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| game-roll not to be duplicated els s.where
within the geographical boundaries of the
United States. Within a radius OF. a hun
dred miles from this pest are the homes of
| more wild teasts. birds and fishes than
any one not acquainted with the facts
would believe were III existence. Grizzly,
cinnamon and black bear, mountain lion,
wild cat and coyote are to be found by
those who want to find them elk and deer
abound exceedingly; mountain sheep hide
mere and there; duck, grouse, quail and
geese are plentiful in their respective sea-
sons. while in the streams that rush foam
| ingly from their mountain sources are
countless millions of trout, white fish, gray
ling. club and suckers. But it must not
be supposed that all of these are on eXhi-
bition at this time. Deer and coyotes and
prairie dogs are most in evidence now that
the Stow Is on the ground. but within
rev weeks the alkali will be exposed and
the DGnch grass will get an upward move
upon itself and then the hills and valleys
Will be thckly populated with first-class
ie'i Win WHICH 10 SATISFY the longing
OF tne sportsman. AT this moment the
streams are icebound-tnirty inches of a
cover wherever the water is deep enough
but it is nevertheless uossihIe to cotcb
| fish.
truly scientific fisherman would he hor-
rihea at procedure which involves the
cutting of big holes in the ice and the set
s, .nns OF WIRE W.T.: lines; such person sees
marked distinction between Fishing and
catcnlng fish" When the ice has de-
parted @ IT Is then possible to fish and catch
h hsh at the same time, but when folks are
htHgry for trout in winter time they have
to disregard the fisherman's conscientious
scrupies in order that their unreasonable
aPpetltes may be satisfied. In the spriuy-
time and throughout summer and autumn
tLere Is no Limit to the fishing opportuni-
Ties or the weight of days catch AS a
rule, the fish are not large but that condi-
tlon Is not entirely demerit when the
!aei IS borne in mind that half a dozen
tweiFe-ounce trout are to be caught here
II less time than a lucky expert would ex-
pend IN the capture of one of a pound and
a half elsewhere.
Truth is Mighty.
10 print tithe of the fish stories that
are current at Du Chesnc would strain the
believing faculties even of those artists of
the rod and reel who. when they pick IN
newly issued Star. look first at the weather
probabilities and the reported condition of
the water at Great Falls. Enthusiasts who
hghts OF fishy conversation are respectfully
referred to DIR. II. ID. Snyder who is a,
once post surgeon and post fisherman
dlshIy successful as medical practitioner
DE- snyder has somehow or other found
time to build up a fsherman's reputation
the like of which is not to be found in all
tah In one respect the doctor is uni,tue
Others may construct and make wholesale
denvery or those wonderful stories which
only experienced fishermen can evolve but
no accusation of even semi-excusabIe fic-
ton has ever been fired at the doctor In
some respects the doctor is almost too pre-
ciSe to be human. Lieut.. Lewis koehIer
happened to say one day that the doctor
mad caught trout which weighed two
pounds three ounces. The doctor heard the
statement and at once corrected it by saw
ing: Some one else must have caught that
one; my biggest only weighed one pound
nine ounces" Who will deny the doctors
title to beautifully decorated and tunefuI
harp, as we'll abnormally large and
conspicuously brilliant halo? During the
season of 1895 the doctor filled baskets with
out number from the Uintah, the Du
Chesne. the Strawberry and Lake Fork,
yet association with countless thousands of
fin-wearers has not worked deterioration of
character. An Interesting question for
country debating societies to daily with
would be Under similar circumstances
would George Washington have dore as
Well?'
What Was Done to the Doctor.
Yet this phenomenally-veracio officer
efficient, and good fellow in the broadest
and best sense-is the victim of a horrible
outrage. Throughout the winter the doctor
has been engaged in conscientious prepara-
tion for the coming of that glad day when
the last chunk of ice would float away and
permit . true disciple of Izak Walton to
commence operations. Hooks have been
carefully assorted, flies constructed, fly
books filled. lines examined, rods revarnfsh-
ed, reels cleaned and oiled. All things were
ready, and the ice was cracking when there
arrived at Du Chesne one of those arbi-
trary orders so frequently issued by the
War Department.: an order sending the doc
tor to duty at Fort Ethan Allen, away off
in Vermont. In the lives of all army Off
GERS are some days almost dark as that
one appeared to the doctor: none could pos
sibly be darker. Just think of it; to be all
ready for spring fishing in the greatest fish
territory of all the west and then to be sent
to Vermont! Everybody synpathized with
the doctor, but words were TOO cold and too
meaningless for such situation The tyr
amy of the War Department is something
awful; 1t has metaphorical shawl-strap on
every officer and enlisted man in the army
and it picks them up and slings them
around as 1t pleases, unless they happen to
have lot OF good, solid political inf lcnce.
Out In the Hills Once More.
There is just as much game in the Du
Chesne region while the snow Is on the
ground as at any other time, but it Is then
much more difficult to get at than in the
| milder seasons. We did not. fully realize
how true that was until We gave the snoy
chance to get In our way. From Du Chesne
to Indian Capon the conditions were not
especially obstructive, but up in the canon
the geological disarrangement and several
tons of frozen moisture interfered consider
ably with any other than upward move
ment, and as we had no balloon that avenue.
too, was closed. Camp was therefore es-
tablished in draw that ran into the canon,
and from that point-where Chef johnson
always kept rich. stores of edibles-we
sfrayed out into and onto the everlasting
hills. Captain Day and Lieutenant Cav
enaugh were intent, of course on familiar
izing themselves with the Typographical as
pects-they were on detached seryice-but
Johnny McAndrews and the remainder of
the party sought the game which was said
to be in the vicinity. 1t would be mere no.
likeness of the most ordinary sort to saw
| 'Mr. McAndrews," but, inasmuch as the
gentleman in question Is known through
out Colorado and Utah as Johnny Mean
drews," 1t would be just easy and quite
| as fitting to refer to "Mr. Nmrod" or '.NIr.
Jehu'' as it would be to attach a handle to
the McAndrews appellatien. Resolute, fear
less, prolific of resources, first-class rider.
a clever marksman, a mule-driver second
to none, and an all-around jolly, good fell
low, Johnny McAndrews was one of the
most desirable fellows on earth for such an
expedition as the one we were on