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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. 9, 1911. 
The Result of Over a Century’s Experience 
Perfection in powder-making is only achieved by exercising the most 
scrupulous care in the selection and preparation of raw materials, 
employing skilled workmen exclusively, and using only the most 
improved modern mechanical equipment. 
This is the Du Pont method and accounts for the unequaled repu¬ 
tation among sportsmen enjoyed by the Du Pont brands of Smoke¬ 
less Shotgun powders. One of these brands that has earned a high 
reputation among shooters is 
RALLISTITF 
is# A PERFECT iss 
DENSE' SMOKELESS POWDER 
Moderate recoil—shoots clean; no unburned grains to "blow back”. Will not deteri¬ 
orate with age. Waterproof. BALLISTITE SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDER 
positively will not pit the gun barrels. 
UNEQUALED FOR FIELD AND TRAP-SHOOTING 
See tthat your shells are loaded with BALLISTITE 
Send today for Ballistite Smokeless Booklet No. 3 . It gives best loads 
for various kinds of game, and other information of value to the shooter. 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER COMPANY 
“Pioneer Potvder MaKsrs of America 
established 3802 (gUPOND Wilmington, Del. 
Du Pont—South End. 
The Du Pont Gun Club lost to the South End Gun 
Club, of Camden, N. J v on the latter’s grounds, last 
Saturday, Dec. 2, in the third of the series of shoots of the 
Philadelphia Trapshooters* League. The score was: 
South End 411, Du Pont 404. 
The shooters had to earn every target they got, for 
poorer conditions have seldom prevailed at a League 
match. The light was so poor in the pit that it was dif¬ 
ficult to distinguish the clay birds until they were 
almost out of reach, and late in the afternoon the last 
squads had to contend with a stiff wind that swirled into 
the face of the shooters. Another handicap was that the 
wire on the first trap broke early in the shoot that con¬ 
siderably delayed matters, and nearly all had shot up 
their second 25 before the trap was fixed, and when it 
was again in working order the wind had freshened, thus 
accounting for the vagaries in the scores, most of those 
vvho had performed creditably the first time falling vic¬ 
tims to the hard conditions when they again faced the 
traps to shoot up their 50 targets. 
South End’s total was not particularly good, as, aside 
from ITeineline, with 47, and Slear with 46, the others 
did not come up to expectations, and though they were 
compelled to take in four scores below 40, nevertheless 
one was a 39 and three totaled 38. It was these latter 
that helped materially in the victory, and were reached 
by clever shooting the first time up, when the light was 
a trifle better than when they faced the traps a second 
lime. The scores: 
South End. 
Du 
Pont. 
Fleineline . 
47 
McHugh ... 
. 48 
Slear . 
46 
Richardson . 
. 47 
Cordery . 
42 
Robertson .. 
. 45 
Pechman . 
42 
Foord . 
. 41 
Kadcliffe . 
41 
Winchester . 
. 41 
Fleming . 
40 
Betts . 
. 38 
Springer . 
39 
Carlon . 
.38 
Chalmers . 
38 
Colfax . 
. 36 
Horner . 
38 
Du Pont ... 
. 35 
Borden . 
38-411 
Mitchell .... 
. 35—404 
Scores of other shooters who failed to qualify, follow: 
South End—II. Anthony 36, Dehner 35, J. Anthony 35, 
Johnson 34, Wakeman 33, Eisenhardt 33, Greene 32> 
Cross 30, Soistinan 23. 
Du Pont—Willis 39, Joslyn 35, Tuchton 34, Martin 34, 
Anderson 34, Simon 34, Connor 30, Rusk 30, Doremus 
30, Mathewson 29, Tomlinson 28, McMullin 25. 
Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, O., Dec. 2.—There will be an all-day shoot 
Dec. 16, at the Columbus Gun Club, Arlington and Fifth 
Avenue. There will be 150 targets for the day on the 
money-back system. Everyone invited. 
Scores for last Saturday follow: Taylor 92, H. E. 
Smith 90, G. Smith 86, Chamberlain 81, Flower 82, Jones 
80, Ward 79, Carson 83, Fisher 87, George 80. Everybody 
shot at 100 targets. 
Will you please announce through your fixtures the 
following dates: Dec. 16, Jan. 13, Feb. 22 and 23, March 
21, April 18, May 15 and 16. 
PINCHOT ON THE ADIRONDACK 
PROBLEM. 
Continued from page 839. 
the Adirondacks demand a change in the con¬ 
stitution. Without attempting to use exact legal 
language I suggest that Section 7 of Article 7 
might well be amended to read somewhat as 
follows: 
“The lands of the State, now owned or here¬ 
after acquired, constituting the Adirondack and 
Catskill Parks as fixed by law, shall be kept as 
forest lands. They shall not be sold or ex¬ 
changed, or be taken by any corporation, public 
or private, and no timber shall be cut on said 
lands except in accordance with the principles 
of conservative forestry, nor shall the perma¬ 
nent forest conditions of any such land be in¬ 
terrupted, endangered or destroyed by clean cut¬ 
ting or otherwise.” 
Since the Camp-fire Club does not desire at 
this time to take up the question of water power, 
I have to add merely that the principles upon 
which this part of the larger problem of the 
use of the Adirondacks should be decided I be¬ 
lieve to be these: 
First-—State development, ownership, construc¬ 
tion and control of water power on State lands. 
Second—Fair compensation to the State for 
the use of power thus created. 
Third—Regulation of rates charged to the ulti¬ 
mate consumer. 
Fourth—Co-operation with the National Gov¬ 
ernment for the complete development and con¬ 
trol in the public interest of all power on navi¬ 
gable and other streams within the State. 
This report is based on the field work and 
experience of Overton W. Price, my associate 
in the United States Forest Service and the Na¬ 
tional Conservation Association, and myself. It 
ends as it began. Forestry is flourishing in New 
York everywhere but in the woods. The time 
is ripe for a change. 
CARE OF THE RIFLE. 
“The most frequent cause for inaccurate rifles 
is neglect to clean properly. I am a strong be¬ 
liever in the old saying, ‘the cleaner the gun the 
cleaner the score.’ 
“Never, under any circumstances, allow a rifle 
to become pitted. A rifle can’t do good work 
with the inside of the barrel looking like the in¬ 
side of a stovepipe. Always clean and oil your 
rifle the first thing you do when you come in 
from the field. 
“Never allow a gun to go over night without 
cleaning. Rifles of small caliber I find need to 
• be cleaned and oiled every ten days to two 
weeks when not in use or tiny rust spots will 
form in the barrel and cause trouble. 
“In cleaning rifles use a brass or wood rod 
and clean from the breech. This shoves the dirt 
out at the muzzle instead of back into the action, 
as would be the case if cleaned from the muzzle. 
There is no danger of ‘blurring’ the muzzle 
when cleaning from the breech. A slight ‘blur’ 
at the muzzle will injure the fine shooting qual¬ 
ities of any rifle and often destroys the accuracy 
of the arm entirely. 
“I find the string wiper, with rag and bristle 
