The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14

Look alive boys. Three cheers for
the 500 line officials"
Inc shout that went up in resnonse
from eighteen tired and dust-covered
nut happy and smiling men startled
every one within radius Of two books
OF the depot in MINNEAPOLIS.
Inc 500 train had Just pulled into
.he depGt with special car attach I'd
IN winch were the eighteen mon and
the 500 line officials and the former had
zen the guests of the latter since Sat-
ufday evening en- the third annual fish
a'is GAcurs.o on to Glenwood, Mimi.
even ny une ofhcials TO the newspap ar
1 zen ana friends of the Twin Cities
Inc cheers were given as an evidence
mat the efforts of the officials to en-
lertaln their guests had been success-
full H success
The fish ,ng party was made I'D Of
osnn naogers Jr.. W: J. Rouleau, j. R.
ss5ha arD + j. nv M: Diekkey, George H.
4 Koen. w. L. Williams and E. T.
0gllvle, of St. Paul; w. w. Wilson. a.
u Fenwick, c.. F. Keyes. W w
leonard, Fred H. Gilman and I. "
nanials, Ct Minnes pol S; DIR. B. A. Phil.
lips, OF Merriam Park, and A. H. Hill.
OF boston. The 500 officials that looked
! aIter the welfare OF the newspaper men
tnd their friends were w. S, Thorn
ss.stant general passenger agent. and
harry E. huntington city ticket agent
OF this city, and w B. Chandler. civ
flcket agent of Minneapolis.
me only regret expressed during the
Wioie trip was that us.nsss interfsrrsd
WITH the plans of w. r. Galloway. gen
eral passenger agent Of the 500 and
ne was not able to be one Of the pa1.fv
as IN former years.
me trip was most delightful one
The st. Paul men were escorted to
NJ minneapolis by Mr. Huncington and
tEere JSlA ed forces wit the NJ nnaapolis
contingent and the whole party boarded
enc OF the fine 500 line tourist cars tn at
had been reserved for their use. The
start was made at 6 O'Clock and from
that t n e u: til II, h.n the train 1eac l.
&c GienWood, the time was pleasantly
passed with cards, cigars ard refresh
! ments. On arriving at Glenwood the
speclal car was sid5tracked and eve.y
one turned in for good sleep to, he
ready for the 4:30 o'clock call when the
start was to he mada for the fl hine
| grounds on Lake Minnewaska. one Of
the prettlest little bodies of water in
Minnesota ard one thai teens with
gan hsh Ct every descript on.
AT 4:3O the call to "get up" rang
| through the car and a few moments
later the whole crowd was on the plat
form shaking hands with Frank Welt
Yer. the local agent of the 500. and
Uncle Joe" Emery, the proprietor of
the Sam Parker house. who assisted in
entertaining during the day After a
good breakfast at the Parker house. the
start was made, and an hour later
every one was fishing away for dear
LIE And how the fnny tribe did bite
AT times it seemed that the fish were
in the water merely waiting for the bait
tc be dr2ppad over the side of the boat
There were black bass, pike, cropp es.
p.ckelel and perch. So good was the
sport that the men kept at it until To- g
after the sun had disappeared over the
horizon, with only short stop at noon
fer lunch, and the sum total of the
days catch was 446 FISH, 2S0 pike and
80 bass, and all beau:i-s. and the rest
made up of perch, pickerel and crop
pics.
The return trip was a repetition of
that going out and it was just as the
party was breaking up at the depot in,
Minneapo is that the three Oh GERS, three
times over, were given for the 500 Off
| Gals who had given the boys such a.
| pleasant day.