The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-27
From Another
Point of VieW

ROM Oh HISU \
Billy Sundays choir director has
been sued by an Iowa girl for s5O,OOO.
for alleged breach OF promise. Depon-
ent says further ne had a baritone
voice. bat was a base deceiyeg.
Colonel Roosevelt says the source or
his Lew river is between the tweltth
and thirteenth parallels OF latitude
south. and between longitude % de
grees and longitude 60 degrees west
from Greenwich He says he embark
ed on IL about at latitude 2 degrees
minute south and longitude 90 degrees
IS west After that its entire course
was between the siNtieth and sixty
first degree OF longitude, approaching
the latter most closely about In lati-
tude degrees 10 minutes We're sat
isiied II everybody else is. But why
didn't the colonel say so in the first
place?
The pere Marquette, It seems, is
badly in debt, also
AS this mediation business looks
AlSAiA AANA'r "A AAAN ~ IN 1AeFe ~
Huerta gets all the best OF IT,
Does anyone care 10 ask ques-
tions?" said Colonel Roosevelt after
declaring he had put the River or
Doubt on the map, The silence was
intense.
After all, the River OF Doubt sounds
reasonable
SINNERS 3o-Pound Bass Wins.
The judges in the great fish story
coutest-Hon. James Phelan, Max
Brock and William. alias "Bill"
Iyauh, agreed at 1l:47 Tuesday night,
and named George w. Skinner. OF
Lake, Mich. the winner Mr.. Skin
ner's story is herewith reproduced
About four years ago 1 went ASKING
one rainy day on small lake near
found boat and oars convenient, cut
good stout pole from the brush
around the lake: put on piece or
large hook and sinker, found some
nice frogs, pulled out into the lake and
proceeded TO fish In good old rural
style. Well, ! hshed and hshed and
hshed, but I got no bites. Finally
decided to quit and upon looking up Mt
the shore discovered another fool there
on the bank trying co Guido me for
patience. asked hImi swhat luck 2"
md he snid None" I told him 1 was
going In, and he said IL I would pull
over and take him in he would row me
ashore at the other end. so that he
might use the bout a while. I took him
In, no took the and we started.
1 thought would FISH along over, 80
gave my frog IA throw OF 10 one side
and n little ahead of US. Ia had scarce
~ touched water when 4 felt tremen-
dOus pull ON the line. Well. pulled
TOO, and found had anchored 90 some
thing that was about as handy at pull
Ing as ] was, To cut n long story short
we started on, all of ms. boat and NIL.
dating fellow. because he furnished nII
the power 90 run our boat and also
took us right toward our landing. Well
we finally tired him out and the two
of us got him into the boat. Now I
DONE expect anyone 90 believe me un-
less the fellow that was there with me
sees this. but that fish was black
bass, moss covered, aud would have
weighed nc least 80 pounds. I was ex-
hausted with my struggle with him, so
sat down again on the rear seat and
was content 20 feast my eyes ON the
beautXI cOnld take bone, proud that
this time IL Mould he fish story. 4
would have proof. would be "A hero.
but mess ss MANI Slip etc. Just
while cOmpn stn suddenly dropped his
oars, caught ~ fish by the RiIls, turn
ed and ran tpuhe bow OF the boat, gave
a Jump fOL>ShOre and before could
RraEr--ihr situation. was drifting
about four rods from the bank, My
fish. my beauty, with tail dragging was
disappearing over the hill. I leaped
for the oars only 20 find them drifting
20 feet away. Well got "a shore some
why. hut by the time I landed the blue
smoke was thick I could scarcely
see. However, ] ran tO the top OF the
hnl, looked away on somewhere, went
back 20 the lake, waded out In the cold
water, got my hat and went home.
Let's see. IL seems 20 me though I
spoke OF that fellow "fool."
GEO. w. SKINNER
Lake, Mich.
Judge Phelan awarded the prize TO |
Mr. Skinner on the score of technique.
the Judge having had long expert.
ence with perjury Max Brock, our
well-known real estate man, conceded
first honor TO Mr. Skinner on the
score OF Imagination, while "Bin"
Traub, the popular jeweler, pro-
nounced the story the best timed of
all.
The winner having been decided
upon. the matter OF a suitable prize
was taken up and II was decided
that IL should be a 30
pound bass, moss-covered.
AS we understand the Free Press.
the Republican party got together in
the Light Guard armory yesterday.