The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-07-28

OulUtltTS are pussy TepdTlh
itineraries and outfits.
Family parties and groups Of friends
are planning for long or short vaca.
tons, and realize that much of the de.
light in camping depends on proper
preparation.
Generally a camping outfit consists
of tents, tent poles, sheet-iron stove
and pipe, tables, chairs, bedding and
kitchen utensils. Most of this is car.
ried free by the railroads and all are
necessary If the camp life is to be a
success. 1t is of prime Importance that
the tent be substantial and good. Two
persons can get along with one tent.
but II there are more in the party II
women and one for the men, and a
general mess tent. In this last the
cooking and eating Is done and IT
serves as a general assembly room. A
good tent costs about $40 and should
be made of waterproof sail cloth and
have a window at the end. opposite
the door. Celluloid windows are made
which can be inserted after the tent
Is purchased. This allows good circu-
lation Of air through the tentroom.
A stove for a small party is large
enough with two holes and a three.
fointed pipe, but as a stove with four
holes costs only so cents or a dollar
more many persons buy the large one.
Some persons prefer to sleep on pine
boughs covered with green. IL a cot
Is taken 1t should be a spring cot of
the folding variety and with II should
be thick wooden comforters, pillows.
pillow cases, blankets, folding table,
folding chairs, camp stool and looking
glass. Every article should be marked
plainly with the owners name and ad-
dress. Tin plates, wooden plates, Japa-
nese paper napkins, paper tablecloths,
tea kettle, frying pan, water pail, cot.
fee and tea pots, knives of various
sizes, candles, candle sticks, ak,
Ratchet, hammer, nails, make a fair
list Of small utilities. or course,
spoons, forks and receptacles for salt
and pepper are indispensable.
1t Is well to take a bolt Of mos
quito netting. 1t forms a protection
for the door, window and to spread
over the cots. and II a small piece is
shirred In a circle can be used by men
and women to act as a veil and pro-
tect them from those bothersome I'm.
sects.
OF cours everyone who camps pic.
lures an ideal diet Of fresh fish, fresh
eggs, butter and milk-the first OBJ,
tained from nearby streams and the
last named from a handy and accom-.
modating farmer. Alas, too often dis.
Illusion follows. The fish will not al.
ways bite and the farmer is not al
ways handy or always amiable. For
this reason II is we'll to take a supply
Of emergency groceries as well as the
eatables that one must have for every
day living. Ham, bacon, salt pork and
Goldfish will help out on the days when
fish or fresh meat cannot be obtained.
II the women want a good time they
cannot wish to be cooking, so cookies,
ginger snaps, waters, nuts, raisins,
dates and figs will help for desserts
when fresh fruit cannot be procured,
and will obviate cake-baking. Plenty
Of butter, lard, breakfast food, oranges,
lemons, apples, potatoes, crackers,
vinegar, olive oil, catsup, mustard, ba-
king powder, soda. yeast cakes, rice
and the general contents of a larder
should be packed securely In a large
box, opened carefully and placed on
top of the box, for shelves are not as
a rule available In a tent.
The would-be camper should by all
means try to have a floor to the tent,
for In spite of the sentiment attached
to walking or Mother Earth, the fact
is that It is apt to DE damp, and one
can get enough contact with the earth
. outdoors. II a camp. f~re+#-baiit YER
night, not far from the tent door, mos.
quitoes are driven away and the cigars
of the men also help. Pyretheum pow.
der burned In a small lin will also
send those pests to more congenial
quarters. No n will enjoy camping
unless he goes prepared for 1t in dress.
Men find flannel shirts. a knotted
handkerchief around the neck. thick