The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

The sucker hunt on Crow Creek on Monday night is still being discussed III whispers. Nothing to compare with 1t las ever been enacted in the sporting annals of St. Francis county. The Frying Pan Club nobly sustained it's reputation for hospitality aud good cheer and made night of it, but the court emerged from the fray Tuesday morning looking fine and as fresh as morning glory, and appeared at the courthouse promptly al o'clock where he transacted the laws business without break throughout the en- tire day. The Frying Pan Clubs yer dict of the court is, that he is a good sport" and this verdict is generally and unanimously concurred in by all who enjoyed the sucker hunt on Mon- day night.
 Just here it might be we'll to launch somewhat into the history and origin of the succulent sucker, known in the prehistoric ages by the refined name of eympzosO sucetfd, which. transla- ted to United States, means sweet sucker" Crow Creek is the only stream in the world up which the sucker runs every spring to spawn and on Monday night, especially for the courts benefit, myriads of the erimy- zoso Suceffd, were running and the classic banks of this creek was the scene of one of the most hilarious and successful hunts ever held in that re- zion. There is an art in cooking the sucker, possessed only by a limited number to whom the rare gifts and precious secrets of the camp fire have been handed down from generation to generation, to the most favored of the gods, for more than two hundred years. City Marshal J NJ. Davis en- joys the enviable reputation of being the most accomplished sucker cook in all this benighted region and it was under the supervision of this versatile member of the Frying Pan Club that the splendid tishfry, for the courts de- lectatlon and pleasure, was conducted. Judge Jamison Jackson, of Helena, was the guest of honor on this occa sion and that gentleman will not soon forget the many happy experiences in- cldent thereto, nor the nun Der of the true and lasting friendships formed
 Those rosy and seductive hours just before dawn Tuesday were filled with the mellow notes of the auto horn and gay and merry voices raised in song and laughter, as the sucker hunters returned to the city-spirits sur charged with countless happy memo ries of the night. It was plain to be seen that the mighty, complex and | austere legal minds of the city were relaxed and many faces upon which nothing but gravity ever sits. were wreathed in joyous smiles of abandon and contentment.
 Verify, erimyzoS0 sucetta. Ia lawyer knows and appreciates latin, is most remarkable fish.
 But stay, when the hunters were l rounded up and noses counted upon their return to the city, some were found to be missing and immediately a searching party was organized and equipped with two automobiles, with
 instructions to hurry back along the route for the purpose of rendering
 first aid to the maimed and injured and gather up the debris.
 Upon nearing the creek and the scene of the late camp, it was discov- cred that Uncle" Jack Davis and
 Admiral $. r. Mcdaniel had gotten their feet tangled in a barbed wire
 fence where, being too game to make l OutCry, these two esteemed members Of tue club. had wriggled and squirmed until, becoming exhausted, they had dropped oil 10 Seep, only to ne rescued ! just about daybreak by the searchers ] and reformed t1 the midst of their ! friends and associates here.
 j II Was 8 great night indeed Another little happening which l might be taken as an iud cation uf the Aum0r and spirit of Ihe partyt was discovered shortly after daylight 1 Tuesday in derelict automobile. standing in tue center of Washington street, with horn tied open and bow- 1 ing continuously
 1 Preserve Ginger at Lawrences NIT. Lee Horton, of New Castle. spent couple of days in the city this week on a visit 10 friends