Adventure Magazine, March 1916 — page 225: what you’re looking at

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> hi body was found beside a wrecked motor-car with three saber wounds. I can not tell if this man lived or not, as shortly after I was myself wounded. The card slipped from the body as it was being carried to the dressing-station. I picked it up at the time, but lost track of it until today and discovered it in some papers and am notifying you as per card. Any more information I can give will be gladly given if wanted.—W. C. Dore, Kenora, Canada. INFORMATION DIRECTORY IMPORTANT: Only items like those below can be printed—standing sources of information. No room on this page to ask or answer specific questions. Recommend no source of information you are not sure of. False infor- mation may cause serious loss, even loss of life. Adventure does its best to make this directory reliable, but assumes no responsibility therefor. For data on the Amazon country write Algot Lange, care U. S. Consul, Para, Brazil. ee oo only if stamped, ad- dressed envelope is enclosed and only at Mr. Lange’s dis- cretion, this service being purely voluntary. (Five cents postage in this case.) For the Banks fisheries, Frederick William Wallace, edi- tor Canadian Fisherman, 35 St. Alexander St., Montreal. Same conditions as above. For the Philippines and Porto Rico, the Bureau of Insu- lar Affairs, War Dep ts Wash., D. C. For Alaska, the Alaska Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Central Bidg., Seattle, Wash. For Hawaii and Alaska, Dep’t of the Interior, Wash., eo For Cuba, Bureau of Information, Dep’t of Agri., Com.; and Labor, Havana, Cuba. : For Central and South America, John Barrett, Dir. Gen.; Pan-American Union, oo Le oy For R..N. W. M. P., Comptroller Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Ottawa, Can., or Commissioner, R. N. W. a « 223 M. P., Regina, Sask. Only unmarried British subjects, age 22 to 30, above 5 ft. 8 in. and under 175 lbs., accepted. For Canal Zone, the Panama Canal, Wash., D. C, For U. &S., its possessions and most foreign countries, the Dep’t of Com., Wash., D. C. : For Adventurers’ Club, get data from this magazine. For The American Legion, The Secretary, The American Legion, 1o Bridge St., New York. Mail Address and Forwarding.—This office, assuming no responsibility, will be glad to act as a forwarding address for {ts readers or to hold mail till called for, provided necessary postage is supplied. For cabin-boat and small boat travel on the Mississippi and its tributaries, ‘‘The Cabin-Boat Primer,” by Ray- mond S. Spears; A. R. Harding, Publisher, Columbus, O.,. $1.00. National School Camp Ass’n; address its Sec’y, x Broad- way, New York. ed-Headed Regiment, address this magazine. NE of the hoards discussed in our series of articles which came to an end in last month’s issue, on lost and buried treasures was that on Oak Island, Nova Scotia. Since then I’ve had an interesting letter from Mr. F. L. Blair, of Calgary, Alberta, which points out mistakes in our account. Mr. Blair sent me also a copy of an extensive and comprehensive article of his on this subject which appeared in the Amherst (Nova Scotia) Daily News of Feb- ruary 28, 1912, and which makes extremely interesting reading. ARTHUR SULLIVANT HoFFMAN Note.—We offer this department of the ‘‘Camp-Fire”’ free of charge to those of our read- ers who wish to get in touch again with old friends or acquaintances from whom the years LOST tend have separated them. For the benefit of the friend you seek, give your own name if possible. All pnguaties along this line, unless containing contrary instructions, will be considered as in- i for publication in full with inquirer’s name, in this department, at our discretion. We reserve the right, in case inquirer refuses his name, to substitute any numbers or other TRAILS names, to reject any item that seems to us unsuitable, and to use our discretion in all mat- ters pertaining to this department. Give also your own full address. We will, however, forward mail through this office, assuming no responsibility therefor. We ha ve arranged with the Montreal Siar to give additional publication in their ‘Missing Relative Column," weekly and daily editions, to any of our inquiries for persons last heard of in Canada. COMRADES belonging to B Co., 7th Inf. from Jan. 15, 1897, to Oct. 27, 1898, please write to George H. Bruckner, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Bath, New York, as it is necessary for me to secure data for a pension claim. E BRENIL, ARMAND, sailor. Last heard from Sidney, Australia, torr. Your mother is dead in France, and there is an estate for you. Write your niece, AZELINE DE HERTOGHE HERRON, Stratford, Cal. F,THRIDGE, MRS. CELIA, my wife. Last heard of at 115 Pennsylvania Ave., E. St. Louis, Ill., 1007. Her parents, John E. and Tina Martin. Heard she married again. Should like to locate my only child, Margaret, to yrs., if living—MoNroE ETHRIDGE, Box 169, Brown- wood, Texas. ICKENS, OSMER, son, of Independence, Mo. Last heard from New York City, July, 1913. Spoke of going to Charleston, S. C. 19 yrs., 158 lbs., black hair, bluish-gray eyes.—Address Mrs. S. E. PicKENns, 309 S. Grand Ave., Independence, Mo. cee AMES BELTON, or his children,. for- merly of Huntington, Ind. Last heard of Fairbury and Onarga, Ill. From there went to St. Louis, Mo., 1868. —Address H. F. JOHNSON, 24 Barker St., Buffalo, N. Y. BROWN, MARION M., of Portland, Me. Last heard 4 of 1890, shipping as engineer on one of the lines sail- ing from New York to Rio de Janeiro. Address your old friend, R. A., of 3110 Tenth Ave., N. Y. C., care Adventure. cKAY, RAYMOND, Scotch. Lived Portland, Ore., until tort, then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Rumored he attends St. Edward's College.—Address G. H. LOWTHIAN, Troop H, tath Cav., Ft. D. A. Russell, Wyo. LOUGH, MR. AND 'MRS. FRANK. Last heard of British Honduras, 1910. May have left there for Arizona or Californiaa—Address Mrs. Marjorie Mac- GREGOR Netty, Box 1o1, Aylesford, N. S. LONG, JOHN WESLEY,’ native of Canada. Lived in Chicago; married Miss Carrie Child, and left there 1896. Last heard of in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. His daughter inquires for him.—Address Mrs. W. O. RENCHER, Madison, Florida. AVERY, J. F., formerly of Ramseur, N. C., 5 ft. 7 in.; 165 lbs., 55 yrs., scar on right side of head. Sup- pci in neighborhood of Danielson, Conn.—Address . W. Haweins, J. B., U. S.S. New Hampshire, Norfolk, Va, CAIN, G. W. Your letter addressed care your mother, Louisville, Ky., returned unopened, with post-office mark ‘‘Left City.”” Flease write, care 18x Carrier Strect, Grand Rapids, Mich. Inquiries will be printed three times. In the January and July issues all unfound back names will be printed again. HOFFMAN, FRANK L., last heard of ‘Eau Claire, Wisc., 1900, in the lumber business. Home Lancas- ae Ohio.—Address CHaRLES D, HoFrMan, Lancaster, O. TARNES, "EDWIN G., brother, last heard from in Bay City, Mich. 18 yrs., auburn _hair—Address 3 B. SraRNgES, U. S. Naval Recruiting Sta., Galveston, exas. =GOMIGDOOKS (E@)