The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-26
nUxnIENCEs WITH GAME YI1u n
MOUNTAIN STREAMS.
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easasry are loud In their praises OF Seat
q aud sseisssty as a fishing xrsund- Fran
III man gEo bangles has line III tbs waters
ef Lake Washington To tfsa mora amb.siuus
- who takes to the mountain streams
Utsn the advent OK the ~ season, the
ssorssmen - rule mest with good sue
eesa
nutd creek ssa OF the tributaries Of Lake
Washington. LIS one OF the kesf, and MI
nsxgpus fsse PATCHES have been taken from
there julius WsssyE. we'll known basil
ness man Of this city recently brought
forsy-fase fine trout from Kiehynand creek
An amusing story II said GA Mr. wegers
which. however. cannot be y6uchea for
ard which In fact be ssoasiy denies. lie
claimed that he could have caught many
more but moaeasiy asserts that he il ona
Il the few men zho can discriminate be-
tween sport and uuwafrantess slaughter
Wkers4i his frsegIs laugh meansngly and
refer snysfersoukiy 10 Il certain large joint
ed farmer IN bsae jeans. The story Ia thss
80 9
r. IGH 81 Richmond creek runs through
private property. and the farmers
who 11n it poHs conspicuous notices 81
NO Fishing ON These Grounds" Wegerf
- the taia goes, had Just got nicely start
ed and Mas paliing them out Ia fine shape,
reclining meanwhile against one OF the
s'no fishing notices. AT This inorportan.
tine appeared The iTate owner Of the land
Wegert gathered up his outfit Ard fish and
cut far the tall timber. He jumped a
fence. dacksd behind some brush. and
esulsllnx on hss track sat down behind a
hush ard pulling a hook uat Of tss packet
bessH 10 read with great assumption OF
GREATNESS interest.
The farmer. armed with q pitchfork
soon discovered him. but the speetacie OF
bis supposed victim calmly reading nosaa
piassed him. Seeing that his scheme bid
fair TO bs successful. wegert plncksd up
courage. He a1nchaiansiy tit and puresi
. CHAR. and even offered the man with
The pIichfgfk ems, meanwhile making Some
pleasant renaark relative to the weather
The farmer looked black.
Amt you the TELLER that l Was chasin'
Just newl" he demanded fierceIy.
oh thai fsisaw," said the ather. as he
iaxfiy blew up . ring of smoke. "the last
SAW at him he Was running Hike Sam
Hill way over thers." and be swept his
hand cpuprahenstvsiy toward the horizon
The farmer looked inerednlous, bat still
heMtafsd Wsgart took advantage Of his
indscisiun and said
New, see here. You'sa after the fellow
who WAS fishing your Land. In or3sr
10 save time and help you out am will
inx 10 swear that did not catch these fish
On your land. HERE In my card"
After some buutrrfnx the farmer al
loved Wsgert u keep the fish. bu, warned
him moi to cross into his lard to fish As
the hlne-eias figure disappeared amid the
trees Negesf ss SAID to have murnured !.
u dlaHs catch those fish IN his land
because | always fssh In damp place If
can, I wonder whc Owned the water"
800
n IfoDES lake II another favari.e spot
with the anglers. This lake, about
sixteen miies north az Seattle. is hardly
more than SO fgss ina diameter and il prme~
ttcslIy bottasnieas. and furnishes tho hasss
Of some Of the finest fish stories exfant
Speaking Of the place. u weli-knean
sporssnaan says. IF vera to tell you
of some of the catches have made In
that puddle would leopard re he enytable
reputation for absolute xesacity | bear
and aauld probably bee branded as the
chief of fish hoss TIVE years ago when
did not have 50 well defined an idea ~
tbs limits of true sport az do row. /
stoci on a leg oas there and pulled out
trout until my hands refused ~ held
pole,
II am ashamed ta acknowledge IL now
but had 81 trout shen I finally stopped
Ieaagat Thirteen with the same lid warm
EVERY ane does not have ay luck
knew f~u people wh tssiaed ail dag ana
that ] once caught thirteen flsh On enc
sefsn they sf.isEsss scornfsfils and said /
probably had the figures reversed"
SILTAN CITY II on ths Great Northern
railway. about siShfy<ss mites fFam
Seattle. aud near Ire river az The sans
nssse, shscss Together wlsh sss tributaries.
forms a xsSitahle paradise foT the aagieFa
In aplfc at sts name sAitAm CITY IN merely
xsesSs f.NxAs
Twelve miles up IN the aaoenfaihs IS the
rsssfs inaccessible except BY way ug the
mining trsts. and comparatively ufse
frestas03el ThrFa the stHsrs can lae In
dgig~i IN "a ia few places eu earth A
geftienfam sssa spent month ~ Their
last Summer said ssaueefngug Il
ASIDE from ths fishing tee climate Was
saiTssens 81 make il famous. y only as =
bsa4th rvsoft Tas same mpa days aid
Rights succeed each eshsr without break
fas aF@agha ~ time AnS fhefs tfee sssh-
tHgs Every gAaai livery esfay Of the splash
sssg glseT Baia sgasst, ana izg ossea. t3a. N1
matter hos many ons 9ssy have caught
sh@ day hsfaFa there were always cghers
whra yaH went aeaia.
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thai Fellas ssd Re pointed to psats-
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