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TRIPS THROUGH THE GREAT SOUTHWEST. 
' Forest and Stream has received from one of its 
old time correspondents in the southwest, a letter 
the contents and purpose of which may prove 
of interest to many readers. The letter explains 
without wasting words just what the writer has 
in mind, and we append it herewith: 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The writer, a mining engineer, has been put 
out of business by the war in Europe. 
I would like your advice on the best means of 
getting up camping parties through the south¬ 
west. As you probably know there is little oppor¬ 
tunity for bunting. 
My Object is to take people to the out-of-the- 
way-places of our country. 
Through the Great American Plateau Region 
lately described in part by Kollb Brothers in the 
National Geographic 'Magazine, down the Grand 
and Colorado rivers. I would do it with pack out¬ 
fit and wagons; also the Natural Bridges in South 
Utah, the Goose Necks of the San Juan River, 
Monumental Valley, North Arizona, the Navajo 
Reservation, the Naoke snake dance, the In¬ 
dian Pueblos and pre-historic ruins of the 
southwest. 
These are big scenic trips, requiring discrim¬ 
ination when to make them and much experience 
to make them successful. One would have to 
depend on parties of three to four weeks dura¬ 
tion at least, 'five or six parties per year, at an 
expense of $8 per day for each person in order 
to give first class accommodation, horses, and 
everything necessary included. 
The writer is thoroughly familiar with this 
country described, having blazed its trails for 
twenty years. 
- The question with me is the best way to get 
the people to make these trips; how to reach 
them ? 
Above all do you think it feasible? Could the 
right men and women be interested? It’s the 
biggest and most interesting section in this coun¬ 
try but I fully realize it requires people of cer¬ 
tain temperament to make a trip of this kind. 
The desert and its wonderful land sculpture, 
its life and atmosphere are beyond the compre¬ 
hension o'f the ordinary luxury hunting traveler 
used to the Pullman car and autom-oibile. 
It seems to me in order to make five or six 
parties it will be necessary to have a represen¬ 
tative in the East make them up and time them 
for different seasons and locations. If you can 
consistently do so, kindly give me your opinion 
on the subject and confer a great favor. 
W. 
New Mexico, December 16, 1914. 
The writer of the letter is a member of a num¬ 
ber of scientific societies, and if among the read¬ 
ers of Forest and Stream there are any who wish 
further information, we will gladly supply the 
name of our correspondent on request. Certainly 
he opens possibilities of a most wonderful trip 
to people who have never seen the desert land of 
the southwest and its scenery, which surpasses 
anything else of the kind in the known world. 
BEAVER IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 
The beaver has been restored to his favorite 
haunts, the Adirondacks, by means of restocking 
and effective protection, according to the reports 
of systematic observations of protectors and 
others received by the Conservation Commission 
of New York. These investigations show that 
there are to-day between 1,500 and 2,000 beaver 
in 'the wilds, which the Iroquois Indians called 
“Koh-sa-ra-ga,” “The Beaver-Hunting Country.” 
The Adirondacks to-day are again entitled to their 
old Iroquois name. 
The Legislature of 1903 appropriated $500 to 
begin the restocking of the Adirondacks with 
beaver and in 1905 three pairs were liberated. 
In 1905 there was reported to the Fish and 
Game Commission the existence of a “small na¬ 
tive colony of beavers, the last of the remnants 
of the original stock, inhabiting the waters north¬ 
west of Upper Saranac Lake.” In that year the 
commission placed a “conservative estimate of 
the beaver in the Adirondacks” at “about forty.” 
In 1906 the Legislature appropriated $1,000 for 
continuing the restocking of the Adirondacks 
with beaver and in the following year seventeen 
were obtained from Yellowstone Park and dis¬ 
tributed. The commission gave the beaver cen¬ 
sus that year at 100. Reports recently received 
by the Conservation Commission show that beaver 
are multiplying rapidly and are taking possession 
of their ancient heritage in many different parts 
of the Adirondacks. 
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the Speed Shell Express for Winning 
Town. Twenty-four Remington-UMC 
Championships out of thirty-nine 
CHAS. H. NEWCOMB won Pinehurst, N. C., Mid- 
Winter Handicap, 95 x 100 , from 21 yards, with 
Remington-UMC. Arrow Speed Shells. 
M. S. HICKMAN won Southwestern Handicap, 88 x 
100 from 17 yards in a high wind, with Remington- 
UMC Autoloading Shotgun and Arrow Speed Shells. 
F. SCHWALBE won Western Handicap, 99 x 100 at 
19 yards, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and 
Nitro ’Clu'b Shells. 
R. L. SPOTTS won Amateur Trapshooting Cham¬ 
pionship of United States, 188 x 200 , shooting 
Arrow Speed Shells. 
W. S. BEHM won Pennsylvania State Champion¬ 
ship, 146 x 150 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump 
Gun. 
HENRY F. WHILON won Oregon State Champion¬ 
ship with 98 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump 
Gun and Nitro Club Shells. 
W. E. ROACH won Indiana State Championship, 94 
x 100 , .shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun. 
P. J. WHITE won South Dakota State Champion¬ 
ship, 97 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun 
and Nitro Club Shells. 
D. F. MALLORY won Maryland State Champion¬ 
ship, 97 x 100 , shooting Nitro Club Speed Shells. 
G. M. L. KEY won Mississippi State Championship, 
92 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and 
Arrow Shells. 
JAMES HIGGINS won Colorado-New Mexico-Wyom¬ 
ing Championship, 100 x 100 , shooting Remington- 
UMC iPum.p Gun. 
F. D. WADE won Idaho State Championship, 98 x 
100 , using Remington-UMC Autoloading Shotgun 
and Nitro Club Shells. 
W. L. MULFORD won Missouri State Champion¬ 
ship, 99 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Speed 
Shells 
F. G. DREYFUS won Wisconsin State Champion¬ 
ship, 95 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Speed 
Shells. 
W. H. HODGES won Texas State Championship, 49 
x 50 and 25 x 25 in shoot off, shooting Reming¬ 
ton-UMC Pump Gun and Shells. 
JAMES M. BARRETT won Georgia State Cham¬ 
pionship, 93 x 100 , and 78 x 80 in shoot off, shoot¬ 
ing Remington-UMC Pumo Gun Speed Shells. 
E. J. CHINGREN won Washington State Cham¬ 
pionship, 311 x 325 , shooting Remington-UMC 
Pump Gun. 
HOWARD S. MILLS won Utah State Champion¬ 
ship, 99 x 100 , using Remington-UMC Autoloading 
Shotgun. 
J. M. KNOX won Ohio State Championship, 99 x 
100 , shooting Remington-UMIC Pump Gun. 
J. T. AUSTIN won Louisiana State Championship, 
98 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun. 
FRED RICHTER won Minnesota State Champion¬ 
ship, 98 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump 
Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. 
J. R. JAHN won Iowa State Championship, 97 x 
100 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun. 
CLARENCE HOMER won Oklahoma State Cham¬ 
pionship, 95 x 100 , shooting Remington-UMC Pump 
Gun and Arrow Speed Shells. 
DR. W. H. MATHEWS won New Jersey State 
Championship, 95 x 100 , shooting the Speed Shells. 
CLIFFORD S. RANDALL won Maine State Cham¬ 
pionship, 97 x 100 , shooting Re-mington-UMC Ar¬ 
row Speed Shells. 
W. L. STONEHOUSE won Michigan State Cham¬ 
pionship, 96 x 100 , with Nitro Club Speed Shells. 
J. K. WARREN won Alabama State Championship, 
97 x 100 and 19 x 20 in Shoot Off with Arrow Speed 
Shells. 
DR. L. G. RICHARDS won Virginia State Cham¬ 
pionship, 100 x 100 , using Nitro Club Speed Shells. 
Wlft. H. HALL won Kentucky State Championship 
(Not Interstate Event), 96 x 100 , with Nitro Cluib 
Speed Shells. 
CHAS. NEWCOMB won Pennsylvania Challenge 
Championship with record score of 100 x 100 for 
Championship, 192 straight, all at 18 yards, using 
Arrow Speed Shells. 
REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 
299 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 
