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YE SYLVAN ARCHER Vol. 2, No. 3

Corvallis, Oregon

Entered as second-class matter November 5, 1927, at the post office at Corvallis, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Published bi-monthly by Ye Sylvan Archer Publishing Co. 1210 N. 33rd Street, Corvallis, Oregon. ......................... Editor J. E. DAVIS Business Manager B. G. THOMPSON $1.00 Per Year Subscription Price...... $1.25 Per Year Foreign Subscriptions 20 Cents Single Copies.................

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Table of Contents BOWING ACROSS THE DESERT, by the Editor ...............................

ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF THE NORTHWEST ARCHERY ASSOCIATION, by Kore T. Duryee, Secretary ........

POT SHOT AND DUCK SOUP, by F. J. Becker ............

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THE GREY GOOSE WING. Within these few yeeres, I to mind doe call The yoeman of the guard were archers all.

A hundred at a time I oft have seen, With bowes and arrowes ride before the Queen.

Their bowes in hand, their quivers on their shoulders,

Was a most stately shew to the beholders.

And herein, if men rightly do observe, The arrowes did for two great uses serve: First for a shew of great magnificence, And trustie weapons for to guard their prince.

•—John Taylor, the Water Poet.

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lowing Across the ^Desert By the Editor.

B. G. Thompson, business manager of YE SYLVAN ARCHER, and the writer have planned for a long time a trip into the desert country of East­ ern Ore.gon, but the start was not made until Friday morning, August 17th.

cades meet the sage brush of the desert.

Jack rabbits we expected to find; desert squirrels, wood chucks, and rattlesnakes were probabilities; and porcupines and coyotes were possibil­ ities.

But, alas, civilization enVery seldom is the actual taking of crouches upon the hunting grounds "of game the sole object of an archery the past and irrigation and the set­ hunting trip. We archers hunt for tlers have pushed back the frontiers of sage brush and pleasure, diversion, 1 jack rabbits. We and recreation rath­ ■ I had to go some diser than for the thrill ' \ tance before finding of killing.

Seeing what seemed ideal the country was as rabbit country and much an object of then found the the trip as hunting country known as and as Thompson is the land of the sage a professional and I brush and the jack a n amateur ento­ rabbit to be simply mologist we went IF/ a land of sage well prepared t o I brush. take some insect ■ We were trav­ specimens. T h e n j eling southeast you men know how from the town of the urge comes ocBend across the casionally t o g e t .. great central Oreaway from the .. i-,’" , gon desert.

For wife’s cooking and ———! miles and miles have some of those c meals we smack “Prepared to Defend the Castle” and miles we saw our lips over and tell how they are nothing but sage brush, stunted jun­ fit for a king: coffee strong enough iper, and on practically every quarter to cut with a knife, fried eggs partly section the ghastly skeleton of some shelled, bacon nicely breaded -with settler’s hopes, the deserted shack cinders', baked beans of the well that marked the spot where some pi­ known variety, and stale bread that oneering spirit had, in his dreams, we would raise a row about if served built up a magnificent farm. But at home. dry farming did not pay and, aside Our route led up the beautiful Mc­ from the occasional holdout of a per­ Kenzie river and over the Cascade son with apparently more persistence mountains to the town of Sisters than sense, a strip of country that a where the pine forests of the Cas- few years ago was thickly settled is

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now a deserted desert. But a pecul­ iar desert because when you kick off six or eight inches of dust you find surprisingly moist soil and in most places six or eight feet will bring you to plenty of water.

All this and not a bow or arrow mentioned yet; but be patient. We had them. I had spent all the day before the start making a set of ar­ rows, the first hunting arrows I had ever made. Thompson said that by making the dowels with Becker’s doweling machine, putting on Buck­ ner’s points, feathering the shafts with Blodgett’s feathering clamp, and by his trimming the feathers; I hadn’t done so badly. However I painted them by hand and I lost only one arrow on the trip and he lost five so you see they were .gaudy.

But we must get back on the des­ ert. If you really are to enjoy the trip with us you must feel the sun beating down upon you as it did upon us as we got out of the car and re-

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connoitered about a deserted home­ stead.

You must feel ready to spring,—as I was if I should hear the buzz of a rattler; you must get the thrill that I had when I turned over a board and expected a scorpion to spring out and strike or whatever they are supposed to do when their happy home is disturbed. Men are queer animals. We do not like to be too hot but we play games in the hot sun until we are most uncomfortable.

We do not like to be scared but we do enjoy that chilly feeling along the spine when we are expecting some­ thing to hop out at us, and we are disappointed when it doesn’t. How­ ever our number nines would describe a wide arc if it did.

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But nothing startling happened and we were gathering up our arrows after taking a few shots at a tin can when a jack rabbit, darting out from behind a sage bush not ten feet from me, laid his ears along his back and showed what his legs were for. My

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arrow whistling over his head did not slow him up and we followed him a quarter of a mile before we found him hidden beneath another sage bush where one of Thompson’s shafts gave B. G. first count for the milk shake we had wagered on the number of rabbits that each would bag. I really should have had odds on that Get however for Thompson is state target champion and has an array of silver cups strung clear across his mantle while in every tournament I have to work like the mischief to keep from .getting the wooden spoon.

We went on, quite proud of the fact that we had bagged the first and only rabbit we had seen.

A few miles farther we saw a flock of sage hens dusting themselves be­ side the road, but the season is closed on these birds and we played the part of law-abiding citizens and held our arrows. Hunting the sage hen should prove great sport for archers when the season opens as they are large birds, probably weighing nearly as much as small turkeys; it is easy to get within fair bow shot of them; and they do not make long flights.

And then miles and miles of sage brush, dust, hot sun and deserted homesteads. Over and over Thomp­ son said, “No jack rabbits, no sage rats, no wood chucks, no coyotes, not even rattlesnakes. ” However, before the monotony had become too unbear­ able he said, “Stop, quick.” He had spotted two jacks sitting beneath the shade of a sage bush. While we were stringing our bows and getting our arrows out we discovered another one only a few yards away, quietly watching our manuevers. Two ar­ rows zipping over his back sent him “over the hills and far away” but we found that there were many more there.

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Thompson by killing one and the rest went to join the first.

We camped that night at Old Riley on Silver creek about thirty miles from Burns, the county seat of Har­ ney county. Harney county, by the way, is the largest county in the state.

It is as large as Rhode Is­ land, Connecticut, and Delaware com­ bined and with two thousand square miles left over to start another state but with a population in 1920 of only 3992.

Thompson is one of those pests who like to go to bed early and also really like to get up early. While I caught moths that-came to the light we had brought along to attract them he snored and then at four-thirty in the morning when I was winning milk shakes by making phenominal shots that I couldn’t possibly make when awake he gave me a poke in the ribs and said, “John! look there.”

I looked and saw a big jack cas­ ually looking over our equipment while he kept one ear pointed toward the store where the proprietor’s black dog might make unpleasant advances toward any rabbit that intruded too close.

B. G. dressed and went out to try for some rabbits he saw in the sage brush above camp. I got up and thought I’d get breakfast but, after taking a look at the dirty dishes left from the night before, I took my bow and two arrows and decided to see what was in the brush below camp.

I saw. Rabbit after rabbit led me farther and farther from camp, and shot after shot finally brought me a rabbit which I threw by the road while I went on after the flock of jacks. I wished for my quiver of ar­ rows but I could not give up to take the time to go back to camp for it.

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tails of the hunt but don’t laugh too much because I .got only the one rab­ bit out of many, many shots. If you shoot close to the gold you get a sev­ en; if you get close to a rabbit you get left. I never did get many golds.

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we are told, made good wages collect­ ing rabbits’ ears at five cents per pair, which the county pays as

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Finally, about nine o’clock, I head­ ed back to camp, but when I went to get my rabbit I could not find i t.

I searched and searched because, while I did not ex pect to win the milk shake I wanted to bear down on it as hard as I could and [ knew that B.G. is a suspicious mortal.

Some small boy tracks about the spot where I had Two Views of the Old Castle left my jack made me suspect bounty.

WHERE he had gone, but I couldn’t I reached camp and found that B. guess WHY. G.’s shots had all been sevens and by I followed the tracks down the road having the boys verify my story I to a house where I saw one of the was one to the good on the milk little tykes in the yard and the fol­ shake. Although there were thous­ lowing conversation lightened up the ands of rabbits, that five cent price dark passages of what I use for a upon their heads kept them beyond mind. what they estimated as .22 range.

“Hello, Mister.”

We drove on to Bums that morning “Hello, son.” and four or five miles beyond to a “Did you get any rabbits ?” ledge of rim rocks where B. G. ex­ “Yes, I got one. Did you see one pected to find wood chucks. How­ lying by the road?” ever, not a wood chuck did we see as “Yes.” when the season gets too dry for food “What did you do with it?” to be plentiful they retire for an eight “We brought it home and cut its or nine months rest. ears off.”

On the way back to Burns and You have heard of coon skins and within a couple of miles of town we tobacco and various things used as stopped by the Silvies river to collect legal tender, but here rabbits’ ears bugs. Just as I got out of the car buy candy at the store and one man, (Continued on page 12)

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Annual tournament of the Northwest Archery Association

By Kore T. Duryee, Secretary.

The Second Annual Archery Tour­ nament of the P. N. W. A. A. was a wonderful success in every way.

Thanks to the well laid plans of our president, Dr. J. W Doughty, every event was finished on schedule, The picnic lunches were ideal, as to qual­ ity, service and surroundings. Eigh­ teen targets on a beautiful, level lawn will thrill the heart of any archer.

The Seattle Archery Club (and one in particular) is still wondering how it all happened. The members who did not go are kicking themselves, as they realize what a wonderful oppor­ tunity they missed. This is what makes archery so interesting,—you can never tell what is going to happen.

A splendid dinner was served at the Hotel Wixon. After refreshments, the regulai- annual business meeting was called to order by President J. W. Doughty, who reviewed in an interest­ ing manner the progress of archery in the Northwest, since last July. The following business was then trans­ acted: The next tournament is to be held at Portland, or Corvallis, Oregon, on July 13th and 14th. Officers elected were President, Dr. George A. Cathey, Portland, Orgon; Regional Vice-Presdents: Washington, Clark E. Schul­ man, Seattle; British Columbia, M. F. Hill, Buena Vista; Oregon, Prof. B. G. Thompson, Corvallis; SecretaryTreasurer, Kore T. Duryee, Seattle.

The P. N. W- A. A. is hereafter to be interested only in the one Annual Tournament. All others are to be local or state meets.

There was a strong and very gusty

wind both days of the tournament, which accounts for the low scores.

One of the most interesting events was the Flight Shoot. Three men and one 17-year-old boy, Wm. Kennedy, Albany, Oregon, shot well over the 300-yard mark. Everyone agreed that the cross wind was more of a hin­ drance than an aid, and this is verified

by Dr. George A. Cathey, who, on Sunday evening, about 7:30, when there was no wind, shot an arrow 351 yards. Dr. J. W. Doughty and sev­ eral other archers witnessed it.

Dr. Doughty presented a perpetual cup for the best score in the Double "York round, or, where the double York is not shot, we are to take the best score made at the York round distances. The Seattle Daily Times presented a perpetual cup for the best score, Ladies Double Columbia round, Grand Prize.

Over sixty archers took part in the tournament and everyone had a most enjoyable time. There will be at least one hundred next year. Lf the Na­ tional Archery Tournament is held in California, in 1929, you will see. a big attendance from the Northwest.

The winners in the Double Metro­ politan round, thirty-three entrants, first, Kore T. Duryee, Seattle, total scores and hits, 1294; second Joseph Kerchen, Seattle, score 1260; third, S. B. Hayden, Seattle, score 1246; fourth, Hans Grage, Seattle, score 1238; fifth, 0. W. Patty, Gold Bar, Washington, score 1236, Joseph Kerchen also won the Per­ petual Silver Cup presented by Dr.

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Doughty for the best score at York distances, total 564.

J. H. Adams, Seattle, won the Per­ petual Silver Cup for “Most Golds” with 30 golds.

In the Double Columbia round with eighteen ladies shooting, Miss Jane Cheetham, Seattle, was first with a to­ tal of 676; second, Mrs. C. C., Strohm, Bremerton, Washington, score 620; third, Mrs. R. E. West, Seattle, score 562; fourth, Mrs. M. E. Schulte, Reedsport, Oregon, score 560; fifth, Miss Patsy Duryee, Seattle, score 536.

In the Double Junior American round with eight boys shooting, first place went to Harland Bowman, Se­ attle, score 987; second, Milton Hag­ gard, Seattle, score 830; third, Rus­ sell Haggard, Seattle, score 652; fourth, Robert S. Cathey, Portland, score 640; fifth, W. F. Schultz, Olym­ pia, Washington, score 628.

Flight shoot results were as fol­ lows: First, Dr. George A. Cathey, Portland, 336 yards 4 inches; second, Fred C. Schulte, Reedsport, Oregon, 324 yards 9 inches; third, Wm. Doughty, Aumsville, Oregon, 317

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yards 2 feet 9 inches.

Ladies flight shoot, first, Mrs. Har­ ry D. Hobson, Lyons, Oregon, 253 yards 12 inches;second, Mrs. Homer Prouty, Portland, 239 yards; third, Mrs. Margaret Frost, Albany, Oregon, 230 yards.

Clout shoot, first Kore T. Duryee, Seattle, score 280; second, Fred C. Schulte, Reedsport, Oregon, score 254; third, O. W. Patty, Gold Bar, Wash­ ington, score 224.

Novelty shoot—12 arrows each dis­ tance—60 yards kneeling, 50 yards sitting, 40 yards prone position—first, Joseph Kerchen, Seattle, score 136; second, Hans Grage, Seattle, 134; third, Dr. Doughty, Sedro Woolley, score 104.

Team shoot: first, Seattle Archery Club, score 802; second, Locksley Archers, Seattle, score 788; third, Sa­ lem, Oregon, Archery Club, score 762; fourth, Portland Archery Club, score 726; fifth, Snohomish Archery Club, score 628.

Ladies’ team shoot: first, Seattle Robinette Archers, score 528; second, Portland Archery Club, score 409.

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Pot Shot and Duck Soup

By F. J. Becker, Portland, Oregon.

A LONG WITH the other archery hunting stories, the account of a duck hunt may not be amiss and prove of interest of YE SYLVAN ARCHER readers.

Last fall while wandering through the woods I came upon a small swamp —an ideal place for ducks. The water was dotted with, wil­ lows and the shore was lined with bram­ bles,—an ideal place for cotton tails; but, as there did not happen to be a cotton tail within miles, I turned my attention to a chipmunk that was either cussing hor scolding me.

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75 yards. The ducks seemed to be feeding toward shore.

In getting out of the tree I tore my trousers and skinned my leg but such matters were soon forgotten in the difficulties encountered in going through the brush in silence. I kept one eye upon the ducks and when they became excited and stopped feeding I lay down and waited until the y calmed down, At every step I placed my foot down with great care and every limb I had to move I bent back with greatest caution.

After reaching my objective decided up­ After breaking two on from the tree, I was still too far good broadheads and away but by work­ my patience, I left ing down one side of the chipmunk to go the ridge I shortened his own way and I it by eight or ten walked on along a yards.

My heart was in little ridge. I had my throat half of the gone only a short time and the other distance when I saw half it would not a flock of ducks, beat. No big game about eight or ten, hunter ever went some 400 yards away ) with more care or and feeding fairly caution than I did close to shore.

The Duck that Didn’t Duck after that flock o f From where I was ducks.

I could not see the I was still sixty yards away, down lay of the land but by climbing into behind a log with one eye on the the lower branches of an oak I got ducks, a stick in the other and a the formation in my mind. small garter snake insisting upon My best bet seemed to be to fol­ crawling down my neck, when the low the ridges and by so doing the behind a willow clump ducks swam L-Z.L. distance could be cut down to about

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and gave me a chance to cross an open space.

Crossing the open space on hands and knees, I had just gotten behind a bush when the ducks swam from behind the willows. They were now about 25 yards from shore and about 35 or 40 yards from me.

I waited until they were a little nearer the shore and then I slowly raised my bow and slower still my head above the bush. I made a full draw and shot, my eye being on the closest one.

The arrow was a true shooter and it flew with perfect accuracy, hit the duck close to the left wing, went down through the right leg, and the head buried itself in a bunch of grass.

Had I been asked how far an arrow would go into a duck I would have answered that, shot through the breast, it would go in some eight or ten inches. To my surprise, just the feathers were out and, had the arrow had free passage on the opposite side, it would have gone clear through.

Had I not been so excited, I could have had one or two more shots, but I was perfectly satisfied with just the one duck.

Now a word to those who would like to hunt ducks on the wing. I have found that two or three can get good shots where one alone would fail.

When you have found a good spot where the ducks fly low, place your fellow archers fifty yards apart cross­ ways of their flying trail. If a duck comes closer to you than to the other man, have him wave a piece of paper, his cap or anything to attract their attention. Waiting until they are over­ head before you move, raise your bow and shoot, using a very light, fast arrow with low cut feathers.

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CASEIN OR ANIMAL GLUE FOR FOOTING

By W. 0. Robinson, Washington, D. C. We understand that animal glue is a stronger adhesive for joining woods than casein glue but both glues when properljr used are stronger than wood.

Duff recommends animal glue, the argument being that the footing can be soaked off and a new one put on, if it is necessary to straighten the arrow at the .footing, We wonder if animal glue is not a cause of the warping in some cases, It will probably absorb water from the atmosphere more readily than casein glue.

We have known several arrows with the footings, nocks and feathers put on with casein glue to remain in the grass several days during rains. These arrows were found and after drying and straightening were still good ar­ rows without further repair, We would like to hear of the general experience of archers with these two glues. If one is less liable to cause the footed arrow to warp it is cer­ tainly superior.

We go to press too early to secure a report of the forty-eighth annual tournament of the National Archery Association but hope to have a com­ plete report for the next issue. The Pacific Coast will be well represented at this tournament which is held this year at the Westchester-Biltmore Country Club, Rye, New York, Aug­ ust 21-24. We predict that this is the largest tournament in the history of the association. An effort is being made to bring the tournament to the Pacific Coast in 1929.

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Two Tools that Help Arrow Making By >W. O. Robinson, Washington, D. C. These tools are recommended for the amateur arrow maker who does not have a lathe and who is painstak­ ing and willing to “go slow” for the sake of making a really fine arrow.

The tools described are of no use for quantity production.

The first tool is a drill plate which ordinarily is of hardened steel about the size of an ordinary letter and about an eighth of an inch thick. It is for measuring the diameters of drills, etc. The holes are true and run from 1-64" to Vs" in 1-64" steps. In target arrow making only the sizes from 16-64" to 24-64" will be used.

The drill plate is obtainable at hard­ ware stores. One can easily be made by drilling holes in a steel plate and hardening afterward.

The drill plate is used in the follow­ ing manner. Starting with a straight shaft, approximately rounded, force the appropriate hole in the drill plate on the shaft as far as you easily can and then remove it being careful to keep the plate perpendicular to the arrow so it will not “dig in” and make an eclipse. Now with a rather small, sharp plane, set very fine, plane the shaft where the drill plate has left its impression starting several inches be­ yond the last drill impression. This is assuming that the shaft is slightly smaller at the ends than in the mid­ dle. Slowly rotate the shaft during the planing so that the circular drill impression is planed out all around and just barely planed out. Force the plate on the shaft farther and repeat the process till the shaft will barely pass through the hole. If the shaft was straight at first it is now straight and nearly if not quite round. Re-

peat the operation until the shaft is from 1-64" to 2-64" of the final di­ mension you want.

The second tool is a block of some hard wood that will keep its shape, garnet paper as long as the block and thing like l"xl^"xlO" will be found convenient. Cut a semicircular groove about 11x32" with a gouge. The groove must be perfectly straight and true. Finish the groove with a strip of No. IVs garnet paper held around a straight, stiff steel rod of the di­ ameter of your planed out arrow. A length of drill rod is excellent for this purpose. Now put a small piece of garnet paper as long as the block and considerably wider on the block, the wrong side out and force it into the groove with the steel rod lying on the bench. Hold the edges of the paper with your thumb and fingers as you would a block plane. Place the arrow shaft on a straight board or plank of pine, basswood or other soft wood, and use the sanding block the same as you would a plane, rotating the shaft reg­ ularly as you proceed. An excellent job can be done by rolling the shaft rapidly with the left hand while the block is manipulated with the right.

In this case you must let your left hand know what your right hand doeth. You can finish with No. Vs or smaller garnet paper held in a small­ er groove cut in the same block. The finishing sanding should, of course, be nade by lengthwise rubbing. The loard or plank should be brushed off requently so that loose grit will not lent the shaft. The drill plate can be •un carefully over the shaft and the anding block rubbed over the shiny > daces the drill plate has left.

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If your wood has been carefully se­ lected for weight, and your footings and piles also, the weight will run very close in the shafts finished to dimension. If you have made two dozen shafts, almost perfect sets of six or eight can be selected from the lot or they can be brought to weight with little work with the sanding block

BOWING ACROSS THE DESERT. (Continued from page 6) saw, not thirty yards away, as beau­ tiful a six point buck as I have ever seen or hope to see. Even the dubbiest kind of an archer could have hit him. He stood and watched us while we would have had plenty of time to have gotten our bows from the car and shot. He hopped into the brush, but later came out and crossed the road a few yards ahead of the car. ,We feel that we should be re­ warded for our self restraint by hav­ ing such a chance after the season opens.

On the way back from Burns we visited Locher Castle, built of stone entirely by one man, an old German named Locher. It is a replica of a German castle, centuries old, in which Locher spent his boyhood days. It has all the turrets and parapets and and whatnots of the genuine; no two rooms are on the same level; and, it is said, there are subterranean rooms as much as three stories below the level of the ground. He worked on it for years and years and died about two months ago with another addition under construction. In one of the central rooms is a well, placed there, I presume, to insure a supply of wa­ ter in case of a siege. Very evident axe marks in an outer door- made me think of battle axes, but the glamor disappeared when I learned that the marks were made by prohibition

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agents when they came to arrest the old fellow for moonshining. I wanted to explore the subterranean passages but fear of rattlers and scorpions rather than ghosts and goblins de­ terred me. Thompson scaled the par­ apet and prepared to defend the cas­ tle with his good yew bow. The pic­ ture will show you how a Yankee looks defending a German castle with an English bow.

Another go at the rabbits in the afternoon and evening brought my to­ tal score to four, but B. G. began making gold shots and took the milk shake, if he ever gets it, with six, just enough hits to keep up the inter­ est but not enough to spoil the fun.

Thompson and I have been lead into trouble many a time by not liking to take the same road home, Seeing a signboard reading “Prineville 128 miles,” we inquired how this i oad compared with the one we had just come over. We were told that they were about the same. That fellow surely did not think much of the Bend to Burns road. We traveled for fifty miles over hills and rocks and through deserts, seeing only one place in that distance where anyone lived. We met only one car in traveling seventy-five miles. However as the old Chevrolet made it without mishap we were glad we went that way.

In passing through the Buck moun­ tains we saw where the porcupines had been barking the young pine trees but we did not get sight of one of the prickly little fellows. We saw in the distance a small band of ante­ lope, those graceful little creatures that were almost exterminated. Sev­ eral flocks of sage hens relieved the monotony of the trip; and as we were awoke Thompson from a sound sleep by yelling, “Hey! a Coyote!” With rambling down the Crooked river I squeaking of brakes and scattering of (Continued on page 21)

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Japanese Archery THE PACIFIC COAST archer and his form in shooting count Archery Association tournament, for as much as accuracy in hitting the Standing in the position held at Berkeley, California, in target. shown in the pic­ ShiJune, Kikuya ture, the Nipponese zawa, a young Jap­ bowman raises the anese, gave a dem­ bow and arrow t o onstration of Heki \ arm’s length above archery as practiced t- ___ _was i h i s head and draws in Japan.

Heki as he brings the an archer- who lived bow to shooting po­ three or four hun­ sition, releasing a s dred years ago. He soon as h e reaches developed a system the position of archery that is * shown. used in Japan today, J An extra arrow is with minor changes p held in the drawing only.

As will be hand, and the string seen from the illus­ is grasped by fin­ tration, the bow dif­ gers and thumb in a fers much from the ’ seemingly awkward English long bow. manner. Mr. ShioAlthough it takes zawa was only fairly two men to string it r : if « ™,it accurate in hitting it kno has a pull of only Sfa* the target, but he about thirty- five was shooting from pounds. The arrow , A /A< j v the forty-yard line, is thirty-six inches v* which is ten yards long and very heav­ farther than the reg­ ily feathered, but of ulation distance for very light bamboo. this type of bow and Unlike our Eng­ Heki Archery arrow. lish archery, where This style of archery was an inter­ hitting the target is what counts, in the Japanese sport the position of the esting contrast to our English style.

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ARSENIC TO PRESERVE YOUR FEATHERS FROM MOTHS?

By W. O. Robinson, Washington, D. C. I have an old set of Granger ar­ rows. They are very old and the feathers are worn and frayed with use but never moth eaten. Suspecting that they might contain some repellant or poison I examined them and found a

very little arsenic. It should be very easy to put soluble arsenic in the warer in which feathers are to soak and soften.

Perhaps some taxidermist can tell us what form of arsenic and how much. It would seem as though the moth larvae would have to eat some of the arsenical feather to be poisoned, so it may not be an abso­ lute preventive.

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Free Archery Range at ^Bandon-By-the-Sea

By Norell, Hobson, Lyons, Oregon.

Last fall Eli Bradley of the Bandonby-the-Sea auto park at Bandon, Ore­ gon, became interested in archery and Mrs. G. Stephenson, the manager of the park, conceived the idea of a free range for visiting archers. With con­ siderable expense and no end of hard labor one of the finest and most uni­ que archery ranges in Oregon has been developed. This splendid range is full one hundred yards long and wide enough at the present time for four targets. It is to be gradually in­ creased in size and at an early date another range fully protected from the wind is to be constructed. Con­ siderable of the labor required in building this excellent range has been supplied by local archery fans without cost. These fans are being instructed in all the fine points of archery un­ der the able supervision of Grover C. Gouthier, an excellent archer and a maker of very fine bows and arrows.

The range was formally opened August 12th by an all Southwestern Oregon archery tournament. Consid­ ering the heavy cross wind the scores were remarkable. About eighteen archers from Coquille, Bandon, Marsh­ field and Ashland were entered. The highest score was made by Hank Burr with a 534 and John Stone shot a 6-50 at forty yards. Mrs. Perna Har­ ris, who shoots the full Metropolitan round with the men, made an excel­ lent score and is considered the best lady archer in Southwest Oregon. A lady shooting the one hundred yards is very unusual. One of the outstand­ ing features of the tournament was the wonderful picnic dinner served free in the grove and the good fellowship

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that prevailed. It would seem that all the best cooks in Southern Ore­ gon had gathered at this meet and that each one had brought at least five of her famous dishes. A long table was loaded down with delicious food and every one was invited to help him­ self.

Dad Kern from Coquille, whose archery dates back over fifty years and who was taught to shoot by the Sioux Indians when a very small boy, told some very interesting stories about the early days in Kansas. At one time he was the proud possessor of a complete Sioux war bonnet with beaded shoulder straps, quiver and war bow but it was destroyed by fire.

Any archer who visits Bandon-bythe-Sea will be welcomed at this new range where he may shoot to his heart’s content and he will be assured of meeting some of the most enthusi­ astic archers he had ever hoped to find. He can shoot without fear of losing or breaking an arrow for the back of the range has been cut out of a large sand bank and the faces of the targets pinned onto the bank with small wooden pins. No matter how wild he shoots his finest footed arrows will simply have their points nicely polished from contact with the sand.

The archers of Southwestern Ore­ gon hope to have another tournament at the county fair in Myrtle Point later in the fall where any archer in Oregon will be welcome.

For all are brave and love the brave that love the British Bow, Sir. —F. Litchfield.

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Old English QArcheryr-Fetes From Hansard’s Book on Archery, 1841 The archery fetes at Grove House, according to its position in the target.

Chamberwell, the residence of the Thus, a shot in the gold center reck­ handsome, witty, and accomplished oned as 9; in the red, 7; in the inner Mrs. Crespigny, still live in the remem­ white, 5; in the black, 3; and in the brance of many a veteran toxophilite. outer white, 1. The targets lay 100 This lady was an early and enthusias­ yards distance. After the gentlemen tic advocate for the adoption of the had shot, they escorted their fair bow as becoming recreation for her associates within 70 yards, and at that own sex; yet in her ardor to promote unusual distance the latter drew their a fashionable amusement, she exhib­ bowstrings. Half-crown forfeits were ited the same spirit of benevolence paid by the unsuccessful; and the little which rendered life one lengthened orphans of the charity attended in scene of active dresses o f grass usefulness.

Se­ green, the whole lecting “utile dulforming a v e r y ci” as her motto, interesting group. she very adroitly E a ch revolving made her gay and summer witnesses thoughtless visit­ the revival o f ants contribute many similar bow largely to the meetings thruout support of a Sunthe sylvan glades d a y school, by of this romantic levying fines on land. The pres­ the unskillful. ence of women is now regarded as Fortunate did indispensible t o the votary o f the perfect enjoyfashion e steem m e n t of these himself who re­ genuine fetes ceived an invita­ champetres; for tion ticket to Mrs. the trim shaft, Crespigny’s a r chery breakfasts. Miss Jessie Akester, Chicago, Midwest launched from the hand of some fair The company shot Lady Champion. “games” as they are termed in arch­ toxophilite, faultless in face and fig­ ers’ language. Eleven was the win­ ure, inspires us with an enthusiasm ning number, and each arrow counted of archery notdisplayed in the other sex.

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By B. H. Truman, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

TN ALL the instructions for making JL bows and arrows you will notice

they are given by an experienced archer, who uses terms only an archer can understand and some pretty fair archers have to think twice before they can tell what is meant.

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Get a bow stave just as long as you are, for you know the bow is for you and no one else, and you must never lend your bow if anyone wishes to borrow it. Tell him to get one of his own. The shaft should be nearly square, one inch by three-fourths of an inch.

The best wood for a scout bow is ash. It is easy to work and will give good satisfaction. If you can get a good hickory, it shoots farther, but in spite of all your care, you may find worm holes in any hickory.

Balance it on your finger. This

will ; give you the center. Make a mark here and clasp both hands around the bow, your forefingers each side of the mark, close to it. Make a mark between the third and little fingers of each hand, This is the handle. Look at the shaft and choose which is the back—the side away from you when you ;are shooting—this side must be left as> it is, only rounding the corners and making it smooth with sand paper.

Place your thumb on the end of the stave, the lower part of the thumb nail in line with the back of the bow and mark around the end of your thumb.

This shows the size of the end of your bow. Your thumb shows the strength of your arm. If you have a thick, broad thumb, you have a strong arm.

If your thumb is smaller, your arm is not so strong. Now shave the bow on a gradual taper from the marks at both ends of the handle to the thumb marks at the ends on both sides and the front, only rounding the comers of the back of the bow. Do this with both ends until when you place the ends of the bow on the ground, with one hand on the handle and the other hand on the upper end of the bow, you can bend it without much trouble.

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about the width of two fingers from the end of the bow, being careful to make the notch shallow at the back of the bow, as this is important. Then deeper on the sides.

Now take a strong cord, a little longer than the bow, and tie it to the ends of the bow, keeping it straight, but not as tight as a bow string. Now make a bowing board, by taking any piece of board about two feet long and drive some nails into the edge, about the -width of your hands apart. Toe-nail (angling) two nails into the end of the board.

Now, taking bow as strung, place its center between the toed-in nails at the end of the board, then hook the string in the nearest nail in the edge of the board, bending bow gently to avoid breaking it. Leave the bow in this position for a few hours, or bet­ ter still leave it over night. After this interval, unhook the string in the

next nail, with another period in this position the same as used at first.

Do this until it is bent so much that if a straight line were drawn from one end of the bow to the other and you placed your fist in the center with the thumb extended, the end of the thumb would touch the string when the opposite edge of he hand touches the bow. (When the bow is partly bent, look at it and if one half is bent more than the other, do not shave so much on that end. Keep shaving the bow until you can pull it as far as required with one hand.

All the time you are bending and shaving the bow, you can also smooth and polish it with sandpaper anc glass. Take your time. Do not work at it when you are mad; if yon do, you will spoil it. Always be good natured when working on your bow.

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She shot it with an ordinary target arrow at a distance of about sixteen yards. Marian’s bow is a 22-pound self yew made by her father, Gerald Thorne.

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First Experience With Bow and Arrow

By C. E. CHANCE, Port Huron, Mich.

"The Witchery of Archery,” by Thompson, and the archery book in Badminton’s “Library of Sports” have given me a good foundation for the use of the bow and arrow in hunting.

My first real bow was made from a stave of osage orange procured while on a canoe trip on the Sangamon river in central Illinois. A library book on the characteristics of Ameri­ can woods had given me the informa­ tion that osage orange was used by the Indians for making bows. While that wood is very plentiful in Illinois, it is hard to get a piece long and straight enough to make a good bow.

The sapwood on the piece mentioned was only three-sixteenths of an inch thick, very sharply defined and, as the wood was second-growth timber, very tough and elastic. Much more so than mulberry or sassafras, which are very good bow woods. The bow pulled 56 pounds and had lots of snap.

The first arrows were not a com­ plete success. I had read that the feathers gave the arrow a rotary movement through the air, so, if a little was good, I thought more would be better. Those first .ones had feathers that were given a full half turn. No question but that the flight was straight and steady, but at what a sacrifice in speed and distance.

Judging from later shooting both must have been cut about one-half.

I could almost count the revolutions.

Calculated on a basis of 3-inch feath­ ers, about the length used, and half a turn, the arrow was making two revolutions every foot .of flight, not reckoning any slip that might take place. The arrow finally adopt­ ed had feathers set almost straight,

footed with hickory, and matched for weight and balancing point.

One fall I spent a week on a farm near Shelbyville, Illinois. There was about 20 acres of big timber on the place and it was full of squirrels. The first morning I spied a nice straw stack to use for a back stop for tar­ get shooting and after a couple dozen shots decided to recover the arrows and try my luck on squirrels. I started digging. I dug and dug and dug, but no arrows came to view and finally, in disgust, I went hunting with the remaining arrows. A num­ ber of good shots before noon, but no squirrels.

That afternoon I caught one in a hickory tree and after four shots knocked him down, feeling as pioud as a peacock.

On the way back to the house I passed the stack to recover the lost arrows, for they would come in handy on the morrow. After digging to the point where the straw was soaking wet I began to find those arrows. To be more correct the remains of ar­ rows, for the feathers had become unglued, the horn inserts used for nocks were gone, and all that was left were some sticks with pieces of iron on the ends.

The remaining days saw three more squirrels bagged; but as I had only a few arrows left the rest of the time was rather tamely spent in shooting at clods and milkweed pods.

Periods of practice during the fol­ lowing two years prepared me for a hunting and camping trip spent on the Illinois river near Meredosia, during two weeks in September.

The camp was on a peninsula form­ ed by the river and a bay several miles long. Many pecan trees made

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it a good squirrel ground, while blue heron and other water birds were quite numerous on the ponds formed by high water. Ducks were coming down at that time and I had hoped to get some shots at them.

Of course the camp mates had nicknames: Runt, Skinny, Bush, Shep, and Indian. It would not be hard to guess mine.

Runt, Bush and I were one day fishing for crappie, when a blue heron alighted not far away. We were well hidden so the heron failed to see us in time to prevent Runt getting a shot with a .22 rifle.

The heron started to fly but fluttered to the ground. We found afterwards that the wing had been broken. All raced to the spot and, on nearing the bird were greatly surprised to see the heron scramble to its feet and come toward us full of fight. Runt club­ bed his rifle ready to break the neck but I managed to get an arrow to the string and at a distance of ten feet put it entirely through the bird.

At different times six squirrels fell to the bow. A good many more could have been shot but the other fellows shot their share with their guns so we had all necessary. Squir­ rels were easy to get for once caught in a pecan tree one could shoot until it was brought down but since the trees were only thirty or forty feet high, close shooting could be had and four of the squirrels shot with the bow were hit by the first arrow. A number of shots at squirrels in the large elms, where most of the dens were located, were taken more for practice than for game but they lay so close to the limbs or merely showed their heads, that the target was mighty hard to hit. Probably the best shot of all was at a squirrel in the top of a tall elm, a full one hundred and twenty yards away, the

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arrow passing within two feet of the mark.

Duck hunting was the most tempt­ ing goal. The water had risen 12 or 14 inches before we came and formed some marshes on the lower ground some distance up the bay, these places covering a distance of one-half mile by a couple hundred yards in from the shore line, making a good place to find ducks.

One evening the bunch began to get their things in order for a duck hunt on the morrow and when Indian pull­ ed out his old trusty bow and began polishing and picking the best arrows he got a good kidding. Such foolish­ ness! Thinking to shoot ducks with a bow and arrow. Runt suggested staying in camp and having dinner ready when they came back. That did not suit Indian at ail and after threatening to tie the utensils to a string and swing them from the limb of a tree for duck practice, they fin­ ally consented to my going.

The first shot fell to the bow, for, as we paddled along toward the grounds about 100 yards from the shore we saw a wood duck on a stump sticking out of the water near the bank. Thinking it impossible to get closer I was told to try my luck, and, considering the motion of the canoe because of waves, made a good shot, going a foot over the duck and throw­ ing up a little spray of water when it struck.

On arriving we abandoned the canoes, each going it alone, wading the shallow water. A number of good bow shots resulted in two ducks hit while feeding at 60 yards distance.

Several trips were made and I al­ ways got two or three ducks, not as many as each of the others brought down with guns, but as much satis­ faction. It was one of these trips that gave me the first duck on the wing, one of a flock of 15 or 20 pass­ ing at fifteen yards. The one in the

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lead was aimed at but in the hurry not enough allowance was made and the duck on the end of the string was the one to fall.

It has been a number of years sin"e I have shot with a bow, but reading Stewart Edward White’s article on hunting lion with bow and arrow has brought back the old urge and I have hopes of possessing and shoot­ ing a yew bow and again going afield.

BOWING ACROSS THE DESERT (Continued from page 12) gravel we came to a quick stop. Hur­ riedly stringing our bows, we has­ tened back up the road in time to take shots at Mr. Coyote as he crossed the road. He looked back at us with a bored air as he disappeared over a hill.

The good highway and wonderful scenery along the lower Crooked river soothed us back to a contented feeling over our trip. For a few miles the car didn’t seem to be working right but when I found the break was on and took that off she behaved beauti­ fully again and returned good for evil by running to a service station on her reputation as when I finally stopped to gas up I couldn’t even find a damp spot in the tank.

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ARCHERY SHOOT AT WALDPORT

The Sherwood Foresters of Corval­ lis, sponsored a shoot held at Wald­ port, Oregon, Saturday afternoon, August 25th.

The men shot the American round, the winners being, first, Homer Prouty, Portland; second, L. L. Dailey, Monmouth; third, B. G. Thompson, Corvallis. Ladies Colum­ bia round, first, Mrs. M. Frost, Al­ bany; second, Mrs. E. K>-Starr, Wald­ port; third, Mrs. L. L. Dailey, Mon­ mouth. Junior American round, first, Philip Dodds, Monmouth; second, Sterling Chamberlain, Corvallis; third, Carrol Rycraft, Corvallis.

Junior Metropolitan round, first, Jack Dailey, Monmouth; second, Erwin Greenwood, Corvallis; third, L. Wilson, Mon­ mouth. Men’s flight, first, L. L. Dai­ ley, Monmouth; second, Winfield Ken­ nedy, Albany; third B. G. Thompson, Corvallis. Ladies’ flight, first, Mrs. B G. Thompson, Corvallis; second, Mrs. L. L. Dailey, Monmouth; third, Mrs. M. Frost, Albany. Clout shoot, first, P. W. Lyndon, Waldport; sec­ ond, C. W. Frost, Albany; third, B. G. Thompson. There were just thirty who took part in the shoot, there be­ ing just as many women as men.

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We had a pleasant visit from a Mr. Squires of Shanghi, China. Mr. Squires became interested in archery while visiting in Boston and stopped off in Corvallis on his way home. He expects to do some hunting with the bow and arrow and has promised to give YE SYLVAN ARCHER readers an account of his hunting experiences.

We have an enquiry as to the dis­ tance for clout shooting . The clout is a forty-eight foot target, marked out on the ground, using the same relative sizes for the rings as on the regular target. The men shoot from a distance of 180 yards and the ladies 120 yards.

The Oregon State Normal School at Monmouth has introduced archery as a sport for ladies; and bow’s, arrows and targets are being secured for winter practice. Rev. L. L. Dailey is helping the physical education de­ partment in getting the sport estab­ lished.

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Rev. L. L. Dailey, formerly of Sno­ homish, Washington, is such an en­ thusiastic archer that his enthusiasm is contagious. Although he has been at Monmouth only a short time he has a large club organized and had four cars of shooters at the Waldport shoot

SCHOLAR—What handling- is pro­ per to the instruments ?

TOXOPHILUS—Standing, nock­ ing, drawing, holding and loosing, whereby cometh fair shooting.—Ascham.

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Adjustable nocking- tool, 31.50. ? and J Each size fits both nocks w points.

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By MAURICE THOMPSON EDITED BY DR. ROBERT P. El -MER We are pleased to announce the publication ‘A a new edlliiHl til II L WITCHERY OF ARCHERY” by Maurice Thompson, which Ivv* ; 1 I in - Dr. Elmer r~. i’s capable >1 way.

J boot )IK|||<|cS aCVVlol hbbl\\\^ edited stories that the Thompsons wrote for contemporary magazines lluil h>n v \\CV'V been issued previously in book form.

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According to Hansard’s Book of Archery, the last bowmen to carry the war-bow and barbed arrow into the battlefield were a company of ar­ chers who formed a part of the forces commanded by the gallant, but unfor­ tunate, Marquis of Montrose, during the contest between King Charles and his Scottish subjects, about the mid­ dle of the seventeenth century.

The Hawthorne Valley Archers’ Club had an open tournament sched­ uled for Sunday, August 26, 1928. The events were the York and American rounds for men, the Columbia rounds for ladies, and flight shoots, an arch­ ery golf contest and novelty shoot.

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Good Tackle I Every good archer knows there are two requirements for accuracy .Fyou form and good tackle. True flying arrows are of prime importance are looking for higher scores. ,,inrlv on The Mosher Company makes good tackle. It specializes pai t,cl1 ‘ • are arrows of exceedingly fine workmanship and accuracy. Mosher a> ‘.n||C] straight with a very stiff spine. They have fiber nock, standard 1 jne(1 pile and CUT feathers. The wood is thoroughly seasoned, straigni b and will not warp. , , ■ shaft.

Orders can be filled immediately on: Footed arrows, Norway I fiber beefwood footings $2.00 each; Self Norway Pino arrows $1.-5 ea Nock self Port. Orford Cedar arrows 75 cents each.

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Yew Billets $3.50 pr, seasoned 9 months. Yew Bows $10 up. Port Orford Cedar Dowels £

Mr. F. W. Epley of California won the flight arrow, the winners of the stave and hunting arrow will be printed next month. Have just made two trips to the Port Orford cedar country and find there is as much difference between arrow stock as there is in candy. I personally .

-__ cut a' ... lot of cedar, —, J « ft A. ... z~v zs z-1 ill z"V z“k testing each piece for spine, I found that stiffft and soft wood "nr will come from the same log. We colored the ends of the blocks and our select dow.... are __ all taken from the same block, insuring uniform spine. This d els method is extremely costly but the results we have obtained justify the ’> time taken.

We are experimenting with a perfectly tapered dowel in three :: " —able .............. sizes, for .......... bows from 22 to1 90 pounds * pull, and .......... have been to produce some splendid arrows’ both for hunting and target. Select tapered dowels, JI.00 the dozen, give pull of bow. Regular sticker run, either In the 5-16 or the 3-8, 35 cents the dozen.

Tapered self Port Orford cedar target arrows to mate your bow. state length wanted and weight of bow. set of eight 56.50.

Birch practice ar­ rows—unpainted, well feathered—3 for $1.

We have a few bargains this month.

A tested yew hunting bow, 5 feet 8 inches, rawhided, 55 pound pull, coarse yew, 510.00; with five hunting arrows, 515.00.

A beautiful, red yew, 55 pound hunting bow, rawhide back, aluminum nocks, tested for a year, a ]’ bargain. 520.00: full set of footed hunting arrows to mate. 530.00.

Auto bow. clear, red yew, backed, 4 1-2 feet, beautiful bow, 40 pounds, price ]i 510.00: with set of hunting arrows to mate, 515.00.

By using Port Orford cedar footed hunting arows with practical steel point you can turn your u target bow into a deadly hunting bow.

Footed hunting arrows, arrows. 51.50 ,[ each, give length and weight of bow.

6 only, footed Dougles fir arrows, o test set, 28 inches long, beautiful arrows, a bargain, 57.00: no more at any price.

2 oz. ball Oregon bow linen 45 cents; select turkey feathers 35 <> cents a dozen, 52.00 the pound.

Lemon wood hunting bow, backed, 6 ft. ;> long, tested 2 years, mated with 5, 3-8 inch, long feathered broad heads, a .[ bargain at 518.00. ’’ A priceless yew, full six feet long, 48 pounds at 28, a duplicate of a Barnes ,[ bow, seasoned four years, tested two, snappiest yew I ever shot, straightens i> out when unstrung, shoots a hundred yards with elevating but very little, will send to any responsible zXrcher for inspection, the equal of any bow i, regardless of name, make or price, price, 5100.00.

If you want a real tar- ;> get, bow write me about this wonderful bow.

Remember we can furnish | you anything to make bows or arrows with or build you any kind of a h bow, quality considered, at a price equal to any one. Samples sent to clubs for inspection.

Target points, 25 in a box, 55 cents.

Include! postage on all orders.HARRY D. HOBSON. Lyons. Oregon. |!

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Can You Feather An Arrow in One Minute • You can with the BULL’S EYE Feathering Clamp Automatically locates and holds each feather in exact position.

No Pins. No Strings, No Profanity are nec­ essary. Price Three Dollars each delivered.

Return clamp and get your money back if not satisfied. Made and sold by GEO.W.BLOD­ GETT. 887 E. Washing­ ton St.. Portland, Ore.

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Did you Get a Yew Stave Free?

We still have some good Yew Staves which we are offering for a renewal and six new subscribers.

One man who made a bow from one of these staves said it was the finest Yew Bow he had ever seen.

Our offer of a dozen Port Orford Cedar Dowels as a premium for a renewal and one new subscriber still holds.

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equal in in every respect to staves selling at much higher prices. equal Partially seasoned and green: No. 1, $5.00; No. 2, $3.50; No. 3, $2.50.

Billets one dollar less in each grade. No. 1 are free of knots, flat backed and have fine grain and color. No. 2 are practically free of knots l generally make clear bows. No. 3 have a few small knots or other slight imperfections but under skillful handling will make fine bows.

Prices F. O. B. Albany, Oregon

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