i 
An unbroken record 
for hard and straight shooting 
Stevens “ Visible Loading. 
An accurate .22 Cal. Re¬ 
peater. You know when it 
is loaded, and you know 
when it is empty. 
The 
; first Stevens firearm was 
built by Joshua Stevens back 
in 1864. Its success was im¬ 
mediate—from the very beginning 
Stevens rifles and shotguns have held 
first place in their field. 
Fora Stevens firearm—shotgun or 
rifle—shoots true. You can’t beat a 
Stevens for enduring accuracy. 
It’s the Stevens special process of 
boring or drilling. When a Stevens 
barrel is bored or drilled, the final 
cutting removes less than one-half of 
a thousandth of an inch. It’s slow 
work—but it gives a barrel of lasting 
accuracy. 
The finish put on Stevens rifles and 
shotguns is exceptionally fine. From 
butt-plate to muzzle nothing has been 
left undone to make every Stevens 
firearm thoroughly good looking and 
durable. 
Take, for example, the latest Stevens 
double-barrel hammerless shotgun— 
Model 330. 
The barrel, high-pressure com¬ 
pressed steel—blued—a beauty. Case- 
hardened frame with splendid lasting 
polish. And stock, selected black wal¬ 
nut—finely checkered—with pistol 
grip. A knockout—and the same fine 
finish throughout the Stevens line. 
Finally—the price. Little short of amaz¬ 
ing are the Stevens prices. This 330, for 
instance, costs you only $27.50. And all 
down the Stevens line the same low prices. 
Ask at your dealer’s or write for the in¬ 
teresting catalog describing in detail the 
Stevens complete line of rifles and shotguns. 
J. STEVENS ARMS COMPANY 
Dept. 547 Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
Owned and 
operated by the 
Savage Arms 
Corporation 
Retail price—including tax, $27.50 
Model 330 Stevens, latest 1923 double- 
barrel hammerless shotgun, accurate 
and durable—with all the Stevens 59 
years behind it, 
Regular and Featherweight Models 
All grades of SMITH double barrel, 12 gauge guns are made in both Regular and 
Featherweight models. This makes it possible to furnish a perfectly balanced gun in 
weights ranging from 614 to 814 lbs. 
The frame of the Featherweight model is shorter than the Regular frame and the lug is 
narrower, thus eliminating weight, and giving the same perfect proportions in the light-weight 
guns, which the Regular frame gives in the heavier weights. 
The Regular and Featherweight models are of equal strength. 
This all-important feature is unique with the SMITH as all other makes are furnished 
on the same frame, regardless of weight. 
Write for Catalog No. 319 
THE HUNTER ARMS CO.. Inc., FULTON, N. Y. 
McDonald & Linforth, Pacific Coast Representatives 
Call Building, San Francisco, Calif. 
Export Office: 50 Church St., New York City. 
guide, catching up simultaneously., we 
made a dive to capture the antelope. I 
intended to secure it by the scruff of 
the neck and he by the tail. We had 
ridden to the end of the bar unobserved 
by us, and the instant we stooped to 
catch her, horses and riders went out 
of sight in the deep current of the 
Snake. 
I threw myself off the horse’s back, 
still keeping hold of the bridle, and 
swam alongside, directing her head to 
the river bank, which was here under¬ 
mined and cut out by the rapid current 
of the river. The bank was composed 
of hard, slippery clay, and as the mare’s 
hoofs would strike it in attempting to 
get a footing, they would slip off again, 
and down she would go under water to 
come up puffing and pawing the air 
like the fool Indian pony she was. 
After being carried some distance down 
the river and being unable to effect a 
landing, the horse getting weaker and 
going out of sight more frequently, I 
felt as if it was time to look after my¬ 
self. It was late September, and I was 
warmly dressed; hobnailed shoes, thick 
woolen clothing, cartridges, etc., made 
me quite heavily weighted, so I cut 
loose from my cayuse and swam slowly 
and clumsily to the bank where I man¬ 
aged to grasp some roots of trees that 
had been uncovered by the water. I 
hung on some time, resting and to catch 
my breath; then I managed to climb 
to the top, with strength barely left to 
stand. Taking a few minutes to re¬ 
cover, I went through the brush, follow¬ 
ing the bank of the river to see what 
had become of Gid. An eighth of a mile 
up the stream I saw him standing on 
a gravel bar, the water above his waist 
and with the nose of his horse just 
appearing above the water. He man¬ 
aged to throw the end of his long lariat 
to the bank, and soon horse and rider 
were safely pulled ashore. Our next 
problem was to recover my saddle, 
bridle and rifle, if indeed . that were 
possible. We followed the bank of the 
stream down the river for quite a dis¬ 
tance, where we found the body of the 
horse stranded on a gravel bar among 
some driftwood. Recovering the articles 
from the body of the mare, we packed 
them on Gideon’s horse and started for 
Dead Man’s Gulch, where the rest of 
the party were encamped. After a 
brisk walk of five miles, a hot toddy, 
with a warm welcome and a warmer 
campfire, we were soon in good shape. 
My most vivid impression of this little 
incident came when I received my first 
ducking and was looking backward over 
my shoulder and saw that old doe 
scrambling up ten feet of perpendicu¬ 
lar, slippery bank as though that was 
an every-day occurrence with her. 
“Totem Pole.” 
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