The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-28
A SALOON ON THE ICE.
Fish Taken in Pay for Drinks

l
 Did you see that man there?" asked
 the philosopher in Foley's saloon at the foot of Michigan street, 'Nothin' pe- l culiar about him 'cept that he's got a fair jag on It doesn't take much | knowledge of figures to say that if he'd | twice as big load on he'd be a better | fisherman than what he is now. The bigger the jag, the bigger the string of 1 fish You don't see the fish? That's the point. I happen to know him.
 "So you can put that down in your little book. To see it's this way. Of
 course you knew there was saloon out
 on the ice opposite the foot of Michigan street. Well, if the booze foundry wasn't aut there he'd come back with a string of fish that had took the bait. You see now he's took the bait of the
 men what runs the saloon, and it's up
 to him to string his wife as how there
 wasn't no luck. But maybe she ain't
 wise when she sees the jag.
 You know Dude Walters, the feller
 what runs the Crock House saloon
 down on Commercial street? Well. him
 an Charlie Trautwein, the feller that's s in the fish business down on River stteet is pards out there on the ice, ard
 'ain't bad game they worSs either
 You see Dude buys the booze and takes it out and the fish what's changed for drinks goes down to Charlie Traut- veins place, and he sells lem, an what ever the profits is they divides. Maybe that ain't good game, eh?
 That feller what just passed, that I just pointed out Judging his capacity and the size of his jag, he must of caught about twenty or twenty-five pike. He's the goods when it comes to putting down shupers. Say, it'd be a shame if he caught ninety-six like one fellow did. You know they don't run no patrol wagon out on the ice and it'd be a pity for him.
 A frame building built the same size as a box car and resembling one in ap- pearance except that 1t is built of white pine lumber, serves the purpose of sa- loon about two miles out on the lake opposite the foot of Michigan street. No money goes ever the bar, nothing but fish
 Yesterday not a drink was sold Sunday business was brisk The en- forcement Of the Raines law did not effect the proprietors or the frequenters of the place. Given the conditions of fair weather, the saloon will do more business than one of it's size on land
 Waters and Trautwein complied with the government regulations and paid the tax necessary to sell liquor in this state. So long as they have not en- trouble with the United States revenue office, they need feel no fear of the government stopping the sale of the liquor.
 There are many persons who declare that the saloon on the. ice is a gross wrong. One man in particular, who fishes for the sport, said yesterday: Many of the men that go out on the | lake to fish are poor, and either the l fish are needed at home for food, or the money for the sale of them Is needed | When the saloon follows them out | where they are tempted to exchange the fish for liquor the family suffers. Next they'll have portable pocket sa- oons to follow hunting parties through -he forests and take game in exchange! 'or drinks.
 The weather was fair Sunday morn ng, and at least two hundred persons vent out on the lake to fish. Scales for fish were a part of the bar 'oom equipment, and according to hose who know there was not trouble n trading fish for drinks.-Buffalo tourier .fi.Is l