The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22

| Crafty old Grover Cleveland can
now do his fishing in his own back
yard.
| Not literally but almost
| No longer need the former president
of the United States take long trips
for the sake Of indulging his love of
| Tsaak Waltons gentle art.
| The generosity of Andrew Carnegie
| that converted three and a half-mile
stretch of meadow into lake is even
| tually to make Princeton fine fishing
ground.
When a few weeks ago the famous
| Scotchman deserted library giving
| long enough to run to Nassau and
hand over the new lake to Princeton,
the students of that college applauded
wildly at the realization of a dream
ed lake in which they could row and
swim, and whose surface in the winter
time would furnish an admirable
place to skate.
Grover Cleveland, sitting inconspic-
uOusly in the midst of the crowd that
greeted Carnegie, also rejoiced in see
ing the lake an accomplished fact, but
his motives were somewhat different
When it comes down to sport there
Is only one of which Mr.. Cleveland is
really fond. AS Thomas Jefferson
once put 1t, give Grover line and a
place to sit and he'll stay till the sun
goes down or the water dries up.
The ppu 1at,o JiJ not c,,uuoct ROW
ing, Or skating, or swimming to the
only Democrat in half century who
reached the White House. In the
midst of all the eloquent speeches, Mr..
Cleveland had visions only of fish
Hardly had the words of the presen-
tation and acceptance died away be-
fore he had set in motion his plans
for converting the lake into a fishing
pond.
Soon the fish commission at Wash
ington received petition for stocking
Carnegie lake with game fish. The
paper bore many names, but high up
in the list was one that was once all
powerful in the capital and still com
mands a most important measure OF
respect.
Grover Cleveland the most prom
inent disciple of the author of The
Complete Angler" in America to-day.
1t didn't take long to get action for
something Mr.. Cleveland wanted, and
soon the lake will be alive with bass,
pike, salmon, perch and other game
fish
Then when the Sage OF Princeton
wants to battle with the "finny deni-
zens" he will not need to plan for a
long trip. A little glance over his bait,
selection of the proper tackle and he
can walk to the place where the fish
are to be found; as his health has not
been of the best Of late this will be a
great boon.
1t is only poetic justice that Mr..
out of the lake. for bad it not been for
him Princeton would still lack it.
AS long ago as thirty years the am
bition of Princeton to become factor
in college rowing suggested the plan
of building an artificial body of water
where the crews could train. The only
place they had for this purpose was
the canal, and this was quite a dis
tance away and very unsatisfactory.
But to build the lake meant an out
lay of money that seemed too great to
be raised.
Nevertheless loyal sons of Nassau
did not drop the cherished dream.
They made purchases of land along
the meadows in case time might
come when the money would be avail
able.
Early in 1902 Andrew Carnegie, that
wonderful magician in the making OF
money, who turned the steel industry
into millions for himself and hundreds
of his Pittshrrg associates, went to
Princeton He wanted to see his Old
friend, Grover Cleveland.
Mr.. Howard Russell Butler, grad
uate of Princeton, undertook to take