The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-09-13

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If there be any Of the readers
of9the press who are unacquainted
thEtlle beauties of the piney
woods Of Beltrami county, or if
there be any who know.the beaut-
iful forests and have yet to feel
the satisfaction and JOY which
comes to the average mortal who
has spent q day in a boat, casting
"a line into the clear. cold waters
of one of the many pretty lakes
that nestle among the pines in.
that region, then, we say let that
unhappy individual exclaim, 7 I
have not lived g For, verify, life
is all too incomplete without this
experience.
The writer, in company with the
editor Of the Press, left the metro.
polls Of this fertile valley last Sat
urday a. NJ, on board the G.. m.
flyer, Conductor Nelson in COM
mand. We were bound for Be-
midi, that hustling little jack
pine city, which is known from
Main to the Gulf and from New
York to California.
There were also on the train
several others whose objective
point was the same as ours--pro
1ninent among them we're Sylyes-.
ter Peterson and Maurice Malone,
Of the u. S. Land Office. Mr..
Peterson employed portion of
the time in pointing out to us the
objects Of interest along the route
his remarks ON the country
through which we passed being
administrative and amusing.
We arrived at Bemidji at 1880
and after enjoying a good dinner
secured rig and started north
eastward, plunging deeper into
the forest every minute, and final
|ly bringing up at Turtle River,
one Of the most typical and pic
turesque woodland hamlets inl-I
aginable. Here we established
our headquarters and began to lay
our plans to capture some fish and
have good time.
The first decisive step was a
pilgrimage to Long lake, about a
mile and a half distant. where we
secured boats and fishing tackle
and proceeded to enjoy the exhil-
Grafton Of a round with the ''deni-
zens Of the deep. Dad Pal
mer, who was already on the
scene, acted as our guide, inter
prefer and instructor, and was
prime in all three capacities, The
string we brought in that evening
was heavy one, and we were in
excellent trim for supper and
lodging when we got back to
Turtle River.
That night the gentle rain pat
tered on the taxpayer roof Of our
hotel; and forsooth, it battered on
the second and first floors as well,
and our slumbers were somewhat
broken as we had to sit up and
dodge the rain drops. However,
we were ondeck reasonably early
the next morning and as soon as
breakfast had been partaken of
we again started for Long Lake.
The events Of that day will long
live in our memory. Until then
we never really knew what it
seemed like to catch fish, but the
way we loaded the boat with pts.
catorial diet dnri;sg the several
hours spent on the bosom of that
splendid body Of water gave us the
sought for sensation--with inter
est for .aH those barren years"
About 8 o'clock d. m. we
back TO Turtle River
tired but happy. We feasted well
and slept the sleep of the weary
and of the Just.
Monday morning we journeyed
to Bemidii per tote team and lun-
Der wagon. We were accompani-
ed on the return trip BY a sackful
Of fish and light hearts,
Five o'clock in the afternoon
we were again preambulating the
streets Of Grookston. We were