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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. i, 1910. 
Phenomenal Scores 
Made with PETERS Loaded Shells 
Mr. J. S. Day, of Midland, Texas, attended a series of Texas tournaments from August 8 to 18, and 
broke all amateur records. His scores follow: 
August 8 - 9 , Midland, Texas. 484 ex 500 
10 - 11 , Big Springs, Texas... 442 ex 450 
“ 12 - 13 , Cisco, Texas. 395 ex 400 
“ 15 - 16 , Gorman, Texas. 398 ex 400 
17 - 18 , Walnut Springs, Texas.'.. 379 ex 400 
Total. 2116 ex 2150 
From this it will be seen that Mr. Day averaged 98.4% on 2150 targets and 99.16% on his last 
1200 targets. 
He used PETERS regular factory loads, not special , but bought from 
Texas dealers—the same quality goods anyone can buy, anywhere. 
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY. CINCINNATI. OHIO 
Haw Yark: 98 Chambers St. T. H. KELLER, Manager New Orleans: 321 Magazine St. P. R. LITZKE, Manager 
San Francisco: 608-612 Howard Street. J. S. FRENCH, Manager 
ICE water in the sunshine. 
Old-time army men and civilians who used to 
travel in summer over the plains and in the 
Southwest are all familiar with a method then 
employed to cool the usually tepid water which 
was drawn from the ’ heated pools or streams 
by which they camped. Those were the days of 
felt or cloth-covered canteens in which it was 
easy enough to cool water. 
A writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger 
speaks of the same principle when he tells about 
the cool water of the Southwest and the vessels 
which contain it. 
Manufacturing a drink of ice water with noth¬ 
ing cooler than the sun's rays and dry, tropical 
air would probably seem under the province of 
the magician to an Easterner who had never 
traveled further Southwest over his native land 
than the plains of Colorado. 
It is nevertheless a fact, however, that by these 
ever-available agencies the greater part of the 
population of Texas. Arizona and New Mexico 
manufacture their ice water. This not only 
serves for drinking purposes, but also provides 
an efficient medium for the ordinary require¬ 
ments of refrigeration, for in the cruder sec¬ 
tions, of the great Southwest the artificial pro¬ 
duction of ice is still a trifle too costly to be 
feasible. 
Picture a' cattle ranch squatted in the center 
of hundreds of miles of dry, sun-baked semi- 
desert land. There is just enough growth of 
wild grass about to satisfy the far-wandering 
herds which drink from the thick, warm waters 
of some artificial oasis. 
A cowboy returns to the ranch after an all¬ 
day's exposure to the blistering heat. With 
parched lips he rides quickly up to a little red, 
oval-shaped earthen jar suspended by a rope be¬ 
hind the house. 
He takes off the cover, which is nierely there 
to keep out the blowing sand and dips forth a 
cup of ice water which has never come in con¬ 
tact with anything but the sun-exposed sides of 
the earthen receptacle which incloses it. The 
water is always there, and it is practical'y effort¬ 
less and costless in the making of it. 
The secret lies wholly in the construction of 
the little red receptacle. This is a simple Mexi¬ 
can creation, and in that language is called an 
olla, the two ll’s being silent according to the 
Spanish pronunciation of the word. 
In Northern Mexico olla making is a very 
profitable industry to the inhabitants who carry 
them over into Arizona on the backs of burros. 
A good olla can be purchased from the proprie¬ 
tor of one of these little caravans for fifty or 
seventy-five cents. 
The olla is made from a crude clayish 'mortar, 
composed of burro manure and sand. This, with 
the use of a little water, is worked into a pliable 
mass by the Mexicans, and when dry and thick 
enough molded into the desired shape of the 
vessel. In drying, the composition becomes very 
porous, and it is this essential characteristic 
which contains the secret of the cooling process. 
After having been painted over, both inside 
and out, by a solution of harmless vegetable dye, 
the olla is ready for use. It is then filled with 
water and hung up, preferably in some place 
which is exposed to the wind, if there be any. 
In a few minutes the exterior of the jar grows 
slightly dark with the moisture which has seeped 
through the porous composition. The seeping 
process, however, is very slow, and the moisture 
which exudes evaporates into the receptive, dry 
atmosphere in such equable proportion that 
scarcely more than a drop a minute trickles 
away from the bottom of the olla. 
It is this continuous and fairly rapid evapora¬ 
tion which produces the cold. 
The same principle was used with the old 
canteen. The cloth which covered the tin was 
thoroughly wetted, the vessel left open, and hung 
in the shade preferably where the wind would 
blow on it. It was surprising how soon the 
water in the canteen became cool, but it was 
important to keep the 'cloth wet, for if it dried 
the water soon warmed again to the temperature 
of the atmosphere. We have seen people at¬ 
tempt to apply the same principle to water in a 
bucket by wrapping a wet gunny sack around 
the metal and putting another wet one over the 
top, but this is rarely successful; probably be¬ 
cause the volume of the water was too great 
compared with the evaporating surface. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
TREES KILLED BY GAS. 
As time goes on and population increases, 
water, earth and air become more and more 
polluted by the various waste products for civili¬ 
zation. The pollution of our streams is a fa¬ 
miliar subject; the hiding of farm products by 
fumes from smelters in some of the Western 
States has proved a cause of much litigation. 
Recently a press dispatch from Passaic, N 7 J., 
tells of the indignation of residents of Main 
avenue. Clifton, in Passaic, because the trees 
and shrubbery in front of their homes are dying 
because, as they assert/ of gas escaping from 
the Public Service mains between Paterson and 
Passaic. Twenty-six trees have withered and 
several fine shrubs have died. 
It is said that most of the trees have died 
since the new pavement was laid in Main avenue. 
The crusty surface, more dense than macadam, 
has prevented the escape of gas issuing from the 
mains, it is said, and has caused it to work right 
and left for outlet through the soft earth on 
either side of the walk. In escaping through 
the soft ground the gas is thought to have de¬ 
stroyed the tree roots, as it has done in Lexing¬ 
ton avenue and other streets in this city, and 
the withering of the upper parts has followed. 
The Shade Tree Commission of Passaic has 
instituted a suit in the district court against the 
Public Service Corporation for the recovery' of 
damages for the destruction of one maple'shade 
tree at Lexington avenue and Summer street. It 
is a test suit and will be followed by several 
others, as nearly a dozen trees have been 
killed by escaping gas in the immediate vicinity. 
The penalty is $50 for each tree killed. 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
A project is on foot to organize a trout fishing and 
snooting club at Batchawana Bay. on the east short of 
1 ake Superior, north of Sault Ste. Marie. The loca¬ 
tion is an especially attractive one. conveniently acces¬ 
sible to sportsmen by steamer journey from principal 
ports on the Great Bakes, and offers a variety of fish¬ 
ing, for trout, bass and large pike. Moose, caribou and 
deer are also abundant. Parties interested will receive 
full particulars on application to S. B. Newberry, Man¬ 
ager, Sandusky Portland Cement Co.. Sandusky, O. 
