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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 3, 1908. 
$250 in Prizes for 
Narratives of Outdoor Life 
Cash Prizes for True Stories—A Chance for 
Every One to Turn Experience to Account 
ONE PRIZE OF $100.00 
ONE OF $50.00 TWO OF $25.00 FIVE OF $10.00 
Forest and Stream wants true stories of life in the open. Not fiction, 
but narratives of travel, adventure, life in the wild, experiences with big 
game. They must be Forest and Stream narratives, with all that this im¬ 
plies. They must be based on your own experiences or the experiences of 
those you know. They must be above the level of the commonplace, the 
kinds of happenings that appeal to the real outdoor man, that stir the 
memory, that make the blood tingle. 
The competition is open to everyone. There are no limitations. Con¬ 
tributions must be legibly written, preferably typewritten, on one side of 
the paper. Manuscript for the first and second prizes must not be less than 
10,000 words or more than 15,000. Manuscript to be considered for the 
$25 prizes must not be less than 5,000 words. 
Manuscript awarded a prize becomes at once the property of Forest 
and Stream. We reserve the right to reject any or all manuscript sub¬ 
mitted. Manuscript which does not receive a prize will be returned to the 
writer if accompanied by stamps. We always have need of good stories 
of the Forest and Stream kind. Every good manuscript which does not 
win a prize may be available for our use. 
HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR SUBJECTS: 
Adventures With Big Game at Home or Abroad 
Travel in Wild Lands Camp Life in the Woods 
Small Game Shooting 
When photographs accompany manuscript their interest will be given 
consideration in determining the availability of the contribution, but no 
manuscript will be accepted wholly because of the quality of the photo¬ 
graphs. 
PRIZES IN DETAIL: 
$100 for the best narrative of Outdoor Life not less than 10,000 words 
$50 lor the second best manuscript of not less than 10,000 words 
$25—Two prizes of $25 each for two manuscripts of not less than 
5,000 words each 
Five prizes of $10 each for the best short (2,500 word) narratives of 
Outdoor Life 
This contest will close Dec. 15, 1908, and the prize winners will be 
announced in Forest and Stream at the earliest possible date thereafter. 
All communications should be addressed to Forest and Stream and plainly 
marked, “Prize Competition.” 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 127 Franklin St., N. Y. 
WATER SOAKING TO PREVENT 
WARPING. 
Various writers on the work of wood season¬ 
ing have called attention to the merits of lum¬ 
ber sawed from logs long submerged. They 
do this by speaking of the distinct advantages 
gained by soaking the logs or the sawed lum¬ 
ber in water as a preliminary step to the air 
seasoning 
It is pointed out that in Japan logs are kept 
in brackish ponds for several years before being 
worked up. To this treatment is ascribed the 
peculiar freedom from warping found in wood¬ 
work from Japan, and especially in the wood 
carvings which are common in that country. 
The warping of woodwork is due to a change 
in dimension caused by the wood adjusting itself 
to the moisture condition of the surrounding 
air. In damp air, wood swells, but shrinks again 
as the air becomes drier. This property of 
wood cannot be overcome entirely, but the 
search continues for methods of reducing it and 
retarding it so as to lessen its damage. 
Soaking does decrease the tendency to warp, 
but by no means overcomes it entirely. The 
effect of soaking as a remedy for warping, 
however, is less than can reasonably be expected 
from some methods of steaming. 
As a commercial practice the soaking of logs 
or lumber to remedy warping of the finished 
product is not to be recommended except when 
it can be done during storage or transportation 
because of the time required to produce results 
that fall far short of what is usually claimed. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium ot 
entertainment, instruction and information between Amer¬ 
ican sportsmen. The editors invite communications on 
the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous 
communications will not be regarded. The editors are 
not responsibile for the views of correspondents. 
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