The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-18
This Is the Fishing Season and
the Crop of Lies Is Great.
SOME TRUE INCIDENTS
Mr.. Rutherford Got wet-Mr. Gaenon's
Adventures with a Rod-Dr. Rock
man Catches a Trout So Big He
Has to Jump on IL.

all. There have been many startling
contradictions in the lot. too. and 1t
has been difficult to separate the wheat
from the char in the grist that has
been handle out to the good people %
this city. Take the case of Bob Ruth
erford. for instance. Bob has made
two trips out into the country within
a week and the party with which he
went came in each time with a fine lot
of trout. Bob didn't say much but he
referred with admirable Indifference 10
1.-THE fish that we caught" with stress
upon the we" Bob was the idol of
his non-fshing friends for a couple cf
days, until 1t leaked out that he had
not a wet line or either trip, but hid
| remained close to camp. On the last
trip his associates were determined
that he should at least get wet and
they carried him to the creek and
dropped him I'm. They were sorry for
1t afterward, for Bob referred to his
wet clothing and soaked shoes as evil
dence that he a done a lot of fish
ing. His comrades. however, are al
ways anxious to nave him go along.
for he Is a fine cook and IL is neces-
sary to have somebody to look after
amp. AS a camp cook Bob cannot pe
excelled in this neck of the woods. and
his position as a member of any party
that may go out from Missoula is as
sured.
There is one story told that is abso-
lutely true. Phil Gsgnon is the hero
and he does not deny the truth of the
tale. Phil Is a great fisherman. He
used to catch trout with Father Mar
quette two centuries ago, and he has
nGhaH all over the Granf IaEag Tha~a
is not much about fishing that he does
not know, and when he asked Will
Woods the other day for the loan of a
bamboo rod the request was readily
and cheerfully granted. The rod was
thus secured n Phil started out fish
ing. He knew a good place and was
prepared to astonish the natives in re-
gard to the number of fish hat a good
man can catch under favorable condi-
tions. He had an outfit that was all
right and his confidence in his own
prowess was something that excited
the admiration of his friends But he
was no destined to be a record break
er on that particular day. He wadsd
into the stream and. as he made his
first cast, his feet slipped and he went
down in a heap. The mere wetting
hat ensued would not have bothered
him, but he fell on top of the rod and
broke 1t in two places. He pulled him
self out of the water and then went
back after the rod. He fished that
up and tied a piece of wood to IL
where IL was broken. Then he tried
another cast and snapped the pole in
a third place. Then IL was all off with
the Canadian nobleman. He threw the
pole into the water and went back 10
his camp. He had had all or the fsn-
ing that he wanted. When he had
eaten his lunch he came home. To his
credit be IL said that he didn't tell
anybody that he had caught more thar
200 fish.
DR.. Moses Rockman is getting a rep
utation as a catcher of fish that are
not all suckers. He has brought in
the biggest trout of the season. Those
who were with him when he caught Il
say hat he had more trouble after he
got the fish ashore than he had while
he was landing IL. He didn't know
to DO with IL, IL Topped around
so vigorously. He held To II like grim
death to an unwilling victim. and final
ly snubbed IL to a tree, using a piece
of tarred Irvine to tie il with. Still il
Hoped and the good doctor cut a club
and hit IL on the head and then i'm the
solar plexus. still it Topped and the
doctor jumped upon ii with both feet.
That settled the trout. There was not
another flop left in it. And the doctor
fished on.
Postmaster Dowell is the hero of a
tale of mud and water that Is not ex-
actly a fishing story but is a good one,
nevertheless. The local representative
of General Charles Emory smith felt
the effects of the hot weather and blew
himself for a linen suit. 1t was a good
summer suit. and the handsome post
master looked like a British nobleman
when he had IL on. For one day he
took solid comfort in his newly ac-
quired toys. He looked comfortable
and he felt comfortable, and he de-
cided that a linen suit is the proper
thing. He finished his work at the
office In the evening n mounted his
wheel for a ride homeward. with the
consciousness of one days duty we'll
performed. II happened that during
the early evening one of his n%eighbors
had %sprinkled the lawn and street in
front of his house and the postmaster
did not know anything about il. He
wheeled boldly oward his house and
the course of his wheeling took him
directly through the scene of the cool
ing operations of his neighbor. The
wheel struck a slippery place in the
mud. gave two OF three ~convuisive
wobbles and then landed the postmas-
ter and his linen suit squarely in a
puddle OF mud and water. The next
morning the postmaster did not wear
the linen suit.
1t is really surprising how little fish
have TO do with some fishing parties.
Fish are like charity in that they COW
er a multitude OF sins. When a man
goes fishing nobody seems TO be sur
prised If he comes back in a generally
dilapidated condition, even If he has
no fish. IL his nose is red il is at
tributed TO the hot sunshine. II his
eyes are red 1t is ascribed TO the glare
of the sunlight on the water. IL his
voice is husky IL is laid to the damp
ness. IL his head aches. the heat is
held responsible. " he is cross and
irritable, the cause is said 10 be the
nervous strain OF swinging a rod all
day. II a man wants 10 let of steam
and has any sensitiveness about doing