St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-13

1AO AuOli u tuuO 1dIs Oblll. IAOlO 10 hO
telling what will happen before the
summer is over. A great many people
think the Milwaukee road controls the
hotel, but it doesn't. 1t is ostensibly
owned by syndicate of st. Paul peo-
pie, of which R. B. Galusha is at the
head. but the Hon. Charles Gibson
holds mortgage of 100000 upon the
property.
Mr.. Gibson is one of the best known
and wealthiest gentlemen who summer
at the lake. He lives in st. Louis and
is lawyer by profession. During the
war he was solicitor general. He is one
of those men who have OStensibly retired
from business. yet who have great deal
of it upon hand. He has lived at the
lake every summer since 1875, when
he purchased vast deal of property in
the vicinity of Hotel ST. Louis. He has
beautiful home about half mile north
of the hotel. On the highest eminence at
the lake, and there he lives with his
children and grandchildren. This sea-
son. however, he is living al the hotel.
and all because his housekeeper
sprained her arm, and Mrs. Gibson is
not at all strong. Few people are as
familiar with the topography of the
country IN the vicinity of Minneapolis
as Mr.. Gibson. He first came here in
1854 and he has been there every season
since. From the first year until game
was no longer abundant he used to hunt
bear, and he has tramped over every
foot of the way between the lake and
the Twin Cities. He first saw Mime
tonka in 1854. He was with Judge
Meeker, George Gamble and E. B.
Rp0pll on a hUnfinO trim
"When came to Minneapolis in those
days." remarked Mr.. Gibson day with
his merry smile, 1--WE used to stop at
cabin at the head of NIcollet island.
The great topic of conversation was
whether wheat could be raised as far
north as Minneapolis. The general
opinion was that it could not. Iremem-
Der once that man said he saw pota-
toes growing about forty miles north of
there and we all thought he was lying"
-
The fishing at Minnetonka is remark
ably good this year. Not for five sea-
sons have they been biting so freely
and have so many fine strings been cap
Lured. That prize of lake fish, the black
bass, is unusually numerous, and there
have been any number of big catches.
One of the great fishermen at the
lake is Judge Shiras, OF the
United States circuit. He comes every
season to Hotel Lafaye and has severe
official face has become most familiar.
His great recreation is fishing. Almost
every morning he tumbleS out of bed at
o'clock, and is on his way to his fish
ing haunts on the North arm before the
sun is up. His catches are phenomenal.
When any one tells fish story at the
Lafayette and he says the catch was
made by Judge Shiras. he is implicitly
believed.
The rowing regatta. which will take
place at the lake about Aug. l, will be
the most important one that has ever
taken place in the Northwest. 1t will
be held under the auspices of the Lur-
lines. There will be crews from the
Winnipeg and Duluth, from the Mime
sofa and st. Paul clubs in St. Paul. and
the Lurlines, all of whom are
in the association. and the ia
nous Farragut four, of Chicago, will
also take part. The Sylvans will be
represented as well. 1t will be a great
week for boating men. The actual
members of the MinnetOnka Yacht club
will be rendered banquet by Manager
Waite at Hotel st. Louis the latter part
VI llG ilOuIu. 1uGIO Will NC d I0S dUUtL.
followed by the banquet, and in the
evening the club will give hop. AT HO-
tel Lafayette the choir BOYS of St. Paul
will be entertained the first even
ing in August. There are about fifty
of them. They will give nightly con-
certs from barge anchored on the lake
in front of the pavilion. 1t is not GER
tain whether the tournament of the
Western Lawn Tennis association will
take place at the lake this season or
not, but efforts are being made to Sc
cure it. There is good deal of in
terest in tennis all over the lake this
season. Manager Waite has constructed
three splendid new dirt courts at Hotel
st. Louis, aud those at Hotel Lafayette
have been placed in fine condition.
There is some talk of tournament be-
tween those staying at the lake, to take
place about the middle of August. One
of the unusual events to take place this
season is a convention of the amateur
photographers of the state. at Hotel st.
Louis next month. About 200 are eX-
pected to be present.