The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-28

Rockaway beach in winter it would be
difficult to find. They have absolutely
nothing to do. and they can't even sit
around stoves and drink mixed ale
with Mulligan in it, They pass their
nights huddled behind sheds and their
days patrolling deserted streets. There
is no crime doing, for there is no one
to commit crime and not a living thing
is to be seen night or day save the
stray Gogs, everyone of which answers
to the name of Dewey and makes a
precarious living on the fish and big
skinner clans washed up along the
beach.
Besides digging for diamonds the men
around the stoves occasionally sally
forth on moonlight nights and pick up
the frostfish which are washed up on
the beach. Sometimes the beach is COW
cred with them for miles and when
cooked by such an expert as Henry
Reuter- they are delicious eating. Last
week, for example, all whitley" dug
was a little cross with blue stones in It,
which naturally was hardly worth dig
ging for, but this was unusually bad
luck. Well out in the sea are the posts
which support the life lines in front of
the bathing pavilions and the sand
about these posts has never been dug.
Think of it! The wealth of India with
in SO feet of the low-Water mark and
one hour from the city hall! But some
time there will come a phenomenally
eynosed and then-weu .eWhitev,, will
nass Nd n,ora ,y,nters IN Roclxawav
beach.
Many Of tho ;nba bit.nts of Roclsawav
beach mass tbeir DAYS and the hotter
part Of their nights sitting around bar
room stoves, and all the barrooms are
system does not nravaij m tha baach
Instead a kind of mutual banefit ar.
rangement has snr1,ng IN nor axamnle
the nronrietor If harroon will talra
"a from the fiji and visit friend aud
neighhor an Seasi5a avanun and tbs "a
will he snent Then ~, two will visit
another barroom snend the 81 and
gather in its nronr;etor and an m iii
tha a rat,,rne - ;ts or;ol,,a1 iii .nd
everyone 10 cop,fortab1v neIIow
rrhera sat oil lest o,,tnn,n ava nav
no stI1l sitti,e an tba and ~ tba Saas;da
nier which 7,ates ont into Tanoaica
hay a gant,an,an VIZ nrah, h,,, Ne tha
n,os+ natiant ana .n+hreiast;a .,,t No
ter fisharn,an II, a.. .bo,,t Nov, yorL
ia is a ba,,t "a ,,a.rs old 49, ~ +aoi,la
;s NO r,ost aypans;,,a o,d o,n,n,;oata d
th.t oa, ~, abta;,,aa hat+an r, So
than oan h.. ohtai,aa a. 49, s,,n, -
cnrds,,a =, h;s s.or,, haa,',ss ha ,,.t1a,
II h;,nsaJf His rnd 10 sn1,+ no r,boo
with agata tine ana leaders his veal
is n,erye1 ~ easy r,,nning an5 has
a,,ar,, ,,,o,nar of sto,, and a,.a II
wr,ars cord,rov tronsers and snecial
so11are-toed fsbing boots which he
madn bimse1f because ha adds sboa-
m limo to his macbanioal accomnlisb-
mants Newt to bis reel his specia,
nr;da ;s n,o,,d ar4,,1 ,a.thar L,a ,,s q ri,
which contains evervthinp a fisharnan
can nossihlv need
He arrives at the MGR inst at slack
water ar inst &C Tho tide is t,,rninu -
RIM in He nuts on his natent fishine
gloves and hats two hooks with wiz
worms. for he scorns sand or blood
worms He tben makes cast tal,as
his posttion on the strineniece of the
niar liohta his nina n1.nes his tl,un,h
IN bia IA tant rael ana hacon,es a na,,E
of the scenery for the next three hours
| About 15O feet out from the pier is a.
email hole in which founders ara SIM
pused to lurk and into this hole he
casts. Whether he catches ANYTHING or
| not is immaterial to him. for has he
| not done his best? Has he not provid-
| ed the most EXPENSIVE tackle and the
! most extensive bait and has he NOT cast
directly into the right spot? If the fish
| do nor bite If isn't his fault. nurp1v
He has a theory that some time striped
| bass will he caught in the surf off the
beach and on fine DAYS. with his legs
| incased in thigh boots. he whins the
surf from Seaside TO the rfe-savine
| station
"uave Won ever caught oneq' he was
asked ones
ooh M" he answered cheerful1v
"hut IT'S great finn casting
To the nolicampn he is q constant
,so,,rca of wonder not "a saw an ohiacf
| of snsnicion A. lenetb ono of tbon,