The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-30
9 5AaFIsHING PARTY.
they Come ;to coryalliy,s Bait a Local.
T. ity. and Make Good Catch. s s.


ity. and Make a Good Catch. /, !. /
The method of baitingsis pract-
iced throughout the whole range
of animal nature as means Of en-
snaring that which promotes ex.
istence or satisfies some other de-
sire. Many of the lowest immobi1e
forms of marine life obtain food by
enticing other insects with n reach
by means of bats or decoys, The
fable of the spider and the fly is in
point. The most succes sful method
of catching fish with a hook is to
bait them and allow them to feed
unmo]ested for a time. The plan
serves to bring many fish to, one To-
cality, and induces sharp struggle
for the morse1 containing the dead
ly hook. The same method ap.
plies to killing ducks and geese,
Batting in one form or another will
lure to death the most wary ami
NAL. Savages understand the
principle as shown by many of
their practices in the hunt and in
warfare. The most en1ig
citizens of the most enlightened ma
tions are not immune from decep-
ton from bait in one or other of its
multifarious and nefarious forms.
Electric Bill'' was the leader of
a party that arrived in Corvallis
Saturday on fishing expedition.
His attendants were lady, prob
ably Mrs. Electric Bill, and a gem
tleman whose name cannot be re-
called. Shortly after noon Bill
drove about the streets proclaiming
to all the fishes within hearing,
what a great feed he would in a few
minutes give them at stated To-
ca1itv on Main street. Thither a
large school of fishes of every des-
cription assembled, and thither the
fishermen arrived on time. He
told Of many wonderful things he
would perform in their presence in
a short time. but he was ever after
ward too busy to carry out that
portion of the programme. One
of the things which he was to do
was to cut off a boys head and re-
place it as snug1y as before the op-
GRAFTON. AS an evidence of good
faith, he had in the buggy with
him a live boy with a head natur-
ally and securely fastened upon his
shoulders, and huge cheese knife
with which to execute his purpose.
Bills intention on that particu->
lar afternoon, as he alleged, was
simply to advertise electric belts,
a commodity which he would Offer
for sale during the afternoons of
subsequent days. and raise the price
a dollar each succeeding day. AS
a preliminary in such advertising
he sold large number of viaIs of
headache medi:ine for any amount
the purchaser wished to pay. At
the close Of these sales he presented
the more liberal buyers with
quarter each to show that he was
all right with. other fellows that
were all right. The next feature
of the advertisement was to sell
several electric belts for a dollar
each and return to the purchaser
the original price and 81. so in ad
dition. After that when Bill sold
a belt he added ST. so to the dol
lar he received, wrapped the So. SO
in a paper, laid it aside in open
view, told the purchaser to be sure
to remain, and gave out the impress
sion that there would be presently
. grand distribution of cash among
his patrons. Now and. then he
significantly advised previous
purchaser to take another belt.
His advice was usually acted up
on, as many believed that the more
belts they purchased the larger
would be the number of S. so
packages falling to their share in
the grand distribution. In fact the
fishes were eager for the bait and
three four and as high as five belts
were sold to each of number of
persons. It seems as though whole |
families must be afflicted, judging /
merely from the purchases.
When the harvest of dollars was /
complete, he asked many of his
patrons if they had purchased from
a speculative motive They had |
not. Asked if they bought because !
they wanted the beltsfor self-protec
ton they answered in the afirma
tive. Bill was very glad to know
that they were satisfied. and that
being the case he would retain the I
S2. so packages. After thanking
his patrons for their liberal patron
age he scooped the coin into a
satche1 which he held in his left
hand. In his right hand he gras-
ped his cheese knife, discharged the
boy, and passed through the crowd
toward his hotel, leaving many
n hfc /