Adventure Magazine Cover, October 30, 1924 — page 195: what you’re looking at

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Ask Adventure 53. Western U. S. Part 5 Idaho and Surrounding ountry R: T; Newman, Box 833, Anaconda, Mont. Camping, shooting, fishing, equipment, information on expeditions, history and inhabitants. 54. Western U.S. Part6 Tex. and Okla. J. W. WHITEAKER, 1505 W. roth St., Austin, Tex. Min- erals, agriculture, travel, topography, climate, hunting, history, industries. 55. Middle Western U.S. Part1 The Dakotas, Neb., Ia., Kan. JOSEPH MILts Hanson (lately Capt. A. E. F.), care Adven- ture. Hunting, fishing, travel. Especially, early history of Missouri Valley. 56. Middle Western U.S. Part2 Mo. and Ark. Joun 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. 57. Middle Western U. S. Part 3 Ind., IIl., Mich., Wis., Minn. and Lake Michigan OHN B. THOMPSON (‘‘Ozark Ripley’), care ot Adventure. ishing, clamming, hunting, trapping, lumbering, canoeing, camping, guides, outfits, motoring, agriculture, minerals, natural history, early history, legends. 58. Middle Western U.S. Part 4 Misstesipnl River Gro. 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.) 59. Eastern U.S. Partl Miss., O., Tenn., Michigan and Hudson Valleys, Great Lakes, Adirondacks RAYMOND 8S. 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. 60. 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. Orystering, crabbing, eeling, black bass, pike, sea-trout, croakers; general fishing in tidal waters. Trapping and trucki on Chesapeake Bay. Water fowl and upland game in Maryland and Virginia. Early history of Delaware, Virginia and Maryland. 61. 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. 62. Eastern U.S. Part4 Southern Appalachians WILLIAM R, BaRBouR, Room 423, Fisk Bldg., Broadway at 57th St., New York. Allgehanies, Blue Ridge, Smokies, Cumberland Plateau, Highland Rim. Topography, climate, timber, hunting and fishing, automobiling, national forests, general information. 63. Eastern U.S. Part5 Tenn., Ala. Miss., N. and S. C., Fla. and Ga. HApSBuRG LIEBE, Box 432, Orlando, Fla. Except Tenn- essee River and Atlantic seaboard. Hunting, fishing, camp- ing; logging, lumbering, sawmilling, saws. Eastern U.S. Part6 Maine Dr. G. E. HATHORNE, 70 Main St., Bangor, Me. hunting, canoeing, guides, outfits, supplies. Fishing, A.—Radio DONALD MCNICOL, 132 Union Road, Roselle Park, N. J, Telegraphy, telephony, history, broadcasting, apparatus, invention, receiver construction, portable sets. B.—Mining and Prospecting Victor SHAW, Ketchikan, Alaska. Territory anywhere on the continent of North America. Questions on mines, min- ing 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 geol- ogy necessary for miner or prospector, including the precious and base metals and economic minerals such as pitchblende or uranium, gypsum, mica, cryolite, etc. Ques- tions regarding investment or the merits of any partic- ular company are excluded. C.—Old Songs That Men Have Sung A department for collecting hitherto unpublished spect- 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 185 —songs of outdoor men—sailors, lumberjacks, soldiers, cowboys, pioneers, rivermen, canal-men, men of the Great Lakes, voyageurs, railroad men, miners, hoboes, plantation pene etc.—R. W. Gorpon, 1262 Euclid Ave., Berkeley, 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 not be sent to this department but to the ‘‘Ask Adventure”' editor covering the district.) : 1—All Shotguns, including foreign and American makes; wing shooting. JoHN B. THOMPSON (‘‘Ozark Rip- ley’’), care of Adventure. ; _2.—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. THoMpsoN (‘‘Ozark Ripley’’), care of Adventure. Fishing-tackle and equipment; fly and bait casting and bait; camping-outfits; fishing-trips. F.—Forestry in the United States ERNEST W. SHAw, South Carver, Mass. Big-game hunt- ing, guides and equipment; national forests of the Rocky ountain States. Questions on the policy of the Govern ment regarding game and wild-animal life in the forests. G.—Tropical Forestry WILLIAM R. BARBOouR, Room 423, Fisk Bldg., Broadway at 57th St., New York. Tepical forests and forest pro- ducts; their economic possibilities; distribution, explora- tion, etc. H.—Aviation LrEevuT.-CoL. 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. oO questions an- swered regarding aeronautical stock-promotion companies. I.—Army Matters, United States and Foreign FRED. F. FLEISCHER, care Adventure. United States: Mili- tary history, Military policy. National Defense Act of 1920. Regulations and matters in general for organized reserves. Army and uniform regulations, infantry drill regulations, field service regulations. Tables of organization. Citizens’ military training camps. Foreign: Strength and distribution of foreign armies beforethewar. Uniforms. Strength of for- eign armies up todate. History of armies of countries covered by Mr. Fleischer in general, ‘‘Ask Adventure’’ section. Gen- eral: Tactical questions on the late war. Detailed information on all operations 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’ Directory, can not be answered. J.—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. K.—First Aid on the Trail CLAUDE P. Forpyce, M. D., Falls City, Neb. Medical and surgical emergency care, wounds, injuries, common ill- nesses, diet, pure water, clothing, insect and snake-bite; industrial first aid and sanitation for mines, logging camps, ranches and exploring parties as well as for camping trips of all kinds. First-aid outfits. Meeting allt health hazards of the outdoor life, arctic, temperate and tropical zones. L.—Health-Building Outdoors CLAUDE P. Forpycz, M. D., Falls City, Neb. How to get well and how to keep well in the open air, where to go and how to travel. Tropical hygiene. General health- building, safe exercise, right food and habits, with as much adaptation as possible to particular cases. M.—STANDING INFORMATION For Camp-Fire Stations write J. Cox, care Adventure. For general information on U. S. and its possessions, 1DOO (© in