Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-07-28

a very enjoyable meal Mr. Rice had the honor
of showing Indian how to make tea kettle
of birch bark and of proving to the ncreduIous
savage that the water could be boiled in a vessel
made of such infammable material We toasted
the bread, which hard stones, to give
it a flavor, as well as to make it easier to bite
and masticate. We caught some trout and
roasted them black The burnt surface acted as
a condiment to the meat We drank the tea straight
and enjoyed 1t.
But 1t is not often necessary to reduce ones
commissary to such primitive basis When you
have selected your camp outfit and personal bag
gage have bags made for every article, bags
with quicker" draw string. Make the bags
of different material and different colors You
will soon learn by observing the color of the bag
whether 1t contains fishing reel, tobacco
toilet articles. Use oil silk for your toothbrush
bag, buckskin chamois skin for your ditty
bag in which you pack your nick-nacks thread.
needles and personal treasures, when you do
not wish to carry them on your person. such
things as your sleeve buttons. collar buttons
watch compass etc. Use canton flannel for your
fish reels, chintz calico for your comb, brush.
fyhooks and other small articles. The big bags
for your blankets, extra clothing provisions etc..
should be made Of waterproof canvas Pack all
your dufle first in its individual bags and then
put the small bags into the big ones. These large
bags be purchased at seventy-five cents to
dollar and a half apiece, with dollar extra for
a lock (if you want onel The bags have double
tops and edges strongly bound with linen braid
and they vary in size from feet 3 inches to
feet Is inches In regard to lock your duffie
bags it is interesting to know that | have trav-
eled across the continent number of times with
all my baggage packed in such bags have Wis.
tied the Maine woods l have camped in the
Rockies, in the Selkirk mountains and from
Maine to Washington state; never were the
Fuckers unloosened or tampere1 with by
strangers. The bags to have been respect
ed even by the custom house officers. But! When
l visited a small hamlet in Connecticut and left
my baggage in the railroad station unguarded for
Is minutes every bag was opened and the con-
tents examined. will say for the honesty OF
the Connecticut Yankee that it was apparently
only curiosity which impelled him TO invade the
privacy of the contents of these bags This in
cident shows that these canvas bags should be
watched In some places, but, nevertheless, they
are as safe ordinarily q trunk. Besides the
baggage men are grateful to you for giving them
luggage which is easily handled and so easily
slowed away. Today the campers outfit is a mar
vel OF economy beth in regard to weight and
space which il occupies You obtain from
any reputable outftter cooking utensils which
nest t. e. which fit into each other snugly that
they can all be packed in the largest utensil
They are made of aluminium of the lightesi
weight possible: the cooking utensils have
single detachable handle which answers for al
of them Plates cups and saucers are of the
highest weight possible. My whole outfit which
have used for nine people on prolonged camp
ing trip, all fits inside OF the largest aluminium
pail Cheaper outfits OF the same sort can be
obtained IN tin. In regard to the clothing which
YOU are to wear that necessarily depends VERY
much upon the latituds OF your proposed camp
ing trip and whether 1t viii be In the dense for
ests prairies tie hot desert. the sandy ocear
beach. But there are some general rules which