Adventure Magazine, April 10, 1924 — page 187: what you’re looking at

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Ask Adventure 52. Western U. S. Part 5 Idaho and Surrounding Country seh . T. Newman, care of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Anaconda, Mont. Camping, shooting, fishing, equipment, information on expeditions, history and inhabitants 53. Western U.S. Part6 Tex. and Okla. J. W. WHITEAKER, 1505 W. toth St., Austin, Tex. Min- erals, agriculture, travel, topography, climate, hunting, history, industries. 54. mse Western U.S. Partl The Dakotas, Neb., a., Kan. JoszpH MILuis HANSON (lately Capt. A. E. F.), care Adven- ture. Hunting, fishing, travel. Especially, early history of Missouri Valley. 55. Middle Western U.S. Part2 Mo. and Ark. JoHN B. THompson (‘Ozark Ripley’’), care of Adventure. Also the Missouri Valley up to Sioux City, Iowa. Wilder countries of the Ozarks, and swamps; hunting, fishing, trap- ping, farming* mining and range lands; big-timber sections. 56. Middle Western U. S. Part 3 Ind., Ul., Mich., Wis., Minn. and Lake Michigan OHN B. THOMPSON (‘‘Ozark Ripley’’), care of Adventure. ishing, clamming, hunting, trapping, lumbering, canoeing, camping, guides, outfits, motoring, agriculture, minerals, natural history, early history, legends. 57. Middle Western U.S. Part4 Mississippi River Gero. A. ZeRR, Vine and Hill Sts., Crafton P. O., Ingram, Pa. Routes, connections, itineraries; all phases of river steamer and power-boat travel; history and idiosyncrasies of the river and its tributaries. Questions regarding methods of working one’s way should be addressed to Mr. Spears. (See next section.) 58. Eastern U.S. Partl Miss., O., Tenn., Michigan and Hudson Valleys, Great Lakes, Adirondacks RAYMOND S. SPEARS, Inglewood, Calif. Automobile, motor-cycle, bicycle and pedestrian touring; shanty-boat- ing, river-tripping; outfit suggestions, including those for the transcontinental trails; game, fish and woodcraft; furs, fresh-water pearls, herbs. 59. Eastern U. S. Part 2 Motor-Boat and Canoe Cruising on Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and Tributary Rivers Howarp A. SHANNON, care Adventure. Motor-boat equip- ment and management. Oystering, crabbing, eeling, black bass, pike, sea-trout, croakers; general fishing in tidal waters. Trapping and trucking on Chesapeake Bay. Water fowl and upland gamein Maryland and Virginia. Early history of Delaware, Virginia and Maryland. 60. Eastern U.S. Part3 Marshes and Swamplands of the Atlantic Coast from Philadelphia to Jacksonville Howarp A. SHANNON, care Adventure. Okefinokee and Dismal, Okranoke and the Marshes of Glynn; Croatan Indians of the Carolinas. History, traditions, customs, hunting, modes of travel, snakes. 61. Eastern U.S. Part4 Southern Appalachians WittiaM R. Barsour, Room 423, Fisk Bldg., Broadway at 57th St., New York. Alleghanies, Blue Ridge, Smokies, Cumberland Plateau, Highland Rim. Topography, climate, timber, hunting and fishing, automobiling, national forests, general information. 62. Eastern U.S. Part5 Tenn., Ala. Miss., N. and S. C., Fla. and Ga, HAapspurG LIEBE, Box 432, Orlando, Fla. Except Tenn- essee River and Atlantic seaboard. Hunting, fishing, camp- ing; logging, lumbering, sawmilling, saws. : 63. Eastern U.S. Part6 Maine Dr. G. E. HATHORNE, 70 Main St., Bangor, Me. hunting, canoeing, guides, outfits, supplies. A.—Radio DonaLD McNICOL, 132 Union Road, Roselle Park, N. J, Telegraphy, telephony, history, broadcasting, apparatus, invention, receiver construction, portable sets, Fishing, B.—Minineg and Prospecting VICTOR SHAW, 2033 W. 25th Ave.. Denver, Colo. Ter- ritory anywhere on the continent of North America. Ques- tions on mines, mining law, mining, mining methods or practise; where and how to prospect, how to outfit; how to make the mine after it is located; how to work it and how to sell it; general geology necessary for miner or prospector, including the precious and base metals and economic min- erals such as pitchblende or uranium, gypsum, mica, cryo- lite, etc. Questions regarding investment or the merits of any particular company are excluded. C.—Old Songs That Men Have Sung A department for collecting hitherto unpublished speci- mens and for answering questions concerning all songs of the out-of-doors that have had sufficient virility to out- last their immediate day; chanteys, “forebitters,”’ ballads —songs of outdoor men—sailors, lumberjacks, soldiers, 185 cowboys, pioneers, rivermen, canal-men, men of the Great Lakes, voyageurs, railroad men, miners, hoboes, plantation eles etc.—R. W. GORDON, 1262 Baiclid Ave., Berkeley, alif. D.—Weapons, Past and Present Rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, ammunition and edged weapons. (Any questions on the arms adapted to a par- ticular locality should zot be sent to this department but to the “Ask Adventure”’ editor covering the district.) 1.—Ali Shotguns, including foreign and American makes; wing shooting. JoHN B. THOMPSON (“Ozark Rip- ley’’), care of Adventure. _4.—All Rifles, Pistols and Revolvers, including for- eign and American makes. DONEGAN WIGGINS, R. F. D. 3, Lock Box 75, Salem, Ore. 3.—Edged Weapons, and Firearms Prior to 1800. Swords, pikes, knives, battle-axes, etc., and all firearms of the flintlock, matchlock, wheel-lock and snaphaunce vari- eties. Lewis APPLETON BARKER, 40 University Road, Brookline, Mass. E.—Salt and Fresh Water Fishing _Joun B. THompeson (‘‘Ozark Ripiey’’), care of Adventure. Fishing-tackle and equipment; fly and bait casting and bait; camping-outfits; fishing-trips. F.—Tropical Forestry WILLIAM R. BargBour, Room 423, Fisk Bldg., Broadway at 57th St., New York. Tropical forests and forest pro- ducts; their economic possibilities; distribution, explora- tion, etc. G.— Aviation LiruT.-Co.. W. G. SCHAUFFLER, JR., 2040 Newark St., N. W., Washington, D.C. Airplanes; airships; aeronautical motors; airways and landing fields; contests; Aero Clubs; insurance; aeronautical laws; licenses; operating data; schools; foreign activities; publications. O questions an- swered regarding aeronautical stock-promotion companies. H.—Army Matters, United States and Foreign Frep. F. FLEISCHER, 464 Park Ave., West New York, N. J. United States: Military history, Military policy. National Defense Act of 1920, Regulations and matters in general for organized reserves. Army and uniform reg- ulations, infantry drill regulations, field service regulations. Tables of organization. Citizens’ military training camps. Foreign: Strength and distribution of foreign armies before the war. Uniforms. Strength of foreign armies up to date. History of armies of countries covered by Mr. Fleischer in general, ‘‘Ask Adventure”’ section. General: Tactical ques- tions on the late war. Detailed information on al! opera- tions during the late war from the viewpoint of the German high command. Questions regarding enlisted personnel and officers, except such as are published in Officers’ Direc- tory, can not be answered. I.—American Anthropology North of the Panama Canal ARTHUR WOODWARD, 217 W. 125th St., New York. Cus- toms, dress, architecture, pottery and decorative arts, weapons and implements, fetishism, social divisions. J._STANDING INFORMATION For Camp-Fire Stations write J. Cox, care Adventure. For general information on U.S. and its possessions, write Supt. of Public Documents, Wash, D. C., for catalog of all Government publications. For U. S., its posses- meee and most foreign countries, the Dept. of Com., ash, D.C, Yor the Philippines, Porto Rico, and customs receiver- ships in Santo Domingo and Haiti, the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Dept., Wash., D. C. For Alaska, the Alaska Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Central Bldg., Seattle, Wash. For Hawaii, Hawaii Promotion Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu, T. H. Also, Dept. of the Interior, Wash. D.C. For Cuba, Bureau of Information, Dept. of Agri., Com. and Labor, Havana, Cuba. The Pan-American Union for general information on Latin-American matters or for specific data. Address L. S. Rowe, Dir. Gen., Wash., D. C For R. C. M. P., Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Can. Only unmarried British subjects, age 18 to 40, above 5 ft. 8 in. and under 175 lbs. For Canal Zone, the Panama Canal Com., Wash., D. C. National Rifle Association of America, Brig. Gen. Fred H. Phillips, Jr., Sec’y, 1108 Woodward Bldg., Wash., D. C. United States Revolver Ass’n. W. A. MorRALL, Sec’y- Treas., Hotel Virginia, Columbus, O. National parks, how to get there and what to do when there. Address National Park Service, Washington, D. C. COnmiclbooks (C@