January, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
55 
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FROM HERE and THERE 
[Readers of Forest and Stream are invited to use these columns to express their opinions 
on 5 various subjects, although their views may not coincide with those of the Editors.] 
THE PASSING OF A SPORTSMAN 
DEADERS of Forest and Stream will 
note with regret the recent passing of 
Robert C. Lowry, of Mount Vernon, New 
York, for so many years a valued contrib¬ 
utor to our columns. A life-long friend 
of Mr. Lowry records the following per¬ 
sonal reminiscences: 
Mr. Lowry as a young man had a.taste 
of pioneer Western life. While yet in his 
teens he took a position as Quartermaster’s 
Clerk in the United States Government and 
served at old Fort Union, N. M. This 
was at the time Kit Carson was in the Gov¬ 
ernment employ, and he and young Lowry 
struck up a friendship. I have often heard 
Bob Lowry relate some of his experiences 
—in the old Indian days how he with other 
attaches of that post took long horseback 
rides to Taos or Santa Fe to attend a Fan¬ 
dango or “Bailie,” and among the souve¬ 
nirs that I treasure is a picture that hung 
over Mr. Lowry’s desk so many years of 
a group of his companions at old Fort 
Union, Kit Carson being one of them. 
Lowry was a keen sportsman. He gen¬ 
erally had a good setter and pointer, or 
two, and dearly loved his Southern trips 
for quail, or Western trips for ducks and 
geese. He was with me and the old Sagi¬ 
naw crowd in North Dakota when we used 
to regularly go to Dawson. 
I at one time owned with him a sink 
box and couple hundred canvas backs and 
red head decoys, and we used to take a 
winter vacation of a week or two down 
near Chincoteague Island, Virginia. In 
those days ducks were plentiful, and the 
skipper used to rake the oysters from 
alongside our craft, open them with a clasp 
knife, fresh from the salt water, and hand 
them to me, and I would fill up, roll over 
on the deck in the sun, take a nap, and 
on awakening ask for more oysters. What 
a treasure a youthful appetite and capable 
stomach is! 
Lowry and I were joint owners of fish¬ 
ing waters on the Grand Cascapedia River 
about the same time. Twenty years ago 
he sold his interests and rqade several trips 
to Newfoundland for salmon. 
A good sportsman, an honorable man. 
Peace to his ashes. 
Michigan. W. B. Mershon. 
WHO CAN CATCH TURTLES ? 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
We have a great many soft shell turtles 
in our mountain streams; they make an 
excellent stew, but we have not found 
any certain method of catching them. Can 
you or any of your readers suggest any 
trap or hooks that will get results? 
Texas. L. A. Schreiner. 
CARRIER PIGEON FOUND 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Following the storm of October 25th my 
cousin, R. D. Conklin, picked up on the 
beach at Madison, Conn., a dead carrier 
pigeon with the following marks on its leg 
bands: Aluminum band No. W 98039; 
aluminum band No. A-J 966; brass leg 
band No. 8458 on inside. 
I have no doubt someone is wondering 
about the fate of that pigeon and can think 
of no better way to let them know than 
asking you to publish same with perhaps 
request to other sporting papers to "‘please 
copy.” 
Hartford, Conn. J. H. Conklin. 
FRONT-PAGE MR. RADFORD 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I would like to inquire through your 
magazine if you could give me any infor¬ 
mation in reference to a party named 
Harry Radford—at one time editor of 
Woods and Waters, New York. Last 
heard of him was about five years ago, 
when he left the city on a trip of discovery 
in the northern part of the country and 
have not heard from him since that time. 
Being an old friend of mine I thought 
I could locate him through your paper. I 
would like to have you insert this letter in 
your magazine which I hope will reach 
him at some time. 
Long Island. James Titus. 
GAME IN BOER-LAND 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
My son gets your paper. I am a South 
African Boer, and during my young days 
did much game shooting both large, small 
and bird. I could perhaps subscribe a few 
decent short articles to your paper, and 
have a very fine picture or two worth while 
producing. Game in my days in South 
Africa was very, very plentiful on the high 
“Veldt” of the Orange Free State and 
the Transvaal. There existed Wildebeest 
Springbok, Blesbok in countless millions of 
heads; and of course in the Low “Veldt” 
the usual big South African game. 
Samuel Pearson, 
General Late Boer Army. 
HAD MODERN IDEA 
From many years’ observation on myself 
and others, I am persuaded we are on a 
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air the cause of that disorder we call a 
“cold.” Some unknown quality in the air 
may sometimes produce colds, as in “influ¬ 
enza,” but generally, I apprehend, they are 
the effects of too full living in proportion 
to our exercise. 
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