The Mankato free press., 1915-08-13
Customs Officer Hesitates,, When
German Name Is Given
from Frldals Daily.


"Officials Of the Canadian govern
ment are extremely careful these days
about letting people into their coun-
try, especially people with anything
that sounds like German In their
names" observed DR.. ]. A. Hiclscher
to Free Press reporter this aftsr-
noon shortly after his return from the
Hielscher summer home near ktllar-
ney. Ontario, Canada, where with his
, wife, and DIR. Jane Sullivan and lit
tie daughter he spent the past month.
when we reached the Canadian
Sioux, as Sault Ste. Marie on the
Canadian side is called by the people
there. the Canadian immigration
! commissioner interviewed me, asking
all sorts OF questions, the same as
they do OF everyone. They asked my
name. where I came from, what was
doing and how long expected to stay,
and then asked me to write my name.
which I did.
The inspector studied the name a
moment, and then said, Why, that S
German name!' owned that II
was. but said that | was not respons-
: ihle. as my folks had brought II to
America about eighty years ago. lie
-, insisted that ! had to be identified.
and as I had friend I'm the transfer
business at the Canadian Sioux. was
able to satisfy his request, other
wise | might have been refused ad-
mittance to Canada.
/ Killarney is a little fishing village
OF about thirty-fvc families. and only
one white person as a regular inhabi-
tant. and that is the storekeeper. 7 Ic
village is sixty milesefrom a railroad
{ and twenty two miles from any tele-
graph or telephone station. and there
are no roads leading into II. the only
way to get there being by boats up
the river. The mails are Irregular
sometimes coming once in two weeks
sometimes farther apart than that
depending on the weather, conse-
quently the people hardly seem to
know that the war Is being fought
and there is no excitement about II
at all. None of the citizens have en-
listed for service. Quite a few tour
lists usually visit Killarney, but this
year the tourists were few, owing to
the war and other causes. The Chi
cago steamers sometimes bring tour
lists who stay for short time The
bluffs and hills surrounding the viii
lage are stony and pine forests cover
the valleys. There are no farm
lands. and the people make their liv-
ing by fishing. Killarney being the
largest fresh water fishing port on
the Great Lakes. The fish taken from
the waters near here average from
five to six hundred tons a year. The
best haul made this year was tladc
by one fisherman shortly before va
left. After cleaning he had $500
pounds Of white fish. which brought
him seven cents a pound, so you sec
he made quite profit. Each fisher
man Is re quired to pay license of
! $50 per net. and each ona has about
five nets, which are called pound
nets. These nets are set I'm the spring
OF the year. and each morning the
fisherman starts from the dock i'm his
gasoline launch. makes the rounds q.
: his nets. takes what fish have been
cnuRkt, and returns to the dock with
/ his haul In the evening. after witch
he cleans his fish and puts them o,
| ice. The fishing season Is from Nav
| TO November It costs from s2. 900 to
$4,000 to be properly fitted out with
a fisherman's outfit. and he fisher
men at Killarney are all half breed
Indians. The professional fishermen
at Killarney fish for white fish. and
the tourists who go there fish mostly
for black bass. Tn that little Indian
village they always send for n white
school teacher and hold school seven
months Of the year The weather was
delightful during our stay. about such
weather as we are having today. We
started home Wednesday night. and
Fad pleasant, uneventful journey"