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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MAN¬ 
AGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., RE¬ 
QUIRED BY THE ACT OF CON¬ 
GRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912 
of Forest and Stream, published monthly at New 
York, N. Y., for April 1st, 1923. 
State of New York 1 
County of New York j bs - 
Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the 
State and county aforesaid, personally appeare 
T. H. Mearns, who, having been duly sworn ac¬ 
cording to law, deposes and sa y, s 
Business Manager of the FORE^I Ax 
STREAM and that the following is, to the best of 
his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the 
ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the 
circulation), etc.; of the aforesaid publication for 
the date shown in the above caption, required by 
the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 
443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the 
reverse of this form, to wit. 
1 That the names and addresses of the pub¬ 
lisher, editor, managing editor, and business 
managers are: 
Publisher, Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 
9 E. 40th St., N. Y. City. 
Editor, William Bruette, 9 E. 40th St., 
N. Y. City. 
Managing Editor, John P. Holman, 9 E. 40th 
St„ N. Y. City. 
Business Manager, T. H. Mearns, 9 E. 40th 
St., N. Y. City. 
2 That the owners are: (Give names and ad¬ 
dresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, 
give its name and the names and addresses of 
stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more 
of the total amount of stock.) Forest and Stream 
Publishing Co., 9 E. 40 th St. New York, 
N Y ; William Bruette, 9 E. 40th St., New 
York N. Y.; J. R. Harbeck, 26 Liberty St., New 
York* N Y.; Norwood Johnson, Pittsburgh, Pa. , 
George Bird Grinnell, 238 E 15th St New York, 
N. Y ; Jay Hall, 9 E. 40th St., New York, N. Y., 
E." L. Parker, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
3 That the known bondholders, mortgagees 
and other security holders owning or holding 1 
per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mort¬ 
gages, or other securities are: (If there are none, 
so state.) None. 
4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving 
the names of the owners, stockholders and secur- 
itv holders if any, contain not only the list ot 
stockholder’s and security holders as they appear 
upon the books of the company, but also, m cases 
where the stockholder or security holder appears 
upon the books of the company as trustee or m 
any other fiduciary relation, the name of the per 
son or corporation for whom such trustee is ac 
ing, is given; also that the said two paragraphs 
contain statements embracing affiant s full knowl¬ 
edge and belief as to the circumstances and con¬ 
ditions under which stockholders and secunty 
holders who do not appear upon the books ot the 
company as trustees, hold stock and securities 
a capacity other than that of a bona tide owner, 
and this affiant has no reason to believe that any 
other person, association, or corporation has any 
interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, 
or other securities than as so stated by him. 
T. H. MEARNS, Business Manager. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th 
day of March, 1923. 
[Seal] MARTHA B. MeC'LERNAN. 
(My commission expires March 30, 1924.) 
sible to pull out anywhere and make 
camp. Few, however, make camps out 
in the open. Hardened travelers do it. 
The tendency is, however, to hunt the 
cross - roads hamlet and go into the 
vacant lot accommodations. Why, I 
don’t exactly know, unless it is the in¬ 
stinct to huddle down in groups of hu¬ 
mans. Generally, inquiry reveals that 
“The wife wanted to come in here.” 
Thus it is, the bare sand of the 
Austin, Nevada, camping place between 
the county jail and the Government 
Rangers’ cabin (Toyabe forest) will 
hold a number of tourists’ outfits, while 
the miles on miles of park forest and 
illimitable “open country” in either di¬ 
rection is vacant. And I think that 
tourists will ride for miles across the 
sage and alkali to come to the barbed 
wire fence of some homesteader or 
rancher to pitch his tent near the pad¬ 
locked gate—padlocked because other¬ 
wise tourists would come right inside 
the enclosure and up to the very house, 
seeking companionship, not conscious 
that this is the motive. I know this— 
I did it! 
And we had a Mormon missionary 
for neighbor one night, and vagabond 
automobos another night, and pitiful 
health-seekers on still another night. 
Perhaps, and generally we did roll 
alone during the day, but at night we 
would find ourselves joined or joining 
with others we had camped by the pre¬ 
vious night, or previous week, some¬ 
where. And in the deserts we traveled 
with other cars, and we were mighty 
glad to camp by ranch or hamlet spring. 
Nothing is more difficult in the be¬ 
ginning than knowing a camp ground 
when one sees it. In spite of more 
than twenty years camping experience, 
winter and summer, spring and autumn 
(I have camped out every day of the 
year, winter and summer, in snow coun¬ 
try and in southern states both), when 
I started automobile camping I grew 
fairly desperate trying to discover 
camp grounds.” And finally I went 
out driving and studied two or three 
hundred miles of highway in my home 
country, figuring on camp ground op¬ 
portunities. 
By the time I had made the double 
transcontinental I could find a camp 
within an hour or two, just by looking 
even at night, and without inquiry. 
It’s foolish not to ask, of course. Often 
just up the alley from a garage is the 
best place within five miles! But when 
in full flight before autumnal rains or 
gain-speeding to get home on time, often 
one may wish to drive till all roads are 
dark and all garages closed. Then the 
spotlight must be used to pick a camp; 
and when picked, the long-barreled 
hand flash must confirm the general 
judgment. 
A tree or trees beside the highway 
with space to hold the automobile, bow 
to the fence, and levels on either side 
to stretch the lean-to automobile tents 
—that is a camp ground. It mustn’t 
have a deep or wet ditch; it is best not 
to have too much grass or brush; it is 
generally more comfortable in eastern 
states to be a few hundred feet at least 
from the nearest house, and it does not 
matter if automobiles are driving past 
every few minutes all night long—many 
of these cars will be night-driving tour¬ 
ists, folk who are in a hurry or who 
are riding nights to remain in a good 
camp in the heat of the day. 
No one need hesitate about going 
touring on account of lack of camp 
grounds. The problem of learning 
camps is not one to be left to chance. 
Anyone driving in the country, whether 
from a metropolis like New York city 
or from country villages, can with 
profit make a special note of camping 
places available. In no other way can 
one familiarize himself with the needs 
and objections, the hazards and the de¬ 
lights of camp sites. 
Some of the most beautiful places 
are impossible because of swarms of 
mosquitoes, or mud, or ill-bred children, 
or the inheritance from tourists who 
went before—and soured a whole com¬ 
munity against all automobile tourists. 
But on the other hand, some of the 
most unpromising situations, as the 
gravel pit of a highway construction, 
or a bare playa in the deserts may be 
turned into the most memorable of 
camps. 
I do not know why or when a camp 
is memorable. I just know that some 
of the unlikeliest, haphazardest camps 
are the most interesting, and the mind 
returns to them perhaps by the very 
force of the necessity that compelled 
converting unseemly or impossible 
places into delights and joys. 
Perhaps it is the spirit of adventure 
that holds one fast to joy in the un¬ 
usual or unexpected camps. To this 
day I remember a car out in the New 
Mexico sage and alkali; a west-bound 
tourist had cut his tires to pieces and 
he hailed two cars of us for tire tape 
and patching. I gave him all I had. 
A chill, keen wind was blowing. There 
was no shelter. The family were in 
dire straits—and yet they must recall 
that grim night with fondness of mem¬ 
ory—for of such is the gaiety of ad¬ 
venture ! 
What would the outdoors be if we al¬ 
ways had everything exactly right and 
no discomforts? One can always find 
a camping place; but often it is essen¬ 
tial that the tourists make the best of 
the little they have. 
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