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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 25, 1911. 
On the Seventh Regiment Ranges. 
A two-days’ competition closed on Saturday afternoon, 
March 18, on the regimental ranges. Park avenue and 
Sixty-seventh street. In the expert class Private A. 
Scholz, of Company A. the regimental champion, real¬ 
ized his ambition of the season by making a perfect 
score of 35 off-shoulder and 35 prone. Rarely is such 
a score made. The other two who made a perfect score 
this season were Pvt. J. I<. Boles, of Company I, and 
.Lieut. A. N. Cowperthwait, Company I. His fine score 
put Pvt. Scholz in the lead for the cup in his class, 
with the excellent total of 139 out of a possible 140. 
In the last few minutes of shooting, Corp. W. O. Ray¬ 
mond, of Company G, made a 68, which won for him the 
expert class prize for first entries. Sergt. F. C. Noble 
continued at the head of the sharpshooter division, while 
Pvt. W. I- Rogers held the advantage in the novice 
section. The summaries: 
Leaders in Class cup match No. 4; Expert Class: 
Pvt A Scholz. Co. A. TO 69—139 
Lieut W B Short, Vet. 69 68—137 
Pvt. J K Boles, Co. 1. 69 68—137 
Sharpshooter Class: 
Sergt F C Noble, Co. K. 68 67—135 
Lieut A B Wade, Co. K. 67 66—133 
Pvt J D McQuaid, Co. F. 66 65—131 
Novice Class: 
Pvt W L Rogers, Co. H. 67 65—132 
Pvt A H Kropff, Co. G. 66 64—130 
Musician C Daut, Co. A. 66 64—130 
First entry prize winners; Expert Class: 
Corp W O Raymond, Co. G. 34 34—68 
Sharoshooter Class: 
Corp H Simpson, Co. F. 32 34—66 
Novice Class: _ 
Pvt A II Kronff. Co. G.. 30 34—64 
Expert qualifications: Pvt. P. E. Grannis, Co. K., 6S 
deliberate, 40 rapid; total 108. Necessary for qualification 
as expert, at least 68 out of 70 in deliberate fire, and at 
least 40 out of 50 in rapid fire. 
Sharpshooter qualifications: 
Corp H Simpson, Co. F-- 
Sergt C I> Macdonald, Co. K. 
Corp S C Van Note, Co. G... 
Pvt H W Taylor, Co. C...- 
Necessary for qualification. 
65 out of the maximum of 70, 
200yds. 500yds. Total. 
. 32 34 66 
. 31 35 66 
. 33 32 65 
. 31 34 65 
as sharpshooter, at least 
deliberate fire. 
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regularly. 
RABBITS A FOOD SUPPLY. 
“Few people realize the importable of the 
rabbit as a source of food supply,” said Gen¬ 
eral Speaks of the State Fish and Game Com¬ 
mission, in the 'Wilmington (Ohio) Journal. 
“Many people consider them merely pests, but 
fr.om noW on thousands of rabbits will be on 
sale in the markets of Cincinnati and other 
Southern Ohio cities. We don’t get so many 
of them here because the little animal is not so 
plentiful in this section as in the hills of South¬ 
ern Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Vir- 
ginia. 
“Cincinnati residents are very fond of rabbit 
meat, and a meat dealer of that city told me 
recently that the large sale of rabbits there last 
winter materially affected the sale of beef and 
other meats. 
“There are great food possibilities in the 
rabbit, and I think the time is coming when 
rabbit farms'will be started for the purpose of 
raising the animals for the market.’ 
A SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER. 
According to a Frankfort publication a Ger¬ 
man patent has been secured for the manufac¬ 
ture from the soya bean of a product to take 
the place of rubber. The process consists in 
the reduction of the oil of the soya bean to a 
thick, tough liquid through the addition of 
nitric acid. After further treatment with alka¬ 
loid solutions the mixture is heated to 150 de¬ 
grees, giving a tough, highly elastic product 
similar to rubber, which can be vulcanized by 
the same process as rubber. 
Consul-General Frank D. Hill says numerous 
attempts have been made in the past to manu¬ 
facture artificial rubber and processes, which 
in the laboratory gave excellent results, but 
have been found impracticable on account of 
high cost. Whether this latest method will be 
successful remains to be proved. However, the 
fact that the soya bean is being experimented 
with is illustrative of the fact that it is be¬ 
ginning to be known in Germany, where it is 
npw imported free of duty. 
The' bean is cultivated -in the hinterland of 
Kiaochaw,. the German leased territory in 
China, as well as in Manchuria. Its increased 
commercial importance would help develop the 
Province and bring new life to Isingtau as .a 
port. 
A NATURAL RESOURCE INAD¬ 
VERTENTLY PROTECTED. 
The Gila River, which is Arizona’s largest 
stream, was, until about twelve years ago, re¬ 
markably well stocked with fish throughout its 
course across the territory. Then, almost with¬ 
in a year, practically all its fish disappeared. 
This was very puzzling until it was discovered 
that they had been exterminated by the turning 
into the river waters near the head of the “tail¬ 
ings,” or ore washings, from copper and gold 
mines opened up here. Of course fish-lovers, 
whether attached to the tribe broiled or in their 
wild, free state, deplored their destruction, but 
nothing was done about it. 
However, about three years ago the alfalfa 
growers of the Upper Gila Valley decided that 
their crops were being damaged by these same 
“tailings,” and through the courts they have 
succeeded in having settling reservoirs estab¬ 
lished by the mining industries, where the harm¬ 
ful silt is being eliminated from the inflow to 
the river. 
Thus, quite unintentionally, the fish are being 
protected, and are now gradually making their 
way down from the little streams above where 
the' water was polluted, and are again stocking 
the river.—Stella C. Dysart, in the Wellspring. 
