Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-11
CARP IN THE HUMBOLDT.

nvLr III or Ter to Yet drink Of water.
There appears to have once lived
III Nevada fish commissioner who
outdid in pint Of FRAMEWORK that
famous mule. His name we cannot
j"st now recall, hut we trust that he
has inflicted his theory upon no other
limo cent people. for there are times
when patience ceases to be virtue.
and the poor deluded fellow might
somewhere come to grief.
In any event, some years ago this
gentleman of fish developed, some
where in the dark recesses Of his
ma Ssive intellect, the splendid idea
that breed of fish known as carp,
If planted i'll Nevada streams, would
prolong the longevity of the specified
trout's life by standing guard over its
destiny. and he straightway went him
forth a-carping, feeling full sure that
III order to forever perpetuate his
name and his genius. he had but to
raise shoal of carp and forthwith
plant them as protectors of their en-
emies, the trout, and progenitors of
his everlasting fame.
b His purpose was affected and today
as a result we are fast losing what
ever trout our mountain and valley
streams contain and are inevitably
doomed to succumb to carp, carp,
carp-hother the namei it is suffic-
lent without the game.
These carp are as tasteless as their
planter was brainless and as unpalat-
able rs could we'll be. They hide sc.
renely In the mud. the reeds and the
meShes on the river bottom and com.
placently wait for Il hook to be in
serted beneath their jaw hud
sudden jerk to 1aken them from
their catamose condition. except that
when the trout passes they immed
lately give chase. 1t is known fact
that Mrs. Carp and Mrs. Trout at
some time in the far past have had
falling out, either over personal
grievances or family affairs, for they
refuse to speak as they pass by and
their relations are in decidedly
strained condition. feud exists
between them, vocable and never
to be wiped out until one family or
the other has vacated, through death
or deSer ion, the watery domain to
which both lay claim, and those who
have ror many years past enjoyed the
delightful repasts which Mrs. Trout
has served and know that she and
her family are Of the finest stock the
world contains are wont TO exclaim
in tones Of anguish and despair, "Oh
where has that fish commissioner
Gone!"
The action Of that commissions. re-
minds US Of a report made upon spec
ial investigation in Fresno county
California.
A gentle man--how could he be
elsa school teacher by profession,
came to that country some % years
ago and divulged to certain wealthy
farmer the secret Of "Johnson Grass"
telling that beside it alfalfa could not
MAINTAIN respectable reputation as
70 1t and fIttener for cattle hogs and
other animals. The farmer gulled the
story. sent to New York and import
ed soc worth of the seed. which he
planted i'll a small corner of his farm.
ThaJ "Jobnson grass" grew short and
fat, then tall and slim, it covered that
farmers ranch, choked his grain to
death and made him n bankrupt; it
spread and spread until today it has
ruined S3,000,0J0 worth Of property
IN Fresno county, and the end is not
yet, Tor it is growing still. The au-
thorlties OF the county are looking
for that school teacher, but he las
disappear I'd as il swallowed IN and
doubtless they will some tlay find .h;s
whitened bones lying cheerless and
avDoaad in aOtna HolI 20 ar,