Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-09-04
Communication.
MAPLE PoENT, LAKE Pom,

'oul .o"u, snall Try to say something
about this beautiful lake. Mrs. jaw
tour youngest boy and myself, drove
+. yer from the farm to Logan on the
mo. 'ulng of the 2Ist, at 6 o'cloc k. and
took he $3.50 l c., train (or rather it
took MS, For some reason which has
never b.en explained satisfactorily. this
road failed TO run into Missouri Vail
ey. 80. we had to remain in this me as
ly town of Logan lwhere every day is
Sunday for an hour or so.
Although this train 'uns directly to
Chicago, q st. Paul coach Is attac he'd
which is switched at Ft. Dodge, there
by obviatlng the necessity of changing
cars. On the day we went up, we were
all swelled up with the feelings OF 9
railroad magnate, as we were the lone
occupants of the car part of the way.
1t on time, we should have gotten here
a. % p. M, but we we're late, and
when we finally stepped from the buss
at the Home OF the Van Fleets, it was
80, 8. m.
Mr.. G. H. Van Fleets bought $50 acre
tract of land here about ten years ogo,
so acres of which is heavy timber, oak,
elm and hard maple, and built q good
house, about the average farm house,
for himself and family, not expecting
to entertain the public, but, his home
is SO favorably located, being on point
IN the lake and about so feet above the
water, that, the yielding to the impor-
tunities of his friends and began, in
small way, to receive them This soon
brought others until now he has five
cottages, besides and house for the
home attaches to lodge in and spa.
sious dining room for guests as we'll as
his own private dining room.
The personnel of the patrons is most
excellent. Neither those who wish to
be agonizingly stylish, come here, nor
yet those who Maggie over rates would
be comfortable IN the atmosphere; but
that class of people who some of the
elements of equity in their makeup
and know . good thing when they find
1t, are more than satisfied here
A half dczsn ladies and gentlemen
from Chicago and Cincinnati were here
when we arrived, and some from Kan
sas City. Mr. and Mrs. Frank X Rob-
erts and son Joe, of St Joe, Mo-, were
IN cottage next to ours, whom we
found very congenial.
The table is excellent: rich cream,
golden butter, wholesome bread and ma
pie syrup. made by themselves from
hard maple of their own forest. No
style is permitted here. One lady was
lined for wearing corsetto breakfast.
Uncle Billy Phillips, of X .nsas City,
discovered it. can't imagine how!
Lake Tetonka, which means .'Big
Deep" is about five miles long by one
mile wide. One boarder landed five
pound pickeral yesterday, and Handed
a five pound bass a few days ago
after working and working for about
two hours and paying out in cold cash
thirty cents; but they are here Mr..
w. A. Webster, of Omaha, who has
been here for week and has been here
many times before, and who, by the
way, is very companionable gentle
man as we'll as al expert angler, caught
good string of black bass beuties or
yesterday, the smallest of which was
only little less than pound.
The air is very salubrious and bra
cling, though warmer, slightly, than has
been prevailing In Harrison county
for the past week
This is an ideal plice to bring chill
dren. No merry-g o-round's, no wheels
of fortune. In the language Gray
in the Elegy this is:
"Fsr from the maddning crow ; ig-
noble strife
| Their simple wishes neverl IN to
stay.
| Along the cool, sequestered ale Of
They kept the even tenor of their
way"
| Our trlend Gray Knew what he was
talking about, for, 1t is far easier to
keep q "tener" or five either, here
than at county fair.
| AS am writing, Col. VIM Weed, of
Nebraska, is showing seven pound
pickeral to the folks. About miles
away, which completes row of two
miles ard Q walk OF one mile, through
the sylvon Businesses of the forest,
lies Bass Lake, being about twice the
size of Our own dear Mobiles Lake, but
over one hundred feet in depth, sheet
of water as transparent as an aqua
rum.
| In company with Mr.. Webster, who
has caught bass in Mobiles Lake, wa
had the pleasure of visiting this lake.
AS one glides over the surface and
looks down fifteen feet at the various
flora it gives one feeling of floating
in the air. Pike, pickeral and bass and
myriads of minnows are seen darting
through the water hither and thither.
This is very pretty chunk of water
and sheltered that it is rarely other
wise than clear; an ideal home for bass
and they are here.
Bass Lake is surrounded by num-
berless trees of beautiful Butternut,
Birch and hard Maple. Just beyond