Arizona republican., 1920-12-26

Uncle Sam spends his money like drunken sailor. I am for the old boy, who is seldom comended and univer sally roasted. At the conclusion of a shooting tournament in Omaha, with Fred Gilbert. the veteran trapshot, as a running mate, we boarded a Union Pacific train headed for Rocky Noun tain national park. Shot guns had been abandoned being tabooed in all national parks. We were equipped with rods and a camera on our sight seeing junket.
 History making Julesburg was our first stop What a flood of frontier reeollections surround this little city. When the Unio-l Pacific was pushing across the continent, Julesburg was cosmopolitan storm center. Graders. tracNlayers. construction gangs, Indi- ans, trappers, cow -punchers and sour doughs,'' with a liberal allotment of scarlet demi- monde. representing the underworld of all nations. "They cut the bridle off above the bits" Every thing from pitch and toss to man. slaughter" was admissible in Bohemian Julesburg A job lot of human derelicts were assembled, whose life asset was their agility in pulling q gun instantly and accurately toying with the trigger. This accomplishment was their legal safeguard. Julesburgs frontier repu- tation has been lived down; it now poses as one of the prosperous towns of the west
 1 Arriving in Denver. we boarded an auto stage en route tos Estes Park, about 70 miles distant, traversing val- | leys, canyons. hills and mountains. The | town of Estes Park occupies a butter I bowl valley. Surrounding mountain tops are reached over steep. abrupt l ascents. either by eye or machine in any direction. We advised our old friend Art Holmes, bmnager of Rocky Park 1 Transportation company of our com 1 ing. He chartered us at Lewiston hotel a veritable sportsmans home. Rugs manufactured or woven by Navajo In dians covered the floors. An assort- ment of trophies killed or captured within the park, prior to days of uni versal and perpetual game protection, were in evidence. Pelts of bear, bob l cat, mountain lion and beaver, dec orated the lobby walls. Mounted head trophies of mountain sheep. deer, elk, moose and antelope gazed down at us from every vantage point-all pointed to with pride by our boniface, A. P. Lewis.
 Estes Park is not q government ward being located at the gateway of Rocky l Mountain National park. Colorado solons have passed laws conforming with national ediets for park and game protection. While enjoying the valleys. foothills and noun tains, Uncle Sam s playground for his children, the thought occurred-perhaps a more subtitle mo- tive was fundamentally involved which influenced Uncle Sam to keep his money in circulation for national park Improvements, incidentally fur ! nj r11a de h; fo. 1 fly of kids.
 National parks are scenic loadstones.
 They attract people from crowded ] sections of the United States where ] expansion is measurably impossible and opportunity for landed betterment lifn-
 tied. The vast opportunities presented
 in the boundless west are unlimited, a 1 fact discovered and exploited by Hor-
 ace Greedy decades since. Out national l parks arc only limited distance from 1 the most remote sections of the United States. Why not visit those regions of scenic wonders, localities which invite, al display and guarantee unlimited re- turns to the industrious, bounded only i by personal desires or ambition to ex- pand, extend and advance?
 Uncle sam prompted 'Ioadstone Parks" He constructed mediums which will entice from his congested districts, people who will later be scattered into vast productive areas of our great
 nation. People who will then become efficient, essential and useful, desert ing the ranks of non essentials Many of our economic problems will be
 solved by productive industry. tossing into obsolete discard fallacies of so- cialism and other "isms." Uncle Sam has wonderful opportunities, both for ] tourists, travellers and settlers.
 See America First. Become boost
 and producer. You are one of the owners, a stockholder in America's na-
 tional parks, paying your share for
 maintenance Your only possible divi- dend returned, will be over the per
 sonal diversion and rest routes. Save to America your proportion of that
 stupendous fund of $500, ,000 annu- ally expended in foreign travel. Visit and enjoy Loadstone national parks, II promoted by your government, which
 offer greater scenic inducement and
 are moro accessible than foreign
 climes. Uncle Sam will then have ac-
 eomplished his subtle purpose. You
 will have seen natures marvels seat
 tered in our own land. You have as-
 sisted in keeping at home and in i'm
 mediate circulation a travel fund
 guaranteeing prosperity and plenty.
 You have been q party, directly aiding
 and abetting universal prosperity, in-
 ternal happiness, at home
 Marshail's Answers to Ninrods
 c. In double shooting, which target
 is it best to shot first, right or left?
 I have a grea deal of trouble hitting
 my last target. +. D. S.. Phoenix, Ariz
 A. Your decision as to which target
 is best to shoot first must be made
 after you arrive on the grounds and
 size up conditions, wind angles, veloc-
 ity and your position at score II
 makes a considerable difference
 whether you are shooting from one or
 five position. The secret of double
 shooting is to get "snappy.' To be
 more explicit, the more rapidly you i negotiate with the first target, the less
 capers the second one will be cutting when you are ready to shoot. If you
 are sufficiently fast, you will catch both targets on the ascent, which eli inmates one angle of guess work. Fred Gilbert's motto is make sure of the first shot. connect with just as many With your second barrel as possible and feel devilish thankful when you break a double" The second bird is always the most difficult to break. I was shooting redhead ducks ir Minnesota between two lakes on what was called cross shooting. The birds