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Table of Contents

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FORM FIRST By Rev. L. L. Daily, Monmouth, Oregon

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RED SKINS AND PALEFACES SHOOT IT OUT

By Victor Starbuck, Asheville, N. C

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ANOTHER VERSION OF THE OLD STORY

By C. E. Schurman, Seattle, Washington OLYMPIC BOWMAN’S LEAGUE FINALS

By J. A. Berry, Corvallis, Oregon

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BIBLICAL ARCHERY By Ernest C. Austin, Hollywood, Calif

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A TRIP AFTER YEW STAVES By M. L. McKinney, Albany Oregon....

LEGALIZING THE BOW By Rev. A. A. Buikhardt, College Point, N. Y.

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THE JERSEY CITY CLUB

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A NE,W WORLD’S RECORD

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THE ARCHER’S LAMENT By Roy I. Case, Racine, Wis

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The First Annual Los Angeles Mu­ nicipal Championship tournament at the Griffith Municipal playground was announced for April 27th and 28th. The schedule included double

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Yo.k round for men, double American round for men, double National round for women, double Columbia round for women, junior rounds for boys and girls and novelty events.

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Form First CBy ^Rev. L. L. Daily, Oregon State Normal School, Monmouth, Oregon

Archery, like measles, mumps, ana old fashioned religion, is contagious.

Most normal people “exposed” to It for a little while will develop symp­ toms and inn a temperature. A friendly archer can start an enthusi­ asm for archery in most any com­ munity by simply shooting good tack­ le in a semi-public place and answer­ ing questions with patience and gra­ vity. Most girls and women would like to shoot a bow and all men can—at least they could like blazes when they were boys. One should never doubt or disparge these mas­ culine reminiscences either. It isn’t necessary.

Just hand out an 85 pound hunting bow for examination.

A bow of that sort creates a lot of respect in even a village blacksmith and has a soothing effect upon a man’s memory.

The instinct of archery seems in­ herent in the human system but the ability to shoot correctly an acquired art. Nothing in our mode of living, athletically or vocationally, resembles the mental and muscular coordina­ tions used in archery.

Even goir, which approaches it in the demand for “form” is something like chop­ ping wood, sweeping the floor, or boosting a boy out of the pantry with a broom; but nothing outside of self discipline is gained from work or play to aid us in archery. This “form”, or technique, or art, of shoot­ ing is hard to pick up alone but is readily acquired under proper instruc­ tions. It has been my privilege and pleasure to teach several hundred people of various ages to shoot the bow. Many students, profiting by my

experience, will outshoot me within three or four months. Their pro­ gress is a source of real satisfaction tc me for the sting of defeat is eclipsed by the pleasure of seeing my efforts rewarded. I am still a stu­ dent of the game and but a teacher of its rudiments.

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The “Prof.” draws one for the class.

These rudiments, or “form” plus natural ability and persistent practice make good archers. My purpose here is to emphasize the habit of good archery form and mention a few of the interesting and amusing problems arising in the archery classes of the Oregon State Normal School of Mon­ mouth, Oregon. These problems, how-

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ever, are not limited to students and other beginners. Any archery tour­ nament of seasoned veterans will show a few 'samples.

Outside the classes, two of the most common pro­ blems of archers are defective arrows and “over-bowing.” Arrows poorly feathered, crooked, or unequal rn weight and spine ate certainly dis­ couraging. The best are none too good and are by far the cheapest when results and satisfaction are con­ sidered. In the enthusiasm and van­ ity of the male sex a bow is selected for exhibition more than for utility.

A certain pride is taken in being able to command a bow that will make a lesser male of the species grunt in congratulatory amazement to draw.

Once I took pride in a 74 pound target bow. Now I use a 42 and think a 35 of good cast would really do. Not many fellows beat a 400 score in the American Round with a 60 pound bow and few can shoot a York Round with one. Even Horace A. Ford, after trembling through years of competi­ tion with a 54 pound bow, came back in his old age and won a champion­ ship with one of 35 pounds. “Take a strong bow and work up to it” is discouraging advice to a beginner.

Experience has led me to conclude that “Take one easy to shoot ana work down” is more conductive to good form and a respectable score.

Two good signs of being “over­ bowed” are: A poor score and an arm guard. Both are unnecessary.

The problems of correcting physical handicaps tax the ingenuity and patience of an instructor. Bad eyes and extreme nervousness are the worst. Eyes that are crossed, short­ sighted or of unequal strength or focus, though corrected by glasses are seldom reliable. Uncontrolled nervous­ ness, anger or impatience will spoil even a good archer. Girls that are

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fat or chunky have a hard time get­ ting archery form. At least though they are ehead of the slim ones who are wobbly (or “knock-kneed”) in the elbows. In every class one or two show up whose bow arm is reflexed or “set back in the handle” when she draws. That can be corrected in most cases by using a weak bow and certain twisting and locking of the elbow. But pity the poor dear if she is both fat and “knock-kneed” in the elbows. Sometimes a stiff shoulder hinders the proper drawing back of the string. Girls, especially, are re­ luctant to throw back their shoulders until their shoulder blades clash in the approved fashion. They persist in drawing the elbow back half wey and finishing the draw with the fore­ arm and hand. Naturally during the loose the hand sweeps out from the face before the arrow leaves the string and away it goes to the left.

Now and then a loose jointed bow ai m shoulder flops forward and inter­ feres with the string.

Some of the remarks of monotonous repetition heard in class are suggest­ ive of problems. They include: “On both feet plase;” “cock feather out;” “three fingers on the string;” “fold you thumb down;” “other end of the bow up;” “relax your hand;” “your loose is creeping;” and “draw close to your chin.”

Guess the origin of these: “What shall I do ? I can’t let go of the string!” “Ouch, my arm!” “I aimed fight where you told me and just see where it went.” “I used the same point of aim and it missed the whole target.” The recurrence of these and what they represent help an instruct­ or earn his rest.

Another problem that corrects it­ self with experience and long range Shooting is a more or less’veiled con(Continued on page 19)

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Qfedskins and Palefaces “Shoot it Out.” ^By Victor Starbuck, Asheville, N. C. On their 66,000 acre leservation in Swain and Jackson Counties, among the towering peaks and domes of the Smoky Mountains, live the Eastern Band of the Cherokees, now about three thousand strong, cultivating their small farms and doing a good

ever since. The Cherokees are com­ monly regarded as the most cultured tribe in the United States, and the tomahawk has been buried so long that nobody knows its hiding place.

It is regrettable that, after long years of friendship, hostilities be-

FRIENDLY ENEMIES Dr. Orus C. Barker and Chief Carl Standingdeer shooting the 60-yard on the Grove Park Inn range, The two are old-time rivals. Note com.iparative shortness of the Chief’s bow.

Some of the Cherokee bows are much shorter than this.

trade with the whites in baskets, pottery and bead-woik. Time out of mind they hava dwelt at peace with their white neighbors: indeed they made a treaty of peace and alliance with King George the First, aand, With slight interruptions, friendship between the two races has continued

tween the two races have broken out afresh. The historic weapons of both peoples—the bow and arrow—have been called into play for the arbitra­ ment of the dispute, and so it has been that— “Many a goodly bow be bent And many a sheaf of arrows spent”

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something more than one out of every hundred.

Tn June, 1928, came the challenge.

Chief Standingdeer invited the Ashe­ ville Archery Association to send down a party of four to shoot against a like number of Cherokees. Our team corrsisted of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beal, Dr. O. C. Barker and V. S. Star­ buck. Our opponents were Chief Standingdeer, Goingbird, Tooni and June Welch. The palefaces met a crushing defeat. Mr. Beal was the For the meager details of the Skir­ only member of our team to outshoot mish that ensued I am indebted to his man. I believe the Indians won Dr. Barker, a survivor of the engage­ by 77 points, but I do not remember ment. Both parties, though small, the score—and I prefer not to give were well armed, and might, perhaps, it unnecessary publicity. have exterminated each other- like the Meantime, the Asheville Associa­ gingham dog and the calico cat. tion had fallen on evil days, through Fortunately an agreement was lack of a suitable shooting green, reached that they should shoot at a For years we had used a bit of sward target instead of each other; and the palefaces came off victorious by a just north of Asheville, which was also used for pasturing cattle. We Wscore of 872 to 282, and returned to their- homes in safety. Dr. Barker’s were inclined to regard the pasturage rercollection of the score is as fol­ as a by-product; ,______ , but the owners of the cows looked upon the matter dif­ lows: ferently. As our numbers increased, Standingdeer 102 Barker 371 the bovines appeared to develop a Owl 81 282 McCarthy Saint Sebastion complex, and our wel­ Ameach 99 219 Stewart come grew less and less cordial, until 282 872 we had to give up the range entirely.

After scouring the country, we found A long truce followed; but the a fine bit. of level sward along the Cherokees were sawing wood—and making it into bows and arrows. My French Broad River and obtained information is that the Government permission to use it; but it was five miles from town, and there was no agent then at the reservation had place near to keep a target. The been trying to induce the Indians to give up the use of the bow, and the ancient sport languished.

So matters stood until mid-July, making of baskets and pottery, to forget their tribal songs and customs, when the management of the Grove and be “civilized.”

Possibly they Park Inn, after some pourparlers reasoned that if it were “civilized” with officers of the Association, de­ for white men to shoot with a bow cided to make archery one of the at­ tractions of their hostlery A shoot­ it could not be barbarous for them.

At any rate archery has become a ing green about 75 yards long (enough for the American) and wide very popular sport among Ithe Indi­ enough for two targets, was quickly ans, and there are now thirty-odd members in their Association, or graded, and a mound of earth thrown

between them. The trouble began in October 1924, when a scouting party of three yeomen from the Asheville Archcry Association made a foray in­ to the Indian country at the time of the annual Cherokee Fair.

These hard}.' adventurers were Dr. Orus C. Ea.ker, E. F. McCarthy and A. W. Stewart. Near Cherokee they fell in with a party of three Indian braves, Chief Standingdeer, Chief Owl and Jeff Ameach.

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up at either end to stop wild arrows.

This excellent range (within ten or fifteen minutes of most of us) was opened to guests of the Inn and members of the Association, which, by the bye, has since nearly doubled in membership. By way of a grand opening, the Inn proposed defraying the expenses of a team of Cherokees to come up for a match.

The shoot took place on Saturday, August 18. It was a beautiful day; indeed we have had fine weather for all these contests. The visiting team consisted of Chief Standingdeer, Tooni (more commonly known as Climbing- Bear, though I understand that is only a nickname) June Welch and Tommie Welch. Our team was the same as on the former occasion, except that Albert Beal took the place of Mrs. J. A. Beal. Here again I do not recall the score, but the pale­ faces won. A notable feature of the match was the excellent shooting of the two youngest contestants, Albert Beal and Tommie Welch. I believe they were tied for high score at the end of the GO-yards. Welch was over­ taken and passed by Chief Standing­ deer on his own team and by J. A. Beal on ours, but Albert Beal held his lead throughout and was awarded the prize, a hunting knife. This he presented to Chief Standingdeer, high man on the visiting team, who kindly offered to use it to skin any bears we might shoot.

This left the score tied for tne summer, and another match was arlanged for the middle of September, to be shot on the same green. This time the Indian line-up was Standing­ deer, June Welch, Tommie Welch and Jeff Ameach—the first and last named being veterans of the original contest of 1924. Our team was the same as in August. This also was a paleface victory, with Albert Beal as

high man, but the prize, an osage bow made by one of our members, was awarded to Chief Standingdeer for high score on the visiting team.

The final skirmish of the year was fought at Cherokee on October 5th, on the last day of the Indian Fair.

The shooting was close and keen, and 1 had little doubt that the Indians had won, until the score was totaled up and disclosed a margin of 55 in our favor. The score was— 350 Standingdeer 316 Thomas Welch 413 Jonah Welch 401 Tooni

1480 Barker Albeit Beal J. A. Beal Starbuck

373 43C 357 375 1535

Our team won the $10.00 prize of­ fered by the Fair, and an extra two dollars went to Albert Beal as hign man. We also had an opportunity of witnessing a game of Indian ban, or la crosse, which was a fine exhibi­ tion of skill and endurance.

And now, though we nave won three out of the four matches shot last summer, I am far from certain that we are better archers than the Indians. In the matter of tackle, al­ though their bows are certainly as good as ours, their arrows are not.

Even more important than this is the fact that the Cherokees practice pure archery, shooting free-hand with no artificial aids to accuracy, while two of our team use points of aim, anoth­ er a sight, and a fourth used a sight in the first two matches. At the last shoot, no little consternation arose in the paleface camp from the remark of one of the Indians that "Vv e Go not allow spots.” Had this rule been ac-

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hered to, we would almost certainly have been beaten; but, when one of our men protested, Chief Standing­ deer, with characteristic Cherokee courtesy, waived the rule. Still another factor in our faver in the last match was that Tommie Welch was having trouble with his bow, which cut his usually fine score to 316.

Normal shooting on his part would have resulted in a Cherokee victory.

The Cherokees are splendid fellows.

I have twice had the pleasure of en­ tertaining their team at supper, and smoking “the cigar of peace’’ with them. They are soft of voice, digni-

Here You Are In the last issue of your paper is the score and challenge from the Rochester Archery club and I beg leave to submit the following for your consideration, thirty ariows at thirty yards, standard size target: J ohn Stavos 52-54-52-52-50 260 Frenz Zallinger 48-50-50-50-50 248 Thos. Belshaw 48-50-52-50-48 248 A. H. Swift 46-48-50-50-50 244 Thirty arrows at twenty yards, standard size target: John Stavos 52-54-54-54-54 268 Frenz Zallinger 54-54-54-52-52 266 Thos. Belshaw 52-48-48-50-48 246 A. H. Swift 54-54-54-52-54 268 These scores are bonafide and when you see the results of the Olympic Bowmans league you will see that we have some archers here. Mr. Belshaw uses a sight and he did not get it ad­ justed until the round was about over and then he shot another round and made 264.

Yours sincerely, C. M. Huntley, Seattle, Washington.

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fied of beaiing, gentle and courteous in manner; men whom it is a pleasure to know, and whose friendship it is an honor to claim.

The shooting season for 1928 is over; but we are looking forward to a renewal of these friendly hostilities next summer. But when I compare the score made by the Cherokees in the last match with that of the shoot ii. 1924, and consider their steady ad­ vance in skill I feel no overweening confidence that victory will continue to perch on the banner of the pale­ faces.

The officers and executive board of the Lincoln Park Ai chery club, Chica­ go, duly elected for the fiscal year 1929 are as follows: Board of gov­ ernors, Paul L. Sternbuig, president ol club and chairman of the executive board, Ralph J. Wilbur, Fidelis Harler, Paul J. Duncan, and Mrs. Eliza­ beth Price. Officers: Tyler G. Price, vice-president; R. H. Middleton, sec­ retary; Mrs Katharine Middleton, treasurer. All correspondence in con­ nection with the Lincoln Paik Arch­ ery club should be addressed to R. H. Middleton, Secretary, 7726 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

The Y. M. C. A. will have an arch­ ery event in the “Californiad” at Kezar stadium, San Francisco, about May 30. It is open to archers who at the date have been members of the Y. for at least 30 days. “Y” archers should attend if possible.

Please note that the address of Richard K. Knox is 70 Palmer Ave. E. instead of 70 Palmer Ave. N. as printed in his advertisement in the last issue.

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CAnoiher Version of

£he Old Story (By C. E. Schurman, Seattle, Washington.

Miss Sylvia Archer Corvallis, Oregon Dear Madam: Having read more than one million, (1,000,000) stories of big game hunt­ ing, I feel qualified to write one which I do with great pleasure be­ cause I am the hero of it.

First, you may imagine the first two pages about how fine the other men were, in the pai-ty, and about their dogs, including names of same which has been a feature of fifty six thousand (56,000) previous efforts by less interesting writers than me. You may also imagine the other two pages about the cook, and the guide, and what they each said, or take this part from any previous story that is handy. As I am the main hero of this narrative, anyway, it will be better to get to the bloody part and give you the thrills so much sooner.

I am sending you a picture of me with my foot on the vanquished de­ ceased, together with my bow and arrow, prepared to repulse any fur­ ther onslaught including the photog­ rapher.

On March 8, 1929, at 12:30 noon, I was in the sub-basement at 1313% First Avenue, Seattle, in my capacity as president of the Seattle Archery Club, with the intention of perform­ ing my main official duty of sweep­ ing the range for the Friday night match. Suddenly I espied a huge man-eating rat, munching on crumbs from a party when the Robinettes fed the Bremerton Maid Marians and

some husband fumbled his chocolate cake.

Deftly and with accustomed fin­ gers I drew my keys from the hip and secured a bow and six venerable arrows. As it will doubtless be to the commercial advantage of the makers of these weapons to be deli-

Photo of Aidhor and Man-eater cately referred to by a big game hunter in a prominent magazine, let us delay the action to say that the bew chosen was a hickory-backed cedar made by Wallace Burr, costing eight (8) dollars, and which same he will eventually get when I have the money, if ever. The arrows were the first six ever- made by Reverend Pflueger after sizing up those I had made for myself back in 1925.

Stalking three feet nearer, and then realizing how much time it might take to reload in case of a charge, and withdrawing again the entire three (3) feet, I let fly a shaft. The aim was remarkably good, in fact al­ most peifect, and the 'arrow made

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guile a disturbance in the same gcnc*.al corner of the range where the rat was.

What happened in the next few instants is mostly a blur, as in eight hundred and ninety six (896) thou­ sand <1000) previous hunting stories.

The rat had oaten enough cake and decided to go back up stairs. I was, unwittingly, in its path. I mistook its amiable amble for an audacious attack. In my haste to avoid tiaffic congestion, the five remaining arrows slipped from my pants pocket and I was unarmed except for my scout knife and the notion that I can sing, which has served as an effective de­ fense in other situations. Choosing the largest of the center posts down the middle of the range, I climbed to the top, posed behind the antlers of Dr. Ralph E. West’s big moose which hung there, and mooed as well as I could, at the rat. !

I feel, as twenty four hundred <2400) other writers have said, that it was mere caution rather than cow­ ardice that led the rat to give trail at this point and go into a niche in the brick wall, behind a five-inch standpipe. Here he scampered up the chimney like a mountain goat, (see goat scampering stories in last month’s issues of twenty seven (27) outing magazines.)

I immediately got down and recov­ ered my arrows and prepared for the worst, knowing that the animal would return, which he did.

Meanwhile I built an African boma in the center of the room, of benches, tables and chairs, as a vantage point for the coming encounter, took off my coat, turned on the lights, took my position and nocked another shaft. All was still, save the pound­ ing of my pulse and the distant rum-

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ble of a drove of street cars on First Ave. J had a good view two inches wide, of the route between the pipe and the brick coiner altho it was evident as the great rat returned that he intended to stay back of the pipe as much as possible. He descended and remained for some time invisible at the foot of the chimney, evidently biding his time. I threw a point of at his hiding place and roused him to a hasty retreat. Up and up, swiftly, five feet, six feet, seven feet. He was twenty (20) feet from me, as deter­ mined later by measurement. My senses cleared. The twang of the bow string sounded accompanied by a squashing soft thud and the carcass of the huge beast hurtled down the gorge (see any hunting magazine).

I poked him out with a broom handle, packed him to the window ledge out­ side, on a dust pan, and closed the window.

That night as the bowmen gathered they saw my trophy. One man com­ mented unfavorably upon my pro­ cedure in erecting the boma. How­ ever he missed a moose last fall, and some allowance should be made for his attitude. Others .generously con­ tended that it was a fair shot for a beginner, as the rat had been hit in the head.

There was some discussion of the point that other bowmen pad secured more edible trophies—then, as I sat on the little step ladder that has served as the president’s chair for several administrations, Big John Lushington moved that the publicity committee send an account to The Sylvan Arhcer and nominate me for the big game list. So endeth the million and oneth hunting yarn, (1,000,001).

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Olympic Bowman’s League

Finals ^By J. A. Berry, Corvallis, Oregon.

Finishing with the tidy team score of 3172 points in the last shoot of the series, “Sixty-Five” Archery Club of Seattle, Wash., won twenty-three out of the twenty-five matches, thereby gaining clear title to the champion­ ship of the indoor shoots of the Northwest Bowmen’s League and an­ nexing a handsome plaque donated by the Bremerton Archers.

Some twenty archery clubs mostly in Washington affiliated with the League last Fall. Regulations called for a weekly match shoot of ninety arrows in thiee groups of thirty, by a team of four men selected In ad­ vance, distance thirty yards, standard target.

To schedule matches, keep track of and conclude results, list week by week the archers making “fiftyfours,” attend to correspondence anil the 57 vaiieties of odds and enas necessary for smooth functioning and the maintenance of interest, a man with a bent for statistics, an unselfish disposition and an abiding love of archery was needed. In C. E. Schur­ man of Seattle, such a man, was found, and to him the members of the League owe a heavy debt of gratitude.

A study of the scores by teams and men would yield material enough for a book. Some teams snot steadier than others, some had one or two high-scoring men instead of four, some got into form quicker man others, but all ended up stronger than at the 'beginning, and by this token the series of matches must he con­ sidered very profitable indeed. As somebody said, “we couldn’t all De

victorious but we’ve all been success­ ful.”

Turning to individual perform­ ances we find that Jos. Kerschen Seattle, ran up the best average, 815.1 points; that John Stavos, of the Lockesley Archers scored 1058 golas cut of 1800 arrows, making no fewer than fifteen “fifty-fours”; while C. E. Schurman, Seattle, carried off honors for the highest match score, 852. No mean drawing of the longbow, this?

A noteworthy fact about the win­ ning team is the youth of the men, Messrs. Navarre, Moorehouse, Sund­ borg and Smith, “kids,” C. E. Scnur-

Olympic Bowman's League winners: Smith, Navarre, Sundborg, Moorhouse.

man affectionately calls them. Ai-chery is truly a sport for young and old alike.

In extending heartiest congratula­ tions and wishes for continued suc­ cess to the winners, Ye Sylvan Archer voices the sentiments of every lover of the longbow in the Northwest.

May their strings never break, and may their arrows ever fly true!

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strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart.”

By Ernest C. Austin, And in 2nd Book of Kings 14-15, 16, 17 and 18, Elisha, the prophet, Hollywood, Cal. used the bow an arrow symbols, be­ There is so little definite informa­ fore King Joash. tion as to the ancient history of the baw, that it may be of interest to It is very interesting to archers, to know what is told in the Bible about read in 1st B^ok of Chronicles, 12-2, the oldest of effective projectile that archeis of the tribe of Benjamin, weapons. sent to help King David, at Zik-lag, The first mention of the bow oc­ were trained to shoot both right and curs in Genesis 27-3. Issac said to left handed. Any archer can readily Esau, his eldest son, “Now take, I see what an advantage this would be, pray thee, thy quiver and thy bow, particularly shooting from horseback, and go out into the field and take me and also when shooting from shelter some venison.” Apparently game at or ambush, or when the fingers of that time, and in that place was the arrow hand were injured. plentiful, also the bow was commonly In 2nd Book of Chronicles 14-8, an used to procure game, and Esau at indication is given of the enormous least, was a skillful archer. number of archers in those days, we In book of Samuel 31-3, we read read there were two hundred and “And the battle went sore against four score thousand archers in the Saul, and the archers hit him.” Judg­ army of Asa, king of Judah. These ing by this casual refeience to the archers were also of the tribe of archers, we can assume they were a Benjamin. Imagine the “sleet of ar­ part of the regular armies of that rows” from two hundred and eighty day. It is also interesting in recount­ ; king, so seriously thousand archers, for we read “all ing the story of a these were mighty men of valour,” hurt in battle by an arrow, that he huit and we may be sure, well trained in killed himself. This is also mentioned the use of the bow. in 1st Book Chronicles___ 10-3.

Also in the 2nd Book of Chronicles In the 2nd Book Samuel 22 22-35, we 17-18, we are told of two hundred read of a bow of steel, in the —j words of David, the king of Israel, “He thousand archers in the army of King teacheth my hand to war, so that a Jehosphat, son of Asa. bow of steel is broken in my hand.”

In the 2nd Book of Chronicles 35In the 1st Book of Kings 22-34, we 23, there is told the story of yet read of another king of Israel being another king, who was killed with killed by an arrow. “In a battle,’ the bow.

King Josiah, of Judah, Ahab, king of Israel, was stiuck be­ fighting Necho, King of Egypt, was tween the joints of his armour, and hit by the Egyptian archers and so he died of the wound the same day.” severely injured, that he died im­ (This is also mentioned in Chronicles mediately, after being brought back 19-33.) to Jerusalem.

Even kings in those ancient days, We read in Nehemiah 4-13, that Svere archers. In the 2nd Book of Kings 9-24, we read that Jehu, king archers were placed behind the walls, of Israel, “drew a bow to his full and also in the higher places, to (Continued on page 18)

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CA Trip After Yeiv Staves ^By M. L. McKinney, Albany, Oregon.

Having decided it was a good time to go after a bunch of yew staves, Ernie (short for Ernest) and I loaded up the old flivver with camp outfit and tools and headed for the yew country up in the Cascades.

After a forty or fifty mile drive, during which the highway gradually changed from broad concrete to two muddy ruts, we arrived at our desti­ nation and established camp in about

This country is typical Oregon yew country; deep, brush choked canyons, with scattering stand of yew beneath the giant Douglas fir.

After a fifteen or twenty minute search a forked yew with one good fork was found, which yielded two good staves upon being felled and worked up.

We expei ienced considerable diffi­ culty in splitting on this trip due to

eight inches of snow, at an old log­ ging camp.

The next morning after a breakfast of sizzling bacon and eggs washed down with good camp coffee, we set out on foot for the virgin timber back of the logging slash.

the fact that there had been an un­ usually long hard spell of freezing weather which had frozen the trees clear through; and at best a yew tree is hard to split as it has a tendency to throw any but the most tapering wedges back out of the wood, and when they are frozen the icy texture of the wood made it exceptionally hard to get a wedge to “draw.”

It was a nice hike at best, over broken tree tops and limbs; but add to that about eight to ten inches of heavily crusted snow and the pleasure increased several fold. But we ar­ rived at last and started hunting for the one tree out of about every fifty that can be used for staves.

We stayed in camp about two weeks on this trip during which time hundreds and hundreds of trees were examined and probably twenty-five or thirty were fallen, yielding a total of

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sixty-three staves, about fifteen of which weie of exceptional quality.

Perhaps an average of little better than two staves to the tree seems very small but, owing to the rough­ ness of the average yew: tree and the quality of staves that must be ob­ tained for commercial purposes, this is considered a good average.

Of couise large trees will do much better than this at times, but as a rule they are not used much as the staves from them are not equal to the staves from smaller trees, and then there are always some trees fal­ len that have hidden defects such as wind shakes or twisty grain, that can­ not be used, which considerably lewers the average.

After a suitable tree is found it is cleaned of moss and carefully meas­ ured to ascertain the best part to use.

Then it is fallen and carefully exam­ ined again to locate all visible knots 01 whorls in the grain.

Next it is cut to length and split, each stave being individually split.

Wood on each side that has knots or other defects is split away to obtain the best possible wood in the stave.

Then the rough stave is examined

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and if it looks as if it would work into a good stave it is dressed down some with a hand axe to make it lighter to carry in, as steep canyons, under growth, and giant windfalls (Continued on page IS)

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Legalizing £he Boiv <T3y Rev. A. A. Burkhardt, College Point, New York.

There are several states wherein the longbow is not a legal hunting weapon. This is in practically all cases due rather to oversight than forethought on the part of the law­ makers, very few of whom have any enmity against the bow or its user.

The fact is, that we have grown ac­ customed to use the gun, or so-called firearm. Since is has been the custom of the hunter to use the most modern weapon possible, the gun or firearm has been practically the only weapon considered seriously among sports­ men. (This statement, of course does not hold with the revival of archery as we are experiencing it, but, it does hold among people, who have not yet been touched by the archery bug.)

I spent long hours last year trying to convince a man that the bow was a real weapon. He laughed.

But, just the other day he called me up and told me of the wonders of the bow, as displayed by Art Young in Alaska. You see it takes time and actual proof.

Though most men are not person­ ally opposed to archer’s weapon, they have not considered it.

Therefore the law reads, ‘‘Weapons; Game, shall be taken with--------gun (or firearm).

Techanically the long bow is not con­ sidered either as a gun or a firearm.

It misses the classification of “fire­ arm” because it uses no fire. It would in the minds of most people miss the classification “gun” because it uses no pellet for a prejectile; (now don’t blame me for that remark). In most of our eastern states, and pos­ sibly in others the “gun” must be one which is shot from the shoulder. Of course, it seems silly to say the long

bow is not shot fiom the shoulder but from the jaw or chin. But it is just the type of hairsplitting argu­ ment which has cost many a man twenty-five dollars or more.

Theiefore, unless the longbow is specified, the wisest thing to do is to write your state Conservation or Game Commissioner, and ask. It only costs two cents and may save a lot of trouble. Should you find that the weapon is not legal, but that the Com­ missioner has power to recognize it, use your efforts with that commis­ sion. That is what happened in the State of New Jersey, where the Game Commission said they would not pros­ ecute those who used the long bow­ in stead of the shotgun, (the rifle is illegal there). If you can get such a statement from your commission­ ers, be satisfied, for the instant you take the matter- up with the legisla­ ture, you’ll find you’ve stirred up a hornet’s nest. First off, you’re put­ ting the matter in the hands of a larger group, who “must be shown” your logic. .Secondly, you’ve let the information leak out so that every antithisthatandeverythingelse will be on the job. Some folks don’t like deer running around with arrows sticking out all over; they’re afraid they might scratch the finish of the car while people are touring etc.

(They don’t know that deer have a habit of lying very still after collect­ ing an arrow.)

And 'you’ll get in touch with all those who “think that hunting is cruel, biutal, etc.” Oh yes! they’ll all send letters to the legislature, and then sit down to eat calves’ liver and bacon, satisfied that they would

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never, in any way assist in making the killing of any animal necessary.

(Ask those folks where they get their leather shoes, fur coats, etc.)

At any rate, before you are through, you may have stirred up more than you can readily settle. Bui., if archery were to be recognized as a means of taking game in this state, that chance had to be taken since the commission had no power in the mactor and legislative action was our only hope.

The subject was broached to our local representative in the assembly.

He fell in with the idea, saying that he expected to be laughed at more or less. Meantime, a letter which I wrote to The N. Y. Herald Tribune, was printed in Fred Fletcher’s Rod and Gun column. And, to my sur­ prise, was followed a few days later by a splendid editorial, in our favor.

1 had this editorial reprinted in suf­ ficient quantity to allow its thorough circulation among the legislators, anu, in addition wrote a letter to each member of the committees into whose hands the bill would come. Each let­ ter was written personally, (there Is nothing so unimportant as a carbon copy or printed sheet which tries to masquerade as a personal letter.)

Things went well until the bill came to the Governor. (Gov. Smith). He vetoed it, as I understand in a blan­ ket veto. That was the last legisla­ tive year; and it ended with yours truly “Spuhrlos Versenkt.”

This year I started a little earlier.

In order not to put our assemblyman into any embarrassing position, I en­ deavored to ascertain the bill’s chance beforehand, through a letter of in­ quiry directed to the Governor. He could not, naturally, speak of his dis­ position of a matter before it came to him in the regular way, but did indicate that he was ready to give

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the matter consideration when it That was fair came before him. enough to be sure.

The bill stayed so long in commit­ tee that I feared it would fail again.

Rut, when it came out of committee things happened fast. It seems that the seed had been sown the year be­ fore. Assemblyman Eberly Hutchin­ son, an enthusiastic archer, came to the fore in championing the bill, and rendered valuable aid in its critical stages. Before I had a chance to get in touch with the archers who had so kindly written me, the bill had passed both houses. There remained only the Governor’s signature to worry about, but, that was where we had slipped the last time.

It would have been possible to have the Governor’s office “swamped” with mail on the subject. But it seemed wiser to have a consideration for that busy servant of the public and let :t rest with the arguments I had stated in my letter. This proved a satisfac­ tory move, as the bill was signed.

Anil now that it’s over, permit me to say, if you want to try it in your state, first try to get the Conserva­ tion Commission to recognize the bow; if they can’t,—and only if they can’t,—take it up through the legis­ lature. But, when you do, be pre­ pared to write many a letter, and de­ vise many an argument, and send many a telegram,—and get laughed at by those who don’t know “beans” about the longbow.

One big reason why I am recog­ nized as having gone “loco” is that I, myself, do not hunt. Oh, I used to go out and blow holes in the air with a twelve gauge shot gun, but I came awful close to hitting a couple of rab­ bits one day, so swapped it off anu got a twenty gauge. After a while things got so that I could tell just as I pulled the trigger which of the four

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major points of the compass was most in danger, so that gun followed its predecessor.

After that, I used to take the hound pup out and let him “run” the rabbit, while I pulled out my pipe and ‘tuned in’ on the music. I even have a few black streaked negatives, memories of my attempts to photograph wild game, (Have you ever been within fifteen feet of wild deer?

Well I have.) But, now, I live in the Big City and can’t often put my foot on grass that a rabbit would be apt to hop out of.

So why a “city slicker” should sweat about hunting weapons, when he never gets the chance to hunt, Is beyond the ken of most of my ac­ quaintances. The explanation most suitable seems to be that it is a form of being “queer,” I suppose.

Ndw the real reason is just this: I never did hunt with a weapon that seemed to give the game half a chance for, when a fellow who doesn’t handle the weapon all year can go out and hit a rabbit on the run, it must be that bunny isn’t getting any break at all. I don’t mind hitting bunny, if I can feel that I deserve to.

It would be far more fun to come home empty' handed than to bring home the “bacon” with that “guilty feeling.” That can mean little to me personally, but for those so situated that they can enjoy it, it can mean a lot. So, if I can’t get in on it myself, but can help someone else to get in on it,—well, that’s a good job too.

Meantime, I’ll enjoy it through Ye Sylvan Archer, and dream that, some­ day' may find me in a position to try it out personally, for there still per­ sists in my bonnet, another fool idea, “I shall yet be a rural minister.”

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(O/;e Jersey City Club The JERSEY CITY ARCHERY CLUB met at the home of Mr. James Duff, 130 Zabriskie St., Jersey City, N. J. for what proved to be a very spirited and interesting meeting for the purpose of adopting a new con­ stitution and electing officers for the ensuing year. The officers elected were: President—Mr. J. R. Boucot, Jersey City, N. J. Vice President—Mr. Robeit Murray, Jersey' City, N. J. Secretary-Treasurer—Mr. George Hukar, East Orange, N. J. It was decided at this meeting to inaugurate a State Championship to be held on Octobei- 12th of each year.

All the archery clubs in the State of New Jersey are eligible for competi­ tion at this event which will be gov­ erned by the rules of the Metropoli­ tan Round for both the men and women.

There will also be a club competi­ tion held each month for a medal which will*be in the possession of the monthly winner during the month in which his scoie stands highest and at the end of the season the member­ winning the most times becomes the permanent owner of the trophy.

There will be a special medal for the men and one for the women.

We think there will be such a dis­ play of skill at the beautiful grounds in Hudson County Park as would have aroused the interest of Robin Hood himself.

CA New World’s Record Below we give the records of two fifty yard rounds shot by Mrs. Geo. Smith of New Yoik City on March 20th, 1929. These rounds were shot

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in succession and were witnessed by Mrs. Thaddius Merriman of New York City.

According to Mr. Louis C. Smith, secretary of the National Archery Association, there is no record that a woman has ever equalled this score, making it a world’s record for private practice.

First round at fifty yards: 9-9-7-7-7-5-6 44 9-9-9-7-5-5-6 44 9-9-9-7-75-6 46 9-9-9-9-7-3-6 46 9-7-7-7-7-5-6 42 Total 30 222 Second round at fifty yards: 9-9-7-7-7-7-6 46 9-7-7-7-7-5-6 42 9-9-5-5-5-5-6 38 9-9-7-7-5-3-6 40 9-7-7-5-5-5-6 38 Totals 30 204 Mrs. Smith also made the following wonderful score at twenty yards: 9-9-9-9-7-7-6 50 9-9-9-9-7-7-6 50 9-9-9-9-9-7-6 52 9-9-9-9-7-7-6 50 9-9-7-7-7-5-6 44 Totals 30 246

A Trip After Yew Staves (Continued from page 14) make transportation of staves from the w'oods to camp a rather strenuous job, which has to be done “a la man power,” and about six staves make a load that is very conducive to sore shoulders.

After breaking camp the assembled staves are painted on the ends and bundled with the backs together to keep the sapwood from being injured, loaded into the back of the flivver, and taken home to be sorted and stored for seasoning.

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c Biblical Archery (Continued from page 12) guard the workers building the walls of Jerusalem.

In Job 20-24, mention is again made of the steel bow and in Jere­ miah 50-29.

Jeremiah, the Prophet, preaching war against Babylon, cried, “call to­ gether the archers a.gainst Babylon, all ye that bend the bow,” and again, Jeremiah said, “Behold a people shall come from the Noith, they shall hold the bow and the lance,” and yet again, Jeremiah 51-3, “against him that bendeth, let the archer bend his bow.” Clearly at this time, the bow was one of the. chief weapons of war, and no doubt was also used Uy hunters of wild animals.

Mention is made of the bow in Proverbs 26-8, Job 29-33 and 41-28, Jeremiah 51-11, Ezekiel 21-21, and 39-9, Psalms 18-14, 78-9 and ,144-2, also in other places.

It is a “far cry” from these days, five thousand or more years ago to the present time when we modern archers, while we no longer use this weapon, (whose history goes back over fifty thousand years) to kill our brother man, yet we still feel the “primeval urge to hunt with the bow’, and to compete at the targets, “as in the days of old.”

The Marion Archers is a new club recently organized at Marion, Indi­ ana, with twenty-seven charter mem­ bers. The officers of the club are: Otis Crane, president and instructor; C. L. Carter, secretary-treasurer; and D. E. Van Voorhis, archery director.

Two shoots have been held with the Wabash Archers, the first won by Wabash, 684 to 636, but the second won by the Marion bowmen, 629 to 606.

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Form FirFt. (Continued from page 4)

viction that the teacher is a liar, On the short indoor range during bad weather 1 say, “Draw low on the chin and aim at the floor.

They look up sort of pityingly, diaw to the eyebrows and aim at the bull’s eye. In shooting fifty yeards though they sec the light. Then the instructor tries to assume an imper­ sonal attitude when he answers, “That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you all winter.”

Persistent “faults” due to ]poor mental reaction or carelessness are “high draws,” lack of muscular-• re­ relaxation in the drawing hand and forearm, no point of aim and the “lateral diift” of arrows. The first three generally yield to patient rep­ etition of instruction. This “lateral drift” is puzzling and persistent in many archers who begin to use the point of aim. Too much blame for this has been laid upon the stooped shoulders of that ancient ghost, known as the “archers paradox.'.” Of course real stiff “barrelled” arrows shot from a rigidly held weak bow will fly to the left for a right handed aicher, but generally, if the arrow is aimed rightly, there are a compensat­ ing bend of the arrow and relaxation of the bow aim that permit its going in the right direction. Certain de­ vices have been found helpful in cor­ recting this fault.

“Anchoring” the draw beneath the chin or angle of the jaw helps some.

Closing one eye like sighting a rifle will do others. Working a “shirking” forefinger, a little harder is sufficient for some. Some must draw beneath the chin so the string lies along the left side of the nose and the aim taken between the string and the bow.

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Tipping the bow over a few degrees helps a little but has no permanent value. Changing hands with the bow which is not much of a calamity, will often help. I’m still hoping for others too for I have one student whose fault will not respond to treatment.

One nagging little trick that arrows play on beginners is an inclination to slide away from the bow and fall oft the knuckle of the bow hand during the draw. This makes a novice verb­ self conscious, nervous or “cussy” ac­ cording to his temperament. The ex­ planation is simple for it is either be­ cause of the knuckles of the hand are not relaxed during the draw or else the draw is made with the forearm without swinging the elbow back be­ hind the shoulder. I find these faults cropping out among boys as well as girls and both sexes respond in much the same manner.

After learning the correct archery form the next problem is suitable archery tackle. No one can shoo'different bows and arrows and get the best results. With reliable and properly adjusted tackle one becomes accustomed to its performance and gains confidence. In spite of the dif­ ficulties encountered in learning arch­ ing and we have 85 students enrolled for the spring term.

Fresno’s Fourth of July shoot will be one of the big events leading up to the National Association Meet. Fres­ no is a central point in California where Northern and Southern Calif­ ornia archers can meet. Those in charge of this event plan on having a dinner the evening before at which the formation of a state association will be discussed.

The Midsummer Tournament of the Pacific Archery association will be held on June 2, 1929.

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Lake Archers Lament <By Roy I. Case, Racine, Wisconsin January, February, March what dreary months for the snow bound Archer in the Middle west! We have to expend all our pent up energy making and repairing equipment and reading all the old Archery books of which there are too few and wishing another Saxon Pope or Maurice Thompson would come forward to en­ rich our Archery literature. We pick up all the outdoor magazines, run thru the index, throw them down

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Roy C------Case and1 son, Roy, Jr. again—nothing on Archery this month. Gosh! I wish Archer” was a weekly, “Ye Sylvan Why heck don’t the “Bow ’n Arrow Boysin” swamp that bunch out there at Cor­ vallis with stories and pictures so they’d have to publish at least once a month? Now 1 got hair a mind— But, shuck’s who’d want to hear how I nearly shot a duck or how close I

came to a woodchuck ? Might as well try it anyhow.

In 1900, I was 12 years old and the local bowyer and .fletcher for the gang. The feat best remembered was a shot of 181 yards 2 feet made with a 4 foot hickory bow and arrow of my make. We had been reading “Two Little Savages” and wished to exceed the 150 yards described there­ in as a grand coup. We all went over 150 and the boy who shot 181 yards, a few days ago, wrote me from New York, “I want a 55 pound bow to use at the 100 yard range and I want it before next summer so get busy.” The Archery bug bites deep and the itch is always bound to re­ occur.

When my boy was six, we started to shoot and kept it up for several years at infrequent intervals, using hickory bows very similar to those made in my boyhood. The arrows were improved however as I had in­ vented a tool for attaching feathers quickly and accurately.

Then we happened to read “Hunting with the Bow and Arrow” by Saxon Pope and a new world was opened up to us. )We learned that Archery was an or­ ganized sport and that a person could learn to shoot other than by instinct, and with some degree of success. All that winter we made equipment and prayed for an early spring. Our first hunts were discouraging, the valiant broadheads were too heavy as were the arrows themselves. We still have a few of them in our “museum.However, we killed some “game”; a couple of black birds, a gopher or two, a crow and a porcupine. .We found that the 12 inch to 14 inch grand

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daddy bullfrog was easiest to get with a broadhead arrow on a stout fish line. And the boy got a shot at a wolf that was swimming the creek one morning! The only wolf we have ever seen in Wisconsin. He missed by a mile but what a thrill to shoot an arrow at a real wild animal. That was four year ago and our game bag is still pretty slim but our ardor is in no degree dampened.

Last fall I tried for ducks in the air. The holes in the flocks are sure wide when you “flock shoot” with a shot .gun and wider yet for a single arrow, but boy! you at least know why you missed and how! And I goc more than one shot at the same flock for they circled the little pine-bound, pond-like lake several times before deciding to leave. I figured they would be back so shoved the little duck boat high and dry into the al­ ders near the ; corner they had just left.

I had waited but a few minutes when a lady mallard plopped into the water about 35 yards in front of me.

With as little movement as possible, I drew and shot. The arrow swished in the water a foot from her.

She didn’t even jump, in fact, swam a little nearer. ' I had not moved my bow hand as I was in plain sight.

Again I shot, not so close this time, and then a third. The arrows made quite a swish as they slid into the water- but without disturbing Mrs. Mallard. The fourth arrow passed close to her head and she must have thot it a hawk for she went under­ like a flash—something I never saw a mallard do unless wounded.

She stayed under but a few seconds and I loosed the fifth arrow at her, when she appeared. She must have caught my hurried movement for, before the arrow reached the spot where she

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■had been, she was on her way. I pushed out to pick up the arrows and just then a flock flew by, seeing me, kept on going.

One day a month later, I killed the “limit” of ducks with a shot gun over decoys, nine of which were canvas buck, but no duck I killed gave me any more fun than the one I missed five times with the bow and arrow.

The opening of the deer season found me at the cabin with rifle and also a 60 pound yew bow and Port Orford Cedar broadhead arrows footed with lemonwood. The arrows matched in weight and balance like the best of target arrows. Which to use bow or rifle?

I would rather kill a deer with a bow but I did want to be sure to take a deer home and the woods were full of rifle hunters.

So I started with a rifle. When I got back to the cabin that night, I found the yew bow “busted.” One of the boys wanted to show how he could string it—hadn’t he seen me do it?

So belly toward him; foot on the low­ er limb, he tried and of course snaped the lower limb!

A few days later I am on stand with three others and the Indians are trying to drive the deer through to us, I am only 60 yards from where I missed the mallard duck a short few­ weeks ago and I think with regret of the “busted” bow at the cabin as I try to dance without moving to keep warm. It’s darn near zero. Is that cracklq a deer or is it John, the Indi­ an, coming thru? If it’s John, he will whistle soon but I cock the ham­ mer of the “trusty 30-30.” Another crackle and 30 yards from me a mag­ nificent pair of horns push their way slowly over the next knoll. Then could I believe my eyes, there stands and looks at me in full view, head up, the biggest buck I ever saw or want to see! This is too easy, but he’ll

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look pretty on the west dining room wall. I aim carefully at him, pull the trigger!—ancl the gun won’t go off.

I work the lever madly' once, twice, the buck js leaving in 20 foot jumps.

Three times I pull the trigger but no bang and he is out of sight! The Trusty' ( ?) 30-30 was frozen.

Oh if I had had the beloved yew and a .good broadhead! That was a shot for a bow and the buck would now be mine. Next : deer season I know what I carry with me to get m.v deer and it won’t make a noise and will shoot when I want it to shoot.

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MANUFACTURER OF THE finest Archery Targets. Maker for the Na­ tional, Eastern and Metropolitan tour­ naments, also for Mr. James Duff of Jersey City. Wholesale and Retail.

John Smith, 33 Thorne St., Jersey City, New Jersey.

CAN YOU FEATHER an arrow in One Minute? You can with the Bull’s Eye Feathering Clamp. Automatic­ ally locates and holds each feather in exact position. No Pins, No Strings, No Profanity are necessary. Price Three Dollars each delivered. Retunr clamp and get your money back if not satisfied. Made and sold by Geo. W. Blodgett, 387 E. Washington St., Portland, Ore.

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YEW STAVES—Oregon’s finest Seasoned one year—Fine—Straight— clear. $5.00 to $10.00. H. W. White, R. 4, B. 38, Portland, Oregon.

Tru-Flight Metal Arrows Mr. Archer: Have you ever considered how hard it has been to get 6 straight arrows, uniform in weight and balance, that will not change due to moisture ab­ solution or warping ?

The TRU-FLIGHT Target Ar­ row, made from aeroplane tobing, well-known for its strength and light­ ness, fitted with hardened steel point and fibre nock, meets the require­ ments of the most fastidious. Agents wanted.

Single Arrows $1.75 6 Arrows $9.00 Tru-Flight Metal Arrow Co. Fox Chase. Pa.

SITKA SPRUCE SELF ARROWS I'Tom selected, straight-grained Stock Stiff, Light and Tough Triple feathered, painted between the feathers, and varnished water spar varnish. Bullet points. $4.50 a Dozen . . $2.50 for Six R. W. PRENTISS 149 Kings Road Corvallis, Oregon

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fostagfe Frepaccf A light weight yet rugged all­ purpose hunting point. Satisfac­ tion guaranteed.

Wholesale prices on request.

HUNTING ARROWS best quality selected birch; tempered spring steel broadhead, rabbit or squirrel points waterpioof finish with your crest if desired.

Satisfaction guaranteed. $1.35'each; $15.00 per dozen.

Geo. M. Bowles, 810 Guerrero St. San Francisco, California

OSAGE ORANGE OR YEW BIL­ LETS wanted for personal use, must be well seasoned and finest quality.

C. J. SPEIDEL 65 Clio St. Rochester, N. Y.

LAMINATED ARROWS for spine, accuracy, low tragectory; combined walnut and yellow poplar; piices on request.

C. F. Mayne 429 Poplar St. Huntington, Indiana

IMPROVE YOUR RELEASE with Thurlows shooting or archer’s glove, colt or dog skin, smoothest release known for target or field work. $1.50 each; $3.00 per pair. Thurlow Glove Company, Portland, Oregon.

PERFECT cut turkey feathers, ready to glue, 60c per dogen pairs.

Special Handmade Leather Quivers— Unexcelled—with tooled initials and crest in colors.

Donald McKeever 425 Glass Block, Marion Indiana.

A PRACTICAL TOOL for feather­ ing arrows, better, quicker and easier than you ever thought possible.

Guaranteed to givd satisfaction. Price $1.50. H. Wayte, 919 Hay’s Park Ave., Kalamazoo, Michigan.

HUGO BUCKNER 115 W. Nth St., Hanford, Calif.

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--i- • fi Aluminum I rsL dass fletching. Sitka Spruce shafts it desired.

The■ price is $15.00 per dozen, post paid.

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The Bowwood of the Ages. When properly seasoned and made up— Pound for Pound—It will outcast and outlast every other bowwood in the market today. In addition, its smoothness of cast makes shooting a pleasure, instead of a trial.

ISHI’S BOW made fiom fi om select split air seasoned yewwood, pat­ terned after Ishi’s hunting bow.

Wrapped cord handle, waxed linen stiing, leather arrow plate, ordin­ ary nocks, made to any weight, 4’ 6" to 5’ 2" in length, using 24" to 28" arrows. Unsurpassed for material and workmanship. $9.00 to $12.00. C. O. D. or M. O. Rates to dealers and clubs.

MAY, 1929

Poit Orford cedar shafts, sawn from split bolts, suitable for tar­ get or flight work, $.03 and $.05 each Selected

white turkey pointers, $1.50 per pound

What is the answer to this one?

Not taking into account the bowyers whom I have supplied with staves and billets and who in turn furnished tackle to other contest­ ants, 25% of the men shooting at the last National Tournament, were patrons of mine. In other words FULLY ONE HALF of the men contestants were using bows made of my yew wood. Staves and billets at reasonable prices.

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;9/32” and 5/16”, 90 cents per doz. ;i $6.00 per hundred ; Parrallel steel points 9/32” and ; 5/16” 50 cents ped dozen, $3.25 I; i per hundred.

I Adjustable nocking tool $1.50. Each ; ; size fits both nocks and points.; “ State size wanted.

I Good beef wood footed shafts, fir, <; spruce or Port Orford cedar, ready*' ; for nocks and points §5.00. Shafts.; I; with nocks and points furnished*' sand fitted ready for fletching ?7.50. n Give length and weight in grains or weight of bow. <! n If I don’t make what you want ask I; me, and I can get it for you.

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“Arrow MAKING, our instruction booklet and the Case “Feathering Fixture” both for $1.00. 3 for $2.00.

In use nine years. We feather all arrows of our manufacture with it.

A trial will prove its worth. Money back if you are not satisfied. “Bow­ strings.” Can you make a double loop bowstring in 30 minutes? You can with our Whirlwind Whipper and our new system described in our booklet “Bowstrings.” $1.00 for both. “Kiska” that’s the name of the lightest, sharp­ est and cheapest broadhead on the market. 5/16” or 3/8”. 30c each, 4 for $1.00 or $2.75 per dozen. Roy Case & Son, 18th and Main St. Ra­ cine, Wis. See our ad elsewhere in this issue.

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I now haw several absolutely clear Osage seasoned five years and longer if yon want a fine hunting bow. write me. This is the. most beautiful Osage I have ever seen.

This letter from a customer in Idaho convinces me that Oregon Osage is equal to any. Oregon produces the finest timber in the world, why not the finest Osage. “Recvivod the Osage stave O. K. made it up and shot it against one of —$75.00 bows, same weight and wood, if there is any dif­ ference the one I made beat the —bow, what do you think about that. The stave is thoroughly seasoned.” This man is only an amateur bowyer.

Another customer in Washington writes about a set of arrows: ‘‘They are certainly beauties and T have seen quite a few different ar­ rows every one I have shown them to agree with me that they have yet to sec any that compare. I could not resist a trial and without any previous trials I shot each of the ton arrows once at 30 yards, seven were golds and the other three in the red, I at once put them aside as satisfied.”

Complete materials for a dozen measured spine arrows. Port Orford cedar aeroplane spruce or Oregon pine, select feathers glue and points per set of 12 $2.50. give weight of your bow. Only a few genuine Eagle wings $1.25 each while they last. We are headquarters for select turkey feathers this month’s special, feathers 20 cents the dozen. $1.00 per pound and post­ age. Points per box of 25. 55 cents: tempered stool plates for small game turns your target arrows into hunting arrows $1.00 dozen. Write for new price list.

HARRY D. HOBSON Lyons, Oregon JI ADE BY POWELL Words that mean something.

Bows unsurpassed for beauty and utility. Good arrows, and equipment, raw materials. Send for price list of goods made by master craftman.

EARL B. POWELL Box 728, Vernon Branch, Los Angeles, California

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Osage Orange Wood for Bows Seasoned Staves for making bows that do not break WRITE FOR PRICES

R. G. B. Marsh or Dr. S. J. Rubley TECUMSEH, MICH.

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i | YEW WOOD I i 5 months, $3.75 each. Billets, $3.00 per pair.

I Full-sized staves,- seasoned i High altitude wood, of nice quality. i Footed shafts, Sitka spruce and russet Phillipine hardwood (Apitong), i i with parallel points, matched in .veight—S4.50 per 7. Nicely made. i 1 Prices F. O. B. Corvallis I i j J. A. BERRY I 244 31st Street Corvallis, Oregon I I I •L •+ Mention Ye Sylvan Archer when writing advertisers.

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