Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author. In 1904, he left St. Louis and permanently moved to western North Carolina. Living and working in a cabin on Hazel Creek in Swain County, Kephart began to document life in the Great Smoky Mountains. He created 27 journals in which he made copious notes on a variety of topics. Journals 5 through 11 deal with various aspects of outdoor life and contributed to his popular book, “Camping and Woodcraft.” First published in 1906 under the title “The Book of Camping and Woodcraft: A Guidebook for Those Who Travel in the Wilderness," the 1916/1917 edition of "Camping and Woodcraft" is considered a standard manual for campers after almost a century of use. Journal 5 (previously known as Journal XIX) includes information on different types of camping, tents, camp furniture, camp kitchens and sanitation. Click the link in the Related Materials field to view a table of contents for this journal.

• Creator
  • Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931
• Format
  • Manuscripts (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date digitized: 2017-04-10
• Extent
  • Dimension: 11" x 8.5"
  • Pages: 118 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • Camping -- Equipment and supplies
  • Camping -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
  • Camping -- Sanitation
  • Outdoor cooking
  • Outdoor kitchens -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
  • Tents
• Location
  • Swain County (N.C.)
  • Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • Horace Kephart Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_MSS80_24_57_J05
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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Men who glowered last week when some one accidentally bumped into them, or had a grouch when there was too much salt in the soup, accept their mosquitoes cheer­fully and regard ants in the mustard with indifference. But this is old stuff on the back shelves of the humorists. Perhaps touching fish works some magic change­the famous regeneration of Jonah would hint at it-but be that as it may, the stimulation of fishing on the imagination is unquestioned. As a cure for worries and a solver of problems it is unsurpassed. When the tired business man gives up in despair, leaves his world to crumble, and .goes fishing, and when a certain twitch on his line by some eerie psychological process sends an electric current through him; in that flash he sees in his mind's eye not only a six-pound speckled beauty but the solution of his problem-as plain as typewriting. Now we find all this philosophy in full operation in an article which [he calls "A Trout Stream and the Cracking Universe" in The Outlook, where Mr. Joseph H. Odell dwells upon his escape from the dis­heartening turmoil of war, and editorial comment thereupon, to the Adirondack streams. · · 1. (I l.,.; -~ /. a b !' , I _) a a , CLASSES OF CAlfPERS . Travelers here are. classified as "dudes," "sage brushers" or "rough necks." Anyone who travels or hunts with a guide is a "dude," no matter how rough or unkempt his personal ap­pearance. Those who travel with wagons on beaten roads, camping in more or less comfort, with the para­phernalia they are able to carry in this way, are "sage brushers." A horseback traveler, doing his own cooking and camp work, unassisted by a guide, and in fact roughing it iJl the true sense, is a "rough neck"-that is, one traveling as the people of the country travel. They do not consider that a man is roughing it who has a guide to care for him and his camp equipment, nor one who travels by wagon on beaten roads. This classi­fication extends over Yellowstone Park as well as the surrounding region. I At Home in the Woods! THE ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD for May 17, 1917, tells of an engineer, a college graduate and all the rest, who had his first assignment as leader of a gang in the woods. When he came to set up the tent, he discovered that the ridge pole was broken. His first official act was to despatch a Negro helper to a telegraph station twelve miles away to wire his superior of the important news. This, in spite of the fact that he was in the midst of virgin timber and had an ax. Instead of this person being at home in the woods, it appears more as if he were all wood-above the Cluett-Peabody. If the Creator didn't see fit to en­dow one with common-sense, education can't do it. aal. ab. COMRADES AND CAMP BORES. abl. C,8-9. labl-4. } . 4-/1. 'l Jl' _jJ-. 2gl. When a Man's a Man You can learn more about a man in a week in the woods than in a year in the city. The ideal man may be large or small, weak or strong, but if he is willing nothing else counts. If he is all in but not a quitter, if he is able to joke when tired and wet, if he will do his share and then some, this is the man you want to go with on your next trip. When you come in from a hard hike he has the wood cut, a hot meal ready for you, and never kicks as to whose turn it is to get the water or do the cooking. If you can butt in on him while he is fishing a favorite pool and he will only smile, if he will wash the dishes when he is tired without a kick, if he is always cheerful even when luck is not com­ing his way-a real chum-hook up with him and stick. If you are shooting together he does not claim he made all the hits, he will help you get a shot if he is more lucky than you, does not grab the last piece of bacon in the pan, if he is hungry, without asking if you want it. It does not matter so much if he is not an old-timer if he is willing to learn-in fact, it is just as much fun to teach a bright beginner as to go with an expert. We know several ideal companions who will always carry a little more than their share, do a little more than they should, are always cheerful, and, believe us, one can have a better time with them on an unsuccessful trip than with others on a good one. .. The De Luxe Sportsman Perhaps you've met the kind of chap who wants to go to camp; Who talks of trout and mountain game and woodlands deep and clamp. The man who reads a bit of it and follows Movie stuff And thinks that if you kill a deer the life is awful rough. Well . .. Jones is one of those who Camp by proxy, as it were, He wouldn't know a mess of eels from bales of beaver fur. For years he pestered me, until, I said, "oh, come along. I'm off to spend a month in Camp ... tune up your Hunting Song." And Jones reported . .. in a sujt, that only showmen wear; A comic-opera set of duds, to camp in, on a clare. "At heart," said he, "I am a guide. Kit Car­son's Dad and mine Once trapped a herd of Otters on the blooming Brandywine!" But, once in Camp, his swagger talk, bravado, and the like. Took wing ... skedaddled ... fled afar .. went quickly on a strike. He grumbled at the sort of grub that sizzled in a pan; He said a blanket and the ground was bed unfit for man. He fumed because the bugs at night, worked thro' the skeeter net, The morning bath, in mountain streams his finer moods upset. He missed his daily paper and the bootblack's tender care, He shaved in mortal terror lest a worm fall in his hair. He couldn't get it through him that we ought to rise at six, He wanted lights for reading that were not produced by wicks. He thought the woods were horrid and he thought the camp a bore, And he thought a tent, for comfort, should be fitted with a door. One week of it sufficed me ... Jones was bundled to a train, Back to town I sent the beggar to his native haunts again. ~ when I returned, weeks later, at the Club, I heard him say:- " Camping is the life, I tell you .. . ev'ry fellow needs to play. Then he got a crowd around him, as he sprawled upon his chair And he told them the adventure of his search for Grizzly Bear. W. LIVINGSTON LARNED. acl. ac .WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN CAMP. Breck,59. /'~'-"----"'-.' ' "1 - !..2.5:-: o"o'c r-n.:. :.: :l1" ''2 0, 16 . 2be1-7,ill. ad. ORGANIZED CAMPS. Harper,185, 232. lad. adl. / ~~~~ ~~:~ <:O~~O:~O ~x:e~::~:r Visit National Parks. I) I 'l'he Government this Summer will assist more than 1,000,000 pe r sons planning to spend their vacations in the mountains of the great national ·I parks,' 13ays Arno Cammercr of the In­terior Department. :\I.Illions more "-ill . be welcomed if tb ey apply before Sept. l, according to Mt·. Cammercr, who is ' ' a Rort of host cx-of!lcio for a great t national vacations' party whlcit the. GovernmPnt Is engineering. The Gov­ermnent is operating a chain of hotels In each of the nineteen big national parks to house vacationists. Charge.s • aL'e described as very nominal. Two • ·weeks in the vast RocJ<y Mountain Park in Colorado costs only $1;:), he points 1 1 out. under the Government plan. 1 \'aca.tlonlsts who take advantag-e of I _ the Government's invitation will be ,. t furnished guides and autos for tout·s 0 I at very small co"ts and arrangements t have been made by railroads to supply I t reduced rates. "Everything possible has been done to bring the big parks within the reach e of eYet'Y person ln the United States." says Mr. Cammerer. Information as ' to Yacations In the parks can be obtained from the National Pa.-1< " Burean, Interior Department Building, 0 Washington. D. C., and from many c railroad offices. l\11·. Cammerer says: s "An arn~y of vacationists nnmbe1·­• lng hundreds of thou~ands already has · ~dvanccd on UHl parks. 'T'raius t o 5 I Dcnvet· and a scnre o( \Ve~tern cit\es arc crowd eel dally. Und~r lh<' Go'- 1 · crnm<'nt plan hotel accommodations I ~ I a•·c lnsurcd. 1\'on~ of the usual a t • i l tractions arc n1isr.:.1ng-. You <:an hor,k I s 1 fine, blg lronf. ""lm in tl1e cryst,.l e I watet·,; of the mountain lakes anrl 1 t stt·canis, fcerJ P<'annL• to the hears and I v admir" the deer. het on the frequency .1 of geyse>rH, inspc<'t nllns of prchi~t0ric dvlllzatlon, .motor over smooth, wind- 1· e ing t·oads. eat lunch by the t·o·ulside. • slcf'p under cam·as, fight mosquitos. or ln<lulge in almost any pastime tm .. gin- 0 ~PJ~"en.Huntlng Is the on!;; act!Yily for-o " Crowding Is an impossibility 115 th~ natl<:>nal parks includ~ a total of 10.1160 d sq\.lllre mils. The million vacationists now planning to visit the parks might 11 lose themselves in this va.Rt expanse s and there would still be room fot· more t m!lllons." A list of some of the parks and thch· e attractions as given by Mr. Cammerer o arc: Y cllowstone. \Vyomi ns. Exceptions I trout fishing; more geysers than all tlw rest of the world put togethct·. Rock:.· MountaIn, Colorado. Snowy e n1ountain rang~s. d Crater Lake, Orc;-on. Lal<e of cxtraor­. f dinan' bluP in crater of extinct f 1 voi~Hno, sides J,OOO feet high; fine .l fl~h!ng. Glacier. Montana. Rugg('d mountain region of un~nt'Pa"sci\ Alpine character. 2-"iO lakes and 60 small glaciers, fine • trout fishing. Grand Canyon. Arizona. Most sublime ~prctacre In the world . ,. Sequoia, Middle California. Cave~. 1 cool and m~·ster1ous; great tl·ees. 2il feet In diameter; towering mountain 5 ranges. 1 ------- ael. ae. WHERE TO GO. I p<.e. I- , ;:;f:_ · a:fl. a:f. C.lliPS AND TRAMPS NEAR HOME. la:fl-4. la:f5-6. ~4 1- af. Exploration Near Home. Being a Little Straight T alk to Recreation's Readers, from America's Greatest Explorer. AMATEUR exploration 1s not surpassed by any other form of outJoor recreation. Find something new! I would say to everybody. To the young men who read RECREA­TION I would say, do not make the identical trip that you have been reading about; let the story be your inspiration only. Make your own trip and have a story of your own to tell. You can do it; there will always be new trips to make; America is a big country, and Canada is bigger still. I have always thought it the duty of explorers to spread en­thusiasm; not to forget, in telling their experiences, that it is the explorer who benefits most from exploration. I do not include only the professional explorers. I have talked with a great many young men and women in various parts of America who have told me of their trips into the wildernesses and over little-known trails and waterways, and I have always been impressed with the real benefit they got out of them. On the other hand, I have no sym-pathy for the tourist, who travels guide-book in hand, searching out everything that is old; who has seen the midnight sun, yet cannot point out the north star. I do not honor the man who has climbed the pyramids and yet has never been over the hills in sight of his own dooryard. I believe in the man who likes to get off the beaten track and steer his own course, just as I have more regard for the boy who has climbed a bee-tree that nobody else ever suspected was a bec··tree than for the boy who has climbed the Statue of Liberty and de faced the good bronze with his initials. It is not necessary to go a long distance from home to derive pleasure and benefit from amateur exploration. I can think of nothing more interesting and useful for a young man to do than to systematically explore and map the creeks, small rivers, ponds or small lakes in some one township. A little knowledge of civil engineering will be a great help, and the satisfaction of correcting errors in existing maps, or of making the· first reliable map of a given locality should be incentive enough to acquire such knowl­edge. I would like to see an exploration club organized in every high school for this purpose; certainly they would accomplish a g reat deal of good, to say nothing of the educational value of the work and the pleasure the members would derive from it. The ability to correctly estimate distances, the height of hills and the speed of a stream's ·current is surely well worth acquiring; not one man in a thousand can do any of these things, and yet it is no trick at all to learn how. I would like to see young men who make canoe cruises or hunting and fishing trips into the woods follow out the same idea, with a view to making themselves thor­oughly familiar with the country they pass through and providing themselves with an accurate map of it. The value of acquiring such knowledge and the pleasure of being the first to do so should appeal strongly to them. I believe that a number of young canoe­ists could easily pay for a long summer's vacation by making maps of canoe routes for certain hotels in the Adirondacks, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario. Good large scale maps are in as great demand in the mountain resorts in the West, maps of mountain trails, of trout streams, pack horse trails, wagon trails and the like. The national forest reserves are rapidly be­coming great pleasure grounds; none of them is mapped for the especial benefit of recreationists. The United States Geological Survey is engaged in mapping the entire country, and by the same token such maps as it supplies are more or less involved. More­over, it often occurs that the very map that is wanted has not yet been made. I am sure that any person who will undertake amateur explora­tion and follow it up in a systematic manner will find it will not interfere with any pleasure trip, and at the same time will return a rich reward in the knowledge acquired. It will be L an added ( ' 1J.af3 . - af4. incentive to spend more time in the out-of-doors; there will be work to do, something to accomplish, and a half-dayls tramp in the woods will cease to be an aimless ramble. To make long trips into strange, unfrequented places is always well worth while, but to return home without a thorough knowledge of the ground cov- , ered, with no data of distances traveled, no maps, is to have left a great deal behind; such a trip should be counted a failure. And yet of the many who go into the wilderness every year in search of sport and adventure only a few grave scientific men, college professors for the most part, ever bring out any definite data with them concerning their trip. I have long been an enthusiastic reader of the best outdoor periodicals, and I like to read of the modest little near-home trips just as well as of the more preten­tious ones. But I have been almost continually disappointed by the neglect of American amateur explorers to give serviceable data concerning their trips; not that I advocate publishing such data, particularly, but rather because the inference has been that no data was collected. As I write these few words to RECREATION I am on the eve of my departure upon my next Polar expedition; it will be a long time before I shall see another copy of this magazine. But when I return to civilization its readers will not be more interested in what I have accomplished than I shall be in what amateur ex­plorers have been doing during my absence. I hope this will induce at least a few of the readers of RECREATION to devote them­selves more seriously to this excellent and useful sport. ~~'~*· ag. OUTFITTING (General Principles) . agl . Se e also be . Outfitting for Travel . British I I U.S.A.& Money. French. German. Austrian. Norwegian. Canadian. I British. - I He!. £ s. d. Frs. Cts. I Mks. Pfen. Kr. or Kr. Ore. 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FIXED CAMPS-- Outfits. ai. , ai3. ,t o. eJ~ .~ ,, tn ,,2.() ~7..!- .v- ./Jt. .,_,2J- • (J.{- • t>!- ·.' /() • .Z.lt .2~ . 2'1 ~ ,.30 I .!;-D ,.lo d.P ,J ' •I o ,Jf ,10 -/..S. • oJ­. o.r­, OJ'­. os.­., l.f- . .so ,30 .#(J . ~~­.' J.l.- /.t .7.!­,,. 2.!.­~ oJ • aj. TENTS FOR FIXED CAMPS. ')11':1 ~ tn OtJj~, Q;/. • ., 191 S'. ..1~·;....t_, .4-u ht-. fy';ili--,f-n 'tq;:;J,-- I f! . f. ?ItrfJJ'/ Ut.:.7 • WALL TENTS.-- See also C, 37. Harper, 49 ,;.a. , lac2. lail. 2bl8. I~ 1- ~,l', t 7. at.Pitching Wall Tents. au.Tent Floors. Boarded Tents. bm.Wall Tents (nomadic). bs-cb. 1lh- (fi-l'"pi.ut .. t . ?-~ I t I?- ,f.'2 . it' :.L;e. ~-!J;-J-..c_..,.. ~ ,.b-~.......t.,-~-~~ .,.:...,(, t:h-~1,_..,.(. f.- e<TC...t~ ..:....-- - J-Jx, .. - f>~- EJ<~~- 4ukb/. -- ~~~1-'::J 1 4o~e~t-1.....W.•<.....(. • Tent Poles.-- Harper,16 ill.,51, 203 . Specifications. Wilson,822,ill. Tent Pegs.-- Harper,l6 , ill. Anchoring pegs. Harper,62,ill. a.i-1. 1". ~-rr.-:: ·. See also c.Tent Poles apd Pegs. ajl. Sizes of Tents. -, e 1e fact that our list prices on Tents are based on ~ ~~~~~~~ cloth in each Tent, which, of course, is the only fair way to f).gure list price. When this list was decided on by the manufacturers interested, the sizes were in some instances incorrectly stated, evidently through an oversight. The following sizes of T ents, either in width or length, will be found to be exactly as stated: 7, 90, 14, 16, 30 and 35 feet. The following sizes will differ from the li st, for the reason that the goods will not cut profitably to the exact dimensions specified: Tents listed as 9 feet will measure 90 fe et. Tents listed as 12 feet will measure 110 feet. Tents li sted as 18 feet will measure 170 fe et. Tents listed as 20 feet will measure 19~ feet. Tents listed as 24 feet will measure 23 feet. We trust this information will correct this point, on which there has been some complaint in the past. SHIPPING WEIGHTS STANDARD WALL TENTS, COMPLETE ·wiTH POLES AND PINS Weight Weight Weight Size of '1'ent Each. Each, Each, 8-oz. 10-oz. 12-oz. 8 X 10. 38 41 46 10 X 10. 43 46 50 10 X 12. 48 51 56 10 X 14. 53 56 62 10 X 16. 60 63 68 10 X 20. 64 70 76 12 X 14 . 60 63 68 12 X 16. 69 74 81 12 X 18. 76 80 9'0 12 X 20. 80 85 95 14 X 16. 80 86 96 14 X 20. 86 94 103 14 X 24. .110 118 128 16 X 20. .110 118 128 16 X 24. . 127 134 146 18 X 20. .125 133 144 18 X 24. .137 148 157 18 X 30 . : .155 158 180 20 X 24. ' .156 159 182 20 X 30. .167 171 195 20 X 35. .180 190 204 24 X 30. .182 193 207 24 X 40.0 . 200 211 225 Above weights vary according to the dryness of the poles. Weight \Veight Each. Each, 14-oz. 16-oz. 51 54 54 58 61 63 68 67 72 77 81 86 72 77 87 92 90 94 100 105 103 109 110 117 137 145 137 145 158 166 157 164 165 174 198 214 200 217 216 235 223 244 225 246 244 265 YO miX!.£! UO.£! S.LN:il.L 'riVAl • f tJ • "Weights of Regular Wall Tents, Not .....__ Including Pole Based on Standard Goods 29 inches Wide. The importance of the following table cannot be overestimated, owing to the fact that many manufacturers are deceivin: both of the following methods:- 1st.-By overstating the weights of the actual material used. 2nd.-By using 36 inch instead of the Standard 29 inch goods. It is obvieus that a 36 inch duck weighing 10 ounces to the yard, is approxi mately 25% lighter than a 29 inch duck weighing 10 ounces to the yard. An HONEST tent, made full weight and fu ll size, of 29 in ch Standard goods, must weigh up approximately to the above table. - 8 oz. S. F., lbs. 10 oz. S. F., lbs. 10 oz. D. F., lbs. 12 oz. D. F., lbs. lJ oz. Army, lbs. 15 oz. Army or No. 8, lbs. 5x 7 130 16 16 19 19 24 7x 7 180 210 210 26 26 31 7x 9 22 25 25 30 30 37 9x 9 24 30 30 36 36 44 9x12 290 35 35 42, 42 51 9x14 35 42 42 48 48 59 12x12 36 410 410 50 50 63 12x14 40 49 49 59 59 72 12x16 44 570 570 63 63 79 12x18 48 58 58 640 6±0 81Yz 14x14 440 58 58 68 68 85 14x16 510 63 63 76 76 94 14x18 54 68 68 82 82 101 14x20 60 74 74 87 87 107 14x24 67 85 85 980 980 121 16x16 66 80 80 95 95 117 16x18 68 85 85 99 99 122 16x20 78 92 92 120 120 1±5 16x24 83 106 106 124 12± 152 16x30 106 123 123 155 155 189 16x35 117 143 1±3 165 165 206 18x18 72 86 86 103 103 138 18x20 78 95 95 112 112 148 18x24 86 105 105 124 124 16± 18x30 104 - 128 128 151 151 196 - 18x35 120 145 1±5 171 171 212 p:i w.. ~ I I >t:-l t:-l ....:J t:=l z 1--3 Ul ~ J ~ w. "' /.2(11~)>' f}f X ?- :3~, j.lf X /.If~ CJ--'1• .J..I ... 90 .. J/0- i l. ~ ) 0 .. " o, ---; -;I \ I I .. r- r ~ I~ fl 'l( / I <> .~,~.- ~. ~ ~ ·t- Il'\ ~ ak. HOUSE TENTS. 2ak1-2, ill. oR,~ '.2o,;8'4£- -/ftnr.u~~.- OR,~ 'If, 3<rlfl · Prohibited in N.Y. Harper,171. Close-to-Nature OPEN AIR ak1.. COLLAPSIBLE CANVAS HOUSE For Open Air Sleeping, Camping, Hunting, Fishing, Etc. Lets t h e Air IN- Keeps the I n sec ts OUT. Quickly erect ed or collapsed with out t he removal of a Bolt or the u se of a Tool. The can vas, except th e cover or top, is permanently a ttach ed to the fram e. CLOSE-TO-NATURE CO. 315 Front Street COLFAX, IOWA ......--- ~ I ( - > .T/-f ..... .;L!JM- &11..- 3 fj;Ls. ~-"</AI..- o~.-r.: eoi :· /39-) ~a 4t?.j yl. = -$ !A it ~1!"'\0<t- 1111: .y.,c .. ~--~.J... J- ~ c 4 ') e.. /.S{. it.,. _ . Go _ ~~- · .;-.y-o.~ . #: ?-.·tt- 7 'f ,4ll .)" > • ak. SHANTY TENTS. Nessmuk,31-37,ill. 2bl2-5,ill. ak7. The shanty tent is at its best when about 7 feet high in front and the same width. Just below ridge-pole fix a small pole parallel with it and having nails for drying clothes. It should haTe a door separate from the tent, to be laced either to one side as a wind ' when open, or to the top as awning .w-R&n the- stm 'be-a-tS=-dQWn. ~~':.. .Jl...."..t...~ ,._,.... _..od.U.""-',.. all. al. BEDDING (Fixed Camp). See also cd. Bedding. Cheap cotton-flannel blankets instead of sheets. lac2. ~ I • COTS. MATTRESSES. HAMMOCKS. ------ COTS.-­C. 23. lac2. lak2. lka2 . 2b3,ill. 2be27. Picl{ a cot underneath up, and you can sweep ou. t • Ground can be sunned bed. cot needs no renew1ng like a straw or browse bed. rrcv- e(;~ v:;; ~ . Well, we'll spring it. Cots-regular store made ones. We believe that well made folding cots beat any bed ever made up from nature's supplies. Spruce or balsam, we have found to be either water soaked from the last rain, very scarce or entirely missing from the best camp sites; in the last case the other fellow having "been there first." Cots are always there, will keep you off of the damp ground, will save you all the time spent not only in smoothing your tent site but also in gathering bedding browse. We can almost hear someone saying "The writers must be poor axemen." But remember, even good axemen cannot create spruce or balsam trees but can only make use of them after nature has provided them. You can have sleeping space for four men in a 7x9 wall tent. Choose single or double cots to suit your needs. A single cot weighs about fifteen pounds, folds into a compact, rod-like package and surely pays for its weight. A noted canoeist, who has his head sewed on in the right place, has said that he would prefer a comfortable bed to a full stomach any time in the woods and he's right we say. On the other hand, one young enthusiast told us that he wanted to be uncomfortable for two weeks so that he could appreciate his good bed when he re­turned home from a trip. He's welcome to that kind of a vacation, but us for the cots ~{)<.. (,_.;~J, on't laugh, a couple of folding cots. The downy beds of boughs are nice to read about, but w~ had tried it oefore, thank you , and found su1table boughs mighty scarce, and the bed made from the "boughs" that were obtainable to feel like a corduroy road before morning. o. B - '5).• t .. J/91-'1 • To Check a Camp Cot. A good way to sh ip a folding sleeping cot as baggage is to provide a piece of khaki or duck about 7 ft. x 9 ft. and have eyelets placed along two opposite sides. ·wrap the folded cot with necessary blankets or bedding, and wrap the pack- .. · I , . . ·. 1· I ' ' ~· ~•!J!i.; ~---7'1' ~a~ age with the khaki cloth, folding in the sides having eyelets when you start to roll. As you roll, lace up the khaki cloth with window sashcord. While in camp the khaki cover can be used the same as a tarpaulin or an awning. It can be made up cheape: than a bag and can be used for more purposes 111 camp. Mo. W. E. BuRNETT. when practical. ~ ~ • 1 • o. e. ~~./9/4. --J. ,J ~ ~..;~....';·-~-~ -~-- L_ ____ ~----~~~~~--~ The Handy teles.cope camp cot OF the several different folding camp cots, the new Handy telescope cot, which we illustrate above, has features which will commend it to pra~tical campers. For one thing, it has the very des1rable advantage that it adapts itself to uneven surfaces. When folded the .canvas is separated from the frame and rolled by itself the side rai ls along with it. The legs telescope 'very com­pactly and the whole makes a bundle 34 inches long by 5 x 7 inches. Dimensions of cot when se~ up are, ." length, 78 inches; width, 30 inches; he1~ht, 20 mches. Weight is 15 pounds. Price dehvered ea~t of the Mississippi River is $3. diu o.t .. 1?16 . Telescope cam,P cot with Excelsior N a-Chill mattress CANVAS camp cots are notoriously cold to sleep upon unless provided with some form of mattress to protect the sleeper from the cold. Folks who have spare blankets always fold a blanket and make a mattress of it. This means, however, double expense for blankets, and more bulk and weight added to the outfit. The Excelsior quilted cot mattress, shown above in connection with a Telescope cam]J_cot, is the newest thing, and should provt: very satisfac­tory. Tapes are provided for tymg the mattress to the cot so it will retain its position in spite of the sle'eper's tossing about. Dimensions are 27 in. x 76 in., which is standard for c~mp cot?. The cover is heavy unbleached muslm. Th1s quilt can be washed wit.hout the leas~ damage. Weight, 10 pounds. Pnce, $1.75. Pnce of cot without mattress, $3.50. ~· • ~"· ~. MA'fTRESSES . C,24. Wilson,850 . HAl\'Th!OCKS • -­)/~ j/6o- To sling~ Hammock.-- lka2 . Slabs or Mattresses for Cots LIGHT COLORED WOOL-DOWN MATTRESSES These mattresses are as soft as eiderdown. They are purified by being scoured twice, and where health is a consideration, these mattresses should be used. They are well tied; the filling is not rag shoddy, but is pure, clean sheep's wool flocks, which comes off of finest woolen blankets as they are being finished in the mill. No. 1-6 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in., each ........ --------···---···········----------------'---.. -----.. ----.. --------.............................. $2.35 No. 2-6 ft. by 3 ft., each ................................................................................................................... 2.65 ALL-COTTON MATTRESSES These mattresses are made of entirely new and perfectiy clean cotton, and are the very best cheap cotton mattresses on the market. They are covered with stout ticking, and well tied. No. 4-2 ft. 6 in., weight 12 lbs ..................................................................................................... $3.20 No. 5-3 ft., weight 20 lbs ................................................................................................................ 3.65 D\scounts from above list prices. See Discount Sheet. ~c,'/v, • • ·. • an. PORTABLE CAMP FURNITURE. See also b. Camp Furniture (rixed). C,48. CAMP STOOLS AND CHAIRS.-­lbel, ill. lka2. 2be28,ill. " FOLDO" CAMP STOOL. "Compactness." It can be folded up so as to slip into the pocket. "Strength." It will safely carry three hun­dred pounds. "Lightness." It weighs only 28 ounces. "Simplicity.' It can be put into position for use­in ten seconds. Revolves on swivel. Wrapped in the can vas seat with leather straps and handle. Price, earh ..... . . $1.50 anl. A Home-Made Camp Table ONE of the problems of camp life is a suitable camp table­light, compact, and still when set up, that will stand firm enough not to wobble the coffee in your lap. Those to whom price is no object, a card ·table with folding legs will do, Showing the table set up, and affording a good level top for serving the meal and then too there are many on the market costing from two dollars up­ward. But for the chap who would rather do a little tinkering at home I suggest a table th at costs nothing to make and will better serve the pur­pose than any found in the stores. The table illustrated is made from View of the top beneath, showing how knives and forks and plates are compactly carried and protected by the folding legs which keep the articles in place a shoe packing box-thirty-eight inches long and thirty wide, and· aside from any other feature will prohibit the idea of forgetting to pack the knives and fork s and plates and better yet, is a constant re­minder not to leave them in camp when starting for home. The legs are made from a siding of the box, split down to the proper width with a hand axe and then smoothed off with a pocket knife or plane, nail a cross piece at the top, another one just below the center and fasten to table with leather hinges or canvas- then knot a piece of rope on one end and fasten with staple or simply tie it to the lower leg, run the other end through a staple driven underneath the table top at the center, tie this end to the other leg and drive the staple home to engage the rope. Repeat on the other legs. When set up slant the legs outward from the table until the guy ropes are taut and you will have a table that stands as rigid as the one at home. Tack a strip of leather or canvas on the underneath side making divisions to fit the knives and forks, and further over put on a square piece of canvas, t acking the four corners-this for the enamel ware plates, or do as I did by taking the sleeve of an old shirt cutting it off at the elbow, stitching the bottom and tacking only the two upper opposite corners. The legs on the right hand side fit flush to the edge of the table­those on the left are made to nest in the others, fold the ropes in the space left between the table ware and both pair of legs will fit close to the table as shown in the illustration. A piece of oil <;loth tacked over the edges of the wider legs provides a backing for the table and keeps the knives, forks and plates clean and away from damage, and serves also as a table cloth. When folded flat the table occu­pies but little space in thickness and serves as the top of the grub box, which in turn when emptied at camp provides a seat. FRANK WINCH. HARDY'S " CAMPERS FRIEND" Patent Pending. For the Motoring Tourist, Fish~rm_an, Kunter, Yachtsman and Vacattomst A Combination Running Board Box, Camp Cook and Dining Table, outhtted wtth a com· plete Camp Cooking Set, const~ttnC' of one ea 1 ch 3 40 and 6 quart heavy tm Camp Ketl es ,~ith 2covers, a two quart h eavy .Camp Coffee Pot two oblong iron Fry Pans wtth cove1.s, a Ser~ice Box for carrying plate~, cups, kmves, f orks, spoons, etC:., and an Amencan two burner Ga<~ t ine Camp Cook Stove. . h The box is convertible into a camp table Wtt ]Jipe legs in less than t'Yo minutes. The top of table measures 26x33 mches. The "Campers Friend" eliminates the open camp fire with all its dirt, smoke, blackened kettles, half-cooked foods and all stoopmg an? squatting in awk:vard and .back-breakmg post­tions while prepanng and eatmg of meals. This splendid outfit take~ t~e r ot!gh out of camp life. Users are loud m tts prats~ .. Price as described above (wtthout dmmg ser· vice), f. o. b. cars or boat. Portland, Ore. $45.00. Shlppln~ Wel~ht 55 lbs . If your dea.ler cannot supply the outfit, order direct or writo for descriptive folder. John E. Hardy, Portland, Ore. P.O.ac>xllSZ an3. an. FOLDING TABLES. C,48. Wilson,829,ill. ' :l be 4 !. 2b2,ill . Jcc •· 1 " Folding Metal Camp Table On camping trips, auto tours, picnics and the like­DON'T bother with a clumsy, wooden table. Here's just the thing-light, strong, handy. ~ Largeenoughforfourand there's ample room !or the Weighs only 16% Jbs. Can be cleaned with a damp knees. :rvrade from a good quality steel, it Is practl- cloth. \Von't rus t. Set your camp stove on it. No callyindestructible. Can't danger or burning. swell, sp11t or warp. It stands more solid than PrtceS7.50. lt yourdealercannotsupply you,h a ve h lm others-height 28". top write us, or send your order direct. Ask for the famous 30 x 38". It folds to a ScottAuto-Tourlstsupply catalog- every up-to-the-mere h andful - 3x4x38". mlnutethlngforcampersand tourists. \VrlteTODAY ..... SCOTT SALES CO., Scott Bldg., 15th and Howard Sts., Omaha, Neb. Af'Hliated with Scott-Omaha Tent & .Awning Co. I 1,£._ (h l-';d.....-, u 0 FOLDING SHELVES.-­C, 48. rro ~. - OFC, ja..-''Ff 7'f~ . 'Jy,..eL ~ L,- r~.~~ ea l. f»~t 12,2. , Cook Out-of-Doors This S At Your ummer fnam~~~ Carry it with you Own Back Yard Get all the fun out of summer. Cook and eat in the fresh air, but use a real stove that cooks well, that burns wood, coke or ch arcoal. that burns steadily dep spite wind or rain. Here's a REAL stove that fold~ into a sp a ce 18x I Ox4 inches. AFCO ~~::~:~~ STOVE Weight 38 lbs. Packed in wood case 42 lbs. F. 0. B. Factory $8.75 Set it up anywhere in ONE MINUTE No bolts to lose--cast iron and will not w.arp as do sheet metal stoves- rust or hard use c<t;nnot ~ear tt out for years. No fuel to carry with you on a tn~p~ck. up wood anywhere. After the meal fold up AFCO and shp 1t mto the car, canoe or boat. Don't let poor meal:; cooked on a makeshift stove s poil YC?ur outing whether it's a day or a week. You can also ednJOY outdo~r-cooked meals at home if you h :lVe a yard an an AFCO STOVE. Write fo r name of nearest dealer or more informatiOn if desired to Department L. TROY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE CO. Troy, N.Y. 604 holes in each square to fit over the joint. Do not try to cut lhe cork by hammering the cutter, but hold the latter in one hand, and with a circular motion cut out the corks. When a sufficient number has been made ready, push them down, glue coated, one at a time, to the reel-seat dummy, mismatch­ing the squares so that no two cot·ners will come together. Slide an old piece of heavy pipe down on the lot, and set the joint away in a corner until the glue is dry. The grasp .may be roughed out with a sharp knife until most of the corners are removed, then rub lengthwise with coarse sandpaper fitted over a wood block, then with ,fine sandpaper, turning constantly and calipering frequently to pre­serve the shape. Try the reel-seat now and th en, and the winding check as well, and when the g ra sp is shaped to fit both properly, rub lightly with an old piece of the finest grade of sandpaper and turn your attention to the ferrule. Mark the cane at the point where the ferrule is to rest, then file off the corners from a point just above this mark to the end, being extremely careful to keep the cut~in&" true with the axis of the cane. Of course it is far better to prepare the cane for ferrules in a lathe, but good wO'rk ­may be done without one. File and try unti l you are sure that the ferrule will go home with a little forcing, then heat your cement and the wood over . the alcohol lamp, rub the cement on evenly, and, warming the ferrule slightly, push it on with steady pressure until it is clown to the pencil mat·k. If it is a split or serrated fer­rule, wind th e end temporarily with a bit of string, then cement the reel-seat on t11C other end in simi lar fashion and attach the winding check. Good cement for this work may be had from deal ­ers, but I have never found any­thing that will hold better than cld, sticky shellac- just such stuff rts y0u will find in a bottle that has been left standing a long time without a stopper. You may have to pry it out with a stick, but warm it and it will hold a fer­rule in place until the cows come home. I have an idea that a tu11e of plaster of l'aris mixed with it will improve it, but have not as yet used this on a fer r ule, though it will hold arrow piles nicely. (To be co11tinued) ' A H OME -MADE CAMP TABLE By "A Subscriber" I have been trying for a long time to obtain a camping t9-b le which was at once simple, compact and not easily broken or damaged. None of those advertised in the Field and Stream various catalogues exactly suited mx tastes. And the following is a description of such a table which I made at home for the total cost of fifty cents. Folded for packing, it makes a cylindrical bundle 6 x 30 inches, and weighs less than eight pounds. The table consists of three sepa­rate parts, counting the legs as one part: (I) A folding top, (2) the longi tudinal stringers upon which the top rests, and(3) the four legs, (1) I made the legs out of four old broom handles, cut 27 inches long. Into one end of each leg drive a small spike, an eight-penny v.:ire nail with the head filed off will answer, leaving about one-half inch of the spike exposed to be in serted into a hole in the end of the stringer. (2) The longitudinal supports, or string..:: rs, are made qf ash s trips one inch wide and one-half inch thick, and thirty inches long. Into each end of these stringers, about one inch from the ends, bore a gimlet hole to receive the spikes in the legs. To construct the frame work, ?:ace the two stringers together n;ct, and hore a onc·quarter inch auger hole with the center in the crack between them, about one and a half inches from each encl. This will- make a groove ncar each end one-eighth of an inch dee-p. 'fake two pieces of <>ash ct_.rd, nr vne-quat·ter inch man illa rope, about' eight feet long. In one enU of each rope make a loop to go ov er a peg, and on the other end make a running noose with a tent slide. Lay these pieces of rope on the floor parallel to each other, and about thirty inches apart. 1'vle1tsure about thirty-three inches from the loop ends of the rope and place the first stringer across them at that point so that the ropes will pass along the grooves r-ear the ends of the stringers, c;~.nd fasten them there with a large headed nail which will go through the stringer and clinch on the other side. About twenty-four inches further along the ropes, attach the other stringer in a like manner. (To be continaed) PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST FIELD AND STREAM offers three prizes for the best three photo­graphs submitted each month in this Con~est, reserving the right to publish at our own discretion the orders submitted. The prizes for next month will be: First Prizcr­Three years' subscription to FIELD AND STREAM. Second Prize-Two years' subscription to FIELD AND STREAM. Third Prize-One year's subscription to FIELD AND STREAM. For all others, SOc. will be allowed when used. aol. ao. CAMP STOVES. TENT STOVES. · -;;;; :t.u, 'b%- ~.:xt/#A:tr J..(~tdVI.t;) • Ilarper,252. Kreps,87. D.Wallace,ll9. Breck,69. Hanks,31. C,S!l.. ~C,tt,ktz. 2~u3, ill. 1 bl2. 2bl9. .2~~~:.. ._J:~~W /-3 · 2.~6- -%9 .S-/. ~,)7. _ ~£1 .J"6J-.)':f, ~d./ J&''f• /'rU'd"",f7t Jt?; ~~~, .IJ.3- /f$; ~ br/3, J{,;LL_ ~-:1~ 2ai.JI,'f, .L/'e_ (/';l.s/~ ''7, 11.1-~1 f(£p.¥ ... c-tJ...t;J_ ~ '"- ~. ~ 4~- '!kf4· $1) - $1, If!:.<- .JJL"-• ~ ~ci•~L/...1 p. J.2.C7' .. ~4~~~..{-; ~~· 2.hp9· ~~9!1'~· ~ qJ/, Sibley.-- Specifications, Wilson,827, 829,ill. BLUE-FLAME OtL STOVES.-- k ~S' /. BRIQUETTES.-- 2bl15. ~MfRil"AN CAMP "TLe Furnace in a Bucket" Powerful, safe, Convenient. All self-contained- no other appara­tusrequlred. 10-lncb top. Cook• ing and beating. For hunters campers. cottagers, prospectors' boy scouts, hikers, circuses, carnl: vats, Chautauquas, automoblllsts m o tor boat enthusiasts etc' Burns. ordinary gasoline. 'Wltb' reservoir tn base. Amor~can Caa Machine Co., 461 Clark Sl., Albert Lea, Millo Divine's Improved folding Camp Stove and Oven ~ ( 1J - '))-Zvi-•t-C. / Patent Applied For THIS is the most compact Camp Stove ever made. Made of galva n· ir.ed iron . 2 ft. long, 1 ft. wide, 8 in. high, two g riddl e·hol es, and has 6 ft. of 3~ in. pipe. The joints a r e 2 ft. in length, made so that one joint telescopes t he othe r. You can get 15 f't. of pipe in a 2 ft. length, 3~ inches in diameter. The stove, when apa r t, consists of only nine pi eces, and this includes the two griddle·hole covers. The stove and pipe a re put up in a heavy canvas cover , bound with t wo straps and buckles, with a h a ndl e, making a package 2 ft. long, 1 ft. wide, H in. deep at t he edges, and 5 inches in the center over pipe. Weigh t, 15 lbs. Price, with 6 ft. of pipe, $6.50. E xt ra lengths of pipe, 50c. each . The oven consi sts of four pi eces, and packs in a sepa rate package. It will tak e a pan 7 x 15 in ., and weighs iH lbs . P r ice, $3. 00. KIMMEL TELESCOPE CAMP STOVE T wo sizas-No. l ,lar2'e, 13x18x28in. ,wt. SO lbs., for 4 to 12 men, SI O.OO ; No.2, small. 12"xl3x23\ft in., wt. 35 lbs. , for 2 to 4 men. 18.00. Prices f. o, b. Boi se. SomethinK" new - every camper needs one. Write for description a nd prices . TELESCOPE CAMP STOVE CO., 1505 N. 12th St., BOISE, IDAHO 4 Hole Folding Camp Stove with a ~erfect Baking Oven, Made of Sheet S teel. When fol ded package m eas• ures 30xl9x6 inches. 2 H ole Folding Made of Sheet S teel, wh en fold· ed p ac k age measur es l 9xl9x5 inches. Camp S t o v e, ! SEND FOR FOLDER AND PRICES LICKING ST~V~ -~0~=~-ewark, ~hio I " ao . CAMP STOVES. >I A Modern Camp Stove Cut shows stove in use; to left, telescoped ready for shipment. Editor Outdoor Life:-When I see a good thing I like to push it along, and espe­cially if that good thing happens to be some· thing in the camping line. I have tried the Cree camp stove, the take-down stove, the collapsible stove and other stoves; but not until I tried the Kimmel Telescope camp stove (made by the Telescope Camp Stove Co. of Boise, Idaho,) did I realize that the very stove I had been looking for for a dozen years had been produced. It is my habit to go on hunting trips every fall to various parts of the United States and Canada, and every time I saw a new camp steve that appealed to me I made a diagram of it and placed it with the data of my hunt, hoping some day that I would put all these dia­grmas together and from them I would be able to evolve a perfect camp stove. But I don't believe this will now be necessary, as since using the Kimmel I believe that the ideal of my dreams has at last appeared. I used to be content with the dutch oven (when the other fellow did the cooking), and later, when I looked with disdain on t his good old camper's standby, I even thought that good old stove the Cree, was good enough. But later, as I grew older and more rheumatic, and appreciated the little luxuries that I was able to add to my camp life, such, for instance, as a stove in my tent, I began to figure out some ideas of my own regarding the best all-around stove­one that would pack right on horse, wnn the most cooking surface (size, of course, considered), and that would burn most sat­isfactory any kind of wood. My eyes fell on a circular of the above-named stove and l bought one. I used it, liked it, and now ue­lieve it is the best ever. Therefore I pass the good word along to other sportsmen. As the stove was advertised in your August is­sue I am going to request that you publish with this description the same illustration used in the company's advertisement, be­cause I believe it will be of general interest to your camping readers. The size of this stove packed is 12x18-30 inches. It telescopes, the oven fitting into the fire-box, the whole weighing 50 pounds when packed. It has an exceptionally large heating and cooking capacity and can be taken apart in a very short time. C. D. A Real Folding Stove Stove Open The Moats Fold ing P ortable Gasoline Camp Stoves Nlade of Auto Steel, carefully enameled. Made in four sizes, one, two and three burner with oven, permanently attached to base of stove. Substan4 tially constructed. Wind Proof, Safe, Reliable, Compact, Durable. Weight, 8~ to 35\bs. Write for literature. DEALERS WANTED. PRENTISS-WABERS MFG. CO. 60 ISLAND A VENUE GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN Notice How Compact Stove Is When Folded ao3. ~ lver Johnson Sporting Goods Co. "' I B~ 73~ I :f¥-.u<.,. rdt., NJ. /' ~..0 BAXTER CAMPING OUTFITS BAXTER PORT A BLE STOVES AND OUTFITS ARE THE STA NDARDS FOR OUTING OR CAMP U SE. Fig. 1. Carry by hand or ship as baggage. Size approximates 10 x 18 x 20 in. THE MOST COMPACT AND COMPLETE PORTABLE STOVE AND OUTFIT ON THE MARKET. 137 Fig. 1 shows the Stove packed within its own metal crate-support, ready for transportation. l n the stove fire box compartment is packed 3 joints of telescopic pipe, leaving room for other articles. In the oven compartment can be packed the duffle-complete cooking and serving outfit for 6 persons, or more. In the oven also can be packed, covering the duffle, a five gallon water tank which is made to hook, when in use, automatically on the right side of the stove. A padlock, or wire, makes the contents secure for shipping or carrying by hand. When packed and locked there are no parts or doors to open, become loose or rattle, no projections to knock off. This is the only stove (and outfit) that can be checked as baggage on the railways. Fig. 2 shows the Stove erected, for use, on its · Metal Crate-Support to which it is automatically fastened. The stove pipe automatically fastens to the top of the stove. The stove and oven doors have automatic catches. The oven is large enough to take 9 x 16 in. bread pans or to roast two chickens at one time. The oven will bake biscuit in 3 minutes; three minutes after match has been applied to fuel the oven is hot. The stove uses very little wood at a time; six pieces as large as ones· hand will be sufficient to cook and bake a meal. This is the only portable stove (and ou tfit) tbat can be nsed in the home, tent or boat as well as in the open . Stove, each ................. ... . . . . .. . ............. . . .. .. .... .. . ... .. .. . . :§' . . 7,. o$'P. . $7.00 Outfit, for 6 persons (50 pieces), extra. . . . . . . . . . ........... . .... . ...... s-~ :.t.s.-. . . . . . 5.00 Water Tank, extra ............ .. ... . .. .. ... . . . ..... . ... . . .. . . ... . . . . ...... . . 2' . ~- . . . . . 1.00 Brass Padlock for Crate, extra .. . ............. . . . •• .. •• .. •• ·"f . •.•• . 0. --is:~ ······ /.25 ao. CAMP STOVES. D ESPITE the earnest attempts of campers m general, ever since stoves were invented, to each and every one design the best-yet camp stove, there still appears to be a big field here for in ­vention. A glance at this page is evidence enough of this. First, we have the new Rice collapsible camp stove. It might not appear different from any other camper's wood-burning stove of the collapsible type, but it is; as the reader knows right well if he has had experience with such stoves. Just look at that door! And those legs. Here, boys, is a "regular" camp stove. The in­ventor says it has twenty superior distinctive fea­tures over any other collapsible stove-pick 'em out for yourself. Made of 20-gauge steel, and when set up is 20 inches long, 12:y,\ inches wide and 12):4 inches deep. Weight about 19 pounds. The maker neglected to tell us the price, but it is no doubt around $5. Rice collapsible camp stove ..: .t: bO Gi ~ c ·ao5. 0 0 0 0 zzzz A CANOE CAMP STOVE By E. E. Buchanon A very handy camp stove can be made in a few minutes out of an old tin pail. First select a pail about six inches high. The diameter does not make so much difference, but the height should not be greater than six inches. If no such pail is at hand, a butter pail cut down will serve the pur­pose. Next cut three holes, about an inch square, half way up the sides. For legs three bolts will be necessary. Punch holes through THE STOVE SET UP the pail from the inside and in· sert the bolts and screw the nuts on the outside. These bolts should raise the pail an inch or so from the ground. Then punch several rows of holes in the bot­tom, leaving a three-inch circle in the center with no holes. Now the stove proper is made. Next I is the burner. The top of a ba· king powder can will serve for this. Cut a strip of asbestos about two inches wide and long ' , enough to get around the inside < of the can-top. This is the wick. • Then · melt some paraffin and fill the can-top with it. This com· pletes the burner. Place this in the center of the bottom of your pail and light the asbestos wick. In a couple of minutes the whole can of paraffin will be on fire. The wind cannot blow this out, so you will have to carry a piece of tin as a snuffer. On my last canoe trip I used a stove like this with much success. When we got through cooking we would smother the fir·e and then drop in a few pieces of paraffin. This would replenish our burner, and when it cooled it would be full ready for the next meal. • L ap. UTENSILS (Fixed Camp). TOOLS. See also cl. Tools. cr. Utensils. TOOLS.-- Spade ror the latrine, etc. a pl. ..;1ttJJ ~-$-, §' lJ'k-_,,. ~vr::t r.J.'>ht"' ( ~Y7Jwtc::lv tTWN~ 1 fY ~ • .~r ~:;-~ ~ ju;at;;., /-3rt.,~~- 7.;,,-0~- 2.. #-.,1-- ~ ~-J. -?J ,..;.k,~J>U-r- 2. 2-r - .... , I ~2.- ~,d., c•f/u.."'-1••{-.. 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CaAAl.----r::l~..,. ~ • .) ll4.o - G 1i.:!. ~ :) . .,( ~/;A,."'/!j'r tw,., ~ k;;J M- I d t lfv- ,_~.,_ Ju, f.tftf""' 'J ~-. ~ -t:. .::t. • ~ ~ ,r~~- crJ.S,J-'- 771 tflo:.P· '?;TrL -A.- q;.;,.,.., ~ (11 ,1<1 . v-~1-- e.M,, C. ... , t77J- ;p. --,u;;-1' <J,...)...~1 ~-"- c - - - s '+J- IJ. FOOD and DRINK For Your Auto Trip T he handiest piece of baggage that you ever took on an auto or outing trip. Keeps provisions and drinkables cold for thirty-six hours. Compartment for crushed ice is above large white enamel food box. Melted ice dripping into the double wall of tbe provision chamber helps to keep things cold. THE DETROIT REFRIGERATOR GRIP . Is convenient to carry, looks hke a smart traveling bag. Well and simply co nstructed. can -be locked. Fishermen can take their grub and bri ng home the1r fresh fish. all with the same filling of ice. Wr£te for calalogue and Prices. DETROIT REFRIGERATOR GRIP CO. 403 J. Henry Smith Building DETROIT MICHIGAN aql. Refrigerator Grip 1:h is ~IH?W~ a cross section of an a~tractive .travelling bag winch 1s md1spensable for any oulmg- be 1t Automobile M~tqr :Boat, Picnic or Fishing Excursion. 1t makes cool: dehcwus lunches and refreshments possible on the hottest summer day 1 the food being kept as fresh as when taken from the pantry at home: No leakage or slop-over no annoyance from the "KEEPl\1ECOOL." 1 The Refrigerator Grip looks like any grip. It contains two metal compartments. The upper section is filled with crack~d. ice and t~1e ~over screwed on. As the ice melts, the (ngtd water dnps mto the metal shell which surrounds the chamber in which the 'eats" are carried. The grip is thus cooled from every side, yet neither ice nor water ~ome.s in contact with the contents to soak or otherwise unpatr the flavor. T.he R!!frigerator Grip is so fashioned that it may be carried easily wtth one hand. It has a large capacity and keeps the contents at a temperature of 44 degrees for 36 hours with one filling of ice. Writdoday for catalog telling all about the "KEEPME­COOL'' Grip and explaining its spl~ndid construction. Detroit Refrigerator Grip Company 403 J. Henry Smith Bldg . Detroit, Michigan Army Trunk (1) T HIS regulation army locker is covered and interlined with hard vulcanized &ber. The inside is easily washed out; you can play a hose on it if you like. The locker is all-rivet in construction and is well reinforced with hardware on the corners. There Fiber Army Locker are handles to it, of course, and a tray. The color is olive drab. The size over all is 14 inches by 17 inches by 31 inches. The trunk costs $12.50. Sportsman's Cabinet Trunk Made three ply. Two ply Brown Vulcanized Fibre Board over best Basswood, cemented and riveted together. Edges are bound with heavy black Fibre, reinforced with Heavy Brassed Cor­ners, Clamps, Bolts and Dowles. Solid Bronze Lock. Has strong leather handles. All material is ri vi t ed on body of trunk, mak- CLOSED ing it light weight and rigid. Varnished with Spar varnish. Sportsman's Cabinet Trunk Open. B:>ttom part of trunk is divided in three com­partments and one strong drawer, which will hold 300.12 gauge shells, and one side parted oft for fishing tackle. See cut. Other compart-ments for clothing of all kinds. All lined with good cloth. Cover is lined with blue cotton flannel. Has sockets made to fit any gun or fishing rod s. All looped and straped to hold guns in place, and easily removed. When or­dering please mention make of gun you carry. The cabinet in this trunk is made removable and can be set up anywhere and used. After OPEN removing, trunk can be used for traveling, as it is made as good as the best. Will stand hard knocks. No. 1. Size 34-in. long, 17-in. deep, 19-in. wide. Price $25.00. No. 2. Same size, made with same finish in­side onl y, cabinet not removable; outside black enamel covered in place of fibre, otherwise same material. Price $20.00 .. \1\.'oa This Trunk Is made the s11me as No. I Gablnet Trunk Only dltterent dlmensitlns, with all steel trimmings. Has two trays compartell lor hats, et c., cloth lined. ONE OF THE BEST. Sizes: 32-in. lonR, 20- n. wide, 24- n. high. Price $13 00 34-in. long, 21- n. wide, 25- n. high. Price $14.00 36-in. long, 22- n, wide, 26- n. high. P rice $15 00 Other sizes made to order. This is a trunk that will last a lifetime. HENKEN'S TRUNK AND CASE WORKS L a Crosse, W i sconsin All Our Cases Are Made of Brown Fibre. ~ .0 n > ~ ~ n ::t: t=j en 1-] en ~ ::0 c z ;::;::: en ('!) c+ (') ~ .0 tv The Outdoorsman's Box FOR season upon season, when the trout days found their end, my lines, hooks, reels, rods, fly books, etc., were dJmped into odds and ends corners of the attic or left to mould in the fishing_ coat pockets. In turn the same treatment would be handed to my guns after a hunting season. Result--,..sundry and various trips to the sporting goods dealer each season for the replacement of articles ruined through sheer neglect and indifference. This expense and annoyance sug­gested a remedy. I would buy me a box or a trunk or build a new room on my house to care for these precious implements of the outdoorsman's craft. I wanted something to act as a receptacle for the fishing outfit when I was hunting and the hunting outfit when I was fishing; A search through the sport dealers' catalogs offered but slight hope. In one place the box was too short, or too shallow or too long or too thin or too heavy or too light, in one point they all struck one sound note of harmony­they were too expensive. Then a visit to the carpenter shop, my plans were studied and the estimate given staggered the pocket book. Therefore I decided to make it myself. The result is shown in the pictures. A sportsman-box-for­all, home made, inexpensive, durable, complete and satisfactory, and as far as I can perceive quite unlike anything that has appeared on the sport dealer's counter. My box has stood the test of service for two years, it has been expressed from point to point covering several thousand miles, knocked about in camp, withstood the soaking rains of Spring and come!up serenly through a coverlet of northern snows. It will accommodate everything for a four weeks' fishing trip, a week end or a season's hunt for birds or big game, and the cost is $3.50, plus your own labor. How to Make It The material is bass wood, one quarter inch thick. The dimensions 41 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 12 inches high. The latter made in two parts, nine inches for the box and three inches for the top or cover. I had the lumber cut to proper measure­ments at a carpenter shop, t a total cost including boards, for $2.75. The boards being rough dressed I finished by using five cents worth of number 0 sand paper. Setting the bottom board of the box on a bench, smear a stream of glue along the four edges and on this set the sides, making a temporaliy fit by tacking through with light nails. The top is fashioned in the same manner. After setting for several hours the glue hardens, then make the joints solid by using one­half inch flat head wood screws. In the lop tray is space to neatly clip land­ing net, gaff, fly-book, reels and many other articles needed on the trip The corner plates come from the Five and Ten Cent store. as did the handles on each end. An old strip of canvas tacked over each corner helps make it waterproof. How the box accommodates the outfit needed on a combination fishing and hunting trip is shown in this picture of the two sliding trays­one holding the rods and the other tray the rifle There are three trays. These are made from the sidings of a shoe packing case and covered with grain sacks, each end of the tray having a slotted upright three inches high which makes for a support for the next tray and also a hand grip to remove same. The box with trays weighs about seven pounds when finished. An inventory of the box as it stands before me now with the fishing paraphernalia laid away for the winter shows this list of contents :-4 rods, landing net, 2 fly books, 3 packages of line, folding lantern, hand axe, six candles, four floats, bottle of mosquito dope, pipes and cans of tobacco, bungalo slippers, pair of waders, fishing vest, first aid kit, pocket tool kit, several packages bait hooks, scissors, flash lamps and batteries, dehydrated food, fish scales, compass, assortment of casting plugs and s