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The Story of Nugok’s Bow Z7C C. Thurlow When any archer is within shooting distance of Corvallis, Oregon, he heads for “B.G.’s,” and I am no exception. As a side-line to my archery I sell goods for a living, and late January found me in Corvallis. Of course, I had to call on that prince o good fellows and ardent archer, B.G. Imagine my surprise when B.G. led me out the rear door, across an expanse of lawn and shrubbery, and into one of the neatest log cabins I have ever seen. It had a fireplace, comfortable ... chairs, and all the trimmings to delight an outdoor man s heart. Apparently Mrs. Thompson had grown tired of bearskins on the piano, cougar-hides on the table, deer heads on the mantle, etc” so B.G. built himself a den. As he has killed bear, deer and ““gar with bow and arrow, not to mention many sma er n,mals and game birds, his trophy room was well filled. k.,, "e, °f great interest was a Chinese reflexed horn bow, “dutifully decoi ' Parted on it. ‘rated with the coat of arms of a prince skilfully But the tsciuimau most interesting article in the room, to me, was an Pounds d.a °w, a powerful weapon of perhaps seventy-five jw" 3 b°w w'th a real history. IJCs t : four , k°fp’ PtWaS fought out of Alaska about fifty years ago. !nches at t.L , nilae inches long, one inch by one and one-eighth ik^'^-lirnb Tr- , and half an inch thick and two inches wide , ends beina 1S ^tply reflexed, twelve inches from the nocks, c°rd stretckTc °ac^ ab°ut two inches. The bow is backed by “t(lwound ar hom end to end and held in place by a smaller ^e teflevPr|0UT tb® bow at irregular intervals. In the angle end there is a wedge of wood which makes this

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cord taut. When the bow is braced, this cord is "as . f fiddle-string.” Both the large backing cording and the as„ a cord wound around the bow. are made of native Alaskan™’1" The bow cord was made of sinew. dn grass. The wood from which the bow is made is not known i, resembles spruce. Three arrows crudely made, but headed ± beautifully finished double-barbed ivory heads, were with bow. A very interesting story is connected with this bow. Just how much of the story is truth and how much legend Mr. Thompson is unable to say. but here it is, as told by the old trapper who obtaned the bow for Mr. Thompson. "While traveling up the lanana River, a short distance from its junction with the Yukon, I met a young Indian in a strange craft, made from a frame of willow poles over which was stretched the fresh skin of a moose. "The Indian had nothing in this skin canoe but a hunting knife, a bow, a quiver of arrows, a pile of moose meat, and a cub black bear which had been killed by an arrow. "Some of the arrows in the quiver were iron or steel pointed, but most of them had points of ivory. I was very much inter ested in the Indian and his boat, and talked with him for several hours, bringing out the following story of his experiences. “He said his name was Nugok and that he was eighteen sum mers old. He wanted to be considered a man. and to take his place along with the rest of the hunters. Following the custom of the tribe in such cases, Shauman. the medicine man, propound ed a test which Nugok must do before he could consider himse a man and be called a hunter. He decided that Nugok shoul g° into the wilderness alone, armed only with a bow and ’tr0* and a hunting knife, and bring back to the tribe enough me ‘or a feastl within a period of five days. . So Prtka set Nygok across the Yukon and some distance r the lanana River, where he left him with good wishes success. for X°ung Nygok left the river, following an animal trail °r about half a mile, when his attention was attracted by he Of moose tracks. He then and there dec.d men fU iPV0 1(111 a m°ose, and thereby not only gal . or the feast, but also materials for a boat. ■ se -ted ,hina self|f,; and u a Place where two trails crossed. sectet£ . heard several edlonS he waited. Toward he everal animals approach, but none came in view. dark !° shoot h/k he?ad decided that it would soon be too eadiness t animal approaching. Pla^g Si'n»»“’ “ into view. Wa’ted' and soon a full grown b=!' „ the^ When within twenty paces of the waiting Indian,

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became somewhat disturbed. Perhaps he had winded apParentTj Dtopped, raised his antlered head as though to sniff Nugok- He s l^ack’ up the trafl, and partly turned around. He the air. loo Jalmost broadside, slightly quartering away was now stanomg

fr0.nThpUvoung Indian raised his bow and discharged an arrow. v struck in the ribs of the moose, well back of the The arr°'3ncj the huge beast lunged back down the trail and disappeared into the darkness of the fast approaching night. 1S“Thc Indian waited all night, and with the first streak of dawn started on the trail of the moose. In a few hundred yards he came upon the great beast dead in the trail. "Nugok at once set to work removing the skin, being careful to make no unnecessary cuts. All day he worked, skinning the moose, cutting up the meat, cutting poles for his boat, carrying skin, meat and poles back to the river. There the meat was hung up out of reach of wild animals. “Nugok then fell to work fashioning a boat after the manner of his tribe. He rested only when darkness forced him to do so. On the fourth night the boat was finished and all was ready for the trip home the following morning. “Just as Nugok was ready to lie down for a little rest he heard a sound behind him. Turning slowly around he saw a black bear and two cubs approaching. Evidently they were at tracted by the moose meat. pr05LU"etl{ Sobering UP bow and arrows, he shot at the apu c r a1, now on-y about forty paces away and apparently and^K u tbe Ind'an’s presence. The arrow missed its mark wood?Ufb t^e cubs, which turned and dashed into the .’ e °*d bear and the other cub following. followed On Xas quiet' Nugok waited until morning, and then found the d A tbe bears. Only a few yards away he seen of tbo lu Cub' an arrow deep in its chest. Nothing was "Nugok her tW° bearS‘ an<! started tbe cub to his boat, loaded up his moose-meat "I su«eed d WaS then that 1 met him’ ew trinkets In, .trad!ng some canned goods, a knife and a ’“’jfo not part\ -'I bow and three ivory-tipped arrows. He ^ed wi^k the iron-pointed arrows. He seemed very he trade, especially with the canned milk.”

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“Turkish Bows” of the New Mexico Indians Aldo Leopold In 1582, Antonio de Espejo marched down the Rio Concha in what is now Chihuahua, Mexico, and up the Ri0 Grande into what is now New Mexico. Two days before reaching the confluence of the two rivers, opposite what is now Presidio County, Texas, Espejo encountered a "rancheria” of Indians called Otomoacos, and camped nearby. Next morning three of his horses had been shot, others crippled, and the Indians had taken to the hills. A skirmish followed in which the Indians used bows, but Espejo, being uncertain of just who was guilty and probably still more uncertain of the wisdom of a pitched battle, made peaceful overtures and the Indians returned to their town. Diego Perez de Luxan, Espejo’s chronicler, describes them thus: 'These people are naked and have their privy parts un covered. They cover themselves with well tanned skins of the cibula (bison). These hides they tan and soften by beating then with stones until they are soft. They fight with bows and arrows. The bows are Turkish, all reinforced and very strong, and the strings are made from the sinews of the buffalo. The italics are mine. < Turkish bows” are thrice again mentioned during^the marc up the Rio Grande, but in the last instance, at a San FF pueblo near what is now San Marcial, New Mexico, Lux miration for the native bowyers begins to cool off. be says -they have few and ? q[ Tsurkish boWS and po«

forBn°^kandJarrows are frequently mentioned, and usually J to the V ê succeeding march north to ° pecth Tt ln Arizona, east to the Rio Pecos and do*^ desXnate/ °UVbe p™ border, but there bowsâ Rio Grande / T Tutklsh-” But on returning overland the saflie Rio Con^ for three days at the mouthJ of « “■pc as’ Turkish bows” again enter the pi . . (thse they Indians nCf°?uPaS10ns a11 traded blankets, of which and Turkish ânt° Tomas Pueblo) had many> are t'. and strona b°ws, reinforced with sinews. The .h» w‘ discoX?’ Which th«e are in the land that and^X^ that Luxan was somewhat of that the Indians of the lower Rio Grande, .from th

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■ I had some distinctive and superior bow which to San ' N*arcljjan‘ ^d not have, and which Luxan called toe s‘e of resemblance to Turkish bows seen in the other, ? “Turkish be recalled that the separateness of America Eur0?e'at this period not yet clear. and Asia “ ^se "Turkish” bows? The editors of the Espejo 'enlighten us with the following footnote: “’■■n'tl! Obregon and Luxan constantly speak of 'Turkish • hut iust what they mean is not certain. Purchas in His P°/WS; ?es II. 1925. speaks of Turkish bows made of buffalo 1 ^'"intermixed with sinews. But. as Mr. Hodge informs us, bows made up of pieces of bone or horn worked to shape and bound with thongs or sinew were not used by Indians to whom suitable wood was available. In the Southwest, wood was plentiful, so perhaps Luxan means that the wooden bow was bound at the grip with sinew to afford greater elasticity and strength. In this connection the following quotation is of inter est: 'Bows were usually macle of wood’ writes Mr. E. Douglas Branch, 'but the best and strongest were made of pieces of bone and horn—buffalo, elk or mountain sheep—spliced and glued together, and wrapped with sinews of buffalo. Strands of buffalo sinew made the bowstrings.’ The Hunting of the Buffalo, 29, New York. 1929.” It seems too bad that archeologists and historians do not make bows, cr else avail themsleves of advice from those who o, before venturing such conjectures as the one italicized above. Handle-wrappings affect neither elasticity nor strength, and uxan with his evident knowledge of archery must have had ™ better reason for calling these bows ‘‘Turkish.” fade ofnht bel;ause they were, like true Turkish bows, actually available °r?' , hat bow-woods, other than juniper, were know of °q ower Ri° Grande? No really good ones that I in alAlT hand' mountain sheep horns were availIndians,” sa nearbV ranges. Grinnell, in his ‘‘Cheyenne widely Usecj ys tbat sheeP-horn bows backed with sinew were k°w they w V tbe Plains Indians, and explains in some detail boiled, and d reamanufac,;ureci- The horn was cut in spiprals. sPiral could b Straisjht on a stick. (It is beyond me how the Ms s°. it must h Ul without a metal saw, but when Grinnell , If we are e so- Why doesn't some western archer try it?) Ur'nff the nr? accePt the existence of mountain sheen bows C tainly too c”lture of the Indian (and 1582. was ..ran<Ie and. r y bor Spanish metal to have reached the Rio SQen' e'ther these'1 made the foundation for new handicrafts). "-pc ’puch m 've‘e htjtn hows, or there remains to be adduced djrkish.’’ e c°nvincing reason for Luxan calling them ■p How did rb’sh bows? soldier like Luxan know anything about Panish scholars assure me that Spain had many

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a brush with Turks during the decades expedition. The Mediterranean coast tnJ prece ec€d ding ing ,the B Espei° Turkish pirates. The Spanish fleet won a”8 ■ w ' ■■ere. ’har ’ harassed U from the Turks at Lapanto in 1571. Bows maj0 .r “ t?VaI batt! had already been discarded in Europe hut mbita, ftmapon that the Turks still used them ( or had the* nOt an<t k mProbable Spanish soldier like Luxan may have seen A "a?efnCethat" before he was sent to Mexico. them ' at f'tst hand Those archers who wish to untangle th;, book for themselves should ask for "Fvn x-V"' Mexico Made By Antonio De Espejo,” as revelledin ■into New of Diego Perez de Luxan, translated bv G P tr the Journal ■Himond and Agapita Rey, The Quivira Society, Los AngelesM?^.

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Roy E. Lundquist Activity Director, Sa/t Lake Vanguard Aisociation Most

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fostering1 therC^norffeeI that We -spoiI archerr for grown-ups belief that a P°rt among juniors. It is the author’s firm tbe present LZ±JU'f°Undation archery can be built in of fine archLS°n-?,f y°UnS PeoP]e- There wiI1 be thoUSaw have succeeded w'A' ,come from these natural prospects. We among jUnio ° h pChery in Ut?h- ever since k featUKd One of the a lst*ng enthusiastic adult supervision. introduce it inrA'i I and surest ways to foster archery « "Troops, Church n ady organized groups and clubs. Boy Sc?" Schoolsand i|an“,,'lzatlons zat*ons'’ Boys Boys’’ Clubs, and Junin Junin“uClubs, Girls Girls'’ Club. Ciuu. Hig more thanbh'^ Is all offer splendid pp ^ery -1 years Prior to 1930, the Ute Ar hake ^ City had .n]y ten t£n or fifteen aacg members throuah lty ^ ad acquired oonly year two scout r™ pe ?sonal contact and solicitation. J® I” jja Personal feature activitiv °?S ^nown as Vanguards took up archer/ _

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x leaders were called in to explain archery boV archer® and a?° their ^‘program for the whole church organization and law1 wcrK e are scouts between the ages of 15 and 18 ofVanf“trv was adopted as one of two special year-round years. ,Ar y yanguards. Due to lack of knowledge and experiactivines ot craftmanship and shooting it was necessary to ence in arc ' courses for adult leaders, held at school work organize tr ^s club members conducted five groups that *°PS, , j 25 men. These men carried archery into their various inc udennd aided the boys to make their equipment. Everyone "TVbow usually lemonwood, and 12 cedar arrows. Shoot™ instruction was also given and the program had begun with more than 500 bovs and men in Salt Lake City alone. It quickly spread to other Utah towns and also into Idaho and Arizona wherever there were organized units of the Vanguards. Interest was to be maintained and perpetuated in local, dis trict, council and church-wide tournaments, representative teams and individuals in target, clout and flight being chosen and advancing to the finals as they won out in the different tourna ments. Each year now the archery activity culminates in a big Church Final Championship Tournament in June, in which both adult leaders and Vanguards participate. Sixty-two archers competed in the first annual Vanguard championship, June 11, 1932. These came from all over Utah and parts of Idaho. A Vanguard team and their leader. S. Dean Green, journeyed to Seattle in July to compete in the National Tournament. The oys established new records in the intermediate division and pa“d third jn senioi. ream shoot. definiMln^UX new *nto archery in Utah has added very Van e 4 t0 competition in the Utah State Meet. Three vanguards A' and a Tanguard first, second, third, and fourth f ---- JVUUVl leader ptuccu placed moi. OCLU11 division °Tr ’^p ace champions of long standing iin the senior shooting "aS a'S° added the new feature of winter indoor

voipjrobiem.°f developing enthusiasm in archery with soiutio; Rroupc c'isS usualIV two-fold: costs. and facilities. The >n to°rbo °.f archery0 the first Part of the problem is to teach the hobby 1011 SO tLdr th tY - Orb < willing courses or individual instructhatch *n training 1 and savebeginner e5lnner can make up equipment from the raw add the intpi-oo?!! manufacturing and sales charges and thus t goes with the personal accomplishment con^°P! a^so^°Vn °Wn- In the building of equipment there dev«ietsat’°n amn„°W ,se c‘f archery that contributes to every tj0 loPed a new ci^Chers. “Have you tried this?” "I have the nat meets i° ahohlnR method." etc. Much of the conversaonc who can T ^quipment and the eyes sparkle most with Tkakes his own ’i , ,V Pers°nally made tackle. Nearly everyhe second proh ackl.e in Utah. ern is solved best by working through an

archery club with the civic authorities and school directors. At the Deseret Gynasium in Salt Lake Cii^^ 0"3a!| ,recrea3'*'ion ing alley was converted into a wonderful indoor ra”■' a3 1b°'v|mercial ranges are not conducive to building archert"^’ ('°n1' tion. unless the cost of shooting is negligible esoe^n’''1”’ younger groups. Tennis, swimming, baseball, horesho t for ball, basketball, and many other sports are being offered ” k sale” to people who care to ioin in the fun. In Salt L V" r there are 28 muncipal tennis courts, free to public uw ty lighted at night. Sand lots and spacious lawns invite thou of young men and boys to have a good time playing established

Why then must we pay large fees for archery practice tournaments? All we need to do is increase the number of poT sible archers in our town or city and then take our ran«e problems to the city fathers and ask for the same co-operation that other sports receive. As soon as they are aware that arrows may be flying into every neighbor's yard they will soon provide a place to set up targets under supervision. Archery has not reached a stage where sporting goods stores or archery shops will undertake to promote the game, but enthused club members, and individual successful archers can devote themselves very gloriously to fostering archery activities in their community cr state. (Editors Note: In Mr. Lundquist’s next article, actual pro cedure for training courses, tournaments, demonstrations, and making targets and indoor backstops will be discussed.)

the ahwanee archers TheLH^Francisco. are now shooting I Th 7^ ran?e doublpri ^b ls compo^ed ^fdeu Gatc FarE easc of t,)e stldiun’I 5 'n mcmbershi r ?b°Ut thi“Y active members, having Monthly . P n the Past year. / 5^001 Jhat SCOfes are3clibkd and cornP«ition is keen with the I

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The Olympic Bowmen League SERIES VI — MATCH 10 MARCH 20, 1933 Locksley Archers of Seattle F. H. Hahn---------------I. M. Stamps-------------L. Landaal----------------Thos. Belshaw--------The Seattle Bowmen No. 1 Ralph R. Miller ___________ L. D. Alexander... C. S. Baker __________ S. B. Hayden _____ _

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Golds Ave Sc Individual Records - -- 52 749 1 F. H. Hahn------------------ 58 746 779. 2. Ralph R. Miller.- ----... . 21 674 775.8 3 1. M. Stamps-------------761.4 . .. 17 623 4. L. Landaal------ - --------.... 6 454 752.2 *5. H. H. Howsett (8)------731.7 .. 7 561 *6. Mardee Robinson------729.4 . ... 4 536 7J6.2 7. A. E. Coleman------------.. ... 7 8. Joe Hess -------- ----------528 7212 .. . 4 365 7214 *9. Glen A. Jump (7) ---------- 3 512 716.8 *10. Shirley Peterson------------- 8 439 714.2 11. C. S. Baker (9) ..... 7 455 711.8 12. S. B. Hayden (9) . .. 13 N. R. Myers--------- -----.... 3 494 711.2 6 490 704.2 14 Thos. Belshaw---- ------15. B. G. Thompson--------455 704. *16. Dean Green (3)---------1 23 697.3 2 429 695.2 17. A. M. Anderson---- ---406 693.4 18. Dick Williams .. — 47 692. 1 19. Faith Lindros (1) 1 400 691.6 20. Frank Rover 252 688. 21. G. Keasey (6) 368 670.8 22. Addison Williams 2 335 670.4 23. E. R. Houck (9) 348 662.8 24. L. D. Alexander... ... 96 650.7 25. Ed. Lindros (3) 1 333 649.7 26. Korc T. Duryee ... .... . 56 649. *27. Gilbert Moss (2) 639.2 274 28. Jim De Partee (9) 621. 55 Maud Anderson (2) * 29. Shot at 25 yards on 40" face. as to Those shooting less than 1 0 matches are designated the number. Team Altera^ for the Ten Matches . 42996-8 a Pasley Archers of Seattle---------..... 2885-5 f tt ?eattle Bowmen No. 1.. . ----------- -.... •" 2875-6 4- Ute Archery Club, Salt Lake City------- ------ 28154 4. Grange Bowmen of Corvallis, Oregon— " 2779. 5. oherwood Foresters of Seattle .......;;; 26043 r -p, „—“ 1 viraiers 01 oeamc ■ 1 — Sea«le oowmen Bowmen ot of Seattle Seattle ----------pro,,;Y Toao'tTea,m and ^innina Avecaae 295u toai t ,sky Archers of Seattle------------.... 2909'x loan V?cks'ey Archers of Seattle-------- --9 70 T ,S,eattle Archery Club_________ 2643loan Eocksley Archers of Seattle ----------Best tL T Tro°P 65 Seattle T Single Match Locksley Archers of Seattle

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Utah State Meet Roy E- Lundquist

Three records fell in the second annual Utah State Indo Archery Tournament, held March 1 1, 1933, at the DesUr Gymnasium in Salt Lake City. The new records were established by Shirley Peterson in the men’s division: Jeannette Herron in the women’s division, and Elliott Airmet in the junior class. Peterson’s mark was 718. which betters Dean Green’s 1932 mark of 710. In the women’s division Miss Herron made 692. The former record of 588 was held by Mrs. E. I. Henninger. Airmet’s score was 638 in the junior. Max Cook’s former record was 536. Seventeen men. five women and five juniors entered the con test, representing the Ute Archery Club, Payson Archery Club. Syracuse Archers. Kaysville Archers. University of Utah Archers, and Vanguard Archers. The target distance was sixty feet, and the round, ninety arrows. The target face, twenty-eight inches in diameter, or approximately one-third the area of the standard forty-eightinch target.

Sherwood Archers Win John P. Cuneo match with the San Francisco Archers, tllL SLt In a mail i Archers won 4956 to wood Archers to 3866. The match w« April 10, 1933, Scores:

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Sa|t Lake City High Schools an j Junior High Schools 1 School of Salt Lake City and Bryant Junior South Highalso of Salt Lake City, competing against much High School, a‘..„s than when they first won their titles a year strengthened teams indoor archery champions of Utah. aeo, repeated as 1... as March 1 6, 1933, at the Deseret Gym The meet was held 1 and was sponsored by Dean Green, president of Archery Range ’ . Salt Lake City. the Ute Archery Club. Scores for various teams: te 507 South H. S-------------- ...2373 East H. S.2204 Bryant Junior H. S. 1306 Davis H. S..------ —960 West H. S--------------- ...2049 Jordan Junior H. S. Murray H. S------------ .....1438 Roosevelt Junior H. S__ 612

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high score fUn.*Or High School entered four other teams. Only 0n q ls given. SPp”g and tet>r ^e?8ue has been formed for high schools this vi ■ aches in L? • already shot off one match each. toVJn8 encouraoi 6 schools in and around Salt Lake are nterest the g"? suPPort t0 archery in the schools. An effort lr s as well is meeting success.

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LETTERS 81 Van Ness A,

Editor Yc Sylvan Archer:

SaT c-15, c? I933.’

For some time I have been considering and CL discussinR Wjth various people the problem of how to select and --1 establish a standard method of gauging the spine of ar.--ar.I0Ws and arrow material. Of all the plans advanced so far the! m WL popular most one seems to be that it be done through your magazine The need for and the advantages of such a standard h been so fully discussed in the pages of Ye Sylvan Archer? to need no further mention. As Mark Twain said of the weather, people have been complaining of it ever since it started but so far no one has done anything about it. (With apologies to Dr. Rawlins and Mr. Morrissey.) If Ye Sylvan Archer would undertake to do this and carry it through to a successful conclusion it would be a great achievement, a great service to archery, and one which I think would be appreciated by archers now and perhaps for a long time into the future. I am going to submit a plan which may be revised, amended, or totally rejected, but it leads to definite action toward the adoption of a standard spine gauge I shall consider it a success. I propose that Ye Sylvan Archer announce a campaign (or call it what you wish) for the purpose of selecting a spine gauge that may be used as a standard by all archers. i hat archers be invited to submit proposed standards. That the editor of Ye Sylvan Archer select a c°mmitt“ j archers and manufacturers of tackle to study the propo standards and select the two or three best ones. . ]van 1 hat these two or three best ones be described in .a. Archer and a vote be taken on them, any subscriber to> ttt zine and any member of an archery organization in |dbt States to have the right to cast a vote. The one chosen ra e the Sylvan Archer Standard.” ;s the best t?abze ^at this plan has its drawbacks, bu one ba‘ occurs t° me. I would be glad to see SU»d. . u mechani"1 derl? s,ta"_dard would not need to specify all the jn th' ca t^C Sp*nc tester- It would be suffice leng^. tbe\na a Class one Rau*€ the method of SuPP°nit in ^icbnle

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■ ns of an inch. Whatever the standard adopted, the decimal.fr‘ic’j1°a[]s c0,u[d be left to the choice of the individual, mechanical e „[ad tQ £ee something done in this matter, I sh0Uld rW I can do to help I shall be glad to do. and anything that 1 C‘Respectfuiiy,

Don Rodgers.

YE SYLVAN ARCHER will be pleased to open a f rv.m for the discussion of the problem of selecting and establishing a standard method of gauging the spine of arrows and arrow material. Our space is limited, so material submitted should be brief and to the point, and practical rather than theoretical in nature. We hereby express our thanks to Mr. Rodgers for opening the discussion, and. we sincerely hope something definite may come of it.

American Broad Arrow Society

The State of Utah, Department of Fish and Game, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 10, 1933. !?.'■ Ge°- A' Cathey, Chairman, ™d Archers of America, r?an Building, Porland, Oregon. : It has been called to imy attention that the AmpAi.aCe f°r annual meeting <of the field archers of Havfr~as not as ret been determined. 'nterAJa5-a number of sportsmen in this state who are located wk a. ery and believing that we are geographically that our It: Wo,uld be acceptable to all archers, and knowing i°'n with amate W’^ Be such that you will enjoy your trip, I You mayreat many others in inviting you to Utah this year. State of UtahreSmasSUred ^at the Game Department of the Peasant if W1 do all within its power to make your stay 1 ^ou see fit to come to our state. Newell R r Respectfully yours, • <-OOK, State Fish and Game Commissioner.

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Cto’?' G- Thnrr, Payson, Utah, February 3, 1933. lDe VaatUisg o mps °n, Q^on. c asseWb[ec]^'J?e Utah State Archery Association, in confer' Qoes hereby invite the America Broad Arrow

Society to hold its First Annual Jamboree of Archers in thstatC’ -n select a site for this that will be outstanding in scenWe will seieci interest. and we will leave no detail Bn. nd historical interest, andenjoyment we will ]and eave comfort while beauty and msw for your attended that win

here. this meeting can be arranged to suit the majority The date tor ti win be left to your selection. Ourbuntof those attending. ober 20 to November I, inclusive, unless ing ^j'^honge made by the present legislature. there is a cn , ters have the "gude shoting' always. May a ar • yours, UTAH STATE A^HE^ASSOC™

Dean Green, Secretary.

Where the Jamboree? /

In the above, letters, the archery and fish and game officials of Utah make a bid for the region as the location for the fall jamboi ee. ' f ,-M merit of being centrally located, having _ie )ie0[ of the state fish and game deparmenl, am tatt J the most striking mountain scenery in i_e other The jamboree committee hopes to ieai be states. It seems fitting that whichevei oca’ ^rs chosen for this fall’s hunt, jamborees o] siwc? 'regions may ivith benefit be placed in entirely c<].. ’ o^inions or life zones. If you have views to exp>e*' to set forth in regard to the jamboi ee, p - .^ee neara cate with a member of the jamboi ee con you. Members of this committee ai e ■ , ptff|. Dr. Geo. A. Cathey (chairman), J land, Ore.; D. W. Hershberger, Box <>u,• r CaSe,F N. Y.; Dr. L. D. Pfouts, Payson, Utah; B°!l s2SW South Main St., Racine, Wis.; Kore J • yourlli Sett Bldg., Seattle; Dr. E. K. Robert First Nat’l Bank Bldg., Ventura, CalifArch60' Unless otherwise notified, the Ore9,°o $ - 'd'29ment will be held in Medford on May

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The Editor’s Page Seven years ago — in May, 1927 — 7J. G. Thompson, an entomologist, and j fl' Davis, a neivspaper man o f many experience, presented to an enthusiastic and i/edK’’ , bow-’and-arrow-shooting public America’s appreciative magazine. pioneer archery Much credit is due these two men for the developDien't and popularisation of archery. And both will agree that much credit is due also to the host of loyal adver tisers who in the magazine’s earlier days worked for its advancement. IN■I 'ETr0 RL-

However, the publishing of an archery magazine was not the sole occupation of either Mr. Thompson or Mr. Davis. In the course of time, both became college pro fessors. Their daytime hours were very much infested with college duties, and the assembling of archery news was for the most part accompanied by a sputtering of midnight oil.

In September, 1932, Messrs. Thompson and Davis 11 e>e 1 Sieved of all routine work by the present owners, ARCHP iSSUe Number 1 °f Volume VII, YE SYLVAN is moved to truly sylvan surroundings. OUR NEW location

Giant live oaks, centuries old. High mountam walls enclosing a wooded canyon. A creek fragrant with mint, cress, wild celMountain ’ n lnStlier ' quail calling. Brush rabbits tamely yieldhni^' IIere there dwellings occupied by !^h ave here found congenial surroundings free h!diour’s ?f city life yet near enough to reach in a , , We wb,en need arises. The higher slopes T netWorl vs 0; game trails, where deer and cat are e as ward, mountains rising higher and higher eas768-'8 ^le' Ctiyamacas, while to the west y ride takes one to the cool, blue Pacific. ls the new lwme YE syLVAN ARCHER, ^nyon! California.

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Classified Advertising CLASSIFIED AD RATES (Cash with Order) 1 Month 05 a word 2 Months 09 a word 3 Months 12 a word Minimum—10 words (Stamps accepted) SUPERIOR TARGET FACES— Write for prices, samples. Whole sale rates to clubs. Dean Morri son, 6234 Majestic Ave., Oakland, Calif.

TWO VERY FINEST Osage Bows from perfect staves; 44 and 55 lbs.; 5' 9"; $15 each. B. H. Aber nathy, H-6 Washington Apts., Nashville, Tenn. WANTED TO BUY, for cash— The Bulletin of the National Archery Association Nos. 78 and 81, to complete set; quote prices wanted. All numbers of “Arch ery,” by McMeen. B. G. Thomp son, RFD 3, Corvallis, Ore. Full length yew billets... .$2 up Select ground feathers... ,25c doz. Ayers type cut feathers - doz. .20c N’ckel Steel points, 30 cal 20c doz. Hand made steel hunt, points 25c ea. Ninebark footings, reg. run....40c doz. Ripped, matched in weight....?5c doz. Regular run cedar dowels.... 25c doz. Matched in wgt and spine....40c doz. Harry D. Hobson, Lyons, Ore.

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