The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
The Lolo Seems to Be the Favor
lite Haunt.
SOME BIG CATCHES MADE
The Exodus to Rock Creek Fishing on
Horseback - Granite County
Roads and Bridges
Washed Out.

| number of the lovers of this spcrt
leave for the streams that are sport
ed to abound in trout, and all who
| went out returned with their baskets
heavily loaded. The places along tie
| Lolo seem to be the most favorte so
| far this season, although there are a
number Of other places that are equal
| ly as good. The Blackfoot river above
Bonner is one of the places that will
vie with the Lolo for producing the
best trout, for the people from across
the range come as far west as Avon
and Garrison. Some pretty large
catches have been reported from the 50
places, but 1t is doubtful If they will
be any larger than the Lolo and the
Bitter Root river will furnish this
year. The champion fisherman Of this
district, Rev. ]. J. McAllister, is max
ing preparations for a big catch and
will endeavor to break the record that
he now has for being able to bring
back the largest number of large trout
and in the shortest possible time.
Frank McHaff1e has been out a few
times already this season, but is not
telling any stories yet about the big
fish getting away. Nc is all right with
a hook and line. however.
Rock creek seemed to have caught
most of the Missoula people Sunday.
Several parties We're formed and drove
to the creek by private conveyance,
having left Missoula Friday evening
and driving most of the night. Tine
creek has always had good name
for being a good fishing place, and from
the way that the professional nimrods
made for the creek Sunday one would
hardly think that there was any other
stream. A party made up of Thomas
Evans. Will Cave, H. T. Wilkinson and
A. j. Nfolette seems to have the repu-
tation of having caught the most trout.
This being the case. the friends of the
above named gentlemen will have fish
to eat for the next week. Another par
ty composed of James Baker, George
Potts, Butch Harding, Will Rakestrhw,
and Harry Van Wart, We're also trying
their luck on Rock creek. They claim
that they didn't have as good luck as
Will Cave and his party did. They had,
however, pretty good catch, bring
ing back with them about 100 fine
trout each. Bob Rutherford and George
BeckWith went up the creek to the
Babcock ranch, where Lou Lyons and
Andrew Beckwth are rusticating FOR
week What their luck was could
not be learned, but it can be assured
that wherever Lou Lyons throws a fly
it is all off with the trout.
The boys report that the high waters
of Rock creek this spring have done
considerable damage by the washing
out of the road near the Babcock
ranch and at other places. The county
officials of Granite county are hard at
work trying TO make repairs to the
road and have a large force of men
at work, even working on Sunday. The
worst place is about two and a half
miles this side of Quigley. Here the
water took everything that was in
sight, bridges, roads and even a part
of the grade that was built by the
mining company about four years ago.
1t Will cost Granite county a large
amount of money before the roads will
be as good as they We're before the
high waters.
Fishing on horseback is something
new, but that is what some men did
on Sunday at Rock creek. Whether
they had any success in fishing this
way or not is hard to say, but it seems
that it is not the best. The horse prop
osition should be left out when 1t comes
to successful fishing.
The pleasure resort that is drawing
the most of the pleasure seekers this
summer is the biological station at the
foot of the Flathead lake. For the
last three weeks parties have left for
the station, and many others are max
ing preparations to leave for the same
place. The location of this pleasure re-
sort is natural one, and finer place
could not be found in the state where
person could spend their summer out
ing Their is an bundant amount of
fishing and hunting near this place, and
the Flathead lake furnishes a fine body
of water for those that would like to
spend their time rowing. The biologi-
cal station is under the charge of
Professors Elrod of the university and
Hamilton of the public schools. The
number of students that they have
made arrangements to entertain is %.
Corporal Lundy, who has charge of
the boys military company, is trying
to make arrangements for a 10-days'
outing up the Bitter Root valley and
to go into camp with the boys. His
idea is to have the boys go through a
regular military training and to be
under orders and have the same regu-
lations that Uncle Sam gives to his
men. He has interviewed a number
of the parents of the boys, and all seem
to be willing to let their boy go if he
wishes. This will be a very good way
to give the boys a chance to see what
military life Is like, and will also be
the means of giving them a little sum
mer outing that they cannot help but
enjoy. 1t is hoped that the corporal
will succeed in making the arrange
ments, and that he will have the camp
while the weather is warm.
Everything seems to be quiet just
now about the Northern Pacific Rail
road company introducing another
new time card, perhaps because they
wish to give the present card a thor
ough trial. The trains from the east
seem to have done best since the adop-
tion of the present white card" 1t
appears that the trains are always on
time when they come in two sections,
and that when only one train, it is from
one to three hours late. 1t goes to show
that the engines are unable to pull the
big trains in on time on the present
schedule. 1t has been reported that the
company is thinking of building some
new engines that will be able to pull
the long passenger trains in on time
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