The sun., 1916-11-29
Rod and Gun Ne,us


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The Tale Of an Honest Angler.
Cholera Banks on Sunday, In addition to
open,ns, ! found contained a small silver
that day. q. the watch was ticking when /
tound ~; This owner can have the watch
~ II, 'i?i'f Sessss:a IL stree. .oH aSsS %saSkE n !.
Nov. 20.
CsA - Angler saA Middle Grounds.
s%hssp:hsad Bay. at the Angler and Middle
fs.SSs1' 4 ff'sss::s.s.sssk:. e. sso g.. ana F. f9d Fir. a
cod each w.s:: taken By F. ". W.dln. 40
sysn,y::sysnsh street. brooklyn. and r. n.
latter angler caught . pollock.
F1uhe Taken 81 Close Of Nsvsmb~.
AZ the Cholera Banks yesterday fishermen
n.h. r h:0i arrest s:ns eod ' SSssii.lh.sdd : Fl pS SlsSh,
and vas taken by c. Gruningsr. b. Dvor-
sny; IL addition to : cod, caught : nuke
were taken by J. sweeney. d. csrruth and
W. Hire. two each were caught by +. Tn
FARO. +. Hsne. J. Alike and A. Hohnser.
Always Sure Of lang and WHITING.
been nshins at the Cedars, iishtship and
feabrisht grounds OF late. taking cod. whit
"Blasknshins Is mos, over now" said
Cap Jorgensen yesterday, but whenever
and whiting"
! Bis Cod ~ Cheier~ BankA
Di, eodnsh taken on the o.n.yi.ve. Capt.
Iss,Ss' cod; ". s nsd.sF' ., fy Morgan H Avenue 20
Frat street. bToOiiyn. is pound cod.
Three Species 81 the Cedar.
Ansisrs "a h Je. Pin..ts ee Sunday
ling. ~ o'' maze ana
Echoes frsm M Centric Dlnnsr.
chi: Va. on: q IN. most % .pon,. 6,@S i
ever attended.
Arthur. Knowi.on-r was nns, I d,dn',
wiiiis d'' 9. MssoS.n-r. listen 70 Mr..
Mitchell wa. an intellectual trest. It de-
iisst:H T.: from u. heart ou,.a!d: avn.
discourse BY our honorsd guest. Mr.; Mitch.
lyrical address wa: a nobi. enort and
Frank Ward o'Maliey's yarns added rest.
=. : HALT was a royal time. Bcs;
Capt. Jacob Martin-It was worth com
Ing from s%hecpshead BAY for. The Sleeps
head Bay delegation had a nne time.
T. II Richards-Th wa. - nns line q,
Or. Briggs: ~Exaggerate. eragEerate. exag
seratci some day II VIII come truel
It for a hundred bucks.
Pratt wins waI,onian Tale for state.
ALBANY. Nov. ?s.-Tiue OF the state
Of New York to waitonian Island In Lake
George. for moro than twen;y years oc-
william d. Mann. editor Of Town Topics.
has been finally established In II decision
OF tho supreme cour, just handed down
possession Of tho island is awarded to
the state. and tho costs OF the action are
assessed against Col. Mann.
The decision IL one OF the results Of the
determination Of George ID. Pratt. Con.
servhtion Commissioner. to clear all OF
the lands Of the fores, preserve of illegal
occupancy and follows u year and a half
of erort to obtain possession of Walton
ian Island from Col. Mann. After various
posed by The Colonel. the case came on
for trial on the :2d OF last, May. Attor-
ney Burton II Loueks Of the Attorney
m Erskine c. Rogers. for Col. Mann,
In tho findings Of fact and conclusion
IL spears pr IN, ,hs, walton W.i,on,a %, Island Ipsr's' has S0 a,
all times since the Revolutionary War
been the property OF the state OF New
1bTh ~ virtue VI us ksN lhhk
the Island has never been patented or
alicndtsi to any person whomsoeNcr, and
has l"r Ave years. from 1921 70 is32
TO the state under a lease granted by the
former Forest Commission. The defend
ant having entered into the possession
under "A lease set forth In the sixteenth
tuding Of fact" says the decision. ami
is stopped from disputing the title Of the
people 81 the state of New York thereto"
Al the ONCE OF the Conservation Com
mission 1t Was stated that immediate pos
session OF the island would be taken, thus
closing one Of the most notable and per.
that the commission has had TO deal with.
Musky's Name Spelled in 81 Ways.
Tn. spelling Of the name OF the big pix,
In twenty-one different ways. interested AT
Old musky fisherman.
up years ago. made the point that th'
OJihwa name of this i.h IL maskaronjn
meaning lon. snSu'r When canada wa,
fsh masque-lougue signify!ng long visage
Because " the priority OF the Oiibwas t1'
Dominion Of canada In Its Legal documents
nonge, =.
. rule these early names--indian or indo
French HtneS-nlways more or less accu
when they we're bestowed. Thus the nam,
psskinonge, commonly but very erroneousil
spelled Mushcl!unge or mascalonge In TIT
United States, IL really an Indian name. th'
chippewa name for pike being ksnosha
and the prefix mis- or mas means large o.
great. so that maskenosha or mask nos
corrupted into mask,nongeJ 10 really
large. drformed pike
Bishop Ianeche adds his testimony thus
"Niaskinongc IL derived from mashk ode
formed) and kinonge pike. and was mp
piled by the Indians because tn. tnaski
onge appeared TO be a deformed or dineren
k!nl Of nike from those they were aceus
d tomed to-"
Iigatlnx Ability Unauestioned
The Rev 2adoak Thomp.on, a naturalist
who waa tho itrst nAturalist to give an &C
curate description OF the fsh, says;
The vulgar name musquailonse appear
to have he, given by the early French set
Tiers Of canada TO the pixies and pickers.
rlp,ive Of the whole famliy-masqne sig
nsying face OF Nisage. and allongc length
ened, they an having heightened or e.on
gated heads.
longe. writing: The name Of this nsh !
derived from masaus %allonge, long snout
|, which is a translation from the Canada
indian dialect OF inasca-nonga, words whicI
have the same qualification. and from cor
~ruptions OF these Two designations arls" GU
: common namts. took great pains to as
certain proci.,y how the Canadian boat
|, men, who are a cross OF the indian an
|. Frenchman, pronounced this name, al
though in their French patois he In ordinh
could make ~ II was mas or museallunt
/, the latter syllable being cultural. But q
! the most sonorous. expressive and appro
: pirate name Is mascallonEe, II Is d~eslrabl
that ali rportsmen should employ IT."
!, Regardless Of the spelling Of tho name q
I the freebooter ~ the fresh waters. II cei
|, tainly has tghting qualities that hay
|, earned recognition ~ a game fsh. and n
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