FOREST AND STR E A M 
Bought An Indian Motocycle 
S UNDAY S and holidays were long days for Jones. After he had 
read the papers, time hung heavily on his hands. 
His chief diversion was sitting on the front porch and watching 
happy, outdoor-loving boys, men, and elderly gentlemen spin down 
the road on Indian Powerpluses, Light Twins, and Bicycles. 
A lot of machines went by—most of’em red. Seemed like everybody 
rode Indians. Why shouldn’t he be an Indian rider, too, and put in 
his Sundays and holidays as a real man should? Acting on the idea 
Jones bought a 1917 
£rndum Motocycle 
With Poiuerplus Motor 
now with the screw driver, the revolver, t 
some .22 short and long rifle cartridges. 
Here there are empty target barrels and 
empty cases which once held 500 shot gun 
shells. Measure off 20 yards from a mark, 
place a barrel on the spot and a wooden 
ammunition case on its top, tack on the 
side of the case a target having a 2.72 inch 
bull’s-eye. Measure off 30 yards more to 
the 50 yard mark and on the barrel which 
is placed there draw an 8 inch bull’s-eye. 
After shooting it will be found that if 
the sights are set right for the .22 short 
at 20 yards they will not be right for 50 
yards nor for the .22 long rifle at 20 yards 
or 50 yards. Unless the sights are adjusted 
for every change there will have to be one 
choice of elevation. Since the long rifle 
cartridges are more accurate for the re¬ 
volver for 50 yards or thereabout and the 
smokeless cartridges give but a trifling re¬ 
coil, the .22 shorts had better be left out 
of the reckoning when the sights are set 
for all-around use. 
It seems the best scheme to set the bead 
of the front sight resting on the bottom of 
the U of the rear sight for the 20 yard 
range. It is necessary to elevate for the 
50 yard range by sighting more coarsely, j 
but this can be done, while if the sights 
were set for the 50 yard range the front 
one would be quite hidden for the 20 yard 
target. The sighting should be done shoot¬ 
ing off-hand and not resting, for the re¬ 
volver acts differently when shot resting. 
As the revolver is held in one hand and 
there is but 6% inches between the bead 
of the front sight and the notch of the 
rear one, they are very sensitive. 
O NE make of .22 target revolver has a 
rear sight which is adjustable for 
elevation and windage. Whichever 
way it is desired to have the shots go - on 
the target apply the screw driver to the 
set screws and move the sight the same 
way. Another make of .22 cal. has a rear 
sight adjustable for windage and a 
front sight adjustable for elevation. The 
rear sight and the frame on which it lies is 
graduated so that it is easy to gauge the 
distance it is moved, and, of course, like 
the former case the sight is moved the way 
it is desired to move the shots on the 
target. The front sight, however, should 
be moved the opposite way it is desired to 
have the bullets go. The sight leaf is piv¬ 
oted between two shoulders as a blade in 
a jack-knife. A set screw on the shoul¬ 
der nearest the shooter fixes the sight 
permanently after it is set by a tiny set 
screw in the forward end of the mounting. 
When both screws are loosened a coil 
spring under the leaf forces it up or it 
may be forced down by turning the front 
screw in and since the rear part of the 
leaf and two shoulders are graduated the 
amount of travel may be gauged. 
The sights supplied with target revolvers 
are the so-called “Paine” sights which pre¬ 
sent the appearance of a U in the rear 
sight and a pin head on the front one. 
An extra front sight having an ivory bead 
may be purchased extra at a cost of $1.25. 
Shooting in the uncertain light of the 
woods compels the use of an ivory bead. 
The artificial light of the cellar range 
plays queer tricks with sights and many 
prefer not only for this but also for all- 
around use the Sheard gold bead sight. 
There’s a 1917 Indian for everybody— 
young or old. For advanced motorcyc¬ 
lists, the Big Twin with Powerplus Motor 
with its matchless power, speed, cleanli¬ 
ness, quietness, comfort, stamina, and 
mechanical simplicity. For those desirous 
of modified speed and power, but Indian 
soundness of construction, the easily con¬ 
trolled Light Twin with Four Cycle Op¬ 
posed Motor. For Bicycle enthusiasts, 
the Electrically Equipped Indian Bicycle 
with its Indian Motocycle streamline 
effect —and ten other 1917 model Bicycles 
from $26 to $45. 
Take those short spins and long tours 
you’ve longed to t^ke. Spend your spare 
hours outdoors, under the blue sky, in the 
health-giving, blood-making open. The 
Indian way is the quickest, most comfort¬ 
able, surest, easiest, most economical, 
highest quality way. Over 16 consecutive 
years of engineering thought and initiative 
behind whatever Indian model you buy. 
Send for 1917 Indian Catalog, specifying the model you’re most interested in 
HENDEE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 814 State Street, Springfield, Mass. 
Louis Rhead’s 1917 Complete List of Improved 
Hand-made Baits for all Species of Game Fish 
Five inch Golden Chub .$1.00 each 
Five inch Silver Shiner . l.OQ each 
For lake trout, pike and mascalonge 
Five inch Golden Chub .$3.00—pure gold belly 
(Only made on order) 
Four inch medium bass. 75 c. each 
Minnow, silver or brass, same in pure gold.$2.00 
White minnow .Small, 50c„ large, $1.00 
SmaU trout minnow . 50 c. 
Frog ...Small, 75c., large, $1.00 
Crawfish .Small, 75c., large, $1.00 
Grasshopper .Small, 50c., large, 75c. 
Caterpillar (black, gray, brown). 50 c. 
Helgramite . 75 C j 
Lamper eel, (non-floater) . 75 c] 
Dragon Fly ...75c.' 
Four d'fferent shiny devils ... 75 c. each 
New “blue demon,” Trout and Bass. 75 c. 
Minnow of finer quality .$1.00 
Nature Bass Plug 
The WAGA-WAGA 
At the earnest request of 
many western bass fisher¬ 
men Mr. lihead has invented 
a new plug which in shape, 
color and water action is in 
advance of any other on the 
market. The chief feature 
is in placing of hooks to 
instantly fasten securely the 
fish, and will prove in the 
hand of either expert or 
novice a very demon en- 
ticer of bass and pike- 
No. 1, price 75c. 
No. a. price $1.00 
Baits sent on receipt of price; if not satisfactory, and returned as sent, 
money will be promptly refunded. 217 Ocean Ave„ BROOKLYN, N.Y. 
