The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-07-27
BIRCH ISLAND LAKE
0skaiocsa People EnIoyine an Edeai
Summer Resort.


Through thu klndncss ~ Or. ana
Mfs. 3. w Clark, Mrs Cleayer and
myself. together with Mr.. ana Mrs.
Chas Johnson. Misses Nellie and Nh.
bred johnson Miss Nanale Clark Louis
Clark Lagie paskin, Master George
Clark, LazM laskin, Master George
u. Somers and baby Ruth, Mrs. sam.
uei Petit. Miss Ethel and Master
Carl Petit, Of Grinnell. were permit.
ted 10 enjoy the month Of July at
Birch Island Lake, Wisconsin. Mr..
and Mrs, Ed Brewer were the guests
OF Mr. and Mrs Y. Hadley at the Had.
ley cottage Those at the Henderson
cottage were Dr. and Mrs, Barringer,
Mr.. N. J. Bentley and Sumner Hayes,
Of oskaloosa; George and James Hen.
derson, MIR. and Mrs. Jacobs and Miss
Hear, Of Waterloo. Iowa.
Birch Island Lake is situated about
100 miles north of st. Paul. Mimi,
and TO say that it is an ideal place to
spend your summer vacation Is put.
ting It mildly. One cannot imagine
f, the beauties Of the lake and surround.
ing country without seeing 1t. The
sunset alone Is worth the trip, IL
would be impossible to describe it, A
trip on the lake by moonlight in DR..
Clark's gusoline launch equals II not
excels a trip up the Hudson. I was
born and raised in the mountains Of
Pennsylvania, and many Of you have
visited or read Of the summer resorts
ON top of the Allegheny mountains and
have longed for the privilege Of en-.
joying an outing on the mountains.
The country surrounding Birch Island
Lake is identical with the top Of the
Alleghenys. In addition to the pine
trees, blue berries, spring water and
delightful atmosphere which you have
in the mountains, you are privileged
to enjoy the rowing on the lake and
the fine beach for bathing. And as
fine fishing as you can find at any
point in the United States. Picker.
Ell, bass, sun fish and muscaiounge un'
limited, Weighing from two to thirty.
FIVE pounds. This Is the ideal place
for a professional or business man to
spend his vacation. /Oskaloosa peo-
pie should take advantage Of IL at
once and buildlmore cottages.
we left oskaloosa en- the Iowa Cen.
trail July 5, IL y. m, arriving at 81.
Paul at 8 a. m. the eth. We spent the
day In visiting asd sightseeing In the
twin cities, st. Paul ind Minneapolis.
We left st. Paul at APO p. m, arriv'
ing at Spooner, Wis, at 1880 p. m.
The morning Of the nth we went by
team % miles west to Birch Islam
Lake. The winding read and various
paths took us back to our boyhood
days in the pine woods OF PennHylva-
MIA The delightful atmosphere put
new life into our bodies and while we
were singing several songs we met
an Indian half.breed on foot He act.
ed so surprised we stopped and asked
him what was the matter. He said
in broken language he thought II was
d, brass band We arrived at thc
Clark cottage at noon on July 2. we
Immediately got busy, ar everybody
was hungry and we mad to have meat
for dinner. In twenty minutes time
we had landed eight fine p1ckerel, and
from the 7th to the 10Th, the day I
left, we had as fine fishing as anyone
ever reported. Strings OF FISH varying
from eight 20 fifty we're caught daily.
Mrs. Cleaver mp TO that time had
caught the largest pickerel, weighing
Z lbs. and 2 on. Mrs. johnson the fin,
est bass, lbs. and 2 Oh. Ir. ClarR
hooked the largest one, 32-poundeE
However, he had hard struggle and
the boat was capsized just as he land
ed It. He will tell you what happened
afterwards.
Drs. Somers and Clark stole out
early one morning on foraging ex'
petition, as they had promised to fur.
nisF the party with some yellow'leg'
ged chickens for the MONDAY meal
From some cause they failed to find
the desired place ana in returning
Trey concluded to cast a line. DIR.
Clark was rowing and DR.. somers was
fishing. This was at a. m. They
we're nearing the shore where the cot.
tages are when Dr. ySomers felt a
strike. OF course he Immediately
got busy as well as excited, being anx-
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