Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-03
USKELLUNGE
WHIPS A SHARK
TWICE HIS SIZE

inite. weight. "a pounds 2 ounces, is
heIieved at present to be terrorizing
tine 1ish of the Pacific ocean from
santa Monica down to San Diego,
neeting all comers at his weight
rr8 proving himself master of all
the Anney fighters of the salty sea.
Oven CaMfornlans, who scout the
idea that Case is to blame, admit
that Suddenly, shortly after the first
of the year, the yellow tail, the surf
flsh. the soles, the great sea bass,
and the proud tuna have grown
zs>afce, and that fishermen all along
the eoast are bcwailing the fact.
They admit that the famous fishing
clubs of Santa Catalina have been
forced to abandon their midwinter
t0urnaments because even sharks
are ecarce.
And George Howard Sneed Of
W<sconsin declares, asservates and
swo1rs loudly that Case has driven
ox&fx fish miles to sea. and upheld
fte honor of fresh water and above
all ~ Wisconsin.
Insidently Sneed is just finishing
ceIeoratlng the victory of Case in
one of the strangest battles ever
fought, and loudly proclaims that II
california thinks II can tie Wiscon-
ain In anything or at any game, he
win lack the other end of the bet.
f.umber King I'm California.
I Snecd Is a lumberman from upper
W;econsln, which proves that he has
nloney. He was raised in the woods
and lived all his life along the won
dprfui trout streams and muskel-
lunse lakes OF upper Wisconsin and
the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Late last fall he caught cold by tip
ping put of a canoe in the Mani
towish while fishing, and although
he has fallen out of canoes dozens of
times before and escaped without
even chill, this time 1t was different
Perhaps the fact that he kept on
1>hing In wet clothes all afternoon,
VUIked three or four miles through
NO woods to camp, took of his
1Co<s, stuck his feet to the wood
1rc. and then qlayed hearts until
1f6oight with out changing raj
m4nf, may have something to do
with II. At any rate he caught a
deep cold. He did not let the cold
stop his fishing. Five days later
Tiny brought him out OF the woods
% hospital at Hurley, and there
he fingered between hfe and death
for weeks with pneumonia.
Sneed was angry about II when he
began TO recover. That he should
have had pneumonia seemed beyond
slnderstanding. Besides. he was an
gfy Because his fishing trip had been
spoiled. He was angrler still when
the doctor told him he would have
70 set out Of Wisconsin for the
xtn(er and urged him to go to Cali
{4rnIa. Sneed absolutely refused TO
81 until after the deer hunting sea
zuH Was over. He started deer hunt
iu& November /. and two days later
he was carried out of the woods
again and stayed two weeks more In
the hospital. Then he surrendered
And agreed TO go to California. The
fact that the doctor brought him a
book telling about the wonderful !
1shing on the California coast
proved a stronger argument than
fhr health seeking one.
fred of the Endless Biagging.
me Wisconsin man, heralded as a /,
*multi-millionarie lumber king" ar
<{v9d at Los Angeles In December. |
7l16 crop of multl-millionarie lumber |
kfuk tourists was short, and much !
al<ention was paid to him by real ,
e@<ate men, mining claim promoters |.
and others.
For weeks he heard nothing but I
The praises of California. He heard
81 rs wealth, its beauty. it's prosper
n.y. Its perpetual sunshine, it's 365 !
days of flowers. its orange groves and
slow capped peaks, It's great hunting
md fishing.
1 For the first few weeks he stood
4 pretty we'll. Being a Wisconsin
fn he knew something of state I
>te, but when the Californians be-
TO make odious comparisons he
pm to lose his temper. Besides,
had poured most of the time
ing his stay, the streets were
ming rivers OF mud and water,
fog and cloud hid everything (
Rtiful. He made acquaintances
nnd the sporting resorts of the
attended a few prize fights,