have taken a good look 
around for the fellows that had made those 
tracks and signs. 
After the snow which fell during the night 
of the 7th of November, it was at once apparent 
that there were even more deer and moose in 
that part of the country than I had supposed. 
The supposition that there had been an increase 
of deer became a conviction, borne out by the 
number of deer I saw and the signs of those 
not seen. I came away the morning of the 14th 
and cannot say to what extent they were taken, 
but if signs go for anything, the hunter who 
failed to get his deer had bad luck or was a 
poor hand at the business. Two of my friends 
came down from Biwabik the evening of the 
9th, and before I left they had each taken two 
deer. They had made arrangements to go for 
moose later in the season and did not try for 
them there on account of having so far to go 
to their feeding grounds. The day I left I was 
told that a party camping near Stony Lake had 
brought a big fellow into the mill at Skibo, and 
as the woods were full of red caps and sweaters, 
it is natural to suppose more were taken. 
The Iron Range Company had a large force 
of men building a spur track from Mesaba to 
the east, and reports reached us that plenty of 
moose were being seen there, but I did not in¬ 
vestigate and cannot vouch for the truth of this 
report. 
Early in the morning of the 9th a party of 
hunters got off the train at mile sixty-eight and 
went to the camps of the Mesaba Timber Com¬ 
pany five miles east and began hunting. About 
8 p. M. the same day three of the party came 
out to the station to report one of their number 
lost and got a party together and began to hunt 
for him. The railroad officials at Two Harbors 
were notified and had their engineers stop at 
mile sixty-eight and sound the engine whistles 
for half an hour. This was done all night long, 
but the lost man did not show up, and although 
the search parties kept at it all the next day 
they were unable to locate his trail. 
About 8 P. M. a trapper came in and reported 
having found his trail about five miles north of 
Skibo. The two section foremen, Erricson and 
Peterson, with two others, took lanterns and 
started to follow the trail. At six the next 
morning IT. LI. Salmon and myself followed 
them out to render assistance in bringing him 
in, either badly crippled or dead, for none of 
us thought there was a living sane man who 
would not have tracked himself out of the woods 
the next morning after lying out all night. 
We followed until about 11 o’clock and then 
came to where he had camped the night of the 
9th. Here we found signs that showed how the 
shaper of 'all destinies looks after children and 
incompetents. He had made his camp in a 
spruce swamp and had built his fire against a 
large dead tamarac. During the night the tree 
had burned through and fallen within a few 
inches of his bed. If luck had not been on his 
side that night the trail would have ended right 
there, but as it was he escaped injury and at 
