Adventure, December 1914 — page 224: what you’re looking at

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222 only at Mr. Lange’s discretion, this service being purely voluntary. For the Philippines and Porto Rico, the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Dep’t, Wash., D. C For Alaska, the Alaska Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Central Bldg., Seattle, Wash. For Hawaii and Alaska, Dep’t of the Interior, Wash., D. C. Adventure For Cuba, Bureau of Information, Dep't of Ag., Com., and Labor, Havana, Cuba. For Central and South America, John Barrett, Dir. Gen., Pan-American Union, Wash., D.C. 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 WANTED good NoTE.—We offer this corner of the Camp-Fire, free of charge, to our readers. Naturally we can not vouch for any of the letters, the writers thereof, or any of the claims set forth therein, beyond the fact that we receive and publish these letters in faith. We reserve the privilege of not publishing any letters or parts of a letter. Any inquiry for men sent to this magazine will be considered as intended for publi- cation, at our discretion, in this department, with all names and addresses given —MEN names. bility therefor. therein printed in full, unless such inquiry contains contrary instructions. latter case we reserve the right to substitute for real names any numbers or other We are ready to forward mail through this office, but assume no responsi- N.B.—Items asking for money rather than men will not be published. In the F ANY real men hit this streak, write me! I want 50 to take part in the best thing ever. Adventure jand rofit sure things in expedition starting January, 1915, for orneo way. Good shots and single men, no ties, cheap funerals being possible, and knowledge of mining.—Address HAROLD S. LOVETT, 28 Ermine Rd., Chester, England. PARTN ER to make a boat trip to the Barbados. Ob- ject, to explore a certain few of the smaller islands to the southward of Martinique and to have all the adventure there is in cruising around the Windward Islands. Amer- ican, 28 years old, good navigator, at present mate of three- masted schooner. Would like a man about 25 to 30 years old that would hold his own end up in any kind of an emergency.—Address L. R. LANE, 287 Hanover St., Boston, Mass. Inquiries for opportunities instead of men are NOT printed in this department. PARTIN ER, willing to go anywhere and used to roughing it. I prefer South America. Am 20 years old; 5 ft. 7% in. in height; weigh 135 lbs. stripped; am a good shot; hon- orably discharged from the Texas National Guard account of leaving State; served about a yearandaquarter. I want to get out of these good old Estados Unidos.—Address No. W 2409. WANT a partner. One who would like to live in the wilds of Arizona, hunting, trapping and prospecting for placer. I know where there’s gold and silver in paying masses. Have my own outfit. Partner must have some re- sources, the more the better.—Address Ray E. GARDNER (Arizona Bill), care WALLACE WILLIARD, Cottonwood, Ariz. wart young man to join me, who is a willing worker, never in a hurry to goanywhere, and don’t care where he is at any particular time. I own small good house-boat, and am at present on Lake Winnebago, Wis. I intend to go from here down Mississippi or around Great Lakes, and to take five or six years to do it in. Have a way to make a good honest living while doing it. Want partner to have sixty or seventy-five dollars to purchase engine for boat, which is 26 ft. by 8 ft. and seaworthy. Can not promise any big money, only a good living and an outdoor life.— Address No. W 250. [ nquiries for opportunities instead of men are NOT printed in this department. W ANT literary man, now writing for magazines, to col- laborate in writing stories of adventure. Being some- thing of a wanderer, I have good material for short stories of adventure, but can not put in salable form, not having the knack of writing. Want man to whom I can tell or write these stories and who can put them into shape and market them. He to take three-fifths and myself two-fifths of net returns. Have plenty of material.—Address No. W 248. I AM nineteen years of age; am public-school graduate, two years’ experience in an office and one year as ship- ping clerk. Out of work for about three months and am failing in health. The city air is too close for me and I would gladly get out of it. I haven’t any money and would like to have a partner to work our way till we get something satisfactory to do and then stick to it.—Address SAMUEL L. SIMON, General Delivery, New York. NoTtE—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 tende have separated them. For the benefit of the friend you seek, give your own name if possible. All Sees along this line, unless containing contrary instructions, will be considered as in 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 mate ters pertaining to this department. wn forward mail through this office, assuming no responsibility therefor. We will, however, Give also your own full address. i We have arranged with the Montreal Star to give additional publication in their ‘‘Missing Relatives Column,"’ weekly and daily editions, to any of our inquiries for persons last heard of in Canada. pAavl C. HAMMOND, 5 ft. 11 in. high, of slender build and weighs about 140 lbs.; has chestnut hair which lays in a big fluff on his forehead; blue eyes and fair complexion; thumb on right hand rigid from blood-poison- ing; perpendicular scar on right cheek (very faint), and hori- zontal scar on left cheek. This boy always wears cap set back on head, and when he left home was attired in blue serge suit, tan shirt, tan cap and tan shoes. Last heard from Nov. 21, 1913, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Was going from Cheyenne to Den- ver, and from Denver to Florence, Colo.—Address Mrs. T. C. Hammonp, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. W ILLIAM McARTHUR, my brother, was piper in 42nd Black Watch Highlanders. Last heard of working in Longlants Deep Mining Company, Johannesburg, South Af- rica, 1897. Had friend named Smith who kept a hotel in Port Elizabeth near Cape Town, S. A.—Address JOHN Mc- ARTHUR, 504 Chapala St., Santa Barbara, Cal. BoB HICKMAN, bunkie of mine in Cuba during 1906- 7-8-9, B Company, Hospital Corps. Had yellow jack and typhoid at Ciego De Avila from November, 1907, to April or May, 1908. Was game to the core and true-blue to his bunkie. Hear he was discharged at Plattsburg, N. Y., Summer of 1909. Five feet seven or eight; brown eyes and hair; 160 lbs.; ruddy complexion; scar on left hand from knife-cut; was called ‘‘Doctor’’ by the men in the company; good man with a gun. Would like to hear from him to get informa- tion about the young fellow who died in hospital at Caiba- rien.— Address BOLTON ST. CLairR, care General Delivery, Seattle, Wash. HUBERT E. SIPES, last heard of in Rome, Italy, head- ed for Mexico. Think he is taking part in disturbance there. 6 ft. tall; weighs 140 lbs.; age 18 years; black hair; gray eyes. Likely to be found around seaports.—Address BLANT SIPES, R. F. D. No. 11, Buechel, Ky. DOO) C@