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chance to complete the quota necessary to win a 
watch during 1916. 
Another thing—any shooter may win two, 
three or more watches under this plan, if he can 
make the necessary runs. But one fob will be 
given each shooter, and after winning one watch 
additional runs will be recognized with bars, 
similar in quality and design in every way to the 
first ones he receives. When the second 15 bars 
have been won, a second watch will be awarded 
the shooter winning them. 
It is not necessary for shooters to accept the 
second watch if they do not desire to do so. 
Silverware or other merchandise costing ap¬ 
proximately the same as the watches will be given 
instead, and shooters will be given the option of 
taking a lady’s watch instead of a gentleman’s. 
For professionals the same conditions will 
prevail except that they must make 25 runs o'f 
50 straight or more to win a watch. Shooters 
everywhere who are aware of the superiority o-f 
DuPont Powders will be pleased to learn of the 
conditions under which our Long Run Trophy 
will be awarded, and we predict that this new 
and novel idea will meet with instant and gen¬ 
eral approval. 
J. M. BULKLEY DEAD. 
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eventually pleurisy set in, resulting finally in 
his death. 
John McLelland Bulkley was born in this city, 
June 25, 1840, and was the son of Gershom 
Taintor Bulkley and Julia A. Kellog Bulkley. 
His father came here in 1833 and was one of the 
city’s pioneer New England settlers, while his 
mother came from one of the oldest families 
in Massachusetts. Of a family of five sons and 
five daughters, John McLelland Bulkley was the 
youngest and at the time of his death he was the 
last surviving member. His parents died in this 
city, the father at the age of 84 and the 
mother at 93. 
Monroe’s private and public schools gave Mr. 
Bulkley his early education. When he was twelve 
years old the Monroe Young Men’s and Boys’ 
Academy was founded by prominent citizens as 
preparatory school for college and he became 
one of its pupils. Among his classmates were 
Maj.-Gen. George A. Custer, Judge Conway, W. 
Noble, Dr. Henry B. Landon, Hon- Harry A. Con- 
nant and others who la l er distinguished themselves 
in professional or public life. When a young 
lad, he entered the employ of James Armitage, 
remaining with him for ten years. Subsequently 
he became connected with the wholesale firm 
of Root & Barbour, of Detroit, and later he 
was associated with his brother Charles in the 
dry goods business in Monroe. After his brothei 
retired in 1874, Mr. Bulkley continued the busi¬ 
ness until the early 8o’s, when he disposed of 
it to Manistee parties. He then became con¬ 
nected with the Fairbanks Company, scale and 
valve manufacturers, whom he represented for 
many years in their western business. 
In 1865 he was married to Mary Disbrow 
Cole, daughter of Hon. Thos. G. Cole and a 
granddaughter of Henry Disbrow, the civil en¬ 
gineer ’who platted Monroe village when it was 
organized in 1817. Mrs. Bulkley and two children 
survive him — Mr. Arthur C. Tagge, of Mon¬ 
treal, and Harry Conant Bulkley, of the' law 
firm of Campbell, Bulkley & Ledyard, of Detroit; 
a daughter, Grace Chetwood, died in 1886 at the 
age of eleven years. He also leaves a grand¬ 
son and two granddaughters. 
Mr. Bulkley was of a strong literary mind 
and for years had been contributor to maga¬ 
zines and the press, his writings being princi¬ 
pally of a historical nature, dealing largely with 
the history of Michigan*and Monroe county. He 
was a keen, accurate observer, had a charming 
style and the articles penned by him never failed 
to instruct and interest. For many years he 
gathered data about men and events of Monroe 
county and collected a vast resource of informa¬ 
tion, which he utilized about two years ago in 
his History of Monroe County, an exhaustive 
work in two volumes. Since the publication of 
Talco'tt E. Wing’s history of the county, in 1890, 
there had been no definite or systematic attempt 
by any one to compile and preserve the data 
to take up the work where the other history 
left off, until Mr. Bulkley undertook the diffi¬ 
cult and highly important task. His history, 
While also containing much additional informa¬ 
tion of the early history of the county, is of 
special value because it covers the events of the 
past quarter century. 
His talents as writer and historian have fre¬ 
quently been of inestimable value in recent years 
when historical anniversaries were celebrated, 
notably at the dedication of the Kentucky monu¬ 
ment and the unveiling of the Custer statue. In 
the latter, particularly, were his articles timely,, 
interesting and valuable. Himself a schoolmate 
of Gen. Custer, he continued to be his warm 
personal friend, acting as groomsman at the 
general’s marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bacon. This 
friendship gave him that personal contact with 
the hero and that intimate knowledge of his 
life and character which enabled him to put 
into permanent record many incidents and side¬ 
lights on the life of the great cavalry leader 
that would otherwise have been lost. Articles 
of Mr. Bulkley had appeared from time to time 
in Forest and Stream, given voluntarily. 
While his usefulness as a citizen was by no 
means confined to his later years, when he gave 
freely of his time as a writer and biographer, it 
is these contributions that will be of greatest 
service in preserving his memory in his com¬ 
munity. In faithfully recording the history of 
his home county, he has written his own. 
THE SKI, ITS USES AND ITS MANY POSSI¬ 
BILITIES. 
Once Manufactured Almost Exclusively in Nor¬ 
way, Now a Product of the United States— 
Demand Increases. 
The use of skis is gradually being extended 
farther South, and it is firmly believed that 
there will come a time when they will be used 
whenever there is snow. There are thousands 
of sporting goods dealers in the United States 
who could stock skis with profit who do not 
now sell them for the reason that there is no 
demand. The dealer must create the demand. 
Originally skis were implements of necessity, 
but later came info use by sportsmen, who in 
THE NEW WINCHESTER CALENDAR. 
