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Every good sportsman knows that a dirty 
gun will not shoot true; he also knows that 
seven out of ten guns rust out before they 
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ments, therefore, are his best assurance 
against disappointment. 
Jointed Rifle Rod 
The best general purpose 
rod made. Packs in small 
space, yet when screwed to- 
gether is as firm as a one- 
piece rod. © Can’t wobble, 
bend or break. Three brass 
sections, with two steel joints 
and steel swivel at its end. 
Brass or steel, 26, 30 and 36 
inches long, $1.25. State 
caliber and length desired. 
Rifle Cleaner 
Thoroughly cleans without 
injuring the finest rifle. Re- 
moves all lead, rust, or 
powder residue. Made of 
brass gauze washers on a 
spirally-bent spring-temper- 
ed steel wire. Fits any stand- 
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Field Cleaner 
Same as rifle cleaner, with 
im cords attached to each end 
so it may be pulled through 
the bore of the rifle. e- 
signed for field use. 75c. 
State caliber wanted. 
Anti-Rust Ropes 
When saturated with oil, 
prevent rusting or pitting— 
perfect protection for any 
gun. One oiling lasts a year 
For shot guns or rifles, 60 
cents; revolvers, 30 cents. 
State gaugeorcaliber wanted. 
Nitro Solvent Oil 
This wonderful oil keeps 
your outing equipment free 
from rust. Quickly dissolves 
residue of all powders. A per- 
fect lubricant. 2-oz. bottle, 
30 cents; 6-ounce can, 60 
cents; mail 10 cents extra. 
Sample free. 
N October, 1922, my partner and I 
built a new cabin right in the last 
grove of big trees a few hundred 
feet below timber line on the bank of 
a little mountain lake. 




















































This was the number three cabin of 
our trapline; of course, these cabins 
are not large, as it is not necessary. It 
was eight by eight inside, but it sure- 
ly used to look inviting after a long 
day of snowshoeing over the high ridges 
and passes of our Alpine trapline. We 
finished the cabin on October the 24th, 
so the next day I went out to get our 
winter supply of meat for this cabin. 
I left at nine A. M. with my 30-30 
carbine and climbed up the ridge be- 
hind the cabin. I was then in the little 
scrub above timber line. Here is where 
the big fellows are found in the fall 
and early winter. 
| WENT along the hillside for a few 
hundred yards till I came to where 
a creek cut in with steep sloping banks 
on each side. I managed to find a 
good game trail leading down to the 
creek which I followd, The trail was 
covered with numerous deer tracks and 
one bear track. Crossing the creek, I 
climbed a few hundred feet up the 
slope on the other side. Here I came 
to a sort of little plateau exactly at 
timber line; a few clumps of trees were 
scattered here and there. I crossed 
this and saw lots of fresh signs of deer 
and one large bear track; it was either 
a very large black or small grizzly 
track, as it was as long as my number 
seven boot and about seven inches at 
its greatest width. 


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Anti-Rust Rope 
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The author and his trophy. 
A Hunt at Timberline 
Still Hunting the Blacktail in the 
Mountains of British Columbia 
By NEIL M. LINDSEY 
After crossing this plateau I came 
to the edge of a wide timbered val- 
ley which was drained by a good- 
sized creek. The creek came tumbling 
down the bare rocks from the moun- 
tain peaks above timber line, then it 
made a drop of perhaps fifty feet; 
here it ran about five hundred yards 
through a large flat with a few scrub 
jack pines growing in little bunches, 
as they do at timber line. 
eee creek then entered the green 
timber and the valley became nar- 
rower and dropped sharply to its lower 
level. As I stood up on the rim of 
this big basin, I could see mountains 
in. three directions for at least fifty 
miles. I was at about seven thousand 
feet altitude. 
From here I slowly made my way 
down to the creek finding lots of fresh 
deer tracks as I went. I knew there 
were deer in the big timber below me, 
so I began to start down the bank of 
the creek. In about fifteen minutes 
I reached the big timber where the 
trees were mostly jack pines, spruce, 
and balsam. The day was cloudy and 
it started to snow when I got into 4 
Just a few flakes fell and that — 
timber. 
proved a help. 
I ber for probably half an hour when 
suddenly I came across a very large 
fresh deer track. The ground was 
covered with thick moss, and where the . 

HUNTED down through the tim- _ 
t 
F 
deer had trodden, the moss was mov- — 
ing in the track, which showed the 
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It will identify you. 

