The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05

griddle. a small covered iron pot
for baking beans, an agate sauce
pan, a good sized tin dishpan. a couple
of paper pals or water buckets. two
or three sharp knives, a long handled
fork. u dipper and a pancake turner.
Other articles, such as lemon
squeezer, camp boiler, various bowls
and basins, add to the comfort, but
can be dispensed with. There must
also be several cakes of soap for dish
washing. dish towels, that will wash
easily, matches, and colored napkins.
The table depends upon environment.
A boulder. one of the cots. or the
ground will do-though II the men can
fashion with axe and nails out of vir-
gin forest 1t will add much to the
comfort of the party. A square of
white enameled cloth will answer for
a tablecloth. In selecting the site for
! camp the first consideration must be
nearness Of wood and water. If
one has to pack those necessi-
ties any distance pleasure becomes
pain-and the holiday Is spoiled for
the luckless hewer of wood and draw
er Of water.
The camp fire is the first thing at
tended to.
II you drive to your camp. as Is the
custom In California and Arizona, you
can carry along a regular sheet iron
camp stove with four or six covers
and a good baking oven. You may,
with regular western ingenuity, turn a
five-gallon kerosene can into the
incest kind of little stove by cut
ing out the top for a door. turning the
can on one side and making a circu-
lar opening for the kettle or frying
pan. and putting slit In the end op-
posite the door for q draft. When
make a camp fire with the ma
terials at hand. Arrange two
large green logs side by side but
slightly further apart at one end than
the other. Put a rock across the
smaller opening for a damper to in
crease or retard combustion. as de-
sired; then arrange your cooking uten-
sils along the opening according to
size. BY inverting one pan upon an
other an oven may be devised. though
in the west every old camper carries
his Dutch oven" along with him.
In rocky localities fire may be built
In making a perfect table for keeping
dishes and food warm. The camp fire
should be built at least an hour before
meal time in order to have good
bed of Goals.
The supply Of food materials to be
laid in must depend upon the size of
the party, the facilities for carrying
supplies and the prospect of ekeing
them out by game. fish, berries or a
descent upon some convenient ranch
house or country store.
The usual necessities in camping are
salt. pepper, sugar, flour in sack. oat.
meal. cornmeal, rice and lard, crack
ers, beans. tea. cocoa, condensed milk,
evaporated cream, butter. pickles,
dried fruit. potatoes. molasses, pork
and always, always. always, an abund-
ance Of bacon (preferably the boneless)
and coffee.
You may add to these items as many
luXuries as your taste demands and
your baggage has room for. Lemons
will keep In a cool, dry place for two
or three weeks and add much to the
taste of soup and fish. Fruit syrups,
combined with good, cold spring wa
ter, make pleasant and healthful
drinks. a few cans of extract OF
beef. some packages of the Klondyke
soups, which come in squares and are
put up in packages like yeast cakes.
few bakings of molasses and sugar
cookies put up in waterproof bags, an
assortment OF canned vegetables and
timed meats and fish will also prove
acceptable on days when fish decline