Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-11

been voted, not unanimously by any
means, but voted just the same, that in
.he future skiffs be barred. There was
malice aforethought in the resolution
that barred skiffs, though the worthy
member that proposed it gave as his
reason the increased muscular tax of
portaging them, but a few of US could
see behind all hat a desire to laugh at
j our expense when we went into the
water.
1T is bad enough" said Yorker, 'to
have to navigate n of those things
without loading it to the last notch"
But the load went in just the same.
How else was it ever to reach the club
| house on Crown island in Kah-pee-kogf
| There were blankets and provisions,
suit cases and grips, fishing tackle and
fishermen all going the same road,
which to some of us seemed a down
ward path to the bottom of the lake.
Up through Lake Healy headed the
long procession of canoes. Boss Fish
| erman Smith headed the procession.
and our good guide Alex Fraser. of
Foote'S bay, Ontario, with Ullmark i'll
tow, acted as rear guard. Two-thiIGs
of the members of that party watched
| anxiously two or three canoes in the
line. / say ~anXioUsiy, because they
were anxious that they should go over
and the occupants get tie expected
ducking. Something of the KIND was
needed to break the strain caused by
the arguments of two days duration.
But the strain had &c be broken III 9TH
err ways, the canoes did not go over.
Smith headed in through the long
winding channel to the p~ortageway be-
tween Hea!y and Kah-pee-kCg, and
here Ullmark was in his CORY.
1t was his first trip. and he learned
one word or hat trip that he will never
forget. 1t was portage" He sat on
the bank and talked of portage while
other members of the party worked of
the strain of continued argument by
carrying canoes and baggage across.
The sun was still an hour above the
western granite hills when Boss Smiths
canoe pushed its bow out of the mar
row channel, and the broad waters of
Kah-pee-kog spread out before us. with
Crown island and the clubhouse direct
ly in front.
II SOAbOh q vi NhC al Sibhl hiN
on the dark waters of the lake, waters
made darker along the western shores
and around the islands by the shadows
thrown by the great granite rocks
and the tall pine trees towering heav-
onward.
Nowhere else Ices the sun shine
as it does on Kah-pee-Kog," said Ull.
mark, the recruit, whose artistic
ems was touched by the beauty OF
the scene, and that remark saved him
the hazing he would otherwise have
got
Ten minutes more and canoes were
being unloaded at the foot of the
high bluff of which Crown island is
composed, and upon the top of which
stands the log clubhouse. Provisions
and baggage ware hurried up the hill
and into the cabin, aid hen all
waited anxiously for the summons
that was to come for some one to &C
Boss Fisherman Smith upon
an expedition in search of the
bass for supper. 1t was as a sought
for privilege, the casting of that first
line of the year, but the rules of
the club gave the Boss Fisherman the
right to name his companion, and
the rules were memorable.
while the guide is getting a fire
started and other portions OF the
supper prepared, and tie rest of yor