Adventure Magazine Cover, June 20, 1925 — page 203: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

A Free Question and Answer Service Bureau of Infor- mation on Outdoor Life and Activities Everywhere and | Upon the Various Commodities Required Therein. Con- | ducted for Adventure Magazine by Our Staff of Experts. expert in charge of the section in whose field it falls. So that service may be as prompt as possible, he will answer you by mail direct. But he will also send to us a copy of each question and answer, and from these we shall select those of most general interest and publish them each issue in this department, thus making it itself an exceedingly valuable standing source of practical information. Unless otherwise requested inquirer’s name and town are printed with question; street numbers not given. When you ask for general information on a given district or subject the expert may give you some valuable general pointers and refer you to books or to local or special sources of information. Our experts will in all cases answer to the best of their ability, using their own discretion in all matters per- taining to their sections, subject only to our general rules for “Ask Adventure,” but neither they nor the magazine assumes any responsibility beyond the moral one of trying to do the best that is possible. These experts have been chosen by us not only for their knowledge and experience but with an eye to their integrity and reliability. We have emphatically assured each of them that his advice or information is not to be affected in any way by whether a given commodity is or is not advertised in this magazine. OQ) escent in should be sent, not to this office, but direct to the. 1. Service free to anybody, provided self-addressed envelop and full postage, not attached, are enclosed. Correspondents writing to or from foreign countries will please enclose International Reply Coupons, purchasable at any post-office, and exchangeable for stamps of any country in the International Postal Union. Be sure that the issuing office stamps the coupon in the left-hand circle. 2. Send each question direct to the expert in charge of the particular section whose field covers it. He will reply by mail. Do NOT send questions to this magazine. 3. No reply will be made to requests for partners, for financial backing, or for chances to join expeditions. ‘‘Ask Adventure’’ covers business and work opportunities, but only if they are outdoor activities, and only in the way of general data and advice. It ig in no sense an employment bureau. 4. Make your questions definite and specific. State exactly your wants, qualifications and intentions. Explain your case sufficiently to guide the expert you question. 5. Send no question until you have read very carefully the exact ground covered by the particular expert in whose section it seems to belong. 27, 28. Turkey and Asia Minor 29—_34 . : , ; - Europe. In Six Parts Please Note: To avoid using so much needed 35—37. South America. In Three Parts space each issue for standing matter and to gain 38. Central Amecica. more space for the actual meat of “Ask Ad-. 39-41; Mexico. In Three Parts venture” the full statement of its various sec- 42—50. Canada. In Nine Parts fons and of pest eae will be eaven L ont in 51. Alaska alternate issues. n other issues Only the Dare . names of the sections will be given, inquirers to a; rena ane Greeniand -_ get exact fields covered and names and addresses 59—63. Mi ddle Wes te mn U.S. In Five Parts from full statement in alternate issues. Do not 64—73. Eastern U.S. In Ten Parts write to the magazine, but to the editors of the . Radio = sections at their home addresses. B. Mining and Prospecting C. Old Songs That Men Have Sung D i—3. Weapons, Past and Present. In Three Parts i—3. The Sea. In Three Parts E. Salt and Fresh Water Fishing’ 4—. Islands and Coasts. In Three Parts F,G. Forestry in the U. S. and Tropical Forestry 7,8. New Zealand and the South Sea Isiands. In H—J. Aviation, Army and Navy Matters Two Parts K. American Anthropology North of Panama 9, Australia and Tasmania _Canal 19. Malaysia, Sumatra and Java L. First Aid on the Trail . il, New Guinea M. Health-Building Outdoors 12, 13. Philippine and Hawaiian Islands N. Railroading in the U. S., Mexico and.Canada 13—18. Asia. In Five Parts ; O,P. Herpetology and Entomology 19—26. Africa. In Eight Parts ~ Standing Information COMIGDIOOKSEEO